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Looking foward to Costners new one!
Yeah, similar situation. All the shots with the 'replacement' stick out like a sore thumb. Though I need to rewatch ANOES2 to see if it's as noticeable. I haven't seen part 2 in years.
Yes, I did. It's experimental and surreal, and I didn't understand it all, but I enjoyed it. Michael Gothard (with tons of lines here) was terrific.
Ghostbusters Frozen Empire (C) - fun enough, though overstuffed with too many characters
Someotherhood - Awful, made it 40mins and turned it off.
Top Gun Maverick - I am still in awe as to how good this movie is.
Road House (2024) - Pretty decent, though not a patch on the original.
The Great Escaper - really enjoyed this, Caine and Jackson on great form.
Fast Charlie - enjoyed this one too, though Brozza's accent is on very shakey ground.
Czech New Wave and absurdist comedy genius rolled into one. Forman's last film before shifting to the United States, it's a great demonstration of a kind favor that turns into one disaster after another, with a great employment of mostly unprofessional actors who somehow still sport impeccable comedic timing and outrage. Loved it.
@Last_Rat_Standing i haven’t seen it. I’ve heard some negative things.
Why’d you like it? What worked for you? I get this is a popcorn film and it’s meant to be the viewer turning off their minds and being taken for a ride. I’d love to hear about what “landed” for you (as I said, I should check this out to see what Amazon is up to).
Thanks in advance!
I have very low standards in terms of movies. But basically what you said. Shut off the ol cranium. And we get to see our buddy Logan Ash as the villian
Not low standards! You just know HOW to turn the old cranium off!! I have a few of those on my repeat watch-list too!!
I heard Billy was in RH!! I like him, ever since I saw him in Maniacs (I think that’s what the series was called, Fukunaga directed, with Stone and Hill starring). He’s a pretty dynamic presence. He seems like a crafty actor and hope that the future sees him stretching out of the “book of Mormon “ type off kilter baddie.
@Last_Rat_Standing , what about the action sequences? Scott Adkins slammed the flick for CGI fights. Did you notice this?
And thoughts on Connor?
And did you see the original flick??
Great stuff, the Czech New Wave ... much to watch online.
Thanks for the advice, I'll check it out if I can find it :)
Yes, indeed. There's so much left to discover but Closely Observed Trains is one of my absolutz favourite films.
I also very much enjoyed Marketa Lazarová and Spalovač mrtvol (don't remember the English title, it was about an undertaker going crazy).
Connor hammed it up to 1000. It almost seemed like he could have been a villian or glorified henchman in a Fast and Furious movie.
I've seen the original in piecemeal on TV. Both aren't world beating films. You know what you're getting into with films such as these.
I always have a soft spot for 80s popcorn flicks, and look at remakes very suspiciously (looking at you Robocop and Total Recall remakes!!!)…
Wait, which ones were those? In between the finale, the truck bit on the bridge, and even the CGI fists, I'm struggling to recall any practical stunts that were noteworthy.
@Feyador, that's awesome. And @GoldenGun, we might've discussed it before but Marketa Lazarova is one I've been meaning to see for a long time but it seems like it could leave me very confused during its lengthy runtime too. I really want to give it a chance though.
Great film, not a difficult watch ... if only for the astounding black and white widescreen cinematography.
Czech critics once voted it the very greatest of all their films.
Superb version of it here, probably via Criterion, though I first watched it on TCM. Need to be a YouTube subscriber to avoid commercials:
It does have a long running time. Oftened compared with the historical epic Andrei Roublev, so in that sense a stark, completely foreign world set in a somewhat mythologized and distant past. But humans are humans, whatever the era. Not really "new wave," probably, as that term usually connotes a very recognizable contemporary world, at least at the time of a particular film's making.
Classic thriller for the season thats in it. One of my favourite themes gets this cracking movie off to a fine start. Bob Hoskins at the top of his game, the wonderful Helen Mirren gives able support. Gritty, gripping, and THAT final explosive sequence. Even the presence of Brossa cant ruin things! Great stuff!
Unforgiven 4K omg this film is incredible, I can't believe I waited this long to watch it.
@Peter its sits extremely well with The Outlaw Josey Wales, Pale Rider and High Plains Drifter. The slow build and character work is exceptional, I never thought I would see a Hackman performance that rivaled Popeye Doyle and this is it.
After one watch Unforgiven is one of my favorite westerns of all time.
Wild man! I agree @Fire_and_Ice_Returns , it slots in beautifully with Josey and Pale Rider.
And Hackman was a mean SOB, but completely believable and grounded. I think that’s what made him so terrifying. In his head, he was absolutely righteous…
Very, very happy you enjoyed it!!
I liked the slow burn of Bill Mummy's arc (it is not a good arc by any stretch for Bill), the ending gave me the sense of real terror, they had no chance.
I like the juxtaposition of Bill and English Bob narratively it is very effective.
Having done their own interpretations of Frankenstein in 1957, and Dracula in 1958, The Mummy was the next Universal classic to get the gloriously gothic Hammer Horror treatment in 1959.
This is funny.