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I've posted some critical responses in the last couple of days/pages and it's mostly had +stellar+ reviews!
I was pleasantly surprised by Gerald's Game yesterday (on Netflix). For an adaptation of a Stephen King novel, it's pretty good.
Plus, who could resist Carla Gugino tied to a bed?
Plus, who could resist Carla Gugino tied to a bed?
I've been on the lookout for forgotten animated movies, and I came across 'The Last Unicorn' awhile ago. It's a unique story with a very unique set of characters and script. The soundtrack takes me back to the 80s .
Cheers
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I thought it was easily as good, in and some ways better [than the original] with all the additional "world building", and a few beautiful set pieces that outdid just about anything from the original. Plus, +more+ Ian McShane!
Empire Strikes Back (yay) and Return of the Jedi (Nay.)
Also, The Kid with a Tattoo again (a kung fu sort of comedy that features a terrible lead, but fun supporting characters and awesome kung fu.) Thankfully, there are so many strong support players (especially Yuen Wah and Dick Wei) and lots of martial arts on display, so it's not a bad movie once you ignore the title character.
Also, The Kid with a Tattoo again (a kung fu sort of comedy that features a terrible lead, but fun supporting characters and awesome kung fu.) Thankfully, there are so many strong support players (especially Yuen Wah and Dick Wei) and lots of martial arts on display, so it's not a bad movie once you ignore the title character.
I wasn't a fan of either John Wick movie. It was a good movie in regard to seeing baddies getting shot up. That's it, really.
Baby Driver
Good movie. Decent side plots, character development was good, too. Loved the editing to the sound or music. Was not a fan of Jamie Foxx, such a one dimensional actor. We enjoyed it.
Baby Driver
Good movie. Decent side plots, character development was good, too. Loved the editing to the sound or music. Was not a fan of Jamie Foxx, such a one dimensional actor. We enjoyed it.
Saw Blade Runner 2049 last night. Couple of things
Great movie, though. Not better than the original, but definitely a fitting sequel and on equal footing with the original.
- The look and feel of the film are in the spirit of the original
- Ryan Gosling is great and convincing. Probably a better lead than Ford was in the original
- The plot is not at all a rehash of the original
- The rest of the cast was fantastic
- The connection to the original film was seamless and believable
- The window dressing of the world of Blade Runner is significantly more tactile than it was in the original. There is a lot more technology interaction in a movie taking place 30 years after the original
- The soundtrack and the length were the only negatives, really. This movie's soundtrack was WAY too loud and a bit too long.
Great movie, though. Not better than the original, but definitely a fitting sequel and on equal footing with the original.
Cheesier than a Swiss fondue and as corny as I remembered it the first time I saw it in '75.
Still, enjoyable for what it is.
Though this one is still the best.
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We shall venture out this weekend to go and see it.
I am still full of trepidation as I am a huge fan of the original.
3D or 2D?
Still, enjoyable for what it is.
Though this one is still the best.
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Good to hear that.
We shall venture out this weekend to go and see it.
I am still full of trepidation as I am a huge fan of the original.
3D or 2D?
I need to rewatch those. Did you ever watch the old Police Squad films? Those were just as corny.
Remembering @arkitect watching that glorified gorilla/King Kong movie recently, I took it upon myself to watch it as there was nothing else that interested me. Oh, lord, what a mistake. Did manage to lull me to sleep by boredom and sheer cringe.
Remembering @arkitect watching that glorified gorilla/King Kong movie recently, I took it upon myself to watch it as there was nothing else that interested me. Oh, lord, what a mistake. Did manage to lull me to sleep by boredom and sheer cringe.
Airplane was great!Cheesier than a Swiss fondue and as corny as I remembered it the first time I saw it in '75.
Still, enjoyable for what it is.
Though this one is still the best.
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Good to hear that.
We shall venture out this weekend to go and see it.
I am still full of trepidation as I am a huge fan of the original.
3D or 2D?
I do love them.
The scene in the San Francisco sex shop lives with me forever.
It is awful, isn't it?
