I've recently watched some old films including Charile Chaplin's The Tramp. They're actually pretty good for their time.
I know you didn't quite mean it like that, but the phrasing suggests film--making gets better over time, leading to Michael Bay being better than Goddard or Bunuel
Just finished the Suspiria remake. It is a very different film to the 1977 version and while this is probably blasphemous to say, I think I liked it better than the origina;. It isn't a great movie, but it is alright. Dakota Johnson writhing around in states of undress and a few truly bonkers sequences somehow made this movie go by pretty fast despite being ludicrously long. I have watched 90-minute movies that have felt a hundred times longer than this two-and-a-half-hour behemoth.
Just because people have randomly brought up Thor Love & Thunder in the last few posts I am just gonna point out it is meant to feel over acted and silly because unlike the first few Thor films Waititi made his films be narrated so the film is seen through the eyes of Thor in Raganarok and Korg in Love & Thunder and told with their quirks. Not that I’m defending it, merely explaining it. I was rather disappointed with how badly it adapted some of Jason Aaron’s awesome Thor run from the comics in the movie and so really cool ideas where half baked in the movie.
@Eagly I remember thinking the girl Ghostbusters movie wasn’t as bad as everyone was saying but I still wasn’t overly keen on. However I did come away thinking Kate McKinnon was fudging awesome to the point even if the movie looks terrible like The Spy Who Dumped Me I would give it a chance because of her involvement.
I will say though, Ghostbusters 2016 has some really nice CGI. Have you seen Afterlife yet though? I haven't but I'm interested in hearing your opinion.
@jump I mean that kinda makes sense but I mean it's just such a bad idea to have a comical character to narrate a story, as much as I love Korg, and also I don't think it should be an excuse on why it's so incredibly mediocre.
@HotGoomba Thing is all of the Marvel films are like that already, they are filled with too many jokes specifically to undermine/distract from the events happening in the film. It's a way to tone down the action to make it more palatable for mass consumption otherwise you are watching films about people with trauma going out into the world to resolve conflicts with violence.
People seem to like that approach so who am I to complain and it's the ultimate form of blockbuster which was based on Steve Spielberg's template, the much celebrated man who produced the Transformers films.
Like I just read a plot summary for a fantasy film coming out and it said it was going to "recapture the lo-fi 80s fantasy and yadda yadda". That is honestly the biggest mistake you can make if you want to make a movie similar to something, if I want to watch 80s fantasy I'm going to watch 80s fantasy not a cheap movie that claims to be 80s fantasy with british celebrity voice actors they got for $5 (the film is live action just the animals are voiced).
Like I just read a plot summary for a fantasy film coming out and it said it was going to "recapture the lo-fi 80s fantasy and yadda yadda". That is honestly the biggest mistake you can make if you want to make a movie similar to something, if I want to watch 80s fantasy I'm going to watch 80s fantasy not a cheap movie that claims to be 80s fantasy with british celebrity voice actors they got for $5 (the film is live action just the animals are voiced).
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Well Strangers Things say different, it rips off the 80s and very few of the viewers would want to watch the 80s movies it rips off.
@jump I'm sure I've seen him lumbering along, but that was maybe Jason Vorhees.
I can't find your post on The Woman King, but you did say it was good? I'll keep an eye out for that.
@Pizzamorg - I seem to have a blind spot for gaillo stuff as well, need to remedy that! I've definitely seen Profundo Rosso and the Bird With the Crystal Plumage, but it would be from a time of watching stuff like that when hammered with mates, so god knows what happens in them!
@Rambler Yeah The Woman King is excellent popcorn entertainment. It's main selling point is the cast of women warriors are all likable and very well acted, you're drawn into rooting and caring for them from the way they support each other plus the productions are cool so it feels like a genuine place. The action is good but a tad too clean, it could with more blood and violence to sell the graphic nature of things but hey ho. Just don't take it seriously for its historical accuracy, it's very Hollywood messy rewriting of history but if you're looking for a film about badass women warriors fighting rapists and slavers then it's a jolly good time. Plus Viola Davis is now an action star.
It's between The Northman and The Woman King as my favourite action movie this year so far, The Woman King was better at making me cheer along with the action but The Northman has a lot of batshiz crazy weirdness mixing up with a brutal nihilist tone which I'd loved.
Just watched Ti West's X and Pearl. I know some people don't agree with this, but I thought the first half of X was so boring, but the payoff was so strong, it about made the film worth it. I thought Pearl, however, was just straight boring. I really don't recommend either in a general sense, but if you are a big Slasher fan, I'd maybe say the second half of X makes wading through the first half worth it. Maybe. Plus, you might end up one of the people who say the first half of X is the best part. And if you do feel that way, you might actually like Pearl for all the reasons I didn't.
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