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  • MaxCasinoMaxCasino United States
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    Agent007391 wrote: »
    cooperman2 wrote: »
    The Predator. Oh dear, oh dear,oh dear. Hopefully this will lay this particular franchise to rest once and for all. How can Shane Black direct such great films when working on a lowish budget, but give him a studio film and he screws it up. This and Iron Man 3 are both awful.

    At least Iron Man 3 has some redeeming qualities. The Predator was just non stop garbage.

    Not really. Annoying kid, a plot twist that Marvel is trying to make up for, slow pacing in the middle, bad jokes. It’s Marvel Studios at its worst.
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
    Posts: 17,789
    Agent007391 wrote: »
    cooperman2 wrote: »
    The Predator. Oh dear, oh dear,oh dear. Hopefully this will lay this particular franchise to rest once and for all. How can Shane Black direct such great films when working on a lowish budget, but give him a studio film and he screws it up. This and Iron Man 3 are both awful.

    At least Iron Man 3 has some redeeming qualities. The Predator was just non stop garbage.

    Iron Man 3 was fun. The Predator was tedious. Neither were great, but fun trum- omg, we will really never get to use that as a word ever again, will we? WINS OUT over tedious.
  • mattjoesmattjoes Julie T. and the M.G.'s
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    GoldenGun wrote: »
    If you like this one, I'm sure you'll also like Visconti's L' innocente (aka THE INNOCENT) with CR/QOS's Giancarlo Giannini in the lead.

    This is the one I've had my sights on for a while.
  • Agent007391Agent007391 Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start
    Posts: 7,854
    MaxCasino wrote: »
    Agent007391 wrote: »
    cooperman2 wrote: »
    The Predator. Oh dear, oh dear,oh dear. Hopefully this will lay this particular franchise to rest once and for all. How can Shane Black direct such great films when working on a lowish budget, but give him a studio film and he screws it up. This and Iron Man 3 are both awful.

    At least Iron Man 3 has some redeeming qualities. The Predator was just non stop garbage.

    Not really. Annoying kid, a plot twist that Marvel is trying to make up for, slow pacing in the middle, bad jokes. It’s Marvel Studios at its worst.

    But on top of that is Tony's lingering PTSD, his need to solve some problems without a suit for a little while, the Air Force One rescue, the attack on Tony's home and then later on the final fight at the tanker. Also, I used to hate it, but the twist has grown on me.
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
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    mattjoes wrote: »
    GoldenGun wrote: »
    If you like this one, I'm sure you'll also like Visconti's L' innocente (aka THE INNOCENT) with CR/QOS's Giancarlo Giannini in the lead.

    This is the one I've had my sights on for a while.

    An absolute favourite of mine! Highly recommended :)
  • ThunderballThunderball playing Chemin de Fer in a casino, downing Vespers
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    Two of Barry Levinson’s Baltimore Tetralogy, Avalon (1990) and Liberty Heights (1999). The other two films are Diner (1982), which I have seen, and Tin Men (1987) which I haven’t. Avalon in particular was fantastic.

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  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou, but I now hear a new dog barkin'
    Posts: 9,026
    Dwayne wrote: »
    @j_w_pepper. I watched Yellow Submarine several weeks ago. Outside of Disney, I can’t think of a major animated film from this era that was so critically acclaimed (but I could be wrong). In fact, the art design by Heinz Edelmann was so representative of the pop-art of the late 1960s that people often attribute it to (the significantly more famous) Peter Max. The roto-scoping technique used to animate the “Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds” segment is just one highlight among many for me.

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    While it may have been interesting so see the final product, I’m glad that the proposed Robert Zemeckis re-make never made it pass the exploratory stage. Some test footage of the proposed remake recently appeared on line and I didn’t really like it. It looked like a 2000's ripoff of the 1960s. Yellow Submarine is perfect as is – a perfect artifact of 1968. (*)
    ** As are the Mcfarlane figurines of John, Paul, George and Ringo which line the top shelf of my bookcase.
    :))

    Just want to say thank you, @Dwayne, for commenting so often on my movie choices. We must be more or less of the same generation and share mostly the same preferences.
  • DwayneDwayne New York City
    Posts: 2,841
    @J_w_pepper. Thank you for your kind words.

