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Saw the original in the cinema when it was released and loved it! Still love it. Snake Plissken is one of my favourite screen characters ( it was only years after i read that Russell channelled John Wayne in his creation of Snake!) and it was wonderful to see the great Lee Van Cleef too! James Cameron worked on the effects before he became a big shot Director! And of course, the music also by John Carpenter is splendid!
The sequel, Well I was excited to see Carpenter and Russell back together, but, it was a big letdown, and you're right the cgi was dreadful! There was talk of a 3rd movie (and wasnt there meant to be a remake?) but I hope none of it happens! "Call me Snake!"
I'd say it has a lot of in common with the earlier German movie "Emil und die Detektive", (Emil and the Detectives, based on the novel by Erich Kästner, which was later burned by the Nazis), which was about a random group of kids trying to retrieve Emil's money stolen from him on the train in about 1931 Berlin. The screenplay was written by Billy Wilder (who was still active in Berlin at the time), and there was later also a remake in 1954, based on the original script and directed by the great Robert A. Stemmle. The latter film is probably more similar to Hue and Cry (in spite of being in colour), since it bases its actions among the dramatic destruction in Berlin just like H&C depicts the destruction of London by the Nazi "Blitz". I think all three of them deserve credit, especially as a record of historical eras.
"Hue andCry" itself centers on a bunch of young persons realizing that a regular weekly comic is meant to direct those involved to carry out certain criminal case, apparently without knowledge of the author, so someone inbetween must be the culprit. Part of it also seems to remind you of The Third Man...but that came out three years later.
Heavily recommended, although first-billed Alastair Sim has only a disappointingly few lines to say.
One of my favourites of Ealing. The youngsters in it are marvellous! And great climax!
Thanks, @Mathis1. It should also be noted that the Director of Photography of this movie, Douglas Slocombe, went on to be DOP on the likes of Guns at Batasi (1964), a movie I wrote about earlier, I think; Polanski's Dance of the Vampires, The Lion in Winter, a bunch of others that everyone can check up on IMDb, but especially also the first three Indiana Jones movies (ROTLA, TOD, TLC). It's hard to get a better cinematographer than that, especially in 1946.
Kurt Russell is more John Wayne for Big Trouble in Little China.
In the Escape films seems Clint Eatwood is coming out.
Love it. They could another one with Russell and I'd likely love it as well.
Clint Eastwood.
Went to see 'Big Trouble in Little China' when it was released after seeing the great trailer, but I hated it! Haven't watched it since!
I was intrigued by this when it came out, as it's from 'Bone Tomahawk' director Craig Zahler, only got to see it now! A slow burn (very, with an epic runtime) thriller about two veteran cops ( Mel Gibson and Vince Vaughan) who are filmed being over zealous in a bust and suspended from the force ( nice cameo from Don Johnson as their boss!) Both cops have serious personal issues which only money can solve they think, so they decide to turn criminal and plan to hijack a gang of villains bank job, of course things go awry! It is a very slow paced film, but I was engrossed, and anyone who saw Zahlers alternative western 'Bone Tomahawk', which has one astonishingly violent scene, it has one to match it here, which jolted me out of its langourous pace!
My feelings haven't really changed since seeing it on release. It's good, just not as good as most of its predecessors.
1. Mission Impossible: Fallout
2. Mission Impossible
3. Mission Impossible 3
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4. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
5. Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Pt 1
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6. Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation
7. Mission Impossible 2
Scarface (1983) - Amazingly, I had never gotten around to seeing this one until today. While it's not on the level of The Godfather or Goodfellas, I still found this to be a supremely entertaining gangster film. The soundtrack was fabulous! Not the most original affair, but everything is done with such epic over-the-top-ness and cool style that it's still a great time!
I'm probably going to try exploring some other Brian de Palma films. I've only seen Carrie and Mission: Impossible other than these, both of which I also like very much.
Both very good films for sure. Personally I am a big fan of "Body Double". Just like "Blow Out" and "Dressed to Kill" it's also tributary to the Italian giallo thrillers of the 70's.
So I brought my Service users to see this, and made the mistake of going in with them ( I usually wait outside as they're independent enough to go in themselves while I get some paperwork done!)
