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Men in Black 3 was actually pretty decent. Perhaps as good as the first one. I think I'll just try to forget the second movie ever happened..
Now I'm re-watching The Dark Knight. Love this movie, it's just been a few years since I've seen it.
Now I'm re-watching The Dark Knight. Love this movie, it's just been a few years since I've seen it.
Add me to the folks who enjoyed Men in Black 3. Like the first one, I'll watch whenever it's on. I did wish they had more 60s gags though (Bill Hader was spot on funny as Andy Warhol.)
Apocalypto - 8/10
Once Upon A Time In America - 8.5/10
Psycho - 8/10
Dr. Strangelove - 8/10
Apocalypto was a good movie, not a great one. First hour was being captured and heading into the new village. Last hour was a chase movie. Thought the jaguar scene looked cheesy. Obvious puppet. And thought throwing your pregnant wife and son into a ditch was downright stupid. But it was good. Mel Gibson might be a kook, but he can make some entertaining films.
Once Upon A Time In America might be my 5th fav and greatest mafia film of all-time behind The Godfather Part I & II, Goodfellas, and Casino. The first 45 min drags. Once we get with Noodles as a kid, the story picks up. For a near-4 hr film, it still will drag in some spots and can be a bit melodramatic. It is like The Godfather Part II & Goodfellas of the 1980's. And my fav Sergio Leone film. The look of 1920 & 1932-1933 look amazing. Like The Aviator/Taylor Swift's "Wildest Dreams" music video without the CGI. I did a Top 100 favs and it is the only one of that four mentioned that made my cut at #93.
Both Psycho and Dr. Strangelove are true classics. Deserving Top 50 greatest films ever. Some of it looks cheesy now like when Norman slashes his victims and the obvious aircraft model in Strangelove. I enjoyed them back then and both still hold up but I wouldn't say they are my Top 100 favs. My fav B&W film still belongs to Some Like It Hot and then the obvious Top 10 all-time great, Casablanca. It is possible to reboot Psycho and Dr. Strangelove but not Casablanca, Star Wars, and other greater & more timeless classics that were great back then and still great today.
Happy to have them all in my collection.
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy - 9/10
While I enjoyed the trilogy, I wouldn't consider myself a huge fan of them. I didn't start caring about the story until The Two Towers when Gollum drew some sympathy from me. I didn't care much for Fellowship until I saw the Extended Edition recently. I still like Star Wars and Indiana Jones more. George Lucas came up with them and didn't adapt them from a novel. The characters are more interesting. Most of the cast in LotR can be either annoying (the four Hobbits) or uninteresting except for maybe Aragorn, Gandalf, and Gollum.
But 12-14 years after their release, Pete Jackson's LotR still looks amazing. They are the ultimate fantasy films that likely will never look dated 50 years from now. Compare Jurassic Park CGI vs films that came out in the 2000's. While JP was groundbreaking for 1993, the brachiosaurus scene looks dated. Less texture like Nintendo 64 graphics. With LotR, it has the perfect balance of natural scenery and CGI. As amazing as Game of Thrones naturally looks, it still hasn't matched the overall beauty of LotR a decade later. Thor's Asgard hasn't matched its CGI beauty either.
The CGI on Minority Report still look great too only blemished my product placements. Nokia still big in 2054? Nokia went RIP in this decade. LotR is fantasy, so no product placements. No uses of modern technology or certain fads which looks laughable if seen decades from now. Even Star Wars, some parts look out of date like Jack Tripper haircut with Luke. Majority of 1990's CGI starts to look primitive vs 2000's/2010's CGI. The Abyss and T2 look laughable these days. Only Titanic held up well.
I plan to see The Hobbit trilogy but waiting to get them as the Extended Editions. George Lucas' Star Wars prequels and James Cameron's Avatar are not naturally beautiful while LotR exceeds in natural and CGI. I don't give Pete Jackson enough credit he deserves. He created a beautiful and timeless trilogy. While not my favorite series and none of the films would crack my Top 50 favs since I am not huge on fantasy films or Frodo Baggins, arguably the greatest trilogy next to The Godfather.
If you want 10/10 ambiance, this is the greatest film series to watch. It is the only films where I am not annoyed by pretty boy wimp, Orlando Bloom. Only the Hobbits and Elijah Wood's facial reactions with his "jizz in his pants" look get on my nerves. LotR is one of the only series that will never need a remake or reboot as it was done so well and during a more mature time for CGI technology. Many of my favorite and greatest movies never need a remake. They usually are those mediocre to above average films that get rebooted.
Just finished with FotR today. The Extended Edition are awesome. I only prefer the longest versions of most films now. FotR: EE was really only 3 hrs and 20 min. Longest closing credits I've ever seen at over 27 min. Will finish TTT & TRotK this weekend. A Clockwork Orange and the pair of stupid Ace Ventura movies are also on my rewatch list.
