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Indeed not. Torturepornworld(TM) already exists, it's on prime time national telly and it's called I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here.
The Magnificent Seven.
Okay, so this isn't a bad film, but it just can't reach the heights of the original. Good solid performances (Denzil Washington as always), some great photography, and I would like to see a sequel!
Okay, so this isn't a bad film, but it just can't reach the heights of the original. Good solid performances (Denzil Washington as always), some great photography, and I would like to see a sequel!
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
Just starting to watch Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Remember seeing that at the pictures in the 70s.
Love, love, love that film. Love it.
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
Reno
The In Kraut
Me too !
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But Denzil Washington has been shit for the last 10 years.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
? he's a great actor. why the ten year cut off point?
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The Conjuring 2 - I like retro but found this boring.
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He is a tremendous actor - The Hurricane, Malcolm X, He Got Game, Devil in a Blue Dress, Fallen - all great films and proves he's a versatile actor.
Last 10 years, I'm not feeling it no more. His films, his characters - they're pretty much the same.
He's become an unmotivated screen hogger - admittedly, not on the same level as De Niro or Travolta but still...
Reno
The In Kraut
I know that's a controversial but don't like Denzil Washington at all and I never have. It's not that I think he's s bad actor but he strikes me as someone who has absolutely no sense of humour and that comes across in his performances. There is a good reason why he never does comedy and in his dramatic performances that translates as essentially charmless for me. He is always seriously serious and I think he's kind of boring.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Now now, I think that's unfair and untrue - have you not seen that film where he haunts Bob Hoskins?
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Now now, I think that's unfair and untrue - have you not seen that film where he haunts Bob Hoskins?
Bloody hell...
That one slipped under the radar.
It looks as good as the other comedy I quoted.
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His reputation was built on serious good acting (similar to Daniel Day Lewis I guess).
He is missing a good comedy and a cartoon on his CV mind.
Reno
The In Kraut
I don't think he needs to do comedy, he knows comedy is outside of his range as an actor and the reason why he is successful is because he knows his limitations. What I meant is that his lack of a sense of humour informs every one of his performances. He doesn't give bad performances as such, but my heart always sinks when Washington stars in a film I want to see, because I know exactly what I'm going to get. Unlike Daniel Day Lewis, he never surprises me with the choices he makes. I believe that as a great performer you need a sense of humour, it's an essential personality trait to making interesting artistic choices, even if in the end that doesn't translate as comedy.
DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
I would totally watch that
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
2010.
krtek a houby
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Nicholas and Alexander. Again. The Romanovs, the Revolution and a lot of worthy thesps. Especially Tom Baker and the Valeyard.
Maharani
Just like Heaven
Interesting. I thought it looked bad when I saw a trailer at the cinema but I'll give it a go maybe.
DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
I hope Peter Sallis gets a similar late-career reinvention as an action hero, he'd be perfect for delivering sanguine but self-deprecating put-downs to bad guys whose kneecaps he's just scooped out like scallops from a shell.
But the clock is ticking...
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
Free State of Jones - despite whatever the critics had to say this is a great story well acted and well written about a revolt against the Confederate states during the American Civil War.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
Synchronicity- again. I wanted to go through the time travel paradox again to see if he could 'realistically' engineer himself out of the loop in the happy ending way he did. Still not sure.
BUT. This time round I was not distracted by Ironside and the plot so much- they've nicked the aesthetic vertabim from Bladerunner, the exterior shots all city skylines at night, interiors all art deco-ish. Even the waaah waah keybord/synth tones, the same ones, over those external shots. Smoky dark lit interiors. I'm gussing the night setting was same reason as bladerunner, saves on effects costs but it wan't even a nod. Still a good film though, ironside is a bit player really but the female co star is good and the lead carries what is a story just on the right side of complex.
BUT. This time round I was not distracted by Ironside and the plot so much- they've nicked the aesthetic vertabim from Bladerunner, the exterior shots all city skylines at night, interiors all art deco-ish. Even the waaah waah keybord/synth tones, the same ones, over those external shots. Smoky dark lit interiors. I'm gussing the night setting was same reason as bladerunner, saves on effects costs but it wan't even a nod. Still a good film though, ironside is a bit player really but the female co star is good and the lead carries what is a story just on the right side of complex.
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
I've seen some up and down reviews and one wider interesting piece from mark Lause. I liked it but was worried about the potential white saviour stuff. I think lause addressed that pretty well. Bynums book was republished when the film came out btw- it is excellent. I went to see Birth of a Nation over the weekend. Similar entry but told utterly boringly apart from one or two scenes. Glad it was made but...
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
That Mark Lause article is a very good read, thanks.
krtek a houby
Merry Xmas!
The Charge of the Light Brigade - 1968. Lords Cardigan, Raglan and Lucan get their soldiers slaughtered in spectacular fashion. An odd and beautiful film, sometimes it feels like an anti-war film and there's an almost Pythonesque vibe at times. Trevor Howard delivers the goods.
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