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I liked him a lot in Made as the cantankerous crime boss. He and Vince Vaughn's character played off each other so well they're worthy of their own spin-off!
Basically it's because the Director's Cut wasn't the version show in theaters. The extra scenes in the DC help flesh out the world/mythos and would help Joe Six Pack (the intended target audience) understand what was going on.
That and it was the polar opposite of Pitch Black, which was grittier and far smaller B-movie horror fare derived from all the cool kids like Alien. This would have upset fans who were expecting more space Western horror rather than lavish space opera fare. But hey, Riddick (2013) is for everyone wanting a Pitch Black rehash.
Everyone else is eagerly waiting Furya, which apparently is lower priority than Fast and Furious XXVII.
Agreed. Saw it once and never cared to watch it again. In contrast to John Carpenter's The Thing which I've re-watched countless times and even the Alien-derivative Pitch Black.
It's actually his 3rd best after:
1) Cast Away
2) Saving Private Ryan
Everything else he's done is kind of meh, even Big and Captain Phillips. Those films aren't seared into the back of my mind
like 1 & 2 are. They're merely just fine.
This movie is also elevated by Carrie Fisher looking her best IMO, so there's that.
It's funny, because supposedly there are script treatments/concepts that have Jedi being far darker than it originally turned out to be, on par with Empire or more in terms of tone. At the very least it was less kiddy/toyetic.
Some things I remember reading involve:
1) Wookies instead of Ewoks
2) Han dying in the 2nd act
3) Luke walking off into the sunset, like a defeated hero in a samurai or western film
Kind of makes you think about what could have been if greed had not taken precedence over artistic integrity.
Exactly. I'm fully convinced that Star Wars was a complete fluke... "saved in the editing room" as it's famously claimed. Sometime between 1977-1980 his brain must have turned into mashed potatoes which would explain the prequels and even Crystal Skull since he had creative input on it.
It was always a stand-alone movie for me since there are too many contradictions that keep it from being enjoyable if you acknowledge the sequels/rest of the franchise. Thus, Star Wars (not A New Hope) is the only Star Wars that I love and know like the back of my hand.
Sometimes I like to lucidly dream and create my own sequels/ending that begin right after Vader's TIE Fighter goes hurling around into space and the Death Star blows up. These sequels have Luke fighting a man called Darth Vader that has no blood connection to him at all and it's amazing.
I cried tears of relief that the whole dreadful Disney saga was over.
Your autism is noted.
No way, Jose. In 1985 the personal computer was available to consumers, and not only that, but the internet actually existed back then, albeit in a far more exclusive and rudimentary form.
Hell, in terms of filmmaking, 1985 had a movie that featured the first-ever CGI character in a live-action movie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iB9KoJ79tGY
I liked that it was done tastefully, non-gratuitous (it actually had a point), and was one of many elements that elevates it above the sequel.
I agree with the poster who said that this was his finest hour. I never thought he had the range to pull off a shrewd, calculating psycho, but he did and he did it quite well.
Hey, hookers and blow aren't cheap, ya know.
Nobody goes there anymore.
Hi. It is a known issue that the Blu-ray version of The Matrix has had its color-timing altered in order to match the look of the sequels, much to many fans of the first film's demise. This results in an overly green tint that was not intended by the director of photography. Sadly, there is no (official) HD alternative. Your best bet is to track down a copy of the DVD, however I am not sure if even that transfer matches that of the theatrical version. Thankfully, you can check with the fine folks over at Original Trilogy, who revel in film preservation and are involved with many fan projects that aim to recreate the theatrical experience of many films.
http://originaltrilogy.com/topic/The-Matrix-with-original-theatrical-color-timing/id/13657/page/1