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It is a classic. Definitely worth watching.
I do see on BBC 1 there is a rerun of Far From the Madding Crowd at 8pm
Agreed.
Actually, I have seen it before - both the movie and the extended TV series - and agree that it is an absolute classic. Perhaps surprisingly (but entirely characteristically), I have even read the book on which both the movie and TV series were based.
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Shaw Brothers strikeouts:
Thumbs down to: Martial Arts of Shaolin, The Mighty Peking Man & Eight Diagram Pole Fighter.
Meh to: Dirty Ho (which I'd seen once before, but a couple of fights do not a good movie make. The villains are the reason to watch this otherwise groan-worthy SB.)
This binge watch proved while I respect Lau Kar Leung as a martial artist and choreographer, I am not a fan of the vast majority of the movies LKL directed: Uninteresting characters despite some occasionally good kung fu. The whole point of these films for me are the characters and their stories, great martial arts is the icing on the cake; not the only reason to watch. That's why after about 200 SB films, I still think director Sun Chung's movies are the best. He put character first and made the kung fu an extension of those characters.
LKL directed three of those films, and a director I do like did The Mighty Peking Man which is one of the worst and unintentionally funny King Kong rip offs you'll ever see.
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Also meh to Star Wars Attack of the Clones (2002) I dislike the politics immensely and the war was pretty boring. Still dig Ewan as Obi-Wan though, so the potential rumors of a stand alone Kenobi film are intriguing and good news to me.
Thumbs down to: Martial Arts of Shaolin, The Mighty Peking Man & Eight Diagram Pole Fighter.
Meh to: Dirty Ho (which I'd seen once before, but a couple of fights do not a good movie make. The villains are the reason to watch this otherwise groan-worthy SB.)
This binge watch proved while I respect Lau Kar Leung as a martial artist and choreographer, I am not a fan of the vast majority of the movies LKL directed: Uninteresting characters despite some occasionally good kung fu. The whole point of these films for me are the characters and their stories, great martial arts is the icing on the cake; not the only reason to watch. That's why after about 200 SB films, I still think director Sun Chung's movies are the best. He put character first and made the kung fu an extension of those characters.
LKL directed three of those films, and a director I do like did The Mighty Peking Man which is one of the worst and unintentionally funny King Kong rip offs you'll ever see.
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Also meh to Star Wars Attack of the Clones (2002) I dislike the politics immensely and the war was pretty boring. Still dig Ewan as Obi-Wan though, so the potential rumors of a stand alone Kenobi film are intriguing and good news to me.
I thought his portrayal of Doc Holliday was excellent and helped give the movie - a very good one - a depth it might otherwise have lacked.
wow....
all things are subjective...
cos i think that film is crap.
partly because of val kilmer... true story.
all things are subjective...
cos i think that film is crap.
partly because of val kilmer... true story.
wow....
all things are subjective...
cos i think that film is crap.
partly because of val kilmer... true story.
not all things but movie taste is...
My favorite Val Kilmer movie is The Saint (1997). I like the story, atmosphere, Kilmer and Elizabeth Shue..
wow....
all things are subjective...
cos i think that film is crap.
partly because of val kilmer... true story.
Yes, many things are subjective, this is undeniable, and something that is unusually subjective tends to be one's taste in movies, and in music.
Nevertheless, I am more than partial to the sort of classy man who can hold his own in a debate conducted in Latin.
I have really enjoyed Michael Sheen's acting in what's sometimes referred to as a triology --The Deal (2003), The Queen ( 2007), The Special Relationship (2010 )-- and also Frost/Nixon (2009).
So annoying there's not been a digital download made available of The Deal, at least in USA. I have looked for it since I bought the DVD. So tempted to rip my purchased copy sometimes. When my last laptop with an optical drive croaks then I may become a scofflaw... right after I buy an external optical drive (to let me then rip all my no-digital-copy-yet movies). I've no intention of carting around an external drive with me for viewing use, not even upstairs in my own house.
cos i think that film is crap.
partly because of val kilmer... true story.
Wow, I think you may be the first person I've ever seen that did not have at least a _moderate_ appreciation of Tombstone. I love it, one of my favorites and I'm not much of a Western enthusiast (mostly some Sergio films, and more modern takes on the genre like Unforgiven).
The cast, holy smokes, look at this sampling:
Kurt Russell
Val Kilmer
Sam Elliott
Bill Paxton
Powers Boothe
Michael Biehn
Charlton Heston
Stephen Lang
Thomas Haden Church
Billy Bob Thornton
That's some serious talent.
