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What a bizarre film that was! :-O
I was intrigued by the trailers for this sci-fi thriller and so anxiously made my way to the theatre today. Sadly, while it was decent enough, I should have perhaps saved my money.
It's reminiscent of Splice , Hanna & Species and has some interesting elements, but doesn't do much with the premise. There is some decent action in it and a bit of blood and gore, but overall it's all highly superficial and the actors don't have much to do except walking around with horrified looks on their faces. It's a pity, because it starts off well enough, and teases the audience into expecting a psychological thriller (right down to a Skyfall style psych eval). From that moment on, it's straight action to the finish and ultimately leaves a very empty feeling, and a strong desire to ask for a refund.
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@DaltonCraig007, Villeneuve could certainly do justice to a sequel to Lord of War or anything else for that matter, but sadly I don't think we'll see one soon, if at all. Cage doesn't have the star power he had 10 years ago, and War Dogs is perhaps too similar in concept for them to cover this subject again so soon. It's probably going to remain a cult classic one-off.
First time ever I watched this film, and chose it only in regard of Bogie and Peter Lorre being the stars of the experience. It's a lot different from the rest of Bogart's post-1940 movies, and as wikipedia describes it, a "lighthearted thriller". It's not the kind of movie that'll leave you in awe like Casablanca, or get you heated out of suspense and excitement like The Maltese Falcon and The Big Sleep. But, it's an enjoyable film, if you don't mind absurdity and comedy reliefs, of course.
*Funnily enough, in a digital age, I have a tangible paper list of films that I cross off with red ink after watching.
I only know him from 'The Dirty Dozen' and 'Red' (the 2010 Bruce Willis action film). I also want to check more of him, splendid actor.
I know right? Just likable. I've only seen him in a couple things also. I figure his Oscar-winning turn is the best place to start.
I'll keep those in mind. Thanks.
That one is a lot of fun. Some good dialogue. I may just watch it again fairly soon
Well I certainly hope so. Lord Of War is a wonderful movie, and Villeneuve is a wonderful director, but the movie doesn't need a sequel at all.
Lost River (2014)
Written and directed by Ryan Gosling. A weird movie with somewhat nightmarish elements. An interesting debut.
An then... 4 movies based on real people and events - in the case of the first 2 unfortunately, in the case of the 3rd tragically, incomprehensibly and infuriatingly (to put it mildly). The 4th is not an entirely happy story, either, but infinitely more on the positive side.
Kill The Messenger (2014)
Jeremy Renner as an investigative journalist Gary Webb, target of a CIA smear campaign, poor guy. An interesting story.
Donnie Brasco (1997)
A Mike Newell movie starring Al Pacino and Johnny Depp, both wonderful. It's been a long time since I last watched this. Still very enjoyable.
Hotel Rwanda (2004)
I've been putting this off, horrified by the far too recent events and how it was allowed to happen. But I figured I had to watch this at least before Terry George's new movie, The Promise comes out, so I finally decided to sit through this account of horrors first.
Of course, no horror movie ever reaches the level of horrors people have done and keep on doing in real life. The movie didn't show much violence - a wise decision by the director - and it actually works better that way, you still get enough info and clues so you can figure out what was happening, and some of the stuff shown (non-violent in itself) is just sickening. Like... Americans and Europeans and their pet dogs evacuated while African children were left to be slaughtered. In this was in the mid-90s, not in some ancient history. And in such modern, recent times the US and Europe couldn't claim ignorance as an excuse, either. They just didn't give a crap. I remember when those events were recent news, and I was just "what? what? WHAT??? Still hard to believe there was no intervention.
Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)
A trip to the cinema tonight with a friend. I was not previously familiar with this lady, and her story seems like written for a movie instead of actually having happened. Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant both give warm performances, and there is more depth and heart to both their performances and the movie than the initial light comedy fair it may seem.
I've also been re-watching most of Terrence Malick's filmography (a couple of deep aaahs, one yeah good, and one nope still doesn't really work for me, and I started going through Werner Herzog's filmography (wtf was that thing I just watched?), and... a couple of other things, but more on all that another time.
Indeed I'm a big Bogie fan, and I may have to say that, even though I have loads of favourite films that I can't rank in order from the best of the best to the least best, etc, Casablanca is my all-time favourite film. An unbeatable motion picture.
Regarding All Through The Night, Brady, you might get the Bondian/comic book type of spy film feeling from it as it evolves from the crime mystery to a spy hunt and the foiling of evil plans to neutralize the strongholds of the US. As @Birdleson said, it has the feeling of the old pulp fiction novels of the time. Even Bogie's character (Gloves Donahue, awesome name if you ask me) says that the whole thing "sounds like Flash Gordon to me." :D Some of the dialogues are fun to listen to, too. And very cleverly written.
