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Have to disagree with you again. The Outfit is an excellent thriller. Robert Duvall, Joe Don Baker and Robert Ryan and tough action from director John Flynn. The hotel scene where Duvall invades the villains poker game is a terrific sequence with a superb score!
I have never given much thought to ranking them, as they aren't a series as such. But my ranking is this:
1. The Outfit (1973)
2. Point Blank (1967)
3. Payback: Straight Up (2006)
4. Payback (1999)
5. Parker (2013)
6. The Split (1968)
7. Slayground (1985)
8. Made In USA (1966)
I went to see Slayground in the cinema but have very little memory of it. In fact the only scene I recall is the death of comedian Mel Smith's character!!!
Oh yes, this will most likely be part of my Halloween viewing this year. Not a perfect film. Scott himself says on the commentary that this early film of his strays into pretension a bit too much for its own good perhaps. But it's still a fascinating film, and pretentious or not, I love seeing Scott doing an artsy and moody 80s flick like this. As far as atmosphere and tone go, it may be the closest Scott came to making a film like his brother's Blade Runner.
Competently directed by Richie Cunningham, but somehow flat and lacking in thrills. Some nice scenery and (about the only thing worth watching for) gorgeous Felicity Jones, who looks damn good in this. Not one to recommend and hopefully the last of the Robert Langdon films. Boy, does Tom Hanks look like he'd rather be anywhere but in this film!
It was in the $3 movie bin at my local Wal Mart last weekend and I couldn't help but pick it up. I'll have to try and get a viewing in but I prefer the first two
Davinci Code was good but was too long in places. Where as Angels and Demons is set in only a few hours time.
But I always laugh when they set one scene saying it's 8:10 pm and it looks like mid afternoon.
I've said this before, but that opening heist at CERN has Bond written all over it imho.
I liked the showdown at the end, set in the abandonned fairground, but the rest of the film was dull.
I've only read 3 of the books, The Outfit (from the original series), and Breakout & Firebreak (from the revived series). It's funny, in my head, I imagine Parker looking like Gibson in Payback, but acting like Duvall in The Outfit. I've long been meaning to give the series a proper look, I should pick up the other books sometime.
I'm a fan of THE CONJURING series, including both ANNABELLE movies (though I rank them far below the other two). I also very much appreciate its twin series INSIDIOUS, which, if the owner rights situation were to allow it, could effectively be merged with THE CONJURING into one universe if you ask me. In both series, however, anything not directed by James Wan instantly feels of a lesser quality than the four films which Wan himself did direct. And since THE NUN isn't directed by James Wan, I was at best cautiously optimistic going in. But to be honest, the main evil, Valak, from THE CONJURING 2, had rather a huge impact on me. One scene, in particular, scared the hell out of me when watching that 2016 film. So I was optimistic nevertheless.
THE NUN features Taissa Farmiga, Vera's little sister, and she's the best element in the film. Cute, calm and caring, she brings warmth to her role as Catholic novitiate. She's sent to investigate strange occurrences in a Romanian Monastery. Her two male partners are a dead-serious priest and an energetic farm boy whose reactionary comments often attempt something resembling comic relief. The monastery is only a few cracks in the wall away from being a dilapidated building. Old, foggy and lifeless, this is where the half-holy trio must battle Valak.
As with the Annabelle spin-offs, THE NUN struggles to reach the strengths of THE CONJURING and THE CONJURING 2. Wan may have co-written the story but his usual traps and ultra-tense demon attacks are barely present here. There's fun to be had with many suspenseful moments but few of those come unexpected and almost none of those have any ambitions beyond standard jump-scares. Nor is the confusing and at times painfully inconsistent narrative helpful in any way. Compared to both the titular entries in THE CONJURING series and even to ANNABELLE CREATION, this latest film is a bit of a letdown as a whole though very satisfying in parts. A few lines of expository dialogue and one flashback are basically all the film delivers in terms of "universe building", i.e. explaining a thing or two about Valak.
