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@DC007, give it a go, you may like it. My MacBook was acting up as I tried to watch it, got around halfway through, and just shut it off. I didn't care enough to finish it.
Next up:
RED SCORPION (1988) on Blu
About the film, it's artistically very interesting, the performances are mixed (great John Hurt, Cumberbatch, and Colin Firth, but oby Jones as Percy not very good and Gary Oldman... I will say later).
They loose a lot of time in long silent shots instead of explaining and giving more dialogue and that makes it confusing for non-expert audience and a little boring for the readers. And how they missed my favorite line of the book: "the last illusion of the ilussionless man..."?
Regarding Gary Oldman, I don't know... sometimes it seems far too simple his acting. I've watched a little of Alec Guinness and he's extraordinary.
Definitly I have to see it one more time to appreciate it more for what it is instead on focusing on what is not.
In my opinion, they made it more confusing than it really is. But all my opinions are from someone who already read the book.
And there was me thinking that Eve was the hottest Alien. This film has been sat in my DVD collection for a few weeks, so i'm glad I finally got around to watching it. Mathilda May is intoxicating to look at, it's impossible to take your eyes off her, but then who would want to.
Sure. PM me.
I've often seen it referred to as Hitchcockian. I'm not an expert on Hitchcock so I can't really back that up, but I did think it was a good thriller.
I enjoyed this film and recommend this thriller.
Rachel McAdams is great in this and looks very sexy.
When doesn't she?!
Damn. A powerful and moving piece, showing that just because you kill a few evil men, there will be scores left to fill their places. A film that resonates with our times in the Middle East, showing that killing and hate is just as malevolent and horrifying in its aftermath as it was in the 70s.
Yes, that's the one.
Thanks. :)
I LOVE this film. Hooper may be best known for TCM and Poltergeist (although we commonly treat the latter as a Spielberg film, and righteously so IMO) but I've seen this film multiple times, I listen to the score repeatedly and yes, try to defy Mathilda May's erotic beauty in this film. I dare you. I double dare you. Too bad LF was neglected by many people. It's a hidden treasure in Hooper's career. Great film, huge recommend for fans of the subtle alien invasion horror flicks. Thumbs up!
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<center><font color = darkblue size = 6>FIGHT CLUB (1999)</font></center>
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I'm probably going to upset a few people now but to be brutally honest, I'm not the biggest fan of Fight Club, despite my love for Fincher and his filmmaking. Fight Club is an intellectual ride on the train of madness, fueled by social commentary on more than one level, most prominently consumerism, and I should like that. I like films that play on a very cerebral level. I like films that search for the flaws in how our so-called civilized society is structured and ruled. But there’s something about Fight Club – and I can’t quite put my finger on it – that I find mildly disappointing. Let me be clear though. I find the music to be perfect. The acting is superb. The cinematography works on every level. It’s all there really. But the script, the set-up of the story, the big reveal at the end… all of those seem to be lacking in some way. Perhaps my expectations for a Fincher film have by this time simply grown too high. Again though, I can’t really point out what it is about Fight Club that seems to put me off a little bit, and that is going to be the major flaw in this post. I want to clarify why I don’t think the world of this film, yet I can’t. It’s a feeling, a mere feeling, that I have, that makes me not as enthusiastic as everyone else seems to be. So in spite of everything about it I find good, borderline perfect, there’s something elusive that makes me go: good, not great; yes, not wow. Forgive me. I do recommend this film because it remains a truly wonderful film, but it’s the ugly duckling in my entire Fincher fandom.
<font color = red>Final score:</font> 7/10
DD's David Fincher retrospective score card:
Seven: 9,5/10
The Game: 8/10
Alien³: 7,5/10
Fight Club: 7/10
The film was a lot better than I had expected, and I really enjoyed McConaughey in this one. Tense film, great twists that left me guessing until the end, and a very satisfying ending. I do hope they move along with a sequel.
If you have two hours and have Netflix Play Now, you can watch it for free.
It also gives a small role to Shea Whigham, who is an excellent, underrated actor, in my opinion. Check out the under-the-radar horror/thriller 'Splinter,' starring him, Jill Wagner, and Paulo Costanzo.