It bugged me, but I can be very chip-shoulder-having, though.Totally love Goldie and Kurt though OTP! It's funny how Herrmann is sort of Go-to Rich Guy.
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Toohh.Fuuutt.EEE. Tofuti. Tooohh.Fuuutt.EEEEE.
And Katherine Helmond! "But darling, if you have a baby, you won't BE the baby!"
Can I be an Ameganee, too?
yes!!
Woohoo!
"Snake Plissken? I heard you were dead."
My friend Tamela cracked up an entire movie theater by shouting that as soon as Kurt Russell's face appeared in the Escape from LA trailer.
Sadly, I've still never seen Escape from New York. Like Aliens, it's one of those major geek movies that I've never seen, but really should. I did see Escape from L.A., but was underwhelmed to say the least (which I think was pretty much everyone's reaction to that movie.)
Escape from New York is a MUST. It's FABULOUS. Not underwhelming at all.
So I just now noticed they're making a film version of Mimsy Were the Borogoves. Classic science fiction short story being made into a film.
They can't possibly fuck it up, can they?
::Hugs her copy of Johnny Mnemonic tightly::
Escape from New York is a MUST. It's FABULOUS. Not underwhelming at all.
I've determined after multiple viewings that EfNY was seriously undermined by Carpenter's minimalist score. It's a great style for his horror movies (and I'm convinced he basically force-fed Morricone his ideas for THE THING), but I think it enervates EfNY to a point where I couldn't enjoy it completely on first watching it. A rousing soundtrack would have done wonders for that movie.
but I think it enervates EfNY to a point where I couldn't enjoy it completely on first watching it. A rousing soundtrack would have done wonders for that movie.
I don't know. That pounding, relentless beat sort of sticks with me. It's been years since I've seen it but I had a cousin who had it on laser disc and we watched it about 50 times or so when we were in high school. I may be due for a rewatch.
I'm totally due for a rewatch. It's been too long.
I remain unsullied by Escape From L.A., though.
What's weird to me is how many sci-fi/fantasy movies I adore when I never really read (and still don't read) sci-fi. Some of my favorite movies are The Matrix, Bladerunner, the LoTR trilogy, Blade (kind of really horror, I know) the original Star Wars trilogy, Altered States, the gadgetry of the Bond movies...
But then I also adore a lot of action movies, and have never read a Ludlum book or similar.