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I remember thinking Jean-Pierre Jeunet was a brave choice for the fourth 'Alien' movie, as I loved his first couple of films 'Amelie', 'Delicatessen' (a particular favourite!) and 'The City of Lost Children', but it didn't really come off, the underwater scene was great, but the final depiction of the Xenomorph with blinking eyes made me laugh out loud!
Agree the underwater sequence is pretty cool, the hybrid alien is weird though to be fair there is a threat there when he acts like a baby he could crush a skull on a whim lol
Say what you want about the film, it has a GREAT score!
The film is fun, I meant laugh in a good way, I agree it has a good score.
A lot of bad movies can be entertaining, honestly. Plan 9 from Outer Space by Ed Wood is great to watch with friends.
True, the 90's had many so bad its good movies, I would welcome films like that now.
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As a side note Uma would have made a interesting Lara Croft, the doppelganger in The Avengers reminds me of Tomb Raider Underworld.
Absolutely, the film is a lot of fun. I saw it in theatres in 1998. I was down with it, but I knew nothing about the '60s series, so I didn't know how the film compared to that. ;-)
Both The Avengers and The New Avengers had two of the best TV show themes ever.
Both great shows, I watched an episode the other day from the Tara King era with Christopher Lee (Lee appeared more than once as different characters), so many Bond connections from the shows.
I liked the surreal elements of the show, I did think earlier maybe they should have gone with the Cybernauts in the movie.
Purdy against the Cybernauts is one of my earliest TV memories.
@j_w_pepper Great edit of the theme.
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@mattjoes I think you will enjoy the evolution of the shows themes here...
The Avengers (All series openings)
The Avengers (All series openings)
Diana Rigg is gorgeous, the Emma Peel intro's are the best.
Yes, there was a major spy-fi element to series 4 (Emma Peel. B&W) and series 5 (Emma Peel, color). That said, however, series 6 (Tara King) was a major step back from that toward more traditional spy craft, albeit done with the normal tongue in cheek. The major exception to this was the introduction of Patrick Newell's character, "Mother" and the "goofy-headquarters-of-the-week" running gags.
http://theavengers.tv/forever/
The problems with series six, IMO lay mostly behind the scenes and with the fact (again, this is subjective) that US audiences didn't seem to warm to the Tara/Steed relationship. That, along with programming it opposite the most popular TV show of the era ("Laugh-In") killed it.
As for the 1998 film, I found it pleasant enough, and IIRC, there is a longer version of the film which fans are attempting to get released. Apparently, some of the plot points were hurt by the decision to edit the film down to its released runtime.
MR. KLEIN
Superb film about an opportunist who remains indifferent to the atrocities of fascism during WW II, even though he's being mistaken for a Jewish man who has the same name. Phenomenal end scene, too.
Jeanne Moreau and Michael Lonsdale (credited as Michel Lonsdale) also appear. As well as an impressive turn by Francine Bergé as Nicole.
LE CERCLE ROUGE
A crime film by Jean-Pierre Melville. Ergo, a masterpiece. The highlight here is a masterfully constructed heist scene in almost complete silence. The bleak cinematography by the legendary Henri Decaë is magnificent too.
Also featuring excellent performances by Yves Montand, Gian Maria Volontè and Bourvil.
I'm also interested in checking out more of Diana's filmography. Some movies and filmed plays.
I saw this at a theater last year or the year before. I'm increasingly fascinated by stories like these, that take a strange concept and push it further and further until we are almost in the realm of madness.
This one has been on my radar for a while.
"Staring Alain Delon" is the first thing that I see when logging on to my Criterion Streaming account (US).
