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It's basically Osamu Tezuka's Jungle Taitei (aka Jungle Emperor Leo or Kimba the White Lion), which I think is in turn the most overrated work of Tezuka (I'm a HUGE fan of his, and I have been mantaining this since I first seriously started to read and collect his works back in my early twenties) combined with Hamlet and Bambi.
It's not a bad movie. AT ALL. I actually like The Lion King and I think it surpasses the whole 3 volumes of Jungle Taitei in only 90 minutes. But I just don't find it that of sheer perfection many regard this film as. (I just woke up: I hope this last sentence makes sense gramatically).
I've heard many times that people tend to judge a film badly because they fell asleep. While that might be indicative of being bored, you can also be very tired.
I have fallen asleep quite a few times while watching a favourite (Bond) movie, that's just something that can happen once in a while. Doesn't mean the film is boring.
I've fallen asleep once in the cinema. The film was Ace Venture: When Nature Calls. It was awful but i just couldn't be bothered to get up and leave, so sleep took over!
I tend never to watch a film if i'm tired.
Sacriledge!!!
One film i do wish i'd slept through was the arsenumbingly awful, Alexander
I used to be like that, but not anymore. I will cut out a film or series whenever I feel all hope is lost of enjoying it. It could be 20 minutes in, or 20 minutes before the end or whatever.
Only time i fell asleep during a movie was 'Air America' nothing to do with the film (though its not great!) Its just the cinema had the heating up too high!!
Well now that we're in this thread anyway, that's one of my favourite films.
Ouch! :-S I do enjoy the soundtrack by Vangelis though....
What I liked about Rocketman was the way it incorporated the hits into fantasy type sequences rather than just the scenes of the greatest hits coming together in the studio and these played directly into the story, reflecting what was going on in Elton's life at that point. It had the energy of a live musical.
Like any film, there were liberties and poetic license in both. There were a lot of parallels with unknown but talented people who meet the right musical partners, get huge, fight for their art, pick the wrong people, family issues, giving in to substance and alcohol abuse, an overall yearning to be loved, etc.
One of the things about Bohemian Rhapsody was all over the place with its timing and situations. It played too fast and loose with the story and that brought it down. I still think it's a good film and great at reproducing what made Queen special, but so much about it just seemed tailored to fit the story easier if not make it better.
I do hope Rocketman's reputation continues to lift over the years as it hasn't lost any entertainment value since the time I first viewed it.
A huge battle commences in the camp with Kurtz commanding his army of savages and American special forces, with Willard and Lance fighting alongside. A huge bloody battle ensues and is ended with a massive air strike. At dawn Willard manages to drag a dying Kurtz to the patrol boat and leave. Also with them is Colby, one of Kurtz's special forces.
As they head down river Kurtz dies uttering "The horror...the horror.." When an air medivac chopper arrives Willard fires on it.
There is an epilogue where a rehabilitated Willard visits Kurtz's wife at her home.
I like the fact that in the script there is the forthcoming offensive by the VC to the camp that adds to the urgency and gives a sense of purpose to the proceedings. I've always found the films ending somewhat unsatisfying, even though its one of my favourite films.
That ending does sound a lot better, maybe it wasnt shot because of budget, or Coppola thought another battle scene might have finished him considering what an endurance it was to film!
I think Coppolla thought it was all a bit 'gung ho' which is why he omitted the battle. He does talk about it in the 'Hearts of Darkness' documentary, which i must re-watch soon.
Personally i would love to have seen it as scripted. It would have been brutal and spectacular! And while reading the script i kept picturing a younger Nick Nolte as Kurtz.
If you fancy reading it you can find it here. http://www.dailyscript.com/scripts/apocolypse.html
This is one of those films that I just find fascinating in its many forms as well as the backstory.
Yes. He apparently spent weeks trying to come up with an ending while Brando wanted to improvise Kurtz's dialogue.
Personally i think the best the ending was already there in the script.
I mean, is anything Brando mumbles about in the film that interesting?
I always find the 'innoculation' story tedious.
On a lighter scale: I find Wayne's World 2 funnier and overall more enjoyable than the first one.
BLADE RUNNER (1982)
I prefer the theatrical cut with the voice over narration. Gives the film more of a film noir vibe to me.
Giving Brando any leeway back then was dangerous for a filmmaker. It was a different time and they put up with his antics to have his talent on a film. He really owed Coppola for resurrecting his career by taking a chance on him for The Godfather instead of pushing the madness of the Apocalypse production further.
I've read something really crazy on Superman that Brando wanted Jor-El to be represented as a bagel or something very, very strange.
I agree completely! I’ve seen the theatrical version so many times that when I see a different version my brain fills in the voiceover for me :))
I prefer the theatrical version’s ending too. I’d much rather watch Deckard and Rachel drive into the countryside with Vangelis’s music soaring away. Stopping the film after the unicorn origami in the lift foyer seems silly to me.
Have to disagree. That ending with Deckard and Rachel driving away is utterly stupid. (With outtake shots from Kubricks The Shining!)
Why would people live in this dense rainy smog filled city, when there is this glorious countryside a mere flying car trip away!
And the narration was awful, put in for people who couldnt follow the plot, Ford hated doing it and showed his contempt for it by his dull delivery of the lines.
The Directors cut is far superior and puts everything that was wrong about the theatrical cut right!
That’s not a controversial opinion, that’s the straight-down-the-line utterly conventional one :))
The theatrical version was the one I saw in the cinema in ‘82 and I love it
I remember enjoying the narration, and liked the ending. I wouldn't mind tracking another copy of that down. My current version only contains the latest cut.
Agreed. And it´s basically a copy of Escape from Alcatraz.
At any rate it is infinitely better than the mess that is The Green Mile. I don't want to be repetitive, so if anyone cares, please use the search function on this board. TGM is really one of the few movies I ever regretted buying. Shawshank isn't.
Still, it's a wonderful film.