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I watched some Bear Grills last night and saw more than I wanted to...
I still feel nauseous when I think of the giant larva.
I knew I had to stop looking but I couldn't. How stupid of me...

I prefer Ray Mears. I don't like this guy as a presenter. And anyway, I think if I ate a giant larva, I'd throw up, so what would be the point? Yuck.

I prefer just a cooked meal...

I have no idea why I'm sharing this. I mean, I still regret having seen it, last night I wish I could clear it from my memory really! So I don't understand why I'm talking about it now again...

Rest Stop 2: Don´t Look Back

As with the first one, my only interest was to listen Bear McCreary´s score. But, surprise, this sequel is superior to the first part (in a way a direct to DVD B movie is superior to another direct to DVD B movie of course). Very tense and thrilling, bizarre (when it has to be) and with an ending pretty effective and shocking.
Oh, McCreary´s score is ok, sometimes reminding me of his music for The Sarah Connor Chronicles.

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The motorcycle is the best and most exciting and creative chase in the entire movie. Good stuff.

The Warehouse stuff is fine... far fetched... but fine. I also find it way too short. There was a great chance to do a wicked car/truck chase in the warehouse but alas Lucas didn't like Darabont's superior script which included a death defying warehouse car chase. Also, the fight on the rocketsled could have been much, much longer!

The Jungle Chase is a mess. And what makes it even more flabbergasting is that this sequence was created in pre-production with a 3D pre-viz rendering. Even that was a total mess. It's such a slow and uninteresting sequence. No suspense whatsoever... and don't get me started on the lame sword fight and the monkeys!



Great effects and landscapes don't make a movie. A good story does and this one just drags. Especially after the Jungle Chase and fist fight we are left with 35 minutes of boredom. And again, it's not like the Jungle Chase and Fist Fight was that interesting to begin with.



The snake pit is the worst offender. What a terrible, terrible sequence. And I hate to slam my favorite composer but what a god awful piece of music for that sequence as well. I envision Homer Simpson dancing around Candyland when I hear that music. BRUTAL! "Call it a rope?" What the hell kind of line is that? UGH!

The exchanges between Marion and Indy were fine... I guess. But Marion really had no business being in this movie. Sure, the nostalgic value of her in the movie is great and it's wonderful to see Indy and Marion back on the screen together but Marion went from this strong, tough character to a smiling, daydreaming buffoon. Again, she had more to do in Darabont's original script and was a much stronger character staying in the same vein as her character was in Raiders. I mean, what did Indy do exactly in Crystal Skull that made Marion all of a sudden forgive him for leaving and hurting her not once but TWICE! Indy is a bit of an asshole don't you think?

Crystal Skull is a total mess.

-Erik-

I didn't want CGI and such. The CGI took away the orginal feeling of the films which already set it behind. I enjoyed the warehouse scene but didn't like the jungle scene at all. Indy didn't do anything but Drive and Mutt just sword fought and did some tarzan.

I did enjoy the Peru and City of God stuff though.

I hated everything Lucas did. That bastard ruined the film.

Lucas better keep his hands away from Spielberg. In fact, Lucas needs to quit filmmaking in my opinion.

Ray Mears all the way I really enjoy Bruce Parry's stuff too.

Grylls is a fake!

My thoughts on KOTCS mirror exactly what Erik said. Thanks for writing my post for me.

How do you know about Darabont's script??? Im interested in the main ideas (or better, the whole) script!!!!

Redbelt

A slightly odd film. I wondered where it was going throughout its first half and suddenly there was a big twist, followed by others, and I thought it was going to turn into Heist or Spartan, but then the final third is rather contrived and particularly the end pretty schmaltzy, which was a surprise. My first viewing of previous David Mamet films has been so pleasurable (I was on the verge of punching the air every time I heard a wonderful slice of dialogue in Heist but that only really happened once here, when a martial arts promoter says "Boxing's as dead as Woodrow Wilson") but I think this one might require a couple more viewings to really get into. Stephen Endelman's score is very good and I will now go and see if there has been an album (I assume not).

Ricordati Di Me (Remember me, my love)

Yet another good one from talented Italian director Gabriele Muccino (L'Ultimo Bacio, Pursuit of Happyness). All four main characters are trying to discover their true selves-- the father gets his boring life suddenly rekindled with a former lover; the mother fraught with self doubt gives her love for theatre one last shot; the daughter's trying to get into a TV show; and the son's desperately trying to impress a girl. Set off all these together and watch the sparks fly!
L'Ultimo Bacio (The Last Kiss) is still his best effort (fast and witty) but this one is a commendable work.

My spoiler free review of Eagle Eye:

100% popcorn action thriller. A completely ludicrous plot that can be looked over entirely because of how well it's all put together. As with most movies like this, the set up is better than the pay off, but it's one hell of a ride.

I won't give out details of the plot, but let's just say it gets a little science-fictiony towards the end. The pace never really lets up though. It starts off slowly (which is kind of nice if you roughly knows what's coming) and then it's just one big 2 hour chase movie. I love it! It was exactly what I wanted it to be. And that's a good thing, because I've been waiting for this since June. Aside from a cheesy and predictable ending (hey, Spielberg is producing) it's great fun, and you don't even need to turn your brain off to enjoy it.

Tyler's score...err...mix it louder please. Actually, the mixing of it is fine - I think I'm just used to hearing it 10 times louder on CD.

4/5 - go see it!

Now I've seen it to, explain yourself more. Why did you think it was so stupid? I mean...it was stupid, but it was as exciting as hell! If anything, all potential plot holes can be filled by the source of all the mayhem.

It's just that Jordi has - unfortunately a very odd (like it always was basically) but - sadly and very unlike his initial views in general - very grim view on everything fun lately. Don't know why, possibly a broken lady or something?