I thought Total Recall was pretty cheesy when it originally came out and have not bothered to rewatch it. I enjoyed it somewhat but only because I liked big budget dystopian Mars.

Then again, I also really liked Last Action Hero, which a lot of people panned, so who knows?

I loved that movie too, but I haven't seen it since I was a kid.

As has been discussed here in the past, there are not-so-secret Hudson Hawk fans amongst the Buffistae.

So Cheezy Early 90s Action Films have their adherents.

I could not finish "Last Action Hero." Didn't like that one either.

ita, if it isn't clear: I hated Total Recall and thought the movie was trash. Although, I have seen worse movies since, so if I rewatched, I probably wouldn't hate it as much as I did when I was 20.

if it isn't clear

Oh, trust me. There wasn't much room between your lines. They were all filled up with the same sort of feelings I have towards the movie myself.

I've read a lot of "the perfect Total Recall has already been made! Why is Hollywood doing this????" whereas I'm thinking "Maybe the story is inherently flawed because the first time round sure sucked..."

But there's no need for it to take the same things from the Dick work that the first one did, and judging from the chapter I'm reading now, plenty of things flipped between on and off the table, and it even has an unpopular novelisation written before the final cut of the movie, so it makes the ending more straightforward.

I had to check the datestamp to make sure this wasn't an April Fool's (haven't seen it myself, just didn't expect that much enthusiasm about it).

bon is trying to convince me I shouldn't dislike actors' work. I don't see why I'd need to enjoy everyone's everything, and it's not like I owe Channing anything. He'll be okay, and so will I if I never see the flick.

I always thought Last Action Hero was badly promoted. It wasn't so much an action movie as a move about action movies. The bits in "real" LA were great. "I've just shot a man, does anyone care?" "Shut up down there!"

As has been discussed here in the past, there are not-so-secret Hudson Hawk fans amongst the Buffistae.

I haven't seen the whole thing (something I need to fix one of these days) but I really enjoyed what I did see when I caught it on TV a few years ago.

I always thought Last Action Hero was badly promoted. It wasn't so much an action movie as a move about action movies. The bits in "real" LA were great. "I've just shot a man, does anyone care?" "Shut up down there!"

True. I think a lot of people were expecting another typical Ahnold action flick. Not a send-up of them.

I saw two movies yesterday:

John Carter in the theaters--I'd give it a 7.5/8 out of 10. Fun, visually interesting, awesome characterizations of the Tharks, cute & useful Martian dog, pretty good job by Kitsch in a role without a lot of room. And a great secondary cast full of British actors of note--Ciaran Hinds, Dominic West, Mark Strong, etc. On the down side, long boring establishing sequence that does ultimately pay off but was still boring, and a screenplay that needed a lighter hand and more wit.

Second flick was 50/50, via PPV. That was surprisingly good--funny, occasionally subtle, and not maudlin. Good cast, and a great soundtrack.

the Dick work

I had to read this three and four times.

As has been discussed here in the past, there are not-so-secret Hudson Hawk fans amongst the Buffistae.

Why don't I own that yet on DVD? I mean, seriously? Oh right, because Pete is a crazy person who didn't like it the one time he saw it. (But he admits that he'd probably like it now if he saw it.)

Unsurprisingly, my Dad LOVES Hudson Hawk.