Your First Reaction to the Movie "WILD THINGS" ?

Your First Reaction to the Movie "WILD THINGS" ? Sept 22, 2019 5:18:50 GMT

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Post by anthonyrocks on Sept 22, 2019 5:18:50 GMT

Sept 20, 2019 4:26:39 GMT moviebuffbrad said:

Sept 20, 2019 3:38:36 GMT moviemouth said:

I should backtrack. I wasn't saying that Basic Instinct is meant to be taken 100% seriously, just that it is filmed in a seemingly self-serious way and that is part of why I prefer it to all of his other movies. It is like this strange contradiction within itself.

I dislike the OTT cheesy style of stuff like Starship Trooper and Total Recall. RoboCop finds the perfect balance and that is why that is my favorite of his sillier movies.

Hollow Man doesn't really come off like satire to me. It's basically just a trashy version of The Invisible Man (1933).

Gotcha.

I do lean toward silly Verhoeven. Except for Elle, my second favorite of his after RoboCop, which I agree is the perfect balance. Wish he directed Watchmen.

And that's a pretty apt summary. Best I could reckon is that it's satirizing how being invisible is ultimately a voyeur fantasy. But I think every invisibility story already plays that.

"I do lean toward silly Verhoeven. Except for Elle, my second favorite of his after RoboCop"

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When it comes to Favorite Movies that he has made, My own Number 1 Favorite Paul Verhoeven Movie is "TOTAL RECALL".

That was a Great Movie!