Post by Popeye Doyle on Jan 21, 2019 17:53:18 GMT
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom - With my kid discovering the series, this gets a lot of viewing at home as its his favorite. Though it'll never replace Raiders, I still love it for how batshit crazy it is. The mine cart is still also absolutely wild and Harrison Ford is just terrific.
Star Wars: Episode I - Has it been 20 years already? 20 years since I learned the world is brutal and cruel and dark. But in seriousness, beyond the impossible to meet expectations, it's still just not very good.
Star Wars: Episode II - The early digital photography doesn't do the film any favors. As with the previous film, the acting and dialogue is often weirdly stilted and stiff. It does have a better sense of adventure over The Phantom Menace.
Star Wars: Episode III - Though it's not saying much, this is definitely the best of the prequels. It sure doesn't take much for Anakin to start killing kids, though.
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story - 8/10. Love the war movie vibe and the last act is pretty damn exciting.
Solo: A Star Wars movie - 6/10. Doesn't fly that well.
Prometheus - Nope
Alien: Covenant - Nope
Wonder Woman - I may have to see this again. Aside from how striking Gal Gadot looks, I remember nothing about it.
Minions - Merchandise first, movie second.
Monsters University - Cute but not nearly as inspired as the original
X-Men: First Class - Lots of fun and well cast
X-Men: Days of the Future - Probably my favorite within the series
X-Men: Apocalypse - Just disappointing after the high of the two previous films.
X-Men Origins: Wolverine - This movie can kiss my ass.
Red Dragon - From the director of mostly bullshit, came a pretty decent thriller.
The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly - Wikipedia is listing this as a prequel. Regardless, it's a stone cold classic.
The Thing (2011) - Feels more like just a remake of the 1982 remake. Not much memorable.
The Hobbit Trilogy - I think Return of the King really ruined me for future Middle-Earth movies. The Lord of the Rings trilogy was such a satisfying experience, there's no way this could match up. The decision to stretch a single book over three movies was giving it a scope and scale on par with the previous trilogy. This was a mistake. The decision to push further digitally, through photography and effects, doesn't always pay-off. The 10 hours (per film) of behind-the scenes documentaries on the extended editions are far more interesting.
The Godfather: Part II - Sitting at #3 on my list of favorite movies. "Those were the great old days, you know... And we was like the Roman Empire... The Corleone family was like the Roman Empire... "