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Thanks for posting such a well thought out and detailed response. I recognize some of the flaws in this film but ultimately I love this movie because of the reasons that you cited.
Match point
Cinderella Man
Walk the line?
He probably let the marketers do what they wanted to with the preview. I just showed my 17 year old son the first and second terminators within a few nights of each other. He is obviously too young to have seen the trailers.
He was very surprised when Arnie protected the boy in that first conflict and thought it was a fun surprise from the first movie. He definitely agreed that the movie intended to keep it a surprise, regardless of what the previews showed.
Tons of movies every year are made to surprise or keep the viewer in suspense only to be ruined by a preview showing too much of the movie.
Right, but I think Cameron was definitely trying to surprise the viewer in the way he made the movie.
Completely agree. I was really into movies and saw this in the theater in high school and I had vaguely remembered hearing something about Arnold maybe being the good guy, so while I wasn’t surprised when he was - it was suspenseful and not a certainty as to who was trying to kill the boy.
I also think the cop uniform conjures up a number of thoughts and feelings for viewers. I think early on the uniform gives the viewer the sense that he is there to protect the boy.
But but after the initial confrontation the uniform evokes the images and distrust of the LAPD of the late 80’s and early 90’s.
Fear and distrust of the police in inner cities was at fever pitch when the movie premiered in the summer of 1991 - as just 4 months earlier the country had seen the LAPD beating Rodney King.
While the police uniform had obviously been chosen prior to the Rodney King beating - police brutality was a huge story years before that.
I think that Cameron chose it with the intention of capitalizing on that image of those who are supposed to protect us being the ones to attack us.
And it made the villain all that much more menacing.
My wife and I both saw it and neither of us had seen any of the tv series. We both really liked it and have now started watching the tv series.
You don’t need to have seen the tv show to follow the plot and understand what is going on.
The clown falling over and everyone laughing at him and then cut to the clown with blood coming out of his mouth.
But the clown singing about the hemorrhage in his head is my favorite. This movie is brilliant and is woefully underrated. I think it is seriously one of the greatest comedies of all-time and seems to only get better with repeated viewings.
No particular order
1. U2 - The Joshua Tree
2. The Eagles - Hotel California
3. The Who - Who’s Next
4. Neil Young - Harvest
5. Boston - Boston
6. Paul Simon - Graceland
7. Eric Clapton - Unplugged (I recognize this is violates the no greatest hit rule - but it isn’t a traditional GH album)
8. U2 - Achtung Baby
9. Genesis - Genesis
10. Sting - The Soul Cages
You nailed several of my favorites. Nice list.
Interstellar
Aliens
Contact
Dawn of the planet of the apes
Edge of Tomorrow
Terminator 2
Children of Men
Jurassic Park
Minority Report
The Matrix
Unfrozen caveman lawyer
The whipmaster
For you - by John Denver
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fM8bAcFKWJ0
Leader of the Band - Dan Fogelberg
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qQmkoMZyvOQ
I totally agree on Cats in Cradle as well.
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The Constant Gardner - 7/10
Interesting fairly unique movie. A little too one sided in its message and politics but overall enjoyed it. Some really good acting, directing and cinematography.
A Place Beyond the Pines - 7.5/10
Loved the first two thirds of the film. Loved how unpredictable and different they were. Last third was good but kind of a let down in terms of keeping my attention. Good acting and well made though.
Interstellar - 9/10 - showed this classic to my daughter. I think it’s my third time seeing it. Obviously I really like it.
I absolutely loved this movie. So simple yet so well done and very compelling. The dialogue and acting was great. Also it is so rare to have the last scene be my favorite scene, but I just loved the closing conversation.
Whether he knew the plot or not - I loved the insterstellar soundtrack. The music was one of the highlights of an all-time classic movie.
Zimmer is one of the few composers that I look forward to hearing his work when I go to a film that he has scored.
Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Spielberg’s war of the worlds and No country for Old Men.
He wasn’t sitting that close to me. He was sitting a few rows away and far down the aisle. Moving wouldn’t have changed anything. I felt bad for him, but the smell did ruin the movie for me.
Yes. But there are too many variables to say for sure. Certain movies I prefer in the theater. Usually big budget, special effects laden, huge stunts, etc. The energy of the audience and the size of the screen definitely enhance the experience.
However- sometimes the theater is run down and gross or the audience is distracting. (I still remember seeing The Lion King and I was distracted the entire movie by some homeless guy who came into the theater and smelled like puke. It was disgusting). There are times I wish I had seen it at home.
Other movies- artsy, thinking, character driven films - I enjoy just as much if not more at home.