[QuickTidal]

McLovin, on 16 February 2012 - 03:24 PM, said:

polishgenius, on 16 February 2012 - 02:08 PM, said:

after which they'll do a remake of Logan's Run

*spews coffee all over keyboard*



WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?!

No, no, no. Absolutely not.

The reverence people give to the original LOGANS RUN, placing it on the lofty pedestal with WRATH OF KHAN and EMPIRE STRIKES BACK absolutely baffles me. It was mildly innovative, and yeah it's great in a pure camp, 70's B-movie type of way. And young QT will always have a soft spot in his heart for young naked Jenny Agutter...but it's still not worthy of the greatness people attribute to it. It fits solidly into the "I dig this, but it's not high art"category on my shelf.

...that said if ANYONE could remake it well, it would be Refn...and who better to play the Michael Yorke character than stoic Ryan Gosling?

Personally I think this could be something existentially on par with THE FOUNTAIN if Refn does it well (and that would be great!). A very simple story/idea told with the type of fetish film making that Refn seems to make his bread and butter and it should be very good.

This post has been edited by QuickTidal: 16 February 2012 - 04:44 PM

[McLovin]

QuickTidal, on 16 February 2012 - 04:41 PM, said:

The reverence people give to the original LOGANS RUN...absolutely baffles me.

I know it wasn't a great movie, but I'm just tired of Hollywood ass-raping my childhood.

Why the hell can't they come up with their own story?

[QuickTidal]

McLovin, on 16 February 2012 - 05:21 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 16 February 2012 - 04:41 PM, said:

The reverence people give to the original LOGANS RUN...absolutely baffles me.

I know it wasn't a great movie, but I'm just tired of Hollywood ass-raping my childhood.

Why the hell can't they come up with their own story?

Aside from Refn being as Anti-Hollywood as it gets...No one is ass-raping your childhood. No one's penis has found its way into your ass because they remade a movie.
At least I hope not sir.

and TECHNICALLY the first movie was based on a book, so even IT wasn't original story-wise.

I get that Hollywood is creatively bankrupt right now, but I don't think LOGANS RUN is as off limits as some other material they are redoing.

This post has been edited by QuickTidal: 16 February 2012 - 06:10 PM

[Abyss]

I'm still holding out for a remake of ICE PIRATES.

[QuickTidal]

Abyss, on 16 February 2012 - 06:23 PM, said:

I'm still holding out for a remake of ICE PIRATES.

Don't joke, that would be THE BEST!

I actually saw that flick in theatre when I was all of 7. I recall thinking that the no-swearing swearing (farking icehole) was hilarious!

I wonder if Robert Urich could reprise his role?

[McLovin]

QuickTidal, on 16 February 2012 - 06:26 PM, said:

I wonder if Robert Urich could reprise his role?

Um, he died like 10 years ago.

[Abyss]

McLovin, on 16 February 2012 - 06:39 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 16 February 2012 - 06:26 PM, said:

I wonder if Robert Urich could reprise his role?

Um, he died like 10 years ago.

So what? the movie has robots!

[QuickTidal]

McLovin, on 16 February 2012 - 06:39 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 16 February 2012 - 06:26 PM, said:

I wonder if Robert Urich could reprise his role?

Um, he died like 10 years ago.

Fuck.

that makes me sad. I didn't know that.

[QuickTidal]

Abyss, on 16 February 2012 - 06:42 PM, said:

McLovin, on 16 February 2012 - 06:39 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 16 February 2012 - 06:26 PM, said:

I wonder if Robert Urich could reprise his role?

Um, he died like 10 years ago.

So what? the movie has farking Kung Fu robots!

Fixed.

[Beezulbubba]

Get your psychotropic substances ready for this one kids.



HD version here: Click Me

[worry]

Just came out of Chronicle. Agree with Coco's take, but for a PG-13 movie I thought it brought it pretty good by the end there. Definitely solid.

[HoosierDaddy]

Drive: I liked it. Quite a bit. Very minimalist storytelling that lets the visuals fill out what isn't said. I'd give it a 7 out of 10 and recommend it, but not so strongly as others here. It's good, but not revelatory.

