After watching the remake on HBO Max, we watched the original and there is no comparison. The original does not hold up at all. The special effects made me laugh and the acting is bad. Plus there are those "internal thoughts" I guess the director doesn't believe in Show, Don't Tell.
Oh I'm not saying the movies can't still be enjoyable. One of my favourite movies to watch is objectively terrible but I enjoy it and that's what matters. I've gotten pretty good at separating how good movies are from how enjoyable they are. Many good movies are both, but for example, Captain America: Civil War is objectively a very good movie that I will never watch it again because I personally don't find it enjoyable. I could probably think of a better example than a Marvel movie but it's late and my brain doesn't want to let me think of things that aren't comic book movies right now for some reason.
Lol I knew I wasn't going to get away with not naming it. Man on a Ledge with Elizabeth Banks, Sam Worthington, Jamie Bell, Anthony Mackie, Genesis Rodriguez and Ed Harris. It's a heist/revenge plot movie and it's basically the epitome of plot holes in movie form. While the core elements make sense how they go about doing any of the stuff they do doesn't. But if you want a fun action movie to turn your brain off for and just enjoy the ride it's a good time. It's my go to if I want to watch something that I don't have to think too hard about.Which is....???
I agree that the original doesn't hold up at all, and I was a fan when it came out. The FX were a joke and yes, most of the acting was pretty bad in retrospect (with a few exceptions -- Patrick Stewart and Max von Sydow in particular). The narrative was also a bit muddled. OK more than a bit. It's kind of painful to watch now.
Unless you watch it for the camp factor!
[Which we did once we realized what was up]
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Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell swap interviews because they didn't feel like showing up for their scheduled ones.
Will and Ryan are in a movie together which they didn't do a pitch for but they pitch the other's show and movie currently out. Brilliant cross marketing. They also answered questions about each other's show instead of things about themselves.
Same as Colonel AngusThe SNL cowbell skit never gets old. I used to play a game where we had to search for cowbells to turn in a set. There was always someone in chat requesting cowbell as a joke.
At the time that came out there were at least 3 movies at the cinema which has stories about dementia. Having a father with the disease I could not go and see any of them.
I just watched the end of TCM's broadcast of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and at the end, Ben Mankiewicz explained that Branagh used clips from the movie in Belfast because he enjoyed it so much as a child when the theater provided relief from what was going on on the streets.
I loved this scene in Belfast - as I remember seeing Chitty Bang Bang in the theatre when I was 8. It is a very strong memory for me. My grandfather worked for a company over 50 years and was in his 70s and then on a Friday they gave him a watch and said goodbye, not planned by him. Then my grandmother died and he was lost. he worked at a movie theater during the day, taking tickets - went to work everyday in his suit and tie. Everyone thought he owned the theater and was treated well. The day I saw Chitty.... - my 2 brothers and I were dropped off at the theater by my mom, he let us in the theater and gave each of us $1 for snacks, something my parents never did. We all got popcorn, soda and candy and were very sick that night. So that memory is so strong for me - and in movie - it felt very real to me.
Hell that sounds like a whole new genre
