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Based on a story by Stephen King and his son ( there is a brief nod to Christine in it although it passed me by, anyway it’s mentioned in IMDB).
Very Stephen King I guess. I should think fairly low budget. Kept me engaged. Wasn’t amazing,not terrible. .
I just watched Contact again. Very decent film, although there are quite a few loose ends that aren’t dealt with in the film that are explained in the book, like why they didn’t send a second person through the machine to verify things.
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Ingmar Bergman’s 1957 classic. It’s on BBC iPlayer just now if you’ve never seen it... you should.
One of the most influential films ever made for a good reason. It’s still an outstanding work of genius.
10/10
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I'm holding some hope that Phoenix won't want to play the role again in a Batman movie, which I'm 100% onboard with. I'd like to see some of the other list of excellent bad guys done right, with much more "detective-ing" if possible.
And it's a bit delicious that this makes Leto's attempt look extra shite and should put the final nail in any thoughts of a connected DC-verse for a good while.
I wonder if that was intentional by the makers of Joker, and simply not thought through by the studio execs?
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A very good shout.
The DC people will want another, but Phoenix seems to be the kind of guy who would walk away to another role.
A film that I thought wasn't up to much on BluRay, then I chose to watch it again and changed my mind True Grit with Matt Damon and Jeff Bridges. Another Western I loved and still do is 'Open Range'. Majestic film and Duvall and Costner, with Robert Duvall being one of my favourite actors, after Gene Hackman.
I went to see Joker Saturday; superb film. Really enjoyed it - the kind of film that stays with you for days afterwards.
And poor Gary.
I'd far rather we got high quality one-offs (or tightly-planned trilogies, etc) than a bloated "universe" that's planned for the sake of bums on seats more than quality of output.
1956 Sci-fi classic. Given that this was made a year before Sputnik was even launched, it's astonishing - both the concepts and the visuals are far ahead of their time, and it's clearly been hugely influential on everything from Star Trek to Total Recall and even Star Wars, probably. The plot is very tenuously based on Shakespeare's The Tempest, but you'd probably have to know that to make the connection. Some of the special effects are remarkable, and it also features the first completely electronic score in any film.
If there's a criticism it's that some of the characters and the acting are rather more of their time... it's also slightly disconcerting to see Leslie Nielsen as the hero, before he discovered his talent for comedy, and Robby The Robot is still rather too obviously human-operated despite being pretty advanced by the standards of the day. But still, at least
9/10
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein