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For my money, nothing comes even close to the exhilarating, bone-crunching (and most important, character-driven) action thrills of two movies: James Cameron's Aliens, and George Miller's Mad Max: Fury Road. I still don't understand why neither man has made a superhero film. Maybe they don't want to? But Hollywood should be groveling at their feet (and giving them as much money as they want) for them to make a superhero film.
Favorite ACTION Movies: (alphabetical):
Birds of Prey (1973); Broken Arrow; Bourne; Hard Rain; It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World; Lord of the Rings (all); Pirates of the Caribbean (1,3); Romancing the Stone; Silverado; Speed; True Lies; Where Eagles Dare
For my money, nothing comes even close to the exhilarating, bone-crunching (and most important, character-driven) action thrills of two movies: James Cameron's Aliens, and George Miller's Mad Max: Fury Road. I still don't understand why neither man has made a superhero film. Maybe they don't want to? But Hollywood should be groveling at their feet (and giving them as much money as they want) for them to make a superhero film.
Because they don't want to, Neinstein.
George is no spring chicken. Friction with the studio is the reason his script for Mad Max: The Wasteland is not yet a movie.
James Cameron is overrated and he's too busy tinkering with a bunch of Avatar sequels that will interest few people outside his circle.
James Cameron almost made a Spider-Man movie once. I have read excerpts of the script. It was really, really bad.
Just because someone is an acclaimed director does not automatically qualify them for every genre. With each passing year, I like Burton's Batman films less and less.
I'd have much more confidence in Miller than Cameron. Miller was going to helm Justice League: Mortal but the strike undid that. Since that project never materialized (costume designs and concept art exists, and the movie had its cast), Miller's never looked back.
Just because someone is an acclaimed director does not automatically qualify them for every genre.
I'm a huge fan of Cameron's early movies. I'm one of those weirdos who even loved THE ABYSS. But Cameron actually reminds me a lot of George Lucas. Success ruined him. He really needs someone with the guts and power to tell him "No!" occasionally. When he gets his own way about everything, the movies just aren't as good.
I'm a huge fan of Cameron's early movies. I'm one of those weirdos who even loved THE ABYSS. But Cameron actually reminds me a lot of George Lucas. Success ruined him. He really needs someone with the guts and power to tell him "No!" occasionally. When he gets his own way about everything, the movies just aren't as good.
As the hunger subsided, so did the quality of his output. The Terminator will never not be his best film. I don't care about the movie with the ship.
As the hunger subsided, so did the quality of his output. The Terminator will never not be his best film.
True. But I also liked T2, TRUE LIES, ALIENS, and THE ABYSS.
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I don't care about the movie with the ship.
I have never seen the whole thing. I saw it up until the boat started sinking, got bored after the first 3-4 hours, went and took a shower, folded a basket of laundry, then rejoined my wife on the couch. The boat was still sinking.
I did manage to watch all of AVATAR. Didn't like it. It's FERN GULLY with machine guns.
............I have never seen the whole thing. I saw it up until the boat started sinking, got bored after the first 3-4 hours, went and took a shower, folded a basket of laundry, then rejoined my wife on the couch. The boat was still sinking.
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I take it the talk here is about Titanic? With at least 5 underwater flicks, it can be difficult to figure out what people are talking about. Maybe easy if we follow Mr. Cameron with dripping lips but if we don't......
As far as great directors go, it reminds me of Blake Edwards. Supposedly, Mr. Edwards (of the Pink Panther and What did you do in the War, Daddy?) wanted to direct a serious flick (I forget which) and was told by, I guess, the studio, that while he was great at comedy, he just didn't have it for serious flicks.
I am glad so many people love Die Hard but it is one flick I have never bothered with. Bruce Willis turned me off early with his character in Moonlighting and with Die Hard, I just saw the same, a loud mouth jerk. I think his acting has shifted away from that in the later movies but not with Die Hard which brings us to an interesting question, how much does one need the cast to make a good action movie?
There are the extremes, of course, such as the movie I reviewed last week, "The Take Down"
Then there is The Junkman https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084184...=nm_ov_bio_lk3
also with action galore......but a movie should have something in the dialogue for otherwise, one might be tempted to go through all the action on fast play.......
..........such as with the Andy Sidaris flicks (ie, The Dallas Connection). Even the sleekest, fastest car with the most overblown blonde at the wheel can only go so far.
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