Old school Universal horror for me. Visible cardboard taped to lamps to provide the desired lighting. “We are deep in the Amazon. Oh look, a telephone pole.” I love that B movie stuff.
MOVIES 2017
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Should be the final trailer for Dunkirk:
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Should be the final trailer for Dunkirk:
Damn. Looks awesome.
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Reminds me of The Battle of Britain in style.
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@Imperious:
Reminds me of The Battle of Britain in style.
Almost exactly so; very good comparison. It has the appeal of a 70s epic war film.
Especially with the narrative seemingly to lack focus on a single character or group of characters. Nolan disclosed that there are three separate story lines: land, air and sea.
Beyond the startlingly realistic visual appeal, the trailers haven’t been earth-shatteringly dramatic. But I think that is good, there doesn’t appear to be a lot of action fluff. I am really looking forward to seeing it.
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Just saw Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.
Thought the first was overrated, but this one was actually quite good.
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Thanks for the link to The trailer, Hoffman. I Cannot wait.
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@wittmann:
Thanks for the link to The trailer, Hoffman. I Cannot wait.
Unlike Hitler’s panzers, who he told to stop and wait to allow the British army to escape. Amazing that they can dress this up as a triumph.
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@wittmann:
Thanks for the link to The trailer,� Hoffman. I Cannot wait.
Unlike Hitler’s panzers, who he told to stop and wait to allow the British army to escape. Amazing that they can dress this up as a triumph.
That’s the one thing that sticks in my mind to sour the film a bit… That the situation may not have been as dire as they make it seem. The Germans could have wiped them out, but chose not to.
This is a British flag-waver though. That’s fine. With Nolan production value and accurate, even if incomplete, telling of events, I can enjoy Dunkirk as a good film.
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Just saw Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.
Thought the first was overrated, but this one was actually quite good.
GOTG 2 is the strongest sequel after Winter Soldier. With the first GOTG it makes the strongest 1-2 of all the Marvel films. The first Captain America is my favorite but it’s 1-2 are very tonally different.
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Unlike Hitler’s panzers, who he told to stop and wait to allow the British army to escape. Amazing that they can dress this up as a triumph.
They did that with Pearl Harbor. Remember that cook shot down 300 Japanese planes and single highhandedly sunk 2 carriers, then the two lover boys totally destroyed Japan with the Doolittle raid. Thats payback for sinking our fleet!
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@Imperious:
Unlike Hitler’s panzers, who he told to stop and wait to allow the British army to escape. Amazing that they can dress this up as a triumph.
They did that with Pearl Harbor. Remember that cook shot down 300 Japanese planes and single highhandedly sunk 2 carriers, then the two lover boys totally destroyed Japan with the Doolittle raid. Thats payback for sinking our fleet!
:lol:
Well that was just total schlock from Michael Bay. I know we’ll get something more grounded from Nolan.
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Hopefully :-) :?
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I enjoyed Kong. If you love 1950 monster movies you will love the flick. Building up to a Godzilla and Kong film.
Guardians was good. I laughed many times.
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@ABWorsham:
I enjoyed Kong. If you love 1950 monster movies you will love the flick. Building up to a Godzilla and Kong film.
Guardians was good. I laughed many times.
I enjoyed Kong Skull Island as it had aspirations of being more than a “B” monster movie. I was a bit disappointed though that there was all this nice build up but they got to the island and dispensed with the foreplay and couldn’t hold their wad. Jackson’s character felt a bit forced but pretty entertaining flick though. Loved Shea Whigham as the grizzeled heli pilot Cole. “There was no tactical precedent.”
It would have been better in my opinion as a longer movie.
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@Imperious:
Unlike Hitler’s panzers, who he told to stop and wait to allow the British army to escape. Amazing that they can dress this up as a triumph.
They did that with Pearl Harbor. Remember that cook shot down 300 Japanese planes and single highhandedly sunk 2 carriers, then the two lover boys totally destroyed Japan with the Doolittle raid. Thats payback for sinking our fleet!
:lol: :lol: :lol:
Sounds like you actually managed to make through the whole length of the film, which I could not.
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Went to see Alien Covenant over the weekend. Re-watched Prometheus beforehand.
Alien Covenant was a moderate disappointment. About 50% I really liked and 50% I thought was been-there-done-that Alien. The more I watch Prometheus, the more I enjoy the intricacy and multi-layered themes. Alien Covenant didn’t tell the story I thought it was going to. It wasn’t all bad, just not what I was expecting or hoping for.
I think it is still worth watching, especially if you want to see where Ridley Scott goes from here. David Fassbender was excellent again.
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It seems Fassbender is becoming a very good actor.
Alien lost me with Part III.
Alien vs Predator was good, but I disliked the 2nd. one.
I am not going to spend my time on the covenant.
Just watched recently Alien II with Bien in it. -
I will say that the scene you reference may not be what you think. I am not certain the direction they were trying to go with it, but I don’t feel as though it was meant to be, at least, primarily homosexual. There are a number of ways to look at it. It also wasn’t as gratuitous as you described.
If that sways you at all. I am trying not to reveal anything that may be unknown prior to watching.
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Well the link I clicked on to see it said “Alien series will have first gay kiss” or something like that - so I suppose I was pre-biased…
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@Der:
Well the link I clicked on to see it said “Alien series will have first gay kiss” or something like that - so I suppose I was pre-biased…
Yes, I certainly understand. It was uncomfortable to watch, but for more than one reason. It was also brief. Again, fwiw…
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