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Justice League The Snyder Cut got reviewed here:
https://www.cnet.com/news/snyder-cut-justice-league-review-still-a-mess-now-a-million-years-long/
Don t think I ever saw a more bizarre film, but there is no doubt that Jodorowsky is a spiritual person.
There is a lot of positive reaction to the film which makes me happy,.
looks fantastic.
Ans as today was St. Patrick's day, I decided to watch Riverdance. But what version ? I own them all. I finally decided on the 25th Anniversary one, the only one I saw only once (the others have been subject to many viewings). Tomorrow, Dracula 1972 AD.
The start of the film is fantastic, the hyper sleep pods opening mirroring the Alien Pods, John Hurt being the first one to emerge is subtle foreshadowing. An incredible film with so much visual detail. It does look stunning in 4K.
I often look to see if a 4K version of Aliens is in the works. I have the 1080p version of Aliens on Amazon Prime and the Bluray Boxset. Aliens is just as good as the first film though in different ways, the ending is amazing with an incredible James Horner score.
just ok. I agree brilliant in different ways, Alien is a fantastic horror thriller while
Aliens is a fantastic action movie.
On the score, I find it fascinating that Horner had his sound, J Barry had his and
even Han Zimmer has His sound. While with Alien Jerry Goldsmith did a beautiful
score but He didn't have " A sound " his scores were always so different. From
Planet of the Apes to The Omen, Rambo, Gremlins.
I remember as a kid I could instantly recognise a Horner score, Star trek 2 and 3, Aliens, Krull, The Rocketeer and Battle Beyond the Stars are all great and have similarities. James Horner's score were often hopeful and uplifting.
Justice League The Snyder Cut
The hype is real, this was an amazing experience one of the best super hero films ever made.
Absolutely, that moment always stands out to me. I love the subversion of the main hero of the story, too, with Ripley fairly in the background, getting more and more to do and work with as the body count climbs and there are fewer and fewer remaining crew members. The film is sweet perfection.
Ripley's caution when they return from the planet sets her character up very well when she is not letting them into the ship and her nemesis ultimately lets them back on board.
Okay, it was not an impression : The edition I has is the censored version of the movie. Tomorrow, I'll try to order the uncensored one, complete with the tap in the jugular scene, as well as the "Odds and Ends" shot (and probably other niceties like that). I know it exists, in the UK, and I know just where I can find it.
Now, today, as promised, I watched Dracula A.D. 1972. Nice movie, which is not really the first time Dracula appeared in modern times (the first version, with Bela Lugosi, seemd to me to take place in the '30s). But probably the first time the Count bled a black victim dry. Great scenes, great ladies (Stephanie Beacham and Caroline Munro in the same movie = heaven). And glorious in its seventyness (the fashions of the time hurt way less than the fashions of the following decade, that's for sure). Not as good as Scars..., but better than Taste the Blood of....
This one builds as it goes along, and becomes more and more interesting as the mysteries unravel.
Apparently Yaphet Kotto approached Ridley Scott and suggested that it should be his character that survives at the end, as nobody would be expecting that!!
Scott politely refused!
Also Veronica Cartright wanted to play Ripley and not the character she got!
https://twitter.com/NoirAlley
After the Snyder Cut yesterday, I wanted something short and sweet. Sentinelle has both covered, in that it is 80 minutes long and stars Olga Kurylenko. She plays a French soldier out for vengeance after her sister is assaulted by Russian gangsters in Nice.
It won't win any prizes for innovation or originality, but it does what it sets out to do with skill and in a suitably bone-crunching way. There's a hospital basement fight scene, in particular, that is worth watching the film for. Kurylenko is a good lead - both sympathetic and vicious when she needs to be - and hopefully it leads to more roles like this for her.
I posted a full review over in the DC movies thread, but on the whole, I enjoyed the movie more than the theatrical version.
Aside from Kurylenko's performance, that hospital basement fight scene was certainly worth the viewing alone.
It was great, wasn't it? It does two things that all good fights should do, for me: have you shouting "hell yes!" one second but then cause you to wince almost immediately afterwards. Extremely well executed.
Agreed, it was very brutal. I wish we had a few more fight scenes akin to that throughout, as I felt the finale was pretty underwhelming.
Olga stars in that too, as a jewel thief who gets caught up in a political drama. Rather dumb but good fun, with some gratuitous shots of Olgas shapely derriere, and a rather good car chase too!
I've not even heard of it but that small description certainly sells me on it. She's even great in Hitman.
I have indeed! James Purefoy is a real bastard in it! The plot made little sense but it was arguably one of those films where the plot was simply there to serve the chases and fights, of which there are many (and I agree about the car chase!).
She is great in that. And of course she's great in The November Man. With that in mind, I had never considered her to be a bad actress, but I was caught off guard by how strong her performance was in Sentinelle.
16 year old me, watching it in theaters, certainly loved her sequences.
And yes, @CraigMooreOHMSS, I've always found her to be a competent enough actress and have never taken issue with her performances, including in these direct-to-DVD movies she's been cranking out lately.
Once the vice appeared, I was instantly reminded of how I felt the first time I saw the similar scene in Casino....
(I'll say no more for those who haven't seen it.)