I agree. I really enjoy that movie. The vast majority of Japanese Godzilla movies are cheesy fun and the American version was no exception.
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I agree. I really enjoy that movie. The vast majority of Japanese Godzilla movies are cheesy fun and the American version was no exception.
I was amazed by how many purists completely forgot that after watching the American one.
Or looked at the reviews? Don't get me wrong, I like the movie, but I think it sort of falls to pieces once the humans show up.
Yes, I normal revel going into a film about a mass murderer. But a good film is a good film. That's what this is. Well-made. Excellent.
The Snapper was a damn good film. I remember the under-played humor of the family dynamic very well. I love that scene where the lights flicker, you hear the younger kid squeal, and without even looking up from what he's doing, the son yells, "Ma! Jenny's electrocuted herself again." I also really like the reaction when Dad finds out the truth about the father of the baby. It's a great film.
Good catch. I meant to say i normally am not a fan of films about calculating murderers
I always thought Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels was pretty good despite an unnecessarily gruesome gunfight in the middle. And there was a film(Irish?) about an old guy who wins the lottery and dies-Waking Ned Devine-laughed my butt off through it. But you have to like native Brit humor or it probably falls flat.
I like one of the bonus features on the Director's Cut DVD of Lock, Stock, & Two Smoking Barrels where they just edited together every sentence in the movie that has "fuck" in it. "I'm not getting the fucking guns! You get the fucking guns!"
I think it's pretty funny as a spoof of over the top action movies. The problem is it's a catch-22. While the movie is funny, it's not SO funny as to justify such a huge budget. But without spending such lavish amounts of money, you can't sufficiently recreate the kind of indulgent, over the top action scenes that the movie requires in order to work at all.
I will not sleep until it is publicly acknowledged by everyone that Cars is a total rip-off of the Michael J. Fox movie Doc Hollywood.
Speaking of Michael J. Fox, I was quite fond of Life with Mikey. "Any chance of getting time off for good behavior?"
Yeah. It's a brilliant movie. But I can see how the masses might not know how to process it. It's incredibly squirmingly uncomfortable to watch in places. And it's deliberately ambiguous in places, which would confuse a lot of people who need their movies clearly explained to them. (*cough*mymother*cough*)
But there are lots of things about the movie I just love, like "Ken-Taco Hut." (Considering the Ken-Taco Hut seemed to epitomize small-town soullessness, I have no idea how the licensing department got away with this.)
I also love how Patton Oswalt's character exposes the fundamental hypocrisy of the "hate crime" concept. "It made national news for a while. Until they found out I wasn't gay. Then it was just another fat guy getting his ass beat."
Come to think of it, I pretty much adore Patton Oswalt in everything he's ever been in. He did suprisingly poignant work in Young Adult and in his two guest appearances on Dollhouse. I also think Ratatouille is the most underrated of all the Pixar movies. "But, the rat! He... stole my documents."
Blasphemer! Terminator Salvation has its saving graces. But there's no way it's better than James Cameron's 1st 2. The Terminator, in particular, is probably the most perfect movie ever made.
I wasn't expecting Shakespeare but I was painfully disappointed by the lack of any significant star power among its human cast. But then, outside of Election, I don't think I've ever liked a Matthew Broderick movie.
I think it's pretty funny as a spoof of over the top action movies. The problem is it's a catch-22. While the movie is funny, it's not SO funny as to justify such a huge budget. But without spending such lavish amounts of money, you can't sufficiently recreate the kind of indulgent, over the top action scenes that the movie requires in order to work at all.
I will not sleep until it is publicly acknowledged by everyone that Cars is a total rip-off of the Michael J. Fox movie Doc Hollywood.
Speaking of Michael J. Fox, I was quite fond of Life with Mikey. "Any chance of getting time off for good behavior?"
Yeah. It's a brilliant movie. But I can see how the masses might not know how to process it. It's incredibly squirmingly uncomfortable to watch in places. And it's deliberately ambiguous in places, which would confuse a lot of people who need their movies clearly explained to them. (*cough*mymother*cough*)
But there are lots of things about the movie I just love, like "Ken-Taco Hut." (Considering the Ken-Taco Hut seemed to epitomize small-town soullessness, I have no idea how the licensing department got away with this.)
I also love how Patton Oswalt's character exposes the fundamental hypocrisy of the "hate crime" concept. "It made national news for a while. Until they found out I wasn't gay. Then it was just another fat guy getting his ass beat."
Come to think of it, I pretty much adore Patton Oswalt in everything he's ever been in. He did suprisingly poignant work in Young Adult and in his two guest appearances on Dollhouse. I also think Ratatouille is the most underrated of all the Pixar movies. "But, the rat! He... stole my documents."
Blasphemer! Terminator Salvation has its saving graces. But there's no way it's better than James Cameron's 1st 2. The Terminator, in particular, is probably the most perfect movie ever made.
I wasn't expecting Shakespeare but I was painfully disappointed by the lack of any significant star power among its human cast. But then, outside of Election, I don't think I've ever liked a Matthew Broderick movie.
Only 2 movies have ever made me cry actual tears: Toy Story 3 & Frequency.
I love the part where she reveals that her "parents" at their wedding were just hired actors. "I knew I recognized your father from The Love Boat!"
Yeah. I'm not a fan of horror movies but I love movies that deconstruct the genre, like this one, The Cabin in the Woods, & Scream. "Hey college kids! We got yer friend!"
Agreed with both of these. While the dialogue can be somewhat lacking in the Star Wars prequels (especially when delivered by one of the American actors), I think they're a masterpiece of action sequences, exotic production design, & John Williams music. If it's OK to like a well-written movie with bad production values, then it should be OK to like a badly-written movie with great production values.
As for Super Mario Bros., "guilty pleasure" is probably the right word. The acting from Hoskins, Hopper, & Leguizamo is fantastic. I also love how hard the movie tries to adapt as live-action a video game that is essentially unadaptable in that format. I admire their persistence as they keep hammering at that figurative round peg until they can finally wedge it into the square hole that it became.
Also, it came out the week after Jurassic Park.
Speaking of, I'm going to champion one you called "atrocious." Ghosts of Mars
Come on! It has Ice Cube and Natasha Henstridge and ancient evil Martian cannibal ghosts! And Natasha's gay! How does anyone not love this?!!
Excellent! I've never seen it but I have to now. (See, this is what the internet is for-- sharing information...for porn.
)Me too. I like how it shows the immense physical & psychological toll that comes from being a superhero. I think it was the first comic book movie to really do that. I even like the Theatrical Cut (though the Director's Cut is better, if only because we get more Foggy Nelson). "Seeing eye dogs bond for life. Yours ran away. What does that say about how emotionally available you are?"
Sadly, we went through a time when it was highly fasionable to bash Ben Affleck. As a result, I think several of his movies are underrated. Paycheck was pretty good. But my favorite is probably Reindeer Games. It's a helluva twisty ride, featuring several plot twists that aren't spoiled in the trailer. I love it just for the fun of trying to keep track of when the other shoe will drop. Affleck is great in it, as are Gary Sinise as the scummy bad guy & Dennis Farina as an unscrupulous casino manager. "I can't go back to Vegas."
I wanted to like Spanglish but I can't stand Tea Leoni in it. She's just nails on a chalkboard the entire time and I keep hoping that Sandler will leave her but he never does.
Perhaps. But to me, he'll always be Match from Back to the Future. "How the hell did he change his clothes so fast?"
Well, the star was supposed to be the monster, but nobody liked him.
And there were stars. Hank Azaria and Harry Shearer qualify, and Jean Reno is a big French film star. Just because none of 'em was Angelina Jolie doesn't mean they ruined the film.
As for Broderick, I can't help you there. I generally like his movies.
I'm not criticizing their objective star status. I'm just saying that no one in the human cast had the screen presence necessary to carry the film. Although, if Jean Reno had had a bigger part, that might be different. As it stands, Broderick, Azaria, & Shearer are all wet noodles. And as much as the NewsRadio fan in me hates to say it, Vicki Lewis didn't add much either.
Speaking of Last Action Hero, I've got it on as background while writing some interview questions - I just need that fix of Charles Dance villainy now that Game Of Thrones is finished for the year...
I wholeheartedly agree with you on that. I always say it's probably the most romantic film in the world as well, the bit with the photo at the end is one of the most perfect film moments ever for me, utterly beautiful. Beyond this the film itself does the simplest of things well, and for a film about the fantastical it feels real because it never cheats on its own internal logic. And you have to love a film where there are two supporting characters you almost wish got a spin off (Winfield and Henrikksen)
Salvation however is just really bad, IMO, one of the few films I've ever nearly walked out on, I've never seen a film with so many explosions that was so dull!
As for underrated films, well I know at least one person(if not dozens of others) who will disagree, but I really like Quantum of Solace
It's good, but for time travel movies with beautiful endings 12 Monkeys blows it to hell.
Anyway, I'm never comfortable saying something's over- or under-rated because that implies a familiarity with consensus opinion which I really don't have. I will say, though, one movie that I never hear talked about (and I'm thinking of it because I just got the new Blu-ray) is A Perfect World (1993). It was Clint Eastwood's next project after Unforgiven, and I guess it was over-shadowed by the success of that movie. But it's a terrific picture that combines crime and road movie themes in a compelling contemplation on issues of honor, violence, responsibility and manhood.
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I assume you know he's in UNDERWORLD: AWAKENING?
Didn't, but I've only seen the first Underworld movie anyway.
And Awakening isn't out on DVD yet, is it?
Yep, and you'll be shocked to learn that he plays an aristocratic vampire elder . . . ..
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