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Post by berkley on Mar 19, 2023 21:18:17 GMT -5
I was away visiting my mother in Nfld. for a couple weeks, so I didn't get to see many movies during that time. I did manage to catch one classic on tv though: Follow the Fleet, an Astaire and Rogers musical with some truly amazing song and dance numbers (surprise, surprise). It's so tempting to re-watch them on youtube, as I did last night, but I'm going to try to resist because I know I'll want to watch the entire movie again sometime in the near future, since I've been getting the 1930s lately, amongst all my other film-viewing.
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Post by Hoosier X on Mar 21, 2023 19:03:54 GMT -5
Well, I had never seen the Hulk movie from 2003, the one with Eric Bana and Jennifer Connelly, directed by Ang Lee. I’m sort of trying to go back and see the superhero movies that I missed, so I got this from the library and decided to watch it on this rainy afternoon.
I had heard it was bad, but I really had no idea that it was this boring, annoying and stupid.
I’m about halfway through it, and it’s a strong candidate for worst superhero movie ever made.
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Post by kirby101 on Mar 21, 2023 21:36:36 GMT -5
I didn't think it was that bad. The desert fight is the highlight, it goes down from there. And having the climatic battle at night, underwater was truly stupid.
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Post by berkley on Mar 21, 2023 23:19:37 GMT -5
I didn't think it was that bad. The desert fight is the highlight, it goes down from there. And having the climatic battle at night, underwater was truly stupid.I
I saw it when it came out, which is now long enough ago that I don't remember it in detail. I do recall finding the technobabble explanations for the Hulk's transformation taking up way too much screentime - I thought several pages of pointless dialogue along those lines could have been eliminated. I also remember thinking that Lee was making an effort to say something interesting about male anger and its effect on its usual targets, women and children - not only the Hulk, by Banner's father and General Ross (who I think frightens his daughter with an outburst in one scene). But as I say, it's been a long time so I couldn't swear to the accuracy of these impressions.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Mar 22, 2023 6:03:36 GMT -5
Lou Ferrigno's cameo was the high point of the film for me.
While I really like Eric Bana, he was really mis-cast as the meek Dr Banner... the guy is Hector tamer of horses, for crying out loud!
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Post by codystarbuck on Mar 22, 2023 10:23:03 GMT -5
I tried watching it and didn't make it more than 15 minutes into it, before I was bored to tears. And, I like Ang Lee. Just a real mismatch of director and material. That said, I'm not particularly fond of the Edward Norton one. It's okay; but probably the weakest of the weakest of Phase 1. Then again, I was never a Hulk fan. I could read a single issue, but two in a row was far too much "Hulk smash!," "Puny humans leave Hulk alone!"
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Post by Hoosier X on Mar 23, 2023 19:14:02 GMT -5
Today I’m watching Varan the Unbelievable (1958). I’ve watched about 20 minutes and I’m enjoying it so far.
I can’t hardly believe I’ve never seen it.
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Post by codystarbuck on Mar 23, 2023 21:13:43 GMT -5
Today I’m watching Varan the Unbelievable (1958). I’ve watched about 20 minutes and I’m enjoying it so far. I can’t hardly believe I’ve never seen it. A friend of mine gave me a copy of that, along with pretty much the entire Toho monster catalog; but I still haven't gotten around to the non-Godzilla or King Kong films. He had all the Toho stuff and I had a bunch of stuff and we swapped lists and he made copies for me and copied what he wanted of mine, to view. Took me a while to get through the Godzillas, as I had never watched them, beyond MST3K. I watched some of them, via Netflix; but he had everything, including US cut and Japanese cut, for several (like King Kong vs Godzilla). Funny enough, I don't recall much of the material being shown on the movie programs we had on local tv. There was a Friday Night horror program, on one station, hosted by one of the station broadcasters; but, being prone to nightmares, when given something to work on my brain, I never watched it. I think the first time I saw even a few minutes of a Godzilla film was in high school; either Destroy All Monsters or Godzilla vs Mecha-Godzilla (I know it had aliens stirring the s@#$). I've watched some of the other films, like Atragon and Latitude Zero; but, not that one or things like H-Man, Dogora or the two Gargantua films.
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Post by berkley on Mar 23, 2023 22:39:44 GMT -5
I watched the original Godzilla at the movie theatre a few months back and more recently saw Rodan at home, so I'm in the mood for more Japanese giant monster movies and any recommendations will be welcome. I'll probably stick to the more famous ones for now just to save time - and for me that means Mothra, King Ghidorah, and Gamera. Are there any others I should add to this short list?
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Post by Hoosier X on Mar 23, 2023 23:17:19 GMT -5
King Kong vs. Godzilla Frankenstein Conquers the World War of the Gargantuas Godzilla’s Revenge
And then there’s Destroy All Monsters, which veers back and forth between being one of the best and one of the worst every five minutes.
