― another james, Tuesday, 25 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
how on earth could i have forgotten the road warrior! blinding film. i love thunderdome to, but i think mm is better. doesn't mean that i don't watch thunderdome more often though, a seriously quotable film.
― Mandee, Wednesday, 26 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Dare, Wednesday, 26 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
robert de niro running along rooftops and wrapping guns in towels.
I also prefer 'the empire strikes back' to 'a new hope'.
the new old one looks awful. or. not good. prequels can work. I should think. but.
― richard john gillanders, Wednesday, 26 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
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― james, Saturday, 29 December 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
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― TAW, Wednesday, 27 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― N., Wednesday, 27 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Firsted: Curse of the Cat People, For A Few Dollars More, Desperado, Toy Story 2 Seconded: Addams Family Values Thirded: T2, um Gremlins 2
― Jeff W, Wednesday, 27 March 2002 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
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― Chris Barrus (Chris Barrus), Tuesday, 13 May 2003 22:37 (twenty years ago) link
― H.Mann, Tuesday, 13 May 2003 22:43 (twenty years ago) link
Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster > Godzilla vs. King Kong.
― Justyn Dillingham (Justyn Dillingham), Tuesday, 13 May 2003 23:07 (twenty years ago) link
More recently Blade 2 splattered the first one with that super vamp thing Joss Whedon copied.
― b.R.A.d. (Brad), Tuesday, 13 May 2003 23:12 (twenty years ago) link
I agree with this. II is exactly the same as I, except he wins. I like III, when he's taken over Hulk Hogan's knee like a pansy.
― Eyeball Kicks (Eyeball Kicks), Tuesday, 13 May 2003 23:27 (twenty years ago) link
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― b.R.A.d. (Brad), Tuesday, 13 May 2003 23:51 (twenty years ago) link
And I second the vote for the Bond films.
How about the Benji movies?
― I'm Passing Open Windows (Ms Laura), Wednesday, 14 May 2003 02:47 (twenty years ago) link
And damn, now I'm craving a sushi dinner followed by a viewing of Lethal Weapon II.
― Dee the Semi-Lurker (Dee the Lurker), Wednesday, 14 May 2003 03:18 (twenty years ago) link
― Justyn Dillingham (Justyn Dillingham), Wednesday, 14 May 2003 05:40 (twenty years ago) link
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― Dan (ELECTRIC BOOGALOO) Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 21 December 2005 14:16 (eighteen years ago) link
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― Raymond Cummings (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 21 December 2005 15:02 (eighteen years ago) link
Boorman seems to think it sucks too but the visual excess in the thing is a wonder to behold, not to mention the Burton excess. I won't defend it as a good movie.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 23 October 2017 18:22 (six years ago) link
as i pointed out upon re-seeing it in a theater this past summer, Raiders swipes two of its biggest stunts from Stagecoach and doesn't really improve on em.
As for Godfather II, Coppola said his m.o. was "I wanted to punish Michael," so I think it plays better with Catholics.
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Monday, 23 October 2017 18:27 (six years ago) link
Raiders swipes two of its biggest stunts from Stagecoach
I assume the dragged-under-the-moving-car one is one, what's the other?
― Οὖτις, Monday, 23 October 2017 18:29 (six years ago) link
Indy jumps from one vehicle to another in that same chase, I think? or is it horses? anyway it's much like Yakima Canutt (doubling for John Wayne) sequentially leaping horses.
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Monday, 23 October 2017 18:38 (six years ago) link
yeah but Nazis
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 23 October 2017 18:39 (six years ago) link
If you're gonna steal, steal from the best, etc.
― Monster fatberg (Phil D.), Monday, 23 October 2017 18:46 (six years ago) link
Did not realize Nazis directed Stagecoach, tbh.
― The Wetting Planner (Old Lunch), Monday, 23 October 2017 18:58 (six years ago) link
Raiders is alright, but as with several Coen Bros films most impresses people who never saw the antecedents.
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Monday, 23 October 2017 19:03 (six years ago) link
Nah, I love Stagecoach and Raiders for other reasons, and besides Spielberg pays tribute to Ford by taking what he learned and putting it in a new context. It's true that the discovery of the Ark and the final Ark-going-apeshit scene have a grandeur missing in the other Indy films. And Belloq's drunk scenes with Marion compensate for his being a rather pallid villain.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 23 October 2017 20:32 (six years ago) link
I think I'd call Aparajito the best film sequel. Not that it's better than the first or third films, but it stands on its own as a work of art and probably makes perfect sense seen in isolation from the others.
― jmm, Monday, 23 October 2017 21:18 (six years ago) link
Boxer's Omen is way way way better than Bewitched.
I like Once Upon A Time In China 2 and 3 better than the original.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Monday, 23 October 2017 21:30 (six years ago) link
Exorcist 3 >>>>>>> Exorcist 2 btw
― kurt schwitterz, Monday, 23 October 2017 21:39 (six years ago) link
Well, yeah.
