Colin Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 Certainly, the old meets new Bond, "Skyfall," keeps the action packed cliche franchise going - very easy and fun to watch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted December 1, 2012 Author Share Posted December 1, 2012 the Spielberg epic, Lincoln, has great acting by Daniel Day Lewis, but its awesome scenery makes it a big screen choice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted December 5, 2012 Author Share Posted December 5, 2012 Skyfall skillfully reprises the old with the new; introduces the new while discarding the old. In fact, refreshing, re-energizing and replacing is the sub-plot and theme of this fast-packed action thriller. The 50-year-old, billion-dollar Bond franchise is alive and well with its latest re-incarnation. Craig is tough guy, Judi Dench is amazing as always and equally good Ralph Fiennes signs on (no doubt for a real part in some future episode). On a scale of $1 (wait for Redbox rental) to $10 (see it now in multichannel theater with big screen), the latest Bond incarnation is certainly a $10. There is so much scenery, action, with some interesting dialogue, but a weak super-criminal plot, that I would even give it a $15; I wouldnt mind seeing it all over again. NOT so Taken 2. Liam Neeson is a big guy and a boxer. But that doesnt come across in this latest installment of the man rescues women action series. In comparison to Skyfall, the Istanbul scenery and villains are dirty, grimy and dull, the dialogue tepid (There isnt one memorable line) and the plot predictable. Did I like it? Yes. Did they leave the door open for a sequel? Yes. Will I watch it? Yes again. It isnt XXX, but it is enjoyable. Better than a one buck rating; possibly half-way to a full $10 movie pass. I rate it $6 ½, for hero action in a foreighn setting. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000553/ If you lived through the incredible airplane crash scenes in Ethan Hawkes Alive, Spielbergs Jurassic Park 3, and the riveting fictionalized documentary, Untied 93, you must watch Flight, in the big screen theater. First, it isnt the crash scene that makes this movie, it is the riveting tale of personal destruction that occurs alongside the government investigation into the crash scene that creates the tension through-out this movie. Denzel Washington may rank as one of Hollywoods most over-paid actors (Forbes), but this one should his earnings/fee ration back into double digits. This movie has accurate, personal drama, financial intrigue, character insight and courtesy a crashing and burning passenger airliner - big screen action. Think Oscar nomination. See it again? NOT necessarrily. But I give it $10 see it in the theater this while it is there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted April 27, 2013 Author Share Posted April 27, 2013 Writers Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely have shown a knack for hardboiled black comedy before, notably in "You Kill Me," and it's easy to imagine that the Coen brothers could have fashioned something sharp and funny out of this dismal true story. But even if he's obviously imitating "Burn After Reading" (the Coens' worst film) and "Fargo" (possibly their best), putting a satire in Bay's hands is rather like presenting the keys of a stolen Lamborghini to a drunken teenager. It's a fast ride, but it doesn't take you where you want to go. This is a movie about stupidity and cruelty in which stupidity and cruelty permeate almost every scene. Bay doesn't hold anything back -- everything is over-pitched and underlined in hot neon. If he's braked his trademark action cutting, it's only to go overboard on slow-motion so as not to miss a single drop of blood or perspiration. http://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/26/showbiz/movies/pain-gain-review-charity/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted October 24, 2013 Author Share Posted October 24, 2013 Tom Hanks will certainly be nominated, again, for this one. Might even win it. Have to see what the competion looks like. Won’t be DiCaprio in “The Great Gatsby.” Although NOT about sailing or boating, all the drama in Captain Philips happens on a huge cargo container ship and crowded orange lifeboat. Like Gravity, this is a theater movie worthy of the ticket price. NOT because like Gravity the ocean stage is as huge as space, but because the pace, drama, tensions, plot, counter-moves of a modern-day sea-battle between a huge unarmed freighter and a small, fast skiff with assault rifles provides an apt allegory for taut relations between the first world Haves and the third world Have-nots. For Somalian pirates, it is a matter of enormous riches and desperation. For the crew of the lumbering container ship, it was just a coffee break and fire drill… http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1535109/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted October 24, 2013 Author Share Posted October 24, 2013 I have seen Superman, Ironman 3 and the White House action movies this year. So far the most exciting one has been the non-stop action of Gravity. This is sure to rank as one of the best science fiction movies ever. Like Apollo 13, certainly one of the best space movies. This director is on a roll. Children of God was a great movie. NOT sure the 3D was worth it though. It is certainly no lush Hugo 3D but Gravity was one of those movies, like Hugo, that displays the amazing emotional impact that modern movies can have. Movies like this one make me love the movies. Highly recommend on really big screens. Rated PG-13 for intense perilous sequences. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted October 24, 2013 Author Share Posted October 24, 2013 Fifth Estate In the Wikileaks movie, Assange felt he had to go to Europe to get the freedom he wanted. Many of the bit-torrent download sites are located there. In fact, in the movie Assange wears a Pirate Bay t-shirt of the open-source group that lead to web site of the same name. I doubt that our media is brave enough to publish Private Manning and Edward Snowden’s revelations. That Europe was going to do it anyway probably forced their hand. Today Daniel Ellsberg, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein would be too hampered, edited and afraid to reveal all that they did before. The movie itself is weak. The biggest release of government data in history and numerous government crimes it exposes could be exciting stuff. Except that Assange stays ahead of them and wisely releases everything, unedited, so that nothing can happen to him. There is very little action to move things along. This is NOT Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford in “All the King’s Men” either. It isn’t a personal battle with a powerful and unscrupulous president. Maybe the Private Manning or Edward Snowden movies (hope they are coming) will better. Hard to make typing on a laptop and talking on a phone, the work of journalists, exciting even when telling on the largest, most powerful empire in history. The movie does feel like a smear job - he wasn't fair to people who wanted to hold back the information. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted January 24, 2014 Author Share Posted January 24, 2014 : I like Marky Mark movies. I don’t think I have seen a bad one yet. They aren’t moving blockbusters, like Captain Philips or Gravity. He always plays a tough guy. Some times good. Sometimes not. I liked 2 Guns and Pain & Gain. Lone Survivor is an up close and personal look at the dirty, messy and bloody Afghanistan war, like Restrepo and Saving Private Ryan. Like those movies it shows the real cost of war in the heroes it creates and chews up. It is a big bang shoot-em up worth seeing on the big screen. Certainly worth renting if you like war movies. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1091191/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schu Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Captain phillips and gravity are annoying ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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