Movie review thread...
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Demolition Man
- I'd always assumed I'd seen this, but... maybe not? Or maybe alcohol-senility?
- So dumb.
- So fun.
- The entire on-set menu was obviously ham and egg for breakfast, ham sandwiches for lunch, hawaiian pizza (heavy on the ham) for dinner.
- Several "break-the-4th-wall" moments - the whole Schwarzenegger bit - I'm certain Bullock's laugh was genuine. The reference to Rambo - clumsy, but sure, why not. Leary's monologue which was pretty much the song "Asshole"... royalty problems preventing them just doing verbatim quotes from the song?
- Most importantly - a positive tit-watch. Just... shoe-horned in there for no reason. Boom... titties.
4 unlimited-ammunition-22-years-after-they-stopped-making-it out of 5 we've-got-7-years-to-prevent-that-future.
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@Kruse said in Movie review thread...:
Demolition Man
- I'd always assumed I'd seen this, but... maybe not? Or maybe alcohol-senility?
- So dumb.
- So fun.
- The entire on-set menu was obviously ham and egg for breakfast, ham sandwiches for lunch, hawaiian pizza (heavy on the ham) for dinner.
- Several "break-the-4th-wall" moments - the whole Schwarzenegger bit - I'm certain Bullock's laugh was genuine. The reference to Rambo - clumsy, but sure, why not. Leary's monologue which was pretty much the song "Asshole"... royalty problems preventing them just doing verbatim quotes from the song?
- Most importantly - a positive tit-watch. Just... shoe-horned in there for no reason. Boom... titties.
Wesley Snipes was absolutely outstanding in that flick
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I watched Blade again the other day, just awesome, peak Snipes. Gonna have to watch Demolition man again now
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@No-Quarter said in Movie review thread...:
I watched Blade again the other day, just awesome, peak Snipes. Gonna have to watch Demolition man again now
I got the impression there is pressure for Snipes to do another Blade movie. I gotta say he was in pretty good condition in the Deadpool cameo.
Wesley Snipes Reveals His Blade Return Came Together With "A Call From Ryan Reynolds Out Of The Blue After 20 Years"
Wesley Snipes never gave up on Blade.
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The first movie was fantastic. Really looking forward to more Nazi killing in the sequel
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@Stockcar86 said in Movie review thread...:
The first movie was fantastic. Really looking forward to more Nazi killing in the sequel
The original was probably the most disappointing movie I've seen recently, one that didn't live up to the hype, and I think I got caught up too much in the hype.
But, I'll still go see this one, just with my hopes at a more reasonable level.
Roses: New version of the War of the Roses. Strange movie, plays out like just a drama for most of it's running time, then goes a bit batshit for the last 30 minutes, which just feels like a different movie. The 80s version is much better.
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The Thing 2011 and The Thing 1982.....( the prequel could have been slightly more original with its name, oh well )
Decided to watch these back to back. The original is rightfully a cult classic, an absolute masterpiece. The prequel is very good in its own right and no where near as rubbish as some claim.
2011 version. Virtually cut and paste in terms of storyline.
Better special effects obviously although maybe slightly over reliant on CGI. More obvious jump scares, more disgusting stuff ( the two guys merging together was beyond fucked up ) and the very hot Mary Elizabeth Winstead doing an amazing Ellen Riply impression.
The transition from one movie to another could not have been better done. Some nerds online point out that Lars ( guy in the chopper ) was a terrible shot but a) he had been awake for hours and was highly stressed and b) he might have hit the dog and not killed it, given it was a Thing but never mind. I also find it hard to believe the Americans would just take a dog in that a couple of Norwegians had tried to kill given there was clearly something wrong with it.....
onto the original.
Some slightly clunky looking effects but they just work. More memorable looking monsters and some fucked up deaths.
Kurt Russell and Keith David were cool as fuck, the rest of the characters on the whole were more quirky and memorable than in the prequel ( possibly cos they're actors I remember as a kid ? ) more of a sense of dread.......
The story is ultimately pretty B grade but I think the setting, paranoia etc make it oh so memorable.
Both of them have pretty open ended conclusions too, What were the ultimate fates of Kate, McCready and Childs ?
prequel - 3.5 creatures in ice out of 5 torching guys in a snowmobile
original - 4.5 games of computer chess out of 5 escaped Dogs who started the whole "thing"
Would absolutely love someone to make a third movie, although given the hit and miss nature of such ventures perhaps its a good "thing" it hasn't happened.
