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Ok I'll give it a try, but only cos it's you.
Saw Edge of Tomorrow the other night. Was really good, well shot, interesting story, doesn't take itself too seriously.
I'd encourage any Sci Fi fan to go watch this on the big screen!
I'd encourage any Sci Fi fan to go watch this on the big screen!
@R.N7 I saw Harmony Korine in Brooklyn today. I was going to punch him in the gut but then a voice said "think of Nilsson, man" and I refrained.
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The Killing of a Chinese Bookie - A nice, beautifully directed quasi-neo-noir. The sleazy characters were played to perfection by Ben Gazzara, Seymour Cassel and Timothy Carey.
So............ Finally got around to watching Blade Runner......
I know a lot of people on here will think WTF is this guy smoking?! But seriously, I've seen posts on here saying its one of the best movies Ever? Really?? I've gotta ask anyone who actually considers Blade Runner in the top 10 movies of all time...Are you fecking high??
For me its 6.5-7/10 at best.
I'll start of positive I suppose....The cinematography is amazing, such a beautifully created world and visually it is incredibly, even more so considering it was made in 1982. That for me is what makes up at least 5 of the marks I've given it. It genuinely was ahead of its time, that there is no doubt!
However, it was incredibly slow moving / boring, Overly pretentious and full of cliches towards "Big Brother", Religion and and for me it is trying too damn hard on too many different levels.
For me though, it was the lack of characters, there is no back story there other than a brief write up at the start, giving us Zero reasons to be involved with the characters. You know absolutely feck all about the lead character (Harrison Ford) and by the end of it you still know literally feck all about him, with that in mind, when he is in that final scene with Rutger Haeur I couldn't give two fecks if he died or not. Why would I care? Not like I had an investment and reason's for him to live. Basically the movie went into Overkill with its visuals and gave nothing into the characters. Oh and I care even less if he was a replicant or not...it simply doesn't matter!
Now I must flee the nerds before they surround me!
That's what star power is for. You're interested because it's Harrison Ford.
I did think the romance was underfed. One or two more scenes with Sean Young would have put a little meat on the bones.
The pace of the movie was part of its style. The lead character was 'marooned' on a decaying world, where everything was jaded, corrupt and winding down.
Rumble Fish - A Coppola experimental misfire. Matt Dillon was just excruciating to watch and listen to...Mickey Rourke on the other hand, cool as.
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Point Blank - Thank god for Lee Marvin, he's always drunk and violent...not so much drunk in this one, I think, but certainly violent. I thought it was a suberb strange psychedelic thriller.
Edge Of Tomorrow is a solid action movie that doesn't bore with too much talk about irrelevant shit. The 178 million budget went into a good cast, realistic way of showing huge battles that doesn't look like a CGI cartoon plus a composition of scenes well put together and mixed into condensed fun.
That scientology brainwash really help Tom Cruise in getting into his sci-fi roles with convincing amount of passion. Immersive and pacey storyline that quickly reminds of classics like first Starship Troopers movie and Groundhog Day. Tom must feel like in his underground anti-alien invasion home-bunker during the shooting. Very comfy with his character and world on brink of destruction around him.
Emily Blunt's moments of absolute badassity is a standard motive during the watching. It's a strong female character that pushes pacing even further not to mention this magical colonial marines vibe from Aliens mainly thanks to Bill Paxton who almost steal the show through his 'Full Metal Jacket' attitude and pretty much everything what he does is helping in reaching the atmosphere of slaughter during the times of war.
Not too complicated but catchy story with elements of invasion and counter offensive with parts about time travel through some little bit of pseudo scientific crap that only Tom Cruise thinks it's reality... and he is resurrecting his career in a good way thanks to Oblivion and Edge Of Tomorrow.
Good stuff. Very likeable sci-fi that may remind some classics from the 80's in some part. This and Dredd proves that there's a plenty of space for solid adult brutal movies in vein of Paul Verhoeven's Robocop, Starship Troopers or even Aliens.
EDIT: If someday there will be a super production adaptation of Warhammer 40000 then they already have a perfect source of inspiration how to make Space Marines and their heavy gear. Words of highest praise for that.
That scientology brainwash really help Tom Cruise in getting into his sci-fi roles with convincing amount of passion. Immersive and pacey storyline that quickly reminds of classics like first Starship Troopers movie and Groundhog Day. Tom must feel like in his underground anti-alien invasion home-bunker during the shooting. Very comfy with his character and world on brink of destruction around him.
