Xander ,'End of Days'
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Inception:
I don't think the movie works very well as it being Mal's dream. I really do feel like there are two alternatives: that Cobb is dreaming at the end or that the end is reality. I think the fact that Cobb's totem is problematic - for all the reasons Debet and others listed - is for the viewer to question the meaning of the movie's end.
Yeah, I don't understand why, if Mal wants Cobb to "wake up" she'd use her totem to convince him that he was already awake.
Huh, Piranha 3D has an 81% on Rotten Tomatoes. It's not terrible?
I heard it was OK for those who like cheesy B-movie goodness....
My mother said it was unfunny soft-porn, and that my unabashed porn-loving brother was horrified. Not having seen it, I can only imagine he was acting a part for her, as he has no shame.
Dave White said it was the Citizen Kane of killer piranha movies.
I want to see it, but it'll probably be a rental.
I love Netflix streaming. I'm watching Life With Father.
I'm doing a little studying on Film History, Cult Films and the 70s (more on that in a second) and came across some interesting Trivia:
1. Who was on the first cover of People Magazine?
Mia Farrow
2. What does DVD stand for? (No googling!)
Digital Versatile Disc
3. When was HBO founded?
1972! Whoa. It didn't take off until 1975 with the Ali "Thrilla in Manilla" fight. Curiously, boxing was also a staple of early broadcast television.
4. What was the first video rental store and when did it open?
Video Station in L.A. (on Wilshire) opened in 1977. The owner had a collection of 50 videos on tape and rented them for $10 a day. Within five years he had franchised 400 Video Stations across the country.
5. Which was the first movie to use the revolutionary Steadicam?
Bound for Glory, 1976. Biopic of Woody Guthrie starring David Carradine.
Curiously the guy who invented the Steadicam, Garret Brown, also did a famous series of radio beer ads (Molson) as a voiceover guy.
The basic story is strictly SciFi Original Movie, but far gorier, with much better actors (Elisabeth Shue, Adam Scott, and Christopher Lloyd), decent-ish CGI, and very capable cinematography that benefits from beautiful locations. And, of course, exposed boobs flying off the screen at you at the slightest excuse.
The gore and gratuitousness kind of earns some respect for how blatant it is–it's not so much the Citizen Kane of killer piranha movies as the Planet Terror of them.