The Movie Thread

[the pondering moose]

How can anything compete with: Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson and James Coburn?

Well true; it competes, but definitely comes in second

[the pondering moose]

Totally different I watched an Indie flick called Blue Jay this evening. It's on Netflix at the moment and it's almost the anti-remake/reboot/reinterpretation/must see 6 previous marvel films film. They shot it with a canon DSLR, there's just Sarah Paulson and Mark Dupless and they were given plot points and they filmed them improvise. It sounds hipster and poor, but it was excellent as a simple story with humour and sadness and depth and zero special effects. It made a really nice change.

[PH45]

Well true; it competes, but definitely comes in second

Have you seen Kurosawas Seven Samurai that the Magnificent Seven was a replica of

[the pondering moose]

Have you seen Kurosawas Seven Samurai that the Magnificent Seven was a replica of

Indeed I have, I like a Kurosawa flick (well, any good samurai flick). I like both it and Sturges' western.

[cigarsam]

Indeed I have, I like a Kurosawa flick (well, any good samurai flick). I like both it and Sturges' western.

You may like IP man, more a kung fu film than samurai flick but it doesn't have any people flying through the air.

[Johnny Thunder]

Watcher Jack Reacher 2 tonight. It was OK.

[the pondering moose]

You may like IP man, more a kung fu film than samurai flick but it doesn't have any people flying through the air.

Yep, like IP man too. Partial to a bit of Wuxia as well - I think my all time favourite is Hero, absolutely beautifully shot and lots of interestingly staged fighting.

Have you see 13 Assassins? Much more recent samurai flick, but your classic revenge/return of honour/Ronin are bad news for evil feudal overlords plan, leads to a recruitment drive, leads to a showdown flick. I don't think that's a spoiler particularly. Speaking of Ronin, its way way better than that Charlie Foxtrot that had Keanu Reeves in it.

[the pondering moose]

Watcher Jack Reacher 2 tonight. It was OK.

I quite liked the first one. The problem is Tom Cruise, he annoys me and is probably (?!) batshit, but you can't argue with the commitment to shooting/jumping/stunting/driving/playing a man a yard taller/ten to fifteen years younger.

And, annoyingly, he can act when pressed...

[PeeJay]

I watched 'London has fallen' on Friday, absolute drivel but very enjoyable. The lead character reminded me of Jack Reacher in a lot of ways.

[Johnny Thunder]

Hacksaw Ridge was tonights movie.
Absolutely fantastic film. I would put it up there with the likes of Platoon, Taegukgi, Private Ryan and Deerhunter.

[the pondering moose]

Hacksaw Ridge was tonights movie.
Absolutely fantastic film. I would put it up there with the likes of Platoon, Taegukgi, Private Ryan and Deerhunter.

Platoon or the Deerhunter? That's some high praise. Never liked Saving Private Ryan much, it eclipsed The Thin Red Line, which is (IMHO) spectacular.

[Johnny Thunder]

I did enjoy The Thin Red Line but I thought it was pretty thin when it came to the story. It just felt like
it was more about big name stars than any actual substance.

[Emaresee]

Watched the first Segal as a bad guy movie; The Asian Connection....what a stinker. I am a fan of his, beyond all the hype and nonsense and flak he gets he's acheived a lot.... But this is a reallyreally really really bad film. Its perfectly fine to have on n the background but dont expect to have to actively watch/ concentrate!

[the pondering moose]

I did enjoy The Thin Red Line but I thought it was pretty thin when it came to the story. It just felt like
it was more about big name stars than any actual substance.

Fair comment. I just loved Terrance Mallick's almost mystical cinematography. I guess it's very different to Private Ryan. It had a chaotic lack of story reflecting the chaos of the fighting at Guadalcanal.

[the pondering moose]

Watched the first Segal as a bad guy movie; The Asian Connection....what a stinker. I am a fan of his, beyond all the hype and nonsense and flak he gets he's acheived a lot.... But this is a reallyreally really really bad film. Its perfectly fine to have on n the background but dont expect to have to actively watch/ concentrate!

Segal did achieve a lot, being the first western Akido dude to run a dojo in Japan and so forth. But the lying, the bigamy, the ego leading to the need to be invulnerable in films... Eh. Also, if you see any of Steven Segal: Law Man. He's a sheriff's deputy or something, it was so terrible, I couldn't stop watching.