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Shrek 2
Loved Shoot Em Up! Unlike John Wick it had great sense of humour and more imaginative gun play.
I only watch DVDs so I can't comment. But yeah, IMO it looks darn good.
I programmed Sunshine in school last week. My 16 year olds enjoyed it very much. We are now scientifically discussing the film in class.
The character of Smith (Clive Owen) uses Walther PPK in the opening scene and it suddenly jams. And because of that he refers to the gun as "piece of crap" which was an actual jab at Bond himself, associating with the fact that Owen wasn't chosen for the part.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne,_Princess_Royal#Kidnapping_attempt
Which was the reason why John Gardner chose to part Bond with his beloved PPK, giving him first a Browning, then two Hekler & Koch pistols, before settling for the ASP.
I still remember the night where I went to a double feature of this and 'I Saw The Devil' (which I also rewached this afternoon) on the big screen. Absolute south korean badassery. Won Bin and Lee Byung-Hun, in their respective film, as are classy, charismatic and badass as one can get. And all of this effortlessly. The final battle in 'Man From Nowhere' is just f*cking brilliant. I would give anything to see these 2 actors in the same film. Move over Denzel Washington, Keanu Reeves, Jason Statham and Liam Neeson.. Asia is where it's at.
And I think I asked you this once long ago, but what do you think of Clooney's Solaris? I like it a lot.
I have seen Solaris and I have yet to view the original and only then, I think, can I make up my mind. At this point, I'm not a true fan of Soderberg's film, @chrisisall. :)
Been far too long since I've seen that, but I remember loving it. Rockwell is fantastic in it.
I don't really get the adoration of the Lee's Hammer Dracula's or Lugosi's hammy take and to me I felt Gary embodied the character that Stoker wrote about more than any other actor.
The moments at the start in the castle are simply fantastic, Oldman completey relishing the ancient Count in all that make up, the downside is Keanu Reeves is simply atrotious.
Unfortunately all his hard work, capturing the tortured element that an undead creature would feel but also the sheer evil, that laugh when he brings back the baby for the brides chills me everytime, maybe a bit too camp at times but that is the least of it's worries.
Infact apart from Tom Wait's Renfield everyone is sub par to terrible, no I don't like Hopkins hammy Van Helsing. The practical effects still look terrific and the fact it was all shot on a soundstage gives it that authentic feel of the original Universal classics.
Couple that with Woljech Kilar's extraordinary score and you have a missed opportunity of quite epic proportions.
I can still watch it for Oldman's exceptional reading but my Wife and I always get frustrated with what might have been. Save the reincarnation element this is the closest anyone has got to Stoker's defining classic. It's kind of a great looking car crash of a film.
My second least favourite movie of 2015. Gaahbage. Only redeeming values were the hot chicas and the one scene were Keanu went crazy.
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (2011)
Discussion of David Fincher in the 'Who Could Be A Bond Actor' thread motivated me to watch this, a favourite of mine, and a film that I have been meaning to get to again for some time.
It didn't disappoint. It never does actually. Fincher's direction and atmosphere are sublime (the snowy outdoor scenes in small Swedish towns are so beautifully, and moodily filmed for instance that one almost longs for the quick return of the coldest season).
The performances are excellent across the board, but particularly by Rooney Mara in her Oscar nominated turn as Lisbeth Salander (I prefer her work to Noomi Rapace, although I have not read the book), as well as the always superb Christopher Plummer, Stellan Skarsgard (this man should be in a Bond film) and Steven Berkoff (he should also return to a Bond film soon - charisma & ability to dominate the screen is off the charts). Robin Wright & Joely Richardson also give excellent supporting turns.
One of the most discomforting (and yet brilliant) performances is by Dutch actor Yorick van Wageningen as Bjurman - suitably oily & greasy (one feels rather dirty and in immediate need of a shower after watching scenes he is in).
The score by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross is pitch perfect (disturbing & cold), as is the Bondian title sequence (which I believe was ironically borrowed by SP for the tentacle porn).
The only disappointment this time around for me was co-lead Daniel Craig. Sure, he gives a decent enough performance, but I found myself a little upset that he didn't at least attempt a Swedish accent for this film, particularly when nearly all the other actors (including Robin Wright & Mara) did it so well. Moreover, parts of his Bond persona hurt his portrayal here (I felt), particularly in the final scenes, where one expects him to evade his captor easily.
Highly Recommended but disturbing film. Criminally underrated.
PS: Those twits at Sony are apparently moving ahead with the The Girl in the Spider's Web (although inexcusably with a different cast) and The Girl Who Played With Fire was recently featured in a 'sizzle reel' so all hope is not lost for that film
http://comicbook.com/2016/04/13/sony-cinemacon-presentation-spider-man-passengers-more/
Chinatown - Brilliant noirish thriller with a great ending.
Robin Hood, Prince of thieves - A great swashbuckler movie with a grand Rickman and a gorgeous Mastrantonio als Maid Marian. One of the extra's has a Young Brosnan doing the tv special presentation on the myth of Robin Hood. Had Brocolli seen that special he would have steered clear of Brosnan as 007.
Fantastic movie, great cast, brilliant special effects. A classic not to be missed.
I'm off to watch that on Tuesday. Looking forward to it
I think Oldman makes it still worth watching and the production values as well as that score but it as I said a rather frustrating watch, SP is turning into my new candidate for this title.
I see what you mean about DC in GWTDT, I recently watched it as well but Craig was pretty adamant that he wouldn't attempt one, he said he didn't want to sound like the Swedish Chef in the Muppets.
I do really like his performance in the film though, he conveys a vulnerability it's unfortunate most will just have Bond in their heads when looking at it but that's what comes of playing one of the most famous roles of all time.
The one thing I found that both Mara and Craig really nailed was the relationship that the Swedish film didn't really convince me of, I do think Rapace's performance is more dynamic as Lisbeth but Mara really gets the literary version of the character.
Noomi makes the character her own no doubt but I don't buy she is playing the character that Larson created, Lisbeth is supposed to seem like some frail young girl for the most part of the film and only emerge as a woman at certain moments, it's one of her advantages as her foes don't expect her to be as dangerous as she is. I never bought Rapace in this aspect but Mara really gets this bang on, recasting her will be a big mistake.
I'd rather see Craig return with her with Fincher directing or someone capable than do another Bond on the strength of SPECTRE, both TGWSF & TGWKTHN would be a much inticing propostion than Bond 25 for me.
Basil Rathbone is very charismatic as Holmes, but the stiff acting from other cast members is unintentionally hilarious now :))
Unfortunately, I think it has been confirmed that Craig and Mara will not return for the sequel. I believe Alicia Vikander is the new 'girl'.
Very good, the little kid did a good job despite that he had to work with CG Co-stars and backdrops. The voice acting was great, Shere Kan was scary, Baloo was a lot of fun. The CG was pretty incredible, I kept looking to see if some of the environment was real or not.
I just saw it too. It's the best CG work I have seen. (It just keeps getting better.) A couple of kids near me kept asking their parents how they trained the animals to do this and that.
Some Bond connections here, of course: Jon Favreau directed DC in C&A; Christopher Walken lends his vocal talents.
To pick up on the GWTDT line of thinking...
That film made me a DC fan. Until then, I viewed him as a good Bond but hadn't really looked at his work beyond that. Only remembered him in Munich. I went to see GWTDT mostly because of Rooney Mara. I found her to be nerdy/sexy in The Social Network and wanted to see what she could do with the role. I ended up just as fixated on DC. I forgot all about Bond while watching him, and that is the mark of a great actor.