Last Seen 70s/80s Movie

[psycho d]

Started to watch Up in the Air but turned it off as seemed no more than a typical "there's more to life..." drudgery. Now i'm wondering if i should have given it a fair shake.
d

[urdevil]

No you are not wrong. A summary: content and bored, meet new person, u feel something, take a chance, get burned back to content and bored, the closing credits over. This has been done before.

[endo]

Good flick, pretty sad though. Followed the book almost perfectly, the wife says. I haven't read it.

Very bleak and dark movie, but good. We both enjoyed it.

[zwoti]

the last house on the left (remake)
zulu dawn
it's alive (remake)
the usual suspects

[scouse mac]

Inglorious Basterds

I can see why Christoph Waltz won so many accolades, he was superb in this. The opening scene in the french farmhouse was brilliant and was the best part of the film which, overall, is patchy. Michael Fassbender was the other highlight as the British spy but Brad Pitt, Im afraid, was pretty awful, as were all the so called basterds who came across as a gang stupid idiots somehow evading capture in the French countryside for years.

That said, its still the best QT film since Pulp Fiction and well worth catching.


Predators

Enjoyed it, plays out along fairly expected lines but it looked good and had good characters., Adrien Brody's dark knight voiced aside! probably the second best Pred movie behind Predator.

[Elvis_Christ]

Deadly Prey



Trashy 80s flick that's a mix of Rambo and Hard Target. Action packed & lots of fun.

[psycho d]

La Femme Nikita (1990). Luc Besson manages to take a rather mundane story and infuses it with so much style that one forgets its mediocrity. This is not a dig, but a compliment. Nikita is a thriller of sorts, but also a story of the dregs of society coming to find her own sense of humanity. When the story threatens to be come predictable, it refrains nicely from doing so, even flouts conventions by simply moving on as opposed to wasting precious film with unnecessary scenes of crises overcome. The characters are perfectly portrayed, with a convoluted love story both tender and sadistic. Jean Reno sort of steals the show at one of the pivotal moments for our heroine, but it only adds to the complexity of the emotional side of the story and forces the viewer to keep up. Shot composure was incredible, where even the prosaic becomes a source of fascination. The score, while a tad 80s, adds to the story instead of just being an afterthought. With Besson at his finest, this is a must see for all lovers of the cinema.
derek

[scouse mac]

Joshua


Psychological thriller about a 9 year old boy slowly causing the destruction of his family after the birth of his sister. The boy is an extremely intelligent sociopath, his parents gradually worn down by his manipulations and the burden of a newborn child. Its a very slow burner with a great deal of time taken to build the tension to reasonable effect. I believe this film was billed as a an Omen type but its not, there is no supernatural or OTT elements just one little boy devoid of feeling slowly driving his parents to the edge.

Its an OK film, worth a viewing. Sam Rockwell is more than capable as the father and carries this film along quite nicely.

[newb]

had my first "drive-in" movie of the season...that's where I take my projector out in the yard....some beers on ice, lawn chairs, and some snacks.

was planning on a double feature of

Dirty Mary Crazy Larry

&

I Drink Your Blood

but I got a late start and only managed to get one movie in

[urdevil]

Originally Posted by scouse mac

Inglorious Basterds

I can see why Christoph Waltz won so many accolades, he was superb in this. The opening scene in the french farmhouse was brilliant and was the best part of the film which, overall, is patchy. Michael Fassbender was the other highlight as the British spy but Brad Pitt, Im afraid, was pretty awful, as were all the so called basterds who came across as a gang stupid idiots somehow evading capture in the French countryside for years.

That said, its still the best QT film since Pulp Fiction and well worth catching.


Predators

Enjoyed it, plays out along fairly expected lines but it looked good and had good characters., Adrien Brody's dark knight voiced aside! probably the second best Pred movie behind Predator.

I havent seen Predator (probably wont) I must disagree with you about IB. The idea of rewriting history was for what purpose. A few laughs (scalping?)
Like I said elsewhere this is one of those flics where you either love or hate it

IMO it was just a waste of time. If you want to see a true skewering of the Nazis look at the musical number in The Producers. QT will never be Mel Brooks

Jackie Brown is ten times the movie IB was IMO

Cheers