    In the two plus years that I’ve been a member here, I’ve noticed a significant overlap in musical and film interests among the members. And while there is diverse opinion about the specifics of a given issue among the members, we tend to be on a similar wave length.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
    Posts: 25,092
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    Alita: Battle Angel 4K I bought this a while ago only just got round to watching it. As a fan and collector of Manga films back in late 80's and 90's I think this film was amazing, very impressive.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
    Posts: 24,173
    Fire_and_Ice_Returns wrote: »
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    Alita: Battle Angel 4K I bought this a while ago only just got round to watching it. As a fan and collector of Manga films back in late 80's and 90's I think this film was amazing, very impressive.

    Excellent choice, @Fire_and_Ice_Returns. I thought this film did the first part of the manga very well. This is the first manga adaptation that gives me some hope--I say some home--that they may be able to do an AKIRA adaptation well.
  • RichardTheBruceRichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.
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    Interesting film history with a very very charming lady. Not a favorite sub-genre off mine but I've seen a couple or more. One anecdote combines the Video Nasty effort to a new role on the police force. Especially nice to see events play out across the years in a positive way. On Midnight Pulp and Tubi.

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    Me Me Lai Bites Back Video 2018
    Documentary on actress Me Me Lai, who's best known for playing native girls in several controversial Italian cannibal jungle adventure movies.

    Director - Naomi Holwill
    Stars - Ruggero Deodato, Mike Hostench, Me Me Lai.

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  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
    edited July 2021 Posts: 25,092
    DarthDimi wrote: »
    Fire_and_Ice_Returns wrote: »
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    Alita: Battle Angel 4K I bought this a while ago only just got round to watching it. As a fan and collector of Manga films back in late 80's and 90's I think this film was amazing, very impressive.

    Excellent choice, @Fire_and_Ice_Returns. I thought this film did the first part of the manga very well. This is the first manga adaptation that gives me some hope--I say some home--that they may be able to do an AKIRA adaptation well.

    I hope we get the continuation now that Disney has 20th Century Fox. Alita was such a well developed character the film does have flaws though Alita makes it worthwhile. the action is superb.

    I still have my Akira Boxset on DVD, I heard a film adaption was in development some time ago and then the pandemic happened.
  • StirredNotShakenStirredNotShaken Toronto
    edited July 2021 Posts: 2,402
    I was lucky enough to see Black Widow early and I thought it was great. Ended up #12 in my MCU ranking, which, considering how fond I am of that franchise (we now have as many MCU films as we do Bond films, and I'd argue the former has the better batting average by a small bit), is a very, VERY good showing.

    I have absolutely no idea why anyone would want to re-adapt Akira and I CERTAINLY don't see the point of doing it in live-action.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
    Posts: 40,968
    StirredNotShaken wrote: »
    I was lucky enough to see Black Widow early and I thought it was great. Ended up #12 in my MCU ranking, which, considering how fond I am of that franchise (we now have as many MCU films as we do Bond films, and I'd argue the former has the better batting average by a small bit), is a very, VERY good showing.

    I have absolutely no idea why anyone would want to re-adapt Akira and I CERTAINLY don't see the point of doing it in live-action.

    I gave up on the superhero genre a while ago - I think the last one I saw was Civil War or whichever one had a fight at the airport - but I might have to check this one out. I'll probably be lost as to what's going on but for years, while I was a fan of these films, I kept wondering why they hadn't gotten around to a standalone film for her character. I saw a trailer for it a long while back, the action seemed pretty good and the cast was great.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
    Posts: 24,173
    StirredNotShaken wrote: »
    I have absolutely no idea why anyone would want to re-adapt Akira and I CERTAINLY don't see the point of doing it in live-action.

    The '88 anime tells about 50% of the entire story. And I think that, seeing what films can show these days, a live-action Akira may be an awesome spectacle to enjoy. Either way, the "problem" is that it is going to happen sooner or later. I want to see it done well. 😉
  • R1s1ngs0nR1s1ngs0n France
    edited July 2021 Posts: 2,148
    Billion Dollar Brain - the third and final installement in the original Harry Palmer trilogy.
    What... a... dud !
    It's a bloody mess, and hardly a glorious one. It is to The Ipcress File what You Only Live Twice (released the same year) is to From Russia With Love, except the latter is still unmistakably a Bond movie whereas Brain is devoid of all the things that have made Palmer such a unique character and the first movie such an enduring classic of the spy genre.
    Next on the agenda is Funeral In Berlin which I expect to enjoy far more than this disaster.
  • 007InAction007InAction Australia
    edited July 2021 Posts: 2,526
    Pretty Woman (1990)
    Nice lotus in this entertaining film.
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  • GerardGerard
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    A double-bill today : The Satanic Rites of Dracula and The Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires. Both interesting movies, although not the best in the series. Still, fun.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
    Posts: 16,154
    Gerard wrote: »
    A double-bill today : The Satanic Rites of Dracula and The Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires. Both interesting movies, although not the best in the series. Still, fun.

