[Closed] Recent Viewing Part II

I made the mistake of watching "Iron Eagle" yesterday on TV.

Tuning in only because Basil Poledouris scored it and I had not heard any of the score before ... little did I know just how bad this movie would be.


Sometimes, in the 1980's, you'd have a movie that wasn't really bad per se -- though some would say it is -- but one could say it was "Grade A cheese" in a way. this is not the case with "Iron Eagle". This film is Grade A shit.

The acting was terrible pretty much al around. The storyline was very, very basic with absolutley no surprises. The use of a tape player to play songs while flying and shooting enemies, cheapened the film and made scene that would have otherwise benefitted from Basil scoring, annoying and tedious.

But let me get to the "Best part" of this shitty film: the fighter plane FX.

Fighting Ming planes (and scoring more hits in a single mission than ANY single fighter in Ming history...), when any Ming was hit we were introduced to high school FX and professionalism. Get ready for it: a plane model just sitting there nd exploding from the middle. That's right. And the explosion was unrealistic and too small. But the best part ... the wings, in all the explosions ... simply just FALL OFF the Mings. They don't explode with the plane or go to pieces, they fall off like they had been held on by used two-sided tape. There was better explosions in the 60's "Star Trek".

Basil's score? Didn't hear a single thing worth mentioning.


AVOID THIS SHITTY FILM.

I'm still left scratching my head wondering how any studio head could have watched this, and then proceed to let there be no less than THREE sequels. THREE!!!

Well , sorry Justin - but I love this film ... (boy , now I'm gonna have it ! lol)
Ok the movie has a see-through plot , wasn't really realistic and some of the acting was terrible - but it had one thing going for it ... it was ENTERTAINING ! Iron Eagle is one of my many 80's guilty
movie pleasures . Watching Louis Gossett Jr. in this one is an absolute joy for me , put this together with some great 80's tunes from Queen and many others and it simply rocks !
Well , like they say in French ... les gouts et les couleurs ...

The hilarious episode of Have I Got News For You guest hosted by Brian Blessed, from a few series ago, was repeated last night and I just watched it on BBC iPlayer. Certainly one of the funniest episodes of the show's history.

City of Ember
Intriguing little fantasy movie, while it doesn't have the most interesting story of all, it's chock full of interesting ideas, including cinematography, art design and that amazing orchestral music. The child actors do their work very well and there's something about it, that made me enjoy it to the end. The puzzle part was just a small portion of the movie and I thought it would be almost this the entire way through, but at least they saved that part for a bit of character development. And I adore that opening scene, inventive while having that amazing music
7 out of 10

RobBhood
Benny Chan & Jachie Chan usually deliver and here it is light light entertainment, but with a heart. Sadly for me, the movie's too long, but that doesn't stop Chan & Chan to deliver again some amazing choreography. There aren't many, and there a bit slower than we perhaps would love to see, but they sure are amazing nonetheless. This is Chan in comedy action mode, but at least there's a heart too. I enjoyed it, but as said way too long movie
6 out of 10

Should be good enough for a watch then bro?

I did actually see it when it was originally aired but I found it so much more funny this time round.

His little anecdote about the toilet mishap on Everest(?) is hilarious. Just the way he tells it. You can see just how much it tickles Alan Duncan MP.

Spielberg's Munich is on BBC2 tonight. I haven't seen it since it was released 4 years ago(!) at the cinema. I remember it being fantastic so I'm looking forward to sitting down tonight and watching it again.

For me, BRINGING OUT THE DEAD has redemption. And it's about a man whose mission is compassionate. I haven't seen it in a while, but my memory of it was that it left me feeling like it was a world that people manage to live in.

and that movie was ...?

ow, I think that one will be cute?
Haven't seen it yet, and I can understand the dog will be the best actor of them all, but I think that was the main general idea of the movie

Anyway, I think I'll enjoy it, like I've enjoyed any great animal movie (Beethoven in particular )

But it's the dog we're interested in, screw those humans...

BTW, don't you think animals should be able to receive awards? I think so, since acting for them is like going totally against their instinct. So they should get a real award for their unnatural efforts, humans already get the paycheck, what do they need the award for?

Just thinking out loud here...

I'm doing anything but work here buddy hehehe.

I'm on break !!!!

Apparently, Meryl Streep is again top of her class here, as usual. What did you think Tom? The score is quite good with the usual attention to details from Desplat.