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Will he still be alive then?
The books have a smug "over-the-top"-ness married to a maudlin sentimentalism that doesn't play well in this century. Even when reading them as a kid, it was easy to see that when Pastor Dahl gives names to his characters like Augustus Gloop, Mike Tevee, or even Charlie Bucket that he is attempting to do more than just entertain or capture one's imagination.
That being said, they are better than the film adaptations.
Far better than anything made in the last 35 years!
So cowardly lockdowns and ever-increasing taxes aren't authoritarian?
Here's what Canada can do: pull all of their teams and Canadian-born players out of the NHL!
The 1980s by far: better music, better movies, Bill Clinton not president yet.
"A scholar of authoritarianism"?
Anyone can describe themselves as a "scholar". What are the credentials for being a "scholar"? Should we take every person who gives themselves the title of "scholar" seriously? Haven't we heard enough already from self-appointed "experts"?
It was a different world. Movies like this were for the people who watched TV shows of the 1970s like Little House on the Prairie and the Waltons.
Pleasantville was less of a movie, and more of a sermon pouring hatred and contempt on the values and mores of every preceding generation.
It basically used its two hours to say, "We're the first generation in all of humanity to figure out everything. Our parents and grandparents may have meant well, but unfortunately they were idiots."
It was movies like this that demonstrated how filmmakers began to see themselves as academics, and their naive audiences were their unwitting students. It should have been called "Groomingville".
Cats!
Mythbusters wasn't all it was cracked up to be, but it will be remembered long after this movie is forgotten.
The entire movie is just a set-up for Spock to have a dramatic, self-sacrificial death at the end.
Naturally, this plot detail was "leaked" before release, the movie became a big hit and "saved" the franchise.
Why so many fanboys passionately worship this movie in spite of its plot holes and unanswered questions remains a mystery to me.
How about Back to the Future?
I have his 1985 album Transition. It's really good, but it sounds like he was trying too hard to write songs for the St. Elmo's Fire soundtrack. Why did John Parr become famous, while the far more talented John Miles remains obscure?
Attn: Moviechat - how about an actual profile picture of the man himself? Please show some respect!
It is really good! Saw it the second day and was completely won over.
The best thing about it? No Spielbergian cynicism!
I agree, definitely above average. Only mistake was they couldn't decide whether it was a kids movie or a grown-ups movie.
Star Wars was a candle in the darkness of the dreary 1970s.
Close Encounters is, and always has been, pure garbage.
Don't even try to compare and contrast these two movies - they are NOTHING alike. Close Encounters was far closer to morbid, desultory films like The Exorcist, Jaws, and The Omen than to Star Wars. I'm sure Psycho Spielberg had no idea Star Wars was even being made at near the same time.
There's no such thing as "red states". Plenty of Democrats in every state, just not enough to win recent elections.
Politics is a pendulum: first it swings to the right, then it swings back to the left.
Never mind about the sequel: how did the first one get made?
Since seemingly every movie made between 1981-1998 now requires a sequel/prequel/reboot/update, I am now looking forward to Megaforce II.
It's not as good as Proyas's previous movie, Dark City, but still worth seeing. It has a bigger budget, better effects, but a far less memorable created world. Try as one might, you can't avoid the reality that it's just a Will Smith vehicle.
The dead giveaway is in the end credits: "Suggested by Isaac Asimov". They take the Three Laws, a few character names, and one or two story ideas from the book, and throw out the rest.
Never mentioned is how the people in this society (even if we throw out the given date, 2035) earn their living if robots are doing most of the work.
Millsey:
You do know that your College Professor is an alien, don't you?