What have you watched recently?

I saw Long Arm of the Law in the IFI as well. I really enjoyed it. The shootout at the end in that walled ghetto was spectacular. It was a brilliantly choreographed, sustained gun battle that almost rivalled the bank heist scene in Heat!

After watching John Woo and Johnnie To action movies it was nice to see the first 'Heroic Bloodshed' movie on the big screen.

Tony EH wrote: »

Cape Fear (1991) is a remake of Cape Fear (1962).

Night of the Hunter (1955) is a completely different film altogether. The only film Charles Laughton directed. Thank Christ, cos personally I thought it was awful.

For me "Night of The Hunter" is one of the greatest films of all time. Its stunning. Robert Mitchums best acting performance by far.

12 Rounds - Die Hard with a Vengeance ripoff from the director of... Die Hard 2. Not that I mind ripoffs of the concept, it's a good concept. So's that whole twelve labours thing. Don't mind John Cena either, and it's better than The Marine but it's so meh. I agree with the "There’s a decent little action movie somewhere inside ‘12 Rounds’" review (without the Cena bashing).

Star Trek (2009) - Quite watchable for my anti-Trek tastes. There's a couple of the movies I liked but the franchise usually isn't my kind of sci-fi except when dealing with time travel but I wanted to give the reboot a shot. Oh and it has time travel. Kirk's a jerk though I know enough about the show to appreciate establishing the . Quite smart really. Avoids annoying a load of fans. Some anyway.

DuckTales (#woo-ooh): The Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp - part of a series of films I've been watching for something Indiana Jonesish. Still like it though the lack of GizmoDuck is the same complaint I had when I first watched.

Tarzan II - If you love Phil Collins songs, then this is the movie for you! I wanted something for background noise while reading which was recognisable (Disney not Collins) but which wouldn't get me distracted watching. Usual offal cheap sequel. It was about accepting people for who they are. Using gorillas.

The Treasure Hunter - It was alright film I guess. Reminiscent of The Mummy. The action sequences were good but the rest was fairly underwhelming. The Good, The Bad, The Weird is far superior.



King Solomon's Mines (1937) - Quite good film interrupted by a load of Paul Robeson songs even though he sings them all the same way. Allan Quatermain the hypocritical British hunter who has a thing against mining is 'tricked' from his job running hunting tours (cause he doesn't like hunting) to eventually help find Kathy O'Brien's missing father who went searching for King Solomon's Mines.

Apart from the addition of adding a female companion I read that it's fairly faithful to the book but I wouldn't know. When O'Brien mentions that she BS'd Quatermain into helping her:

"Yes I know. I've met the Irish before." Which should be adapted to fit any conversation, clearly. Later in the film, while Quatermain is BSing South African tribes, Kathy says he couldn't have done better if he were Irish himself.

King Solomon's Mines (1985) - Mostly horrible Indiana Jones ripoff (or parody) in which an American Quatermain helps Sharon Stone find her father who was searching for King Solomon's Mines. They do fairly early on and then head out on the search for Solomon's Mines just because the plot requires them to.

Summary done better than me by someone here: http://www.agonybooth.com/movies/King_Solomon_s_Mines_1985.aspx

Although it does a few things which would get used in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade...

King Solomon's Mines (2004) - It was a miniseries but I'm couting it here. Patrick Swayze as Quartermain helps Alison Doody from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade look for her missing father. She's playing English, probably because Quatermain's met the Irish before and she wants to see if she can get away with it.

Best version I've seen personally. Since I've got no idea what the novel should be like and this actually builds on the existence of Indiana Jones influence to do something different. Like the music aswell.

Bunny and the Bull - Comedy film from the director of The Mighty Boosh with Fielding and Barrett appearing roles that are largely inseperable to The Mighty Boosh. I like it, especially the art style but I think that's why it gets the praise on the cover rather than being particularly hilarious.

Clash of the Titans (2010) - A film I enjoyed but features a load of characters who say one thing then do another and has the so-called hero killing rape victims and sellout to the rapists while Lord Voldemort of all people is expected to be the villain for getting a bum rap.

It has made me want to see if the game version uses the same story or whether the original script managed to filter through.

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Check out the book if you get a chance. Film did a fairly good job on it's behalf.

Knight and Day - didn't know if it was a romcom or an action move, very awkward.

Adventureland is good but its more of a coming of age drama/comedy than some madcap Superbad type thing which is what it was being sold as. I enjoyed it, but it was a different movie than I expected it to be.

Taken is a great movie! Banshee Bones I can't believe you didn't have respect for Liam Neeson even prior to seeing this movie!

losthorizon wrote: »

For me "Night of The Hunter" is one of the greatest films of all time. Its stunning. Robert Mitchums best acting performance by far.

Yeh, a lot of people seem to like it. But I thought it was terrible. As for the acting, it's marred by some of the worst over-acting I've seen in a film. Especially by Mitchum and Lillian Gish. Her monologue at the end is truly awful. Also, the sets just don't work on many occasions. I understand that Laughton was tryng to go for a faux German expressionist feel, but it just comes off as hokey, even with the cinematic trappings of the period.

One of the most over-rated films ever put on screen in my honest opinion.