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Post by codystarbuck on Dec 14, 2019 14:51:51 GMT -5
I've watched two Gamera Movies today ... they are Gamera vs. Gyaos and Gamera vs. Zigra ... Gamera is a Flying Turtle and my 1st impression of watching these movies are so lame and I'm not going to watch anymore of these idiotic Japanese movies anymore. Gamera is best appreciated with Joel and the 'bots...
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Dec 14, 2019 15:49:54 GMT -5
I've watched two Gamera Movies today ... they are Gamera vs. Gyaos and Gamera vs. Zigra ... Gamera is a Flying Turtle and my 1st impression of watching these movies are so lame and I'm not going to watch anymore of these idiotic Japanese movies anymore. Gamera is best appreciated with Joel and the 'bots... Or Mike, Kevin and Bill via Rifftrax.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2019 15:53:28 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2019 10:36:04 GMT -5
I watched The Black Hole for the first time last night on DVD. This is copied and pasted from my Facebook page:
Opening with a rather haunting score, the film sees a research vessel, commanded by a Captain Holland, discover a long-missing ship perilously close to a black hole. Holland's crew board the ship, the USS Cygnus, where they discover long-missing scientist, Dr Hans Reinhardt. Reinhardt is seeking to enter the black hole, but at great cost to himself and everyone else.
It's not the greatest sci-fi film ever. In parts, particularly towards the end, it could have used a good script editor. And I am not sure it makes the best use of the ideas the film should have explored, but it's very watchable, dark in places (for a Disney film), and has some good special effects, including the designs for two robots: Maximilian and V.I.N.CENT ("Vital Information Necessary CENTralized").
I'd say it's worth a rent or buy if you see it at a very cheap price.
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Post by rberman on Dec 21, 2019 11:20:01 GMT -5
I watched The Black Hole for the first time last night on DVD. This is copied and pasted from my Facebook page: Opening with a rather haunting score, the film sees a research vessel, commanded by a Captain Holland, discover a long-missing ship perilously close to a black hole. Holland's crew board the ship, the USS Cygnus, where they discover long-missing scientist, Dr Hans Reinhardt. Reinhardt is seeking to enter the black hole, but at great cost to himself and everyone else. It's not the greatest sci-fi film ever. In parts, particularly towards the end, it could have used a good script editor. And I am not sure it makes the best use of the ideas the film should have explored, but it's very watchable, dark in places (for a Disney film), and has some good special effects, including the designs for two robots: Maximilian and V.I.N.CENT ("Vital Information Necessary CENTralized"). I'd say it's worth a rent or buy if you see it at a very cheap price. It was Disney's attempt to jump on the Star Wars bandwagon, complete with a couple of cute robots and laser pistol battles against monochrome plastic-armored toy soldiers. It is also a loose adaptation of Shakespeare's "The Tempest" in which marooned travelers must contend with a hermit wizard in an island of safety amidst a treacherous sea of environmental danger. The ending of the film takes a turn into 2001 territory and freaked me out quite a bit as a kid. Its PG rating made Disney realize that they needed a different brand name for edgier content; thus Touchstone Pictures was soon born.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2019 11:26:04 GMT -5
The ending was lame for me. All that mystical stuff - and yet it ended. No explanation. No development.
I think this is a film that warrants a remake so as to flesh out the more thoughtful aspects of it. Why are only good or excellent films remade? I'd watch a thoughtful remake (film or mini-series) of this.
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Post by rberman on Dec 21, 2019 11:26:54 GMT -5
The ending was lame for me. All that mystical stuff - and yet it ended. No explanation. No development. That's the 2001 effect. It set a bad precedent of thinking that ending on "huh?" made audiences respect you for being smarter than them.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2019 11:30:37 GMT -5
I mean, I know not everything in life is explained. There are TV shows that had ambiguity - and I think that's fine. Some things should be left to the imagination.
But not always. Given the 90 minutes spent thinking about that black hole, and Dr. Reinhardt's desire to enter it, it might have been nice to learn something about the other side of it.
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Post by codystarbuck on Dec 21, 2019 20:10:10 GMT -5
I mean, I know not everything in life is explained. There are TV shows that had ambiguity - and I think that's fine. Some things should be left to the imagination. But not always. Given the 90 minutes spent thinking about that black hole, and Dr. Reinhardt's desire to enter it, it might have been nice to learn something about the other side of it.Talking mice, ducks and weird dog/human hybrids......
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Post by codystarbuck on Dec 21, 2019 20:17:47 GMT -5
You have to keep in mind what a mess the Disney studios were, at this point. The Jungle Book was the last thing Walt had been involved in, before his death and the 70s were just a downward parade for Disney, with minor trips upward (Freaky Friday, Candleshoe, Escape from Witch Mountain). The studio was in major financial difficulty, as a result of the one-two of the Black Hole and The Black Cauldron. They were also churning out junk like Unidentified Flying Oddball. They thought they could do Star Wars; but, the people involved thought they were doing pre-Star Wars sci-fi, which was dark and pessimistic, not bright and optimistic, like Stars Wars and much post-Star Wars sci-fi (until you get into the post-apocalyptic stuff of the 80s).