And a budget of 100s of million… *sigh*
My plan is to watch the original (Final Cut) before I see this, next week. The preview looks like a common theme in science fiction, that intelligent androids/A.I. are the future or possibly the end of the human race.
The original is very interesting because although it is about rogue, rebellious androids, it’s an examination of what it means to be human, and the idea that human beings could easily become emotionally evolved with artificial versions of ourselves. Personally my first exposure to one part of this theme was in the early 1960’s. The Lonely on Twilight Zone. Link is a spoiler if you've not seen it. Not that I'm a know it all
, but the Blade Runner story (Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep) was written in 1968, after this Twilight Zone episode and according to this article Of Love and Robots, Azimov wrote mentioned it in his 1950s Foundation Trilogy. I don't remember if I read or tried to read the Foundation Trilogy. I might have to get a copy of that.
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Well until you get edited out of the original and replaced with another dead guy!That's okay. You'll always be alive to me even though I am dead.
I've been on the lookout for forgotten animated movies, and I came across 'The Last Unicorn' awhile ago. It's a unique story with a very unique set of characters and script. The soundtrack takes me back to the 80s
Cheers
Great little flick!
Final got around to watching some Disney flicks that me and the wife have been wanting to watch for a while now;
Moana - not bad, not great. Fun little flick.
Finding Dory - Again, not bad, but not great. I actually liked this one better than Finding Nemo.
Kung Fu Killer (2014, a.k.a. Kung Fu Jungle) - so Teddy Chen's "suspenseful" modern kung fu romp stars Donnie Yen as Xia HaHou Mo, a murderer who convinces the cops to let him track a serial killer Hung Yu Sau who is bumping off prominent martial artists.
We're here to watch Yen fight and he does that, but the younger fella who plays the unhinged Hung Yu goes a bit too off the deep end in the camp department and winds up killing the mood and intensity. The best moments were the Shaw Brothers winks for me: fake movie being shot by a Chang Cheh-like director, replete with a now famous martial artist choreographer/stunt-man Hong Yip. Xia bested Hong and learned under Hong's master Chen (the one and only David Chiang who was just wonderful in this.) Chiang brought out the good acting in Donnie and I would absolutely love to see these two work on a movie together because they had terrific chemistry. Chiang has not lost an ounce of the charisma he's parlayed for 65 of his 70 years in front of the camera and Yen etc. could learn a lot just watching him slip right into this former Sifu gone Chef's shoes. They do wink to the character's weapons master prowess by showing his deft skills with a meat cleaver, but it was a delightful moment that made the utterly crap parts worth sitting through.
That is how you do a cameo right, by honoring the person and their history and skills and making it feel grounded in the story. I hope these two will work together again. David Chiang still needs to be on the big screen.
As for Yen, I like and respect Donnie as a martial artist and person, but I was hoping his acting chops would be much improved by now. Unfortunately, he still comes across wooden in most roles. There are moments here that show promise, I would just love to see him fully embrace the acting as much he does everything else. Just convince me, Mr. Yen that's all I ask, (outside of making a full blown movie with David Chiang.)
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The Lost Bladesman (2010) - my interest in Guan Yu was really my gateway back into Hong Kong movies six years ago I remember being very disappointed in Donnie Yen's turn as the legendary Chinese general. His Rogue One co-star Wen Jiang is also here (as Yu's betrayer General Cao Cao) and he's very good. However, no matter how hard I try to see this as an interesting, intimate look at Guan Yu, Yen's inability to convince me of who he is (outside of the WuShu-like use of GY's namesake Guan Dao) is still a huge sticking point. So I still feel exactly the same way about this movie the first two times I saw it. Beautifully hunting intro and a great alley fight between Yen and Andy On, but outside of that, not a very good movie.
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Somehow I got caught up in watching Sun Chung's Human Lanterns (1982) again and it's a brilliantly horrific tweak on "Be Careful What You Wish For." This late Shaw Brothers movie deserves all the kudos and love it gets because it's gruesome beyond the creation of the title lantern. It's a very ugly look at How keeping up with the Tans and Lungs can make you lose your heart and soul. Given it's unpleasantness, it's not a Sun Chung movie I watch often, but when I do, I cannot deny what a great movie it is on every level.
