Charles Deckert
31Dec11
Both are the most direct scenes in the film in my opinion...funny how Beatty's character gets all expressionistic on Finch in order to "get through" to him.
After re-watching all four Alien flicks I need to reassess my opinion of Resurrection. Of course it pales in comparison to Alien & Aliens. But now, years after the fact, I find myself liking Resurrection much much more than Alien 3. Resurrection might be weird (Jeunet's weird visual sensibilities + Whedon's storytelling) but it had direction and the xenomorphs were much more Giger-esque than the dog beast in Alien 3.
A watchable flick to be sure but it pales in comparison to the first two. Whereas Alien was a horror film and Aliens was an action flick, Alien 3 doesn't seem to know what the hell it is. That and the 1992 animated xenomorph hasn't held anywhere near as well as it's 1979 man-in-a-suit sibling.
Cameo-fueled brilliance.
It feels like an afterthought. As if they started to film Thor's backstory for The Avengers and it got out of hand. There's very little character development and aside from the big random ice monster fight at the start nothing of consequence happens for the first hour or so.
I am continually impressed with Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
It captures Bukowski's tone as well as can be expected. Matt Dillon embodies Chinaski without being over-the-top about it and Kristin Asbjørnsen's soundtrack is stellar.
Still awesome after 40 years. Andy Robinson should've won an Oscar for best sound effects just for his cries of anguish when he was stabbed.
I don't usually dig kid's movies. I mostly slog through them for the sake of my daughters but I genuinely liked this one. The for-mom-and-dad Fear & Loathing and Eastwood references were a nice touch. My only complaint? An entire movie full of Mexican accents and no Danny Trejo. For shame.
I love Aronofsky. A great film and definitely worthy of the praise it's received but sweet jesus it is relentlessly dark.
An all-around decent action flick but the Red Skull must've been one of the most one-dimensional villains in recent memory. A waste of a perfectly good Hugo Weaving.
One of Bill Murray's best pre-Wes Anderson flicks.
"Don't talk to me like that assface. I don't work for you yet." Without a doubt Chevy Chase's best movie.
This movie has not aged well. Sure, it's still fun to watch but it's a sort of fun that's verging on MST3K territory.
"Such a fine line between stupid and clever." Still brilliant. Still hilarious. No matter how many times I see the broken pod scene or the amp scene I still laugh. Harry Shearer's mustache alone should've been nominated for an Oscar.
Great all around. The story was interesting and the pace and tone were perfect. Caine was (as always) great but supporting players David Bradley & Sean Harris were brilliant as well.
Awful. Just... awful. Which is a shame given that I genuinely like Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Ian McShane & Stephen Graham.
Proof that you don't need $100 million dollars worth of explosions and gun fights to make a taut cat-and-mouse flick. Well-paced and tense to the last.
Anyone who says Claymation is only for children's films should be forced to sit down and watch Jan Švankmajer's entire filmography.
I can't remember the last time that a film managed to depress me with scenery alone. Top notch cast, direction and cinematography. I'm not surprised that it was nominated for Best Picture.
Endlessly (and inappropriately) quotable.
I appreciate the lack of whitewashing. It was funny, sure but they didn't shy away from showing Conan getting annoyed/angry with the rigors of touring and the demands therein. It wasn't perfect, sure but what documentary really is? It was a good chronicle of some of what goes into entertaining the masses and how much some entertainers can get attached to that.
Vampire flicks are one of three things: campy fun, adolescent gutter tripe or actual horror movie. This one falls very specifically into the campy fun category. Colin Farrell's inclusion would normally have turned me off to this but Anton Yelchin & David Tennant's involvement more than made up for it.
Everybody remembers Peter Finch's "I'm mad as hell" speech but for my money Ned Beatty's corporate demigod vitriol monologue packs so much more punch. And the cold sterility of the ending is perfect. An amazing flick all around.
Both are the most direct scenes in the film in my opinion...funny how Beatty's character gets all expressionistic on Finch in order to "get through" to him.
Brainless, yes but definitely not the worst action schlock ever filmed. Four word review? "Not enough Terry Crews."
I had low expectations for this one but it was actually a pretty good flick all things considered.
Five stars! The funniest thing I've watched in ages... Wait. What? It was serious? That was an actual horror movie? No... Really? Are you sure? Oh well how sad. Can I give it negative stars? No? One star then.
It was a good flick, don't get me wrong but I'm not sure it was worthy of all the hype (and money) that was lobbed at it.
More watchable than Die Hard 2 and much, much more watchable than Die Hard 4. Is that a compliment? Maybe in a very roundabout sort of way but it's still a bad bad movie.
Terrible. Just... terrible. Is it possible to be an 'anti-fan' of someone?
I haven't seen The Patriot in nearly a decade and feel that I am no worse off for it. Only Jason Isaac's villainous antagonist kept this from being entirely unwatchable. Way too long, way too self-important and way too many Mel-Gibson-is-angry close-ups.