I thought the premise and story telling of the 1968 original was excellent. The 2001 remake of the original was decent but did not surpass the original. The rest of the long list of Apes movies are worthless from my perspective.
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I thought the premise and story telling of the 1968 original was excellent. The 2001 remake of the original was decent but did not surpass the original. The rest of the long list of Apes movies are worthless from my perspective.
Being a Jackie Chan fan I'm watching 'Rush Hour 3', not a great movie, but funny.
I thought the first and second ones were decent. However Tony Stark's personality wears on me..
I think it's quite a predictable storyline. Doesn't really go anywhere surprising.I thought the first and second ones were decent. However Tony Stark's personality wears on me..
Wonder Woman was delightful. The best DC movie so far IMO.
Gal Gadot is one of the most beautiful people I've ever seen.
Gal Gadot is one of the most beautiful people I've ever seen.
LOL. Well played, sir. To each their own. I politely say no thank you when it comes to Jackie Chan (except those few films my big two are in and then I skip to their scenes).
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As far as Iron Man, still enjoy the first film (Jeff Bridges is fantastic). The others, not-so-much.
For me, the only Planet of the Apes film I still love is the original from 1968. Though I find Beneath the Planet of the Apes hilarious (especially the creepy mutants who worship ...well...I won't spoil it).
Personally, the 2001 remake disappointed me (even with Rick Baker doing the more realistic Ape makeups for some characters). As far as the recent ones, I politely pass. I do not need to know where and how the evolution swap took place. It kind of ruins the Twilight Zone-like stinger of the original. There are some stories that do not need to be told (I find this an unfortunate trend with prequels lately).
In honor of my son's love of dinosaurs, we watched
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I thought JPIII was the worst, and then they made World. Poor Opie's daughter can't act her way... well... anywhere. Is she stupid? Is she evil? Who knows? Who cares?
We cheered all the deaths in JPIII. Good times.
Finally, it doesn't do any good to sing "Billy. Billy don't you lose my number" to teenagers. Fact.
and then
I thought JPIII was the worst, and then they made World. Poor Opie's daughter can't act her way... well... anywhere. Is she stupid? Is she evil? Who knows? Who cares?
We cheered all the deaths in JPIII. Good times.
Finally, it doesn't do any good to sing "Billy. Billy don't you lose my number" to teenagers. Fact.
Alien all of them ![:p]( "Stick Out Tongue :p")
Building up to Alien Covenant. The original theatrical Alien is absolutely one of the very best SciFi films ever produced. The tension and fear is absolutely palpable. Ridley Scott at his absolute best. The intensity of this film remains, which speaks volumes...
Personal favourites are Alien & Alien 3, former needs no words, latter Fox should have left David Fincher to work his craft instead of just chasing the $$$
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Still enjoyable today, just need to understand the period and context, great fun totally not serious...
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Building up to Alien Covenant. The original theatrical Alien is absolutely one of the very best SciFi films ever produced. The tension and fear is absolutely palpable. Ridley Scott at his absolute best. The intensity of this film remains, which speaks volumes...
Personal favourites are Alien & Alien 3, former needs no words, latter Fox should have left David Fincher to work his craft instead of just chasing the $$$
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Still enjoyable today, just need to understand the period and context, great fun totally not serious...
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Alien all of themBuilding up to Alien Covenant. The original theatrical Alien is absolutely one of the very best SciFi films ever produced. The tension and fear is absolutely palpable. Ridley Scott at his absolute best. The intensity of this film remains, which speaks volumes...
Personal favourites are Alien & Alien 3, former needs no words, latter Fox should have left David Fincher to work his craft instead of just chasing the $$$
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Still enjoyable today, just need to understand the period and context, great fun totally not serious...
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yer right on both!
excellent franchise, i especially liked PrometheusAlien all of themBuilding up to Alien Covenant. The original theatrical Alien is absolutely one of the very best SciFi films ever produced. The tension and fear is absolutely palpable. Ridley Scott at his absolute best. The intensity of this film remains, which speaks volumes...
Personal favourites are Alien & Alien 3, former needs no words, latter Fox should have left David Fincher to work his craft instead of just chasing the $$$
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Still enjoyable today, just need to understand the period and context, great fun totally not serious...
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Our little G is an Anime fanatic, one of her favorites is Black Butler! For one night only, there was a US release of the new movie, and we scored tickets - she was floored! We went "out for dinner", but right next to the theater, then sprung it on her
The theater was pretty much packed, and a surprising range of demographics, pretty amazing, everyone had blast, fun seeing a whole theater of people who knew every character, every plot point of a Japanese animated series (here in the US).
My daughter was a big Anime and manga fan too. I remember watching every episode of d.gray man with her. I'm sure she'd have enjoyed that night to.Our little G is an Anime fanatic, one of her favorites is Black Butler! For one night only, there was a US release of the new movie, and we scored tickets - she was floored! We went "out for dinner", but right next to the theater, then sprung it on herThe theater was pretty much packed, and a surprising range of demographics, pretty amazing, everyone had blast, fun seeing a whole theater of people who knew every character, every plot point of a Japanese animated series (here in the US).