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I didn't mind him in The Company You Keep, but there he played alongside Robert Redford, Julie Christie, Susan Sarandon, Stanley Tucci, Terrence Howard, Richard Jenkins, Brendan Gleeson, etc. That'll help anyone's performance.
Somewhat paradoxically perhaps, I also have problems with LaBeouf's comments that it was his job as an actor to make something like the vine swinging with monkeys believable. That's one thing that he can't be reasonably held responsible for, as it suggests a problem on a storytelling level, and yet he blamed himself for it.
Connery is indeed excellent in it and i just loved the 'PTS' with River Phoenix.
Problems i have with the film is that, yes, it's basically a remake of Raiders (Not suprising after the flak Temple of Doom took) and scriptwise it's inferior. Also some of the special effects are a bit ropey and the editing is poor in some scenes.
As i mentioned before, the intelligent Marcus from Raiders is turned into a buffoon in this film simply for cheap laughs.
Highlights for me are the chemistry between Ford and Connery and the brilliant tank chase.
The ending with the holy grail is certainly interesting and a novel idea but it's kind of dull compared with the power of the ark and the rope bridge sequence from Doom.
At least we were spared a Tarzan yell.
I completely agree on the PTS as well. Superbly directed by Spielberg, with a bit of OP thrown in (circus train).
The special effects are definitely a bit suspect (particularly during the aerial sequences) and I should have mentioned that. Temple is superior in this respect despite being made 5 years prior.
While watching these films I was especially conscious of the time in which they were made and what Bond was doing at the same point. I can appreciate how LTK must have seemed quite pedestrian to a degree (with its tv style drug plot) in comparison to the ambition of this film, and Dalton particular dour, especially for US audiences. After all, the smooth talking, quip cracking Willis had just starred in the game changing Die Hard the year prior, and both Gibson and Ford were wisecracking their way to box office gold at the same time as OO7 was all doom and gloom. At least Moore put up a fight with OP & FYEO.
Well i saw all these films at the cinema and it was a bumper year for good big budget movies. (Die Hard was released in 1989 in England)
LTK got kind of squashed at the box office because there were so many 'event' movies that year. I did see LTK twice at the cinema to support dear James, although i also saw Batman twice as well...!
Best film of 89 for me was Michael Mann's Manhunter. Still watch it at least once a year.
Same here. Last time this happened I did the Nolan Batman trilogy. I'm gonna do a Jones marathon this week, including Crystal Skull...
@bondjames, there were some internal issues so the film wasn't even screened at any film festivals in UK for over a year, then it took another year and a half to get a wide release there. Crazy turnaround!
Definitely worth a watch. Thanks to @PrinceKamalKhan for the recommendation. Unfortunately I fell asleep several times, but as luck would have it it was loaded with hideously loud ads throughout, so didn t miss much.
Just saw this yesterday. I still haven't seen the previous 2 entries, but the hype on this one made me curious. I did enjoy it. I was the only one in the theater, though so I kind of had the auditorium to myself.
Of the M:I films I've seen, this one I thought was the best. I had some things to pick up afterwards and I casually mentioned to the cashier I had just seen FALLOUT. He asked if it was as good as the others, and I replied: "I've only seen a few. I'm more of a James Bond guy." He said, "Me, too! Without a doubt!"
I imagine if I were to have a similar interaction with any casual movie goer on the street the response would be the same. Bond is universally loved.
The stunt-work and action sequences were most definitely exciting. There's been much discussion on whether the Bond series can live up to or top the action in this film. I say no need to worry. Of course Bond can. The element FALLOUT had that the recent Bonds have lacked to a degree is a sense of fun to go along with the suspense. It was a blast watching Ethan Hunt dangle from the helicopter, ride the motorbike, etc. Also the chase sequences didn't go on too long and were timed perfectly, IMO.
I don't think Eon need worry about this franchise, but might look for inspiration regarding that balance between fun, suspense and humor.
Yeah, i don't know what the delay was...!
@ToTheRight I'm glad you got round to seeing this, but you really should have seen MI:GP and particularly MI:RN first, as this sort of carries on from those two. Hope you get to those some time soon!
Superb scores I have them on download, the use of Windows in TDK really gives this film a massive continuous city scope, the improved resolution really makes it more apparent. Nolan really is a brilliant film maker.
Me neither to this extent, the scenes in offices with huge windows for example with Dent look amazing with the city in the back ground.
More of a remake of the JCVD original. Scott Adkins takes the lead as Wes 'The Jailor' Baylor, a washed up MMA fighter, offered $1M for a fight in Myanmar. It turns out that the fight doesn't exist. Instead, Wes has been selected as the target in the same game as that from the first film.
Not quite a match for the original (peak Van Damme in one of my favourite action thrillers), but still better than average for a DTV film, and Adkins is damn good at kicking ass. Robert Knepper, the films villain, starts to channel Lance Henrikson as the film goes on, and in the final showdown, he even uses the Thompson/Center Contender pistol that Lance Henrikson uses in the original.
It's not as sharp, but it IS more epic, IMHO.
Agree the Bane v Batman pt 1 is intense, Bane is totally believable as a formidable adversary.
It's like Nolan was going for a realist progression from inception to force of nature to last gasp. His trilogy was like... life...