    Love both of those latter Hammer flicks. Lately I've become quite partial to GOLDEN VAMPIRES....probably because of Julie Ege.
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
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    I love The Satanic Rites of Dracula!

    Yesterday watched Nosferatu a Venezia, notorious for Klaus Kinski terrorising everyone on set to such an extend, they just stopped filming all together.

    Anyway, the plot is non-existant but the film has a moody atmosphere like only Italians can create.



    Also featuring Christopher Plummer, Donald Pleasence and Barbara De Rossi.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
    Posts: 40,968
    GoldenGun wrote: »
    I love The Satanic Rites of Dracula!

    Yesterday watched Nosferatu a Venezia, notorious for Klaus Kinski terrorising everyone on set to such an extend, they just stopped filming all together.

    Anyway, the plot is non-existant but the film has a moody atmosphere like only Italians can create.



    Also featuring Christopher Plummer, Donald Pleasence and Barbara De Rossi.

    Must be exciting enough if the nudity-free trailer still contains nudity.
  • mattjoesmattjoes Julie T. and the M.G.'s
    Posts: 7,021
    GoldenGun wrote: »
    Yesterday watched Nosferatu a Venezia, notorious for Klaus Kinski terrorising everyone on set to such an extend, they just stopped filming all together.

    Anyway, the plot is non-existant but the film has a moody atmosphere like only Italians can create.
    I wrote a bit about this one the other day. Your last sentence is a good summation of the film. I do think the atmosphere is so good that the film warrants a watch on that basis alone.
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
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    @Creasy47, very much so :))

    @mattjoes Sorry, I must have missed your comment, but you're right, I had a great time with it despite the lack of a decent story. Though, like so many Italian horror films, it's that lack of logical story-telling in combination with the dreamlike visuals that often give these films a nightmarish quality.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
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    I need to see NOSFERATU A VENEZIA!
  • GerardGerard
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    In preparation for Godzilla Vs. Kong, today, I watched Godzilla : King of the Monsters. And it's still as good as it was when I saw it in the theater. Next DVD viewing : Godzilla Vs. Kong, of course. Next movie viewing : Black Widow. Although I don't know yet when I'm going to see both.
  • GerardGerard
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    Today, I went back to the cinema (after almost a year-long dry spell, to see Black Widow, and I enjoyed it very much.Excellent casting (Florence Pugh shines, but so does Rachel Weisz), good action scenes, and even a tribute to James Bond (with a nice Chekov's Gun near the end). and (Spoiler Alert) :
    You will have trouble recognizing Olga Kurylenko.
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
    Posts: 13,978
    ToTheRight wrote: »
    I need to see NOSFERATU A VENEZIA!

    Same here. Along with Palance and Lugosi, Kinski is in my top 3 Draculas.
  • mattjoesmattjoes Julie T. and the M.G.'s
    Posts: 7,021
    SHAZAAM

    I like Sinbad, and this was pretty funny, especially the scene with the monkey and the peanut butter in the evil lawyer's pants.
  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou, but I now hear a new dog barkin'
    Posts: 9,026
    Tonight: PAPER MOON (Peter Bogdanovich, 1973). Not for the first time, but at least for the first time since switching to Blu-Ray, i.e. at least for the past eleven years or so. A brilliant movie in every regard, with a ten-year old (or so) Tatum O'Neal deservedly winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress when she should have won Best Actress instead, Great black-and-white cinematography by Laszlo Kovacs. Probably among my top-ten favourite movies eaver.
  • RogueAgentRogueAgent
    Posts: 12,526
    Bad Boys For Life.

    Boy did i enjoy this. Smith and Lawrence bounce off each other so well! Reminds me of Gibson and Glover's relationship from Lethal Weapon.

    Black Widow.

    Great fun and i have to say....... Red Guardian stole the movie for me. Made me laugh so much. :-bd
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