If you want to see a hard R horror wu xia with great performances by it's trio of male leads (and an awesome cameo by former Venoms mob member Lo Meng), look no further. Excellent movie and boasting some of the most potent morality zingers I've ever seen.
We're here to watch Yen fight and he does that, but the younger fella who plays the unhinged Hung Yu goes a bit too off the deep end in the camp department and winds up killing the mood and intensity. The best moments were the Shaw Brothers winks for me: fake movie being shot by a Chang Cheh-like director, replete with a now famous martial artist choreographer/stunt-man Hong Yip. Xia bested Hong and learned under Hong's master Chen (the one and only David Chiang who was just wonderful in this.) Chiang brought out the good acting in Donnie and I would absolutely love to see these two work on a movie together because they had terrific chemistry. Chiang has not lost an ounce of the charisma he's parlayed for 65 of his 70 years in front of the camera and Yen etc. could learn a lot just watching him slip right into this former Sifu gone Chef's shoes. They do wink to the character's weapons master prowess by showing his deft skills with a meat cleaver, but it was a delightful moment that made the utterly crap parts worth sitting through.
That is how you do a cameo right, by honoring the person and their history and skills and making it feel grounded in the story. I hope these two will work together again. David Chiang still needs to be on the big screen.
As for Yen, I like and respect Donnie as a martial artist and person, but I was hoping his acting chops would be much improved by now. Unfortunately, he still comes across wooden in most roles. There are moments here that show promise, I would just love to see him fully embrace the acting as much he does everything else. Just convince me, Mr. Yen that's all I ask, (outside of making a full blown movie with David Chiang.)
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The Lost Bladesman (2010) - my interest in Guan Yu was really my gateway back into Hong Kong movies six years ago I remember being very disappointed in Donnie Yen's turn as the legendary Chinese general. His Rogue One co-star Wen Jiang is also here (as Yu's betrayer General Cao Cao) and he's very good. However, no matter how hard I try to see this as an interesting, intimate look at Guan Yu, Yen's inability to convince me of who he is (outside of the WuShu-like use of GY's namesake Guan Dao) is still a huge sticking point. So I still feel exactly the same way about this movie the first two times I saw it. Beautifully hunting intro and a great alley fight between Yen and Andy On, but outside of that, not a very good movie.
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Somehow I got caught up in watching Sun Chung's Human Lanterns (1982) again and it's a brilliantly horrific tweak on "Be Careful What You Wish For." This late Shaw Brothers movie deserves all the kudos and love it gets because it's gruesome beyond the creation of the title lantern. It's a very ugly look at How keeping up with the Tans and Lungs can make you lose your heart and soul. Given it's unpleasantness, it's not a Sun Chung movie I watch often, but when I do, I cannot deny what a great movie it is on every level.
If you want to see a hard R horror wu xia with great performances by it's trio of male leads (and an awesome cameo by former Venoms mob member Lo Meng), look no further. Excellent movie and boasting some of the most potent morality zingers I've ever seen.
Haven't seen them in 20+ years so it doesn't sound familiar. I recall the awards ceremony and the bomb blast testing site parts well. And the post office.I do love them.
The scene in the San Francisco sex shop lives with me forever.
Were there any other 80s and 90s flicks like these? Spaceballs, Dracula, SpyHard, Hot Shots 1 and 2 (personal favorite of mine), Robin Hood Men in Tights, Mafia. All I can remember off the top of my head. The segment is effectively dead these days. Comedy is subjective, but half of today's comedies are terrible. Not terribly funny, but rotten.
What were your impressions?
It very well could be one of the worst films I've ever seen.
And the hate I have/had for USSR and their obtuse, and vengeful type of politics have found a new height.
Interesting story told in such a half ass way that it made it nearly unbearable for me to watch, and Mina Sorvino, who I usually like, was pretty weak in it.