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I'm sorry @SaintMark, I watched the Momoa version last night, and though the production as well as Jason himself were both first-rate, I just got no emotional resonance off the flick. I'm glad I saw it, but we're watching the Arnold movie right now...
The writing & the score make it far superiour IMHO.
I would have liked to see another Momoa Conan movie, as for the Schwarzenegger movies I found them less Conan The barbarian and more generic copy of the average fantasy movies. But that said it has got some great set pieces and indeed the music is brilliant. The less said about Conan the Destroyer of Red Sonja the better.
I would have loved a King Conan movie with Schwarzenegger as the old Conan and the young Conan played by Momoa. It could establish a franchise with the Conan property that is well deserved.
I liked this remake, plenty of action and patriotism with the nasty N.Koreans and Russians
invading America.
The Wolverine - Mangolds version is an enjoyable outing of the Wolverine with Ninja's and such. Hugh does impress with his Wolverine, I doubt anybody will following him in this role easily.
Amazing as always, and the blu-ray quality is insane.
Just picked up this classic 80's thriller on blu ray.
I really enjoyed it. As entertaining as ever. Almost Hitchcockian imho.
Superb performances from all concerned, including lead Kevin Costner, Gene Hackman, Sean Young, Will Patton & Iman.
Highly recommended.
I watched this earlier today (again).
If you want to see "The Death Of Superman" and the Doomsday plot done decently then go for this. So much better than the crap Goyer/Terrio are dishing us up.
When Supes dies after 30 minutes after an epic fight with Doomsday, it's truly heartbreaking. President Kennedy's death even gets a mention.
Bruce Timm is a genius. The Timm/Dini-verse is just bloody great. I love it so much.
And in these hard times their stories warm my heart :)
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
I love this show. :D
Have you seen the new one yet ?.
It's one of my favourite animated Superman movies.
but I'll give the DVD a look.
An interesting story with a somewhat open ending.
Zero Dark Thirty
Quite well done, I suppose, but I can't say I liked it. On the whole unpleasant and depressing.
Knight Of Cups
After getting bored during Easter I hopped on a train on Monday for an hour and a half trip (one way... and the same back a few hours later) to another town to finally see this. Had a few hours to spend by walking around, eating properly (and too much), walking a bit more... then watch the movie.
I had a very good idea what kind of movie this was. I knew there was no screenplay, I knew the basic story, and how it was told, I knew the visual style and locations, I knew the cast and how the movie was shot and the fascinating stories from making it, I knew how the audio track was handled, I knew the soundtrack, I had seen lots of stuff from the making of it, I had seen a lot of the actual movie, I had seen and/or read interviews with actors, producers, production designer, cinematographer, etc. I knew a lot of people loved it, and a lot of people hated it. And it wasn't just pro- or anti- Malick split. I knew some people who loved some other Malick movies didn't like it, and some who loved other Malick movies and considered this their fave Malick movie.
I was fully prepared for the possibility of not liking it all that much, but on the other hand I had really liked absolutely everything I had seen of it, and I didn't really expect I'd have problems with the unusual aspects of the movie and how it was presented, and at least I knew I'd like it visually, and I knew I'd like the music.
What I honestly didn't expect was how much it moved me, how much I loved it, and how much I wanted to see it again ASAP (next weekend, woohoo!) Emmanuel Lubezki's cinematography alone is - in general, I mean, not just here - pretty much enough to make me almost weep, anyway, it's so gorgeous. But the whole movie was so beautiful in other ways, too.
I'll read about other tarot cards (7 are used as subheadings of chapters) before I go see this again. I only knew about Knight Of Cups before: The bit under 2 hours worked beautifully for me, but I'd be very happy to get an extended cut of this one day...
I wouldn't dare recommend this to people who dislike other Malick movies. Those who are interested, just don't expect much normal dialogue or a conventional "plot" (there's plenty story, though, just not presented in a regularly structured way), and go with open hearts and minds and surrender to the beauty. It's like a visual poem, but what you hear is obviously part of this poem, too. Poetry in cinematic form, best enjoyed on big screen and good sound (- I'll try and see this in theatre a few more times). One person in my theatre came with a kid (maybe 7 or 8), and I thought "are you seriously bringing a child to a Malick movie?" as soon as I heard a kid's voice when they walked in, before they eventually came to sit in front of me. I wouldn't recommend taking children to see it. No, I'm not one of those crazy folks who think some nudity is harmful for children, but they likely get bored with this (that one kept quiet, though, thank goodness, just got fidgety on her seat). Hey, you might get bored yourself as well. Or you might love it as I did (unexpectedly so, in fact). I'll need to re-watch both this and other Malick movies to decide if this is my fave Malick like it has been for some others, but the first impressions were the most positive of them all for me.
