7/23 Just got back from Bourne Supremacy. All in all a decent movie.
Lots of action (hand to hand, gun play, car chases, &c.) coupled
with a minor amount of intrigue. The action sequences are harder to
follow than in the first one (the camera shakes too much) though.
It is different from the book. Hope they make another one. B+
\_ Was the Stepford Wives any good? I heard it was funny.
-- ilyas
\_ Whenever Hollywood steals one of their own ancient
but very good movies, expect them to fuck it up. Can
anyone here think of any modern remake of a decades
old film that was worth watching? I know there aren't
any where the remake was better or even close to as
good as the originals.
\_ The remake of The Thing with Kurt Russell
pretty much rocked.
\_ The remake of "No Way Out" with kevin costner is
awesome - danh
\_ Bourne Identity :-)
I thought that Thomas Crown was a decent remake as
well. I'm told that Oceans 11 is decent as well
(haven't seen it yet, still waiting for a flight
without any good HK action movies) - STMG
\_ it sucked. The original was better. It wasn't
particularly funny, which is what i was hoping for to
redeem the expected (and realized) lack of creapiness,
it had its funny moments but wasn't worth seeing. -phuqm
\_ don't see it for the movie, see it for what the modern
lack and what they could learn from the Stepford Wives.
(e.g. If you wanna keep your husband, work hard, get
your fat ugly ass moving!)
\_ The trailer looked like a typical Hollywood comedy.
Tasteless, unfunny, and predictable.
\_ ... deleted by poster ...
\_ I did not delete your post. BTW, I'm not AMMC, I'm Star
Trek Movie Guy. I have a simple mind and no taste.
\_ Ahh. That explains everything! In that case, I retract
my post. Go on with your bad self! -- star trek movie guy
#1 fan
\_ The MMC hasn't seen anything lately worthy of a full review.
--The MMC
\_ dear MMC, does it bother you at all that people hate your
reviews and thing you're a pompous dick?
\_ erm, fwiw I don't hate them. the style is silly but that
sort of thing is more interesting than political drivel.
\_ Yeah, it was pretty good. I only drop it to a B- because:
1) one too many car chases IMO.. they were pretty good, but got
tiring
2) not enough spy stuff... too much Chase Scene: The Movie (see 1)
3) The big one: ttttoooo mmmmmuuuccchhh jjjjerrrkkkyyycccaaammmm
Seriously. It ruined most of the fight scenes for me. --dbushong
\_ Was the Stepford Wives any good? I heard it was funny.
-- ilyas
\_ Whenever Hollywood steals one of their own ancient
but very good movies, expect them to fuck it up. Can
anyone here think of any modern remake of a decades
old film that was worth watching? I know there aren't
any where the remake was better or even close to as
good as the originals.
\_ The remake of The Thing with Kurt Russell
pretty much rocked.
\_ The remake of "No Way Out" with kevin costner is
awesome - danh
\_ Bourne Identity :-)
I thought that Thomas Crown was a decent remake as
well. I'm told that Oceans 11 is decent as well
(haven't seen it yet, still waiting for a flight
without any good HK action movies) - STMG
\_ it sucked. The original was better. It wasn't
particularly funny, which is what i was hoping for to
redeem the expected (and realized) lack of creapiness,
it had its funny moments but wasn't worth seeing. -phuqm
\_ don't see it for the movie, see it for what the modern
lack and what they could learn from the Stepford Wives.
(e.g. If you wanna keep your husband, work hard, get
your fat ugly ass moving!)
\_ Obviously, I have a lot to learn if I am to keep my
husband. -- ilyas
\_ Are you for gay marriage?
\_ Scheiss!
\_ The trailer looked like a typical Hollywood comedy.
Tasteless, unfunny, and predictable.
\_ i don't understand the obsession with car chases. maybe
because the people who make american movies live in LA?
one of the best chase scenes ever was the bike chase in
E.T. RIDE BIKE!!!!!
\_ The obsession with car chases is easy to understand.
A good percentage of Hollywood producers view films
simply as product, and like any other corporation producing
a product they want to maximize profit and minimize risk.
Car chases please a certain valuable, mostly young and male,
moviegoing demographic...Put enough of them in a film and
you're guaranteed some good opening box office, which is
all that they really care about. Whether or not the film
is any good is secondary at best. Exhibit 1A: The "Matrix"
sequels.
\_ I'm skeptical. Let's take a look at who made the most
money this year. Shrek 2: how many car chases?
The Passion of Christ? no car chases. Were there
any car chases in spiderman 2? the music industry
is supposedly profit driven as well, but every year
they crank out shittier and shittier music that even
the kids don't really care about. I'm pretty sure
ET was far more popular than Bourne Identity or Ronin
or Matrix 2.
\_ My guess is that music sucking the past few years is
a results of massive merger mania - particularly
since the consolidatin has been both vertical and
since the consolidation has been both vertical and
horizontal. The situation is ripe for something to
come out of left field and I'm just wondering what it
will be. -- ulysses
\_ Yes but Shrek2 was soooo funny. -John
\_ ET had chases.
\_ And walkie-talkies.
\_ HAN SHOOTS FIRST!
\_ I actually agree with everything you're saying, but
that doesn't change what I said. Look where I said
"minimize risk." A lot of studios or producers want
"guaranteed" profit so they can at least have some
idea of how much money they'll make. Making movies
is a notorious financial risk. If you're actually
willing to _take_ a risk and make something out of
left field that catches on, your potential return is
far greater, but you also risk losing your shirt
and with it your reputation...which is all that people
have to go on when looking for work down there.
"ET" and "Passion" and even the original "Matrix"
are perfect examples of huge gambles that paid off.
\_ Best chase scene EVAR is the Enterprise's escape from
Starbase in Search for Spock, esp. the bit where it
comes to light that Scotty has "hacked" the Excelsior.
Second best might be Vader vs. Luke in New Hope or
maybe Mustang + Steve McQueen in Bullit.
\_ Bullitt and Raiders of the Lost Ark had excellent
chase scenes, but Blues Brothers and French
Connection were better. Also, not a movie, but
for pure adrenaline, I'd recommend playing Call of
Duty--there's a couple of _awesome_ car chases
in there. -John
\_ I thought Blues Brothers was overdone.
Best car chase scene ever: The Road Warrior. -tom
\_ In interviews, John Landis said the car chase
in BB was his attempt to kill The Car Chase or
so I recall... -- ulysses
\_ BB chase was a spoof. It was still
excellent. -John
\- punch it baby
\- best chase scene ever is somemthing from
raiders of the lost ark ... maybe the scene
with the giant ball or when he is running
from the hovetos. --psb
\- everyone i talked to has commented on the jerky-camera-zoom-in
fight scenes. why do directors love that shit? here is a movie W/
\_ I blame Wong Kar Wai -phuqm
real fight scenes:
http://www.apple.co.jp/quicktime/trailers/gaga/mach_large.html
\_ This movie is called Ong Bak everywhere else, and it is
indeed pretty cool. I watched it without the benefit of
subtitles, so I didn't have too much of a clue of what exactly
was going on, but the fights are really the only reason to
watch a film like this, right?
\_ The plot would look ridiculous if the Thi boxer had enough
brain cells undamaged to exhibit intelligence. |
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