THE NUN combines an eerie atmosphere, remotely reminiscent of some of Fulci and Argento's works, with Wan's lesser jump-scares. I'm still a firm believer in Wan's tremendous horror sensibilities--the man understands my ghost-house fears--but I hope AQUAMAN will be the better film of the two he's involved in this season. Fans of THE CONJURING should have some fun with this film, but if those two films never did it for you, I doubt you'll have a good night and fright with THE NUN.
6/10
A real popcorn flick from beginning to end,with affectionate nods in places to Die Hard.
Dave Bautista is brilliant as ever and carries the film well.
Pierce has quite a small part and doesnt do a lot apart from 'something' ,which i wont mention as it is important.
Plus a tinge of sadness ,as a football fan for over 40 years, as Upton Park/Boleyn Ground gets all shot up etc,but to see so much of it again ( i was an Arsenal away fan back in the days there) and knowing that it is preserved in film so well is a nice thing.
7.5/10 .....switch your brain off and have a load of fun for 1hour 40mins.
A forgotten classic. I wonder if John Williams saw this film. There is a musical motif running through the film that I find very reminiscent of the Darth Vader theme.
A great film, this, and full of great actors. So much better than that Bruce Willis / Richard Gere piece of nothing they put out in the 90s, which mocks this classic by existing.
I liked both of them, but for vastly different reasons and treat them as completely separate entities. They're only related in name only after all.
You're right though. The original leaves it for dust. A classy, atmospheric, slow burning slice of excellence.
Michael Lonsdale is superb as well.
Interestingly enough this was the first Batman movie in the DC Animated film universe (before people ask about stuff in the 90's the Animated film universe begin mid 2000's with I think Wonder Woman as an attempt to bring other heros and story's to light )
how times have changed
I enjoy Bruce Greenwood's take on Batman and John DiMaggio's joker is different from Hammil yet similar, I think the best part of the story is though the Joker is in it he isn't the focal point at all instead the real main Villains is Ra's Al Ghul and Black Mask and of course Red Hood
in fact the only weak point in the entire film is Neal Patrick Harris as Nightwing he just doesn't work for me at all and his voice takes me out of it slightly
over all it's a good film
also why is Black Mask so over looked as a villain he is such a cool villain
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 Under The Red Hood
11. Batman Gotham Knight
12. The Meg
13. Big trouble little China
14. Taken
15. Ferris buller's day off
16. Valley girl
17. Nonstop
18. Batman Mask of the Phantasm
19. Unknown
20. Classic Artists presents Yes
21. Stand By Me
22. Before Sunrise
23. A walk among the Tombstones
24. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
25. Goonies
26. 9012live
27. Before Midnight
28. Revenge of the nerds
29. Grease
30. 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
Movies from 2018
1. Mission impossible fallout
2. The Meg
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 Under the red hood
3. Batman Gotham Knight
4. Batman Mask of the Phantasm
Films in 2018
1. Mission Impossible Fallout
2. The Meg
It's between this and Vertigo and oh yes it does indeed hold up today. The mastery of it's construction and the set design is second to none, Stewart & Kelly crackle on the screen and Burr makes a sinister suspect.
Thelma Ritter brings a welcome dose of humour and sparks well off Stewart as well. The fact there is no score also works dividends, yes Hitch could of got Herrmann to accompany it.
AlthoughI think just choosing the odd bit of music from the apartments gives it far more authenticity and that last 20 minutes is an exercise in how to create suspense, simply magnificent and a masterpiece.
The likes of Truffaut, Spielberg and more recently Fincher owe the master a debt, easily one of the most influential film makers of all time and this is one of his greatest ever statements.
5/5
Rear Window is one of my all-time favourite films. Watched it for the first time on TV as a kid, as my second ever Hitchcock film after Rope the week before. Few films have made such an impression. It's really an incredible film in so many ways. That set!
Masterpiece. My #6 favourite film of all time. Vertigo is #7 ;)
I think watching it again last night with my Wife (it's her favourite) that I'm inclined to agree that it slightly nudges Vertigo into the no. 2 spot.
There is something so effortless about the whole enterprise, Hitch at the top of his game and the cast are superb and that set of course. Like I said above using no score apart from the music coming from apartments is a stroke of genius.
The trailer looked great, but the humour just didn t do it for me.