It looks like you're new here. If you want to get involved, click one of these buttons!
^ Back to Top
The MI6 Community is unofficial and in no way associated or linked with EON Productions, MGM, Sony Pictures, Activision or Ian Fleming Publications. Any views expressed on this website are of the individual members and do not necessarily reflect those of the Community owners. Any video or images displayed in topics on MI6 Community are embedded by users from third party sites and as such MI6 Community and its owners take no responsibility for this material.
James Bond News • James Bond Articles • James Bond Magazine
Comments
Undoubtedly, Duel is a hugely impressive debut and Jaws for me is the Beards masterpiece.
The effect achieved with his budget and all the things that went wrong while filming it, his not having everything fall into place and having to improvise made him concentrate on characterisation. The fact that the shark didn't work meant it was more what you didn't see that made this work so well.
The first and IMO the greatest summer blockbuster of all time.
:-w
@-)
Re-watching Crazy Heart after having watched Out Of The Furnace and Black Mass was kinda interesting. I didn't remember it well, and I was thinking that it was very sunshiny by comparison :)) the other too being soooo bleak. I kinda expect Hostiles to be bleak as hell, too - though it sounded like there might be at least a ray of hope. Out Of The Furnace pretty much had none. Talk about relentless fate, geez. I thought the last shot was heartbreaking in all its simplicity. It was, like... ok, no prison, but not anything else, either, and that's sort of a prison, too. How does a person even go on? Crushing. I've rarely felt so bad for a character by the end of a movie, so I guess it worked for me... So, to think it was this close of never getting made... #:-S And yes, powerful performances indeed. Cooper is good with actors.
I understand if people don't care for bleakness and misery in movies, after all movies are used for escapism a lot. I have more issues with people complaining about slow-pacing (in general I mean), it's like people have no attention spans to speak of and just look for quick thrills and solved issues and happy endings.
I re-watched it last week. (I just decided to watch a bunch of Spielberg movies, so that's what I'm doing. I have some Paul Thomas Anderson and some other stuff on the side...) I remember first seeing it as a kid, and I was mesmerized by it. Still a great movie. One detail I thought was fantastic was that
I think it's one of Spielberg's best movies.
EDIT: Starting to rewatch some Kubrick films, starting with A Clockwork Orange (1971). I wish he could have made at least a film or two more before his passing; his works are truly amazing. The rewatchability of most of them is also great.
Quite enjoyable and about to watch part 2 next The Scorch Trial?!!
;))
Still looks great.
Episode I is the weakest of the bunch. Episode II is great and III as well.
Of course the original trilogy is still better than the rest.
The Force Awakens is a mere shadow of them aimed at today's teenagers or young adults who have grown up to iCarly, Zack & Cody or Hannah Montana.
You can come back to Episodes 2 & 3 later if you like what you see with the others. I wouldn't want you to be turned off from this storied franchise prematurely,
The original trilogy can easily watched before the newer trilogy.
Agreed.
While Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith are marked improvements over The Phantom Menace, they're still terrible. Even more disappointing about them is that they waste rather solid casts on some of the worst writing you'll ever see in film. I was excited by the prospects of a Star Wars film starring Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, and all of the other talents they managed to assemble for those films. Given the talent on screen, the films should have been great.
Just watched the new one for the first time last night. Enjoyed it, even if it was lacking in some areas (namely the villains and their motivations). Daisy Ridley was great, though, and stole the show. Hopefully they tweak some of the weak points of The Force Awakens and they should be on some real solid footing for Episode VIII.
@fire_and_ice
I love Lifeforce. Mathilda May is two reasons why. ;-)
I ordered SW: The Force awakens for next Monday (Release date in the UK), though noticed the digital copy was available on Instant Amazon...OK I am going to have two copies, though was compelled to watch it. Wow that was emotional and intense, looks amazing in HD and really enjoyed the film a great deal more this time. From begining to end I was transfixed, the pacing is that quick though you barely have a chance to take a breather.
Just remembered where Rey's name comes from...
One of my favourite movies, I have watched it countless times and still don't fully understand it. Its the feel and atmosphere and performances nothing gets much better than The Big Sleep.
"She tried to sit on my lap... While I was standing up".
And it's true !
That is a great one; it's a movie full of great lines.
One of my favorites was,
Philip Marlowe: Hmm.
General Sternwood: What does that mean?
Philip Marlowe: It means, hmm.