I could’ve sworn they were still making Scorpion King movies.
I could’ve sworn they were still making Scorpion King movies.
You believed in it before you saw it.Quoting megladon8 (view post)
Curse of the Mummy's Tomb is a fun Hammer Films Mummy flick.
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Snowpiercer is great for two acts, but I didn't buy the third. Much as I love Ed Harris, they gave him some awfully pedestrian shit to do. The "reveal" at the end was pretty yawn, and I actually kind of giggled at Evans's confession about the dark shit he did. It just...didn't work, really. The earlier stuff, and the privilege progression design of the train cars, is super enjoyable, if hardly incisive anymore. Swinton is typically fun to watch. The terminator henchman was pretty ridiculous.
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"How is education supposed to make me feel smarter? Besides, every time I learn something new, it pushes some old stuff out of my brain. Remember when I took that home wine-making course and forgot how to drive?"
--Homer
Been a bit since I saw it, but I can agree with all of this. But those first two acts sure are awesome.Quoting Wryan (view post)
Probably one of the bigger surprise movies I've ever come across.
I love Snowpiercer. Great flick.
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Ended up watching Cuaron's Great Expectations over the weekend, a 1998 film that somehow escaped my Ethan Hawke phase in the early 2000s. It's largely notable now for what it offers anyone interested in adaptation studies, playing out a transformed context from Victorian England to Florida and New York, readerly leisure to painterly leisure, and other small moments. Cuaron and Lebezki craft some pretty images--there's some striking black/white shadowy foreground with color backgrounds, but the film kind of starts to disintegrate in the second hour. The Pip/Finn character is never as interesting as he thinks he is, and Paltrow's object of desire is a bit too shallow to resonate. Ultimately, it's one of those films that works its style because the substance isn't quite there.
Also did Jang Hoon's A Taxi Driver, a Korean film about the Gwangju Uprising of 1980. It embraces many of the melodramatic touches of Korean mainstream cinema, though the subject is such that a lot of the film remains legitimately tense. This one's an odd one because Han Kang's novel Human Acts is so much more layered and dynamic in structure, yet the performances and central narrative remain strong enough to make it valuable anyway. Not a great Korean film, but pretty comparable to the Oscar-bait kind of films, and it made me want to revisit Peppermint Candy to remember how Gwangju events are braided into that film...
The Boat People - 9
The Power of the Dog - 7.5
The King of Pigs - 7
You know, I remember having almost the exact same thoughts as Wryan regarding the waste of Ed Harris and some pretty goofy moments in Snowpiercer, but so many friends have told me the stuff they love about it that I've sort of gained an appreciation for it. I should watch it again.
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Obligatory Snowpiercer post:
The severed arm perfectly acquitted itself, because of the simplicity of its wishes and its total lack of doubt.
Some kook at Sony is talking about remaking "The Princess Bride"
https://twitter.com/i/events/1174114360312000512
Horrible idea.Quoting Irish (view post)
The Saint can be added to my list of 90s action thrillers that gets way too much hate from critics. It's harmless fun and Shue and Kilmer have good chemistry.
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I fucking just said the same thing last week!Quoting MadMan (view post)
FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!Quoting Skitch (view post)
"How is education supposed to make me feel smarter? Besides, every time I learn something new, it pushes some old stuff out of my brain. Remember when I took that home wine-making course and forgot how to drive?"
--Homer
No way we're on the same team! I'm just excited I'm not alone! We're gonna fight the haters!Quoting Wryan (view post)
Well I missed it, so sorry. It is a nice throwback to 80s Bond style spy films. Also yes fight the haters!Quoting Skitch (view post)
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My list of said 90s action movies that are hated for silly reasons:
Hard Rain
The Phantom
The Rocketeer
The Saint
Also Duke I will get to The Peacemaker at some point. I didn't forget.
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It wasnt on MC, I meant I literally spoke that a friend irl.Quoting MadMan (view post)
The Rocketeer is AWESOME, and I just rewatched The Peacemaker last week, still solid.
All of those movies are awesome.Quoting MadMan (view post)
Guy Maddin:
Tales from the Gimli Hospital - 4
Archangel - 4
Careful - 8.5
Twilight of the Ice Nymphs - 7
Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary - 4
Cowards Bend the Knee - 2.5
The Saddest Music in the World - 8.5
Brand upon the Brain! - 7
My Winnipeg - 5.5
Keyhole - 5.5
The Forbidden Room - 2.5
Odilon Redon - 4
The Heart of the World - 8.5
My Dad is a 100 Years Old - 8.5
Very unique, there's no denying that, but also very inconsistent. When his style clicks, it's hilarious absurdity; when it doesn't, it's annoying and gimmicky.
Sorry where’s The Shadow?Quoting MadMan (view post)
Deep Rising?
Well this blows:
https://www.portlandmercury.com/blog...s-and-less-fun
The severed arm perfectly acquitted itself, because of the simplicity of its wishes and its total lack of doubt.
I always ask how long the previews are when I buy my ticket so I can slip in just before the actual film starts.
Just because...
The Fabelmans (Steven Spielberg, 2022) mild
Petite maman (Céline Sciamma, 2021) mild
The Banshees of Inisherin (Martin McDonagh, 2022) mild
The last book I read was...
The Complete Short Stories by Mark Twain
The (New) World
Ummm...I’ve never seen a movie in a theatre that didn’t play that way.
Okay, so no Regal or Cinemark in my future, lol.