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I rate films amongst or above those, both directors have a good CV for sure.
I love science fiction so it's my wheelhouse, plus I respect Nolan ability as a technical director, though we all have different tastes in films mate
Phenomenal movie nonetheless
But we were pleasantly surprised and enjoyed it as another perfect Spielberg fairy tale, written by the late Melissa Mathison. Unless you need constant action and suspense and unless you're reluctant to get immersed in a fantasy world, it's a "fantastically" entertaining film for those enjoying family-friendly humour (if you forgive some farting jokes...which I do).
As an aside and a bit of a curiosity for me, this is about the only recent movie where for the German market they seem to have made a separate version of scenes in which signs and documents were shown (though we watched the original English version soundwise, but it is a "German" Blu-ray). The sign above the orphanage entrance says "Waisenhaus" (not "Orphanage"), the labels on the jars in which BFG keeps his collection of dreams are in German, same for the letter/diary of BFG's earlier friend, and also the "Times" article shown to the Queen has a German headline. Quite unusual, especially since the story, of course, is set in the UK.
This is for kids. Also known as Babes In Toyland.
I notice you like Golden age cinema, are you a Marx Brothers fan?
Likewise in the 80s Laurel and Hardy, Chaplin, Keaton were on TV often as well as old serials with Buster Crabb. I have the early Marx Brothers films, the humour was way ahead of its time, Duck Soup is one of my favourite films it's genius.
Yes, those as well. And Harold Lloyd and Abbott & Costello.
Wise, Dave Allen. Funny then and still funny now.
The sword fight between him and Basil Rathbone is fantastic
There are a lot of good scenes in that one.
Some cool ideas on display can't save this disappointment, which was better off as an "Oh my God, Netflix is dropping a movie tonight!" event rather than a film itself. A solid, diverse cast is all but wasted in something so ham-fisted and generic; it couldn't be more painfully obvious how retrofitted and shoehorned the Cloverfield connection truly is in this, a movie that never even started out as a sequel in the first place. It was initially a spec script called God Particle, it originally focused on a crew on a space station dealing with the ramifications once they realize the Earth has disappeared. Hell, most of the movie does seem to follow along that plotline, and only a few bad injections of monster-related talk turn this into a Cloverfield movie, I suppose. It's also quite obvious that as the budget ballooned, Paramount wanted to distance themselves further and further from this. Can't blame them.
What a shame such a great cast is wasted here, this truly would've been better off being an original, stand-alone movie...having said it was once "original", I'd still easily describe this as a tame remake of Event Horizon, coming nowhere close to the R-rating and intensity of that film. That's where the interesting ideas came into play for me, but sadly never turned into something worthwhile.
Also: could we please stop making horror films involving scientists/astronauts with the most idiotic dialogue, performing the most idiotic actions?
One of the best comedies of the 1960s and one of the wittiest films ever made. It's a pity Peter Cook never wrote and starred in another film of that quality.
Been looking for this for quite some time and found a copy today at a pawn shop. Great story, writing, direction and an amazing pre-Wolf Man performance by Lon Chaney Jr.
I loved every frame! With Burgess Meredith, Bob Steele and Noah Berry Jr.
Now I want to find the John Malkovich remake and watch it.
One of my faves of last year, this hit the spot. The 2nd in Universal's Monsterverse shared universe films which includes Godzilla, this one is full of mindless fun with lots of shocking deaths, explosions and inexplicably large creatures. Filmed on location in Vietnam, the film sports a superb cast including Tom Hiddleston, John Goodman, Brie Larson & John C. Reilly. If that isn't enough, Samuel L. Jackson is in it too, and gets to do his patented staredowns and give a great speech or two. Director Jordan Vogt-Roberts keeps it tense but also injects a little humour here and there which lightens the mood. I appreciate that. The tone is more Predator than it is the original King Kong imho, and the film is all the better for it. Henry Jackman delivers a great score, as can be expected from him. What's not to like? Not much actually. I enjoyed it much more than I did Godzilla and the humour, action and cast have a lot to do with it. Leave your brain at home.
Thanks @bondjames, I will see it now because of your glowing review.
Shame. I had hopes. Thanks for the review @Creasy47 .
Very average.
And this :
This did make me chuckle out loud a few times,very rude,but I enjoyed it.
Extremely crude humour, agreed. Watchable but Pena perhaps deserved better.
Christensen ?
And I agree,Pena did a good job with the material he had to work with.
Yeah,there are a few actors out there i'm not fond of.
Shea Lebouef is one of them.