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What the hell? This is one of the weirdest movies I have ever seen. Only The Straight Story to go now, before I have seen all Lynch movies.
It took me a while to recognize the man in the lead role, Henry. It s Jack Nance, one of Lynch s regulars.
It sure is something else. I may have seen it before, not sure. In terms of bizarre elements, only Un Chien Andalou and Naked Lunch come close.
-Eraserhead
-The Elephant Man
-Blue Velvet
-The Straight Story
-Mulholland Drive
The others to me range from average to meh. But those 5 are all must-watches.
Had an even better time with this than with SHAUN OF THE DEAD. Honor Blackman shooting up zombies with a bad-ass machine gun is a lot of fun. Alan Ford is always a lot of fun. A highly entertaining film, this.
I forgot, I don t think I have seen Inland Empire, either. The only film I really don t like is Dune.
Great fun
Well, this is one of those films that's on TV all the time but I'd never actually sat down to watch it. Good fun. Williams was solid, as were Field and Brosnan. With that I've watched a total of fourteen Brosnan films.
The answer is no; I did not care for this film very much. Honestly, when seeing the trailer, I figured we were going to have some cool aces, including a bad-ass Michael Keaton, punch ISIS in the face for about two hours. Instead, we're given a tense, aggressive and shocking opening sequence, followed by a promising training act, only to progress into a fairly clichéd, safe-for-work Friday night action flick. Seriously, the second half of the film isn't any more brutal than the average Seagal film. And yes, brutality is what I expected to get from this movie.
Given the great and very topical premise of American Assassin, if they had stuck to their guns, we could have gotten a pretty solid revenge film out of this one. Whoever is to blame--the screenwriters, Vince Flynn, or both--someone came up with a ballsy idea and then cowardly withdrew into the safe zone of what the action genre represented in the 90s.
I see this film as a missed opportunity to exploit the pain, the drama and the hatred, and unleash hell. Many people will think me crazy for desiring the extreme, but that's what you get when you release this film today and with a very misleading trailer. This is just another Bourne type film. I wish it had been the first explicit anti-terrorist film, leaving a stamp on the genre, like many WWII films in the 40s and onwards.
Other than that though, it's well-acted, with Keaton giving another great performance in his impressive career. Keaton alone makes sitting through American Assassin worth it.
3,5/5
It's alright but it loses steam. The second half is kind of Die Another Day-tier.
I might, though my 'to read' pile is pretty high as it is. ;-)
First, I need to read the Darth Bane trilogy @QsAssistant recommended to me several months ago. I've got the books, and I have two more to finish before I dive into those.
I loved it, not as much as the first however. But I'm supposed to be getting it as a Christmas gift today so I look forward to watching it.
Though obvious similarities with LORD OF WAR are there, I had a great time with AMERICAN MADE. Cruise remains one of the more entertaining actors of today, and his performance in this film is great as usual. Doug Liman's directing adds a lot of weight to this film. The fact that it's grounded in reality, makes things all the more interesting and exciting. Where others may have made this film boring as hell, these guys have shown me a really good time.
4.5/5
I'm so glad to read some praise for Valkyrie. I quite like that film but have come to understand I'm in a minority here.
Nolan s first was the only one I hadn t seen so far. Clearly made on a minimal budget, it still delivers some Nolanesque plot twists, and uses mixed up chronology as a story telling technique. Worth seeing, but not quite up there.
I found this ranking of Nolan s 10 feature length films at Variety:
http://variety.com/gallery/christopher-nolan-films-ranked-dunkirk-dark-knight-inception/
My own ranking probably goes like this:
10 INSOMNIA
9 FOLLOWING
8 INTERSTELLAR
7 THE DARK KNIGHT RISES
6 DUNKIRK
5 THE PRESTIGE
4 BATMAN BEGINS
3 THE DARK KNIGHT
2 MEMENTO
1 INCEPTION
Batman Begins
The Dark Knight
Dunkirk
Inception
The Dark Knight Rises
The Prestige
Interstellar
Memento
Insomnia
I still hold out hope that one day I get to do this ranking again with B26 at the top of the list.
I am with you.
1. The Dark Knight
2. Batman Begins
3. The Prestige
4. Dunkirk
5. The Dark Knight Rises
6. Interstellar
7. Inception
8. Memento
9. Insomnia
10. Following
1. Interstellar
2. Memento
3. Dunkirk
4. The Dark Knight
5. Inception
6. Batman Begins
7. Insomnia
8. The Dark Knight Rises
My own ranking of the Nolans:
1. Batman Begins
2. Interstellar
3. The Dark Knight Rises
4. The Dark Knight
5. Memento
6. Inception
7. The Prestige
8. Following
9. Insomnia
Yet to see: Dunkirk
I too hope B25 or B26 will soar to the top of that list. If it does it will surely be one of the greatest Bond films of all time for me, as Batman Begins is one of my favorite films of all time.