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The original trilogy was for kids, too. But it could also be enjoyed by adults. It was a good story, well told. The Last Jedi is a dumb story told badly. It was beautiful to look at, had some really good acting, but the plot was borderline non-existent. It was simply a series of events strung together by an illogical thread. I did love the porgs, though.
He's not a brilliant strategist. He always fails.
Except racists.
Her dad could see how he opened the door and helped her into it, see how he was dressed, how he carried himself, and the car he drove. Also, Sam seemed happy to be with him, and her dad may trust her judgement — certainly more than her sister’s.
Put all that together, then contrast it with the scumbag his other daughter just married, and I can see why he might not be too bothered.
I found the original 1930 version of All Quiet on the Western Front so dated and old as to be unwatchable. The 1979 remake, however, is one of my all-time favourite films. The book is also very good.
Another WW1 film I'd recommend is The Trench, a small British film from 1999 about the build-up to the first day of the Battle of the Somme. A pretty great film, I'd say - with a younger Daniel Craig as the sergeant.
Oh, there's also an excellent 2-part BBC mini-series from 2012 called Birdsong.
I realised what those captions meant later, but as they appeared, they were fairly unhelpful.
He was out of petrol over Dunkirk. He then glided out to where the Germans were, and landed there to be captured.
Why not glide down to land where the British troops were?
Made literally no sense.
David Fincher can say whatever he likes about it. I understand it was hell to make, and can understand why he might be critical of it.
Personally, I really like it. Compared to the two most recent Alien films, it's a masterpiece. I can't rate it above either Alien or Aliens, though.
His doctors had prescribed him a cocktail of narcotics (ampthetamines, cocaine, morphine) which he'd been taking for years. That, and maybe Parkinsons disease or some other degenerative condition, probably caused his noticeable physical deterioration by the time this film is set.
It's impossible to tell exactly what caused it, since he ended up in a ditch covered in petrol and on fire.
Totally disagree. I watch this film every few years, and consider it a classic.
I pretty much hated the director's cut. I watched it once, then sold my copy. I love the original because of how much it leaves open to interpretation. The director's cut spoils that by removing a lot of ambiguity with its explanations and exposition.
I don't even remember the music at the start, but I agree, The Killing Moon is a far superior intro song to Love Will Tear Us Apart.
I mean, yeah, there were some issues with everyone dying, but no plan is entirely perfect...
Ah, I only saw that film once, and don't remember specific dialog. All I recall of the medpod is that after it cut through Shaw's skin and muscle, it stitched her back up so well she could spend the rest of the film running around. Amazing technology!
I agree. I really liked the first one, but I walked out of this one wondering why I'd wasted my time and money.
Is that just a joke, or is it stated somewhere?
I audibly groaned in the cinema as I was given another onscreen fight resembling nothing more than two action figures being smashed into each other by an overly aggressive seven year old.
One of those engineers ripped his head off as soon as it met him, didn't it? Maybe he killed them all simply out of spite because of that.
I agree. It's a classic film, but Aliens really changed the direction of the franchise. (Is it a franchise when there's only on film?)
I find it interesting how different the Alien films are from each other.
Alien (horror)
Aliens (Vietnam movie in space)
Alien 3 (Surreal psychological thriller thing)
Alien Resurrection (Action adventure)
All with the sci-fi horror theme running through them, of course.
Just wanna give this conversation a double thumbs up.
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