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As iconic as the first film was DIE HARD 2 is my favorite. I love the snowy location, the cast and stunt work, Lots of fun for me.
I couldn't agree more, and that very well may be my biggest complaint of Die Hard 3, despite me really enjoying it overall. The alternate ending is interesting, maybe even more preferable, but again, still lacked the punch the first two had.
Good review I am glad you enjoyed it in 4K, the film does look spectacular at times I still rank it top despite stern competition from number 6. I kept rewinding the cafe scene in Prague it looks amazing, as does the entire train sequence. Expert film making.
Still an amazing film, with hauntingly beautiful visuals and tremendous cinematography by Duke Callaghan, who had also shot THE YAKUZA, another favourite of mine. John Milius and Oliver Stone wrote an epic hero story, perfect as a star vehicle for Arnold. The entire experience is elevated even more by Basil Poledouris' exceptional score, which I keep on heavy rotation when I'm reading books and comics. I had just left my mother's womb when the film premiered, but to this day, I think it proudly stands with E.T., BLADE RUNNER, TRON, STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN, THE ROAD WARRIOR and THE THING as quintessential sci-fi/fantasy viewing. All of these marvels were released in 1982, and so was I. ;-)
The amount of clichés in this movie is unbelievable. Heres a selection from the first 15 minutes or so.
- Kid picked on by bullies during field trip
- Weapon passed down through generations
- Electric guitar to signal the heroes arrival
- bullet whipping past camera in slow motion
- sacrifice of father for survival of son
This does even scratch the surface of how stereotypical and cookie cutter this movie is. Scenes that should have been shot on location are instead set to clearly a green screen backdrop.
There's about half an hour of reasonably entertaining exploring in the middle but the beginning is so slow and the ending is just a CGI-fest of different creatures eating each other and exploding.
3/10.
Brilliant film one of my favourites, one of the best movie scores ever written.
1982 was a seminal year for genre cinema, @DarthDimi I had just left school at 16 and purchased my first VCR. So many great films that year.
The Conan soundtrack is one of the greatest of all time in my opinion. It elevates an otherwise mediocre film.
Let me know what you think of it. I thoroughly enjoyed it, thought it was equal parts haunting and gut-wrenching.
I really wish this CGI superhero movie fad would pass. Seems like every comic book character is getting their own CGI movie these days.
True. There's a new JOKER origin movie I'll pass on and a new SHAZAM.
I'm surprised so far there isn't an origin story on PERRY WHITE becoming the Daily Planet editor after years of working his way up from newspaper delivery.
A great year. I just left school, the only film I wouldn't have seen it the ones you list in cinema was Star Trek! Those were the days when you had several memorable movies in one year! Doesnt happen these days imo.
Loved Conan, still do, Milius did a great job. I remember him being intrreviewed in which he said that Oliver Stones original script was unfilmable, and he had to rewrite it (hordes of 10,000 mutants storming over the hills etc..)
Pity the sequel was rubbish.
I agree, just can’t get why people love them so much. What’s even worse is that critics seem to have jumped on that bandwagon as well.
Few exceptions aside they are all quite shallow to me.
Aquaman looks fun and Momoa is a charismatic actor who brings a welcome bravado to the role.
So I think I’ll give this one a go.
They're pretty unmemorable to me. I liked WONDER WOMAN okay except for the cheesy CGI action scenes. Maybe I'm just getting too old for that?
Then again I can binge watch black and white episodes of the George Reeves SUPERMAN all night long.
First viewing for me of this Sam Peckinpah directed crime drama. I'm not familiar with his work, but I really enjoyed this film. Steve McQueen & Ali MacGraw are electric together, and their character's relationship complications & trust issues as a result of a shared life of crime feel real. This helps to elevate what is basically a typical 'one last job' heist and chase flick well above the ordinary. The film is gritty and quite violent (for the time), but there are also several unexpected humorous moments which help keep it nicely balanced tonally overall. McQueen's coiled intensity and 'king of cool' screen charisma are off the charts, and MacGraw is incredibly appealing, even after falling out of a garbage truck. Recommended for these two alone, and the film isn't too shabby either. Ben Johnson, Al Lettieri and Sally Struthers co-star.
It's been three decades since I watched The Getaway so it's vague in the memory, though I highly recommend Sam Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch.
Love The Getaway. Well, I love everything with McQueen. Can't help it. He's just too cool. Papillon being his finest work - won't even bother to watch the remake they've done recently. And The Great Escape is a film to watch once a year for the rest of my life, at least. The Cincinnati Kid is wonderful as well. So is, of course, The Thomas Crown affair.
I'm already ready for another 4K viewing of Fallout, the quality was unreal.
As soon as I found out about the 4K releases I intentionally did not watch any of the films.
Fallout is awesome can't wait to see the IMAX aspect ratio version, I'll buy the Steelbook in the new year.