[Mezla PigDog]

I went to see The Woman In Black yesterday. I rarely watch scary movies because I'm a total wuss but we had a shortlist of The Artist, The Muppets and The Woman In Black and that was the only one on at a convenient time and I really wanted to see a film. Jesus H Christ, I nearly cried I was so scared and the heebie jeebies stayed with me for ages afterwards. I can't really comment on it as a movie as I was watching from under my coat and generally terrified - Mr PigDog thought it was a bit jumpy and creepy in places but otherwise slow. I'd say it's a solid old fashioned ghost story, quite creepy and atmospheric. Plenty of strange English villagers and Harry Potter investigating strange noises when he should really hide in a corner with his coat over his head until morning (which is what I'd do!).

[McLovin]

Saw THE DESCENDANTS. I don't see how it contends for Best Picture, but it is pretty good.

[worry]

McLovin, on 21 February 2012 - 04:30 PM, said:

Saw THE DESCENDANTS. I don't see how it contends for Best Picture, but it is pretty good.

This is how:
http://www.cinemable...ters-29520.html

Not that I don't like Alexander Payne's movies (esp. Election), but c'mon! With About Schmidt, Sideways, and this new one, you gotta say he really knows his audience, eh?

[QuickTidal]

worrywort, on 21 February 2012 - 05:55 PM, said:

McLovin, on 21 February 2012 - 04:30 PM, said:

Saw THE DESCENDANTS. I don't see how it contends for Best Picture, but it is pretty good.

This is how:
http://www.cinemable...ters-29520.html

Not that I don't like Alexander Payne's movies (esp. Election), but c'mon! With About Schmidt, Sideways, and this new one, you gotta say he really knows his audience, eh?

Ugh. Seriously.

I dislike Payne's movies normally. SIDEWAYS made me want to carve a ninja star out of the rental DVD and wing it at the producers of the movie.

...like when THE HURT LOCKER won...it's not that it was particularly good by any stretch. At best it is a tense, messed up window into U.S. military life and how it can be addictive like a drug. I understand why people laud it as important, but it was by no means "best" anything.

But yeah the voters are a bunch of dudes who wouldn't know "best" if it jumped up and bit them.

It's better in years where they are FORCED (through rampant agreed-upon public opinion) to vote a certain way. Like when LOTR: ROTK won, or SLUMDOG, or CROUCHING TIGER...genre films only win when public opinion is SO immense that the voters can't ignore it for fear of ostracization by the industry. Most Best Picture wins are the (insert quote fingers) "Safe Choices" and are done in years where public opinion hasn't swayed anything. Last year THE KINGS SPEECH truly deserved to win (as it was excellent), but it coincidentally FIT into the criteria with which the academy normally votes.

Of the nominated films this year HUGO or THE ARTIST should win (and might do so from audience opinion, if it's overwhelming enough)...but I have a sketchy feeling that THE DESCENDANTS might squeak in there (or at least for best director, though lord knows why) as an upset...and of course that will piss me off...since I really, truly hated THE DESCENDANTS.

It's all politics these days and has likely BEEN politics since the 1960's or 70's.

That upsets me when we are talking about art.

LOL, clearly I have a love/hate relationship with the Oscars.

This post has been edited by QuickTidal: 21 February 2012 - 06:19 PM

[polishgenius]

I haven't yet seen The Descendants but I really, really liked Sideways.

The Oscars are a swizz though. I mean, Forrest Gump won Best Picture... in the same year that Pulp Fiction and The Shawshank Redemption came out.

[worry]

Sounds like SOMEBODY is mad DRIVE didn't get NOMINATED for BEST picture.

[polishgenius]

Tbf this year's Best Picture list is dead uninteresting. Last year I'd seen most of the noms and have now seen all but one, The Kids Are Alright (for the record I reckon Winter's Bone was the best on the list but it was never, ever going to win; out of the ones that might have, I liked Social Network or The Fighter best)- this year I've only seen one, and am only likely to want to watch The Descendants, The Artist and maybe Hugo in future. Drive should definitely have been there...

[amphibian]

polishgenius, on 21 February 2012 - 09:10 PM, said:

Tbf this year's Best Picture list is dead uninteresting. Last year I'd seen most of the noms and have now seen all but one, The Kids Are Alright (for the record I reckon Winter's Bone was the best on the list but it was never, ever going to win; out of the ones that might have, I liked Social Network or The Fighter best)- this year I've only seen one, and am only likely to want to watch The Descendants, The Artist and maybe Hugo in future. Drive should definitely have been there...

Winter's Bone is perhaps the movie that has stuck with me most of the ones I've seen in the last year. Purest, rawest storytelling.