Once Upon A Time In America - 8.5/10
Psycho - 8/10
Dr. Strangelove - 8/10
Apocalypto was a good movie, not a great one. First hour was being captured and heading into the new village. Last hour was a chase movie. Thought the jaguar scene looked cheesy. Obvious puppet. And thought throwing your pregnant wife and son into a ditch was downright stupid. But it was good. Mel Gibson might be a kook, but he can make some entertaining films.
Once Upon A Time In America might be my 5th fav and greatest mafia film of all-time behind The Godfather Part I & II, Goodfellas, and Casino. The first 45 min drags. Once we get with Noodles as a kid, the story picks up. For a near-4 hr film, it still will drag in some spots and can be a bit melodramatic. It is like The Godfather Part II & Goodfellas of the 1980's. And my fav Sergio Leone film. The look of 1920 & 1932-1933 look amazing. Like The Aviator/Taylor Swift's "Wildest Dreams" music video without the CGI. I did a Top 100 favs and it is the only one of that four mentioned that made my cut at #93.
Both Psycho and Dr. Strangelove are true classics. Deserving Top 50 greatest films ever. Some of it looks cheesy now like when Norman slashes his victims and the obvious aircraft model in Strangelove. I enjoyed them back then and both still hold up but I wouldn't say they are my Top 100 favs. My fav B&W film still belongs to Some Like It Hot and then the obvious Top 10 all-time great, Casablanca. It is possible to reboot Psycho and Dr. Strangelove but not Casablanca, Star Wars, and other greater & more timeless classics that were great back then and still great today.
Happy to have them all in my collection.
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy - 9/10
While I enjoyed the trilogy, I wouldn't consider myself a huge fan of them. I didn't start caring about the story until The Two Towers when Gollum drew some sympathy from me. I didn't care much for Fellowship until I saw the Extended Edition recently. I still like Star Wars and Indiana Jones more. George Lucas came up with them and didn't adapt them from a novel. The characters are more interesting. Most of the cast in LotR can be either annoying (the four Hobbits) or uninteresting except for maybe Aragorn, Gandalf, and Gollum.
But 12-14 years after their release, Pete Jackson's LotR still looks amazing. They are the ultimate fantasy films that likely will never look dated 50 years from now. Compare Jurassic Park CGI vs films that came out in the 2000's. While JP was groundbreaking for 1993, the brachiosaurus scene looks dated. Less texture like Nintendo 64 graphics. With LotR, it has the perfect balance of natural scenery and CGI. As amazing as Game of Thrones naturally looks, it still hasn't matched the overall beauty of LotR a decade later. Thor's Asgard hasn't matched its CGI beauty either.
The CGI on Minority Report still look great too only blemished my product placements. Nokia still big in 2054? Nokia went RIP in this decade. LotR is fantasy, so no product placements. No uses of modern technology or certain fads which looks laughable if seen decades from now. Even Star Wars, some parts look out of date like Jack Tripper haircut with Luke. Majority of 1990's CGI starts to look primitive vs 2000's/2010's CGI. The Abyss and T2 look laughable these days. Only Titanic held up well.
I plan to see The Hobbit trilogy but waiting to get them as the Extended Editions. George Lucas' Star Wars prequels and James Cameron's Avatar are not naturally beautiful while LotR exceeds in natural and CGI. I don't give Pete Jackson enough credit he deserves. He created a beautiful and timeless trilogy. While not my favorite series and none of the films would crack my Top 50 favs since I am not huge on fantasy films or Frodo Baggins, arguably the greatest trilogy next to The Godfather.
If you want 10/10 ambiance, this is the greatest film series to watch. It is the only films where I am not annoyed by pretty boy wimp, Orlando Bloom. Only the Hobbits and Elijah Wood's facial reactions with his "jizz in his pants" look get on my nerves. LotR is one of the only series that will never need a remake or reboot as it was done so well and during a more mature time for CGI technology. Many of my favorite and greatest movies never need a remake. They usually are those mediocre to above average films that get rebooted.
Just finished with FotR today. The Extended Edition are awesome. I only prefer the longest versions of most films now. FotR: EE was really only 3 hrs and 20 min. Longest closing credits I've ever seen at over 27 min. Will finish TTT & TRotK this weekend. A Clockwork Orange and the pair of stupid Ace Ventura movies are also on my rewatch list.
Psycho, Dr Strangelove, Some Like It Hot, Casablanca, LOTR, all great movies. While acknowledging that The Hobbit was technically a good film, I am on record in this forum as to disliking it greatly. It's not LOTR, it was never intended to be LOTR, and when a 285 page book (paperback), is turned into 10 hrs of movies something is seriously wrong in Denmark.
