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Having said that, I thought this was a quite decent effort. I believe it's based on an earlier Israeli film. I wish there were more films being made like this these days.
It's not bad, but I personally don't rank it as high as many of the other Marvel efforts.
Yeah I saw it yesterday and agree with you , the Korea sequence was stand out amazing and everything else was just standard so, slightly above average overall
Highly recommend watching this entertaining action packed film.
So we are clamoring for someone non-white as Bond, are we? Someone like Daniel Kalleluya of all people?
I must say though that apart from a few visual touches here and there which I've mentioned I didn't see any similarity to Bond in the premise or the story. The film reminded me more of Star Wars than Bond for some reason.
Let's not forget that Daniel Kaluuya has already played a spy!
When I was in High School, this was the scariest movie in the world, lol. I was feeling nostalgic and decided to pop in my old DVD. It holds up pretty well actually! The whole cast was great, and it was nice to see 'young, thin' Laurence Fishburne :))
Still very creepy in parts; I always was fascinated by the concept: this brand new state of the art spaceship, meant to create black holes to essentially teleport through space, goes missing for so many years, and then suddenly shows up way the fuck out by Neptune! What happened to it? What has it seen?
I never did get the chance to see the Directors Cut, but I understand the found footage of the lost crew is longer.
If I would change one thing in the whole movie, it would be the final few seconds. It should have ended with Dr. Weir shouting to the camera "They're with us!!", then boom, end credits!
Instead, they have 20 more seconds of Joely Richardson waking up safe and sound, like 'it's ok, that last part was just a nightmare'. Damn, I always hated that! What a spoiled terrifying ending!!
Actually maybe someone can help me: my DVD is ancient (one of the original DVD's actually, nearly as old as the movie), and looks like hell (no pun intended), grainy and blurry. Does anyone have the newer Bluray, and is it sharp enough to warrant a double dip?
I always thought the concept of 'Batman in the 1800's' cool
I can't compare it to the DVD, but my blu-ray copy isn't too shabby. Nothing mind-blowing in terms of quality, but I got it for dirt cheap. Can't beat an upgrade for a few dollars if you can find it, surely it's better than the DVD.
Well it’s definitely set in the 19th century but the story completely differs to that in the graphic novel. The only similarities are the Jack The Ripper villain and the time it is set.
As the book is quite short it’s understandable, but not much comes from it really.
I may do that, even if the difference isn't huge. That's disappointing about the Directors Cut though
I've been craving a new, good one, as well. Life didn't really grab me in the trailers, doubt I ever get around to it. The last one I saw was The Cloverfield Paradox, and that was bad across the board. Had a few similarities to Event Horizon, though; felt like a really tame remake of that almost, in some ways.
I make a point of following the films that premiere at the Frightfest, apparently, it did quite well, but I don't remember hearing of it at the time, which screened at the 2015 Frightfest.
Last Girl Standing is a slasher film, but not in the traditional way. For the most part, it's an indie slasher, that looks at how the events of slasher films physically/mentally/emotionally affect the final girl. Just as in the Friday The 13th reboot, Last Girl Standing begins at the end of the typical slasher. A group of friends camping, are killed off by a masked killer. Leaving only the final girl, Camryn, to kill 'The Hunter'. The film then jumps forward to find Camryn living a lonely existence. The arrival of a new colleague at the laundryman where she works, begins to draw Camryn back out of her shell, it is at this point, where Camryn starts to have visions of 'The Hunter'. Most of the criticisms revolve around the middle of the film, and how nothing supposedly happens. That is both true, and not true. The opening and the climax are where the film feels like a slasher, what happens in between is when the film feels like a character study.
Looking back at the events of the film, I feel like a fool. As the film started to show its hand, I began thinking where the film was going, but ruled those ideas out, because that wouldn't fit with the slasher film. Turns out I was on the right track.
Very impressed with this. It's well made with some very effective scares.
The young cast are impressive and Skarsgard rocks as Pennywise.
Look forward to part 2...
It was awesome. Hope part 2 is as good.
