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Post by anthonyrocks on Jan 20, 2019 19:22:08 GMT
Which Movie do you yourself Like More ? ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK ESCAPE FROM L.A. |
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Post by moviemouth on Jan 20, 2019 19:23:50 GMT
Escape from L.A.
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Jan 20, 2019 21:11:07 GMT
L.A.
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Post by frankcaprica on Jan 20, 2019 22:14:40 GMT
NY
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Post by alpha128 on Jan 20, 2019 22:19:15 GMT
Escape from New York easily.
L.A. was largely a copy and paste from New York, although it did have some good ideas of its own. The best thing about L.A. was Kurt Russell's return as Snake. I wish the movie had been as good overall as Russell's performance.
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Post by darksidebeadle on Jan 20, 2019 22:21:40 GMT
Escape from NY 7/10
Escape from LA 3/10
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Post by moviemouth on Jan 20, 2019 22:32:00 GMT
Escape from New York easily. L.A. was largely a copy and paste from New York, although it did have some good ideas of its own. The best thing about L.A. was Kurt Russell's return as Snake. I wish the movie had been as good overall as Russell's performance. I don't think anyone will deny that, but tonally I find them completely different. L.A. is far more tongue-in-cheek and much more OTT and cheesy and that is why I prefer it to the original. L.A. also has more memorable scenes and characters throughout imo. I mean, you have Snake surfing a tidal wave through the middle of the city with Peter Fonda. That is great stuff. |
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Post by alpha128 on Jan 20, 2019 23:15:11 GMT
Escape from New York easily. L.A. was largely a copy and paste from New York, although it did have some good ideas of its own. The best thing about L.A. was Kurt Russell's return as Snake. I wish the movie had been as good overall as Russell's performance. I don't think anyone will deny that, but tonally I find them completely different. L.A. is far more tongue-in-cheek and much more OTT and cheesy and that is why I prefer it to the original. L.A. also has more memorable scenes and characters throughout imo. I mean, you have Snake surfing a tidal wave through the middle of the city with Peter Fonda. That is great stuff. I agree that L.A. was "far more tongue-in-cheek and much more OTT and cheesy". However, unlike you, I did not appreciate this aspect of the film. I preferred the more serious tone of the original. A scene like "Snake surfing a tidal wave through the middle of the city with Peter Fonda" is just so ridiculous that I lose my suspension of disbelief. |
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Post by moviemouth on Jan 21, 2019 0:02:26 GMT
I don't think anyone will deny that, but tonally I find them completely different. L.A. is far more tongue-in-cheek and much more OTT and cheesy and that is why I prefer it to the original. L.A. also has more memorable scenes and characters throughout imo. I mean, you have Snake surfing a tidal wave through the middle of the city with Peter Fonda. That is great stuff. I agree that L.A. was "far more tongue-in-cheek and much more OTT and cheesy". However, unlike you, I did not appreciate this aspect of the film. I preferred the more serious tone of the original. A scene like "Snake surfing a tidal wave through the middle of the city with Peter Fonda" is just so ridiculous that I lose my suspension of disbelief.I totally understand that. I just don't have a problem suspending my disbelief in the case of certain movies. The scene just works for me in context with the movie it is in and it achieves exactly what it sets out to achieve, which is to be so ridiculously OTT that it is hilarious. The reason I like the scene is for exactly the same reason that you dislike it. |
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Post by anthonyrocks on Jan 21, 2019 0:05:40 GMT
Escape From New York
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Post by alpha128 on Jan 21, 2019 1:13:24 GMT
The reason I like the scene is for exactly the same reason that you dislike it. OK. Fair enough. |
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Post by politicidal on Jan 21, 2019 1:42:22 GMT
New York.
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Post by Spike Del Rey on Jan 21, 2019 15:07:34 GMT
New York. I prefer to pretend that L.A. doesn't even exist.
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Post by anthonyrocks on Jan 21, 2019 15:11:25 GMT
What does everybody else here think ?
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Post by vegalyra on Jan 21, 2019 22:32:52 GMT
I like both but New York is just too cool and gets the higher rating. LA has some fun scenes though and A.J. Langer from the old My So Called Life show was a complete babe back then.
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Post by darksidebeadle on Jan 21, 2019 22:45:13 GMT
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Post by maxwellperfect on Jan 21, 2019 23:37:33 GMT
I greatly enjoyed 'Escape from L.A.' I would like to add that it's no 'Escape from New York,' but story-wise it kind of is.
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Post by darkreviewer2013 on Jan 22, 2019 1:59:43 GMT
I actually really enjoy both movies. Escape From New York is more iconic, whereas Escape From LA benefits from having a more 'modern' style of action sequences. Honestly, I have no preference between them.
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Post by anthonyrocks on Jan 22, 2019 5:04:23 GMT
Did any of you guys know that a while back, They were actually planning to do a Remake of "ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK" and it would star Gerard Butler ?
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