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I saw The End of the Tour a few weeks ago with a friend of mine. Great, great film. No wonder Jason Segal wanted to leave How I Met Your Mother...he has a lot of acting talent. Can't wait to see him in other drama films. Jesse Eisenberg was good in it too. Great directing and screenplay, overall very satisfied. Also, I hope to be reading "Infinite Jest" sometime soon.
Maybe the new "R" rated cut will save it - - restore some of the child-friendliness of the classic original story?While acknowledging that The Hobbit was technically a good film, I am on record in this forum as to disliking it greatly. It's not LOTR, it was never intended to be LOTR, and when a 285 page book (paperback), is turned into 10 hrs of movies something is seriously wrong in Denmark.
Imo, it's not so much a matter of R vs PG13 as it is the added material, altering of the storytelling, inserting roller-coaster events, (escape from Goblin Town, and from the Wood Fairies), interactions and changes to character's natures to facilitate turning a little story into 3 giant movies, to pull in the LOTR crowd. The first Hobbit movie: Unexpected Journey, is an excellent example of all these critiques. However, if you are not in love with the book, then these critiques mean little and I'm just whining as usual about it.
Btw, I do feel there are legitimate reasons to have 2 movies for one book, if the volume of the book requires it. but if you recall even in LOTR, 3 books= 3 movies.
The 3 volumes of LOTR are 1472 pages, while The Hobbit is 288 pages - - a 5:1 ratio.
Focus (2015)- Con-men and women conning people, Ocean Elevenish (which is a bad thing), feels far fetched, Will Smith has gotten boring in his old age, zero chemistry between him and is co-star in what is supposed to be a romantic comedish movie. Ho hum, but the trailer looked good!
A Clockwork Orange (1971) - 8/10
I saw this the first time back in 1999 and liked it enough but thought Dr. Strangelove was better when I saw it three years later. Now it is reversed. I think I like this one a little more since it is more visually entertaining. This was already 1971, four years after the Motion Production Code (1930-1968). Profanity can be heard. Nudity and bloody violence can be seen. XXX theaters sprouted everywhere. Nomore holding back a film with censorship.
I am a squirmish person. I am not into watching beheadings from ISIS, decapitation images like the Black Dahlia or rape of Nanking, snuff films, child porn, rotten.com, etc. I prefer screwball comedies to keep the mood light. But I thought A Clockwork Orange was quite a bit of fun. Compared to Salò, this is PG and tame. Even the rape scenes are no biggie. That's common in Japanese softcore porn. It has very little shock value to me compared to the many more disturbing films that came out since.
What I enjoyed with the film is the classical music, the dark humor, and the colorful artsy backgrounds. The latter I couldn't see in Dr. Strangelove for being B&W. And that was released in 1964 during the rated-PG era. I've always enjoyed Malcolm McDowell's performances even now. It is cool how he starred in two of the most controversial films (A Clockwork Orange & Caligula) within a decade. It drags after the first hour but still a bit of fun by how well it is framed and shot. And the music keeps it cheerful no matter what sadistic acts are shown.
Like Dr. Strangelove, NOT a Top 100 favorite for me. But my #1 favorite Kubrick. That large penis statue scene is god damn hilarious! Like Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas, A Clockwork Orange is a great film to watch while frying on acid. Heck any scenario (any drugs, alcohol, or 100% sober), it is a great film. I get the British humor alot more than that overrated drivel from Monty Python & The Holy Grail! Strangelove is considered the only comedy Kubrick ever directed but I find this one funnier thanks to the lack of the Hays Code by that point.
I can watch an all-time great film like this repeatedly. Very tame and quite funny to me. But I wouldn't watch Salò, a real decapitation of Victor Morrow during a filming of Twilight Zone or a suicide of R. Budd Dwyer on YouTube even once. It already is difficult for me to watch Oliver Stone's JFK or reading about the Wichita Massacre or the torture of an innocent white couple in Memphis. I can watch real life murder stories but I do have a limit. I'm not going to eat a chocolate sundae while watching 2 Girls & 1 Cup.
Rape, torture, live ISIS beheadings, snuff films, molesting babies, stepping & killing small puppies, a Russian roulette game (like the "13" film), or eating lunch while watching someone receive a golden shower and Cleveland steamer. Eat a big, live sewer rat instead, sickos! My memory already haunts me with my 8th grade classmates. No need to haunt myself for rest of my life with morbid images like that. A Clockwork Orange would be like Singin' In The Rain for crazies compared to sicker fetishes some people have nowadays.
I saw this the first time back in 1999 and liked it enough but thought Dr. Strangelove was better when I saw it three years later. Now it is reversed. I think I like this one a little more since it is more visually entertaining. This was already 1971, four years after the Motion Production Code (1930-1968). Profanity can be heard. Nudity and bloody violence can be seen. XXX theaters sprouted everywhere. Nomore holding back a film with censorship.
