[Closed] Recent Viewing Part II

III & IV are the best, great fun and OTT.

Yeap, or even better.

I enjoy Rocky IV a lot because it's a movie with all the 80's mtv look. without any So....

Reds Vs Americans. Cool shoots. Vince Di Cola. 80's pop rock songs = guilty pleasure.

OMG, What's it like, what's it like?

Oh giddy giddy giddy, I'm all excited. Please tell me, is it any good???

I want to see giant monsters battling it out and humans dying horrible deaths.

Please give me the full low-down on how this movie is just like the best thing to ever appear in the theatre.

Great fun. I find myself returning to this one more than the others though Raiders will always hold a special place for me.

10 RILLINGTON PLACE

Forget the glorified Hannibal Lector nonsense, Richard Attenborough gives a bone chilling performance here as real life serial killer John Reginald Christie, even spookier is the fact that some scenes are actually filmed at 10 Rillington Place ( shortly after filming the street was demolished ), also giving a great performance is a young John Hurt ( though his Welsh accent does fluctuate at times ) as Timothy Evans, a man who was wrongfully hung for a murder he never commited while the real murderer, Christie, gets off free, a great true life example of why it is morally wrong to ever bring back the death penalty.

An excellent, if grim, film.

Ah just as expected then.

I saw the trailer and that's more then enough !

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

The first time I saw this, I thought the criticism was rather harsh. But having seen the first three films recently before watching this again really drives home how much weaker than them it is. It's essentially doomed from the start because of the plot - I actually quite like the Mutt character, the return of Marian is nice, there are a couple of nice action sequences - but the plot is so silly, and no humour, which played a key part in the previous films (especially the third one). I can't believe they waited so many years for the "right script" and then picked this one.

And if you ever get your hands on Frank Darabont's (rejected) script the above comment becomes even more mind-boggling!

-Erik-

It was sort of the same story arc but handled more competently. One major plus was the exclusion of Mutt. There is no mention of a son or anything of the sort in Darabont's script.

Marion makes a return but she has much more to do in the story. Plus, she is married (to someone else) until she meets Indy. The relationship slowly rekindles. She is also the same feisty, no bullshit Marion from Raiders instead of the motherly, wimpy really-having-nothing-to-do Marion from the film.

The opening action scene is far more intense with an incredible truck chase in the warehouse that lasts much longer than the one in the film. I think Darabont wrote "The car chase to end all car chases."

Henry Sr. and Sallah make cameo's... and they are well written cameos.

There's a bi-plane chase which would have blown the roof off the theatre!

Mac is actually Russian. The double cross NOW makes sense.

Also, there is a sense that this is Indy's last adventure. He isn't the man he was 10 years ago. There is a good chance that Indy could die. There's the tension and uncertainty that is lacking from Keopp's script.

The writing is witty (unlike Keopp's) although there are a couple of "yeesh!" lines. But the scripy seem much more adult and not as kid friendly as what was finally used.

And the aliens are far more menacing and their mythology is far more interesting!

Those are some of the things I remember. It's a fascinating read and I'm SHOCKED that Darabont didn't get a writing credit in the final film. A lot of the idea in the film are lifted from this screenplay.

-Erik-

Indeed! very tempting love making scenes. Awesome! Moreover, Patrick Doyle's score really suits the mood.

I say all the Potter movies are worth watching if just for seeing Alan Rickman portray Snape. He does it so effortlessly and magnificently it's really remarkable. Definitely one of my favourite actors.

Do a Google search! It's out there!

-Erik-

I stopped my Netflix subscription a long while ago thanks to the busy school schedule. But I did see the following thanks to the school library-

Sea Hawk
Probably my first Errol Flynn movie. This was great fun! They don't make them like this anymore! Brenda Marshall is gorgeous and the Queen Elizabeth character was a delight.

Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto
(Investigation of a citizen above suspicion)
God! How I've wanted to see this one after the brief clip that played during Morricone's Oscar tribute. Picked this DVD and realized much later that it was a Region 2, PAL format with Italian subtitles only. Took me 3 hours to fix that thanks to the internet.
The movie is a little weird. Gian Maria Volonte plays the head of the Italian Police force who messes around by murdering a woman and drops numerous clues that lead to him.