Disney even made lost world stuff boring, like Island at the Top of The World. Nah, Disney's first decent attempt at sci-fi, since 20,000 Leagues, was Tron and it still had issues (though way less than The Black Hole.
It's still way better than Shape of Things to Come. That is ten kinds of awful.
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Post by brutalis on Jan 2, 2020 7:55:41 GMT -5
New Year's Eve night was spent with Orange Chicken and Pot Stickers dinner curled up on the couch for an All-Nighter. When I got home and flipped through the stations, MoviesTV HD channel was running Dance in the New Year: a marathon of Fred Astaire movies. It had ran some other Astaire movies all day long so I began watching from 6pm until 2:30am while listening to gunshots, firecrackers and dogs barking throughout.
Follow the Fleet: 1936 with Ginger Rogers, Harriet Nelson and Randolph Scott Top Hat: 1935 with Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton and Helen Broderick Royal Wedding: 1951 with Jane Powell, Sarah Churchill and Peter Lawford Flying Down to Rio: 1933 with Ginger Rogers, Gene Raymond and Dolores del Rio
What a splendid way to end out the year watching some dashing and debonair men and ladies dancing, laughing, singing and frolic away. such scrumptious looking movies with lavish production's for choreographed dancing and singing. Astaire is so smooth on his feet that he makes it all seem so effortless and easy. These movies transport us to a different place and time in history when musical dance films where big sellers and produced regularly rather than one or two a year as they are done today. Such fun and truly movies which will have you smiling and dancing along with them.
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Post by Prince Hal on Jan 2, 2020 12:35:14 GMT -5
New Year's Eve night was spent with Orange Chicken and Pot Stickers dinner curled up on the couch for an All-Nighter. When I got home and flipped through the stations, MoviesTV HD channel was running Dance in the New Year: a marathon of Fred Astaire movies. It had ran some other Astaire movies all day long so I began watching from 6pm until 2:30am while listening to gunshots, firecrackers and dogs barking throughout. Follow the Fleet: 1936 with Ginger Rogers, Harriet Nelson and Randolph Scott Top Hat: 1935 with Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton and Helen Broderick Royal Wedding: 1951 with Jane Powell, Sarah Churchill and Peter Lawford Flying Down to Rio: 1933 with Ginger Rogers, Gene Raymond and Dolores del Rio What a splendid way to end out the year watching some dashing and debonair men and ladies dancing, laughing, singing and frolic away. such scrumptious looking movies with lavish production's for choreographed dancing and singing. Astaire is so smooth on his feet that he makes it all seem so effortless and easy. These movies transport us to a different place and time in history when musical dance films where big sellers and produced regularly rather than one or two a year as they are done today. Such fun and truly movies which will have you smiling and dancing along with them. Astaire? Really? I guess you forget what was written about him after an early screen test: “Can’t act. Slightly bald. Can dance a little”
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Post by brutalis on Jan 2, 2020 13:07:36 GMT -5
New Year's Eve night was spent with Orange Chicken and Pot Stickers dinner curled up on the couch for an All-Nighter. When I got home and flipped through the stations, MoviesTV HD channel was running Dance in the New Year: a marathon of Fred Astaire movies. It had ran some other Astaire movies all day long so I began watching from 6pm until 2:30am while listening to gunshots, firecrackers and dogs barking throughout. Follow the Fleet: 1936 with Ginger Rogers, Harriet Nelson and Randolph Scott Top Hat: 1935 with Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton and Helen Broderick Royal Wedding: 1951 with Jane Powell, Sarah Churchill and Peter Lawford Flying Down to Rio: 1933 with Ginger Rogers, Gene Raymond and Dolores del Rio What a splendid way to end out the year watching some dashing and debonair men and ladies dancing, laughing, singing and frolic away. such scrumptious looking movies with lavish production's for choreographed dancing and singing. Astaire is so smooth on his feet that he makes it all seem so effortless and easy. These movies transport us to a different place and time in history when musical dance films where big sellers and produced regularly rather than one or two a year as they are done today. Such fun and truly movies which will have you smiling and dancing along with them. Astaire? Really? I guess you forget what was written about him after an early screen test: “Can’t act. Slightly bald. Can dance a little” Ahhh what do critics know? Proves that we should never listen to others opinions and believe in ourselves.
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Post by Prince Hal on Jan 2, 2020 13:26:36 GMT -5
Astaire? Really? I guess you forget what was written about him after an early screen test: “Can’t act. Slightly bald. Can dance a little” Ahhh what do critics know? Proves that we should never listen to others opinions and believe in ourselves. And that Crosby guy has big ears!
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Post by The Captain on Jan 2, 2020 13:35:21 GMT -5
Watched "Oklahoma" with the family yesterday, as that was one of the movies in a Rodgers/Hammerstein collection I got my wife for Christmas.
Weird movie in parts, especially the trippy ballet sequence in the middle. No one really enjoyed it, and by the start of the second half, my older daughter and I were just one robot short of going full-blown MST3K on it.
Not likely to ever watch it again, but I can say I've seen it once.
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