I have read about total Recall that again the theatrical version was cut to pieces by the producers to get PC13 film that everyone understands.
And that the DC will be a different film.
[quote=āStanton, post:8661, topic:1923ā]I have read about total Recall that again the theatrical version was cut to pieces by the producers to get PC13 film that everyone understands.
And that the DC will be a different film.[/quote]
I saw the cut (to pieces) version, and it wasnāt very good. Not completely hopeless either, but I have my doubts whether a few extra scenes might change the whole thing. I rewatched the original after watching this remake, and it was far better (and itās not even one of Verhoevenās very best)
I donāt like Verhoevenās film, and so far Iām not very interested in the remake, but the story it tells has a great potential.
Finally got some tome to watch āThere will be Bloodā.
Of the 2.1/2 hr I found the first hour very interesting. This part really refers to the pictures of the bygone era. After that first section I fount the movie a bit unclear. There was never anything about why he took the boy with him or what became of the oil wells he was exploiting. From the text you had to understood that he was making money out of the wells but the way Dat Lewis played the character you were always unclear if he was telling the truth.
The Eliah character I found very annoying.
Good movieā¦I remember thinking there was very little actual violence in the film but always a sense of impending violence.
Letās put it this way - itās no masterpiece and it wonāt be remembered in the years to come but itās not a bad action flick.
Some interesting technology portrayed in it, particularly the hand phones.
I was unaware there was a film called Stalingrad. It was the kind of clash that contained many film-worthy battles on their own situational merit. -The grain-silo building, for example. It took several days for Germans to clear it out room-by-room, floor-by-floor.
Iād go ahead, be a bit bold and say Tarantino got a bit from Cross of Iron for IG at least in having a film with sporadic action but violent scenes and very long dialogue scenes leading to an AH HA. After seeing Cross of Iron I suspected Inglourious Basterds would be a bit along the lines and how right I was!
[quote=āscherpschutter, post:8660, topic:1923ā]Not per se, itās not a favorite genre, but I donāt hate or really dislike war movies.
Das Boot is a 7/10 too for me, not bad, but not great either (basically itās a sort of Moby Dick rewriting). Downfall, or Der Untergang, is a good movie, but not one you easily go back to. Once is enough (for a decade or so). Cross of Iron is simply not my kind of movie. I gave it a 6/10 because it has a couple of tremendous action scenes (especially in the first half of the movie)[/quote]
Moby Dick rewritten? Bring it on! Itās such a solid concept that Iām always intrigued by any film that uses it as vehicle for its narrative and Das Boot does it very well. With Downfall and similarly āintenseā movies, I donāt really consider how āeasyā it is to go back to a film when judging it. Cries and Whispers is a tremendous film, but not one Iām likely to back to for a long time. Itās interesting you say Cross of Iron isnāt a film for you; itās entire arc it quite different from most war movies, especially the ending. No huge action scene here (although that may have been dictated due to financial reasons as well as artistic ones).
My favorite war movie is Andrzej Wajdaās Kanal (1957). Actually the whole war trilogy by Wajda is worth watching.
[B]Once Upon A Time In The West[/B] - Best film ever
[B]Once Upon A Time In China And America[/B] - I forgot how good this was, great choreography and plenty of spaghetti style shots. The H.K. Blu Ray is the best Iāve seen it but it shows itās limitations here and there.
THE INTERNECINE PROJECT - Nice atmosphere and great score in this little film which about a plan to eliminate all possible threats to a man whoās about to gain strong political power. It could have been a bit longer in order to explain some things more though. Easily attended as it is nontheless. The dvd transfer leaves a lot to be desired, disappointingly so.
Roy Buddā¦ yes some very nice themes in the film. Always like the ending to the film. You see Coburnās face and you know he has been shafted.
Das Boot/Moby Dick : Werner, the war correspondent, is the Ismael character from Moby Dick, heās not a central character, but we see the action through his eyes. The nameless captain is of course Ahab, and the voyage of the boat, and his obsessive character, the quest of the madman for the great white whale. The ending, with the boat and the captain being destroyed, and Werner surviving, is particularly close to the marvellous ending (a perfect echo of the opening: Call me Ismael) of the book.
I havenāt read the book the movie was based on, but I guess the author was influenced by Melvilleās classic novel.
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[B]Trailer War[/B] - Watched it this afternoon, enjoyable enough compilation, thereās some great, some good and some āWhat the fuck have they put that on there forā trailers on it.
Overall worth picking up.
You think the Captain is obsessive? I think he is the contrary of obsessive. He dies with his boat, but not for his boat. And what quest could he follow? He follows orders and wants to survive.
That is what Ahab is doing too, only he gets his āordersā from this whale called Moby Dick. I havenāt seen Das Boot in more than a decade, so I canāt say how obssessive (or not) this captain is exactly. But the whale in Melvilleās book is a symbol for what is bigger than a man, Ahab cannot ignore the call of the whale (in Jack Londonās novel this would become the call of the wild), the captain on the boat cannot ignore his orders, thereās something bigger that ācallsā him. Ahab dies with his boat too, not for it.
Cool Hand Luke - Another one I havenāt seen for many years. The Warner Blu Ray looks nice and crisp.
Death Race 2000 (1975).
The guy who does the commentary in the film is so sarcastic and corny I do not find that element funny. But when the guys are knocking down people for points is fun. So maybe it should be the other way around 
. Stallone is good as Machine Gun Joe.
[quote=āENNIOO, post:8679, topic:1923ā]Death Race 2000 (1975).[/quote]Used to love that when I was a kid. Kept rewinding the bit where the nurses bring out the old people for them to run down but they go for the nurses instead ;D