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Scott is a difficult case for me. His swords and sandals movies, like Gladiator, are good but somehow I fail to get really into them with the same passion I bring to his science fiction films. Now those are the ones I love, no adore, no obsess over! Alien and Blade Runner would have taken the number 1 and 2 spots in my all-time-favourites list were it not for Kubrick's 2001 moving both of them one spot down the list. Blade Runner in particular is a movie for which my love is no longer rational but purely emotional. From the opening cues of Vangelis' score to Hauer's monologue in the rain, I am stunned time and again. Scott can have that effect on me. Too bad Prometheus isn't quite up there in quality with these two in my opinion. A good film, no doubt about it, just not the 'perfect' movie that Alien for example is, at least IMO.
It's a shame Depardieu doesn't do more work in the US. Seems he was pretty popular in the early 90's with 1492 and My Father the Hero, and Man in the Iron Mask (admittedly the only 3 movies I knew him from, before growing up checking out his other work)
He does have a new one coming out soon though- 'Welcome to New York' which looks fun
Started off quite promising, SFX were pretty interesting, BUT? Then it didn't really go anywhere and the whole lovey dovey thing went WAY too far over the top for me. It certainly did not end the way I thought it would either? Overall though I have to say it is not a film I would recommend to a friend.
Rabid Better than Shivers, it's more epic in scope as it is set in the whole city. It also seems the budget has increased by quite a lot too.
The Brood Good film, this time even the acting improved too (Oliver Reed is great), the story was cool and the final sequence was completly insane. The film felt just as gory as the Shivers (Rabid was not as shocking, IMO).
Until Death (2007)
Timecop (1994)
The former was something a little different from Van-Damme, the latter a little more conventional, but still an enjoyable action/scifi. Both are among my favourite JCVD films.
Sorry that my 'reviews' are not very good, my thoughts are always confused and I never know what to say apart from the obvious. But I try to improve. :)
I didn't say you did, I just noticed in the quote in your post that they were quite short.
Love these early Cronenberg movies, actually saw The Brood in the cinema which was a treat, caught up with Shivers and Rabid when home video took off. Have these now on DVD (+ The Fly) and would love to get hold of a decent blu-ray of VideoDrome, which I've not seen since it's original release.
Mmm, think I need to revisit The Fly, oh, and The Dead Zone!
I saw that movie waaaaay too young and it left a hell of an impact. I still love it today and happily watch it when it's on
Relatively ok film, I liked the idea of everything on Earth has learned to attack and hunt/kill humans. I did not think their was any need for an over the top Alien to bolster the film. I thought they should have manipulated the life forms on Earth more to create more of a threat?
"Elysium" Starring Matt Damon.
Ok film and I thought the action was good, and it certainly didn't play out or end how I thought it would, which I was pleased by which I know sounds odd. My 2 gripes are the following for this film. 1: Their was no need for the over the top re-incarnated South African bounty hunter, especially after we thought we had seen the last of him. 2: Why did they not make more use of the Droids in the film which I thought were great?
Loved it as a child and, yes, it's very cartoonish. However it's got a "guilty pleasure" appeal to me. TLJ is a hoot as Two-Face as is Carrey ("the mem...ories"). Nicole Kidman is also a babe and seems to be having fun.
("Well I wish I could say my interest in you was...purely professional", now where have I heard a similar line like that before)
Silly yes but (so far) more entertaining than Batman Returns.
Jones is funny:
"farewell forever to that...pointy-eared...night rat haha"
"Nothing like a bad case of gas"
Michael Gough is also excellent as Alfred.
Just as quickly I jumped off, or rather fell asleep a few times and finally turned it off
without finishing it. Of the approximately forty minutes of what I saw of it, not only did I not laugh, I didn't even smile. A flaming sack of sh*t would have been more amusing than this film. The best moment was the adhesive strip on Franco's face, and that was no longer amusing because it had already been given away in the previews.
It makes me wonder in NK actually saw the film before it became an international incident. I understand why they were insulted, but the larger insult is to Western audiences for whom it was intended.
OMG I don't think I have had that many belly laughs, laughed that much, and have tears in my eyes from laughing so much since the first American Pie movie! =))
Loved it!! :-bd