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.
That's true, I did like that one.
And some people, I would guess, like big sweeping gestures and really obvious Good And Evil.