Emily Blunt's moments of absolute badassity is a standard motive during the watching. It's a strong female character that pushes pacing even further not to mention this magical colonial marines vibe from Aliens mainly thanks to Bill Paxton who almost steal the show through his 'Full Metal Jacket' attitude and pretty much everything what he does is helping in reaching the atmosphere of slaughter during the times of war.
Not too complicated but catchy story with elements of invasion and counter offensive with parts about time travel through some little bit of pseudo scientific crap that only Tom Cruise thinks it's reality... and he is resurrecting his career in a good way thanks to Oblivion and Edge Of Tomorrow.
Good stuff. Very likeable sci-fi that may remind some classics from the 80's in some part. This and Dredd proves that there's a plenty of space for solid adult brutal movies in vein of Paul Verhoeven's Robocop, Starship Troopers or even Aliens.
EDIT: If someday there will be a super production adaptation of Warhammer 40000 then they already have a perfect source of inspiration how to make Space Marines and their heavy gear. Words of highest praise for that.
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Indeed - just a shame that neither have done particularly well at the Box Office (well, EoT hasn't yet... though it's fairing better overseas then it is in America - and good word of mouth seems to be pulling in its favour).
Dredd is an independent movie but thanks to that they could make a serious art out of brutality which is outstanding to watch... This independence cost them heavy price of very little promotion and distribution. I've signed the petition for the sequel and it's reaching way over 100.000 signatures but that's not gonna fly with distributors. They need to green light the sequel and then Alex Garland can start writing a script... There's no script so far and it's painful to watch because it's not even an early phase of production.
Your point is important. There's a real danger that good old fashioned adult cinematography may and will be suppressed by bigger investors that won't be keen on that type of productions because of lack of epic profits... and with frauds like Michael Bay who is about to destroy TMNT franchise they will force us to watch that kind of shit for the next years to come.
Hopefully sci-fi genre will push itself above that crap as there were always very talented sci-fi film makers like Danny Boyle, Duncan Jones or Neill Blomkamp to make their own visions despite low budgets.
As for Edge of Tomorrow I'm sure it's gonna be financially safe also with the sales of Blu-ray and DVD's which always help movie to reach solid additional profits and most of all new audiences... hopefully.
Problem with Edge of Tomorrow doing well financially is that studios will more than likely attribute that to Tom Cruise rather than the brilliant action scenes. That leaves the likes of Dredd in a shit position still
It is depressing I know but Dredd was done smartly with quite a low budget and that still opening some chances for a sequel not to mention Karl Urban himself appealing for a kickstarter and big part of a fan base is pointing out that the scripts for hundreds od quality Dredd movies are already written in a form of comic books that have approval from creator John Wagner who was in the filming crew of Dredd thanks to brilliance of Alex Garland and his constant looking forward in the future with his projects.Problem with Edge of Tomorrow doing well financially is that studios will more than likely attribute that to Tom Cruise rather than the brilliant action scenes. That leaves the likes of Dredd in a shit position still
It's definitely not a lost cause and creators are still keen to make this happen. Adi Shankar the producer says that if it won't find a way to theaters they will try other mediums like AMC or HBO that are enthusiastic on airing brutal series with adult motives and then they'll pull what Whedon achieved with Firefly and throw the continuation back in movie theaters.
tbf, Tom Cruise has still got the blueprint down. He has the franchise in his back pocket to rebound from these non-franchise movies he's doing, which are just about doing enough. His backend profits from the MI series are insanity. But he should put some effort into drama roles again, he's got chops.
Also, these sci-fi films need to stop being over priced. Edge of Tomorrow/Pacific Rim basically cost the same as the first 4 seasons of Game of Thrones, yes I know, GoT has it's occasional hiccup with effects and it's a TV show....but compare the runtimes. Oddly enough it's only franchises trying to get those up front costs down....by giving backend profits to the stars.
Also, these sci-fi films need to stop being over priced. Edge of Tomorrow/Pacific Rim basically cost the same as the first 4 seasons of Game of Thrones, yes I know, GoT has it's occasional hiccup with effects and it's a TV show....but compare the runtimes. Oddly enough it's only franchises trying to get those up front costs down....by giving backend profits to the stars.
In the late 90s, Korine teamed up with magician David Blaine to make Fight Harm, an apparently vérité documentary in which Korine placed himself directly in harm’s way. He would pick fights with people and then lose the battle on camera. Along the way, Korine was brutalizing, jailed and hospitalized.