Great cast there with Robert Ryan too!
I thoroughly enjoyed this film. Perhaps the best action film I've seen since The Expendables 2. It's Jason Statham at his best in a film that makes its predecessor look like a kindergarten work. Enjoyable actioner from start to finish.
@DaltonCraig007, I know you've seen it, but... damn! Both the "Assault On The Yacht" sequences are perhaps the best action feature length work I've seen in years! :D
Bond could use some over-the-top action like this.
The Infiltrator (2016)
Now that was properly awesome. Expertly written story that keeps you on your feet for 2 hours, full of tension. The cast is fantastic, starting with a powerhouse performance from Bryan Cranston who lights up the screen. John Leguizamo was also very entertaining as his crazy partner, Diane Kruger lovely as always, Benjamin Bratt and all the drug cartel indivuals are chilling, and Jason Isaacs is chewing up the scenery in a small part. Killer soundtrack, electric directing. This film is extremely addictive, I'm sure it'll be even better on further viewings once it is on Blu Ray. Cranston is one hell of a man, I hope he makes more true story thrillers like this in the future.
I've been meaning to do this for a couple of years already. (I have multiple film-related projects that I'm trying to get through, some are on hold, some waiting to get started.) I now have, I think, 15 or so Herzog movies lined up...
I don't say this often, but this film is the very definition of perfection. The story is engrossing, the cinematography is basically 'Sicario 2' (only in Texas instead of Mexico). The 3 main performances are all deserving of tons of awards. Ben Foster and Chris Pine delivers career defining performances. Jeff Bridges, who has nothing to prove anymore, is extremely impressive in the world-weary, grumpy police Ranger. I can definitely see this film get a Best Picture nomination despite having been released in August in the USA. The final 25 minutes is just jaw-dropping stuff. A genre-defining film in terms of 'heist' films.
@bondjames, @doubleoego, @Creasy47, @0BradyM0Bondfanatic7
I urge you guys to see this film. Extremely impressive piece of film making.
From what I've read about this movie, it's been hailed as a return to form for the film industry to what I view to be the best decade of filmmaking in the 70s. The decade Coppola ruled, where we got truly captivating films from great minds that delivered complex and captivating stories and characters like no others. Think Apocalypse Now, The Godfather films, Chinatown, Dirty Harry, Taxi Driver, Rocky, All the President's Men, Network, The Conversation and much more. A decade where films showed all the rough patches of humanity in their depictions of their characters during some of the darkest days for the world as movies were produced alongside the demoralizing Vietnam War.
Some comments about this movie that make me really respect it without knowing anything about it:
“They don’t make them like this any more – but they still can, and here’s the proof” (Boston Globe)
“The sort of sweeping grandeur that today’s filmmakers rarely aspire to, let alone fulfill” (Wall St Journal)
“Takes you places that you thought the big screen had forgotten” (St Louis Post-Dispatch)
“You’ve seen it all before, but hell, it’s worth seeing again.” (Time Out).
I have to confess that I don't know much about this film although it's already out where I am and I have seen a few commercials for it. I'll definitely check it out in the next week or so.
Granted, we're still several weeks from Halloween, and yet I had the urge to pop in this perennial Christmas classic. Definitively my favorite James Stewart film, yet I didn't really begin to appreciate until more recently.
Today I felt compelled to pop in my colorized DVD just to look at it and ending up watching the whole film. I'll watch the real version at Christmas time.
I've been rather fascinated on the topic of colorization lately. Certainly the technology has improved since 1986, yet it seems to me, now, more than ever artistic license is taken with these films. Those films were lit for B&W, so the clothing sets, and lighting was very carefully planned to create the right contrast. It's my opinion, that as crappy as those late 80s colorized versions looked, the odd colors chosen were probably truer to what was actually on the set.
Newer editions like the DVD I just watched of WONDERFUL LIFE probably take too much artistic license for my taste. It's not like Jimmy Stewart is still alive and you can ask him what color his tie was, so the companies chose what they think probably looks the best.
For instance, in the newer NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD edition, Johnny's car is colored red, where in actual fact it was a dull metallic green. Imagine had GOLDFINGER been filmed in black and white, Sean's blue terrycloth jumpsuit might be colored beige.
Still, it was fun to watch this an the most inappropriate time of year and I look forward to
seeing the original version this December.
Nice!