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My personal favorite of the Indy movies. I was playing Uncharted 3 the other day and had a desire to put Last Crusade in the DVD player. It's been quite awhile since I last saw it (over a year at least), and I didn't regret watching it again. There were even moments I'd forgotten, such as Indy laughing like a madman as he steals the Nazis' horses during the convoy scene.
I only hope Indy 5 is as good as Last Crusade.
Agreed @Creasy47
Atomic Blonde and John Wick are like apples and oranges to me though, despite what the reviews led me to believe with their headlines about Ms. Theron. Wasn't expecting such a dense, detailed storyline. Went to see it a second time with my Dad the following night while it was still fresh and I enjoyed it even more the second time. I have a feeling it'll be a film that will improve upon repeated viewings as you notice more details.
That fight scene was fantastic. Unlike a lot of female action stars I actually believed that Charlize could take down five guys during those sequences thanks to the superb choreography. She was very convincing.
Wasn't too mad about the car stuff afterwards but it was set to Flock of Seagulls so I'll give it a pass. ;)
Maud Adams, Shane Rimmer, and Burt Kwouk?? I'll bet nobody can follow up your post with a film with more Bond alumni that they've seen recently!
Harrison is going to be about 20 years older than Sean was in Last Crusade. Let that sink in for a moment.
Even so, he was the best part of Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and he was excellent in The Force Awakens. The man's goddamn fantastic in spite of his age.
I love him just as much as anyone. He was perfect in TFA as the old mentor, having to perform only some light physical activity. He's just too old to be an action-adventure hero anymore.
Unfortunately they have already raided that warehouse which was shocking lol
Several weeks ago, after my watch of THE TESTAMENT OF DR. MABUSE, @Lancaster007 asked if I'd seen SPIES and recommended me it. Tonight I gave it a watch: wonderfully stylized escapist fare with an international scope and a secret agent (by some accounts English) with a penchant for the high life, glamorous women, car chases, and near death experiences. Sounds familiar...
There was far more focus on the love story than I'd have thought, but it works. Though I preferred TESTAMENT on the whole, SPIES is still a massively entertaining film, and Lang is such a master (although you don't need me to tell you that). Lang's cutting was the highlight for me on this first viewing, the asynchronous effect it produced here and there — not non-linear storytelling by any means but just relevance over cause and effect.
He was certainly used to pushing the possibilities of the silent feature by this point, at any rate. No surprise he conquered the early 'talkie' with seeming ease, as well.
1. Last Crusade
2. Raiders of the Lost Ark
3. Temple of Doom
4. Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
1. Raiders
2. Last Crusade
3. Temple of Doom (The second act brings this film down)
4. Kingdom of the abysmal Skull
Plus, at the end of the day if someone really didn't like the finished product, it's tough not to enjoy watching Theron and Boutella tussle in the sheets. Was worth the ticket price alone.
-The title sequence freeze frame is an image loaded with symbolism. I read it in two different ways: a) The hands belong to the "fan" who wants to reach the "celebrity" through the TV. The celebrity inside the TV is looking at the fan. b) The hands belong to the celebrity who is trapped inside the TV, while the people look at him from the outside.
-The mural of the audience is a fascinating, strange image. It's clearly not in Rupert Pupkin's basement, but in his mind. It seems to symbolize a mixture of reality and fantasy, or the halfway point between them. We see a representation of what Rupert is imagining (the audience), but instead of seeing a real audience, it's a flat, lifeless image, as if reality and fantasy "crashed" into each other. The space to the sides of the mural I find visually and viscerally interesting, as well. Beyond the eye's reach, does it go on forever?
-Why does Langford choose to walk freely through the busy streets of New York, despite his celebrity? He certainly does because he wants to and because he needs to feel like a normal person, but at the same time, on some level, he probably wants/needs adulation from the people on the street. (While the film never really shows us Langford's appreciation for his job and/or his fame, there is clearly an element of ego, and of his need to express himself to an audience, that drove him to pursue his profession.)
