That was unexpectedly good.
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I was really looking forward to seeing it. The trailer absolutely sparkled - but the movie itself was a bit drawn out.
I think the trailer set unreasonably high expectations.
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I think the trailer set unreasonably high expectations.
Watched Batman V Superman the other day, not a bad as people made it out to be, but not the best.
Agreed. Not the best. I did not care for Jesse Esienberg in this movie. He was not Villain enough and the role did not seem appropriate for him. I was most impressed with Affleck, he was a great Bruce Wayne, as Bale was a Better Batman.
A little movie trivia, Affleck put on 20 pounds of muscle for this movie and went down to 9% Body Fat. Impressive for his age.
Regular, couldn't rent the Ultimate edition, that and the Ultimate edition goes for a full half hour longer, it was too late for me to watch a 3 hour movie. Half an hour makes all the difference in world for me when it comes to sleep.
Sexual innuendo is all over the script. Wilder got away with alot of it back in 1959 a decade before the Hays Code ended the censorship for swearing, nudity, and bloody violence. I know I posted about this film last year, but I just love rewatching my 30 favorite movies over and over and this one of them for sure.
Extremely quotable with high replay value. About finding real love with a little mafia stuff in it. So many double meanings in the dialogue. I catch little lines that makes me LOL with every new viewing. A movie holding up nearly sixty years later. Only time I agreed with AFI ranking it #1 among comedies. A true all-time great film.
"You need a bass and a sax?"
"The instruments are right but you're not."
"What's wrong with us?"
"You're the wrong shape."
"What do you want? Hunchbacks?"
"It's not the backs that worry me."
"Take off your corsets and spread out."
"Oh, l don't wear one myself."
"Don't you bulge?"
"Bulge? Me?
"Boy, would l love to borrow a cup of that Sugar."
"This may even turn out to be a surprise party."
"What's the surprise?"
"Not yet."
"Then one morning you wake up,the guy's gone, the sax's gone. All that's left is a pair of old socks and a tube of toothpaste all squeezed out.
"See? She'll rub it on me, I'll rub it on her,
we'll rub it on each other. Bye-bye."
"Daphne. Cut it out. What do you think you're doing?"
"Just a little trick l picked up in the elevator."
"There's one thing l envy you for."
"What's that?"
"You're so flat-chested."
"Clothes hang better on you than they do on me."
"Hi, Jerry. Everything under control?"
"Have l got things to tell you."
"What happened?"
"I'm engaged."
"Congratulations. Who's the lucky girl?"
"l am."
"What?"
"Osgood proposed to me."
"We're planning a June wedding."
"What are you talking about?"
"You can't marry Osgood."
"Do you think he's too old for me?"
"Jerry, you can't be serious."
"Why not? He keeps marryin' girls all the time."
"What about my engagement present?"
"What engagement present?"
"Osgood gave me a bracelet."
"Hey, these are real diamonds."
"Of course they're real. You think my fiancé is a bum?"
"They're gonna line us up against the wall and... The cops will find two dead dames and take us to the morgue and when they undress us, I'll die of shame."
"How did you get that bracelet?"
"You like it?"
"l always did."
"Junior gave it to me. He's gone to South America to marry another girl. That's what you call high finance."
"That's what l call a louse. lf l were you, I'd take that bracelet and throw it back in his face."
"Daphne."
"Osgood, l can't get married in your mother's dress. She and l, we are not built the same way."
"We can have it altered."
"Oh no, you don't."
"Osgood, I'm gonna level with you. We can't get married at all."
"Why not?"
"Well... ln the first place, I'm not a natural blonde."
"Doesn't matter."
"l smoke. l smoke all the time."
"l don't care."
"l have a terrible past. For three years
I've been living with a saxophone player."
"l forgive you."
"l can never have children."
"We can adopt some."
"You don't understand, Osgood. I'm a man."
And?
I'm a big fan of the first 2 JJAbrams STs, so not to be a wet blanket, but just got back from seeing Star Trek Beyond (2016)- my appraisal: rent it. Weak story, too dark visually, frantic action in dark environments, too many over the top sequences made it very hard to suspend disbelief. Nothing memorable about this. Blah. I'm sorry to see the actor who played Chekhov (Anton Yelchin) is no longer with us.
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I'm a big fan of the first 2 JJAbrams STs, so not to be a wet blanket, but just got back from seeing Star Trek Beyond (2016)- my appraisal: rent it. Weak story, too dark visually, frantic action in dark environments, too many over the top sequences made it very hard to suspend disbelief. Nothing memorable about this. Blah. I'm sorry to see the actor who played Chekhov is no longer with us.
