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Bruh! You don't know what you're missing, bruh.
It is fun film the first Tomb Raider Ian Glen chews the scenery... the line 'My ignorance amuses me' cracks me up every time I need to revisit those films.
Hmm. Not sure what to say on this one. At some points it seemed like the most boring film in the main series. At other points it's reasonably compelling, and in most of those instances Michael Fassbender, who steals the show, is in the frame. He is a remarkably watchable actor with a certain tinge of danger underneath his effortlessly cool surface, and he carries this film on his sturdy shoulders.
The rest of the actors sadly pale in comparison. Katherine Waterston is no Sigourney Weaver, that's for sure. She's entirely forgettable here, which is unfortunate. The remainder of the cast is also quite unmemorable. Even the normally reliable Billy Crudup falls flat. There's no one here even half as interesting as Charlize Theron's Meredith Vickers, Idris Elba's Janek or Noomi Rapace's Elizabeth Shaw. It doesn't help that they are all written to be a bunch of idiots, who inexplicably wade into obvious dangers that even the knuckleheads in Prometheus would have avoided.
The CGI debate which took place here a few pages back is entirely justified. The creatures are poorly realized imho, and consequently aren't that frightening at all (perhaps they've just been overexposed over the years, although I don't think so). In fact, I believe the original Alien might have had better creature effects.
The film starts off slow and plods through its running time somewhat procedurally, only picking up the pace at the end. Everything is just a bit too predictable and obvious and there aren't many answers to questions posed in earlier films. This is no Prometheus, let alone Alien. I much preferred Life from earlier this year. Sorry folks.
Yes! So devastatingly sad, and Hopkins is phenomenal. Read the book too if you haven't yet.
Very good film. Brilliant performance by Bogie.
Vanishing Point (1971)
I enjoyed it fairly even though there wasn't much plot. A long car chase with some character building flashbacks sums it up pretty well.
Obsession (1976)
Basically a Vertigo (1958) rip off. Entertaining enough, but also a bit silly. The ending was so-so.
Salinui chueok (2003)
Good South Korean detective movie.
The Mummy (1932)
Really not a fan of this one. A bunch of hocus pocus nonsense.
In the Line of Fire (1993)
Really enjoyed it. Starring a brilliant performance by John Malkovich as the villian. Stellar performances from Eastwood and Russo also. And a nice score from one of the top 3 composers of all time, Ennio Morricone.
Chris (Daniel Kaluuya), a young black man, goes to meet his white girlfriend Rose's (Allison Williams) parents at their home for the first time. He's initially worried that they would be uncomfortable around him due to his race. That ends up being the least of his concerns!
He finds that her parents, while very nice on the surface, go out of their way to inject race into the conversation making him extremely uncomfortable. Their mostly white friends do the same, in ways that are subtly demeaning and passive aggressive. More disturbingly, they have two black 'servants' who act in a zombie like fashion, seemingly without a mind of their own. Something is definitely not right, and Chris's concerns and fears escalate on account of further weird behaviour that he encounters.
Directed by Jordan Peele, this film works as a disturbing satirical comedy, an effective horror thriller and first class creepy entertainment. There is a definite hidden subtext of the impact of the disgraceful history of slavery on contemporary American society. The film also expertly marries elements from Guess Who's Coming To Dinner , Meet The Parents & other films. Bradley Whitford, Catherine Keener, Caleb Landry Jones & Lil Rel Howery also star.
Recommended.
I caught most of this on TV the other day. I forgot how great this movie is. I've enjoyed Zack Snyder's movies but this is easily his best. I feel since Batman V Superman (which I liked) he's been classified as a terrible director and it just isn't true. From what I remember the sequel was decent enough. I'm going to try to find a double feature of the first and second on blu-ray. I have no idea why I don't already own it.
Snyder films:
300
Watchmen - Director's Cut
Dawn of the Dead (2004)
Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice
Sucker Punch
Man of Steel
There are three perfectly good reasons why I keep going back to this film:
1) Sean Connery
2) Truly wonderful visuals
3) Jerry Goldsmith's exquisite score
and then there's one reason why I always regret it:
Lorraine Bracco.
She kills this film for me. What was she on? A cocktail of sleeping pills and XTC? She produces no more than two full sentences in an entire minute and she doesn't "say" anything; she monotonically chops up a phrase the same way a butcher chops up a peace of meat. "There's/so/much/smoke/I/didn't/know/the/road/was/so/close". She makes it sound like an automatic call centre voice said it. Then again, she also constantly shouts and yells and by doing so makes Kate Capshaw in TEMPLE OF DOOM look like the quiet person in the room. Truly, if her part had been played by someone with genuine spunk, it would have worked so much better.
