This one reminded me so much of a zombie movie, mostly because none of the bad guys speak and
the way they just throw themselves in front of bullets with careless abandon. That made it harder to believe honestly, charging someone with a gun while defenseless is not exactly a thing you encounter en masse and yet we are supposed to believe that this entire army of gang members exist like this on the streets.
The whole film feels more like a metaphor for human cooperation, uniting for a common goal, and the lawlessness that the 70's became known for (the same lawlessness that birthed movies like Dirty Harry.) The score is something special, definitely has Carpenter's fingerprints all over it.
Little known Cagney movie that's worth watching as it showcases his ability to sing and dance which was a rarity for him. If Yankee Doodle Dandy was your thing then you can probably appreciate this one. Flopped at the time it was released but essential for its historicity, it now resides as a public domain movie.
For years I always thought that Pokemon was my first introduction to Anime as a kid but I guess the honor has to go to this one instead. Little Nemo is a fanciful excursion into some pretty gorgeous animation and storyboarding. It even has some pretty dark moments which just add to the nostalgic experience. Nemo riding on his bed as it sprouts long legs and walks around stuck with me for decades upon first watching it.
The amount of direct-to-video energy in this film is seriously off the charts. If not for the star-studded trio of a cast I would have been utterly convinced that this one bypassed the cinema circuit completely (although it was enough of a flop that it kinda did anyway.) Lots of action and explosions make it okay as a popcorn flick but at 2 hours it's pretty long for a summer action movie. Everything that you've seen here you've seen elsewhere already.
You could've never seen 2001: A space Odyssey in your life and still somehow know that this one ripped it off with the AI aspects.
This film has a phoenominal tone and energy to it that runs all throughout. It's a remarkably simple plot but the cinematography is well crafted and each scene is put together with great care. Bronson resides in a 70's hyper-reality world of contract killings and role-playing call girls.
Donnie Yen was a nice addition, shame that he wasn't used a whole lot. Better than the second and despite including some lore from the TV series it isn't half bad.
Well if nothing else they sure nailed the "show, don't tell" movie mantra with this one. Rollerball is understated and never once resorts to beating you over the head with a single message it chooses to portray. I liked it but would have loved to just see the themes explored a bit more in depth. It felt like an introduction to a world that I wanted to know a lot more about. It was released just about 2 years after Heston's Soylent Green and there are some ambient similarities between the two worlds the films reside in, but that film is an example of how to dive fully in and let the environment tell a good part of the story, something I felt was slightly lacking in Rollerball.
It's well played by Caan, he brings a very soft spoken strength to the role which belies his sporting persona. I know it got a lousy remake in 2002 but I could almost see them adopting this into a modern TV show, it certainly has the material for it.
Number 2 was an utter mess for me so was very pleased that this one jettisoned the last movie entirely and has several callbacks to the first. Being a carbon copy of the first film was a-ok with me, I'm not expecting a lot with this series. Not nearly as bad as expected.
This was almost too brutally bad and disgusting to watch. Just a flat out betrayal to Halloween fans everywhere and an awful attack on a legacy. What's that? Oh, you thought I was talking about the movie? I'm talking about the absolute savage character assassination of Dr. Loomis that makes any other Myers' kill look like a kiddie cartoon in comparison. Can't believe that Rob Zombie thought that would play well with any audience that was a fan of the series and Donald Pleasance.
The one that started it all. It has a great concept that scores it some serious originality points. I mean the whole idea
"how about we forget about traditional antagonists in horror movies and instead make death itself the killer"
was pretty novel I'd say. Slap a little bit but not too much mythos in there to explain how the rules of death work and this movie is off and chugging. Definitely worth a watch if nothing else to see a horror movie that takes a wildly different direction.
You know what was rolling around inside my head as I watched this one? The fact that Sean Connery turned down the role of Gandalf in LOTR because he "didn't understand the script" but somehow decided to do this hot mess, I mean c'mon bro.
Makes the first film look like a masterpiece, the film equivalent of chucking buckets of paint at a canvas and trying to make it look artful.
The fact that Batman lives not in a mansion but an ordinary two-story house in the suburbs of Gotham and that he carries his costume in the backseat of his lackluster car just in case was surely enough to get me to watch the entire story arc.