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Post by Hoosier X on Mar 24, 2023 5:36:55 GMT -5
Today I’m watching Varan the Unbelievable (1958). I’ve watched about 20 minutes and I’m enjoying it so far. I can’t hardly believe I’ve never seen it. A friend of mine gave me a copy of that, along with pretty much the entire Toho monster catalog; but I still haven't gotten around to the non-Godzilla or King Kong films. He had all the Toho stuff and I had a bunch of stuff and we swapped lists and he made copies for me and copied what he wanted of mine, to view. Took me a while to get through the Godzillas, as I had never watched them, beyond MST3K. I watched some of them, via Netflix; but he had everything, including US cut and Japanese cut, for several (like King Kong vs Godzilla). Funny enough, I don't recall much of the material being shown on the movie programs we had on local tv. There was a Friday Night horror program, on one station, hosted by one of the station broadcasters; but, being prone to nightmares, when given something to work on my brain, I never watched it. I think the first time I saw even a few minutes of a Godzilla film was in high school; either Destroy All Monsters or Godzilla vs Mecha-Godzilla (I know it had aliens stirring the s@#$). I've watched some of the other films, like Atragon and Latitude Zero; but, not that one or things like H-Man, Dogora or the two Gargantua films. I’ve seen an awful lot of them through the years. Some of them are among the films I re-watch the most. I watch King Kong vs. Godzilla and Godzilla’s Revenge once a year at least. Lately I’ve been seeking out the Japanese monster movies that I’ve never seen before. I saw Space Amoeba last week. (It’s also known as Yog: The Monster from Space.) Last night I saw Varan. A few weeks ago I saw The Human Vapor, which I’ve discovered is part of a trilogy that includes The Secret of the Telegian and The H-Man, neither of which I’ve seen yet but I’ll get to them. Thanks for mentioning Atragon and Latitude Zero. The first sounds familiar but Latitude Zero doesn’t ring a bell. I’ll put them on the list.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Mar 24, 2023 11:34:38 GMT -5
Today I’m watching Varan the Unbelievable (1958). I’ve watched about 20 minutes and I’m enjoying it so far. I can’t hardly believe I’ve never seen it. I've never seen it either but it's on Tübi... Is it worth it?
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Post by codystarbuck on Mar 24, 2023 11:37:16 GMT -5
A friend of mine gave me a copy of that, along with pretty much the entire Toho monster catalog; but I still haven't gotten around to the non-Godzilla or King Kong films. He had all the Toho stuff and I had a bunch of stuff and we swapped lists and he made copies for me and copied what he wanted of mine, to view. Took me a while to get through the Godzillas, as I had never watched them, beyond MST3K. I watched some of them, via Netflix; but he had everything, including US cut and Japanese cut, for several (like King Kong vs Godzilla). Funny enough, I don't recall much of the material being shown on the movie programs we had on local tv. There was a Friday Night horror program, on one station, hosted by one of the station broadcasters; but, being prone to nightmares, when given something to work on my brain, I never watched it. I think the first time I saw even a few minutes of a Godzilla film was in high school; either Destroy All Monsters or Godzilla vs Mecha-Godzilla (I know it had aliens stirring the s@#$). I've watched some of the other films, like Atragon and Latitude Zero; but, not that one or things like H-Man, Dogora or the two Gargantua films. I’ve seen an awful lot of them through the years. Some of them are among the films I re-watch the most. I watch King Kong vs. Godzilla and Godzilla’s Revenge once a year at least. Lately I’ve been seeking out the Japanese monster movies that I’ve never seen before. I saw Space Amoeba last week. (It’s also known as Yog: The Monster from Space.) Last night I saw Varan. A few weeks ago I saw The Human Vapor, which I’ve discovered is part of a trilogy that includes The Secret of the Telegian and The H-Man, neither of which I’ve seen yet but I’ll get to them. Thanks for mentioning Atragon and Latitude Zero. The first sounds familiar but Latitude Zero doesn’t ring a bell. I’ll put them on the list. Latitude Zero is similar to Atragon, with a supersubmarine; but, it's like Atragon, crossed with 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea. Joseph Cotton is the pseudo-Nemo, while Cesar Romero is the bad guy sub commander (yep; evil submarine). Also has character actor Richard Jaeckel and Akira Takarada, from the original Godzilla and subsequent Toho monster films. It was based on an old radio serial and was made as part of a two-picture deal between Toho and Don Sharpe, of Ambassador productions, to co-fund a Toho movie. It was also shot in English, unlike the other Toho films, where everything was done in Japanese, except the American actors who didn't speak the language.
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Post by Hoosier X on Mar 24, 2023 12:31:47 GMT -5
Today I’m watching Varan the Unbelievable (1958). I’ve watched about 20 minutes and I’m enjoying it so far. I can’t hardly believe I’ve never seen it. I've never seen it either but it's on Tübi... Is it worth it? I liked it a lot. It was making me laugh out loud much of the time. But Director Ishiro Honda has said it was his worst film. It was originally being made for American television, a US – Japanese coproduction. But things fell apart for the US company involved, so with much of it already shot, Toho turned it into a feature film, and Honda was dissatisfied with the results.
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Post by Hoosier X on Mar 25, 2023 6:58:31 GMT -5
And last night, I watched The H-Man (1958).
I liked it a lot at first. People are dissolving and leaving their clothes behind. The cops are dismissive of the eyewitnesses who said the people just disappeared. So the cops are trying to figure out why the people are just taking their clothes off and how they are getting away without being noticed despite being naked.
The cops are really stubborn about this for a very long time.
By the end, I was a bit confused about what the H-Men actually were. I had a long day and I dozed off a little here and there so I think I missed some key dialogue.
I recognized almost everybody in this movie! A huge portion of the Toho stock company shows up at one point or another.
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