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Post by Ifrit on Sept 19, 2019 17:07:36 GMT
I definitely prefer the remake of every single marvel film and spider man to anything that was done before, but the same can't be said for DC lol. The new batman themed movies arent very good. I liked most of the burton batman films as well. Batman forever can bite a raw egg, however
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2019 17:37:39 GMT
Most of the movies mentioned, I've watched countless times. Maybe that is the mark of a good movie for me. Being able to watch it from beginning to end over and over and over and over. Princess Bride is one of those movies. All most all of John Carpenter's movies (especially The Thing). Apocalypse Now, Platoon and Full Metal Jacket. I don't know if I would ever watch a remake of any of them though. Depends on how much I've had to drink. However, I did like the remakes of Evil Dead, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Halloween and Friday the Thirteenth. More power to them. If they remake Princess Bride, I'd probably watch it with my granddaughters. I'd make sure to tell them how much better things used to be in the "old days". With Apo Now and Platoon in hand, watch Cadence (1990) before Platoon, then Apo. The Boys In Company C (1978) and Hamburger Hill (1987) are classics for a marathon of Vietnam to go with others like Full Metal Jacket. Has Zulu (1964) or Shout At The Devil (1976) ever been remade? I've not watched The Man Who Would Be King (1975 in awhile. Unapproachable in remakes might be the two The Gods Must Be Crazy movies (on the lighter side). Breaker Morant (1980) another tough to do better. Another cast of many Aussie films would be The Odd Angry Shot (1979). Really a host of Edward Woodward and Bryan Brown movies. Woodward in Wicker Man (1973) perhaps a more adult version. Some of the younger folk like the new Ghostbusters more, go figure. Cheers GC Oh, also most important Tribes (1970)....and Streamers (1983) and Walken's fest Biloxi Blues (1988)
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Post by Curtis_Louis on Sept 19, 2019 18:35:32 GMT
All excellent recommendations, especially Hamburger Hill. I've never heard of Cadence and just looked it up. Hopefully, I'll have some time to check that out this evening. It looks really interesting.
I just got the newest release of Apo Now (Final Cut). Watching Cadence will give me a good excuse to see Apo Now again (for the hundredth time). Interestingly, every time I watch Brando in Apo Now, I see something that I didn't see before. Mesmerizing.
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Post by howler on Sept 19, 2019 19:03:02 GMT
Most of the movies mentioned, I've watched countless times. Maybe that is the mark of a good movie for me. Being able to watch it from beginning to end over and over and over and over. Princess Bride is one of those movies. All most all of John Carpenter's movies (especially The Thing). Apocalypse Now, Platoon and Full Metal Jacket. I don't know if I would ever watch a remake of any of them though. Depends on how much I've had to drink. However, I did like the remakes of Evil Dead, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Halloween and Friday the Thirteenth. More power to them. If they remake Princess Bride, I'd probably watch it with my granddaughters. I'd make sure to tell them how much better things used to be in the "old days". The boot camp segment of FMJ featuring the late great Lee Ermey I've watched many times. The only time (I believe) control freak Kubrick allowed an actor to improvise.
