The Wizard of Oz has just been on. That's how we laugh the day away in the merry old land of Oz
The Wizard of Oz has just been on. That's how we laugh the day away in the merry old land of Oz
Luke Appleyard (Wharfedale)- quick on the dissent
I too think that Blade Runner hasn't stood the test of time. Watching it recently I thought that it was slow and plodding a lot of the time. Ridley Scott's best films remain Alien, Thelma and Louise, Gladiator and Black Hawk Down all of which were and still are brilliant.
Wow!
Well we should like different things.
I have now watched the rest of it. There is a Hollywood expression that the money must appear on the screen (not necessarily the same thing as 'the money shot') and I suppose with the impressive monsoon special effects by Dalton Trumbo it does but...pity about the story. Style over substance?
It was originally released in the UK in September 1982. With what else? Diva directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix which I did go to see and have seen again since. And it has a nice soundtrack, notably Catalani and Gounod.
"...as dry as the Atacama desert".
looking forward to alice in wonderland bbc3
Despite some bad reviews I really enjoyed Bourne Identity. Worked well with the other films and its got me wanting more.
Has anyone seen Scorsee's Kundun?
"That was the night everything changed"
Problem is, the story is hacked about a bit and, depending on which version you watch, the film is chopped,tarted and sanitised for US audiences. If you watch the directors cut (i.e. without the crap Marlowe style overdubs and the pathetic ending tacked on from outtakes of The Shining) then you at least get something where the ambiguity of Deckard is handled really well. Don't forget, this movie predates the Terminator and is probably the first feature length film to base a story around the philosophy of real versus synthetic life forms. OK, you have to be sympathetic to a Science Fiction narrative rather than a classic narrative so you will inevitably feel differently about the characters. But I can't agree that the story is second rate. I do agree that the presentation CAN be rubbish if you watch the wrong version.
And, thank you Dr Tool...Roy Battys destruction of his creator is one of the great moments of existential angst!
Simon Blease
Monmouth
'The birds are the keepers of our secrets'
holidays over but the movies just keep on coming on tv, after Tim Burtons fantastic adaptation of Alice in wonderland last night, tonight it was Avatar, great :thumbup: