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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2021 17:28:31 GMT
I just watched Superman III yesterday. I have no idea why this film is critically panned and hated by fans. Richard Pryor is hilarious in it and I love the evil Superman subplot. Robert Vaughan is like a James Bond villain and I dig Pamela Stephenson as a smart chick playing dumb. The Smallville scenes are lovely; I particularly like Clark's romance with Lana and I find their relationship to be more natural and interesting compared to the stuff with Lois Lane in the first two. The special effects are good for the time and there's a lot of decent humour that I appreciated. Really solid sequel in general. The junkyard battle is one of the best scenes in a superhero movie.
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Post by iank on Feb 25, 2021 21:44:15 GMT
I really need to watch some more films, my attention span's been f*cked lately, half-hour stuff and music vids is the most I can manage most nights of late...
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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2021 15:35:22 GMT
I really need to watch some more films, my attention span's been f*cked lately, half-hour stuff and music vids is the most I can manage most nights of late... That was the same with me a month or so ago. I still can't watch a film that's longer than 2 hours in one sitting. Usually I settle down with something I can manage like an 85-90 minute movie. A few months ago I could only watch single Doctor Who episodes and MTV style directed films like Rocky IV because of my attention span. I'm a bit better now, but I still feel comfortable watching films that are 90 minutes or less. |
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Post by iank on Feb 27, 2021 21:05:54 GMT
It might just be because of having to be on the computer most of the day for work. Sat morning I had no trouble getting into Kahn!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2021 13:44:16 GMT
Watched 'A Bridge Too Far' yesterday and was eagle-eyed enough to spot Keith Drinkel from 'Time-Flight'.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2021 23:25:28 GMT
Watched a bit of The Cable Guy yesterday. Always a good laugh.
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Post by burrunjor on Mar 8, 2021 23:32:26 GMT
I just watched Superman III yesterday. I have no idea why this film is critically panned and hated by fans. Richard Pryor is hilarious in it and I love the evil Superman subplot. Robert Vaughan is like a James Bond villain and I dig Pamela Stephenson as a smart chick playing dumb. The Smallville scenes are lovely; I particularly like Clark's romance with Lana and I find their relationship to be more natural and interesting compared to the stuff with Lois Lane in the first two. The special effects are good for the time and there's a lot of decent humour that I appreciated. Really solid sequel in general. The junkyard battle is one of the best scenes in a superhero movie. I think it's disliked because it didn't feature any of Superman's iconic villains. It's like the 70s Spider-Man show. Supes has one of the best rogues galleries of any hero. I'd rank him 4th after The Doctor (1) Batman (2) and Spider-Man (3). The fact that so few of them have been used in the films has always pissed off a lot of fans. Here is one of his enemies, Darkseid who has NEVER been in the films but would have made an awesome enemy for Superman. You can see how with a villain that badass it's a shame to leave him on the side. That said the fight between the evil Superman and Clark Kent is one of Christopher Reeve's best performances. It's a stunning sequence. Reeve is still the best Superman for me. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2021 13:16:09 GMT
I just watched Superman III yesterday. I have no idea why this film is critically panned and hated by fans. Richard Pryor is hilarious in it and I love the evil Superman subplot. Robert Vaughan is like a James Bond villain and I dig Pamela Stephenson as a smart chick playing dumb. The Smallville scenes are lovely; I particularly like Clark's romance with Lana and I find their relationship to be more natural and interesting compared to the stuff with Lois Lane in the first two. The special effects are good for the time and there's a lot of decent humour that I appreciated. Really solid sequel in general. The junkyard battle is one of the best scenes in a superhero movie. I think it's disliked because it didn't feature any of Superman's iconic villains. That said the fight between the evil Superman and Clark Kent is one of Christopher Reeve's best performances. It's a stunning sequence. Reeve is still the best Superman for me. I thought Webster and co were decent myself, but I can understand that