I like the reboots. I think it is an interesting twist to a series of movies that had 10 or more before Abrams took over.
I thought about as much about the first two as I did about the most recent one: they are mostly fun movies set in the Star Trek universe with some Star Trek flavoring sprinkled throughout.The first two (of the reboots) were pretty darn good IMO.
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The first two (of the reboots) were pretty darn good IMO.
@kazmac will like this...
moonwalkers loved it.
voices halfway through and i like it a lot.
some upcoming films i want to see(sfw):
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2119532/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3776826/
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@pachyderm - yeah, the Kung Fu Panda series is cute. And where else will you see Lo Pan (Mr. James Hong) as a noodle slinging goose who adopted the title character? He's one of my favorite things in the series.
Speaking of martial arts animals, Shaolin Mantis (1978). Superb Mings vs. Qings Shaw Brothers film in which an Imperial spy inserts himself into a prominent family rebelling against the Emperor and said spy ultimately creates Mantis kung fu. One of the greatest training sequences I've seen in any of these. I love how the character develops the style by watching praying mantis do their thing. That training sequence is what I christened my 27" iMac with, and boy, does it look great on that machine. The ending still pisses me off a little bit, but it is so clever and one of the better shock reveals. Shaw Brothers needs to do a release with the
included. (This trailer is unique in that it is a demo of all the kung fu in the film.)
I am embarking upon a Ti Lung marathon this weekend (as if I need an excuse to watch Ti Lung), but he has a big birthday coming up next month. So, "research"...
Speaking of martial arts animals, Shaolin Mantis (1978). Superb Mings vs. Qings Shaw Brothers film in which an Imperial spy inserts himself into a prominent family rebelling against the Emperor and said spy ultimately creates Mantis kung fu. One of the greatest training sequences I've seen in any of these. I love how the character develops the style by watching praying mantis do their thing. That training sequence is what I christened my 27" iMac with, and boy, does it look great on that machine. The ending still pisses me off a little bit, but it is so clever and one of the better shock reveals. Shaw Brothers needs to do a release with the
I am embarking upon a Ti Lung marathon this weekend (as if I need an excuse to watch Ti Lung), but he has a big birthday coming up next month. So, "research"...
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AGREED!
[doublepost=1469825322][/doublepost]Jason Bourne. I'll certainly watch it again (thus making sure I didn't miss anything)...
To Kill A Mastermind (1979) Sun Chung's tale of the attempt of good guys infiltrating and destroying a gang of evil swordsmen is finally beginning to sink in. The movie tanks when Yuen Wah and Dick Wei are killed as their performances (acting and martial arts-wise) are best in show. While Wang Lung Wei was the chief of the bad clan, he is a surprisingly very poor choice in his acting and martial abilities here. I still also grumble about the reuse of two excellent and fun Chan Wai Man make ups here (at least Yuen Wah's make up was slightly different and it didn't look as bad as the repurposed design for Wang Lung Wei.) I love those make ups on CWM, so I bristle.
All that said, I had a lot more fun watching this today. The growing paranoia among the evil clan is well done, as are some moments with the earnest good guys. I never get tired of seeing Yuen Wah in Shaw Brothers films (he and Dick Wei would gain more rewards and popularity once they moved onto Golden Harvest.) Wah gets some superb moments here in showing off his Peking opera skills and acting. Dick Wei has a great fight scene against a mysterious member of the bad clan (I am presuming that is Yuen Wah under the five venoms style mask and wig, given this character's agility and weapons work.)
If Celestial release a proper version, naturally I will pick this up. I've yet to see a Sun Chung film I did not like completely. Sure, casting is problematic in some of Sun's movies, but the stories, other characters and everything else is usually excellent or at least, very good.
All that said, I had a lot more fun watching this today. The growing paranoia among the evil clan is well done, as are some moments with the earnest good guys. I never get tired of seeing Yuen Wah in Shaw Brothers films (he and Dick Wei would gain more rewards and popularity once they moved onto Golden Harvest.) Wah gets some superb moments here in showing off his Peking opera skills and acting. Dick Wei has a great fight scene against a mysterious member of the bad clan (I am presuming that is Yuen Wah under the five venoms style mask and wig, given this character's agility and weapons work.)
If Celestial release a proper version, naturally I will pick this up. I've yet to see a Sun Chung film I did not like completely. Sure, casting is problematic in some of Sun's movies, but the stories, other characters and everything else is usually excellent or at least, very good.