Ha! Love the thumbnail. Pretty stoked to see how the reboot plays out.
Fight or Flight (2025 blu)
Yet another of the many many films trying to emulate and capture the genius on display in The Raid and John Wick series. One man vs a Zillion. Contained space. Its...fine? Ok? not terrible? fun. I like Hartnett as the protagonist. Also i appreciate that the writing/action-direction teams created a set of rules for the first two acts: what kind of common items are on a plane that can be weaponized in a large scale fight....then they threw it all out the window for a 3rd act of bloody mahem. Also the 3rd act has a creative/funny bit with hallucination. Would only suggest for action fans as a check-your-brain-at-the-door actioner.
Major Payne (1995): who doesn't like a group of misfits banding together to save the thing or their reputation. Marlon Wayans is hamming it up to the max, and there's the older sister from Fresh Prince that's always fun to watch. Plus, I've been watching a lot of the tv show that Marlon Jr did a while ago, so I had Wayans on my mind.
I just watched Major Payne for the first time this year (I'm living my best life). I was surprised at how funny it was. The scene where Major Payne fantasizes an idyllic backyard cookout that includes him dispatching an enemy soldier then laughing maniacally had me laughing very hard.
THE SUBSTITUTE (1986) An oddity. I don't know if the teen drama parts of the movie mesh well with the action parts of the movie. There are some fun bits, but I don't know.
THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS (2003) Another oddity. Too long, with Neo and Trinity taking a back seat for a lot of the runtime. My memory is that the fourth movie course-corrects somewhat, but I haven't gotten to that one yet in this rewatch. I wonder how it'll play back-to-back with this one.
CLUE (1985) How did Madeline Khan not get an Oscar nom for this?
FULL METAL JACKET (1987) Stanley Kubrick goodness!
FIRE AND ICE (1983) Ralph Bakshi goodness!
THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE (2017) Who wants lobster thermidor?
When I think of Madeline Kahn getting snubbed by the Academy... It... it... the flames... flames. Flames... on the side of my face... Breathing... breathing... heaving breaths. Heaving breaths... Heaving...
I, Robot (2004): Alex Proyas wad chewed up and spit out by hollywood, and we never got a proper movie from him after Gods of Egypt. The movie sthinks of studio meddling from the first frame. All the hits are there: Will Smith as the action star, crappy jokes, blue-ish look, female scientist helping our hero, technology bad, motorcycle, Alan Tudyk voicing a cgi robot. Look, I'm here for Tudyk, who was unknown to me back then, outside of Firefly. Apparently they did two shots of almost everything: one with jokes, to please the studio, with test viewing through the roof. And one more serious, in line with Proyas vision, of which Will Smith was on board with. And was never finished, because why bother when the other one is so good. We can only hope they still have the footage and somebody like Arrow gives them money ro re-edit the movie.
I've been too busy to post here much, but went to see Terminator 2: Judgement day with my son and it ruled! It played at my local indie theatre and they projected it in 35mm, which was pretty special. It had been years and years since I've seen real film. It was a little beat up, but looked fantastic. Hopefully they have more movies on film in the future.
Ha! Love the thumbnail. Pretty stoked to see how the reboot plays out.
ReplyDeleteFight or Flight (2025 blu)
Yet another of the many many films trying to emulate and capture the genius on display in The Raid and John Wick series. One man vs a Zillion. Contained space. Its...fine? Ok? not terrible? fun. I like Hartnett as the protagonist. Also i appreciate that the writing/action-direction teams created a set of rules for the first two acts: what kind of common items are on a plane that can be weaponized in a large scale fight....then they threw it all out the window for a 3rd act of bloody mahem. Also the 3rd act has a creative/funny bit with hallucination. Would only suggest for action fans as a check-your-brain-at-the-door actioner.
(PS: Speaking of actioners....the trailer for the SISU sequel dropped this week! The original SISU blew me away. OMG...cant. f@#$ing. wait.)
DeleteI didn't need a Sisu sequel, it's perfect as it is, but i'll take it
DeleteMajor Payne (1995): who doesn't like a group of misfits banding together to save the thing or their reputation. Marlon Wayans is hamming it up to the max, and there's the older sister from Fresh Prince that's always fun to watch. Plus, I've been watching a lot of the tv show that Marlon Jr did a while ago, so I had Wayans on my mind.
ReplyDeleteSeriously, Blogger is being so weird right now
DeleteI just watched Major Payne for the first time this year (I'm living my best life). I was surprised at how funny it was. The scene where Major Payne fantasizes an idyllic backyard cookout that includes him dispatching an enemy soldier then laughing maniacally had me laughing very hard.
DeleteTHE SUBSTITUTE (1986)
ReplyDeleteAn oddity. I don't know if the teen drama parts of the movie mesh well with the action parts of the movie. There are some fun bits, but I don't know.
THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS (2003)
Another oddity. Too long, with Neo and Trinity taking a back seat for a lot of the runtime. My memory is that the fourth movie course-corrects somewhat, but I haven't gotten to that one yet in this rewatch. I wonder how it'll play back-to-back with this one.
CLUE (1985)
How did Madeline Khan not get an Oscar nom for this?
FULL METAL JACKET (1987)
Stanley Kubrick goodness!
FIRE AND ICE (1983)
Ralph Bakshi goodness!
THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE (2017)
Who wants lobster thermidor?
They recently announced a 4k for Fire And Ice, date unconfirmed yet. I'm already salivating at the idea of that disc
DeleteWhen I think of Madeline Kahn getting snubbed by the Academy...
ReplyDeleteIt... it... the flames... flames. Flames... on the side of my face...
Breathing... breathing... heaving breaths. Heaving breaths... Heaving...
A wed wose...how womantic.
DeleteI, Robot (2004): Alex Proyas wad chewed up and spit out by hollywood, and we never got a proper movie from him after Gods of Egypt. The movie sthinks of studio meddling from the first frame. All the hits are there: Will Smith as the action star, crappy jokes, blue-ish look, female scientist helping our hero, technology bad, motorcycle, Alan Tudyk voicing a cgi robot. Look, I'm here for Tudyk, who was unknown to me back then, outside of Firefly. Apparently they did two shots of almost everything: one with jokes, to please the studio, with test viewing through the roof. And one more serious, in line with Proyas vision, of which Will Smith was on board with. And was never finished, because why bother when the other one is so good. We can only hope they still have the footage and somebody like Arrow gives them money ro re-edit the movie.
ReplyDeleteI've been too busy to post here much, but went to see Terminator 2: Judgement day with my son and it ruled! It played at my local indie theatre and they projected it in 35mm, which was pretty special. It had been years and years since I've seen real film. It was a little beat up, but looked fantastic. Hopefully they have more movies on film in the future.
ReplyDeleteI'm jealous, they keep fumbling blu-ray and 4k releases, looking like crap, so I'd very much like to see it as it should be
DeleteMy only criticism was that it was way too loud. Like real loud. The first comment my son made after the movie was "that was *expletive* loud".
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