All right, so perhaps some people actually DO like Michael Mann and DePalma, or at least there old stuff. It's just a case of "What have you done for me lately" I guess. My current picks and films...
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All right, so perhaps some people actually DO like Michael Mann and DePalma, or at least there old stuff. It's just a case of "What have you done for me lately" I guess. My current picks and films...
Now those trailer taglines are running through my head and I can't remember where the tagline "Be afraid. Be very afraid." came from!! Help me out, here guys...gals...Aliens? What?! Arrrrghh!!
Ha ha! I love your response! I've often maintained that if they can't dredge anything out of the movie to make a decent trailer, there's something really icky with the movie. However there are many...
Call me crazy, but I find it next to impossible to equate the likes of Pluto Nash and I Spy to Dreamcatcher. Without having seen either of those ghastly looking turkeys, I can safely bet that at...
...and by that I mean John Carpenter, a guy who can REALLY scare the bejesus out of you! The Thing looks like it is always going to be my fave horror / sci fi film at this point. No one seems to...
All I can say about Dreamcatcher is as far as horror / sci fi flicks go, this one is seriously underrated. The actors act plausably (most of the time--there are a few weak bits at the end) and there...
Boy, it's been ages since I liked a horror sci fi film it seems and man, Dreamcatcher is pretty damned good! I think it really gets a huge help from some good direction by Kasdan and really great...
Seems I'm always saying this, but boy, does this film qualify: I personally go to see films that entertain/provoke/stimulate me, it's what a movie is supposed to do! When I saw M.D., I walked out of...
No question those three totally rate. You gotta take chances and risk freaking the audience out / alienating them in order to make really cool, groundbreaking films, and I'd have to say ALL of these...
...the thing I didn't like was the fact that the monster in the original thing isn't like the "Who goes there?" story at all, it's just a frankenstein monster, or as J.C. likes to call them "a guy in...
Before I make the mistake I did with Alien, I'm going to watch the DVD so I can have a fresh copy embossed on my brain before I launch into it!!
Oh, man, Johan, you HAVE to see it, it really is worth a look. So few "Sci Fi" and "Monster" and "Horror" movies come up with anything new, and this one paved the way for Alien vs. human movies that...
"Gracious reserve", "Diplomatic excellence" !! Ha ha ha! Thank you for the nice words, I don't think I've heard those in regard to anything I've said, ever! It certainly wasn't my intention to...
Your hindsight point is well taken, and I think I did mention that it wasn't until now that the weak spots have begun to show, which is a serious credit to a film as old as Alien is. However, I...
All right, due to your prompting, I dutifully watched Alien for the gazillionth time and came up with some interesting new insights on it after not having seen it for years. I found a few major flaws...
Okay, I'll certainly concede that Alien DOES hold up to the criteria I'm setting down to judge other movies than The Thing, which we've seen I'm disgustingly biased about.
Everything you said is...
Well, I have to give you the King's son thing, that's for sure. I didn't care at all about the King's son getting killed he was such a nothing character!
As for the the size of the army and so...
My fave movie in the whole world is "The Thing" by John Carpenter. After having seen this movie, I kind of set up a system to see if any other movie of it's ilk could take it on. Although there are...
Ah, wonderful that "Thief" made the top ten for you. I was blown away by that film when I first saw it and I still think that it's top rate!
Having just come from seeing the Two Towers, I have to say it's really heartening to have some really great film making going on regardless of who is doing it, where, or why. I think even people who...
Boy, you have inadvertantly hit on something that drives me insane. Namely, the remaking of great overseas films by Hollywood. You totally nailed it with Insomnia and The Vanishing, but it seems...
ha ha ha!! Oh man, what is "Exotica Drunk"??!! Is that like the chorus to "Happy" by that German Pop singer, Sita? That delirious-and-on-acid thing? I suspect they may have cloned Gwen Stephanie...
"While Depalma may be a stellar director, there are plenty of directors that can build suspense as good as he, and even better. M. Night Shymalahan, David Fincher, and Bryan Singer to name a few....
I think the new logo looks kind of drunk...
Just a warning shot across the bow for anyone intending to see the new "Wes Craven Presents" movie, "THEY". Blech, did this movie bite. It's actually kind of amazing how little happened in the 90...