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Neil W

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Breathe - inspiring story of wheelchair/ventilator pioneer. Andrew Garfield is great, Andy Serkis directs. Recommended.
A Bad Moms Christmas - Moms' moms and Christmas in retread of previous film. Very lowest common denominator, but it had the women in the cinema laughing throughout (me too).
Jigsaw - Jigsaw returns in the mixture much as before - elaborate gory deaths. Tolerable plot, though - keeps you guessing.
 

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Emperor of the North (1973...I think). Ernest Borgnine and Lee Marvin fighting atop a moving train with ax and chain and wood. Robert Aldrich directs another pair of mean old bastards beating hell outta each other. Hobo jungles and a young Sid Haig. This flick kicked butt. Kinda movie I dig, and which they just don't make anymore.
 

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Duel

I havn`t seen this Movie for more than 15 Years

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Thanks. I assumed he'd also directed the 'New Beginning' one. I didn't realize it was done for television. I actually liked it a lot. Perkin's performance was very touching. Probably the more-so for me because I didn't see it until he'd passed.


No, I doubt Hitch ever mentioned the idea of sequels. They weren't really done during his heyday. Well, only B movies usually, or series pictures like The Thin Man. And Hitch, from what I've read needed to continually do something fresh to keep his interest. But I'll amend what I said. If Robert Bloch had written a 'slam bang' almost too good to be true sequel to Psycho, I could see Alfred doing it. The man loved having a hit.

The actress in 3, Diane Scarwid (SP?), became a big deal just before 3 was released for something else she had done. For a few years people were clamoring for her, then I don't know what happened. I didn't bother with Bates Motel. For me, when Tony Perkins died he took Norman with him. Did you see the TV thing with Bud Cort? It wasn't bad. And I read that Perkins liked it.

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I saw the tv-movie, but don't remember too much apart from that the motel/house was now in the middle of a big city. Would have to see it again.

Listened to the Tom Holland commentary on Psycho 2 and unlike the other crew he says the house was built again specially for it. That's what you often see with films from long ago: either people don't remember things well or they remember it differently.
The track doesn't offer a lot of new insights, but is still a nice listen. There doesn't seem to be much deep thinking behind the screenplay: the reason mrs. Spool is the killer was only because they had pretty much offed everyone else and it couldn't be Norman, because they wanted to keep the irony that Norman was innocent this time (until the very end of course, when he kills and the cycle begins again).
I always love that shot of mrs. Spool turning up outside the house before the last scene though.

Holland says that the more violent nature of the killings was very much a response to the slasher boom.
And there seems to have been a falling out between Anthony Perkins and Meg Tilly - more because of him than her. It seems he didn't like that she had no real idea who he was or how famous he was. He even wanted her replaced at a certain point. Though in the film you can't tell at all, they match perfectly. The one other choice that came closest to getting the female lead was Meg Ryan (Carrie Fisher auditioned for it too). They were mostly looking for someone looking innocent enough so you wouldn't suspect she was behind a plot to drive Norman insane again.
I aways found Meg the most interesting and attractive one of the Tilly sisters. Too bad she disappeared so soon from Hollywood.
 

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Thor: Ragnarok. You’re damn right. Quite the rousing, cosmic visionary diversion. It ain’t La Strada. Just buy yer popcorn and sit the hell down. Thor and the big green guy laying waste to undead hordes while Zepplin’s Immigrant Song screams from the speakers? Yes, please.

Nice to see Hulk finally getting some decent dialogue, too.
 
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Thor: Ragnarok. You’re damn right. Quite the rousing, cosmic visionary diversion. It ain’t La Strada. Just buy yer popcorn and sit the hell down. Thor and the big green guy laying waste to undead hordes while Zepplin’s Immigrant Song screams from the speakers? Yes, please.

Nice to see Hulk finally getting some decent dialogue, too.
Do I need to see the other Thor films to understand/enjoy? This may sound like a dumb question but I went to see the Avenger movies knowing next to nothing about that character and that universe.
 

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Do I need to see the other Thor films to understand/enjoy? This may sound like a dumb question but I went to see the Avenger movies knowing next to nothing about that character and that universe.

You’ll be totally lost, Doc.

But nah, you’ll be ok. How much back story do ya need? Big, superhuman demigod with enchanted hammer...Thor. Guy gets mad and turns big and green...Hulk. Ancient man with grey toupee and sunglasses...Stan Lee.
 

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It stands alone pretty well. Even the bits which are lifted from comics (the "Planet Hulk" storyline) are standalone within the movie and not tied to anything else. It's worth being aware that, before the story starts, Loki (Thor's adopted brother and God of Mischief) has deposed Odin and is ruling Asgard disguised as Odin. Apart from that, make the popcorn a big one.
 

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It stands alone pretty well. Even the bits which are lifted from comics (the "Planet Hulk" storyline) are standalone within the movie and not tied to anything else. It's worth being aware that, before the story starts, Loki (Thor's adopted brother and God of Mischief) has deposed Odin and is ruling Asgard disguised as Odin. Apart from that, make the popcorn a big one.

Aye, a rudimentary knowledge of Norse mythology is all one really needs to get these characters. And hey, who doesn't love Anthony Hopkins as Odin?
 

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2005 Canadian movie set in Nova Scotia - I enjoyed it quite a bit

After years of being home schooled by hippie parents, Emerson is enrolled at his local high school. The intelligent and androgynous youth confounds his classmates and captures the attention of his English teacher. The teacher-student relationship leads to problems for everyone involved.