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[Mr. Breathmask]

Carry on.

[Morlock]

YOU BASTARD!!!!

Where on earth have you been?

[Neimoidian]

Mr Breathmask: Reloaded. Or The Revenge.

Good to see you again, Marc. This place has gone awry.

[Koray Savas]

Spy Game

I think I'm overdosing on Tony Scott.

[Nick Parker]

Hot Fuzz was a very interesting film, I think. It always seemed like something I would have to watch with my friends, though.

[Neimoidian]

Hot Fuzz was a very interesting film, I think. It always seemed like something I would have to watch with my friends, though.

I really liked it. British sense of humour suits me very well.

[Marian Schedenig]

Spy Game was highly forgettable. True Romance is good, but really Scott adds very little to it. I enjoyed reading the screenplay much more than the film itself. Still, it does have that one inarguably great scene.

Adorable main theme by Zimmer though, probably my favourite piece by him.

The main theme is really the only music, and it's an homage to Carl Orff. The whole movie is essentially Terrence Malick's Badlands.

Orff? Uhm... are we still talking about True Romance?

[Trent Bennett]

Hot Fuzz was a very interesting film, I think. It always seemed like something I would have to watch with my friends, though.

When my friend Kevin and I saw it at his place a couple of years ago when I visited him I thought it was pretty hilarious.

[Morlock]

I was bored by it the first time. Had a good time the second time around, though. Just saw Mike Nichols' Catch-22. Much better than I thought it would be.

[king mark]

Land of the Lost

Drag Me to Hell

[Red Rabbit]

Land of the Lost

I heard that was bad.

[John Crichton]

Well, he did say to drag him to hell afterward...

[king mark]

It was better than some other Will Ferrell movies like Blades of Glory,Step Brother or Semi Pro

[John Crichton]

That's like saying yesterday's crap was better than the day before.

[Koray Savas]

Spy Game was highly forgettable. True Romance is good, but really Scott adds very little to it. I enjoyed reading the screenplay much more than the film itself. Still, it does have that one inarguably great scene.

Adorable main theme by Zimmer though, probably my favourite piece by him.

The main theme is really the only music, and it's an homage to Carl Orff. The whole movie is essentially Terrence Malick's Badlands.

Orff? Uhm... are we still talking about True Romance?

Yes.


Today I also saw The Savages and watched Domino on DVD. The former was a nice little film with a couple of good performances, but it was rather forgettable. The latter is a pretty terrible movie that I enjoy watching for the tracked style and music.

[Henry Buck]

That's like saying yesterday's crap was better than the day before.

Heh, heh, heh.

[Wojo]

I preferred Shawn of the Dead over Hot Fuzz.

[Nick Parker]

That's like saying yesterday's crap was better than the day before.

Heh, heh, heh.

That is an Angry Video Game Nerd reference, right?

[BurgaFlippinMan]

I was bored by it the first time. Had a good time the second time around, though..

Interesting, I had the exact same experience.

[Charlie Brigden]

True Romance is not half as good as Badlands? I don't recall Tarantino starring.

Correct, it is not. Tarantino may not physically star, but Clarence is basically Quentin.

I know everyone else hates it, but I love DOMINO.

[Alexcremers]

Pirates Of The Carrabean: Not my kind of movie but I can understand why it's popular. Did I spot that one guy from The Office (UK)?!

Scarecrow: Al Pacino and Gene Hackman star in a film by Jerry Schatzberg (Panic In Needle Park) that can be best described as the sequel to Midnight Cowboy. It's a nice film, not as good as Midnight Cowboy, of course, but certainly worthwhile if you are a fan of Hackman or Pacino or if you like seventies movies. Gene Hackman, largely due to his part, dominates the whole film.





Alex

[Jason LeBlanc]

Drag Me to Hell

Thoughts?

[Charlie Brigden]

Drag Me to Hell

Thoughts?

"Okay, score mixed way too low, score wasn't written by John Williams so clearly not that good. Hopefully the video game will have unreleased material."

[Maxxie]

Drag Me to Hell

Thoughts?

"Okay, score mixed way too low, score wasn't written by John Williams so clearly not that good. Hopefully the video game will have unreleased material."

Pirates Of The Carrabean: Not my kind of movie but I can understand why it's popular. Did I spot that one guy from The Office (UK)?!

Alex

Yes you did.

I preferred Shawn of the Dead over Hot Fuzz.

I find Hot Fuzz funnier. Even the gory bits were funnier than the gory bits in Shaun.

[Koray Savas]

True Romance is not half as good as Badlands? I don't recall Tarantino starring.

Correct, it is not. Tarantino may not physically star, but Clarence is basically Quentin.

I know everyone else hates it, but I love DOMINO.

Ok that clears it, I was just confused. I agree that Badlands is much better, after all it is Terrence Malick.

As for Domino, I just find it hilarious, but it really isn't a good movie. The style, the music, and Christopher Walken make it enjoyable.




