Stallone playing the long game here for movie titles.
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I was 50/50 on going to see this, but most of the review have been pretty poor from it.
I will catch it on steaming when it comes out I think now
I reckon you’ve absolutely nailed it with these observations.
First Blood and the following two sequels have pretty much nothing in common other than Stallone playing John J. Rambo.
For what it’s worth I think the first two sequels, as far as big, dumb, mindless action movies go are kinda entertaining, and a bit funny (not deliberately). But the direction the series took after First Blood, which is a good film with good performances and an actual message, was just weird. Apparently Stallone had a gargantuan, unchecked ego in that period, so maybe therein lies the explanation.
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I pretty sure they just made The War of the Rohirrim so Warner bros keep the licence to the movies, I believe it’s part of the conditions to be in active production every few years on a product…so you can tell they just slapped something together that was easy to produce…the animation style is so off for Tolkien, but it would have been easy given the anime industry.
“The studio is said to be adamant that it has continuously met requirements to hold on to its rights by maintaining active development on the property, exercising options in a timely manner and making periodic payments to Zaentz Co”
"The specifics of the license agreement between Warner Bros. and Zaentz Co. are not known, but such deals often involve producers conducting a certain level of development and production activity by pre-determined dates, among other clauses. On Feb. 15, Warner Bros. released the first production image for “The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim.”
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Django?
Inglorious Basterds?
Once upon a time in Hollywood?
Thought these were pretty good.
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Very overrated IMO. Some fun scenes in them. German guy was easily the best thing is the first two. Had he not been in them, it would have exposed the films more.
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Django my favourite love that movie.
Jamie Foxx,Leonardo Dicaprio,Samuel L Jackson they were also pretty good
Watched Alien (1979) for the first time in ages.
Sets and acting were great for its time. But the story was almost identical to Aliens in many ways.
It’s worth a look, but whether it’s nostalgia or hype, Aliens is the better viewing even if they’re similar.
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Just watched Carry On. Loved it, one of the best movies I’ve seen all year. A good old fashioned edge of your seat thriller. Almost like a mix between die hard and non stop
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Could be my new favourite Christmas movie. Die Hard has a challenger.
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I watched ‘Mulholland Drive’ for the first time last night and here is my three word review.
What The Fark?
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It’s a bit crazy
holy sht a superman movie with some fkng colours in it
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We’re never going to end this superhero ■■■■.
It’s just the same film over and over and over and over and over.
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Mulholland Falls with a pre-anorexic Jennifer Connelly. Plus pre-debauched Nick Nolte, Melanie Griffith, Andrew McCarthy. The pre-anorexic JC was, as my dad would say, a fair drop of the doings.
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I just can’t get into Superman, because his powers are whatever the plot requires.
I know that’s kind of the case with any superhero movie (or, in fact, any action movie), but it’s really, really blatant with Superman.
Do we need him weak enough to bleed from a punch in the face? Fine.
Do we need him strong enough to punch a hole through the multiverse? Fine.
It’s just…okay, whatever.
Monkey Man (2024)
Dev Patel, co-wrote, co-produced, starred in and directed.
A sort of John Wick take off set amongst the corruption of Indian Politics and the oppression of the poor and outcasts of society.
Takes a bit of time to get to where it’s going with frequent flashbacks to Patel’s character’s youth.
I like Dev Patel so was looking forward to watching this.
It never reached any great heights but kept me interested the whole way through.
The thing you have to realise about Mulholland Drive is that there is no solution. David Lynch just does weird, and in that film he does it brilliantly, but you can’t find a meaning for it all because there isn’t one. I saw him interviewed once and that’s basically what he said.
The scene with the cowboy is just about perfect. And Naomi Watts’ audition is a showstopper.
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I find that with most David Lynch films if you go in accepting that you’re probably not going to make any sense of them you’ll enjoy them a lot more. This approach worked for me, anyway.
Two of his films that are more conventional that I would recommend, if anyone’s interested, are The Elephant Man (1980) and The Straight Story (1999). Both these films have really strong critical reputations and also have easy-to-follow narratives.
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