Jurassic World. There are some films that are art and some that are merely popcorn entertainment. JW is the latter.
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Things really didn't get moving until towards the end, and then the movie was over and I realized I just spent two hours watching a "continuation-chapter" to the next film where the real story will begin! I think this is why it was savaged by audiences and critics. I mean, I love where the story is leading, but...you took my money for that?
Jurrassic Park is the only genuinely good film in the series, in my opinion. Great special/practical effects, and it's pretty good in terms of book adaptations even though stuff had to be toned down due to the very violent nature of some of the novel's death scenes
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We watched Dead Zone last night (some of the oldies channels are on free preview until January 5th) - I deleted it afterward but only because I am running out of room on my DVR.Watched my dvd of Silver Bullet last night. Hadn't seen it in probably 25 years and I had forgotten some of what happens. Not a great movie but not a horrible one either. Gary Busey is, well, Gary Busey!!
I rewatched Jurassic World recently, but it held up great. Probably the best after the first. Pratt and Howard have good chemistry going and you get a good feel of the layout of the park through many overview shots. Also great ideas like actually training Raptors and the gyrospheres that let people explore the park and which looked really cool.
Of course it takes a while before things get really going, that was in the first too and it's essentially the structure of a disaster movie - first some small things are amiss and then it gets more and more out of control. But it had a good build-up and it held your attention through the actors, and there is plenty of action overall.
I think the first will always be seen as the best, because you can never have that first sense of awe again seeing the dinosaurs come to life for the first time - but that's the problem every sequel stuggles with: the actual element of surprise and something really new and different is gone, so it has to find other ways to make up for that.
Of course it takes a while before things get really going, that was in the first too and it's essentially the structure of a disaster movie - first some small things are amiss and then it gets more and more out of control. But it had a good build-up and it held your attention through the actors, and there is plenty of action overall.
I think the first will always be seen as the best, because you can never have that first sense of awe again seeing the dinosaurs come to life for the first time - but that's the problem every sequel stuggles with: the actual element of surprise and something really new and different is gone, so it has to find other ways to make up for that.
I remember way back when I saw the very first Jurassic Park movie and leaving the theater on a bright sunny summer day and looking around over tree tops to make sure there weren't any dinosaurs heading my way. That first time was the best!!
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45 Years
I have watched this movie about 5 times. Something about it just draws me back to watch the performances again.
This style is not for everyone. It is a very slow, quiet movie with so much to say underneath.
Charlotte Rampling is absolutely fantastic and her expressive eyes and face just say so much.
I have watched this movie about 5 times. Something about it just draws me back to watch the performances again.
This style is not for everyone. It is a very slow, quiet movie with so much to say underneath.
Charlotte Rampling is absolutely fantastic and her expressive eyes and face just say so much.
Summer of 84 (2018) (my first Kanopy movie)
This is good and there is a jarring change of tone in this movie (and I think the change of tone works very well for this movie). I won't say much except it's about some teenagers that think their neighbor is a serial killer and they try to find clues to prove it.
This is good and there is a jarring change of tone in this movie (and I think the change of tone works very well for this movie). I won't say much except it's about some teenagers that think their neighbor is a serial killer and they try to find clues to prove it.
The Ritual - Friends go hiking in a Scandinavian forest. There's an accident. Bad things ensue.
Calibre - Friends go hunting in the Scottish highlands. There's an accident. Bad things ensue.
Two pretty decent offerings from Netflix, but my preference leans towards the former because of the supernatural element. I wish a little more $$$ had been spent by producers so we could have seen The Ritual in cinemas.
Unbreakable - watched this again in preparation for the upcoming conclusion to the trilogy, Glass. This is my favourite Sam Jackson performance, before he got lazy and started slumming. An amazing film that resonates even more with today's proliferation of comic-book pop-culture.
Village of the Damned - I've been trying to catch up on the John Carpenter films I've missed out on, although I did see this in cinema back in the day. Man, Carpenter wasn't even trying here, was he? This is probably his most laid-back offering. It's still a very engaging film, but I feel that so much more could have been done with the remake. Also, I felt an overwhelming sadness at seeing my Superman on screen again. RIP Christoper Reeve. Like Jim Henson, my generation misses you still.
Calibre - Friends go hunting in the Scottish highlands. There's an accident. Bad things ensue.
Two pretty decent offerings from Netflix, but my preference leans towards the former because of the supernatural element. I wish a little more $$$ had been spent by producers so we could have seen The Ritual in cinemas.
Unbreakable - watched this again in preparation for the upcoming conclusion to the trilogy, Glass. This is my favourite Sam Jackson performance, before he got lazy and started slumming. An amazing film that resonates even more with today's proliferation of comic-book pop-culture.
Village of the Damned - I've been trying to catch up on the John Carpenter films I've missed out on, although I did see this in cinema back in the day. Man, Carpenter wasn't even trying here, was he? This is probably his most laid-back offering. It's still a very engaging film, but I feel that so much more could have been done with the remake. Also, I felt an overwhelming sadness at seeing my Superman on screen again. RIP Christoper Reeve. Like Jim Henson, my generation misses you still.
There seems to be an on-the-rise demand for movies and tv to be set in the 80’s. I think most of it’s all in an effort to capitalize off the success of that show about things that are stranger than an aforementioned thing, but what do I know?
Also cause the songs are better. Can you really take a horror film seriously if it features Cardi B on the soundtrack? Nope.
Watched 'Why Him?' starring James Franco and Bryan Cranston (aka Walter White). I enjoyed this movie. Had me laughing a few times and chuckling a lot.
Not 80’s, but speaking of music decades in general. I’d like to see a slasher take place at Woodstock ‘69. It’d be great.
I saw it too when it came out and while overall I thought the dinosaurs looked real and believable enough, I never liked even then that first scene that shows one:
It is too fake looking. I wonder why they chose that as the first scene to show them. The problem is that the dinosaur seems to lack a certain sharpness, it seems softer in focus than the rest. And the actors are so obviously standing in front of it just from one side, that it's so clear it's not really there. It's the very first, famous big CGI shot, I suppose, but it already shows all the problems people always complain about saying CGI looks unreal. It has gotten much better since then of course, but I wasn't really convinced even then. What sold the film in the end, is that there was also a lot of use of practical effects.
I wonder what even his point was in remaking it. He called it a 'ballad' (as opposed to a 'rock song'), and indeed it is completely bland and offers nothing interesting that's new to the story. My least favourite Carpenter, I even pick Ghosts of Mars over it. It seems the only main difference is that it's now in colour, but beyond that what was the point?
I haven't seen it in a long time though. It's never on tv and there isn't a good blu-ray of it here. Shout Factory is the best in terms of extras, but that's region locked to A.
I always find it such a waste to buy a vanilla disc in my region, if there is one with extras in another region.
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If I remember correctly I think Quentin Tarantino wrote the screenplay for that one. I haven't seen that one in years and it was good.