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Huntn said:
When Clint Eastwood snuck up behind the guy in the radio room with a knife, why did he not shoot him first?
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This is a movie I've seen a dozen or so times. This is one of the questions all the men in our family have had on their mind forever. I think we agreed that a gunshot would echo in the hallways and alert soldiers in the vicinity. Ever shoot a gun at an indoor range? Shooting in a stone building with narrow hallways and stone rooms is a very bad experience noise wise. With a large caliber, such as 38 special and above, you feel it with each trigger pull. As for your other question, no idea.
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Huntn said:
I’m a bit confused why this movie has gotten such low critical and audience reviews. :confused:
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I did explain why in terms of The Mummy. Why didn't TTSS make more than $85M globally when it was so well executed? People want something else. Something formulaic. Common. Most people know who Agatha Christie was, unless they flunked English. Most have also never read anything by her.
 
Zenithal said:
This is a movie I've seen a dozen or so times. This is one of the questions all the men in our family have had on their mind forever. I think we agreed that a gunshot would echo in the hallways and alert soldiers in the vicinity. Ever shoot a gun at an indoor range? Shooting in a stone building with narrow hallways and stone rooms is a very bad experience noise wise. With a large caliber, such as 38 special and above, you feel it with each trigger pull. As for your other question, no idea.
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I did explain why in terms of The Mummy. Why didn't TTSS make more than $85M globally when it was so well executed? People want something else. Something formulaic. Common. Most people know who Agatha Christie was, unless they flunked English. Most have also never read anything by her.
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TTSS? ...sorry. :oops:
Regarding WED, there was already a discussion in one of our many gun threads about why silencers are not that silent, however the noise of a silencer as portrayed in the film, it seemed like an obvious choice. :)
Murder On The Orient Express, I was thinking, it’s an old story that many people are familiar with, and maybe this type of movie just does not resonate to the masses (any more) when the alternatives are Avengers and Transformers. That still does not explain the low critical reviews.
 
Huntn said:
TTSS? ...sorry. :oops:
Murder On The Orient Express, I was thinking, it’s an old story that many people are familiar with, and maybe this type of movie just does not resonate to the masses (any more) when the alternatives are Avengers and Transformers. That still does not explain the low critical reviews.
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Murder on the Orient Express has not been treated well by cinema.

Albert Finney was an odd choice. His Franco/Belgo accent a thing of serious ugliness.
Still, a luxury cast. I mean, wow!
Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman, Jacqueline Bisset, Sean Connery, John Gielgud, Anthony Perkins, Vanessa Redgrave, Michael York.
Imagine putting a cast like that together today? Like eating a whole box of (American) Godiva chocolates at one go.
Big plus point it was very true to the whodunnit.

David Suchet is Poirot. The perfect Christie Poirot.
But, the ITV Murder on the Orient Express… sigh. A travesty.
All the addition of Catholic angst and a gratuitous stoning of a woman in Istanbul. The story just did not need it.

Now we have the Alpha Luvvy Branagh with an outrageous moustache. To me alarm bells ring loud when the lead actor is either Director or Producer (or both!). That just spells self indulgent vehicle.

I have not seen it, but judging by the trailer and the reviews I have read, I'll probably give it a wide berth.

However I am glad it hits the spot for some.

Does it keep to the original solution? ie. They ALL dunnit? Or something a lot more fanciful? Al Capone did it? Poirot did it? *gasp*
Wouldn't surprise me.

Huntn said:
That still does not explain the low critical reviews.
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Perhaps it is just a sh*tty movie? ;)

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Looking at the 2017 cast, they seem to have gone for the luxury ensemble as well.
 
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arkitect said:
Murder on the Orient Express has not been treated well by cinema.

Albert Finney was an odd choice. His Franco/Belgo accent a thing of serious ugliness.
Still, a luxury cast. I mean, wow!
Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman, Jacqueline Bisset, Sean Connery, John Gielgud, Anthony Perkins, Vanessa Redgrave, Michael York.
Imagine putting a cast like that together today? Like eating a whole box of (American) Godiva chocolates at one go.
Big plus point it was very true to the whodunnit.

David Suchet is Poirot. The perfect Christie Poirot.
But, the ITV Murder on the Orient Express… sigh. A travesty.
All the addition of Catholic angst and a gratuitous stoning of a woman in Istanbul. The story just did not need it.

Now we have the Alpha Luvvy Branagh with an outrageous moustache. To me alarm bells ring loud when the lead actor is either Director or Producer (or both!). That just spells self indulgent vehicle.

I have not seen it, but judging by the trailer and the reviews I have read, I'll probably give it a wide berth.

However I am glad it hits the spot for some.

Does it keep to the original solution? ie. They ALL dunnit? Or something a lot more fanciful? Al Capone did it? Poirot did it? *gasp*
Wouldn't surprise me.


Perhaps it is just a sh*tty movie? ;)
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I agree with your assessment of David Suchet. Maybe my taste in movies has deteriorated, but this one appealed to me as a good telling of the story. I liked the cast and was not offended by the mustache. :)
 
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Our Sunday night film is one of my all time favourites.
Never grow tired of watching Ian Mckellen at his finest. And a gorgeous production.

Highly recommended!


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Just watched PREDESTINATION. What a fantastic time travel movie. The less you know about it, the better. Anybody else see it? Use spoiler tags if you want to discuss please.
 
