Probably my least favourite of the series. Making a hero too powerful just doesn’t work for me. I prefer flawed hero’s with a weakness or two.
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Swim Fan [2002]
Let me just pre-face by saying, some women are just crazy, and I mean legit crazy in this life.😁 That’s a solid example of what this movie is about.
For a decent Halloween thriller, I really like this one. It’s about a good looking dude who has a really nice pretty girlfriend, but end up flirting on the side with a girl who becomes obsessed with him and eventually he tries to break it off, but the obsessive crazy chick becomes extremely possessive and stocker-ish, leading to an array of events that may not be entirely believable, but ends up being a decent movie from the 2002 Era.
Oh, Erica Christiansen (the girl who plays the stalker chick), does a really good job In the movie.
Enjoy!
Let me just pre-face by saying, some women are just crazy, and I mean legit crazy in this life.😁 That’s a solid example of what this movie is about.
For a decent Halloween thriller, I really like this one. It’s about a good looking dude who has a really nice pretty girlfriend, but end up flirting on the side with a girl who becomes obsessed with him and eventually he tries to break it off, but the obsessive crazy chick becomes extremely possessive and stocker-ish, leading to an array of events that may not be entirely believable, but ends up being a decent movie from the 2002 Era.
Oh, Erica Christiansen (the girl who plays the stalker chick), does a really good job In the movie.
Enjoy!
This was my take on that movie as well.
I watched a video the other day on this and I agree with the guy.
That is a legitimate critique. I had to watch this a couple of times before I decided I like it. The ability to destroy a huge Kree ship by flying through it was an eye opener, and clearly placed her in a different category of super being. I have no idea how she was portrayed in the original source material, but absorbing the power of an infinity stone and not only living but excelling is something unique. Think of Peter Quill (Guardians of the Galaxy) who is half celestial, and he can barely manage holding on to one.
This was a story of deception and discovery. I liked all of the story elements and accept the portrayal of power. I’d have to watch Infinity Wars again to remember exactly what her contribution was in that fight, but there it was against Thanos with a gauntlet full of Infinity Stones.
If there is an issue for Marvel/Disney it will be to have any sequel be a worthy story that challenges her. It’s possible this power will fade.
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I agree with a lot of critiques the author of the video leveled, and his comparisons of Wonder Woman to CM, but he is looking at it from a much deeper aspect of themes than I was. I was focused on the story aspects of suppression, deception, misdirection, and discovery. I agree that Captain Marvel never seemed to doubt herself, but we would have had to see more of her before hand to make a judgement about how absorbing the power of the Tesseract changed her personality if at all.
And I would keep personal observations about Brie Larson out of it as this is not an aspect of a movie by which I want to judge it. Typically the personality and egos of actors is something that turns me off so the less I know, the better.
The bottom line, is did you enjoy it and if the answer is no, I won’t argue.
I agree with a lot of critiques the author of the video leveled, and his comparisons of Wonder Woman to CM, but he is looking at it from a much deeper aspect of themes than I was. I was focused on the story aspects of suppression, deception, misdirection, and discovery. I agree that Captain Marvel never seemed to doubt herself, but we would have had to see more of her before hand to make a judgement about how absorbing the power of the Tesseract changed her personality if at all.
And I would keep personal observations about Brie Larson out of it as this is not an aspect of a movie by which I want to judge it. Typically the personality and egos of actors is something that turns me off so the less I know, the better.
The bottom line, is did you enjoy it and if the answer is no, I won’t argue.
This is how I feel about Tom Cruise movies...
Finally got around to watching 1917, the Sam Mendes-directed story about two soldiers sent on a mission along British trenches during WWI.
The film got a lot of discussion due, in part, to the manner in which it was shot - which gives the viewer the impression it was all one take, with few obvious cuts. While I'm sure this technique required an exquisite level of planning and skill, there were times when I felt it had become something of a gimmick. The story itself was borderline absurd, and there were numerous anachronisms (like the inclusion of Black and Asian troops serving in mixed-race regiment).
Not a bad film. But not a great one either.
The film got a lot of discussion due, in part, to the manner in which it was shot - which gives the viewer the impression it was all one take, with few obvious cuts. While I'm sure this technique required an exquisite level of planning and skill, there were times when I felt it had become something of a gimmick. The story itself was borderline absurd, and there were numerous anachronisms (like the inclusion of Black and Asian troops serving in mixed-race regiment).
Not a bad film. But not a great one either.
