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Walton Street 
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 Posted: January 18 2015 at 09:20 |
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Wanted 3..
ho hum entry of the series ruined for me by the hyper kinetic editing - especially during a car chase. i really hate car chases . there's about 3 good ones in the history of film and the rest bring nothing new to the table.
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Posted: January 18 2015 at 12:08 |
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I like action movies and have for a long time and I agree with you about car chases. I don't know why film makers feel that every action movie absolutely has to have a car chase scene. There are only so many scenarios that can be used to create a car chase scene and they have all been done and done and done again. No matter how advanced cinematography and special effects get, there are still only a certain number of ways that something can be done. And BTW, this definitely includes driving against oncoming traffic.
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Walton Street
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Posted: January 18 2015 at 17:49 |
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driving against oncoming traffic is one of the three. and that belongs to To Live and Die in LA
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TeleStrat
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Posted: January 18 2015 at 18:02 |
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There were two early car chases that have stuck in my mind.
One in Bullitt with Steve McQueen and one in The French Connection with Gene Hackman. (I think Hackman was chasing an L train)
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Posted: January 18 2015 at 18:08 |
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Il deserto dei tartari
Merely a masterpiece. Beautiful, meaningful & stylish, this is a deep existential drama of a phantasmagoric world on the edge. Everything about this movie is flawless: screenplay, actors, soundtrack, production design (the film was shot in a real castle in Iran, now almost destroyed). Highly recommended. |
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Walton Street
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Posted: January 18 2015 at 18:16 |
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those are the other 2 :)
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Posted: January 18 2015 at 20:16 |
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^ Don't forget Elliot Gould in Capricorn One; one of the greatest ever
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Posted: January 18 2015 at 20:59 |
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Don't get me wrong, there have been some very good chase scenes that were necessary to the story line.
But when they're thrown in just for the heck of it, that's a waste of time and money. And making a chase scene longer does not make it better. On a personal note, I'm a huge fan of muscle cars from the 60s and 70s. When I see a beautiful Chevelle SS or Dodge Charger totaled in a needless chase scene I cringe.
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Posted: January 18 2015 at 22:01 |
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Just saw Jodorowski's Dune. Which was awesome until he got to the raping Frank Herbert part. But the whole thing makes me so sad that we never heard the Magma Harkonen music realized. It also showed us that Giger's health was quite poor prior to his tumble.
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Posted: January 18 2015 at 22:03 |
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^ After seeing it I couldn't help feel as if, had it been made, would've been a disaster
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Walton Street
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Posted: January 19 2015 at 06:37 |
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dying to see this
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Posted: January 19 2015 at 10:41 |
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Started Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone last night -
felt like running the series through again. I know everyone says this but it's so weird seeing how young they were when this began. I stand by these films as a whole .. very well made films, over the top and a lot of fun - like the best kids books are meant to be.
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Posted: January 19 2015 at 11:22 |
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Definitely with you on the HP films - I like to think these will stand the test of time...
...still begs the question, though:   Edited by Jim Garten - January 19 2015 at 11:25 |
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Walton Street
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Posted: January 19 2015 at 11:37 |
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^^^^ trademark and style defies logic :)
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Posted: January 19 2015 at 11:38 |
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And the actors in HP films (i.e. the supporting cast) are more than classy :) Most of them are today's best British & Irish actors, from John Hurt to Brendan Gleeson. |
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Posted: January 19 2015 at 12:00 |
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One of my all-time favorite movies.
Interestingly enough, the chase scene in To Live and Die in L.A. was so good, because the director stressed that unless it was better than the chase scene in The French Connection, it wouldn't be used in the movie. Which also reminds me, there's a mission in Grand Theft Auto IV based on the train chase scene from French Connection.  |
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Posted: January 20 2015 at 04:20 |
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RED
Absurd but fun shoot-'em-up as an aging team of ex-black operators reunite to find out why they're being targeted. Intentionally predictable but often inventive, the film is much in the vein of Ocean's Eleven if not quite as stylish. Pure old-school escapism. |
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Posted: January 20 2015 at 05:05 |
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Kung Fu Hustle - 2004 Directed by and starring Stephen Chow
Loaned to me by a work colleague, this is NOT something I would normally sample but hell yeah, it was great fun and wasn't above taking the piss out of itself in places. Effectively, it's a wuxia novel turned into a cartoon but with a real life cast who even run and move like Wile E Coyote and Roadrunner. Much better than the admirable but tiresome forensic choreography of Jackie Chan. It also references practically every martial arts, gangster and super hero movie ever made so get ready to 'spot those quotations'. On the down side, no martial arts movie has ever contained attempts at black humour that were anything other than 'archly chipper'. Swap places with the dog and just lap this up. Edited by ExittheLemming - January 20 2015 at 05:06 |
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Posted: January 20 2015 at 13:31 |
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John Wick
Strong action movie, and Keanu's understated emotional performance serves his character well. The fight scenes, which are pretty much what the entire movie is from start to finish, are all very nicely shot and executed. |
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Posted: January 20 2015 at 13:54 |
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I've been wanting to see this but haven't seen it released yet
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