Apparently, True Lies was one of the most expensive films ever made at the time of it’s release. It becomes evident with the use of military jets in the film.
Regarding Grindhouse, I imagine it must have been an exciting experience seeing the film on the big-screen at the time. Both films definitely have their moments, but I feel Death Proof didn’t do Planet Terror enough justice although it did have some fantastic scenes. I love Planet Terror way more because everything is just going completely out of control throughout the entire thing. I also love the John Carpenter-inspired synth score in the film, adds to it’s atmosphere. Death Proof has some brilliant music as well in the form of 60s and 70s rock music.
Sad to say that Death Proof is the only Quentin Tarantino flick I’ve seen. I should really consider seeing his better stuff like Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction. I’m also interested in some of Robert Rodriquez’s work such as the Mexico trilogy. What is Machete like as well? I know that it’s based on one of the fake trailers in Grindhouse but does the full feature do it justice?
I forgot to mention, I agree with this! Even though it was the shortest Disney movie in a long time, I loved it to death. It’s one of my four #1 Disney films. The characters are classics and I thought the songs and music were excellent as well! This is my sister’s favorite Disney movie. She loves this movie so much that she even saw it twice in theaters the day it came out. We must have watched it about 6 or 7 times by now, and it’s a good thing that they didn’t waste anything with this film. But e-j-e is right, maybe another short would have been nice, although I love “The Ballad of Nessie” as well and I play it every time before I watch Winnie the Pooh. Also, who doesn’t love the Backson at the end?
Yes, James Cameron has made the most expensive films for a while. I like True Lies, and other of his pictures, but in my book, wasting as much money as possible isn’t the mark of a good filmmaker. One of the many reasons I do not like him overall.
You’re right, since Death Proof is probably the weakest Tarantino film, and even he says so.
About Rodríguez, I would recommend Sin City. I think a couple of his films are good too, like El Mariachi, but overall I do not like him.
Just watched Martin Scorsese’s Casino. Found it to be a very well-made crime drama with brilliant dialogue and powerful scenes. Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci were fantastic as well.
Just watched David Cronenberg’s Videodrome (1983) starring James Woods. Without a doubt one of the weirdest films I’ve ever seen, definitely not one for kids. I wouldn’t recommend it on a site like this, but I somewhat enjoyed it for it’s bizarre hallucinations and theme of sleazy cable TV. The futuristic and gory special effects by Rick Baker are good for the time as well, quite similar to those seen in The Thing in some parts. Overall, very strange flick. It’s more of a film that you experience rather than enjoy, not to say it isn’t enjoyable. 8/10
I saw Captain America (2011) for the first time a few days ago. I never imagined I’d enjoy “superhero” movies, but this one (as well as Iron Man and its sequel) left me pleasantly surprised! I really enjoyed it and in fact I plan to watch it again tonight with my siblings.
I’m not sure if I’ll end up watching the other Avengers prequels (The Hulk and Thor are the only two I haven’t seen), but if The Avengers is on Netflix I might end up watching it. I’ve had plenty of people tell me that you don’t necessarily have to see all the prequels in order to enjoy or understand it, but it helps.
Yeah, because if he was rejected by the humans, the monsters would be able to relate to him because they were rejected too.
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Exactly! You summed it up nicer than I. And it’s good to see you post again!
I’ve never been keen on action movies or superhero movies. But I really love the Marvel series. I’m glad you enjoyed it. I haven’t seen the Hulk movies. I recommend Thor. It’s not a brilliant movie, but I actually liked it more than Captain America. And The Avengers is one of my favorite movies of 2012, and I hope you get to see it. I didn’t see the prequels before I saw that one, and I still liked it. But seeing the prequels before are neat because you can notice little hints that lead up to The Avengers.
I was pleasantly surprised by Captain America too! I thought it would be boring, especially for non-Americans. But I really enjoyed it. I think I liked it more than Iron Man and The Avengers. I definitely liked it better than The Incredible Hulk. I haven’t seen all of Thor yet (or any of Iron Man 2) so I can’t compare those. I’m surprised because Captain America is quite a sraightforward hero, in terms of he’s not really got any bad behaviours or ambiguities* (like Batman, Iron Man etc. have), and he’s a pretty regular guy with a good heart. I normally find those kinds of characters less interesting, so it was nice to see one that wasn’t boring.
*I mean, Cap’s not perfect, but he’s more typically heroic than, say, Tony Stark.
I don’t see all of the criticism about this movie. Is it really that bad? No. Is it the greatest movie ever? No. It’s a good popcorn movie where you just sit down and want to enjoy an evening. Is Taylor Kitsch a good leading man? Not really, but he tried and I think he somewhat succeeded. It’s probably a good thing there will be no sequel, seeing as how it ended so finally, but I wouldn’t mind one. I have a lot of praise for Bryan Cranston’s 7 minute role at the beginning. He always enjoys himself. It’s a good movie. I recommend it.
I saw Oz the Great and Powerful today. It was okay. I saw it in 2d, so I can’t really say if the 3d version looked good. It wasn’t great or anything (no pun intended). I’d heard beforehand that the Wicked Witch gets a weak backstory in this one, but it wasn’t as bad as I’d heard.
Basically, I’d heard that she only goes evil because she has her heart broken, which seemed kind of boring. The actual film makes it slightly more complicated than that- her sister tricks her into feeling heartbroken, then gives her something to make her fully evil. But it has the weird side-effect of making her fate in the 1939 movie this is supposed to lead into feel undeserved, because she clearly didn’t want or choose to be evil- she gets angry at her sister once she realises what she’s done, and then transforms, seemingly forgetting what had happened.
I did like the final ‘battle’ though. I’d give the movie a B-.
Just finished watching Brian De Palma’s Carlito’s Way (1993) starring Al Pacino. I’m ashamed to say I couldn’t get into this flick on my first viewing months back (I never finished watching it). On my second viewing however, I can easily say it’s one of the most underrated crime films I’ve seen. Pacino as usual plays a brilliant part and De Palma’s directing style from Scarface is intact. I found Carlito to be a very interesting character and thought the climax was very emotional and fitting, nearly brought a tear to my eye when the credits rolled. Highly recommended imo. 9/10
This must be the movie all the crazies worship because it does a scarily good job of portraying someone going off the deep end. I enjoyed it, mostly for De Niro’s performance as Travis Bickle, which was amazing.
It’s crazy to me that this is a nearly 40 year old movie. Aside from the obvious technological aspects, it really doesn’t seem like it’s that old, and I think that’s in large part because of how well written the movie was because it still holds up pretty well today IMO. A+
This movie was awesome. It was funny, it was heartfelt, the songs were great, the actine was great, the direction was great, everything about it was great. If you haven’t seen it, GO SEE IT NOW!
Even though it was the shortest Disney movie in a long time, I loved it to death. It’s one of my four 
