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I wasn't paying attention to Chronicle, and suddenly I can't take my eyes off the trailer. I wonder if my interest will grow or wane between now and opening, but right now I like the angle on suddenly powered teenagers.
I just watched the trailer a few days ago and I agree. It looks really interesting, although there are a lot of shots in the trailer that don't seem found-footage-y, so I wonder if it cheats.
Oh come on. You'd go see a Tetris movie.
Just got back from Tinker, tailor an d I loved it. It's really not a thriller, more like an extended meditation on the duplicity that thrillers are about. It keeps you in the dark about what's happening for long stretches, which slowly adds up. All the actors are FANTASTIC. Oldman is brilliant, my boy Colin Firth rocks and Bumbershoot Cummerbund has a larger role than I expected and is great. Tom Hardy is also very good, even if he is so pretty as to be almost blinding at moments.
DO NOT FORGET MARK STRONG.
Sorry. He's still triggering strong (no pun intended) reactions in me a week or so later.
I just watched Aliens. The Special Edition, which seemed to be preferred by the Internet and James Cameron. I looked up what was added and I liked nearly everything that was included. Does the theatrical cut not mention that Ripley had a daughter at all?? Because those scenes completely recontextualize her relationship with Newt, which is kind of the heart of the damn movie.
I was kind of surprised that it was not the non-stop actionfest I figured it was from my memory and its reputation. It takes 45 minutes for them to get to the damn planet, and another 15 or 20 minutes for the aliens to attack. Of course, when they did, I realized James Cameron had made that initial attack so much more effective because I had been waiting for it the whole damn movie and didn't know when it was going to happen. It's funny that the entire reason the aliens bleed acid is because they needed a reason for the first crew not to just shoot the damn thing, and they spend this movie just shooting the damn things. To their detriment.
Oddly enough, I think Alien is a better film than Aliens, despite having fewer explosions. It has a much tighter focus, and it doesn't have Hudson whining incessantly or Newt screaming all the time. (Oh, she's goddamn adorable, but she sure does scream a lot.) It was clearer to me that Alien was a classic than Aliens for some reason. I felt like Aliens could have had a little fat trimmed, but then again, I was watching the extra-fatty Special Edition.
"Get away from her, you BITCH!" is still amazing.
I'm going to go ahead and complete the franchise. I'm intrigued by what I've read about the Assembly Cut of Alien 3, which most people agree is much better than the theatrical version (despite not being a true Director's Cut). And I haven't seen Alien Resurrection since reading all those things about Joss's script and the fact that it's sort of a proto-Firefly.
Tim Burton and Robert Downey Jr. may team up for Bryan Fuller’s Pinocchio: [link]
Woo hey. That sounds interesting.
Tom Hardy is also very good, even if he is so pretty as to be almost blinding at moments.
Mmm, Tom Hardy... what?
it's like i don't know you, P-C. i watched Alien the other night because i couldn't remember a damn thing about it. turns out, i'd never seen it! i was mostly bored. took forever for anything to happen and when it did? eh. best part was Ripley kicking ass in her skivvies.
Aliens is by far my favorite. amazing cast and great dialogue along with some awesome explosions! who could ask for more?
I definitely like Alien more than Aliens. Aliens is great sci fi action, but Alien is great and innovative sci fi horror. They were the first dirty space future that I noticed.
I definitely like Alien more than Aliens.
Me too. Alien is one of my all-time favorites.
DO NOT FORGET MARK STRONG.
OMG How could I have? He is so powerful (and also yummy). Plus the scene where he kills the owl is amazing. Actually, every scene with him is amazing.
I guess they don't leave out the boarding school bit then. Nice.