Still, MEDICINE MAN is a film I have fond memories of seeing when it came out. It flopped, but it was heavily promoted, and 10-year old me wanted to see James Bond in the jungle. It was, ultimately, the score that made me never forget it. I ended up owning the score on tape, CD and now in a folder on a hard drive. ;-)
And of course MEDICINE MAN does make a good case against burning down the rainforest, one of the worst crimes man has ever committed (and continues to commit) amongst other things so that we can grab a hamburger in a McDonalds restaurant.
Not seen Medicine Man since its release, due a rewatch the setting is impressive.
As much as I hate this film and nearly regret going through the franchise....there are some vaguely interesting positives
now before I get into this no this film is horrible absolutely dreadful but here is some positives
1. the opening is genuinely creepy and interesting
2. it's well acted
3. the line "poor girl doctors had to sedate her" makes me laugh I don't know why
4. some of the cinematography is nice...
5. the character moments at times are nice
now onto the negatives
1. the script... where do I begin it's telling when Roy Scheider who has been in plenty of bad films saw the script and said nope you can use my likeness for free but keep me away from this film
2. effects are horrible
3. some scenes go nowhere
4. chrismas setting is odd
5. the ending .... youtube it if you haven't vseen it its really a miracle of bad film making
6. can she sense the god dam shark
overall the film is a bad end to the franchise (sure there are rumors of Jaws 5 and even more rumors of a reboot
up next Jaws 3-D and if Universal gave me money to reinvorgate the franchise I will show you what I would do next time with Jaws 3-d
Ranking of non Bond films 2017
1. Mission Impossible Rogue Nation
2. Beverly Hills Cop 2 (I decided that though both films are great I will give rogue nation at number 1 largely because I know in July when I see Jaws that will take the top spot as it's my favorite film of all time)
3. Snake Eyes
4. Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol
5. Beverly Hills Cop
6. Mission Impossible 3
7. The Firm
8. My week with Marilyn
9. Kong Skull Island
10. Mission Impossible
11. Beverly Hills Cop 3
12. Ghostbusters
13. When Harry meet Sally
14. Batman Mystery of Batwoman
15. Limitless
16. Batman Year one
17. Fifty shades darker
18. Mission Impossible 2
19. Jaws the Revenge (yeah I put this above National Lampoon's Vacation the character moments and the chilling opening are really good vacation still has no redeemable moments)
20. National Lampoon's Vacation
Jaws Franchise
1. Jaws the Revenge (man does it pain me to put this at number but only because I technically haven't seen the other films this year)
Brian de Palma films
1. Snake Eyes
2. Mission impossible
Beverly Hills Cop Franchise
1. Beverly Hills Cop 2
2. Beverly Hill Cop
3. Beverly Hills Cop 3
Ranking of films that came out in 2017
1. Kong Skull Island
2. Fifty Shades Darker
Mission Impossible franchise
1. Mission impossible Rogue Nation
2. Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol
3. Mission Impossible 3
4. Mission Impossible
5. Mission Impossible 2
Ranking of all films
1. Casino Royale
2. Mission Impossible Rogue Nation
3. Beverly Hills Cop 2
4. Quantum of Solace
5. Snake Eyes
6. Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol
7. Beverly Hills Cop
8. Mission Impossible 3
9. The Firm
10. My week with Marilyn
11. Kong Skull Island
12. Mission Impossible
13. Beverly Hills Cop 3
14. Ghostbusters
15. When Harry meet Sally
16. Batman Mystery of Batwoman
17. Limitless
17. Batman Year one
19. Fifty shades darker
20. Mission Impossible 2
21. Jaws the Revenge
22. National Lampoon's Vacation
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The problem that people will have with this movie is that it isn't there for the Prometheus fans and it isn't there for the alien fans but rather half and half. However, that works for me. I like how they have an exploration movie for the first 2/3 and then a traditional alien movie. It was creepy and exciting with David returning for a bigger role then I thought he had. Some of the characters make stupid mistakes that lead to their deathes but that didn't seem to bother me too much. The CGI is pretty good and the characters particularly Michael fassbender and his two roles, are very good. I definitely recommend this but its not like you wern't going to see it anyway.
