So, look, Stover’s got this killer Morricone's score going on—this dark, driving melody that just cranks up the film's energy like something straight out of Carpenter's toolkit, maybe even better... But then you've got ET featuring a tiny little Drew Barrymore, which is honestly just devastatingly cute (I mean, if we're talking about things that are aggressively adorable, little Drew is right up there with a litter of tiger kittens from Purina)
a) Los Angeles in 2019, directed by Ridley Scott; b) New York City back in '97, featuring John Carpenter; c) somewhere on the way to Japan at Yubaba's spirit resort from Hayao Miyazaki.
I've got a feeling you could easily get lost in the crowd of weirdos at all three of these spots...
I know it’s right from the first shot, but whenever I think about him in Only One Kiss, man... ahhhhhh! And then that little monologue in the restroom in Wounds, I am totally a "Sucker for The man" – Al Pacino.
I really can't trim this down any further without losing the essence, so I'll just stick my favorites in parentheses...
unnamed US director (unnamed US film); unnamed US person (Don't Turn Around, Son, Just People); unnamed US director (I Have Two Moms and Two Dads, unnamed US film); unnamed US director (unnamed US character, unnamed US film, unnamed US event); unnamed US director (unnamed US film); unnamed US character (unnamed US town, unnamed US film); unnamed US director (Rondo); unnamed US director (unnamed US film, unnamed US play "Hamlet" in unnamed US location, unnamed US film); unnamed US politician (unnamed US film, unnamed US film, unnamed US film); unnamed US director (unnamed US film); unnamed US director (Who's Singing Over There, unnamed US character, unnamed US film); unnamed US director (unnamed US film, unnamed US disease, Josip Broz Tito and I); Francis Ford Coppola (unnamed US film, unnamed US organization); unnamed US actress – gotta have at least one female director on here; unnamed US director (unnamed US film); unnamed US director (unnamed US film).
This movie belongs on the mandatory reading list for those "wannabe" cinephiles (no offense intended, just a little jab)... I’d recommend it to anyone with a strong stomach, but if you don't have the heart or the gut for ninety minutes of a nauseating tale about a literal human-sink butcher from France, maybe it's smarter to just skip it.
It’s kind of like reading Kosinski. You start diving in and eventually, your stomach is going to turn... occasionally. Some people will push through and read everything he ever put on paper, while others bail after the first wave of nausea. Honestly, either way is fine. I'm not trying to be all philosophical or anything, just rambling because I want anyone thinking about watching this to know exactly what they're signing up for...
If you've got a thick skin and a brave heart—go for it.
Jose Chase2: What a ridiculous way to start a thread LOL
I just realized this thread was started over here too. I’ve already gone on a bit of a rant praising it over on the movie forum. Guess I'm just getting old...
Look, the movie already aired on NPR, so if you saw it, you saw it, and if you didn't, you didn't. Some people absolutely loved it, others hated it. And honestly? That's fine.
But I really have to talk about one specific scene... it's been stuck in my head since yesterday.
...So, José María and Angel have already got Professor Cavan tied up, Susan is lying there unconscious, practically dead, the pentagram is drawn... but damn it, they're missing the virgin blood... so Angel Berriartúa sets off to find some, while José María steps out of the apartment for a second. Susan wakes up and tries to free Cavan, but of course, José María comes right back... and then the cat-and-mouse game begins... the pacing picks up, the climax hits... Susan finally makes it to the exit, throws the doors open, and who's standing there? Angel, looking all gaunt in his robe and cap, acting like some gritty action hero, just throwing punches left and right!!!
Arnie (well, a caricature of him), now that is what I call charisma!