Three movies a day, Yodlaf has finally recovered from his Cup Coma.
[quote=āscherpschutter, post:7381, topic:1923ā]Three movies a day, Yodlaf has finally recovered from his Cup Coma.[/quote]I sometimes do three in a day but they were over a few days. Two of them Thursday and one Saturday 
I do have a very nasty copy of the Cats in Italian with another title and cut for sure. Kinski, Rita Hayworth, Gemma must check out the Archive version
[quote=āEl Topo, post:7383, topic:1923ā]I do have a very nasty copy of the Cats in Italian with another title and cut for sure. Kinski, Rita Hayworth, Gemma must check out the Archive version[/quote]Definitely worth getting Topo. The only version previously doing the rounds in English was taped from Japanese TV and was just under an hour long!!! The Archive disc runs 93 minutes.
So still a bit shaky from all the festivities ā¦ yes, winning can be damn trying
Jackās Back.
A killer is copying the killings of Jack The Ripper. James Spader plays two roles which is a contrast as the brothers he plays look the same, but are very different in manner. Starting to look a bit dated this late 80ās offering to me now.
The Flight of the Phoenix (1965) Robert Aldrich
One of the few films that Iāve watched the remake first, useless to say that the original is much better. Starting from the cast it just got an ultra cool one and with the exception of Tinti (who plays a Spaniard) all the actors play characters from their own nationalities, the acting is a strong point.
The triangle made between Stewart, Kruger and Attenborough is just perfect, and so are the subplots specially the most important one dealing with an by the book British officer, and his āforcedā draft sargeant.
The twist in the end or maybe the final surprised its a good exemple on how the original film works so much better. The film is all about human behavier under stressfull situations and will to survive, its also very well directed with some great dialogue, producing manitaining the suspense right to the end, the photography is very good also.
The all film is a conflit situation, a moral conflit a wills conflit, a nationalities conflit, a struggle for power in the end.
A real classic film, that I only have watched now
Yeah Topo, this is a true classic for me. High tension and drama with a great cast and the performances are good by all.
The remake as far Iām concerned, didnāt live up to the original, and I didnāt like it at all.
Super 8 (2011) very very disapointing. nowhere near as good as iād heard it is. 5/10
i thought both flight of the phoenix films were good, although the original is slightly better.
[quote=āman with a name, post:7389, topic:1923ā]Super 8 (2011) very very disapointing. nowhere near as good as iād heard it is. 5/10[/quote]Boring apart from the train crash wasnāt it.
I gave āFive fingers of deathā another spin and itās still one of the best martial arts film IMO.
I watched Following (1998) the other night. Actually pretty decent flick with a decidedly noir feel to it. The story of a wannabe writer who begins following strangers around to watch themā¦
Short and sweet with an interesting ending. Recommended.
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A surprise indie hit, the more so since it was produced and directed by the man who brought us the juvenile humor of American Pie and the teenage vampire romance of New Moon.
A Better Life is a touching, impressive drama about illegal immigration, and shows how people who have nothng to loose, will take any risk for even the smallest chance to get something. Mexican actor DemiĆ”n Bichir (who git an Oscar nomination) is Carlos, a illegal Mexican immigrant who works as a gardener in L.A. His small jobs in the suburbs wonāt ever change his situation, nor that of his 15-year old son, so Carlos dreams of buying a truck, which would allow him to start his own small business. But as an illegal immigrat he canāt get a driverās licence nor insurance papers and ā¦ he has no money. His sister lends him te money, and things seems to get going, but then the truck is stolen ā¦
Weitz movie was compared to some of the best things of Ken Loach and Mike Leigh, and even if that might be a bit too much honor, I must say he did a fine job. Performances are spot-on and the image of illegal immigration is stirring, occasionally harowwing. Only in the last ten minutes, Weitz loses his grip on the movie a little. But the final scene hits bullās eye again.
I re-watched āMaster of the flying guillotineā and itās still one of the best martial arts films IMO.
I also watched āThe 36th Chamber of Shaolinā and liked it, but itās not in the same league as the āMaster of the flying guillotineā.
Yes, three movies again (although two were last night) ;D
Ghostkeeper - Just alright for a watch, actually thatās being generous, it was boring.
Lakeside Terrace - Samuel L. Jackson is a cop who doesnāt like it when an ethnically mixed couple move in next door and he doesnāt like it so gives them all kinds of grief. Enjoyed this one.
Sky Riders - Great stuff. Robert Conradās wife (Susannah York) and children are kidnapped and held to ransom by a terrorist group run by Werner Pochath, Coburn being the father of the eldest sets off to resuce them with help from a hang gliding team.
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I count four.
Above average.
Sky Riders yes nice little 70ās film that one. Was not impressed with the previous Coburn / York filmā¦Duffy. Could not get into the style of the film at all.
[quote=āscherpschutter, post:7397, topic:1923ā]I count four.[/quote]I didnāt watch The Last Hard Men
[B]Force 10 From Navarone[/B] - Always loved this since I was a kid, up there with Where Eagles Dare for my favourite WWII adventures.
[B]Death In Haiti[/B] - Good stuff, the Camera Obscura DVD looks great.
[B]The Last Boyscout[/B] - The Blu Ray looks streets ahead of the previous dissapointing DVD releases. Possibly my favourite Willis film.
