Fun Your Favourite Films?
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Doctor Omega
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Be honest...
Which Dredd film did you enjoy more?
And why?
We're all supposed to say the Karl Urban one....
But would that be right?
And if so, why is that right?
1995:
2012:
Which Dredd film did you enjoy more?
And why?
We're all supposed to say the Karl Urban one....
But would that be right?
And if so, why is that right?
1995:
2012:
Doctor Omega
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It's been very well received so far....
Doctor Omega
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Thoughts on this movie?
And what about that remake? Totally pointless?
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Hux
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Verhoeven's 1990 film is fantastic and much smarter than many people realise. You can sincerely interpret events as having happened or being a holiday memory gone very wrong.
As I recall (sic) you can't do that with the remake. It makes it clear that... yes, this is all happening. It was a kinda bland, forgettable film.
As I recall (sic) you can't do that with the remake. It makes it clear that... yes, this is all happening. It was a kinda bland, forgettable film.
I loved the original. I think it really captures the world in Philip K Dick's novels.
I tried the remake, but I couldn't finish it.
I tried the remake, but I couldn't finish it.
The Company of Wolves (1984)
Carol
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Yes - love it! And one day I will get my DVD back from the friend who borrowed it. Bet Angela Lansbury had more fun doing that than all her Disney outings put together.
I wish more of Angela Carter's work would make it to film, especially her other horror stories
I should really read some of her work.
streak1981
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Carol
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The Bloody Chamber is a collection of very darkly comic takes on folk tales.
Wise Children is the full length novel of hers I love the best so far
Doctor Omega
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Yes, indeed, should you choose to interpret it that way,
the implanted dream starts in the original when the window is being banged after Quaid has faded into unconsciousness in the chair and they start going on about a "schizoid embolism". I was hoping the remake would have that same clever ambiguity, but alas...
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Doctor Omega
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I made a point of watching the 2007 one with Nicole Kidman again today, after some years.
It remains, to my mind, the weakest of them all. In certain areas of the storytelling I was left wondering what the makers of the film were thinking as regards some of the ideas. They took all of the scariest bits out and had to turn the invasion itself into something less than it had ever been.
And the film just seems to stop with loads of heavy handed info dumping at the conclusion.
I understand that the first director walked during production - although only one director is credited.
Such a pity that this film couldn't have been better.
I don't think it's going to improve with age either.
It remains, to my mind, the weakest of them all. In certain areas of the storytelling I was left wondering what the makers of the film were thinking as regards some of the ideas. They took all of the scariest bits out and had to turn the invasion itself into something less than it had ever been.
And the film just seems to stop with loads of heavy handed info dumping at the conclusion.
I understand that the first director walked during production - although only one director is credited.
Such a pity that this film couldn't have been better.
I don't think it's going to improve with age either.
MovieKnut
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Jaws: The Revenge
Absolute travesty. Poor plot, the shark from Jaws 2 back for revenge. The producers did themselves no favours by trying to recreate the scene where Brody's younger son mimics his actions at the dinner table.
I usually buy franchise box sets. Can't bring myself to do it with Jaws. Won't pay money for the fourth movie.
Michael Caine is often quoted as saying he hasn't seen Jaws The revenge, but he has seen the house it bought. Should have given the money to charity. At least some good would have come of the dismal money grab.
Absolute travesty. Poor plot, the shark from Jaws 2 back for revenge. The producers did themselves no favours by trying to recreate the scene where Brody's younger son mimics his actions at the dinner table.
I usually buy franchise box sets. Can't bring myself to do it with Jaws. Won't pay money for the fourth movie.
Michael Caine is often quoted as saying he hasn't seen Jaws The revenge, but he has seen the house it bought. Should have given the money to charity. At least some good would have come of the dismal money grab.
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elanor
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I definitely prefer the 2012 film with Karl Urban. I don't remember much of the 1995 film, only that I disliked it a lot. So I cannot really say why I prefer the 2012 version in comparison to the 1995 version.
I liked the stoicism (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoicism) in the 2012 film and the two main characters.
I liked the stoicism (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoicism) in the 2012 film and the two main characters.