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Mac'nCheese said:
Just watched PREDESTINATION. What a fantastic time travel movie. The less you know about it, the better. Anybody else see it? Use spoiler tags if you want to discuss please.
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It's really terrific, it came very recommended through various channels - totally agree, top N time travel movies.

If you liked that, also check out [the not a time travel movie] Daybreakers, same writers/directors, the Spierig Brothers, and also starring Ethan Hawke again.
 
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D.T. said:
It's really terrific, it came very recommended through various channels - totally agree, top N time travel movies.

If you liked that, also check out [the not a time travel movie] Daybreakers, same writers/directors, the Spierig Brothers, and also starring Ethan Hawke again.
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I Just put in on my queue. Thanks.
 
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Macchie Solari (a.k.a. Autopsy, 1974) Note: the opening sequences of this giallo steer it almost beyond a hard R rating (the nudity, violence and sexual goings on are quite unnerving and effective.)

This giallo sports a fascinating premise that is ultimately undone by the miscast of Barry Primus, and its descent from a truly original idea into a rather typical murder mystery scenario. I haven't seen this in at least 8 years.

So Mimsy Farmer's pathology intern Simona is investigating a rash of suicides in Rome for her thesis comparing real vs. fake suicides. This wave of self inflicted death is caused by a nasty summer heat wave and sun spots. Eventually some of these suicides will wind up being murders. Macchie Solari starts out with a serious exploitative bang, as several people -including naked women- start killing themselves. Simona has been working overtime in the awful heat and starts hallucinating that the naked cadavers around her rise up and start having sex. These unnerving sequences are very effective and throws the viewer for a serious loop. Even Simona’s boyfriend Edgar (Ray Lovelock) is not what he seems (he pretends to be dead to tease his supremely serious lady before offering her a ride home.)

When an acquaintance of Simona seems to take her own life, a mentally unstable priest Father Lenox (Barry Primus), appears at the hospital morgue and proclaims this woman's death was not a suicide. Turns out this suicide was his sister Betty which pulls the padre into the mix. Adding to this intriguing idea: people close to Simona start dying too. Is it Simona's father? The priest? Edgar? Could it even be Simona (who has been showing signs of duress from overworking in the heat?)

So far, so very good (except for Primus.) As you begin to wrap your brain around the idea that Simona will have absolute proof of a fake suicide for her thesis by investigating Betty Lenox's demise, the plot collapses as people close to our intern turn up dead. In past viewings I've been so annoyed by Primus, the plot lost its hold on my cinematic curiosity. This still stands, but I was able to ignore him enough this time to pay more attention until the story tripped up.

Time has made me less boo-hiss against Mimsy Farmer's corpse-like Simona (rather funny actually, given that she's a pathology intern), but I soured even more on Primus craptastic over-acting and the plot drifting away from that hook. One thing that remained interesting was how the sun spots and the brutal heat were playing havoc with Simona, the killer and most others around them. Father Lenox was already unstable and violent, but Primus utterly destroys any interest in his character. I keep waiting for him to die and wait....and wait....

Bad actor and story shift casts this hard R trashy whodunnit into pedestrian waters. Which is a shame since Ray Lovelock was adorably off-putting as Simona's lover Edgar, Ennio Morricone delivered perhaps his most unsettling score, and the disturbing opening sequence of Roman citizens killing themselves in various ways before transitioning into a deranged and creepy sexual vista in the morgue. Nothing frustrates me more as a movie-goer than when a really great premise isn't followed through. I can roll with bad acting if it's the in spirit of the character and the movie. In Mimsy's case, it works here. In Primus' case, any time he is on screen it nearly stops the movie, um, dead.

As I was revisiting this, I decided whenever I get into film school if I'm given an assignment of a movie to remake, it would be this one. This could have been one of the best giallos not made by Argento or Martino. Oh well.
 
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Thor. Never really liked the Thor movies but this one was great.
are we really supposed to believe that every single person on the entire planet fit in that one ship? Also, what was the ship in the credits from? Obv a setup for next avengers or something...
 
D.T. said:
8? There's 3 original, the 1 sequel, and the 1 "side story". 5 movies ... only 5 ... not 8 ...

"But the pre..."

NO!

*leaves*
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How Rude :p
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hawkeye_a said:
All 8? Only 3 exist in "my universe". :)
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I have all 8. They all count in my book. Yes not all great films like the OT, I have enough SW love to watch them all. Have my ticket for the midnight opening show of episode 8.
 
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Knight and Day (2010)- Repeat viewing, great tongue’n cheek spy adventure. Outstanding blend of action and music.

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Amazing car :)​
 
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Saw Justice League. I'm just not sure how DC can survive ruining 2 of the five characters off the bat. Wonder Woman is good, the Flash could still be great, but Snyder managed to ruin both Batman and Superman, which is the equivalent of Marvel ruining Iron Man, Thor, and Captain America
 
AustinIllini said:
Saw Justice League. I'm just not sure how DC can survive ruining 2 of the five characters off the bat. Wonder Woman is good, the Flash could still be great, but Snyder managed to ruin both Batman and Superman, which is the equivalent of Marvel ruining Iron Man, Thor, and Captain America
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Interesting.
 
Huntn said:
Knight and Day (2010)- Repeat viewing, great tongue’n cheek spy adventure. Outstanding blend of action and music.

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Amazing car :)​
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According to my film journal, I watched that on the 7th of last month. Wasn't as good as I remembered it being back when it came out. Though, I did watch Killers (2010) last week and that was worse than I remember it being. Also saw Eye of the Needle. Quality film. Watch it.
 
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