I am still buzzed from my Thursday morning Star Trek viewing.
It's just so very... TREK!!! TREK!!!!!!!!
Seriously, the last thing that got me this excited about the way they NAILED a hard to describe emotional tone was that episode of Psych set at the racetrack that totally nailed the Trackmosphere.
TREK.
I feel about the movie how I felt about the series back when I was a Trek-struck kid. And I was a Trek Struck Kid, believe me. It's like... remember how GOOD some things tasted as a kid, and now they taste like ass, but you keep eating them because you want to experience that taste again, but then you find something that tastes JUST LIKE IT SHOULD, and you want to just eat it until you can eat no more? That's how I feel about this movie. I want to see it again. NOW.
And, wow, Bones is awesome. And they need MOAR SULU. And HELLO, unexpected but perfect pairing actions.
Some minor quibbles, but mostly pink sparkle hearts. Hell the fuck yeah.
Yay on positive Trek experiences!
In classic films, I finally got around to cleaning out my DVR tonight, and watched Stage Door that I recorded a few weeks back when it was on TCM. Damn, that's a good movie!! I didn't even recognize Lucille Ball and wouldn't have pinged that a very young Ann Miller is in it if I didn't know ahead of time. And Eve Arden already had all her Eve Arden snark in gear in this, her second film. And both Kate Hepburn and Ginger Rogers are simply wonderful, as is Adolph Menjou as the sleazy producer.
Oh, and as cliched as the big tragic finale was, I was crying. I am a sap for dashed dreams, I guess.
I am almost halfway through
Natural Born Killers.
Is the rest of the movie bizarre and pointless too?
I thought the second half was a little better since it was more linear and focused. But as for the movie as a whole, I think I agree with Corwood.
This was my first Oliver Stone movie. They're not all like this, are they? I at least want to see
Platoon.
That's supposed to be good, right?
For me,
Platoon
was like being hit over the head with anvil of Good! and Evil! repeatedly.
Oliver Stone is completely not subtle. Ever.
Do you think he thinks like that, or does he think we're all that stupid?
Why is he such an acclaimed filmmaker, then?
Why is he such an acclaimed filmmaker, then?
Talk Radio is a really good movie. He had a string of pretty solid movies that sold well to mainstream America. Like most directors, his personal weirdosities and axes to grind got the better of his output at some point.
Salvador, with James Woods, is also pretty good early Stone.
I am currently watching 300 (finally). This is really just about the most ridiculous movie ever. I'm so over both Frank Miller (happened kind of a while ago) and Zach Snyder (only took one half of one of his movies).
Also over movies that are frame by frame recreations of specific graphic novels.