Ah, yes.
Agreed: A terrific cast.
And, also, agreed, in general, neither am I much of a fan of westerns, but, yes, spaghetti westerns I will make an exception for; I love them. And yes, Unforgiven was an outstanding movie.
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My favorite Val Kilmer movie is The Saint (1997). I like the story, atmosphere, Kilmer and Elizabeth Shue..
Actually, a movie that I really liked where Val Kilmer was extremely good was the excellent Thunderheart. (The late, and wonderful Sam Shepard was characteristically superb, also).
Just finished watching the original Planet of The Apes and Fight for The Planet of The Apes. Love the series, but man you could tell the budgets were getting pretty lean towards the end of the movie franchise.
Love Tombstone. One of my favorite movies.
Love Tombstone. One of my favorite movies.
Agree, it is excellent.
One of the many things I like about it is that the tale - and the movie - doesn't end with the legendary OK Corral gunfight, which would have been an easy and obvious cliché; in the movie, that takes about as long - well, maybe a little longer - than it did in real life - and, while it was absolutely gripping, the aftermath was even more compelling. The Earp brothers paid dearly for winning that gun battle, and I liked the way that this was portrayed.
thought i'd love it too!
i wanted to like it. sat through it several times and it hasn't happened.
can't stand it. billy bob is the worst american actor i can name besides kevin costner.
Surely Jim Carey is the worst? He only plays one character and I believe it's himself. A man in good need of a punch in the face. If he was in the next Star Wars I'd probably watch it. Everything else I'd skip it. Can't stand the bloke.thought i'd love it too!
i wanted to like it. sat through it several times and it hasn't happened.
can't stand it. billy bob is the worst american actor i can name besides kevin costner.
thought i'd love it too!
i wanted to like it. sat through it several times and it hasn't happened.
can't stand it. billy bob is the worst american actor i can name besides kevin costner.
Ah, on Kevin Costner, yes, we are in complete agreement.
Awful, awful, awful......
Oh, goody. I thought I was the only person on this planet who disliked those two. Billy Bob comes off as a creep in all his roles. His role in Love Actually as the American President only helped that negative image. Coincidentally, who knew Love Actually's American President would some day come true.
Oh, goody. I thought I was the only person on this planet who disliked those two. Billy Bob comes off as a creep in all his roles. His role in Love Actually as the American President only helped that negative image. Coincidentally, who knew Love Actually's American President would some day come true.
he's never delivered a line i've believed.
nor has costner. i did, however, enjoy 13 days in october. but that has been about it.
jim carrey i've never been a big fan of. the dumb and dumber stuff i do find funny though.
Watching a short feature about origami that I watch over again at least a few times a year. This will shift some gears in your head if that’s what you need after too much time spent with the news of the day. Nice sound track too. Between the Folds (2008).
Origami creators: “like alchemists, bringing beauty to the mundane...”
“At heart one of the things that makes us human, that’s both our strength and our weakness, is the need to change things. It’s also the heart of the appeal of origami: exploring the surprising magic of just how far you can change that square, only by folding.”
That quote’s from a guy in the film who has two Cal Tech degrees and “gave it all up” to become a paper folder. But when you see what he’s doing with it and how he does it, you realize he didn’t leave those engineering degrees behind at all.
And since DNA is a foldable structure, since 2006 there have been applications of DNA origami being explored and expanded for scientific and industrial purposes.
Origami creators: “like alchemists, bringing beauty to the mundane...”
“The rules are simple, and intensify the challenge:
one square transformed by folding
no scissors / no tape / no glue”
no scissors / no tape / no glue”
“At heart one of the things that makes us human, that’s both our strength and our weakness, is the need to change things. It’s also the heart of the appeal of origami: exploring the surprising magic of just how far you can change that square, only by folding.”
That quote’s from a guy in the film who has two Cal Tech degrees and “gave it all up” to become a paper folder. But when you see what he’s doing with it and how he does it, you realize he didn’t leave those engineering degrees behind at all.
And since DNA is a foldable structure, since 2006 there have been applications of DNA origami being explored and expanded for scientific and industrial purposes.
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Woody Harrelson is a one character actor, too. Recently saw something newer with James Dreyfus in it. Wow. He let himself go. There are actors older than him who look healthier. Hard to imagine he was the squeeky voiced probie on Thin Blue Line.
Only the original film is good. The newer ones make you want to take a hammer to your head.