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You guys have to stop ridiculing the yellow race this way! Just stop!
One of my favorite films. As a life-long Formula 1 fan since the late 1990's, I never believed I would ever see a proper film about the sport. First came the fantastic 'Senna' documentary, and then this, which I saw on opening day in cinemas in 2013. Hemsworth as Hunt and Bruhl as Lauda are great, very charismatic leads. The script is fantastic, really interesting to see one of the greatest rivalries the sport has seen come to life like this. Breathtaking directing from Ron Howard, the races neatly reenacted. Killer soundtrack from Hans Zimmer.
Batman 89 to me has no flow, it's a series of sequences awkwardly stitched together.
Nice!! I remember this when it came out. It was certainly intended to be the Batman sized blockbuster of 1990. Almost a literal translation of the comic to the screen. Visually stunning film, IMO which, if done today would be all CGI sets and look like pretty much every comic film does now. I wouldn't mind seeing this again. Been quite a few years for me.
In anticipation for Never Go Back, which is due to hit theatres less than a month from now, I decided to rewatch the first installment.
As always, I had a blast with it. What struck me in the theatre was how much of a 'throwback' film this is. There is something very reminiscent of 1970's style thrillers like Dirty Harry, Two Minute Warning (with Charlton Heston) or even the 1980's type procedurals like Presumed Innocent. It's very low budget ($80m production cost) and focuses on plot, story and character.
The opening scene, which was mesmerizing in the theatre, still gives me chills to this day. It's outstanding directorial work by Christopher McQuarrie, who has a knack for building tension in his films.
Tom Cruise is excellent as always in the titular role. I've not read any of the books, and as in most cases, I'm happy about that because I don't have anything to benchmark his performance against and no expectations going in (I realize he doesn't fit the literary description of Reacher). I feel the same way about Hanks as Robert Langdon (I'm similarly relieved in that case that I've not read any of Brown's books, and love Hanks in the role). Rosamund Pike demonstrates once again that she was the best thing about DAD. She owns the role of attorney Helen Rodin. This is the 3rd film I've seen her in (the other being Fracture opposite Ryan Gosling and Gone Girl opposite Ben Affleck) where she is outstanding. David Oyelowo and Richard Jenkins also have starring roles, as does Werner Herzog as the 'big bad'. Incredulously, Jai Courtney also stars and doesn't screw up. There's hope yet for his acting (cough) career!
Even though it's a bit low on the action front (for a Cruise vehicle), what they have is intelligently conceived and well executed. This is a clear case of 'less is more'. I can appreciate why McQuarrie has become a 'go to guy' for Cruise, and I can't wait for the next MI installment which he will be directing (Edward Zwick takes over for Never Go Back).
Highly recommended!
Good film.
You really should try the books if you get chance , they're fantastic. You just have to keep book Reacher and movie Reacher seperate.
In honor of Christopher Reeve's birthday I popped in this 4th outing as the Man of Steel.
Ignoring the dodgy effects, the somewhat choppy editing, the cheap opening titles, this one is a lot of fun. Gene Hackman hams it up as Luthor, Clark gets hit on by younger Mariel Hemingway and Superman fights Nuclear Man on the moon. With Reeve back in the role, I certainly prefer it SUPERMAN RETURNS and MAN OF STEEL.
It's too bad they dropped the ball so hard on this one, as we could easily have had a part V with Reeve....
In the early 90's he was approached to reprise the role, but Reeve (smartly) requested some directorial powers and he wanted the movie to be GOOD, like the first 2. When they couldn't promise him that, he declined.
Good the 1st Nuclear Man experiment was cut. It was pretty silly. 90 minutes is the perfect run time for this film.
It's a pity there wasn't a SUPERMAN V with Reeve. I felt he looked more and more like the Curt Swan version of the character as he got a bit older. He's perfect by III. Also interestingly, his costume remains consistent in all four films. They stayed with the tired and true formula.
I was going to mention that line/scene in jest when that post was first made, but thought against it.
Nice to see you came through with the pick up, Thundy.
@valentinzukovsky, I have been thinking about reading a few of the Reacher books. I will get to it after the 2nd film comes out next month.
Taken (2008) and John Wick (2014)
Keanu Reeves and Liam Neeson are as tough as they come, killing bad guys by the dozens. 3 hours of non stop action and badassery.
Sheesh! This movie is just pure adrenaline rush.
Just non stop action from start to finish.
I still get the kick out of watching this Schwarzenegger action masterpiece. There's no room left for drama or character developement, and it works for the benefit of this movie. Rambo might be the master of his enviroment, but John Matrix is just a pure unstoppable killing machine, like some kind of...terminator. Grrreat action flick from the era of the real action movies.
And who doesn't love Bennett?
Commando is awesome!
Not bad. Kurt Russell is reliably good in this and Matthew Fox almost steals the film as a dandy gunslinger.
Very slow in parts though and the latter part of the film doesn't match the promising early parts.
As horror westerns go it's worth a look, but Ravenous (1999) did this sort of thing much better.
I recently purchased this classic on blu ray, and felt the need to revisit it. One of the original great conspiracy thrillers, it stars Robert Redford in his prime as CIA 'book reader' Joseph Turner, Faye Dunaway (looking especially beautiful even in a plain Jane outfits and with limited makeup) as his cohort Kathy Hale and legends Max Von Sydow and Cliff Robertson in supporting cast roles.
If you've not seen this before (shame on you!) then I suggest you do so with immediate effect. Expertly directed by the late Sydney Pollack and executive produced by the late Dino De Laurentis, this is as good as it gets in the political thriller space. If you like films like All the President's Men, The Day of The Jackal and Marathon Man, then you'll love this one, which is obviously the inspiration for parts of Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Identity novel (in fact, Franka Potente's Marie Kreutz in the film was heavily influenced by Dunaway's Hale).
I can appreciate how the disgrace of Watergate may have shaped some of the questioning product coming out of Hollywood during this period. Intriguingly, the film has scenes shot inside the recently completed (at the time) World Trade Center, which is also shown several times during the film, perhaps given it was a new city landmark. The film suggests that the CIA may have had an office there. It's a little disturbing to watch, and also ironic, given that they did in fact have an office in Building 7, which was destroyed during the 9/11 attacks.
The film moves along in that 70's deliberate way, with a steady but not heady pace. Being one of the early stories covering malfeasance and deception in the US Govt, some of the concepts may seem overly familiar these days, but it's still mightily impressive due to the sheer quality of the cast and the direction. I love how these older films don't try to glamourize New York, but instead show the city in a more unsettling light.
I understand now why Dunaway was such a star in the 70's. This is the 2nd film (the other being The Thomas Crown Affair) which I've seen her in recently where she really is mesmerizing.
Well worth a watch!