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Post by howler on Sept 19, 2019 19:16:27 GMT
Most of the movies mentioned, I've watched countless times. Maybe that is the mark of a good movie for me. Being able to watch it from beginning to end over and over and over and over. Princess Bride is one of those movies. All most all of John Carpenter's movies (especially The Thing). Apocalypse Now, Platoon and Full Metal Jacket. I don't know if I would ever watch a remake of any of them though. Depends on how much I've had to drink. However, I did like the remakes of Evil Dead, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Halloween and Friday the Thirteenth. More power to them. If they remake Princess Bride, I'd probably watch it with my granddaughters. I'd make sure to tell them how much better things used to be in the "old days". With Apo Now and Platoon in hand, watch Cadence (1990) before Platoon, then Apo. The Boys In Company C (1978) and Hamburger Hill (1987) are classics for a marathon of Vietnam to go with others like Full Metal Jacket. Has Zulu (1964) or Shout At The Devil (1976) ever been remade? I've not watched The Man Who Would Be King (1975 in awhile. Unapproachable in remakes might be the two The Gods Must Be Crazy movies (on the lighter side). Breaker Morant (1980) another tough to do better. Another cast of many Aussie films would be The Odd Angry Shot (1979). Really a host of Edward Woodward and Bryan Brown movies. Woodward in Wicker Man (1973) perhaps a more adult version. Some of the younger folk like the new Ghostbusters more, go figure. Cheers GC Oh, also most important Tribes (1970)....and Streamers (1983) and Walken's fest Biloxi Blues (1988) Gallipoli (1981) might be interesting. Zulu (1964) absolutely spellbinding, and The Wicker Man (1973) was indeed regrettably (DONT WATCH IT) remade (2006). I like Nicholas Cage but Woodward was peerless and the flick proved you don't need special effects up the wazzu to have your arse freaked out. And speaking of Woodward, I don't know if it counts but Woodward was in an enjoyable (for me, anyway) 80's TV series called The Equalizer which was made into a movie series of the same name with Denzel Washington.
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Post by howler on Sept 19, 2019 19:32:38 GMT
I definitely prefer the remake of every single marvel film and spider man to anything that was done before, but the same can't be said for DC lol. The new batman themed movies arent very good. I liked most of the burton batman films as well. Batman forever can bite a raw egg, however The sequels to The Hulk were better. X-men reboot comparison to original series was kind of pick and choose between the two, and I think that also goes with Spidey. Spider-Man 2 broke the mold and was the first perfect comic book movie. The Burton vs Nolan Batman is just so apples to oranges it's like two different worlds.
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Post by howler on Sept 19, 2019 19:49:08 GMT
Now if you REALLY want to be burned at the sequel recommendation stake, meekly mutter..."what about Star Wars episode IV"? Gulp.
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Post by MOK on Sept 19, 2019 20:10:59 GMT
Gallipoli (1981) might be interesting. Zulu (1964) absolutely spellbinding, and The Wicker Man (1973) was indeed regrettably (DONT WATCH IT) remade (2006). I like Nicholas Cage but Woodward was peerless and the flick proved you don't need special effects up the wazzu to have your arse freaked out. And speaking of Woodward, I don't know if it counts but Woodward was in an enjoyable (for me, anyway) 80's TV series called The Equalizer which was made into a movie series of the same name with Denzel Washington. Oh, but the Nicholas Cage The Wicker Man is absolutely worth seeing - not for any reason the makers intended, but still!
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Post by MOK on Sept 19, 2019 20:12:05 GMT
Now if you REALLY want to be burned at the sequel recommendation stake, meekly mutter..."what about Star Wars episode IV"? Gulp. Honestly, that's my favorite of the lot of them and I don't care who knows it!
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Post by Ifrit on Sept 19, 2019 20:16:18 GMT
I definitely prefer the remake of every single marvel film and spider man to anything that was done before, but the same can't be said for DC lol. The new batman themed movies arent very good. I liked most of the burton batman films as well. Batman forever can bite a raw egg, however The sequels to The Hulk were better. X-men reboot comparison to original series was kind of pick and choose between the two, and I think that also goes with Spidey. Spider-Man 2 broke the mold and was the first perfect comic book movie. The Burton vs Nolan Batman is just so apples to oranges it's like two different worlds. If you mean spiderman 2 by the toby McGuire series, I am unable to agree lol. I hated that bunch
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Post by howler on Sept 19, 2019 20:35:36 GMT
The sequels to The Hulk were better. X-men reboot comparison to original series was kind of pick and choose between the two, and I think that also goes with Spidey. Spider-Man 2 broke the mold and was the first perfect comic book movie. The Burton vs Nolan Batman is just so apples to oranges it's like two different worlds. If you mean spiderman 2 by the toby McGuire series, I am unable to agree lol. I hated that bunch Of the McGuire trilogy, the 1st was a good movie that started the comic genre, the second the standard, and the third...time to retire and wait for the reboot ![;-|](//storage.forums.net/forum/images/smiley/squint.png) . I think your the first I've heard who disliked the first two movies but who knows personal circumstances and tastes when viewing any movie for the first time as it can leave good or bad impressions regardless of film quality.