criticism all the same. Yeah, the junkyard scene is epic. It's actually brilliant on a technical level because you've essentially got the same person playing two people in the same scene. Lots of nice camera trickery and effects make it work. I know it doesn't have the famous Superman villains, but I do like the return to Smallville and the appearance of Lana Lang (who I believe is big in some of the comics) and Brad Wilson. There's a lot of good stuff in Superman III than tends to get overlooked. I think it's a better film than the theatrical version of Superman II which is still entertaining but very messy because the footage is from two directors with contrasting styles. You should check out the Richard Donner cut of Superman II if you want to see a better version of that film. As for Superman III, I actually like the fact that Lois is not featured in the main storyline. Her story was pretty much down at the end of the second movie so I have no problem with her being left out here. Even her role in Superman IV isn't that big because of the Lacy Warfield character. Lana Lang is a more interesting character than Lois and I find it cute that she likes Clark instead of Superman. Reeve is easily the best Superman and gives his best performance in III I think. Brandon Routh I thought did a good job in Superman Returns as well. I'm glad to see he's made a comeback in a TV series. These newer Superman movies are too bleak in my opinion. I don't like the washed out cinematography or the realistic nature of the films. The only superhero movies I enjoy are the original five Superman movies (including the underrated Returns), the four original Batman movies, The Shadow and the first Spider-Man movie with Tobey. I have a love/hate relationship with Supergirl. Sometimes I really like, other times I don't. At least it's better than the television series though. |
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Post by burrunjor on Mar 10, 2021 10:31:12 GMT
I think it's disliked because it didn't feature any of Superman's iconic villains. That said the fight between the evil Superman and Clark Kent is one of Christopher Reeve's best performances. It's a stunning sequence. Reeve is still the best Superman for me. I thought Webster and co were decent myself, but I can understand that criticism all the same. Yeah, the junkyard scene is epic. It's actually brilliant on a technical level because you've essentially got the same person playing two people in the same scene. Lots of nice camera trickery and effects make it work. I know it doesn't have the famous Superman villains, but I do like the return to Smallville and the appearance of Lana Lang (who I believe is big in some of the comics) and Brad Wilson. There's a lot of good stuff in Superman III than tends to get overlooked. I think it's a better film than the theatrical version of Superman II which is still entertaining but very messy because the footage is from two directors with contrasting styles. You should check out the Richard Donner cut of Superman II if you want to see a better version of that film. As for Superman III, I actually like the fact that Lois is not featured in the main storyline. Her story was pretty much down at the end of the second movie so I have no problem with her being left out here. Even her role in Superman IV isn't that big because of the Lacy Warfield character. Lana Lang is a more interesting character than Lois and I find it cute that she likes Clark instead of Superman. Reeve is easily the best Superman and gives his best performance in III I think. Brandon Routh I thought did a good job in Superman Returns as well. I'm glad to see he's made a comeback in a TV series. These newer Superman movies are too bleak in my opinion. I don't like the washed out cinematography or the realistic nature of the films. The only superhero movies I enjoy are the original five Superman movies (including the underrated Returns), the four original Batman movies, The Shadow and the first Spider-Man movie with Tobey. I have a love/hate relationship with Supergirl. Sometimes I really like, other times I don't. At least it's better than the television series though. Have you ever seen Smallville? You might like that if you prefer Lana. Be warned though one of the actresses in Smallville later became part of a deranged sex cult. If you can separate the art from the artist then that's fine, but just a heads up if you start to crush on her LOL. The best version of Superman meanwhile is still the animated version in the DCAU. That'll give you the best idea of what Superman is all about imo. The DCAU Batman is also the best, but to be honest there have been so many good versions of the caped crusader. The Adam West series is absolutely f*cking hysterical. I'm in the middle of a rewatch right now and it's got to be one of the best comedy