Me I recently watched the hateful 8. I think it was an overrated Gore fest
I stumbled across The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies while channel surfing last night and ended up watching it.
I had watched about 2/3 of An Unexpected Journey and about 1/2 of The Desolation of Smaug before either falling asleep or just turning them off out of boredom.
I somehow managed to watch all of TBoFA. I think mainly because that section of the book is my favorite, and I wanted to see how the battle unfolded in the movie.
In short, I thought it was terrible. Peter Jackson went beyond just taking some liberties with the story. It was almost a completely different story. That, and the parts where he tried to inject humor were just absurd.
I was pretty disappointed with what he did to Lord of The Rings, but what he did with The Hobbit was far worse imo.
It was probably entertaining to the average mainstream moviegoer, but as a long-time fan of Tolkien's work, I was embarrassed by it.
Well I do like Tarantino films . But for me I found hateful 8 too over the top. Or perhaps the tarantino formula is getting old.Well there wasn't much gore in it, though some people got killed. Not sure why anyone would go to a Tarantino and not expect killing in it, unless they just wanted to be able to complain about the type of movies he makes.
Well I do like Tarantino films . But for me I found hateful 8 too over the top. Or perhaps the tarantino formula is getting old.
Well I do like Tarantino films . But for me I found hateful 8 too over the top. Or perhaps the tarantino formula is getting old.
I didn't watch that movie yet, but noone's fomula is getting younger.
Lets face it, the US was built on killing and taking. Those who were willing to die or kill for what they wanted ended up either dead or farther up the food chain.
Moby Dick (1998)
A TV-movie in two parts of one and a half hours each - starring, amongst others, Patrick Stewart, with a rare late cameo/bit part from Gregory Peck.
I'd never seen or read the story of Moby Dick before and the idea of ye olde naval adventure had me filled with trepidation, but I needn't have worried so much, this was enthralling from beginning to end with yet another captivating performance by Stewart. He doesn't even appear until about an hour into it, but the build up to his reveal is as good as him being there.
Another wonderful hidden treasure that would be well worth your time if you are in any way unfamiliar with the Moby Dick story. Not quite blockbuster movie epic, you still know you're watching a TV-movie but it's as close to perfect as a TV-movie will ever be. Has a 6.5 on IMDB. (If you have read the book, no it's not as good as the book etc).
I also saw El Cid (1961), the Heston, Loren classic which, it goes without saying, was a great use of 3 hours. 7.3 on IMDB
That's exactly what's wrong with modern scripts.It's naive, it's sentimental
Gotta hand it to Leo, though; despite not liking the guy in general, he persevered through and did a great job in what must have been some seriously grueling shooting conditions.
Not to take anything away from him, but I think it's safe to say that the vast majority of us would have persevered the same way for that 7 figure paycheck.
Not to take anything away from him, but I think it's safe to say that the vast majority of us would have persevered the same way for that 7 figure paycheck.