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No way. It's still my favorite MI film. Kind of reminds of The Living Daylights, but much better. Better than any of the Brozza Bonds anyway.
Agree De Palma is a class act when it comes to directing, I remember watching MI:1 for the first time in the cinema it blew me away, I listen to that score quite often its brilliant.
KUBRICK
DAY OF THE FIGHT
Interesting short. Some of this material would clearly inspire KILLER'S KISS. I love Kubrick's choices of angles during the actual boxing match. It's no ROCKY of course, but as something of a début project, this short managed to impress me.
THE FLYING PADRE
The story is pretty weak but I admire some ambitious shots.
FEAR AND DESIRE
Very intellectual but otherwise flawed movie. The actors Kubrick could afford don't exactly help the film. That said, I find some of the ambiguities and moral struggles of the characters very interesting in view of certain characters Kubrick will introduce in later films.
THE SEAFARERS
Documentary with Kubrick as the director for hire. The subject matter is of little interest to me but I'm quite fond, in a nostalgic sense, of the way Kubrick tries to be educational and somewhat entertaining at the same time.
KILLER'S KISS
Pretty decent film noir, albeit weakened by its low budget and barely adequate acting. I like how Kubrick studies the characters' inevitable turn to the Dark Side, though.
THE KILLING
Vastly underrated crime noir movie with compelling acting performances. Elisha Cook Jr, Sterling Hayden, Timothy Carey, ... are all incredibly intriguing character actors. The ironical climax always amuses me.
PATHS OF GLORY
As I wrote some time ago, an amazing film. I get sentimental every time. Perfect cinematography, excellent performances, great emotional tension. A very powerful, reflective and honest film.
SPARTACUS
You know you've got a winner when Kirk Douglas is one of the weaker elements. Don't get me wrong, he does the job, but Olivier, Laughton and especially Ustinov are absolutely DELICIOUS! Alex North delivers a superb score. The screenplay is excellent. Long film, never once dull. Magnificent. Probably my favourite sword-and-sandals film.
LOLITA
Another winner! Mason is just stunning but Sellers, my favourite actor of all time, steals the show. Kubrick combines comedy and drama like a boss. Another great statement of how we can all, underneath the skin, be devils.
DR. STRANGELOVE OR ...
Superb exercise in political satire. The comedy holds up very well, with Sellers portraying a president who, by the looks of it, could outsmart Trump with ease. "Dimitri...?" Seriously though, this is probably the one Kubrick film I had to watch most often before truly getting into it. It started out as "homework", but it's a film I find endlessly watchable today.
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
By now I have probably said all there is to say about this masterpiece. My favourite film of all time. Can't get enough of it. Perfect from start to finish. This film makes me think, dream, cry, "see things" and so on. STAR WARS, STAR TREK THE MOTION PICTURE, INTERSTELLAR, ... I love 'em all, but they all sooo wish they were 2001.
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
Kubrick simply cannot do anything wrong, can he? Look at THIS film!? Another satirical film but like nothing Kubrick had ever done before. Malcolm McDowell is absolutely BRILLIANT! That thing that he does with his mouth and eyes during the eye lid scene, his enthusiasm while cutting a new deal with the minister, his frightened look when Darth Vader is watching him eat... And so on. Every scene in this film is a work of art. Splendid film.
BARRY LYNDON
I know this film tends to rank a bit lower on some people's lists, but I think it's another great entry in Kubrick's oevre. He didn't get to make a Napoleon film, poor chump, but he sure as hell put a lot of effort into this one. Redmond's story is filled with craziness and going against expectation. Our best friend in this film is also our greatest enemy. The film may be "long" but I enjoy every moment of it. Great dialogues, delicious performances.
THE SHINING
Kubrick's versatility seems to know no boundaries. He didn't just make a horror film, he made one of the GREATEST horror films, eliciting, as an aside, the best performance from Jack Nicholson even Tim Burton never got out of him. James Wan keeps turning out some of the most profitable ghost house films ever made, but Kubrick sincerely made the best one of them all. Sorry, Mr. Castle.
FULL METAL JACKET
"It's no PLATOON," some say. Well, PLATOON never exploded during the first 5 minutes with the late R. Lee Ermey's TRE-MEN-DOUS performance. The film loses its punch a bit in the middle but grabs everyone by the balls during the climax. Ends as powerful as it begins, this is a fantastic film.
EYES WIDE SHUT
I have nothing against this film and I certainly won't spill any hate on it like so many do. I think it's got a special eeriness working for it and the use of colours is especially excellent. It's not a bad film and Tom Cruise is not a bad actor. Sorry for not belonging to the cool crowd. ;-)
Saw that in a New York cinema when it came out in 1990, and loved it. Seeing it again years later, made me realize how poor it actually is.
I always remember this movie from Cronenenberg's portrayal as the psycho... therapist, with that crazy mask. But it didn't add much to the overall story.
The book it's based on is very good. Cabal by Clive Barker. The film was a mess.
