Movie review thread...
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@Tim said in Re: Movie review thread...:
This is a lot of fun - a read through of the never filmed Commando 2 script, written by Steven E. de Souza and Frank Darabont.
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Driving up north for work in the next couple of days so will have a listen.
Interesting question though. How was arguably THE best bullshit over the top action movie of all time never followed up with a sequel ? Surely some Latin greaseballs could have killed Tommy Chongs daughter and driven Matrix to revenge and even more cheesy lines and action ?
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@MN5 said in Re: Movie review thread...:
How was arguably THE best bullshit over the top action movie of all time never followed up with a sequel ?
Basically Schwarzenegger was extremely busy and was offered his pick of movies, and Schwarzenegger was Commando.
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@Tim said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@MN5 said in Re: Movie review thread...:
How was arguably THE best bullshit over the top action movie of all time never followed up with a sequel ?
Basically Schwarzenegger was extremely busy and was offered his pick of movies, and Schwarzenegger was Commando.
To be fair Running Man, Predator, Kindergarten Cop and T2 are absolutely outstanding
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@Tim said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@voodoo said in Re: Movie review thread...:
True Lies in the comedy category
Yeah, a lot of fun. Probably his last genuinely good movie?
I've never actually seen Collateral Damage, and I don't remember Eraser - get it confused with Sixth Day.
probably, neither, and same!
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After some outrageous slander on the Fern recently, I felt obliged to re-see Escape From New York last night, and Escape From L.A. tonight.
Escape from NY - zero bullshit early-80s John Carpenter action movie. Just set up a ridiculous premise within about 2 minutes, and then set-to with an anti-hero fucking shit up. Yeah, plot-holes, and nonsense, and what-ever. But... that's what you expect and want.
3.5 "call me Snake"'s out of 5 "GFY, call me Plissken"'sEscape from LA - my eternal memory of this is the atrocious blue-screen surfing scene. And once again - it was the low-light, but I'd forgotten how many other ridiculous (and ridiculously bad) special effects there were in this. But in general - I see Kurt Russell was listed as a Producer, along with Carpenter - I figure it must have been Russell's brainchild to do a sequel. And they just did the same shit, but throwing in as many LA stereotypes as possible. And... fuck it, it's a shit movie, but fun. It loses a shitload of points for the close-up of "American Spirit" cigarettes, and the general "yay, USA, freedom" in-your-face libertarian bullshit.
2 extreme-sport-tropes out of 5 basketball shots made under duress.The deliberate lack of romantic sub-plots, and the lead character just being a fluffy-bunny (to the point of unlikeable-ness) - were bonuses.
Edit: next on the life-plan... watching Assault on Precinct 13 - original and re-make.
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@Tim said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@Kruse Escape from New York is 4/5 at least.
Brilliant minimal synth soundtrack.
Not as good as Halloween though
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@Tim said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@Kruse Escape from New York is 4/5 at least.
Brilliant minimal synth soundtrack.
I would have agreed on the 4/5 at least before the rewatch. Maybe I went in with too-high expectations.
The minimal soundtrack - yeah, it's not normally something I notice (what's the saying... a good soundtrack is one you don't notice)... but it was so good in NY, that in LA there were a couple of moments when I DID notice the soundtrack, with the fleeting thought "that soundtrack's a bit on-the-nose". And when I think back... it probably would have been considered extremely subtle in most movies, I'd just gotten so used to that minimalist approach.
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@voodoo said in Re: Movie review thread...:
All so good. Watched T1-3 with the boys over the last 3 days. Really no need for T3, but the other 2 are great.
I'd have Total Recall as my fav of the "serious" ones, and don't sleep on True Lies in the comedy category.
Red Heat is fucking good too.
And i have a serious soft spot for Conan the Barbarian
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@mariner4life said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@voodoo said in Re: Movie review thread...:
All so good. Watched T1-3 with the boys over the last 3 days. Really no need for T3, but the other 2 are great.
I'd have Total Recall as my fav of the "serious" ones, and don't sleep on True Lies in the comedy category.