series of all time. Everything about Adam West's Batman is ridiculous. I liked the Burton movies, though sadly Batman and Robin was crap as it didn't know what it wanted to be. It tried to be a comedy like West, but it was a sequel to much darker films so it didn't really mesh. The Nolan movies are brilliant, but perhaps a little too gritty for some. The DCEU Batman movies are average at best, though Justice League was quite poor. Finally Gotham I'd strongly recommend. It's campy as hell, and sometimes the writing gets a bit lazy, but it's brilliant nonetheless. It has the best version fo the Penguin and one of the best versions of the Joker. I think that Sam Raimi's first Spider-Man movie is the best live action Spider-Man film. Willem Defoe was excellent as the Green Goblin. The best version of the wall crawler for me though is the 90s animated series. With all its faults and shit LOL, it's still intensely enjoyable. I also think it's a little underrated as so many later versions of Spider-Man took from it, and even other genre series. The Batman Who Laughs is a total rip off of Spider-Carnage, whilst as I pointed out on ArcHive, RTD completely stole the reality bomb from this show. It also did the best versions of Venom and Carnage who are my favourite villains from Spider-Man. |
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Post by Brian MK.II on Mar 13, 2021 18:32:07 GMT
Tomorrow Never Dies: Solid enough Bond adventure and an enjoyable time killer yet a bit bland compared to Brosnan's debut film and more of an greatest hits than anything. Brosnan's good here and still has his initial shine before becoming Moore lite in his next two, Michelle Yeoh is good and Jonathan Pryce although a bit on the camp side is entertaining even though I'd say he's the weakest villain of the era despite being in a better film. David Arnold's score is admittedly fresh and an nice return to normal after Eric Serra's experimental music (although I'm in the minority that liked his contribution) although he'll end up recycling all of it. Middle of the road is the best way to describe the film, nothing fancy and a bit bland in comparison to others but an fun popcorn film in general. 6/10
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Post by iank on Mar 14, 2021 20:53:58 GMT
Obsession. A wealthy and successful man loses both his wife and daughter in a kidnapping gone tragically wrong. 20 years later he's in Rome on business when he encounters a young woman who is the spitting image of his late wife. Becoming obsessed with her, he begins to court her and after a whirlwind romance whisks her off to the US with the intention of marrying her... only for her to disappear, with a ransom note left behind... This mid 70s thriller is an early effort from famed director Brian De Palma and is a pretty solid piece. It gets off to a strong start, though the mid-section does meander a little and threaten to make you go "Is there a point to this?" before a killer reveal and climax. The back of the Blu ray states the film has "an evil twist" and they're not kidding. The moment he turned up, I knew John Lithgow - as the lead's "best friend" and business partner, was guilty of something - I mean, it's John Lithgow, and in a De Palma movie - but what he does to the two people in this film is one of the most coldbloodedly evil and twisted things I've ever seen. The strength of that twist and climax just about make up for that meandering midsection and make this an enjoyable film.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2021 22:48:16 GMT
Thunderball (1965)
A great Bond film this. Exotic locations, gorgeous redheads and brunettes, cool gadgets, Connery on the top of his game, SPECTRE and amazing underwater photography. There's so much to admire here and I certainly prefer it to Goldfinger.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2021 11:35:51 GMT
The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
Had a lot of fun with this. For a few years it was my least favourite Moore film, but after my recent rewatch it's climbed all the way to third behind Moonraker and Octopussy. I'm not sure MWTGG is a great film as there are a lot of flaws, but there are some good things in it too. The car stunt is terrific, the Bond girls are hot, Christopher Lee and Roger Moore give good performances, the martial arts action is impressive and the humour hits home. The film even brings back the best thing about Live and Let Die: Sheriff JW Pepper. He's funny as hell in this one. Not as good as Moore's best films, but solid entertainment and better than Spy, FYEO and A View to a Kill.
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Post by iank on Mar 20, 2021 21:10:55 GMT
Er, no.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2021 10:32:47 GMT
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