9/10
I love this film is it perfect no is it the best mission impossible film no but it’s better then Spectre I need too see it a few more time to really figure it out but still not bad
Films I have seen in 2018 (I don't think I am splitting up bond and non bond this year as I don't know how many I am actually gonna see)
1. Batman Begins
2. Casino Royale
3. The A-team
4. Mission impossible fallout
5. The final girls
6. Clue
7. The Saint
8. Taken 2
9. The Shadow
10. Batman Gotham Knight
11. Big trouble little China
12. Taken
13. Ferris buller's day off
14. Nonstop
15. Batman Mask of the Phantasm
16. Unknown
17. Classic Artists presents Yes
18. Stand By Me
19. Before Sunrise
20. A walk among the Tombstones
21. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
22. Goonies
23. Before Midnight
24. Revenge of the nerds
25. Grease
26. Before Sunset
Before series
1. Before Sunrise
2. Before Midnight
3. Before Sunset
Stephen King movies
1. Stand By Me
Corey Feldman movies
1. Stand by me
2. Teenage mutant ninja turtles
3. Goonies
Taken Series
1. Taken 2
2. Taken
Liam Neeson (sort of) retrospective series
1. Batman Begins
2. The A-team
3. Taken 2
4. Taken
5. Non Stop
6. Unknown
7. A walk among the tombstones
Batman/Dc films ( as I can guarantee I will see more then just Batman Begins this year)
1. Batman Begins
2. Batman Gotham Knight
3. Batman Mask of the Phantasm
Films in 2018
1. Mission Impossible Fallout
See the review in the M:I thread.
Based, I think, on Barker's novel Cabal, itself a bit of a let down, especially after reading The Damnation Game which is one of the best horror novels ever! Remember being underwhelmed with Nightbreed, but I do believe it suffered from quite a few cuts, but it's not one I'm in a hurry to see again.
CREED (2015)
Been on a ROCKY kick this year, and had revisited all but the 5th film (which I'll get around to), so this latest installment was a treat. Works as a sequel as well as a spin-off.
Tense WWII thriller starring the great John Mills as the captain of a British sub, The Sea Tiger, tasked with finding and destroying the latest German Battleship, The Brandenburg.
Enjoyed this a lot although it's overlong and occasionally its a bit like watching someone else playing a videogame.
It's certainly cool spotting all the exhaustive movie and pop culture references in the film. (Loved the pulse rifle from Aliens and the Chucky moment!) Although the Shining sequence while very well done is a little too clever.
Shades of Tron and even Willy Wonka in the not particularly original story, not sure how faithful it is to the novel as I haven't read it.
Recommended though.
I'd seen the extended NBC version as a kid but had never watched the shorter, theatrical version cut in its entirety before. From what I remember, I think most of the cuts were justified except I wish the theatrical cut had kept the longer discussion between Jack(Jeff Bridges) and Dwan(the gorgeous 27 year-old Jessica Lange in her screen debut) in the abandoned Manhattan bar. It usually gets called the worst of the 3 cinematic versions to date but I generally enjoyed it, largely due to the John Barry score and because I didn't compare it to the classic 1933 version or to the newer 2005 version which I've not watched yet. I just accepted it(warts and all including the now very dated SFX) on its own terms although I do wish there had been more to the final battle. Of course, the film now has an added poignancy post 9-11 with its World Trade Center finale.
3 Bond connections: the aforementioned John Barry score, Julius W. Harris(LALD) and its script was written by Lorenzo Semple, Jr.(NSNA).
Absolutely brilliant.
The acting,the pacing,the comedic moments,the great funky soundtrack and score,the one-liners,the action,basically everything about this film is first class.
Best film I have seen in a long long time,so much so I immediately bought it, and have it now downloaded to my SKY Q box and the DVD on its way in the post.
And this :
Very emotionally charged and the 2 lead actors,both English (although Kate is playing an American in this),carry the film perfectly,as its mainly them and nobody else involved in it,for the majority.
It lapses in parts but on the whole a good film,and I like the way the film carries on after the event,showing the mental and physical scars the characters bear and how they cope with it.
Worth a watch,for Kate Winslett and Idris Elba alone.
I kept waiting for it to dip somewhere or have some stupid ending,but it is so evenly paced and had me laughing out loud in a lot of scenes.
I had heard all the hype and thought 'yeah yeah yeah,lets see what I think' but simply WOW.
I think it's a sort of modern MR, with that same OTT lightness & humour that makes you keep wanting to come back again and again despite some of the silliness. I just love the tone, and it's wonderful to see these great actors having so much fun and letting their hair down. The cameos during the 'play' crack me up.
Then Chris Hemsworth comes along. Now Thor is one of my favorites! It's amazing what a great actor can do for a character!
(on that same note I never really cared for Iron Man either, before RDJ that is)
And i still didn't realise that the Loki in the 'play' is Matt Damon in disguise !!
I will look out for that next time !