Reminded me so much of the prison that Nic Cage gets stuck in for the movie Face Off that I feel it has to have been a reference to that film. It feels so much like a generic star vehicle for Stallone and Schwarzenegger rather than a cohesive planned out movie.
Bad even for a direct-to-video movie which is saying something. Stallone should be embarrassed for this one. Nearly every aspect of it screeches "I am a low budget operation."
Unbelievably disjointed and haphazardly fumbled together. Honestly made me feel as if I'd somehow missed a bunch of movies in between this one and the last movie due to how hard a left turn it takes with the story. Echoing a lot of the sentiment, I wholeheartedly agree that Myers needed an extensive backstory like a fish needs a bicycle. It is completely pointless and an utter slap in the face to both Myers as a character and the audience at large. He's Michael Myers, a silent killing machine who just doesn't quit, that's all he needs to be.
Granted I know the plot isn't supposed to be a seamless masterpiece but
the fact that people live and work all around Crystal Lake and Jason just seems to ignore all of them until the events of the movie really made no sense to me. It would be more understandable if the old camp is his domain and as soon as you cross that boundary, you're doomed, but that wasn't the case at all. Oh, and Jason nailing a moving boat headshot with a bow and arrow was utterly hilarious in such a comical way.
Nothing much to see here. A perfect example that the 80s slasher film aethetic is nigh impossible to duplicate effectively.
Disappointing for me as I think I was expecting a more suspenseful horror movie rather than a supernatural thriller (the PG-13 rating should have tipped me off but somehow I overlooked it.) Starts off super promising and Samuel L contributes to one of the best buildups I've ever seen but it fell off the deep end for me once we get into the mechanics of the room. I'm not a horror movie aficionado by any means and yet I found myself wishing for much more horror. My mother loathes horror movies in general but thought this one was rather hilarious and not very scary so... yeah there's that. It used the claustrophobic atmosphere to good effect and before you know it you're pretty much smack dab in the middle of a classic "limited setting" film.
The Naval department had a ball with this one and used it as one of the biggest recruitment tools of the decade. All the impressive hardware are the stars of the show and everything else takes a backseat to that. Best part has to be two Tomcats going up against the Zeroes, a filming sequence that nearly resulted in both Zero pilots being killed and a Tomcat almost splashing down, all of which made it into the film. Oh yeah, and the emergency landing on the Nimitz, a 100% real emergency landing caught on film.
So let me get this straight. Myers has personally sent 14 human beings into the hereafter and that doesn't warrant him being placed in a straight jacket while being transported? Gets even worse when you consider that he would be just as famous compared to any other real life serial killer had he been real and yet nobody still takes the guy seriously. Even one of the teen characters growing up in Haddonfield doesn't even know who bloody Michael Myers is! When the entire plot hinges on these massive contrivances the film is already off to a rocky start.
It's good to see both Myers and Loomis back again despite both being resurrected from the dead like Frankenstein's monster. Pretty entertaining overall and a worthy entry in the franchise. Did not see that ending coming.
It's not officially based off of Krakauer's book Into Thin Air but since the novel has pretty much become the definitive account of the '96 Everest disaster it's hard not to think of it while watching. Well filmed and definitely gives you a sense of wonder and the rugged trials of being in an environment that is trying to kill you with each and every breath. It definitely tries to boost the story with some star power.
Never been much a fan of Rob Zombie and after watching this one that trend only continues. Not even remotely getting close to "so bad it's pretty good" territory it plunges head first into nonsensical and fairly grotesque.
If you were even remotely a fan of Miami Vice the tv show then you know full well that it was a love letter to the 80's and the "decade of excess" oozed from every reel of celluloid. This is a current, modern take, almost as if Sonny and Tubbs were jettisoned into the future. It's gritty, but Michael Mann has to have known that the magic that he created on the series would be seriously lacking here.
On concept, style, and aesthetic quality this film gets some major props in the genre of blood-sucking undead but beyond that it falls totally flat.
There's even some drop dead gorgeous shot design in many scenes like the vampire's eyes glowing as the train passes and the Bat-vampires being dragged out into the sunlight.
There's enough plot and storytelling avenues that it could have been an easy multi-season TV show but it's all crammed into a paltry 90 minutes which does none of it any justice. Simultaneously it tries to touch on capitalistic greed, family betrayal, conserving food sources, discovering your humanity and so much more all while wasting a star-studded cast.
