Lancemc
Blue Crack Addict
Pfft. Raiders.
Aliens, mayhaps.
YouTube - Chow Yun-Fat John Woo`s The Killer 3 FR trailer
Uh-huh yeaaaaahh.
Aliens, mayhaps.
YouTube - Chow Yun-Fat John Woo`s The Killer 3 FR trailer
Uh-huh yeaaaaahh.
Anyone looking forward to Avatar?
Die Hard, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Aliens top it, son. But that's about it, from what I've seen, at least.
Those are three great calls actually. But I'm sticking with Judgment Day. I know now why you cry. But it is something I can never do.
Wolverine - Terrible.
I still feel compelled to go see this for two reasons:
1. Hugh Jackman
2. Taylor Kitsch
They are $10 worth of hotness.
it will be a huge hit
I still feel compelled to go see this for two reasons:
1. Hugh Jackman
2. Taylor Kitsch
They are $10 worth of hotness.
Already is. $87 million this weekend.
No surprise it sucked. It looks absolutely awful. I mean I'm no fan of the genre, but still. It looks just plain bad.
Is there a precedent for afilmmovie with such a monster opening failing to hit a mark of $150?
T2 is the best action movie ever made. Fact. Confirmed fact.
Tokyo! was pretty satisfying. Certainly one of the most successful omnibus films I've seen in this vein, if not necessarily in the strength's of the particular shorts' highlights than in its surprising thematic and stylistic unity. Then again maybe it shouldn't be so surprising considering the three directors here are all pretty well known for their off-beat and imaginative filmmaking. Overall it's a great look at the city's urban psychology and its cultural identity (made both explicit particularly in Carax's film, and implicit throughout in its outsider's view looking in, as none of these director's are intimately familiar with Japan themselves). I'll score each segment individually:
Interior Design (Gondry) - 8.0
I went in expecting this to be my least favorite and had those expectations turned completely around. It makes sense this is the most successful though as Gondry was always a better fit for the short form than for features. He captures the city's and culture's unique close-quarters alienation. Deviously stylish and outrageously funny at time, Gondry's segment is both the most entertaining and successful in its examination of distinct cultural idiosyncrasies and pure cinematic ingenuity. Honestly, if it weren't for Kaufman's brilliant contributions to Eternal Sunshine, this would easily be my favorite thing Gondry had done.
Merde (Carax) - 6.0 Both the least entertaining and least successful, despite an initially fantastic premise. The short begins with a playful and somewhat horrifying take on Godzilla and other urban terror/ monster films, but unfortunately its more political and social satire in the second half is considerably less effective. Carax himself already said he was never comfortable working in the short form, and it shows. However, his segment still shows some serious cinematic chops and a virtuoso performance from Denis Lavant.
Shaking Tokyo (Bong) - 7.5 Falls somewhere in between the other two, but likely suffers from its placement in the film. I think this piece would have been better served having switched positions with Gondry's film, opening Tokyo! with a quietly romantic tale about an 11-year recluse being drawn out from his hermetically sealed home by a chance encounter with a cute pizza girl. Bong's camerawork and sound design here is astounding, and best captures the claustrophobic atmosphere of the city and taps into the main characters psyche with admirable subtlety. Really, it shares a bit of thematic ground with Interior Design, unfortunately I feel this segment was in dire need of elaboration and expansion. Bong never really gets to dig into this material to the level it demands, and the short consequently comes up a bit short.
Overall, I was very pleased. I'll give the film in its entirety a 7.0. Strongly recommended if only because it really rises above the rest in its form.
I've never understood the worship of James Cameron, I mean he's freakin' brilliant at directing action, but his stories are somewhat campy, blasphemous though that may be. T2 is far greater than anything else related to that franchise, but I'll always pick Alien as the best from that one because of the subtlety of the whole thing, Ridely Scott brings something to everything he touches that is so unlike most of whatever particular genre he's working in. Granted Cameron crafts his own stories, whereas Scott's strength is visuals and is brought down sometimes by screenplays, but I'd take Ridley every day (but Aliens is one of the greatest sequels ever).
still need to see Black Hawk Down.