Yet another small week of movies for me, but the weekend is looking good, stay tuned.
Anyway, I again watched a bunch of Stargate while doing a bit of overtime (gotta pay for those sweet 4k discs, and the pile keeps getting taller while I watch Stsrgate).
I did manage to finally order Creepshow 2 on 4k. I hesitated for a while because the reviews of the movie are not super good, but after reading Patrick's a couple of time, just to make sure I knew what I was getting into, I decided to take the jump. Also, I already own Creepshow 1 and Tales From the Darkside, I had to complete the collection. It's a fun enough movie. That's what's fun with anthologies, if one of the movies is not to your liking, chances are one of the others will be. And the super awesome Arrow release is full of extras, and a comic book based on an unproduced script. Fun times.
Also, I can't wait to ear everybody's review of Kill Bill The Whole Bloody Affair. I'm not a fan of the movies, but I know it's a popular one, and this edit has been requested forever
The Creepshow 2 segment The Raft is one of my all time favorite Stephen King adaptations. A simple simple concept that would suffer in long form but is perfect as an anthology short story. Dig it.
I know The Raft is a fan favorite, and it's very good in its simplicity, but my favorite was the first segment, because I just like seeing bullies getting their ass kicked. It's not perfect, strangely a bit long for a 15 minutes story, but I'll take an avenging spirit anytime
About 20m into watching i was resigned to the fact that my experience would be similar to Tron: Legacy: 1) amazing updated visual look at the grid, 2) great synth soundtrack, 3) a nice peppering of nostalgia and callback, 4) relatively forgettable story/characters. And, in the end, i suppose thats all true. However i also found myself having fun with it for what it is. I think there's alot of great ideas....AI sentience, jumping in/out of our world and the grid, and representing the original Tron vs modern by different visitable operating systems. And to my surprise i thought Leto did a fine job (far more grounded performance than expected). Bridges cameo as Flynn+The Dude+Cyber Buddha was fun to see. Honestly i half expected him to say to leto "This Program Abides!". As one who considers the original film transformative personally and for cinema i guess i didnt think we'd ever get another one after Legacy and im glad we did. Worth watching for fans once streaming for free on D+.
(PS: also it bears noting that one major plot point involves synthetic humans wanting more life...a-la Blade Runner...which is relative ironic as Jared Leto stars in the blade runner sequel as the human overseeing the synths and in this Tron sequel as the synth looking for more time being human)
Yet another small week of movies for me, but the weekend is looking good, stay tuned.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I again watched a bunch of Stargate while doing a bit of overtime (gotta pay for those sweet 4k discs, and the pile keeps getting taller while I watch Stsrgate).
I did manage to finally order Creepshow 2 on 4k. I hesitated for a while because the reviews of the movie are not super good, but after reading Patrick's a couple of time, just to make sure I knew what I was getting into, I decided to take the jump. Also, I already own Creepshow 1 and Tales From the Darkside, I had to complete the collection. It's a fun enough movie. That's what's fun with anthologies, if one of the movies is not to your liking, chances are one of the others will be. And the super awesome Arrow release is full of extras, and a comic book based on an unproduced script. Fun times.
Also, I can't wait to ear everybody's review of Kill Bill The Whole Bloody Affair. I'm not a fan of the movies, but I know it's a popular one, and this edit has been requested forever
DeleteThe Creepshow 2 segment The Raft is one of my all time favorite Stephen King adaptations. A simple simple concept that would suffer in long form but is perfect as an anthology short story. Dig it.
DeleteI know The Raft is a fan favorite, and it's very good in its simplicity, but my favorite was the first segment, because I just like seeing bullies getting their ass kicked. It's not perfect, strangely a bit long for a 15 minutes story, but I'll take an avenging spirit anytime
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ReplyDeleteAbout 20m into watching i was resigned to the fact that my experience would be similar to Tron: Legacy: 1) amazing updated visual look at the grid, 2) great synth soundtrack, 3) a nice peppering of nostalgia and callback, 4) relatively forgettable story/characters. And, in the end, i suppose thats all true. However i also found myself having fun with it for what it is. I think there's alot of great ideas....AI sentience, jumping in/out of our world and the grid, and representing the original Tron vs modern by different visitable operating systems. And to my surprise i thought Leto did a fine job (far more grounded performance than expected). Bridges cameo as Flynn+The Dude+Cyber Buddha was fun to see. Honestly i half expected him to say to leto "This Program Abides!". As one who considers the original film transformative personally and for cinema i guess i didnt think we'd ever get another one after Legacy and im glad we did. Worth watching for fans once streaming for free on D+.
(PS: also it bears noting that one major plot point involves synthetic humans wanting more life...a-la Blade Runner...which is relative ironic as Jared Leto stars in the blade runner sequel as the human overseeing the synths and in this Tron sequel as the synth looking for more time being human)
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