Describing the project in depth on Saturday, the now cleaned-up Korine—he has a wife and a kid and lives in Tennessee—said that he was pummeled by an array of folks for the making of the movie and said he took quaaludes to help overcome the fear of getting beaten and to manage the extreme pain.
Harmony Korine said he originally got the idea for Fight Harm while watching silent cinema. He’d hoped to emulate their physical comedy.
“I was trying to make the funniest film ever,” Korine said on Saturday. “It’s like a cross between Buster Keaton and a snuff film.”
Korine and Blaine filmed nine fights but ended up with not even an hour of footage. In the end, Korine admitted he didn’t have the stamina to sustain the project, so it remains unfinished and unseen. He told John Waters he’s received countless requests to screen Fight Harm and he remains unsure whethers it’s better to finally show it or for people just to know it exists
I like Korine but that sounds plain stupid.
I should've kicked him in the nuts.
Blue Collar (1978) - It's got Harvey Keitel and Richard Prior in it 7.5/10
Elephant (1989) - Macabre and relentless, Van Sant pretty much lifted both the title and the direction style from it.
1989? Not the 2003 film?
I'm missing something here?Not woke up yet? I doubt Van Sant plagiarised himself
I just meant it couldn't be the 2003 version if "Van Sant pretty much lifted both the title and the direction style from it." because he directed the 2003 version.
@Cantonarightboot , I agree 100% with your review of Blade Runner. Film is so underwhelming it's ridiculous.
It really is the marmite of movies!
People are either addicted to it or cant stand it!!
My partner said the title is misleading too
small gripe but she has a point... You'd expect a movie called Blade Runner to be more exciting!Aaaah I'm sorry, I completely misunderstood Nilsson's post. I didn't get the 'lifted' part, which now I do, I thought he meant something like "Van Sant elevated the film thanks to his direction". But yeah, it was very early
You nut.
Sacrebleu.
Refn was definitely out of place.
Such a shame it wasn't made. I really wanna see Jodorowsky's new film.
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It's a terrific film. Terrifying.
It's not really Marmite. It's probably more acclaimed than any other science fiction film ever.It really is the marmite of movies!
People are either addicted to it or cant stand it!!
My partner said the title is misleading too
Taxi Driver - I didn't liked him as much as I should. I think that the transformation of De Niro from total loser to total loser who likes guns happened way too fast. I didn't understood the scene when he cuts hair like the last of the Mohicans and apparently tried to assasinate the senator. Liked the first half of the movie though, the dialogues while awkward were really good. The acting from both him and young Jodie Foster were good. 7/10
Parts per Billion
A very good ,if a bit depressing film, three couples which are forced to make life altering decisions in the face of a disastrous war.
Very much like Contagion, dealing with the people altered by the disaster more than the disaster itself.
I thought very well written and acted.
Worth watching .
6.5/10
A very good ,if a bit depressing film, three couples which are forced to make life altering decisions in the face of a disastrous war.
Very much like Contagion, dealing with the people altered by the disaster more than the disaster itself.
I thought very well written and acted.
Worth watching .
6.5/10
Off the top of my head, I can name plenty of other sci fi movies that are considerably better....
Alien
Aliens
The Thing
Star Wars - Any of them
District 9
Terminator
T2
Other than it being visually stunning, Blade Runner was one big epic fail for me.
Your opinion Cantonarightboot, which is fine; what Archie was pointing out was that Blade Runner is critically acclaimed - which it is, and it'll often be ranked very high in 'best sci-fi films'. It's not really a marmite film, despite your experience of it, as it is generally very well thought of.
Oh I know it is highly thought of and is well liked, however I know as many people who dispise it and think it is genuinely one of the most over rated films made.
If you even look around online on different forums or movie review sites (Imdb, Empire etc... ) its fairly mixed, with people feeling strongly about it either way... either loving it or hating it... hence my description of it being like marmite...
It really is the marmite of movies!
People are either addicted to it or cant stand it!!
My partner said the title is misleading too
Kinell. A bit like wanting more car chases in The Godfather.
I knew it'd annoy some people but just didn't do anything for me... as stated above, I can think of far better, more enjoyable sci fi movies with better stories, acting and characters... Blade Runner is of course as I keep repeating myself visually amazing.
I can't believe that "any Star Wars movie" are more enjoyable than Blade Runner. Most of them are a chore to sit through.
I would worry about the sanity of the man who thinks any of the 3 prequel films are genuinely better than Blade Runner.