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No wonder : the Blue Thunder is also a french chopper. More precisely a modified Aérospatiale Gazelle.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Thunder_(helicopter)
That explains it! Thanks. I knew it looked similar. Airbus Helicopters is the successor entity to Aerospatiale, and build The Tiger.
I haven't seen Blue Thunder but I want to. Seems like a cool film. Scheider is a good everyman type of leading man. I wonder why his career declined in the late eighties.
Thinking of helicopters and Malcolm McDowell reminded me of Figures in a Landscape, starring Robert Shaw and McDowell.
Due to his name been bandied about as helmer of Bond 25, I went to see this to check out Director Bart Layton! And I also love heist movies!! What a pleasant surprise. This is an excellent, highly entertaining movie, very clever in its writing (also by Layton!), with great performances from the leads, interspersed with comments from the real people involved! I won't reveal too much about it, but it tells the tale of a quartet of young men who get the idea to rob some rare books from a library! How it all goes you will have to check out yourself, and it really does prove truth is stranger than fiction! One of the best movies i've seen this year! Recommended!
Oh, do I think Layton is Bond director material....er ..NO! This is superb, but there's nothing here that proves he would be suitable for Bond! I still reckon it should be David Mackenzie or Demange!
Regarding the cinematography in The Ipcress File; here's an interesting clip discussing it:
I haven't heard of Figures in a Landscape before. I did a quick google search and it seems like an interesting premise. I may check it out at some point.
Predator 2 was a decent effort,which I like, but none of them compare to the original.
Re: this kid thing - that's unfortunate. Black had a kid in Iron Man 3 too as I recall, but it worked in that film imho. There's also some controversy surrounding his hiring a friend who is a convicted 'predator' for a scene which has since been cut at the request of Olivia Munn.
The Nice Guys had a kid, as well. In fact, there were like four kids in the movie.
Thank you. I'll have a look.
Inventively violent, and save for one or two ill-conceived moments, I laughed a lot too. The first hour is pretty strong, though the film wears itself out by the end. I am finding the criticisms a bit harsh. I got swept up in the whole thing pretty quickly, despite its flaws.
They need to abandon the warring Yautja clan thing though. It's played out.
Tonight I rewatched Sam Peckinpah's The Getaway (1972). Anything starring Steve McQueen is worth watching, IMO, and this film is no different. It starts out a bit slow, but as soon as the characters are established, it's really just an action packed ride the rest of the film.
Peckinpah known for his westerns, but I love The Getaway, written by Walter Hill, McQueen is so cool in it, and the action is top notch, particularly the robbery sequence and the hotel shootout finale!
The robbery and the hotel shootout are really great scenes, and the film is a showcase in McQueen coolness - which is also very precent in the scene where he picks up the shotgun at that store.
And I love how he deals with the grifter on the train who steals the locker key from McGraw!
Great cameo from Slim Pickens at the end too!
Love that sequence too – not as fast-paced, but still a very exciting development in the story.
Oh dear, what a POS. Not even worthy of a review imho. Dave Bautista stars in a low rent Die Hard rip off, which also borrows elements from Jean Claude Van Damme's 1995 Sudden Death (itself guilty of bargain basement DH plagiarism). I used to think Sudden Death was pretty bad, but I'm telling you Final Score makes it look like a masterpiece. The annoying kid is present here too, as is the terrorist plot in an arena/stadium ('football' rather than hockey in this instance). Bautista is no leading man in my view (he has a few expressions which he overuses) & I couldn't understand what he was saying most of the time. What surprises me the most is that both Pierce Brosnan and Ray Stevenson agreed to appear in this crapfest. What were they thinking? Perhaps they were doing someone a favour or were handsomely paid, in which case it's barely understandable. Avoid. You're better off getting a 4K copy of the original 1988 classic, or even Van Damme's 1995 film. Heck, you may even be better off with Speed 2, and that's saying something.
Double Indemnity (1944)
A noir classic, directed by Billy Wilder, script by Wilder and Raymond Chandler, starring Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray and Edward G. Robinson.
Ramrod (1947)
Nothing special here.