Big mistake! Bloody awful, but mercifully short, there are scenes here which are cringeinducing ( the singing colony!!) and its the usual not so special effects! Nothing to recommend and I read some early reports that its one of the funniest of these films, but damned if I found any laughs. A trailer beforehand showed another Aquaman film, I will be avoiding that as it looks the same as this crap!
Did the people you were supporting enjoy it? I have heard the film is an utter disaster.
Those who stayed awake did! 😅
lol A few reviewers said it rips off Spaceballs?
They’re probably the die hard Marvels fans. At this rate the brand is so big that even if a movie they put is unanimously panned, they’ll always have at least a few die hards still defending the movie.
That's the fandom at its finest. It's just a factory now. At least Star Wars took a break after too much, too soon. The MCU really needs to slow down, for EVERYONE'S sake. Even us Bond fans should be grateful that a Bond movie can feel like an event. The MCU doesn't feel like that anymore.
Part Space...All Balls!
I know how you feel @Fire_and_Ice_Returns. I'll post my additional thoughts over on the music thread after I get the vinyl single next week. First, some additional "FYI":
In 1994, when Paul inducted John into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Yoko gave him four (4) songs: "Free As a Bird", "Real Love", "Grow Old With Me" and "Now and Then." The three remaining Beatles decided not to work on "Grow Old With Me" since it had already appeared in demo form on Lennon's MILK AND HONEY LP (issued in 1982, two years after his murder).
Another factor may have been (possibly), that Yoko then gave the demo to former Beatles' producer George Martin would did a string arrangement for the song for the "John Lennon Anthology" box set.
Given the audio issues with John's Now and Then demo, as the "making of" video details, they decided to not complete it back in 1995.
There are two very emotional stories about the phrase "Now and Then" that are not in the video. I'll write about it later. Long time fans will know the first, but the second has just come to light.
As for the song.... it is very emotional, and several times I found myself tearing up as I have listened to it over the past week - as I did at the very end of the Peter Jackson music video (of which some of it I liked, and some of it - not so much).
It is amazing what modern technology can do that helped them resolve the issue with Now and Then. I was eyeing up the expanded editions of The Red and Blue Albums yesterday, they are not cheap though worth it. I may opt for the CD's rather than digital download.
I have Milk and Honey as well as the Anthology albums, Milk and Honey has its moments, I am not overly keen on Yoko's contribution though i get it.
A shot in dark 4/6
The Queen 4/6 (mostly about princess Di's death)
Fassbender hasn't been active as much, recently, and what he was making was unfortunately, not very good. But he's back in this film.
The first 20 minutes was basically an internal monologue that quite frankly put me in a trance. I didn't think I could ever watch someone doing "nothing" while monologuing about doing nothing to be so utterly fascinating.
It was a tight, just under two hour film, and when it ended, I had a pinch of melancholy: Fincher shows he's just on another level. The script, written by Andrew Kevin Walker was dark, darkly funny, poignant, had a commentary about we humans (without preaching, but done in a way as his John Doe character (from SE7EN) might have observed), and the acting was superb. They really don't make films like this anymore.
Now that the strikes are over, the studios should take a long hard look at their output, and analyze the failures of their productions over the last couple of years (an over reliance on CGI, half baked scripts, sloppy execution). Fincher and company kept things in the real world, kept things simple (yet effective), it was nimble and didn't overstay it's welcome...
I had that same anticipation as you @Creasy47 … it’s so beautiful to watch a Fincher film. His scene compositions are like paintings. It feels refreshing to watch an adult film.
And so great to see Fassbender knocking it out of the park (after seeing his last few efforts (before his career pause), I thought he’d lost his zest and passion for acting).
And that was one helluva script, wasn’t it?
As for Fassbender, it sounds to me like he took a few year hiatus to focus on auto racing, which is pretty cool. I'm glad to see he can still deliver after a few years out of the game, and the way he stretches and prepares his body in this shows he really put in the work for his titular, unnamed character.
And yes, such a great script! I could've listened to Fassbender's narration for two hours straight. I was happy to see Andrew Kevin Walker and Fincher reunite once more, and that the former hasn't lost his touch either (his only other credit since 2016 was last year's script for Windfall, a pretty forgettable flick.)