Directed by William Friedkin & based on a script by Joe Eszterhas, this is a sort of low rent Basic Instinct. Despite sharing many similarities with that seminal 90s erotic thriller, this is still an entertaining film. David Caruso stars as Carelli, a San Francisco police detective investigating a gruesome murder at a wealthy patron's home. As the investigation proceeds, suspicion falls on his former lover Trina (Linda Fiorentino) and current wife of his friend, Matt Gavin (Chazz Palminteri). There also appears to be links to a kinky sex club with connections to the rich and powerful, including the Governor (Richard Crenna). If one likes to see Caruso do his famous staredowns which he later perfected in CSI Miami, then this will hit the spot. It's moody and salacious, but also unremarkable, despite a trademark Friedkin car chase in the middle. Michael Biehn & Angie Everhart also star.
Collateral (2004)
This is one of my favourite Michael Mann entries. Tom Cruise (uncharacteristically) plays a hitman (Vincent) sent to L.A. to dispatch a few people at the behest of chief bad Felix (Javier Bardem). Looking for someone to drive him around town as he commits the nasty deeds, Vincent ends up in a cab driven by Max (Jamie Foxx), an idealistic dreamer with integrity. As the night proceeds and the bodies pile up, Vincent and Max end up learning more about themselves and one another, even as the nature of their captor/captive relationship creates incredible tension between them. Jada Pinkett Smith, Mark Ruffalo, Jason Statham (in a cameo), Peter Berg & Bruce McGill star. This is a very atmospheric film and one of the first shot fully in digital (and mainly at night). It has a rich colour template and the cinematography by Dion Beebe & Paul Cameron is outstanding. This is one of Tom Cruise’s best roles in my view. He’s really quite excellent playing against type here. I noticed today that there are a lot of similarities between this film and Skyfall, and I’m quite certain Mendes was influenced by its brilliant visuals at the very least. As an example, Bardem has a similar eloquent monologue here & there are also scenes in airports, train stations, subways and office buildings at night in shadow as in the 23rd Bond flick. Then there’s of course the digital camera aspect.
A Time To Kill (1996)
Directed by Joel Schumacher from a screenplay by Akiva Goldsman and based on a novel by John Grisham, this is one of my favourite courtroom dramas of the 90s, a decade which was full of great ones. What makes this film so good imho is that its themes ares so current today (more so than it was when it was made), given the fractured politics and polarization we face. Sadly, I don't think a film like this actually can be made now, and that is a unfortunate sign of the times we live in. It deals with themes of racism, the South, religion, guns, family, justice & vigilantism. It's very well done and the crime which starts off the film is so heinous and despicable that I actually felt nauseous and angry after witnessing it. The plot is intricate and Schumacher keeps it tense throughout the 2.5 hour runtime. It's really great to see this stellar cast at the top of their game and in their prime. Samuel Jackson actually acts here, and he's darn good too as Carl Lee Hailey, a father seeking revenge. Matthew McConaughey in one of his earliest roles clearly demonstrates his star power as principled and idealistic defense attorney Jake Brigance. Kevin Spacey is pitch perfect as an ambitious prosecutor. Sandra Bullock also shows that she's far more than just a pretty face as Ellen Roark, a brillliant law clerk (I normally find Bullock quite annoying, but I actually found myself quite enticed by her plucky character here because she underplays). Donald Sutherland unsurprisingly elevates the proceedings whenever he's present as a mentor to Brigance. If all that isn't enough, Oliver Platt, Kiefer Sutherland, Brenda Fricker, Ashley Judd, the great Patrick McGoohan, Charles S. Dutton & Chris Cooper also star. If one liked The Firm or A Few Good Men then this will hit the spot.
Yes, me too. It's a mediocre horror movie which doesn't really do much with the premise in the end, but I think in the current landscape of horror movies it's easy to see why this one gets more respect than it should. I mean it's competing with the like of Annabelle.
An excellent movie, was somewhat skeptical being a big fan of the original movie/mini tv series. The young cast did brilliant and Pennywise was actually excellent, the scene with Billy and Pennywise was actually filmed last and was early in the movie easily the scariest part. Looking forward to chapter two.
Sharkey's machine (1981)
A dissapointing movie starring and directing Burt Reynolds, too bad the movie did not stick to the book by Diehl. The movie takes great leaps in story and expects you to keep following it. At times not so coherent. Too bad since I have seen Reynolds in better roles perhaps the directing part was just too much.
The Saint (2017)
The official pilot has been reworked into a tv movie which makes sense perhaps. It is a nice update in the Saint saga and too bad it was not developed into a series. Great scenes with Ian Ogilvy & Roger Moore ( a shedload of Saintly characters involved)
The French Connection (1971)
What a great movie and that car chase is brilliant, this is the kind of movie that could only have been made in the '60's and '70's.