Might very well be the Kendrick brother's magnum opus. Opting to go for a documentary film instead of their usual fare, it's able to connect on a much deeper level and packs a serious emotional punch to the gut.
Definitely pretty good in that cheesy, popcorny way. Can't imagine that too many of the game's fans were too enthused by it though. Quite a few decent jokes thrown in which only adds to the fun.
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Movie comment on Assault on Precinct 13
DisneyStitch
This one reminded me so much of a zombie movie, mostly because none of the bad guys speak andMovie comment on Something to Sing About
DisneyStitch
Little known Cagney movie that's worth watching as it showcases his ability to sing and dance which was a rarity for him. If Yankee Doodle Dandy was your thing then you can probably appreciate this one. Flopped at the time it was released but essential for its historicity, it now resides as a public domain movie.Movie comment on Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland
DisneyStitch
For years I always thought that Pokemon was my first introduction to Anime as a kid but I guess the honor has to go to this one instead. Little Nemo is a fanciful excursion into some pretty gorgeous animation and storyboarding. It even has some pretty dark moments which just add to the nostalgic experience. Nemo riding on his bed as it sprouts long legs and walks around stuck with me for decades upon first watching it.Movie comment on Stealth
DisneyStitch
The amount of direct-to-video energy in this film is seriously off the charts. If not for the star-studded trio of a cast I would have been utterly convinced that this one bypassed the cinema circuit completely (although it was enough of a flop that it kinda did anyway.) Lots of action and explosions make it okay as a popcorn flick but at 2 hours it's pretty long for a summer action movie. Everything that you've seen here you've seen elsewhere already.Movie comment on The Mechanic
DisneyStitch
This film has a phoenominal tone and energy to it that runs all throughout. It's a remarkably simple plot but the cinematography is well crafted and each scene is put together with great care. Bronson resides in a 70's hyper-reality world of contract killings and role-playing call girls.Movie comment on Highlander: Endgame
DisneyStitch
Donnie Yen was a nice addition, shame that he wasn't used a whole lot. Better than the second and despite including some lore from the TV series it isn't half bad.Movie comment on Rollerball
DisneyStitch
Well if nothing else they sure nailed the "show, don't tell" movie mantra with this one. Rollerball is understated and never once resorts to beating you over the head with a single message it chooses to portray. I liked it but would have loved to just see the themes explored a bit more in depth. It felt like an introduction to a world that I wanted to know a lot more about. It was released just about 2 years after Heston's Soylent Green and there are some ambient similarities between the two worlds the films reside in, but that film is an example of how to dive fully in and let the environment tell a good part of the story, something I felt was slightly lacking in Rollerball.It's well played by Caan, he brings a very soft spoken strength to the role which belies his sporting persona. I know it got a lousy remake in 2002 but I could almost see them adopting this into a modern TV show, it certainly has the material for it.
Movie comment on Highlander III: The Sorcerer
DisneyStitch
Number 2 was an utter mess for me so was very pleased that this one jettisoned the last movie entirely and has several callbacks to the first. Being a carbon copy of the first film was a-ok with me, I'm not expecting a lot with this series. Not nearly as bad as expected.Movie comment on Halloween II
DisneyStitch
This was almost too brutally bad and disgusting to watch. Just a flat out betrayal to Halloween fans everywhere and an awful attack on a legacy. What's that? Oh, you thought I was talking about the movie? I'm talking about the absolute savage character assassination of Dr. Loomis that makes any other Myers' kill look like a kiddie cartoon in comparison. Can't believe that Rob Zombie thought that would play well with any audience that was a fan of the series and Donald Pleasance.Movie comment on Final Destination
DisneyStitch
The one that started it all. It has a great concept that scores it some serious originality points. I mean the whole ideaMovie comment on Highlander II: The Quickening
DisneyStitch
You know what was rolling around inside my head as I watched this one? The fact that Sean Connery turned down the role of Gandalf in LOTR because he "didn't understand the script" but somehow decided to do this hot mess, I mean c'mon bro.Makes the first film look like a masterpiece, the film equivalent of chucking buckets of paint at a canvas and trying to make it look artful.