The beautiful boy of French cinema whose steely, ice-blue gaze betrayed more than a hint of danger, Alain Delon was a favorite of modernists like Luchino Visconti, Jean-Pierre Melville, and Michelangelo Antonioni, all of whom were seduced by his impossible good looks and air of cool detachment. This selection of many of Delon’s finest moments spotlights his star-making performance as the gorgeous, duplicitous Tom Ripley in René Clément’s Patricia Highsmith adaptation PURPLE NOON; his career-defining turn as a zen contract killer in Melville’s LE SAMOURAÏ; his subtle portrayal of an amoral art dealer mixed up in a case of mistaken identity in Joseph Losey’s unsung classic MR. KLEIN; and more.
Having already watched Le Samourai last weekend (yet again!), I'm adjusting my schedule for this weekend so that I can watch MR. KLEIN and LA PISCINE (Romy Schneider and Jane Birkin! :x ) since I didn't catch them during NYC The Film Forum's Delon retrospective a couple of months ago.
For me Delon is the definitive Tom Ripley, and Purple Noon the definitive Ripley adaptation. Superb.
Rocco e i suoi fratelli is a film I had to study meticulously, it was one of my projects at univeristy for the Italian cinema course.
Then there's also L' Eclisse, possibly the most impressive film I have ever seen, definitely recommended. Scorsese is right, the film is revolutionary. Also Monica Vitto and Alain Delon together! That's two of my three favourite actors of all time together.
True! He could make everything work. Definitely would have been a cool returning Deuxième Bureau colleague à la Leiter... A younger Mathis if you will.
On the positive side, the cinematography is captivating and eerie, beautifully shot in a way that enhances the film's unsettling atmosphere. The jump scares are well-timed and effective, catching me off guard more than once. The acting is solid across the board, but Nicolas Cage stands out with his portrayal of Longlegs-his performance is both creepy and terrifying, making the character truly memorable. The film's ending is also a highlight, delivering a surprising twist that left me impressed.
However, the story lacks originality, feeling like a blend of "Silence of the Lambs" and "Annabelle." While this combination isn't inherently bad, it does feel overly familiar, making it hard to connect with the narrative. You can't always reinvent the wheel, but the film's reliance on well-trodden ground makes it less impactful.
The dialogue is another weak point, often lacking engagement and causing some scenes to drag. It's clear the actors are giving their all, but the uninspired dialogue and weak character development don't do them justice.
We also watched Longlegs last night. My feeling is identical to yours, and I’d just like to add a creepy note:
Cage’s performance was truly spine-tingling and frightening, and…….. He based his characterization on his mother, who suffered mental illness. Knowing that tidbit stretched his performance into something truly sad, played on top of the sinister…
Evil Under the Sun and The Assassination Bureau are good and decent, I must admit other than Doctor Who, Game of Thrones and Diana;'s final film Last Night in Soho there is a large part of her career i have not watched.
And of course, there's OHMSS, but I shouldn't have to mention it on this forum.
I absolutely hate Theater of Blood. I had such great expectations about it, and I was totally disappointed. In my opinion, a terminally stupid and even boring movie. It may have been the first DVD ever that I regretted to have bought. Even Diana Rigg is no reason to watch that drivel again IMO.
Oh, never mind. I'm sure I'll avenge my way out of this one.
Really enjoyed it. I am not too familiar with the Alien franchise (I have seen them a while back) or the wider lore, but really enjoyed this one as its own film.
I had seen this film many years ago, and when it popped up on the Amazon page, I bought it. Am glad I did. It's a wonderful road movie, with Gene Hackman and Al Pacino as oddball characters who meet hitchhiking, Hackmans Max is an ex con who wants to start a car wash business in Pittsburgh, and Pacino as Francis who wants to visit his kid he's never seen, in Detroit. They have many lively encounters with people on their travels, one very harrowing one with Richard Lynchs prison inmate. Both leads are fantastic, and have many wonderful heartfelt scenes, and the finale will crush you, but Director Jerry Scharzberg cushions it with a final moment where we finally find out why Max always sleeps with one boot under his pillow!! Definitely recommended, on the bluray case it states it won the Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival