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The Box 2009 based on the short story Button, Button by the Richard Matheson (I am Legend), is my second Richard Kelly film of the day and a first time watch for me.
The Box has one of the creepiest scores I have heard which makes this film incredibly atmospheric the score reminded me of Bernard Herrmann at times. As a fan of this particular genre I loved this film, great acting all round and the setting of 1976 is well realized with decor and how the film was shot. I will definitely watch this film again very soon.
I have seen this film multiple times already. I like The Box very much.
I was aware of The Box on release though did not deep dive so knew very little about it. Looking at old reviews it appears many were expecting a horror movie, it illustrates how important marketing is.
Edited: Just watched the original trailer I don't think it is misleading, I don't agree with the reviewers who were expecting something else.
Interesting side note Richard Kelly's father worked for NASA and his mother has the disability that Diaz had in The Box,
Return of the Pink Panther top three in the series hilarious movie, I want a full restoration of this film, though the HD version does look good, Sellers and Lom are on fire.
Inspector Clouseau as Guy Gadbois
I have watched this scene hundreds of times and it still cracks me up, its genius.
I finally watched Bad Lieutenant (1992), as recommended by you! Harvey Keitel delivered such a raw, epic performance, and I was very impressed by all the grittiness. It gave me a classic, 1970s film kind of vibe. Being a fan of baseball myself definitely didn't hurt the experience either, as it played a pivotal role in the story (even though without my team XP). I appreciate you telling me to check it out, as it was very much worth my time and I liked it a lot! Coincidentally, the film just got a release date for 4K Blu-Ray, should anyone be interested! Would be a great addition to any film lover's collection I'd think:
https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=34207
It most certainly is! And obviously, McQueen is brilliant. So cool throughout.
I really love the score too. I found a 2 CD release some years ago which includes both the 1968 soundtrack album version and the 2000 version of the soundtrack. Definitely prefer the 1968 one.
That's an interesting fun fact, which I only became aware of just a few years back. In the case of Dirty Harry, the plot and "Scorpio" draws inspiration from the actual case of the Zodiac Killer.
This reminds me that I really need to watch Zodiac again!
Indeed, Bullitt is definitely best described as rough and edgy. The use of actual locations rather than studio sets only adds to the realistic feel of the film – as well as being a great time capsule of late 60's San Fransisco.
I wouldn't be completely against a remake of the film, but I can't think of who would be able to equal McQueen in the role, let alone direct the movie!
Edit. Missed this. I guess they could do a lot worse than Spielberg and Cooper. Still, I wonder how they can make something that's even close to the original. Will definitely watch it though.
I must admit I've never actually seen Heat before. Shocking, I know. At least your comment give me a reason to finally give it a watch, @LucknFate!
They're far smarter and beautifully produced, with some very interesting universe building and art direction, than I think they're given credit for.
At first reluctantl, my wife is now stalking around our house, her brush as a "gun" looking to pump bullets into unsuspecting heads...
Excellent, @peter. I adore the JW films, and yes, I think they deserve more credit than they are sometimes given. They're more than just action films. Their technical merits cannot be overstated as far as I'm concerned.
Put me in as another one who loved it.
A weird movie based on the review show based on the songs of Belgium's best known singer. On the plus side, it's Jacques Brel (who makes an appearance in this movie). On the other hand... Well, it's weird. Really weird. Very much a movie of its time, very psychedelic.
I just read Scott Adkins critique about the obvious CGI in the film’s fight scenes, and his comment: Patrick Swayze didn’t need it.
Just having recently traveled through the John Wick universe with my wife, Adkins stood out to me in Number Four. Adkins was ridiculously fun and physical— in more ways than one.
His filmography shows he knows just a little about action, so I take his criticism with all seriousness. Not that Roadhouse is a film I’m rushing to see, I just feel I *should* see it, to assess how Amazon is getting along with financing these types of films.
If you’ve seen it, do you agree with Mr. Adkins?
If anybody knows what they're talking about when it comes to action, it's Scott.
That looks bizarre.
Thanks @Creasy47 ! I’ll keep kicking my viewing down the road, then.
I do like that “de-make” term, but something more that stood out is your observation that they seemingly didn’t know their identity, nor what type of film they wanted to make.
