See any movies lately?  How were they?

179 responses total.

 They were OK.  

"Sleepless in Seattle"  There is one very clever scene playing on
the differences between "girl's" and "boy's" movies.  Overall
entertaining even though it reminded me of fake lemonade - sweeter
than it needs to be to hide the fact there's not much else there.

Haven't seen any lately.  I'm going to go see "Robin Hood: Men In Tights"
sometime soon.  Oh Damn.  I hate trying to remember when to hit ENTER.

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"Jurassic Park" was interesting but, overall, a bit disappointing.

Contrary to the critics' appraisal, it is not the scariest movie ever
made.  It's no scarier than your average plain vanilla action/adventure
movie, with lots of narrow escapes, and all the good guys survive.

Cliffhanger:
Nice rocks. Alice observed that the only gasp she heard from the audience
was in the "bat scene". I've been in that position (middle of a bat 
flight in a cave), and I thought it was marvelous. All the blood, gore,
mayhem, sadism, etc didn't stir a murmur. 

re #5:  It is interesting to compare the movie and the book, although
        neither is a masterpiece.

Silvia and I saw "Like Water for Chocolatet(" a couple of weeks ago.
We both thought it was a pretty good movie.  It managed to be both
funny and dramatic.

The scariest movie ever made?  Jurassic Park?  <laughs>  Who uttered that
tripe?  Sheesh...

I thought "JP" was the scariest -- or, rather, "most tensest"{ -0-
movie *I've* seen since "Aliens".  And I've seen a *lot* of movies.

Chris went to see "Jurassic Park" and told me I'd hate it.

Why?

I haven't seen it, but to paraphrase a number of bad reviews, "Great special
effects, terribly preachy, poor script, bad characterization."

If you want to see a movie that defines the word "Intense" see:
_Dead Ringers_ starring Jeremy Irons. Don't see it if you are emotionally
unbalanced or in a depressed mode however.....

Jurassic Park was a pretty good movie, but it had it's faults.  I thought the
plot ended up to be too "happily ever after" concerning numerous narrow 
escapes.

You'd probably hate it, Jennie.  :)

gregc:  Dead Ringers is -- uh -- interesting.  Yeah, uh-huh.

last night I rented and watched:

Housesitter, this was some of the funniest work I've ever
seen by either Steve Martin or Goldie Hawn.

Toys, This was okay, but the ending wasn't as upbeat as I felt it
should have been.

The Player, this was very enjoyable, reminded me quite a bit of Slacker
in the way the camera was handled.

I really liked "Toys".  A creative, non-formula film, I was shocked
Hollywood could make it.  In my top-ten of '92 list I place it number
three behind only "Reservoir Dogs" and "Howards End".

I saw Howard's End for the first time last week and actually liked it,
despite the nonexistent special effects and the complete lack of
chase scenes and nudity.  It had something different -- I think it's
called a "plot" -- that I liked very much.

I finally got to see the original director's cut of _Blade_Runner_.
This is a must-see.  If you liked the ogirinal, you will *love* this
one.

What's so different about it (compared to the original theatre release)?

Re #19:  Indeed.  "Howard's End" also has characters that aren't
cardboard cutouts.

Bill and I liked Last Action Hero much better th
an  Jurassic Park.  We were both disappointed with JP. The ending was too
contrived and implausible.

Last Action Hero, on the other hand, is a movie for movie-goers.

"Don't trust him! He killed Mozart!"

                                Pattie

Gee, I found "Housesitter" to be surprisingly flat and unfunny
when I saw it last year.  I was quite disappointed, since I've
enjoyed both Martin's and Hall's work a great deal in the past.

I saw "Jurassic Park" a couple of weeks ago.  I found it to be
*very* scary.  Can't compare it to much, since I usually avoid
scary movies.  (I didn't see any of the Alien movies.)  The
dinosaurs were great.  The story and characters were not so 
great.  Gee, with all the money they spent on the film, you'd think
they could have gotten a better script.

Rented a few things this past weekend:
 
   "Hard to Kill" -- sold as a female version of Die Hard.  Well, it 
kinda was.  Lots of babes running around in nighties throughout an
office building.  Not really funny enough to be a guilty pleasure, though.
Not recommended.
 
   "Candyman" -- passed on this Clive Barker story-into-film when it
came to the theaters.  Was *very* surprised how good it was, though.
Highly intense and kept me guessing.  Not uplifting at all.  How
a horror movie should be.  Recommended.
 
   "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" -- saw this for the first time a few
years ago at the U of M campus.  Laughed all the way through it.  Watched
it a second time and laughed once again.  Just *try* to keep track of
all the edits and jump cuts.  I dare you.  Roger Ebert's claim to fame
as a screenwriter.  Russ Meyer's buxom women running around.  Lots of
great dialogue and a moral at the end.  Can not recommend this film
highly enough for the sheer entertainment of it.  And the music is
surprisingly great as well!

I found "The Firm" to be quite good as I hadn't read the book,
found Cruise's character appealing, and even though I found his
"fix" quite improbable, watching it unfold worked.  And they made
that geriatric stud-muffin Wilford Brimley a villain (how'd they
do that?).  B.

The Director's Cut of Blade Runner is less violent and more atmospheric.

That doesn't sound good.  Oh well.

I didn't notice that much of a difference when I saw the director's cut, 
although I must say it was great to see Blade Runner on the big screen.

Now, if only they'd film the Burroughs script...

No, really, the Director's Cut is much, much better than the original
release.

Actually, polygon, I have to disagree with you on the violence, since
at least one scene (where Dr. Tyrell is killed) is more violent in
the Director's Cut.  We get to see his eyes get crushed.  Neat!

I think I'll pass on that, thank you ...

I want to see "The Firm"!  The book was a great fluff-read in my first
semester of graduate school.

Re 31.  You have it the wrong way around.  The original release had the
gruesome crush you're talking about.  The director's cut stops looking
before that happens.

Actually, the original theatrical release cut the gore, the video release
put it back in. 

Re 34.  You're wrong, too, I'm pretty positive.  Eric McGlohon is a real
expert about the movie; I think he's seen both versions hundreds of times.
He was the one who explained this to me.  Also, all the reviews I read
agreed that the Director's Cut was LESS violent.

Hmm, I wasn't referring to the director's cut.  I meant the video release 
before that. Does that sound closer to what you meant?

Ah, that *is* consistent.  The Director's Cut isn't available on video,
last I heard.

Via heresay, I'm given to understand it's available on laserdisc.

I've seen it on video at Video Watch.

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