Posts by goldenhound32

4. Jet Li - Lethal Weapon 4

Haha, I’ve only watched one movie from this lot, so I think I'll pass on this question 🙂

1. Demolition Man
2. 6

Christian Taylor3 said:Let's be real here, we aren't going to pretend otherwise—the script for The Social Network has been out for ages, and honestly, it’s not even remotely close to the old Fincher vibe. Then you have this new hype job, which makes me wonder, good grief, what are we actually doing? A movie about little brat Zuckerberg feat. a newly enlightened Hollywood sweetheart version of Fincher, backed with Kanye West's new single, 'Power." 😕

I could go on forever about Benjamin Button, but if you ask me, there is absolutely nothing
Fincher-esque about it, IMHO. To paraphrase briskfalcon45 (just so there's no confusion): 'Well, he's finally sold out.' Or if you listen to xavierkat talking about Nolan: 'It's as if he's lost his sense of direction and his compass, just surrendering to the masses and simplifying himself so everyone can digest him and love him.' The last time Fincher truly felt like himself was with Zodiac, and since then, he's basically gone off the radar. Instead of maturing as a director, it feels like he's just started to rot.

As for this remake of an already mediocre film, everything has already been said, so I don't see why he even bothered. 🤷

Perhaps he believes that, much like Scorsese, an Oscar for Best Picture will simply fall into his lap once this remake is finished.🙂

wiredbison82 said:Black Dahlia is definitely a crime film, but when a man of 67—someone of an advanced age, practically a retiree by any legal standard on this planet—shoots something like Redacted, a punkish film stuffed with YouTube clips, that isn't madness. In my view, it's courage and vision.

Sure, Curtis Hanson outdid him, and convincingly so, but De Palma outdid the entire generation of loud, self-important young directors born into the Facebook era by making a film that, while far from a masterpiece, still carries the hallmarks of a great director. A man who clearly hasn't grown old or faded away.

Regarding the representatives of that new German cinema, I find Herzog's Bad Lieutenant to be a perfectly okay film. It's certainly less pretentious than Ferrari's.

And where, precisely, does one find that pretentiousness in Ferrari's film?

Mark Wood79 said:I’m all for consistency, but the last De Palma flick I caught (Black Dahlia) was just a sluggish, missed attempt at adapting a hard-boiled crime story. Curtis Hanson made one of the best films of that entire decade about ten years earlier and totally outshined his veteran colleague. I don't know what happened; De Palma used to be such a master storyteller. This one had mediocre acting and felt rhythmically off... sure, there were some "Hitchcockian" touches (like that rope scene), plus those deep subjective shots and other little nods to De Palma's signature style, but overall, "Black Dahlia" turned out to be a pretty raw and unpalatable mess. It seems even De Palma is becoming a bit of a lost, erratic director.🤷

I won't bring up Altman right now since he's passed away. So, among the living, there’s almost nobody left. Maybe Scorsese—whom I usually give a pass—should actually consider retirement. I saw Shutter Island in theaters and kept telling myself it was good and tense, but thinking about rewatching it now... honestly, no thanks. I think I'd find it boring. I’d much rather watch Street of Evil, Alice, or Taxi Driver for the tenth time if I had to.

And don't even get me started on Orson's kid. Where did he disappear to? I was watching The Sopranos recently and saw him playing some psychologist! Good grief, Petra, is it really that bad...

There are plenty of gems to be found here...

Looking back, even the protagonists from those once-powerful New German films didn't exactly find much success in life.

Sidney Lumet.

Spike Jonze.

Now that I think about it, even the protagonists from those once-promising German films never really managed to make anything of themselves in life.

And who are we even talking about here? Tykwer, Hirschbiegel?

Susan Hernandez said:Every hammer hits differently, and once you're hit, who cares if it was delivered through sketches or as one solid piece? 🙂

Why is that other movie more impactful? Because it’s less bizarre? Whole Foods Market is an uncompromising work of art; that other one just feels like a typical indie festival flick sometimes.

After my first watch of Whole Foods Market, I wanted to jump straight back in. That rarely happens with movies for me. But hey, that's just my take. 🙂

The other one actually manages to tackle its themes effectively... Whole Foods Market doesn't even really engage with them.🙂

When you claim Whole Foods Market is "uncompromising," are you implying the other one is compromised? And if so, where exactly is this supposed compromise located?

