Fun Your Favourite Films?
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ant-mac
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Do you mind if I share my curiosity?
In what universe is THE LORD OF THE RINGS considered to be science fiction?
ant-mac
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WAR OF THE SATELLITES (1958) 3/5.
A low budget, black and white film, that was rapidly conceived, filmed and released to exploit the international media frenzy surrounding the launch of the Russian satellite, Sputnik, in 1957. For what it is, it is surprisingly entertaining and quite good overall.
A low budget, black and white film, that was rapidly conceived, filmed and released to exploit the international media frenzy surrounding the launch of the Russian satellite, Sputnik, in 1957. For what it is, it is surprisingly entertaining and quite good overall.
Doctor Omega
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Doctor Omega
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The first one is the best and actually has some powerful and effective moments, but it falls short of being a great horror film in my opinion.
This was, of course, the film that started off Denise Crosby's spectacular career as a movie star!
Oh...
And the second movie showed Edward Furlong quickly working his way down from the dizzy heights of Terminator 2.
Not classics imo. Not even the first one.
This was, of course, the film that started off Denise Crosby's spectacular career as a movie star!
Oh...
And the second movie showed Edward Furlong quickly working his way down from the dizzy heights of Terminator 2.
Not classics imo. Not even the first one.
Don't Breathe (2016)
I didn't really like it, it just dragged on and on and on.
I didn't really like it, it just dragged on and on and on.
Carnival of Souls (1962) with Rifftrax.
chainsaw_metal1
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I always regarded the first as a classic. Then about a year or so back, I rewatched it on Netflix, and couldn't understand what was that great about it. As you say, there are some powerful and effective moments, but everyone acts like they all took an extra dose of Xanax before they went in front of the camera. Dale Midkif shows has the charisma of a sloth mid bowel movement. The scenes with Zelda still freak me the eff out! And of course, Fred Gwynne is gold.
The sequel is garbage. The only redeeming factor is Clancy Brown. That man is good in everything, no matter how horrible it is.
The sequel is garbage. The only redeeming factor is Clancy Brown. That man is good in everything, no matter how horrible it is.
Eloise (2017)
It was crap.
It was crap.
ant-mac
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NOT OF THIS EARTH (1957) 3/5.
An enjoyable little American black-and-white science fiction film that was written by Charles B Griffith and Mark Hanna and produced and directed by Roger Corman. It stars Paul Birch, Beverly Garland, Morgan Jones and William Roerick. It tells its simple and straightforward story in a simple and straightforward manner. What more could you ask for?
An enjoyable little American black-and-white science fiction film that was written by Charles B Griffith and Mark Hanna and produced and directed by Roger Corman. It stars Paul Birch, Beverly Garland, Morgan Jones and William Roerick. It tells its simple and straightforward story in a simple and straightforward manner. What more could you ask for?
streak1981
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Seems like it... The only thing I saw was the trailer, & that dragged on as well.
Doctor Omega
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Three different versions of this film were released...
Which to choose?
And how does this stand today as a sci fi classic?
Your thoughts, memories and opinions please....
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The 1978 one.
alpha128
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A critical hit, but a financial failure. Box Office Mojoshows a $35.6 million gross on a $50 million budget.
chainsaw_metal1
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DREDD is the better film. JUDGE DREDD is a fun romp, but in no way comparable to the comics (Dredd never shows his face!!!). Also, Rob Schneider? Really?
Gary L
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One reason I like movies, and art in general, is listening and watching for messages from the collective unconscious. I'm sure every fan can think of recurring images and characters, symbols, parallel stories and coincidences in movies.
I'm not sure David Lynch was being facetious when he recalled hearing his doorbell ring one day, pressing the listen button and hearing 'Dick Laurent is dead' and then was unable to see who was there. He uses this incident in the opening of his movie 'Lost Highway". During the rest of the film the protagonist, Fred Madison (Bill Pullman), is visibly haunted by this incident. He is sent some videotapes from an anonymous source that arrive on his doorstep. They show the interior of his house and eventually a horrific incident. Lynch suggests that Fred has a 'psychogenic fugue', a state of denial in the mind that presents an alternate reality to suppress the unwanted memories. I like to view this film from the paranormal standpoint though, more or less like his television drama 'Twin Peaks'. Like Fred says once to a detective, 'I like to remember things how I remember them, not necessarily how they happened'. And along with Fred there are two other cases of doppelgangers in the story. One is a gangster named Mr. Eddy (Robert Loggia), and his double Dick Laurent. Another is Fred's wife Renee (Patricia Arquette), and Mr. Eddy's girlfriend, Alice.
'Lost Highway' was released in 1997. A couple of years later the Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke made a movie named 'Cache (HIdden)'. In this a television journalist, Georges Laurent (Daniel Auteuil), receives some anonymous videotapes on his doorstep. In divining their significance George is confronted by some incidents in his past that he has suppressed, and were more profound than he remembered. This also affects his wife, Anne (Juliette Binoche), as Georges in remembering his past is hesitant to share his memories with her, and it threatens their marriage. Actually, the wife Anne is a recurring character for Haneke. She is an actress who became involved in an incident with an Arab immigrant in France that affected several lives profoundly in the movie 'Code: Unknown'.
'Lost Highway' was released in Chicago the same week as a movie by Raul Ruiz 'Three Lives And Only One Death'. I have to thank the film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum for reviewing both in the same article in the Chicago Reader. Rosenbaum pointed out several similarities between both films, multiple identities being one. A man, Mateo Strano (Marcello Mastroianni in one of his last roles), in Paris lives several different lives simultaneously. The movie deals with the cause. A couple of years later Ruiz made another film, 'Shattered Image', in which an heiress has trouble with her husband and in her panic develops an alter ego, which manifests itself in a tragic way. I thought 'Shattered Image' was similar to the Lynch film, also of that time, 'Mulholland Dr.', in which the distraught actress Diane Selwyn develops an alter ego, aspiring actress Betty Elms. There are several characters with multiple identities in this film.
