this is one i have rewatched many times. i pretty much know it by heart lol.
very well made, very fast moving and engaging. barry levinson and michael crighton make a good duo IMO
douglas was on a roll at this point, too, and demi was very easy on the eyes. i think this was probably the best she ever looked.
but my FAVORITE character of all was katherine alvarez! tough latina sista. ooh la la.
I thought it was well written and played out too.
People bark about the computer tech, but it WAS bleeding edge AT THAT TIME. And I thought it worked great for the story.
Definitely the best Demi has ever looked and probably the best any actress has looked in a film
shareImagine! A movie THIRTY YEARS OLD that still holds up! I think I'm going to try watching some of those ancient movies from before the 1990s. Even the icky black-and-white ones. Maybe some of them hold up, too!
sharelol, yes i agree.
i don't think i meant it the way you took it. IMO the best movies were in the 90s, then 80s, then 70s, and i lump 2000-05 in with the 90s, sorta, but anything after 2005 is very hit or miss. there have been some good ones after 05, but they are RARE IMHO and you never know going in if what you are about to see is any good.
but contrast that with the 90s, 80s, i would regularly drive to the theater and just buy a ticket and go in blind, not even knowing who the actors were, and was almost always very satisfied with the film. IMO they had a better grip on story back then, and i mean even down to the cutting of the scenes for pace and flow. movies before 05 would hold your attention regardless of the content. it couls be romcom, action, drama, period, whatever. IMO it held your attention because of the storytelling style, moreso than the actual content. and then if you really connected with the characters or if the theme hit you deeply, that was a lovely bonus.
(again, i place the early 2000s in withthe 90s.)
i think the mid 2000s were the pinnacle. i have written many posts/essays on this, with ample evidence.
a few bits:
05 is when facebook came online, and youtube, and netflix streaming, and SOON after that the smart phone was launched. all these things plus others had a big and FAST impact on the culture's appetite for films. even the industry itself was terrified of all this. (ever heard of eisner's famous 'sky is falling' speech from 2007?)
terrified, and rightly so. and yes it pretty much played out exactly the way they feared it would. the industry as we knew it then was lost and (likely, IMHO) gone forever.
one thing to add is (and this is what i think drove the barrage of mad movies after 05) that the industry reacted to all these changes by 'altering their playbook' which, IMO, led to poor decisions (about choice of content, hiring writers, budgets, etc) because they were trying to 'hang on' and trying to 'just survive' etc etc...
(this is, IMHO, what drove the FLOOOOOOOOOODDD of comic book movies)
and, yes, they may have 'survived' in the balance sheet aspect. but movies themselves changed, as a product [ill]designed for consumption by the viewing public.
so yeah, i am with you on this. my OP ^^ was more aimed at young people today who have NOT seen it, and who may expect the effects to be 'cheesy'.
but my tastes lean toward the films of the 90s/80s/70s, and a sprinkling from the 60s, then a BIG affection for 1940s/50s noirs/dramas/comedies
nice talking to you.
LTUM