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Brendan Fraser also had a lot of health issues.
Now he looks like Tom Berenger.
He looked good up until 2004 when he began putting on a ton of weight for the next 10 years, then his cancer hit. Now he’s practically unrecognizable.
If they were to remake it, I’d prefer they stick closer to the books. Tolkien’s writing was far more pastoral than the films are. However, some films just don’t need to be remade. Ben-Hur is 60 years old and is the definitive version of the story (even though it was itself a remake), the 2016 version was just terrible.
The only parts that look noticeably dated digital effects-wise are the opening battle on the slopes of Mount Doom, and the dragon firework at Bilbo’s birthday. But on the whole I’d say Fellowship has aged the best out of the trilogy. Jackson really used CGI sparingly and generally stuck to a more earthy tone with this movie.
The fight with the Balrog holds up because most of it is shrouded in darkness anyway, and the actual shots of the Khazad Dum bridge were probably a bigiature model, with the fellowship being digital models placed on it in post. Overall, I’d say Fellowship is one of the most visually stunning epic films in history. It was made on the tail end of the golden age of special effects (1977-2002), and it shows with its deft use of digital motion control photography for performing complex special effects camera shots, combined with WETA’s computer generated imagery, and incredibly detailed costume and production design.
The Bakshi movie was on the whole a little more gritty and darker than Jackson’s films, although I quite liked how huge the horses appeared in this movie.
Mostly lines from the Alien series, when I’m at my retail/customer service job.
“I wanna ask about the bonus situation.”
“Can I finish my coffee? It’s the only thing good on this ship.”
“I feel dead”
“What is the special order?”
“How do I get out of this chicken sh!t outfit?”
“Yeah man, it’s a dry heat.”
“Not bad... for a human.”
Also find myself quoting Samir from Office Space:
“Why does it say paper jam when there IS NO paper jam?”
“Mother-shitter!”
It actually is pretty sad that the newer generations will never experience true pop cultural phenomena. There will never be a MASH, Star Wars, Johnny Carson, Andy Warhol, The Beatles, or Rat Pack in their lives. Everything these days is so diverse or diluted.
This is truly the peak of our society
That was only one of the endings.
Another didn’t have Luke turning evil, but walking off alone into the sunset like a lone gunslinger/samurai.
The movie probably would have been a lot better if Gary Kurtz hadn’t left.
I don’t think it was pro or anti anything other than human well being.
I saw it in theaters and was blown away at the time. The 8 minute single take action sequences, the familiar dystopian society that resembled certain post-9/11 world, everything on screen appeared fresh and relevant. It even seemed prescient a few years later with the refugee crisis and Brexit.
But on closer inspection the movie is a little under and conveniently written for the main characters to get out of insane situations relatively unharmed, or unanswered logical question - eg how or why the Army just let the only child anyone had seen in decades walk away from a war zone at the end.
I agree that the idea of imminent human extinction in such a banal manner is existentially depressing and incredibly interesting to see people react to, but it feels like the world isn’t explored enough by the filmmakers. I used to rate it quite highly, but these days I would lower it down to the 7 or even 6 range as okay to pretty good. By comparison, I would probably rate Cuarón’s last movie, Y Tu Mamá También, a lot higher.
You mean long takes
Most of that is really not that different to how English-speakers act. There’s nothing that prevents someone from another Western country understanding any of that. They’re pretty straight forward jokes anyone would get.
yes you are
You probably think the Twilight series is auteur cinema.
Again, it doesn’t make sense why an advanced alien race would care about some termites making other termites extinct. It was far more plausible they’d be worried about them becoming a nuclear power.
The original was arguably far more “spiritual” with its Christian symbolism and second-coming theme. His name is even “Mr Carpenter.” The remake ruined any “spiritual” or environmental messages it might have had with the obnoxious McDonalds product Placement.
Saying the 2008 version improved upon it is an insult to cinema.
Anyway, the fact you thinking climate change is a hoax (btw you do realize the remake was about climate change, right?) just shows you’re not the brightest bulb.
It’s really a black comedy with some zany, screwball elements thrown in. Probably why it doesn’t need to make sense, but it suffers from being put on a pedestal by edgy Gen-Xers.
The 2008 remake was a piece of wimpy, watered down, commercialized junk.
This post is a joke right? Satire? Surely it must be. Everything this movie did the original did better.
The biggest problem with the remake was the climate change angle - makes no sense why an advanced alien race would even care about it. It felt more tacked on for the greenwashing brigade. Also it’s hilariously ironic that a film supposedly concerned about the environment would be so heavily sponsored by McDonalds.
In the end, the remake was just another watered down, weak, vanilla, corporate product for the political correctness crowd. It was also extremely disappointing how the filmmakers had the chance for GORT to perform some serious carnage, but he barely does anything other than transform into a swarm of bees. I mean the first 20 minutes of the film is watchable, but after that it falls apart. Don’t even get me started on the idiotic ending and atrocious acting. Give me 1951 anyway of the week.