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Two juggernauts of 90s action. Completing the Nic Cage trilogy later with Face/Off
Amazing film, and a "favorite" of mine in Brosnan's filmography even though he hardly factors in.
Animator Richard Williams infamous masterpiece, the backstory of which is both fascinating and sad and which took over 20 yrs to realise! This isn't the butchered dvd release ( the film was taken off Williams and recut with added saccharine songs and an unnecessary voice for the title character !) But a faithful, ( as much as he could) reassembling of Williams vision by Garrett Gilchrist! Try and seek it out on Youtube, if you're an animation fan, you will be blown away by it, there is immaculate detail in every scene, and some jaw dropping set pieces ( the foot chase through the chequered floor buildings is superb) and the final 20 mins is to be seen to be believed. Am hoping one day we get a proper bluray release with the late great Richards Williams full vision to marvel over!
As a footnote there is a documentary called Persistance of Vision, which tells the whole sad sorry story!
Pretty good but not great and certainly not one I'd consider one of the greatest films of all time. Lovely production value and cinematography but I couldn't overcome the revisionism and insufferable characters, especially when they're dominating the screen for almost four hours. At least I can finally say I've seen it, on my long journey to watch every Best Picture winner I can find. Only 22 remain that I've not logged on Letterboxd (though I've seen a few of those already).
The Lady Vanishes 2013
Decent TV movie adaption, my only issue is it is a bit frantic which does not allow the story and characters to breath. The locations and sets look great, I always enjoy film and TV set in early to mid 20th century. .
Enjoyable, it was nice to see everyone actually ghostbusting this time. At least all over the movie. Great world building, and I really liked the ice theme. Pacing was a bit slow at times. I liked the increased roles for Winston and Ray. As for a sequel, I could go either way.
So, I watched Roadhouse….
There are one thousand and one reasons why Roadhouse is a terrible film…, if it was food, it’d be as nutritious as cotton candy…
But the thing is, I guess I love cotton candy, 😂!! This was such a stupidly fun time, and I ate it all up.
There you go @Last_Rat_Standing … I’m in your club, 😂.
(Warning: you may not be able to spell your name after watching this, or be able to count to three, but…. It went down well!!)
I hear you @Creasy47 . And I totally understand why.
But I laughed and ate up all the cheese balls that were flying out of my screen, 😂.
In all honesty I shouldn’t actually like one second of this, but….. 🤷♂️…… it was so nutty, so cartoonish, so unbelievable that it wrapped its steroid-fuelled arms around me and never let me go.
On a serious note, Gylenhaal scored a first look deal with Amazon due to the success of this film. I think everyone involved had their tongue firmly in cheek and ran with the cartoon that this is… Plus I’m a sucker for the Dominican Republic— where most of this was shot. You could smell the salt air…
I'd be lying if I said I didn't strut around like McGregor a few times after the credits rolled just for a stupid laugh. It's so cartoonish and so un-serious that I honestly might enjoy it more with a rewatch, knowing the type of cheesefest I should be expecting.
😂, you and me both.
For someone I hope gets humbled in the octagon, one more time, I actually, and surprisingly, thought MacGregor was great as the Tasmanian Devil from Looney Toons come to life. And his ass gets not one, but two, very long star-turning sequences, 😂.
In a few years time, I'll definitely give this a other watch.
The Lightship (1985):
A bunch of criminals on the run, led by Robert Duvall, end up on captain Klaus Maria Brandauer's lightship. A recipe for claustrophobic suspense, you say? Not quite. Instead, we get a quirky drama in which the worldviews of these two characters are examined and contrasted, and in which the boat, permanently stuck in one place to fulfill its lightship duties, becomes an object onto which these characters project their philosophies about life. Duvall hams it up and is great to watch, while Brandauer brings a compelling, quiet dignity and intelligence to his role. There are some areas where the film could have done more with its material and premise, or done it a little better and more logically in terms of plotting, but the uniqueness of the film makes those concerns secondary, in my opinion.
Dances with Wolves (1990) (theatrical cut):
Loved it. And Graham Greene is funny! (Not the first comment that would come to the minds of most people when discussing this film, I'm sure.)
In Dreams (1999):
I don't know why people don't like this one. I loved it, especially the stretch that begins with Annette Bening working on the computer and ends with the apples on the kitchen. She is great, and the film is so very atmospheric. I love how it goes down a rabbit hole and never comes back out.
After five previous tries over many years, I've finally stuck this one through to the end. It's no masterpiece to me as I've never been a fan of sung-through musicals, but wow, was the story and characters and colorful atmosphere incredibly captivating.
I want to watch Mephisto and Colonel Redl.
I've seen 3 Brandauers so far:
Never Say Never Again
The Lightship
The Russia House
Hostel meets Scream, decent enough slasher. Eli Roth pulls no punches with brutal ways to die as expected. Having read and watched numerous whodunits over the years I guessed the killer and motive early on, as a fan of the genre I will likely buy this film.
I think it was the very first time I managed to accurately guess the killer's identity just from the opening frame.
Seeing it in theaters, on Thanksgiving Day, was a real good time. I haven't had that much fun with a slasher in ages.
Watched it on Netflix the other night. Long time since I watched the original. This was very good though, good cast, strong visuals, (memorable opening scene showing dead soldiers uniforms being washed of blood and repaired to be given to new recruits!, the rats running away from the impending onslaught of tanks!) visceral action. Well directed by Edward Berger! Worth a look, I must seek out the Lewis Milestone original!
I just saw the original for the first time last week and really enjoyed it, but it didn't touch the visionary style and horrors of this one, in my opinion. Still, they're both really excellent in their own rights. The crater scene in the original with the soldier quickly losing his mind as he converses with the dying/dead soldier is beyond harrowing.
There is another version (TV movie??) I believe, with Richard (John Boy) Thomas!
Yeah I thought there were several adaptations, including that TV movie, but I've only seen the 1930 and 2022 takes so far.
A certain interaction does telegraph it, fun film nonetheless.
Indeed, leaned a little too eagerly into the first person view like Halloween. It's fine though, I still had four or five other suspicions after that, and actually thought the killer reveal we got was impossible over halfway through due to the illogical placement of certain characters during the school attack scene.
I was only thrown off for a minute, I pressed pause during a scene with let's say food prep 😂 As I was watching it on Prime the Xray pop up appeared and showed actors in scene. I thought I had inadvertently spoiled it, though the actor who was on the Xray pop up was a corpse.
I always think a big give away or sometimes a cheat is the size of the killer when in disguise (height/build), to be fair it seemed pretty accurate in Thanksgiving.
Unfortunately, for me this is another misstep from Blumhouse. Blumhouse seem to be concentrating on quantity as opposed to quality at the moment, not much good coming from them lately.
The Apostle (1997)
This one slowly sneaks up on you, until by the time the ending comes, it turns out to be more emotional than one could have anticipated. Without over-explaining itself, the film expresses a number of things about faith and human weakness. Duvall is magnetic as the preacher.
I look forward to rewatching the other film he directed (and starred in), Assassination Tango. I love that movie. I could write a page's worth of thoughts on it. I must.