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I agree about this. I like Aliens and I think it's a good movie, but it's a pretty radical departure from the original. It's a Cameron-ized action version as opposed to the space horror of the first. Nobody's ever tried to replicate the tone of the first one. Predator impressed me when I...

FWIW, the title is "Johnny B. Goode." :razz: I also thought Christoph Waltz was excellent in Django Unchained, as was J. Foxx. I also appreciated the Tom Wopat appearance as the marshall in the first town they visit, 'cause, you know, The Dukes of Hazzard. Linearity or non-linearity is not...

I've had the flu for the last couple of weeks and a free Showtime/HBO weekend so I've managed to see quite a few flicks. Some: Django Unchained I really liked about 90% of this one, but Tarantino's infatuation with splattering blood everywhere all the time in Django's big gunfight scene kind...

I saw it about a month ago (I don't remember whether I mentioned that here or not) and I agree. Everything works in Frozen. It looks great, the jokes are funny, the songs are catchy and whatever "messages" the story has are simple and positive. It's a perfect movie for young girls. It's...

Recommendation: Paris, Texas (1984) with Harry Dean Stanton, Dean Stockwell, and Nastassje Kinski. Really good movie.

I've enjoyed reading the opinions of jews and christians written by the classical pagans. Their insights are, as with most things, illuminating and poignant. Tacitus is extremely critical of the jews, for example, but it's not like the blind hatred so common in the modern world. He thought...

The salmon mousse scene is priceless. Love that one. One of the scenes I remember most from my childhood features a succulent young Phoebe Cates and parts of her anatomy that require you to log in to youtube to verify your age before you can watch it - from Fast Times at Ridgemont High...

Yeah, Theron's character is really wasted, as is Idris Elba's character. If I were rewriting the story of Prometheus I'd marginalize everyone else and make those two the focus. Saw a great Hitchcock movie yesterday afternoon called Marnie from 1964. Really blew me away actually because it...

Never heard of that before, but I'll keep an eye out for it. Thanks. --- I re-watched Prometheus the other night (well, as much of it as I could stand). It's worse the second time. Actually I think my original impressions of it were correct, but I'm more strident now about what I liked and...

I'll have a hard time finding big budget action movies to watch, yes, but it's no real loss. There are heaps of good movies from the past 100 years I haven't seen at all yet, and quite a few I wouldn't mind seeing again over watching more formula franchise rubbish. Besides, there's often a...

So obviously my criticism of Chris Nolan is pretty harsh. I'll give him credit for this, though: at least Interstellar and Inception weren't franchise-milking garbage. That's one of the main reasons I was willing to see them in a theater. I'm boycotting all franchise movies from now on. Just...

The idea that Sarah Connor started out as a simple waitress has always been an insult to feminism. In accordance with new standards of social justice, that unacceptable history has been revised so she always kicked ass right from the start. History is made of liquid metal.

I think Ledger was great as The Joker, and without him that movie would have been quite bad. To me Nolan is a less skillful version of Ron Howard. They've even made some comparable films, like Memento and A Beautiful Mind (the latter wins hands down), and Interstellar and Apollo 13 (closer...

Chris Nolan is the most overrated director in Hollywood. Inception is his best movie, and it's merely okay. Memento is number two on my "Most Overrated Movies of All Time" list (after Argo and along with, for example's sake, Saving Private Ryan). It's gimmickry in it's pure, unadulterated...

No, he hasn't. The Cabin in the Woods is witty and insightful and original in a way Nolan only wishes his movies could be. That's why Nolan is obessed with gimmicks and crummy trick endings. And I'm not saying Cabin is the best movie ever, or even Whedon's best work - just that it's better...

Anyone still have any working 8-track tapes?

I saw The Cabin in the Woods, written and produced by Joss Whedon. Hmm...well, it's better than anything Chris Nolan has ever made. It strikes me as Whedon's tribute to Sam Raimi's Evil Dead movies. Thumbs up.

Ha! It's unquestionably the movie to see if you want to end up uncertain whether you liked it or not. My advice: if you have a choice between Interstellar and Nightcrawler, see Nightcrawler.

No worries. There are a few observations I can share. First, the MOM mod doesn't appear to use the same screen resolution I've set the RP to use. This despite the fact I'm using the exact same sfall configs (except for enabling your mod files). During character creation I can't alter the...

It's definitely a Hollywood trope. It can be done well, but it seems really out of place in a semi-serious sci-fi movie. I mean, how many times have you ever seen a real astrophysicist start talking about love as a real material force in the universe, or how just because we can't measure it...