Deja Vu

The only Tony Scott film left that I own is True Romance.

[Alexcremers]

The Pope Of Greenwich Village: When this came out in the '80s, I was impressed with the acting, but it's actually not very good.



Yes, kids, the guy with the leather jacket is The Wrestler.



Alex

[Jacob]

Seven Samurai is going to be on TCM tonight at 8:00. I've got the DVR set...

[Nick Parker]

I love Turner Classic Movies. Which reminds me, I videotaped their showing of Sugarland Express last week....

[E.T. & Elliott]

1941 was horrific. Certainly Spielberg's worst project by a landslide.

[Koray Savas]

Seven Samurai is going to be on TCM tonight at 8:00. I've got the DVR set...

I've got the Criterion set, so I can watch it any time. Muahahahaha!!!

[Joey]

1941 was horrific. Certainly Spielberg's worst project by a landslide.

no, its light years better than shit like AI, Always, Munich, Terminal, Hook.

[indy4]

1941 was horrific. Certainly Spielberg's worst project by a landslide.

[Trent Hoyt]

Drag Me to Hell

Thoughts?

Excellent movie. It's very tongue-in-cheek. Definitely one of the best movies I've seen this year.

[Alexcremers]

Drag Me to Hell

Thoughts?

Excellent movie. It's very tongue-in-cheek. Definitely one of the best movies I've seen this year.

.

Some film fans think it's one of the best horror/thrillers ever made. I'm definitely going to put it on my list of movies to see.


Alex

[Nick Parker]

I thought it was a comedy film....

[Charlie Brigden]

I hope it's more in the vein of THE EVIL DEAD than EVIL DEAD II...

[crocodile]

Terminator Salvation

After reading so many negative reviews I was prepared for a disaster. But it turned out not to be the case. The film has a lots of problems and it doesn't have much of a story. But still I didn't hate it. There are many people in this world who say the first Terminator movies are classics of sorts. For me, they were always stupid and mindless action movies. I enjoy them, sure, but I wouldn't say they're great achievements (not counting special effects, of course). So the new one was more of the same, only more and faster. And I think this is the most sensible way of seeing it. If anything, this film shouldn't have been made, for it doesn't tell anything new, really. But neither did the previous two, if you think about it. All you need to know is in the first Terminator movie. As it stands, I liked it more than the third one. That's for sure. It's a ride. But only if you don't over-intellectualize what's essentially an infantile series.

Bale didn't bother me, but I still wanted him to die at the end. He is so unlikeable character.

There is quite a bit of unreleased score, but I think the album is enough. It is sometimes mixed so low you can't hear most of it. Pity.

By the way this "abridged script" is hilarious. But, I guess, all this kinds of flaws are what I love Terminator movies for

Beware! Spoilers (for those who care):

Spoiler

HELENA BONHAM CARTER

Hello Sam. Thank you. You have lured Christian Bale here. Our plan all along was to release you, at which point you could earn his trust and tell him that his teenage father has been captured, causing him to attempt a rescue that we could anticipate and prevent!

SAM WORTHINGTON

Why not just kill his teenage father?

HELENA BONHAM CARTER

…

SAM WORTHINGTON

Did you seriously not think of this?

HELENA BONHAM CARTER

FFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

Karol

[Koray Savas]

The Taking Of Pelham 123 ()

From the very first minute of this movie, you know this is Tony Scott. For you it may be a bad thing, but I happen to believe filmmakers should be auteurs. What you see is what you get, and I liked it. John Travolta gives a good performance, despite what you see in the trailers. IMO it fits the character he's portraying. Washington is just his normal self, and the rest of the cast is rather unimportant.

Beware of Tony's signature prolonged horn. He's used it before in Man On Fire, Domino, and Deja Vu. But here, you get that in addition to train horns, which it really already is. So we have horns galore. You'll get slammed with them about 25 times in the opening titles alone, but then he eases up on them throughout the movie.

Gregson-Williams' score is effective in film, and thusly does its job. I still find it lacking on the listening experience, although it does have a few good cues.

Recommended if you've liked any of Tony Scott's films from True Romance until now. I haven't seen the original, but I really enjoyed this and thought it was something interesting in terms of hostage films.

[Alexcremers]

I don't think Tony Scott is seen as an "auteur" but more as a handyman that uses the same techniques over and over again. The taking of Pelham 1 2 3 is not an "auteur film". Even though you can recognize the techniques of the craftsman, the work is still a typical product from the Hollywood factories.


Alex

[publicist]

I don't think Tony Scott is seen as an "auteur" but more as a handyman that uses the same techniques over and over again. The taking of Pelham 1 2 3 is not an "auteur film". Even though you can recognize the techniques of the craftsman, the work is still a typical product from the Hollywood factories.


Alex

To remake 'Pelham' seems just like a bad, bad idea...and Tony Scott at the helm just makes matters worse.