Jerry Martinez50 said:Look, sorry, but you can definitely argue it's "good, bad, or evil." Honestly, looking at this lineup, I’d put it right up there in my top five all-time.
I watched it when I was just some moody kid and honestly, most of it's still a bit of a blur, but man, it's worth a rewatch. I've seen plenty of other classics too, and I think those actually stuck with me way better.
Schindler’s List and The Shawshank Redemption are the only ones that matter. Everything else on this list doesn't even come close to breaking into the top 50, let alone the top 10.
Man, you really jogged my memory there. I know I’ve got it tucked away somewhere on an old Betamax tape or maybe one of those dusty DVDs from back in 2000, but it’s definitely not quite the same thing. Still, it’s easily one of my all-time favorites ☕
People keep whining about the price tag, but honestly, what else is it gonna cost? Like, what, does all that damn singing and dancing just happen for free?
I mean, look, it’s about tradition, right? It’s that drive, that shot at glory. If we can't pull something like this off, I honestly don't know what we're doing here. I mean, we have a massive pool of talent to draw from—it's not like we're lacking. We should have completely overhauled the whole thing, modernized the entire concept, just to give our younger artists a real window into the rest of the world.
Why aren't we just running the whole show ourselves? It would be cheaper and way more efficient. It's on us to figure out a better way to do it.
It’s not a total disaster, look—it definitely has its flaws and some parts kind of drag, but honestly? It’s still worth your time if you give it a shot.☕
Man, what does this even look like? It’s a total train wreck, honestly, just like Mickey Rourke's career—maybe even worse if we're being real. But look, putting that aside, the movie itself is actually pretty watchable, mostly because you've got an old pro like Walter Hill behind the camera. WH went with a solid, tried-and-true concept instead of trying to reinvent the wheel, and honestly, that was the smartest move for a guy like Stallone. I mean, don't get me wrong, we still had to sit through Stallone’s typical cheesy poses and that "tough guy" posturing he does—he just had to leave his mark, right? ☕ That's really my only gripe. His acting feels a bit watered down, but everything else? Pretty standard, professional stuff.
The action is raw, though. No cheap CGI crap, just good old-school effects and explosions, which is something you barely see anymore. It gets a little over-the-top for my taste, a bit too much "look at me," but whatever, it's a high-octane flick and I can roll with that. And Mammohet is a killer choice for the villain.
Exactly. I mean, what was the point? You’re supposed to send this thing here and that thing there, just jumping through hoops for nothing. Total waste of time. Just weird. Seriously. I can't even wrap my head around how things get this bizarre. It’s like when you’re driving down a backroad in middle America and suddenly you realize the GPS is just feeding you nonsense—you're just spinning your wheels, staring at a screen that makes zero sense, wondering where the hell you actually are. That's the vibe here. Just total, unadulterated weirdness. No logic, no flow, just... weird. Some absolute joke that’s supposed to "rock the boat." Maybe we should just show them who's actually cutting-edge and avant-garde, you know? Just to give those big shots over in Europe a little reality check. ☕
At the end of the day, it’s all about the payoff. Look, as an action junkie, watching White House Down left me feeling like a total idiot, but as a massive fan of sci-fi horror? Man, after Prometheus, I felt like I was sitting on top of the world.
So then what kind of heavy-handed, blood-soaked seriousness were they even looking for in Prometheus? Like, seriously? It’s a sci-fi fantasy monster horror flick.
That’s exactly what I was thinking—we were all itching to get into that European club just to grab those funds, but the second things get even slightly difficult, we completely fold.
You guys kept screaming for order and rule of law, right? Well, now you've got it, so why don't you try actually following them for once? ☕
But I guess some people thought this whole thing was just some casual hangout where they could bicker and screw each other over whenever they felt like it. 😂
Just another embarrassment in a long line of them, honestly. What else is new? ☕
And now we're the ones acting like judge and jury against them... :/
It’s only after L.A. Confidential—which hit theaters in '97, the exact same year Heaven's Burning dropped—that we really see that massive breakthrough into the American market, just like I was saying before.
Anyway, I’ve always got a soft spot for those Aussies, and guys like Mel Gibson and Russell Crowe too.
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