I watched ‘Field of Dreams’ which was a favourite of mine when I was 7 or 8 years old. I don’t think I’ve seen it since that time? I was actually shocked to discover Ray Liotta was in it lol!!
Ray Liotta is in my top three best male actors of all time. I don’t really prefer him in ‘softer’ roles, he’s built more of a ‘mob boss’-‘Cop’ persona suited for him that really set his career in a multitude of films.
He has aged a lot, but he has some real mile stone films that really show you how talented he is.
All Hallows Eve [2013]
Happy Halloween.
This is one of those the third-party horror ‘Indie’ movies that took me by surprise. As much as I like ‘traditional’ Halloween films, I’ve seen most of them at least 10 times, and I chose this one because I do think the smaller independent films really are unique without all the ‘digital effects’.
This movie is like the perfect combo of inspiration with a combination John Carpenters ‘Halloween’ thematics and Rob Zombie horror films.
The movie itself is a sequence of short horror films, that doesn’t really have any set plot it’s just really meant to be scary with gore and well....murders . I think it delivers, on a totally limited budget that some true horror Aficionados will appreciate.
Happy Halloween.
This is one of those the third-party horror ‘Indie’ movies that took me by surprise. As much as I like ‘traditional’ Halloween films, I’ve seen most of them at least 10 times, and I chose this one because I do think the smaller independent films really are unique without all the ‘digital effects’.
This movie is like the perfect combo of inspiration with a combination John Carpenters ‘Halloween’ thematics and Rob Zombie horror films.
The movie itself is a sequence of short horror films, that doesn’t really have any set plot it’s just really meant to be scary with gore and well....murders . I think it delivers, on a totally limited budget that some true horror Aficionados will appreciate.
Top 3? Wow, he slipped past some serious talent if you're ranking "best" vs. "favorite". Just off the top of my head:
Daniel Day-Lewis
Al Pacino
Robert DeNiro
Anthony Hopkins
Gary Oldman
Jack Nicholson
Paul Newman
Marlon Brando
Morgan Freeman
George C. Scott
Michael Caine
Denzel Washington
Philip Seymour Hoffman
I am very much missing what was going to be the future work of Philip Seymour Hoffman. Yes, there's a great catalog of stuff out there (my faves: Hard Eight, A Most Wanted Man, small role in Big Liebowski, Almost Famous, and Pirate Radio), but it was the anticipation of what projects he'd do next I am future-missing.
To your list, I'd add Alec Guinness.
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I know, he left us a little soon. OMG, yes, Alec Guinness is genius, which brings to mind another for a list like this, Peter O' Toole
Thor (2011)
I list this as movie No.3 in sequence of Marvel’s Infinity Stone Saga, but No.1 in story, one of the best that mixes modern day New Mexico with half the movie splendidly delving into Norse Mythology. These days CGI is so good, you know it’s not real but it looks real, so then you can wonder how much of it is real?
The town of Puente Antiguo was a set built on a movie ranch. I remember the first time I watched it, wondering how they got away with so much destruction in these people’s town, which in many cases were practical effects.
The other technique which probably does not qualifiy as a one shot, but is still impressive, in Matrix Reloaded (2004) where a camera flys around a highway full of vehicles, between their tires, centered on a car chase. It makes you question what part of the scene is practical vs CGI effects, although many of the effects are obviously CGI, not that they are bad effects, but impossible to be practical effects.
The town of Puente Antiguo was a set built on a movie ranch. I remember the first time I watched it, wondering how they got away with so much destruction in these people’s town, which in many cases were practical effects.
The appearance of being one shot is intriguing and a novelty. Can it make for a better story? I’m thinking it has its uses while limiting other possibilities in story telling. I have been very impressed with the one shot as a single scene in War of the Worlds (2005), the van escape scene where the camera flies around and in and out of a van where Tom Cruise is hustling his kids out of Newark while having a conversation with them.
The other technique which probably does not qualifiy as a one shot, but is still impressive, in Matrix Reloaded (2004) where a camera flys around a highway full of vehicles, between their tires, centered on a car chase. It makes you question what part of the scene is practical vs CGI effects, although many of the effects are obviously CGI, not that they are bad effects, but impossible to be practical effects.
I can definitely recommend "designated Survivor". The first season was so good and it fits to Americas election.
Excellent book, but I’ve never seen the movie. I need to correct that.
Arguably the best of the Connery-era Bond movies: From Russia With Love.
Godspeed, Sir Sean.
Godspeed, Sir Sean.
To your list I add Sir Lawrence Olivier.
And Toshiro Mifune representing East Asia since your list is overwhelmingly American-British-centric.