I am a squirmish person. I am not into watching beheadings from ISIS, decapitation images like the Black Dahlia or rape of Nanking, snuff films, child porn, rotten.com, etc. I prefer screwball comedies to keep the mood light. But I thought A Clockwork Orange was quite a bit of fun. Compared to Salò, this is PG and tame. Even the rape scenes are no biggie. That's common in Japanese softcore porn. It has very little shock value to me compared to the many more disturbing films that came out since.
What I enjoyed with the film is the classical music, the dark humor, and the colorful artsy backgrounds. The latter I couldn't see in Dr. Strangelove for being B&W. And that was released in 1964 during the rated-PG era. I've always enjoyed Malcolm McDowell's performances even now. It is cool how he starred in two of the most controversial films (A Clockwork Orange & Caligula) within a decade. It drags after the first hour but still a bit of fun by how well it is framed and shot. And the music keeps it cheerful no matter what sadistic acts are shown.
Like Dr. Strangelove, NOT a Top 100 favorite for me. But my #1 favorite Kubrick. That large penis statue scene is god damn hilarious! Like Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas, A Clockwork Orange is a great film to watch while frying on acid. Heck any scenario (any drugs, alcohol, or 100% sober), it is a great film. I get the British humor alot more than that overrated drivel from Monty Python & The Holy Grail! Strangelove is considered the only comedy Kubrick ever directed but I find this one funnier thanks to the lack of the Hays Code by that point.
I can watch an all-time great film like this repeatedly. Very tame and quite funny to me. But I wouldn't watch Salò, a real decapitation of Victor Morrow during a filming of Twilight Zone or a suicide of R. Budd Dwyer on YouTube even once. It already is difficult for me to watch Oliver Stone's JFK or reading about the Wichita Massacre or the torture of an innocent white couple in Memphis. I can watch real life murder stories but I do have a limit. I'm not going to eat a chocolate sundae while watching 2 Girls & 1 Cup.
Rape, torture, live ISIS beheadings, snuff films, molesting babies, stepping & killing small puppies, a Russian roulette game (like the "13" film), or eating lunch while watching someone receive a golden shower and Cleveland steamer. Eat a big, live sewer rat instead, sickos! My memory already haunts me with my 8th grade classmates. No need to haunt myself for rest of my life with morbid images like that. A Clockwork Orange would be like Singin' In The Rain for crazies compared to sicker fetishes some people have nowadays.
Yeah, I'll second that.
Last night was A Million Ways to Die in the West. I wasn't expecting much, but I was pleasantly surprised. I liked it a lot. Although chock full of the typical Seth MacFarlane humor, I felt like he hit all the right notes for the two main characters. The interplay between the sidekicks played by Ribisi and Silverman was entirely embarrassing, but it's astounding the lengths Harris will go to in a movie.
I was in college and in a nutshell, was enamored with ACO as a brilliant, artistic, moody, dark social commentary telling the story of a futuristic degenerating society, sexuality and violence, an unrealistic Pavlov's Dog program to fix these hoodlums, but interfered with by well meaning civil libertarians.
I was in college and in a nutshell, was enamored with ACO as a brilliant, artistic, moody, dark social commentary telling the story of a futuristic degenerating society, sexuality and violence, an unrealistic Pavlov's Dog program to fix these hoodlums, but interfered with by well meaning civil libertarians.
The movie is nicely wrapped up by a several lines from the Prison Chaplain, i.e., "When a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man" and "Does God want goodness or the choice of goodness? [...]"
I'd highly recommend the original Anthony Burgess source work.
Thanks for that info and suggestion!
Someone at Hellboy took notice:
John Myers: What makes a man a man? A friend of mine once wondered. Is it his origins? The way he comes to life? I don't think so. It's the choices he makes. Not how he starts things, but how he decides to end them.
I was in college and in a nutshell, was enamored with ACO as a brilliant, artistic, moody, dark social commentary telling the story of a futuristic degenerating society, sexuality and violence, an unrealistic Pavlov's Dog program to fix these hoodlums, but interfered with by well meaning civil libertarians.
I really enjoyed A Clockwork Orange as well but my wife finds it highly disturbing. I think it's a great commentary on society, desensitized youth, civil corrections and rehabilitation. It's dark but it has moments of humor...until you realize you've been suckered in and start to feel squeamish for enjoying some of the humor. This film should make you feel uncomfortable.
I finish watching the latest Godzilla movie, I remember when it came out, there was a fair amount of hype for this. I was a bit underwhelmed. I felt they could have done more. It was ok as Godzilla movies go, better then the 1998 Matthew Broderick version