Recently, in 2014, the filmmaker Denis Villeneuve made a movie named 'Enemy', based on the Jose Saramago novel 'The Double'. A professor, Adam (Jake Gyllenhaal), discovers his doppelganger, Anthony, and becomes obsessed with it, to the distress of both their paramours, Adam's girlfriend Mary (Melanie Laurent) and Antony's wife the pregnant Helen (Sarah Gadon). Helen guesses that Anthony has created an alter ego to cover his infidelity.
I think these filmmakers are suggesting that many people have multiple identities. As Ruiz pointed out, many people have different identities depending on what situation they are in. I admit to this myself.
When his influences were suggested to him, Mick Jagger pointed out that some ideas are 'in the air'. Along with that sentiment I like to think along Carl Jung's line, there are profound messages from the collective unconscious that people become open to, especially artists as they are always stimulating this phenomenon.
The veteran actor Robert Loggia passed away recently. He had auditioned for a part in David Lynch's film 'Blue Velvet'. Lynch went with Dennis Hopper to play the psychopath Frank Booth. Loggia was incensed and let Lynch know in no uncertain terms. When Lynch was casting for 'Lost Highway' he had this incident in mind when he cast the part of Mr. Eddy and cast Loggia.
I have to say I was inspired with this message from the extensive discussions on the IMDb message boards from the respective films, several of which I commented on. I sure miss that. At first I thought they might keep the discussions about particular films, but they didn't. The boards for Lynch films were quite voluminous, considering.
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I'm not sure David Lynch was being facetious when he recalled hearing his doorbell ring one day, pressing the listen button and hearing 'Dick Laurent is dead' and then was unable to see who was there. He uses this incident in the opening of his movie 'Lost Highway". During the rest of the film the protagonist, Fred Madison (Bill Pullman), is visibly haunted by this incident. He is sent some videotapes from an anonymous source that arrive on his doorstep. They show the interior of his house and eventually a horrific incident. Lynch suggests that Fred has a 'psychogenic fugue', a state of denial in the mind that presents an alternate reality to suppress the unwanted memories. I like to view this film from the paranormal standpoint though, more or less like his television drama 'Twin Peaks'. Like Fred says once to a detective, 'I like to remember things how I remember them, not necessarily how they happened'. And along with Fred there are two other cases of doppelgangers in the story. One is a gangster named Mr. Eddy (Robert Loggia), and his double Dick Laurent. Another is Fred's wife Renee (Patricia Arquette), and Mr. Eddy's girlfriend, Alice.
'Lost Highway' was released in 1997. A couple of years later the Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke made a movie named 'Cache (HIdden)'. In this a television journalist, Georges Laurent (Daniel Auteuil), receives some anonymous videotapes on his doorstep. In divining their significance George is confronted by some incidents in his past that he has suppressed, and were more profound than he remembered. This also affects his wife, Anne (Juliette Binoche), as Georges in remembering his past is hesitant to share his memories with her, and it threatens their marriage. Actually, the wife Anne is a recurring character for Haneke. She is an actress who became involved in an incident with an Arab immigrant in France that affected several lives profoundly in the movie 'Code: Unknown'.
'Lost Highway' was released in Chicago the same week as a movie by Raul Ruiz 'Three Lives And Only One Death'. I have to thank the film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum for reviewing both in the same article in the Chicago Reader. Rosenbaum pointed out several similarities between both films, multiple identities being one. A man, Mateo Strano (Marcello Mastroianni in one of his last roles), in Paris lives several different lives simultaneously. The movie deals with the cause. A couple of years later Ruiz made another film, 'Shattered Image', in which an heiress has trouble with her husband and in her panic develops an alter ego, which manifests itself in a tragic way. I thought 'Shattered Image' was similar to the Lynch film, also of that time, 'Mulholland Dr.', in which the distraught actress Diane Selwyn develops an alter ego, aspiring actress Betty Elms. There are several characters with multiple identities in this film.
Recently, in 2014, the filmmaker Denis Villeneuve made a movie named 'Enemy', based on the Jose Saramago novel 'The Double'. A professor, Adam (Jake Gyllenhaal), discovers his doppelganger, Anthony, and becomes obsessed with it, to the distress of both their paramours, Adam's girlfriend Mary (Melanie Laurent) and Antony's wife the pregnant Helen (Sarah Gadon). Helen guesses that Anthony has created an alter ego to cover his infidelity.
I think these filmmakers are suggesting that many people have multiple identities. As Ruiz pointed out, many people have different identities depending on what situation they are in. I admit to this myself.
When his influences were suggested to him, Mick Jagger pointed out that some ideas are 'in the air'. Along with that sentiment I like to think along Carl Jung's line, there are profound messages from the collective unconscious that people become open to, especially artists as they are always stimulating this phenomenon.
The veteran actor Robert Loggia passed away recently. He had auditioned for a part in David Lynch's film 'Blue Velvet'. Lynch went with Dennis Hopper to play the psychopath Frank Booth. Loggia was incensed and let Lynch know in no uncertain terms. When Lynch was casting for 'Lost Highway' he had this incident in mind when he cast the part of Mr. Eddy and cast Loggia.
I have to say I was inspired with this message from the extensive discussions on the IMDb message boards from the respective films, several of which I commented on. I sure miss that. At first I thought they might keep the discussions about particular films, but they didn't. The boards for Lynch films were quite voluminous, considering.
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