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Post by howler on Sept 19, 2019 20:38:08 GMT
Now if you REALLY want to be burned at the sequel recommendation stake, meekly mutter..."what about Star Wars episode IV"? Gulp. Honestly, that's my favorite of the lot of them and I don't care who knows it! If I'm up on my SW knowledge then the fourth episode was the first one filmed and created the phenomena. In that case there are MANY who agree with you.
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Post by howler on Sept 19, 2019 20:42:21 GMT
Gallipoli (1981) might be interesting. Zulu (1964) absolutely spellbinding, and The Wicker Man (1973) was indeed regrettably (DONT WATCH IT) remade (2006). I like Nicholas Cage but Woodward was peerless and the flick proved you don't need special effects up the wazzu to have your arse freaked out. And speaking of Woodward, I don't know if it counts but Woodward was in an enjoyable (for me, anyway) 80's TV series called The Equalizer which was made into a movie series of the same name with Denzel Washington. Oh, but the Nicholas Cage The Wicker Man is absolutely worth seeing - not for any reason the makers intended, but still! Oh, I see, good in a Swayze Roadhouse kind of way, or Ed Wood Plan 9 from outer space way. Hack, cough, I stand corrected.
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Post by Ifrit on Sept 19, 2019 21:20:43 GMT
If you mean spiderman 2 by the toby McGuire series, I am unable to agree lol. I hated that bunch Of the McGuire trilogy, the 1st was a good movie that started the comic genre, the second the standard, and the third...time to retire and wait for the reboot ![;-|](//storage.forums.net/forum/images/smiley/squint.png) . I think your the first I've heard who disliked the first two movies but who knows personal circumstances and tastes when viewing any movie for the first time as it can leave good or bad impressions regardless of film quality. I'm of the tom hollond club. I think he's a fantastic Spiderman. I also really loved spiderverse
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Post by howler on Sept 19, 2019 21:35:48 GMT
Of the McGuire trilogy, the 1st was a good movie that started the comic genre, the second the standard, and the third...time to retire and wait for the reboot ![;-|](//storage.forums.net/forum/images/smiley/squint.png) . I think your the first I've heard who disliked the first two movies but who knows personal circumstances and tastes when viewing any movie for the first time as it can leave good or bad impressions regardless of film quality. I'm of the tom hollond club. I think he's a fantastic Spiderman. I also really loved spiderverse They (Marvel) are doing real well at not messing up their bread and butter (Spider Man) with the reboot, and I like but haven't seen the last one. Marvel has SOOO owned DC by comparison, though Wonder Woman and Aqua-Man were well received (I personally believed alright). Iron Man reboot will be critical, and Dark Phoenix (I hear) was somewhat of a disappointment for X-Man franchise.
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Post by Ifrit on Sept 19, 2019 21:37:43 GMT
I'm of the tom hollond club. I think he's a fantastic Spiderman. I also really loved spiderverse They (Marvel) are doing real well at not messing up their bread and butter (Spider Man) with the reboot, and Marvel has SOOO owned DC by comparison, though Wonder Woman and Aqua-Man were well received (I personally though alright). Iron Man reboot will be critical, and Dark Phoenix (I hear) was somewhat of a disappointment for X-Man franchise. I agree with all of this. And to be fair, captain marvel was boring as hell. I was hoping it would be good, but I just didn't enjoy it at all. Couldn't even finish it. And iron man reboot? Whose gonna play him? Wonder woman disappointed me. I wanted it to be good. I'm not sure if I'll check out aquaman
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Post by howler on Sept 19, 2019 21:48:44 GMT
They (Marvel) are doing real well at not messing up their bread and butter (Spider Man) with the reboot, and Marvel has SOOO owned DC by comparison, though Wonder Woman and Aqua-Man were well received (I personally though alright). Iron Man reboot will be critical, and Dark Phoenix (I hear) was somewhat of a disappointment for X-Man franchise. I agree with all of this. And to be fair, captain marvel was boring as hell. I was hoping it would be good, but I just didn't enjoy it at all. Couldn't even finish it. And iron man reboot? Whose gonna play him? Wonder woman disappointed me. I wanted it to be good. I'm not sure if I'll check out aquaman Haven't seen Captain Marvel, as female superhero movies are THE thing. Robert Downey is a TOUGH replacement. If you can accept the plausibility (though visually interesting) of Atlantis, the movie is alright, and the main actor has chemistry. The only thing that bothered me about Wonder Woman was that they (the critics) hailed it as the greatest thing since sliced bread...overblown, but it was a decent comic flick when you get back down to Earth.
