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That was also too prevalent in SUPERMAN RETURNS for my tastes.
One man's mopey is another man's pathos I suppose.
Aren't Superman's burdens pretty central to the character? He's the last of his kind? He's found a new family and a new home on Earth and wants to protect them?
Reeve wasn't happy all the time, to be fair. I actually thought Whedon's Superman was incredibly cringeworthy because it went too far in the other direction - he was annoyingly, cheesily optimistic especially in that opening scene. Just awful to watch, regardless of tradition. There should be a sweet spot in the middle; the heart of Reeve surrounded with the roughness that made Cavill unique in the first place. Tyler Hoechlin manages to balance both quite well, and that's on TV.
Superheroes as a cultural phenomenon will inevitably reflect our societal condition. The do-gooder that Reeve played worked great at the time but would be too one-dimensional for our times, I think. Cavill's Superman explores that "emotional" side, yes, and words like "mopey" or "feminine" keep getting used to describe his disposition. But handsome, muscled blokes need to dig a little deeper to become superheroes in modern times. To be honest, I quite like the who-am-I? soul-searching bits of MOS. I am happy to see Supes be more than the guy who turns back time by inverting the rotational direction of Earth. And for the record, MOS didn't invent this Superman. DC has a few Superman titles in its archives that went there long before MOS.
Sadly, yes. We went from the word "emo" in the '00s to downright "fruity" and "feminine" in recent times. Because dudes are never sad, never face inner conflicts and never cry. Well, that's a memo I never received.
It's never going to please the whole crowd, but I admire the film for its boldness, action, score, acting and willingness to move away from the Donner legacy, which is great but has run its course.
I really enjoyed SR when it was released. For me it's Superman 3 as it should have been.
Yes, I can see that. ;-)
Also, I just learned Anne Heche died tragically this year and had troubled years until that point. Anybody knows about her downfall? She seemed to have such a bright future then.
I don’t watch horror to be scared or disgusted, I watch them primarily for atmosphere.
Which perhaps explains why I was never into Saw or Hostel movies, and why I prefer older horror like the Hammer movies or, maybe even more so, a good old giallo from Mario Bava or Dario Argento.
I'm the same. Being scared is an added bonus if it happens. It rarely does anymore, but it does.
Well, put it this way....
When I have nightmares, gore is rarely involved.
He certainly is. And I honestly think it's Pacino's best performance.
Same here. Atmosphere and the iconic actors of the classic horror genre: Bela, Boris, Cushing, Lee, Price, etc
As Martin Landau's Lugosi said:
"The pure horror, it both repels, and attracts them, because in their collective unconsiousness, they have the agony of childbirth. The blood. The blood is horror.
Take my word for it. If you want to make out with a young lady, take her to see "Dracula"."
Well, for the sake of convenience those are usually lumped in with the other horror subgenres I think. Also, horror is the feeling of revolt; terror is the tension leading up to it. SAW and HOSTEL certainly provide buckets of horror in that sense. 😉
I'm with you. Give me a stylish slice of 70's Euro Horror over 'Tourture Porn' any day. Along with Tourture Porn, I would also add J-Horror as sub genres of Horror that have never appealed to me.
I watched Hereditary, and it didn't scare/affect me at all, basically.
Then, several months later, I suddenly couldn't get it out of my head and lost a ton of sleep. :))
Movies that stay with me are the more "supernatural" horror films; The Ring, The Grudge (anything where people's faces are messed up), The Exorcist all stay with me much longer than films that are gory. They make me feel sick in the moment, but when it's done, it's done.
Controversially I found Gerald's Game to contain some of the hardest to watch gore I've seen, and I've since watched Possessor.
It always comes back to the unknown, which is more terrifying than anything. Gore is just that, gore. All show, and no tell. Which is not to say it doesn't have a place, and that it can't be mightily impressive or leave a mark. It absolutely can!
Same here.
The music is good (hey, it's Schifrin!). But when I finally watched the movie maybe 10 or 12 years ago (never saw it before, never was interested in Kung-Fu movies) because I was enticed by the hype about it, I just thought, hey, this is really bad. And actually boring. And the fights are well-choreographed...but I don't like ballet, either. And I never considered seeing it again, although I still have the disk, of course.
I'm pretty sure this is controversial enough here.
The film works for me but it's one of the only BL films I've so far seen due to lack of interest.
LAST MAN STANDING , starring Bruce Willis is by far the BEST version of YOJIMBO, even out YOJIMBOing A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS.
Haha!
Just wanted to revive this thread and cause a few waves.............................
Actually I'm only about 25 minutes into this remake, and I actually kind of like it. I get why this bombed and has a poor reception, though.
I am enjoying the prohibition era setting.
Besides, it's got Spider from GOODFELLAS!
As a Walter Hill fan, I could probably go along with that! Though its far from Hills best, its still a solid action movie, and is certainly livelier than Leones take! Besides,Hills film has the great Christopher Walken, a hoot as an enforcer, and a really cool theme from Hill regular Ry Cooder!