8/10
@Birdleson, that's a nice story, but I found myself chuckling far more at the ironic notion of you going to see a film called Medicine Man on the day you were sick yourself. :))
I completely disagree with almost all the negative criticisms aimed towards this film, except the ones concerning Lorraine Brocca. I hope you will rewatch the film soon; I'd love to read how you feel about it now.
I saw this today and agree with most of the above. Amazing movie.
Glad you liked it! Im really hype to see it myself.
Have to say I HATED 300, and I HATED Man of Steel (to my then partner to see it as she loves Superman) and because of that just can't bring myself to watch BvS, though will probably watch The Justice League…maybe.
First watch of this Morten Tyldum (of Imitation Game fame) directed film since I saw it in the theatres around Christmas time. Starring Chris Pratt, Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Sheen & Laurence Fishburne, it tells the story of Jim Preston (Pratt), a mechanical engineer on the Starship Avalon. It's bound for Homestead II, a livable planet almost a century away. Due to a meteor storm, he is unexpectedly awakened early from his hibernation pod. He is the only one among 5000 sleeping passengers who awakes due to the malfunction. There is no way for the ship to turn back and it will take 90 years for it to reach its final destination. Alone, frightened and confused, he is faced with the grave hopelessness of his situation. After surviving an entire year with no company except for a witty android bartender (Sheen), he begins to drink heavily and contemplates suicide. It is at this point, as if by fate, that he encounters another option - one that could help his plight, but with very disturbing implications.
This film received a severe drubbing when it was released. I thought it was unfairly maligned when I first saw it, and I feel that way after a second viewing today. It's absolutely beautiful to look at (Rodrigo Pietro's cinematography is just lovely), and it's one of the few films I've seen in a long time which dares to show spaceship interiors as bright, colourful & inviting places rather than dark & drab ones. Both Pratt and Lawrence have excellent chemistry, and the latter in particular is very convincing as she realizes the horror of why she's awake on the ship. The film is anchored by a superb Thomas Newman score which really elevates it.
There are more interesting questions posed by the narrative than are answered. What would you do if you could play god? Would you compromise your integrity to have company? Would you doom another person to a fate potentially worse than death? Could you hide something significant from someone you love? Would it eat at your soul? Is it possible to forgive a selfish act that robs you of your future?
Unfortunately, these substantive questions & issues aren't explored sufficiently, and the film careens towards a somewhat typical & cliched Hollywood conclusion, replete with imminent explosive threat. Despite this, I really like this film. At the very least, it's very stylish and dreamlike. Recommended.
Directed by John Frankenheimer and starring Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield, and Jeanne Moreau.
Great WW2 film with a quite different plot from the usual WW2 film.
This was my first viewing of this film since I saw it in the theatre 4 years ago. I loved it then and I loved it now. This is my 2nd favourite Iron Man entry (just behind the first) and my fourth favourite Marvel film (behind Iron Man, Winter Soldier & The Avengers). Director Shane Black imbues Downey Jr's Tony Stark with more vulnerability this time out, as he suffers anxiety attacks on account of the otherworldy devastation and villains he faced in the prior years The Avengers. He frets that he won't be able to protect his beloved Pepper (Gwyneth Paltrow). He's also forced on the run, due to a crippling attack on his home base, ostensibly by a terrorist known as The Mandarin (Ben Kingsley, in a delicious turn). If that wasn't enough, he also has to contend with people he's blown off in the past (creepy scientist Aldrich Killian, played by the always excellent Guy Pearce) and old forgotten flames (botanist Maya Hansen, played by the delectable Rebecca Hall, who's slightly wasted here in a small underdeveloped role).
Stark spends a lot of time outside of his suit this time around investigating the threat in a small town, and the film is the better for it. He strikes up a friendship with a local kid (Ty Simpkins), and the two are great together. Don Cheadle's War Machine also has a larger role in this film, and is on hand for the explosive finale. The action is up to the normal high standards and the dialogue is sharp, witty and perfectly delivered by Downey.
This is a very good effort, which peels back the layers of Stark's psyche while still delivering the trademark thrills one expects from this benchmark Marvel character. Recommended.
I wouldn't rate 3 that high overall, though, as other films were far better realized. Shane Black really made it his own thing, kind of like how people complain about Mendes' work on Bond.
It's just a very empty and inconsequential film, with nothing about it that is memorable. It also shares the common Marvel problem of having a weak villain underserved by the script. It's okay, rather than good or great.