Orlando (1992)
First saw this when it was still pretty new, didn't remember it, and re-watched for Tilda Swinton.
Insomnia (1997)
Finally watched the original, didn't like it much, either.
Dune (1984)
I'm really looking forward to Villeneuve's movie, so I thought I should finally watch this one - even though I have probably never heard anything good about it. It was indeed terrible. I guess I need to try and find the time to read Dune instead.
The Enforcer (1951)
Not among Humphrey Bogart's best movies IMO, but still a Humphrey Bogart movie, so...
My House in Umbria (2003)
Solace (2015)
The Professionals (1966)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)
I was suspicious about this, but found it actually pretty good for what it was.
Il Gattopardo - The Leopard (1963)
Open Range (2003)
The Girl on the Train (2016)
Meh. These ladies deserved better.
Shanghai (2010)
A mess of a movie. A pity.
A United Kingdom (2016)
The story is pretty interesting, and it has Rosamund Pike and David Oyelowo as the leads, but the movie is just boring, unfortunately.
Salt and Fire (2016)
A weird Werner Herzog movie, a bit all over the place. Kinda interesting though, in a wtf sort of way.
Advantageous (2015)
Viaggio in Italia - Journey to Italy AKA Voyage to Italy (1954)
Septembers of Shiraz (2015)
Hrútar - Rams (2015)
An Icelandic film about sheep farming brothers who haven't spoken to each other in decades... and then a disaster involving their beloved sheep happens... I liked it.
Lady Macbeth (2016)
Florence Pugh as the lead was the best thing in this, and I'm now interested in seeing her in something else.
Holding the Man (2015)
Jeremiah Johnson (1972)
The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009)
Crooked House (2017)
Wind River (2017)
I didn't have much expectations going into it. However I did enjoy it. Some slight homages to the original triolgy. Not a bad way to sit on the couch with the wife and it only cost 53 cents for the rental
Well what do you know without Melissa Mcarthy hamming it up Paul Feig can direct a decent thriller and a good film not going to lie that is quite shocking. However this film is far from the simple thriller it appears to be in trailers I will say the movie is quite strong but it has some strange twists and has some interesting taboos
The fact that it deals with incest is kind of strange
I do enjoy how Emily faked her death then became a psycho witch
The way she used sex was interesting
Loved how there were no bad guy roles as usually the males in these kinds of movies are assholes or stupid but both the husband and cop were decen
Hated the gay guy felt he added nothing to the movie but I suppose it’s 2018
A strong recommend and curious to see what others thought
I don’t want Paul feig to be near bond but I would like him to do more serious thrillers
Also Anna Kendrick’s is smoking hot.
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. A simple favor
8. The Saint
9. Taken 2
10. The Shadow
11. Batman Under The Red Hood
12. Batman Gotham Knight
13. The Meg
14. Big trouble little China
15. Taken
16. Ferris buller's day off
17. Valley girl
18. Nonstop
19. Batman Mask of the Phantasm
20. Unknown
21. Classic Artists presents Yes
22. Stand By Me
23. Before Sunrise
24. A walk among the Tombstones
25. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
26. Goonies
27. 9012live
28. Before Midnight
29. Revenge of the nerds
30. Grease
31. 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. A simple favor
3. The Meg
What a cracking action fest this is! Carrying on nicely from the previous film this moves superfast although it did feel a tad overlong. The climax is dragged out a bit and it must be the longest 15 minute countdown in cinema history!
Action is top notch and really does raise the bar for EON. The sequences in Paris are thrilling and it's all beautifully edited. Great bathroom fight scene and a dangerous looking footchase over London rooftops are highlights. The film pulls out all the stops for the climax with three simultaneous situations happening at once during the 15 minute countdown. With all these sequences it's hard to tell what Cruise does for real as it's so well shot.
Nice to see Rebecca Ferguson make a return. The Bond makers really missed a trick with this actress. She would make a formidable Bond girl but as yet again EON now follow the pack where once they led.
Once again, this is top notch entertainment. Will definitely be watching this again.
I thought Bridge Of Spies was solid enough, but utterly forgettable.
Any reason why?