It looks like you're new here. If you want to get involved, click one of these buttons!
^ Back to Top
The MI6 Community is unofficial and in no way associated or linked with EON Productions, MGM, Sony Pictures, Activision or Ian Fleming Publications. Any views expressed on this website are of the individual members and do not necessarily reflect those of the Community owners. Any video or images displayed in topics on MI6 Community are embedded by users from third party sites and as such MI6 Community and its owners take no responsibility for this material.
James Bond News • James Bond Articles • James Bond Magazine
Comments
French comedies are often very funny, albeit maybe not for a non French speaker: they're generally very verbose and based on interaction.
I agree, there are lots of great French comedies.
THE TERMINATOR is perfect as it is. Cameron should look back onto that and see how its brevity is a major plus.
The theatrical cut of ALIENS is perfect, and his “Special Edition” is completely unnecessary with all the additional footage added. I find the theatrical version where we never see the colony at the beginning more suspenseful.
THE ABYSS I will actually say benefits from the Special Edition, because the backdrop of the Cold War brings more tension and makes the film have a bigger scope.
TERMINATOR 2: JUDGEMENT DAY isn’t as tight as the original, but still preferable to the longer Special Edition version (the only addition I like is Kyle Reese’s dream cameo, which hammers in partly why Sarah keeps fighting).
TRUE LIES and TITANIC never had longer cuts, probably because Cameron had enough clout by the mid 90s to make his final cut on both films.
AVATAR has a longer cut! I never watched it, because I’ve seen Cameron’s other Special Editions to know that the theatrical is probably fine as it is. If it’s an improvement like THE ABYSS, I never heard of that.
I agree that the theatrical cut of Aliens is superior, but having seen said cut numerous times, I did welcome the extra scenes. That is, except for the one where Ripley reveals her first name to Hicks.
Watch Le diner de cons, Les Visiteurs, Grosse Fatigue, some de Funes movies, the TV series Bref, just to name a few. The French can do visual gags too, but it's mostly through interaction that they create humour. That's why they make rather poor stand up comedians imo.
Even at that I don't have a copy of it in my film library. I suppose the Terminator films are amazing, but I'm just never in the mood for them.
I've felt that way since I first saw the film. It was touted at the time as the next big action film and it was just okay. It didn't help having Tom Arnold as the wisecracking sidekick. Could never stand that guy. I also recall skeptics back in '95 claiming Bond could never stand up against a film like True Lies, which in all honestly never gets talked about much that I see.
It doesn’t help that TRUE LIES has had a nonexistent psychical media presence since the barebones 1999 DVD, and seeing it available for streaming has been extremely rare.
For what it’s worth, it finally hit Hulu about a month ago in the US. Dunno about its availability outside of that, but this is a rare opportunity for anyone who hasn’t seen it to give it a watch. It’s really as much of a comedy as it is an action film. And it’s the only thing I’ve ever seen Tom Arnold actually be funny in.
It looks surprisingly wonderful! And Chris's voice seems perfect as far as I'm concerned.
I like, nay love, both films. But nothing in Mann's resume beats HEAT for me.
The action sequences in True Lies really are fantastic. The stunt with the helicopter with the destroyed Bridge is probably my favourite of all time.
Best action director of all time IMO.
As for True Lies, I don t like it, either.
Yep, a great sequence for sure. The comparisons to Bond were always made by third parties rather than Cameron himself as far as I'm aware, so it seems irrational to me to hold that against it.
Though I do genuinely think the action in there is better than most Bond films anyway, so it doesn't make much difference.
Very close to MV, the tv series, of course. But I love that show to bits, so maybe that explains my choice here.
Much to my surprise true lies won in a landslide.
I watched Collateral for the first time recently, but I think I still like Heat more.
Both of of it's high intensity action scenes and simmering quiet scenes are done quite perfectly IMO. I read somewhere they use the street shootout scene for police training, or some kind of military training, somewhere. Sorry that bit of trivia came with no specific details. :)) "Someone, somewhere, uses that scene for... something..."