Red Heat is fucking good too.
And i have a serious soft spot for Conan the Barbarian
Red Heat was good. Raw deal is about the only one IIRC that wasn't at the level of the rest
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@mariner4life said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@voodoo said in Re: Movie review thread...:
All so good. Watched T1-3 with the boys over the last 3 days. Really no need for T3, but the other 2 are great.
I'd have Total Recall as my fav of the "serious" ones, and don't sleep on True Lies in the comedy category.
Red Heat is fucking good too.
And i have a serious soft spot for Conan the Barbarian
Conan the Barbarian is great. One of my first experiences with a violent movie ( well it was back in the day)
Shame it went extra Campy for Conan the Destroyer. -
@Virgil said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@mariner4life said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@voodoo said in Re: Movie review thread...:
All so good. Watched T1-3 with the boys over the last 3 days. Really no need for T3, but the other 2 are great.
I'd have Total Recall as my fav of the "serious" ones, and don't sleep on True Lies in the comedy category.
Red Heat is fucking good too.
And i have a serious soft spot for Conan the Barbarian
Conan the Barbarian is great. One of my first experiences with a violent movie ( well it was back in the day)
Shame it went extra Campy for Conan the Destroyer.i prefer to believe that Destroyer doesn't exist
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@mariner4life said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@Virgil said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@mariner4life said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@voodoo said in Re: Movie review thread...:
All so good. Watched T1-3 with the boys over the last 3 days. Really no need for T3, but the other 2 are great.
I'd have Total Recall as my fav of the "serious" ones, and don't sleep on True Lies in the comedy category.
Red Heat is fucking good too.
And i have a serious soft spot for Conan the Barbarian
Conan the Barbarian is great. One of my first experiences with a violent movie ( well it was back in the day)
Shame it went extra Campy for Conan the Destroyer.i prefer to believe that Destroyer doesn't exist
Fun fact ( well humiliating more like it) Virgil wasn’t always my preferred nickname/handle etc.. it was originally Conan. In fact my trade me name is Conan 27.
If you have seen me in person you will understand the resemblance is uncanny.
Or should that be ironic.
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@Virgil said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@mariner4life said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@Virgil said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@mariner4life said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@voodoo said in Re: Movie review thread...:
All so good. Watched T1-3 with the boys over the last 3 days. Really no need for T3, but the other 2 are great.
I'd have Total Recall as my fav of the "serious" ones, and don't sleep on True Lies in the comedy category.
Red Heat is fucking good too.
And i have a serious soft spot for Conan the Barbarian
Conan the Barbarian is great. One of my first experiences with a violent movie ( well it was back in the day)
Shame it went extra Campy for Conan the Destroyer.i prefer to believe that Destroyer doesn't exist
Fun fact ( well humiliating more like it) Virgil wasn’t always my preferred nickname/handle etc.. it was originally Conan. In fact my trade me name is Conan 27.
If you have seen me in person you will understand the resemblance is uncanny.
Or should that be ironic.
i always sort of assumed you looked like Conan O'Brien
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@Virgil said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@mariner4life said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@Virgil said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@mariner4life said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@voodoo said in Re: Movie review thread...:
All so good. Watched T1-3 with the boys over the last 3 days. Really no need for T3, but the other 2 are great.
I'd have Total Recall as my fav of the "serious" ones, and don't sleep on True Lies in the comedy category.
Red Heat is fucking good too.
And i have a serious soft spot for Conan the Barbarian
Conan the Barbarian is great. One of my first experiences with a violent movie ( well it was back in the day)
Shame it went extra Campy for Conan the Destroyer.i prefer to believe that Destroyer doesn't exist
Fun fact ( well humiliating more like it) Virgil wasn’t always my preferred nickname/handle etc.. it was originally Conan. In fact my trade me name is Conan 27.
If you have seen me in person you will understand the resemblance is uncanny.
Or should that be ironic.
I can see why you chose the handle that you did. You look just like the Million Dollar mans bodyguard.
