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In Reply to: Nothing at all from the last quarter century? posted by Dave_K on May 17, 2021 at 06:16:21:
Bad, awful, nearly unwatchable. Nicholson and Duvall play their parts like mouth-breathing morons. The languid pace is snooze-inducing. It's the textbook example of Bad Kubrik.
Comic book movies are all alike. They were enjoyable at first, but they nearly all end with some kind of beam either aimed from earth at space or aimed from space and earth, and unless it's stopped it's the End of All Life As We Know It.
GCI can be excellent, but it sure as hell didn't add anything to the Star Wars franchise, and motion control was a huge step up in special effects also. The original, unmutilated version of Star Wars used motion-control and it's on the AFI's list. At any rate, special effects don't make a bad movie good.
The blissful counterstroke-a considerable new message.
Edits: 05/17/21
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- Just recently saw "The Shining." That movie is an embarrassment. - ghost of olddude55 06:57:46 05/17/21 (9)
- I LOVE Shining.... - kuma 19:46:54 05/17/21 (4)
- Come play with us Kuma - forever...and ever...and ever... - RGA 21:02:35 05/17/21 (2)
- RE: Come play with us Kuma - forever...and ever...and ever... - rivervalley817 22:40:48 05/17/21 (0)
- :D - kuma 21:45:10 05/17/21 (0)
- Excellent movie* - b.l.zeebub 20:40:17 05/17/21 (0)
- RE: Just recently saw "The Shining." That movie is an embarrassment. - RGA 17:55:09 05/17/21 (0)
- You need to watch it a few more times - you'll come around! [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 11:05:25 05/17/21 (0)
- The languid pace is what makes it work - Dave_K 08:04:12 05/17/21 (1)
- Having read the book (many times) and seen the King-directed mini-series... - ghost of olddude55 09:04:43 05/17/21 (0)