-During his comedy act, Rupert says if he ever saw his mother again, he'd say "Mom, what are you doing here? You've been dead for nine years!" This is interesting because of course, his mother actually is alive, though he perhaps wishes she wasn't... It's clear Rupert had a painful childhood, and somehow suppressed his suffering until it became something else, something pathological. That that can happen to a person is a scary thought. Watching him, I get the feeling we never see his "real" self; he buried it so deeply it was lost forever.
-I don't think the filmmakers intended the ending to be either real or a fantasy. It's a framework for the viewer to analyze how relevant the themes and ideas of the film are, by asking himself "nowadays, would this ending be more likely to be real or a fantasy?"
-What happens to Masha in the end? Does she go to jail, to a mental hospital? Does she continue to stalk Jerry Langford after his "rejection"? Does she talk to Rupert ever again?
Bilge. Came for Hanks and Watson (and Gillan, a huge crush on her). But no. A Black Mirror episode with all the satire sucked dry. They went for 1984. Should've gone for Brave New World. As it stands the narrative buckled under the burden. Passing muster on philosophical musings alone would require some distance to exist between the film and the viewer to allow the necessary perspective. We don't get that. The film is caught between a horrible narrative and a message with no space for absorption. So that instead of enjoying a knowing smirk at the expense of our modern technologically-obsessed selves, I was boiling in rage that the people in the movie were acting so stupid and easily brainwashed (seemingly without condemnation) which only led to a nitpicky mindset throughout, which took me wholly out of the film.
Edited: Predators First time watch on BD looks good, this film is better than I remember it.
If you like lots of well crafted action scenes in famous European locations and miss the buddy action movie then this Patrick Hughes directed film may just be the ticket. Some may know that I am not a fan of Ryan Reynolds (I'm still trying to figure out who he knows in the industry to keep getting big roles), but decided to take a chance on this film mainly because of the always reliable Samuel L. Jackson, Gary Oldman and the delectable Salma Hayek. Well, they all delivered (particularly Hayek in a small but memorable role) & Reynolds was tolerable as the straight man to Jackson's pseudo comedian. The action was very good. The humour fell a bit flat for me though. Like it was going through the motions and ticking boxes. A bit cliched and just a little cruel on occasion. Still, it's not a terrible way to spend a couple of hours and seeing Jackson ham it up is always a treat just like watching Nicholsan do his tried and tested shtick was in the past. Just don't expect something mind blowing. Think Rush Hour but without the charisma of that franchise offering.
I managed to get through 3/4 or so of it before I turned it off. What a boring movie with a totally worthless and pretentious script.
I'm ashamed to say that I saw this in theaters. While the movie as a whole really isn't bad, it's a disgrace to the man that was Bruce Lee. Had this movie been inspired by the actual story and changed the names of characters, I would be more accepting of it. The Lee family had nothing to do with this film and it shows. Also, I just found out the WWE had a hand in making it... so that should tell you something. I say save your money and just wait for it to be streamed on Netflix someday if you really want to see it.
With some wonderful boat chase sequences in Amsterdam @bondjames ;-). I can't wait to see "The Hitman's Bodyguard". It seems The Netherlands is becoming 'hot' again as filming location, as Christopher Nolan's "Dunkirk" (a Dutch co-production) and Josh Boone's "The Fault In Our Stars" were also heavily filmed there.
To me, I saw one of the best films of 2017 yesterday. And I urge everyone in here to see this wonderful, yet sad, roadmovie about the failed American Dream. In a way it reminded me a bit of "Easy Rider". Please go and watch "American Honey":
I was also impressed with how all the locations (including notoriously gloomy London) looked sunny and bright. They either got lucky or waited for the right time to film the sequences.
Samuel L Jackson used his usual colourful language to scare the clouds away. ;)
Probably because of that :
Out the same year as DAF. So they might have stepped away from any claims of copyright infringement. BTW, I've read the novel, which I found rather good, although for me, the best McLean novel is the one that has not been adapted as a movie, that is HMS Ulysses.