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I see Heat (1995) has been mentioned already, but there is so much more to it than the action sequences. It's also an examination of the isolation that "professionals" can feel when their "jobs" are too complex or intense to be related to everyone else.
"I am alone. I am not lonely."From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch’.
— Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 Astronaut
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For some reason I keep thinking of Eyes Wide Shut: I haven't seen it in several years, so it may be time to watch it again.
From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch’.
— Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 Astronaut
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I enjoy the Marvel movies to various degrees. Some of them I like a lot: Thor Ragnarok, Iron-man 3, Captain America Winter Soldier. Some, not so much: Thor 2, Iron-man 2.
But, cinematography-wise they have all been pretty safe. Even Thor Ragnarok. It makes sense: They are all part of the same universe and they want to keep a consistent tone (I saw someone describe it as the world's most expensive TV series).
When Sony announced that they were making a Miles Morales Spiderman movie but it was going to be animated I thought "Crap, it's just gonna be a straight-to-DVD movie of the week" Then it came out that the guys who did 21 Jump Street and Lego Movie were involved...... and then the images started coming out and oh God did they look pretty: The comicbook look complete with thought bubbles and sound effects (When a guy gets hit by a bagel you can barely make out that it says "Bagel" instead of "bonk" or something when it hits him).
The animation style was beautiful. The soundtrack has a pulse and the voice casting was perfection.
Below is when Miles finally fully embraces his abilities. The camera movements really gave a sense of height and freedom that NONE of the previous Spiderman movies could convey.
Anyway: Spiderman: Into The Spiderverse:
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I really enjoyed Interstellar. Like all of Nolan's films, it looks amazing. For all the spectacular space footage I also loved the images on Earth. The film really showed a dying planet effectively, The dust storm during the baseball game and the aftermath was brilliantly done. It was just a case of "This is the world now" (Something we are beginning to see now ourselves).
Anyway. Interstellar Dustorm aftermath.
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So Skyfall was on last night. Not a massive Bond fan but did really enjoy this and Casino Royale. But Cinematographer Roger Deakins' work is simply amazing. You name it, he's done it: Skyfall, Bladerunner 2049, Coen Brother's stuff: True Grit, O Brother, Fargo.
His use of big scenes while still being practically monochromatic is a bit of a trademark but still fantastic.
Anyway, Skyfall:
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There's two movies I watched when I was a kid that scared the bejaysis out of me and a couple of scenes still do.
I saw 'Jaws' first when I was about 6. There were numerous scenes that imp rented themselves on my little mind. One of which is below.
'Jaws', of course is choc-a-bloc with horrible images. But that one struck kid me. The man's "terrible high pitched screaming" and the sheer size of the shark's head is truly terrifying, especially to such young eyes. How 'Jaws' was ever considered a PG movie is beyond me.
The other film I first saw when I was around 12 and I still consider it to be the greatest zombie movie ever made, if not the greatest horror movie ever made. George Romero's 'Day of the Dead' received a lot of negative feedback in 1985 when it was first released, because people were expecting another 'Dawn of the Dead'. But, to me, the third film of Romero's living dead series is, easily, his best effort. The film is littered with great moments and Tom Savini's gory effects have never been bettered. His practical effects are a showcase for his ingenuity and there are tons of images that I could post to demonstrate them. But, one image in particular that always struck me was at the beginning of the film. It's not one of the gory scenes that come later in the picture, but it always sent a shiver up my spine for some reason.
The majorette zombie has always creeped me out, as does the brilliant opening scene of the film, where the protagonists are calling out to see if there are any survivors in Fort Myers, only to be greeted with the moans of hundreds of corpses as the come from out of every corner toward the sound of Miguel's voice over the loudspeaker.
One of the most chilling openings to a film I've ever seen.-1 -
Mr. Holland's Opus, my favourite all-time every-gamet-of-emotion movie, which saw Richard Dreyfuss robbed of his Oscar by Nic Cage (for the equally excellent Leaving Las Vegas, but still.)
Fifty years old and I still shed a tear at adult Gertrude Lang's (Joanna Gleason) finale speech.Mr. Holland had a profound influence on my life and on a lot of lives I know. But I have a feeling that he considers a great part of his own life misspent. Rumor had it he was always working on this symphony of his. And this was going to make him famous, rich, probably both. But Mr. Holland isn't rich and he isn't famous, at least not outside of our little town. So it might be easy for him to think himself a failure. But he would be wrong, because I think that he's achieved a success far beyond riches and fame. Look around you. There is not a life in this room that you have not touched, and each of us is a better person because of you. We are your symphony Mr. Holland. We are the melodies and the notes of your opus. We are the music of your life.0 -
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