And as for whether it's a "festival film" or not—that’s a non-issue. That's like suggesting a movie is inherently worse just because it's categorized as a blockbuster, an indie darling, or some high-brow art house piece.

After my first viewing of Whole Foods Market, I felt an immediate urge to watch it all over again.

But you didn't.🙂

Michael Reed45 said:edit: I neglected to mention, this might be the strangest movie I've ever seen.🙏

Hmm... interesting... The film is certainly bizarre, I'll give you that. But if we're talking about the title of "strangest film," it can't possibly compete with those movies made up entirely of sketches. True strangeness requires a narrative structure—something that builds tension until it finally hits you over the head like a sledgehammer. This feels more like mere acupuncture.🙂

If I hadn't actually sat through this movie and had just relied on this review to understand it, I wouldn't have even bothered watching it in the first place.🙂

But since I did end up watching it, I might as well offer my own take... it’s essentially just a collection of incredibly bizarre and absurd sketches.

It’s far too weird for its own good.🤷

Honestly, Cha no Aji is a much stronger film.

7 out of 10.

Joshua Smith5 said:it’s just plain bad.

And why might that be?

Lawrence Ortiz6 said:I wasn't exactly some physics prodigy back in high school, but if I recall correctly, they were off by quite a margin—free fall should be 9.82 m/s...

Heh... I remember Cooper saying, "We're at six thousand, there's air," right before he goes and hits those planes.

As for the movie being the absolute best... yeah, I can get behind that. 🙂

My grasp of physics isn't exactly profound, so I find myself wondering... is this whole tank concept actually feasible?

@Eric Jackson43/">@@Eric Jackson43
What on earth? Nationalism? Give me a break.

Suddenly there’s a crowd appearing out of nowhere to discuss this movie, when it feels like I was the only one who actually sat through it. Heh.

Eric Collins5 As specified by cosmiclynx57:
I haven't sat down to watch it yet, but judging by the trailers, the animation looks pretty subpar to me.🤷

Compared to what, exactly? It’s pretty obvious that the animation style is heavily inspired by Japanese anime.

briskhound2 said:Terminator 2, Minority Report.

Heh... fair enough.

Yet, I still maintain my stance that the American Technotise - EDIT i ja won't hold up.
Of course, if word gets out that it actually succeeded—meaning it managed to rival the original—I suppose I’ll give it a watch.

cosmiclynx57 said:Why would you think that? They’ll pull it off because they have the capital; their version will likely impress you, if nothing else, simply due to the sheer quality of the animation. It's a safe bet given their budget.

Look, first of all, we're talking about a live-action feature here. We're looking at a massive price tag—somewhere in the neighborhood of $80 to $100 million.

So, which actually decent Hollywood sci-fi films can even claim a $100 million budget?

Greetings 👋

I picked up this Logitech QuickCam Express about a decade ago.

Suddenly, after being perfectly fine, it just stopped working a week ago. 😢

I did a little digging online, and honestly, I see plenty of people tearing Logitech a new one. The consensus seems to be that they're doing this on purpose—intentionally breaking compatibility just to force us to upgrade to the latest version of Microsoft Windows and shell out cash for a new camera.

Do you think there's any truth to that theory, or is there perhaps some sort of workaround I haven't considered yet?

Yes, I’ve seen it, and I actually already touched on this before.

6 out of 10.

I walked away feeling like there was far too much over-explaining and unnecessary philosophizing; honestly, a "less is more" approach would have served the story much better.

As for the animation—which clearly tries to mimic Japanese anime—it’s just not my style, though I wouldn't go so far as to say it was poorly executed.

The acting is solid.

Not a chance. I truly cannot see how Americans are going to turn this into a decent movie. God help us...

cosmiclynx57 said:Personally, I’m looking at this through a more optimistic lens. It will be fascinating to see their actual execution, and honestly, if they just throw a massive budget at it, the one thing they can actually improve is the animation.

It appears you aren't even reading the articles you copy-pasted into the very thread you started. ☕

American Psycho, simply because it’ll play you 🙂