Movie comment on Batman and Robin
DisneyStitch
The fact that Batman lives not in a mansion but an ordinary two-story house in the suburbs of Gotham and that he carries his costume in the backseat of his lackluster car just in case was surely enough to get me to watch the entire story arc.Movie comment on Escape Plan
DisneyStitch
Reminded me so much of the prison that Nic Cage gets stuck in for the movie Face Off that I feel it has to have been a reference to that film. It feels so much like a generic star vehicle for Stallone and Schwarzenegger rather than a cohesive planned out movie.Movie comment on Escape Plan 2: Hades
DisneyStitch
Bad even for a direct-to-video movie which is saying something. Stallone should be embarrassed for this one. Nearly every aspect of it screeches "I am a low budget operation."Movie comment on Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
DisneyStitch
Unbelievably disjointed and haphazardly fumbled together. Honestly made me feel as if I'd somehow missed a bunch of movies in between this one and the last movie due to how hard a left turn it takes with the story. Echoing a lot of the sentiment, I wholeheartedly agree that Myers needed an extensive backstory like a fish needs a bicycle. It is completely pointless and an utter slap in the face to both Myers as a character and the audience at large. He's Michael Myers, a silent killing machine who just doesn't quit, that's all he needs to be.Movie comment on Friday the 13th
DisneyStitch
Granted I know the plot isn't supposed to be a seamless masterpiece butNothing much to see here. A perfect example that the 80s slasher film aethetic is nigh impossible to duplicate effectively.
Movie comment on 1408
DisneyStitch
Disappointing for me as I think I was expecting a more suspenseful horror movie rather than a supernatural thriller (the PG-13 rating should have tipped me off but somehow I overlooked it.) Starts off super promising and Samuel L contributes to one of the best buildups I've ever seen but it fell off the deep end for me once we get into the mechanics of the room. I'm not a horror movie aficionado by any means and yet I found myself wishing for much more horror. My mother loathes horror movies in general but thought this one was rather hilarious and not very scary so... yeah there's that. It used the claustrophobic atmosphere to good effect and before you know it you're pretty much smack dab in the middle of a classic "limited setting" film.Movie comment on The Final Countdown
DisneyStitch
The Naval department had a ball with this one and used it as one of the biggest recruitment tools of the decade. All the impressive hardware are the stars of the show and everything else takes a backseat to that. Best part has to be two Tomcats going up against the Zeroes, a filming sequence that nearly resulted in both Zero pilots being killed and a Tomcat almost splashing down, all of which made it into the film. Oh yeah, and the emergency landing on the Nimitz, a 100% real emergency landing caught on film.Movie comment on Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
DisneyStitch
It's good to see both Myers and Loomis back again despite both being resurrected from the dead like Frankenstein's monster. Pretty entertaining overall and a worthy entry in the franchise. Did not see that ending coming.
Movie comment on Everest
DisneyStitch
It's not officially based off of Krakauer's book Into Thin Air but since the novel has pretty much become the definitive account of the '96 Everest disaster it's hard not to think of it while watching. Well filmed and definitely gives you a sense of wonder and the rugged trials of being in an environment that is trying to kill you with each and every breath. It definitely tries to boost the story with some star power.Movie comment on House of 1000 Corpses
DisneyStitch
Never been much a fan of Rob Zombie and after watching this one that trend only continues. Not even remotely getting close to "so bad it's pretty good" territory it plunges head first into nonsensical and fairly grotesque.Movie comment on Miami Vice
DisneyStitch
If you were even remotely a fan of Miami Vice the tv show then you know full well that it was a love letter to the 80's and the "decade of excess" oozed from every reel of celluloid. This is a current, modern take, almost as if Sonny and Tubbs were jettisoned into the future. It's gritty, but Michael Mann has to have known that the magic that he created on the series would be seriously lacking here.Movie comment on Daybreakers
DisneyStitch
On concept, style, and aesthetic quality this film gets some major props in the genre of blood-sucking undead but beyond that it falls totally flat.Movie comment on Show Me the Father
DisneyStitch
Might very well be the Kendrick brother's magnum opus. Opting to go for a documentary film instead of their usual fare, it's able to connect on a much deeper level and packs a serious emotional punch to the gut.Movie comment on Street Fighter
DisneyStitch
Definitely pretty good in that cheesy, popcorny way. Can't imagine that too many of the game's fans were too enthused by it though. Quite a few decent jokes thrown in which only adds to the fun.Showing items 76 – 100 of 734