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Post by Ifrit on Sept 19, 2019 21:54:51 GMT
I agree with all of this. And to be fair, captain marvel was boring as hell. I was hoping it would be good, but I just didn't enjoy it at all. Couldn't even finish it. And iron man reboot? Whose gonna play him? Wonder woman disappointed me. I wanted it to be good. I'm not sure if I'll check out aquaman Haven't seen Captain Marvel, as female superhero movies are THE thing. Robert Downey is a TOUGH replacement. If you can accept the plausibility (though visually interesting) of Atlantis, the movie is alright, and the main actor has chemistry. The only thing that bothered me about Wonder Woman was that they (the critics) hailed it as the greatest thing since sliced bread...overblown, but it was a decent comic flick when you get back down to Earth. Critics play into identity way too hard. Their opinions are crazy biased. It's basically a certain group of people patting themselves on the back for making their own virtue signalling happen That being said, I have always loved movies with women leads. If shows with female protagonists as the main character were written as well as any of my favourite movies without, I would be quite happy. Chick's are just so much nicer to look at than dudes, and I ain't the type to self insert when I watch media
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Post by howler on Sept 19, 2019 22:35:49 GMT
Haven't seen Captain Marvel, as female superhero movies are THE thing. Robert Downey is a TOUGH replacement. If you can accept the plausibility (though visually interesting) of Atlantis, the movie is alright, and the main actor has chemistry. The only thing that bothered me about Wonder Woman was that they (the critics) hailed it as the greatest thing since sliced bread...overblown, but it was a decent comic flick when you get back down to Earth. Critics play into identity way too hard. Their opinions are crazy biased. It's basically a certain group of people patting themselves on the back for making their own virtue signalling happen That being said, I have always loved movies with women leads. If shows with female protagonists as the main character were written as well as any of my favourite movies without, I would be quite happy. Chick's are just so much nicer to look at than dudes, and I ain't the type to self insert when I watch media The women with superpowers movies are really good, and it bleeds off to TV with series like Stranger Things. What I find kind of crazy & implausible is the badass chick (no superpower) flicks, and not because of attitude or shooting guns or whatnot, but the unrealistic physical feats they are supposedly capable of. Little stick women like Angelina Jolie in Salt, for example, jumping around on overpasses and kicking the butts of 250lb. men all day long without leaving a mark. I know there is unrealistic cinematic license for male action stars as well, but 5' nothing 98lb. soaking wet women...get real.
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Post by Zen_Hydra on Sept 20, 2019 2:13:44 GMT
Critics play into identity way too hard. Their opinions are crazy biased. It's basically a certain group of people patting themselves on the back for making their own virtue signalling happen That being said, I have always loved movies with women leads. If shows with female protagonists as the main character were written as well as any of my favourite movies without, I would be quite happy. Chick's are just so much nicer to look at than dudes, and I ain't the type to self insert when I watch media The women with superpowers movies are really good, and it bleeds off to TV with series like Stranger Things. What I find kind of crazy & implausible is the badass chick (no superpower) flicks, and not because of attitude or shooting guns or whatnot, but the unrealistic physical feats they are supposedly capable of. Little stick women like Angelina Jolie in Salt, for example, jumping around on overpasses and kicking the butts of 250lb. men all day long without leaving a mark. I know there is unrealistic cinematic license for male action stars as well, but 5' nothing 98lb. soaking wet women...get real. Yet people buy pocket-sized Tom Cruise as viable hand-to-hand combatant.
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