I kinda got that from the trailers. It almost felt like I was watching a film made by AI: lots of crazy editing, and “nutty” characters, but with no heart behind it. Almost like the characters were cut and pasted and stuck onto a picture.
And yeah this Scott Adkins has come up the industry ladder busting his b*lls in action fiestas. What he did in Wick 4 was really fun. I hope he gets a chance to lead his own mainstream films one day. Something with a wider audience. He seems like a character.
Absolutely. It's weird because the film lacks the elements that I feel make the original such a cult classic, and even its inability to occasionally lean into certain tropes actually lessens the impact. At times, it wants to be super campy (the introduction of McGregor, who I hope never acts again), but at others, it takes itself too seriously. It attempts to inject in a needless romance that goes nowhere and takes away from the central story. Even its broken Chekov's Gun-type logic of introducing characters who never return, or injecting new and vital players too late, is maddening.
Nicely summed up. You're clearly giving me more and more reasons to kick this down the road... a very, very, very long road.
I don't know if there's anyone I'd rather see less than MacGregor... And his interviews around this film have been troublesome to say the least (I've never done a certain drug, but I've seen plenty of people around me on it, and, well, yeah...)...
Agreed @Creasy47 . He’s ash-grey, sweaty and twitchy.
And there’s so many deserving and talented actors (Adkins, for one, 😂!!!!), that could have played the big bad. This was simply stunt casting with the hopes that MMA fans that flood the stadiums worldwide would do the same for this film. I understand why they did it. But sometimes stunt casting can blow up in one’s face. I don’t know if it has worked for Roadhouse, or not, but so far, I’m hearing some putrid feedback (yours being the one that makes me want to run away from ever watching this, 😆)
And if that was their logic behind casting him (which makes sense), it's even more ironic considering it wound up shelved onto Amazon Prime and didn't even get a theatrical release. It's hilarious.
My deep dive into the career of Paul Naschy continues with...
Fury Of The Wolfman (1970)
Wow.... that was.... a mess. An incoherent mess. I don't now what was worse; the film brining up the rule that says that Waldemar can only be killed by a silver bullet (fired from a gun by a woman that loves him), and then ignores this, or the shots of the obviously not Paul Naschy, in wolfman costume, walking around like he is on a night time stroll. When Waldemar turn into his wolf form, Naschy has a distinctly different way of moving. The double for those shots (filmed when Naschy wasn't around), doesn't even attempt to mimic his movement. And then there were the reused footage from Frankenstein's Bloody Terror (1968), that doesn't even match up with Fury Of The Wolfman. To hear that this film was an unpleasant experience for Paul Naschy, doesn't come as a surprise.
1. Panic Beats (1983)
2. Night Of The Werewolf (1981)
3. Werewolf Shadow (1971)
4. Human Beasts (1980)
5. Horror Rises From The Tomb (1973)
6. Crimson (1976)
7. The Beast And The Magic Sword (1983)
8. Dr. Jekyll vs. The Werewolf (1972)
9. The Howl Of The Devil (1988)
10. Frankenstein's Bloody Terror (1968)
11. Blue Eyes Of The Broken Doll (1973)
12. Exorcismo (1975)
13. Vengeance Of The Zombies (1973)
14. Count Dracula's Great Love (1973)
15. Hunchback Of The Morgue (1972)
16. 7 Murders for Scotland Yard (1972)
***17. Fury Of The Wolfman (1970)***
Getting close to 20 films. It's taken me a long time to get this far. Availability of some of the films has been a big issue.
Reminds me of the attempt to replace Robert Englund in Nightmare on Elm Street 2. A performance doesn't boil down to costumes or makeup.
I really liked it. It was cast very well: everyone, from the big roles to the small ones, was spot on. The film had a simple but involving story. It had an elegiac feel to it. The blossoming romance between Kevin Costner and Annette Bening was just wonderful. I would only criticize that, at a couple of points in the story, I wasn't sure what the two male leads were waiting for to make their next move. Structurally, it felt like the film was making time, but frankly, it wasn't something that really bothered me because I was riveted spending time with the characters.
I watched this in anticipation of Costner's Horizon. I also intend to watch Dances with Wolves shortly.
I'm very much looking forward to Horizon. Dances With Wolves is brilliant so I'm really excited to see him get back behind the camera again for another Western - that first teaser really grabbed me.
I'm rather intrigued actually, did you like it @mattjoes ?