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looks like a rebootIs there a connection to the 90s movie?
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looks like a rebootIs there a connection to the 90s movie?
The new term is requel. Part sequel but a soft reboot.looks like a reboot
It is indeed a great film, but I tend to find that THE RED CIRCLE sticks with me more. But it is splitting hairs, both are majestic (as is ARMY OF SHADOWS).Le Samouraï (1967) - saw this at the cinema, a rerelease for a new 4K restoration. It follows a hitman in Paris who kills his target in the back office of a club, is witnessed by the pianist who then covers for him by the suspicious police, and is also targeted by the crew who hired him. It features one of the great suspense chase scenes, as he jumps around the Paris Metro trying to evade the police tail. The director, Jean-Pierre Melville, made some of the great crime thrillers of the 1960s before suddenly dying at the peak of his powers in 1973, and is reminiscent of someone like Michael Mann but decades earlier. I love Army of Shadows but this is one of his best.
It is indeed a great film, but I tend to find that THE RED CIRCLE sticks with me more. But it is splitting hairs, both are majestic (as is ARMY OF SHADOWS).
Le Samouraï (1967) - saw this at the cinema, a rerelease for a new 4K restoration. It follows a hitman in Paris who kills his target in the back office of a club, is witnessed by the pianist who then covers for him by the suspicious police, and is also targeted by the crew who hired him. It features one of the great suspense chase scenes, as he jumps around the Paris Metro trying to evade the police tail. The director, Jean-Pierre Melville, made some of the great crime thrillers of the 1960s before suddenly dying at the peak of his powers in 1973, and is reminiscent of someone like Michael Mann but decades earlier. I love Army of Shadows but this is one of his best.
Way, way too many. But like the Marvel crap, fanbois drink it up like free kool-aid at the chapelle.My god how many of these movies are there
Was on the Rewatchables this week.True Lies is a number 1 Arnie action movie, perfect blend of action and comedy
Thought it was pretty boring myself.The Bikeriders
Enjoyable performances, decent storyline.
Discussion earlier about true movie stars dying, I think Austin Butler has that potential.
Watched this at cinema too and also had recently watched French Connection, felt like the chase scene in French Connection had borrowed heavily from this.Le Samouraï (1967) - saw this at the cinema, a rerelease for a new 4K restoration. It follows a hitman in Paris who kills his target in the back office of a club, is witnessed by the pianist who then covers for him by the suspicious police, and is also targeted by the crew who hired him. It features one of the great suspense chase scenes, as he jumps around the Paris Metro trying to evade the police tail. The director, Jean-Pierre Melville, made some of the great crime thrillers of the 1960s before suddenly dying at the peak of his powers in 1973, and is reminiscent of someone like Michael Mann but decades earlier. I love Army of Shadows but this is one of his best.
I thought it was entertaining enough and I thought Hardy was almost as good as Comer. Butler had less to work with. A real character study of some of the leads would have been more interesting but it was a study of bikie gangs and what fueled them. I thought it did that acceptably.Thought it was pretty boring myself.
Comer was good, Hardy and Butler were alright with the bland roles given.
Butler does have a lot of potential though - could see him having a Brad Pitt type career.
Tom Hardy?The Bikeriders
Enjoyable performances, decent storyline.
Discussion earlier about true movie stars dying, I think Austin Butler has that potential.
Tom Hardy?
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One of the midnight dawn movies was The Swimmer with Burt Lancaster
An empty movie about an empty man setting himself the challenge of swimming in each pool to get to his home
I could never work out if it was about conspicuous consumption , machismo or goal setting but it was weird
Agreed.A great film, and also love the short story by John Cheever. I think it really captures the postwar ennui of a lot of the comfortable middle class of the 1960s, similar to Mad Men decades later.
I won’t bother with it but how was Damon Herriman? I reckon that guy’s a national treasureThe Bikeriders (2023)
The general basis of the plot was good - some mates got together to form a motorbike club, that grew into something out of control. Austin Butler did a good job as a brooding James Dean type character. Tom Hardy is charismatic but almost playing the same role as in Peaky Blinders. Jodie Comer's performance was inconsistent - sometimes very convincing as the wife who takes second place to her husband's desires, then other times jarringly bad with her fake accent and over-expression.
It all felt a bit flat and forgettable compared to other motorbike movies. The Wild One is pretty cheesy but you get Marlon Brando and Lee Marvin. Mickey Rourke is so cool in Rumblefish.
5/10
I won’t bother with it but how was Damon Herriman? I reckon that guy’s a national treasure