Last night I watched a Ron Howard film "In The Heart Of The Sea"
In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex was assaulted by something no one could believe: a whale of mammoth size and will, and an almost human sense of vengeance.
I really thought it was a well done movie, and a real imaginative add on to Moby Dick. Also the acting was really strong throughout, the effects were terrific to.
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I'm on a real run of watching making of movies documentaries on Amazon Prime, anyone that has it should watch the Never Surrender documentary on the making of Galaxy Quest, the interviews with the cast and crew were great and funny, and sad when they got to Alan Rickman's death. You could see Weaver trying not to break down
To me when I rank movies, Galaxy Quest is almost a perfect movie for what it was.
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I'm on a real run of watching making of movies documentaries on Amazon Prime, anyone that has it should watch the Never Surrender documentary on the making of Galaxy Quest, the interviews with the cast and crew were great and funny, and sad when they got to Alan Rickman's death. You could see Weaver trying not to break down
To me when I rank movies, Galaxy Quest is almost a perfect movie for what it was.
Love Galaxy Quest! That flick is a better Star Trek movie than most Star Trek movies. I'm gonna have to check out this documentary.
Well, I've spent my time fruitfully binge-watching the Fast & the Furious movies 1-7.
Funny thing; even though director Shaun Lin (director of movies 3-6) is clearly the guy who polished the gem that was hiding within the franchise, I'd argue that his films are the worst in the franchise (at least until movie 7, haven't seen the ones after that).
1 and 2 are fun driving flicks. They're about cars and driving them fast, some hijinxs and friendship stuff. If you like cars and driving them fast, these films really deliver.
Films 3 and 4 are basically inferior versions of those films. (Fast & Furious is still pretty good though, it just feels very redundant and "I've seen this already" after the first two.)
Films 5 and 6 are where the franchise stops being about driving cars and friendship and becomes all about destroying cars and mythbuilding the characters into over the top versions of themselves. The films have good action, but also a lot of what I'd call "dead scenes" which explain the not that interesting details of the characters personal lives and relationships. What makes these scenes a waste of space is that they tend to drag down the pacing of their movies while contributing nothing to the films they're in. They don't affect the actual plot and the don't really add up to proper character arcs. Surprisingly little time is also spent in cars.
Then you get to Furious 7, where director James Wan made just a flat out better version of the previous two films. The action is more entertaining, the jokes are funnier, the characters and their relationships work better and most importantly the whole movie has massively better pacing. If you're only going to watch one film in the franchise, I'd recommend Furious 7 (with the obvious caveat that there's three more films I haven't seen.)
(If you're into cars and driving you've probably already seen 1 and 2, so there's no point in recommending them )
Love Galaxy Quest! That flick is a better Star Trek movie than most Star Trek movies. I'm gonna have to check out this documentary.
It was funny because the Justin Long story about Rickman writing him a card for his debut in a broadway play and the cover of the card said F$$$ you.
Or Weaver trying to keep her composure.
When they talked about the scene where Tim Allen had to tell the truth about not being a Captain but an actor, they were all awesome.
There was a long segment on the chopper scene where they rounded the corner and Weaver actually says "Oh F$$$ this" but they had to redub it to "Oh Screw this".
It was a great documentary I really enjoyed it. Its a must watch.
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Not sure if this has been posted before but I just ran across a documentary that was a huge surprise and I just loved. I haven't thought of all these movies in years, had no idea so many of them were made by the same company and the 2 Israeli guys behind them were such characters.
Electric Boogaloo - The Wild Untold Story of Cannon Films
They're responsible for Breakin', Death Wish, the early Chuck Norris movies, Superman IV, King Solomon's Mines, and on and on. Great watch.
Not sure if this has been posted before but I just ran across a documentary that was a huge surprise and I just loved. I haven't thought of all these movies in years, had no idea so many of them were made by the same company and the 2 Israeli guys behind them were such characters.
Electric Boogaloo - The Wild Untold Story of Cannon Films
They're responsible for Breakin', Death Wish, the early Chuck Norris movies, Superman IV, King Solomon's Mines, and on and on. Great watch.
“It Chapter 2” was kind of disappointing. Just boring. Should have just make another movie with only the kids. Like what was even the point of the Bowers’ character in this movie?
I think if you combined the previous movie with an updated version of the 1990 one, it would have been pretty good.
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Well, I've spent my time fruitfully binge-watching the Fast & the Furious movies 1-7.
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At least once a year i binge the whole series, albeit usually in the background while I do a project in the house. They are all ridiculous and fantastic and I don't care what anyone thinks.
Cars, stunts, insanity and some great chemistry.
9 is due out shortly, but being pushed til next spring
Hobbs and Shaw was a hot mess, even by FF standards, I don't know if I can add that to the annual binge.
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Watched Collateral for the first time in many years, and I think it's the best work of Michael Mann. Tighter and more focused than Heat, and Tom Cruise is fantastic as a true villain. I had forgot how many other big names were in it as well, Mark Ruffalo and Javier Bardem were great surprises
I was entertained, but it is another typical action flick where the hero is a cant miss crack shot just mowing down the bad guys mercilessly with head shot after head shot and brutally deadly hand to hand combat.
Some great action sequences though IMO, especially how they shot the one chase scene, with what seems like a single camera just following and weaving in and out of the chase.
Agree, I thought the camera work and fight scenes were great. Other than that a generic action flick. Worth the watch on Netflix.
Lawless was not good. It certainly had aspirations to be but it was boring, meandering, and could have actually used at least another 30 minutes to make me care slightly about any of the characters at all. Going in the skip pile for Tom Hardy films.
So, so bad, just a terrible movie. The last fight in the end is so unrealistic, dumb and overly dramatic that I can hardly understand how that got made. Let's not even talk about the scene in the village with the German women, I haven't cringed that hard and often at a movie in a long time.
This scene is the only somewhat worthwhile thing about the film. (And there's just so many questions...) You can watch this and skip the rest.
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