Before we begin, let me say that I for one enjoyed Man Of Steel, and also that I'm a huge Batman fan, more so even than a Justice League fan. I guess this may influence my opinion of the film. Inevitably, I must include spoilers.
I was thrilled to see the story pick up from Wayne's POV during Supes' fight with Zod from MOS. Great way to open the movie and to give Batman an incentive to investigate the alien. However, the story quickly becomes chaotic. Short scenes including Bruce Wayne, Batman, Clark Kent, Lois Lane, Superman, Perry White, Diana Prince, Lex Luthor, a senator, Wonder Woman, ... get "vortexed" like a puzzle put together by someone who couldn't care less about the final result. Confusion reigns large, especially during the first half of the film, which I found narratively very uneven. Don't get me wrong, each individual scene is good. I for one love Snyder's aesthetic and the cast is sublime! Zimmer's score is both MOS and new stuff, but it works. The problem is that Batman and Superman don't mix up as well as DC thinks. A Batman fan though I may be, I never gravitated towards JLA and part of the reason is that I just don't feel the magic when a flesh-and-blood dude with supersophisticated technology crosses over with a practically invincible alien. Unless they go for the Dark Knight Retuns, I struggle with bringing Bats and Supes together. This isn't The Avengers.
Luckily, they do go for The Dark Knight Returns. I got a couple of strong Frank Miller vibes during the epic Batman v Superman battle - and despite the film's title, there's only one of those - which isn't too big a surprise since noteworthy comic authors like Miller and Jim Lee were consulted for the film. Seeing Batman in his TDKRe anti-Supes outfit, is a blast. And incidentally, Affleck does it, people! He's not trying to be Bale, which is the plan, despite Nolan, Goyer, Zimmer, ... all back from the Dark Knight Trilogy (and MOS). By the way, when they talk about a Russian ballerina Wayne dated, that is an Easter egg type of nod to TDK, right? :)
But why must we end with a "final boss" fight from a 90s video game? Another Abomination type monster? Look, the Lex Luthor part was great, but I'm not impressed by yet another troll from LOTR wreaking havoc in a superhero flick. Still, it was handled rather well and it gave the heroes something cool to do.
One more thing. There's this weird dream sequence in the film that totally left me confused. Hopefully they pick up on it in the next film because otherwise it makes absolutely no sense!!
This isn't a perfect film but I can see it grow on me. It has enough cool stuff to give the Batman fan that I am a lot of joy. The casting was an inspiration and the look of the film is right up my sleeve. But I see this as one part in a bigger hole. For a stand-alone film, the story choices they made are pretty strange. But if this is meant to position the chess pieces, I see what they were doing. Also, this is MOS² guest starring Batman, as I've already stated in another thread.
Sure, go and see the film. It's pretty good if you're willing to give it a chance. Prejudiced Snyder bashers, stay home! If you don't like his style, well it's all over this film, so tough luck. I like this stuff. My gripes are minor, my joy was major. I guess I'm a fan and I will go back. So I recommend the film.
Here's where I rank it:
In the Batman films (where it doesn't belong)
The Dark Knight Returns
The Dark Knight
Batman Begins
Batman: Year One
The Dark Knight Rises
Batman '89
Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice
the rest...
In the Superman films (where it does belong and where there's not all that much competition ;-)
Superman: The Movie
Man Of Steel
Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice
the rest...
I admire you being able to rank the animated movies with the live action movies. Something I couldn't do.
And nice to see you love Year One as much as I do :)
Sadly, no. Over the years, I have seen things in that film that I like less than I used to. :-)
It's still my fave. I can't help it. It's just so off the hook!
But I can respect loving any Batfilm for whatever reason, even Batman & Robin. :)>-
Supes Returns is a movie I like because it feels like some of the DC Animated Supes stuff has been transformed into a live action movie.
Also the somewhat old-school style of many things in Supes Returns is great.
Overall this is by far better than what Snyder dished us up.
If you want to see Lex Luthor like he should be, then go for Spacey. That's Lex and not the Asperger's-y insane clown that they tried to sell as Lex in BvS.
Needless to say Brandon Routh is great and I prefer him over Cavill. A lot.
As for Henry Cavill, at least he is trying to do something different with the part and not just imitating Christopher Reeve like Routh was.
While not as good as Doomsday I still like this one too.
And I still need a fix of well-told Supes stuff after that dismal Greatness v Failure movie.
I agree on Routh imitating Reeve. Bad move. Doesn't work for Bond (as we've seen), and shouldn't work for other characters as well. Make it your own rather than aping the previous actors.
So much fun! Lots of laughs too.
If the first Arnold one was its DN, this one jumped to an OP level. :)) A few 'WTF' moments but a solid story nonetheless.
The more recent Momoa one was just harsh & charmless. No fault of Jason.