I'd have much more time for an 'Exorcist 3 > Exorcist 1' argument than the insane 'Exorcist 2 > Exorcist 1 (or much of anything)' argument Alfred has put forward.
― The Wetting Planner (Old Lunch), Monday, 23 October 2017 21:44 (six years ago) link
On the horror front, I have basically zero time for any of the Child's Play films with 'Child's Play' in the title but I think all of the subsequent Child's Play films with 'Chucky' in the title are good-to-great.
― The Wetting Planner (Old Lunch), Monday, 23 October 2017 21:46 (six years ago) link
child’s play 2 is great but otherwise you’re right
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Monday, 23 October 2017 21:52 (six years ago) link
I was 13 when Raiders came out, I hadn't seen the antecedents!
― Monster fatberg (Phil D.), Monday, 23 October 2017 21:57 (six years ago) link
well Morbius was 13 when Stagecoach came out, so you can understand why he feels this way
― Number None, Monday, 23 October 2017 21:59 (six years ago) link
― The Suite Life of Jack and Wendy (wins), Monday, 23 October 2017 22:08 (six years ago) link
(& I was like yep that looks like a brad opinion, checks out)
― The Suite Life of Jack and Wendy (wins), Monday, 23 October 2017 22:09 (six years ago) link
Rocky iii ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓
― Gary Synaesthesia (darraghmac), Monday, 23 October 2017 22:28 (six years ago) link
Wrath Of Khan was my first ever in-cinema experience of looking at my watch at the end credits and being flatly baffled as to where 2 hours had gone. i don't just mean 'oh it flies by!' i mean literally dumbstruck and perplexed that time could even move so fast. i was only a kid but even today it seems to have incredible pacing, i think partly it's because Khan actually takes a time (half an hour maybe?) before he even rocks up. it's a *masterpiece* of structure.
― piscesx, Monday, 23 October 2017 22:32 (six years ago) link
Problem Child 2 probably is the best of the trilogy btw
― pulled pork state of mind (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 24 October 2017 06:24 (six years ago) link
Iron Man 3 is much more fun the first two, how did it get to be divisive? Is it the Kingsley stuff?
I think a lot of people have issue with that plot twist, yeah - I personally thought it was great, the idea of a 'created enemy' fascinates me and is something I can totally buy if it is done well (which I thought it was here).In this case, there will always be comic book fans who are disappointed that they didn't get the villain closer to the source material. (For those, there's a must-see one-shot special with Kingsley called All Hail The King, which is included on the Thor 2 Blu-ray.)But I think a problem for many was that Guy Pearce's Aldritch Killian wasn't an impressive enough main villain.
I've also more than once heard people having problems with the final battle, for being too CGI-heavy and/or because Tony couldn't get access to his armor for so long, his entire house is destroyed and then is suddenly and conveniently able to call on an armor-army from an undamaged storage section in the end. But he needed to re-establish contact beforehand & the storage was pretty much a vault, I personally don't doubt that he couldn't have done so earlier.
I love the movie and I personally even prefer it over the first Iron Man, I've seen acclaim, but I know I've often seen people list it low as well.
― Valentijn, Tuesday, 24 October 2017 06:51 (six years ago) link
Amazon recently recommended me the Home Alone box set. There are five of those films but I was only aware of three.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Tuesday, 24 October 2017 11:46 (six years ago) link
take it to the controversial opinions thread buddy
― clammy marinara (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 24 October 2017 12:06 (six years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/zrnhBiV.png
― pplains, Tuesday, 24 October 2017 13:26 (six years ago) link
daniel dild-shoeis to thread
― clammy marinara (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 24 October 2017 13:35 (six years ago) link
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 24 October 2017 13:41 (six years ago) link
PB2 is the one where Junior says "Can we go home now? These people are dicks" and so is clearly the best
― pulled pork state of mind (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 24 October 2017 13:54 (six years ago) link
also I can't remember which one they overkill the "Bad to the Bone" hook in, that's p great
― pulled pork state of mind (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 24 October 2017 13:55 (six years ago) link
also Gilbert Gottfried's character becomes a maniacal dentist
― pulled pork state of mind (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 24 October 2017 14:01 (six years ago) link
After the Thin Man
I must protest; the Thin Man franchise is my go-to example of diminishing returns.
― Virulent Is the Word for Julia (j.lu), Tuesday, 24 October 2017 14:21 (six years ago) link
The second one is the best iirc
― Gary Synaesthesia (darraghmac), Tuesday, 24 October 2017 14:41 (six years ago) link
I've never seen any of the Problem Child films (and probably never will), but the episode of Gilbert Gottfried's podcast with the writers of those films (Scott Alexander andLarry Karaszewski--who would go on to write Ed Wood and The People vs. Larry Flynt) has some great behinds-the-scenes stuff on how the second film in that series, in particular, came to be.
― iCloudius (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 24 October 2017 14:46 (six years ago) link
gremlins 2
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Friday, 10 November 2017 03:45 (six years ago) link
yes for real even though Gremlins 1 is a classic Gremlins 2 is so good
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 10 November 2017 04:04 (six years ago) link