Godzilla Minus One, it was fun and better than I expected. They did a lot with a budget of only $15 million. Though, there are a couple of scenes you can really tell they didn't have a budget. It's got Godzilla doing Godzilla things, mainly picking up a bus and throwing it back down as he wades through the buildings towards the center of town. And it's frightening, he's an unstoppable force of nature and Tokyo having just been cleaned up and mostly rebuilt is a total wreck. For plot reasons, the US and Russians are busy cold warring and don't/can't get involved and the late 1940s Japanese government is in no position to do anything. So a bunch of citizens, fisherman, and IJN vets pull together to try to stop him. It's fun and well done and something I'd recommend to be watched once. Probably be forgotten about in 10 years though.
Godzilla Minus One, it was fun and better than I expected. They did a lot with a budget of only $15 million. Though, there are a couple of scenes you can really tell they didn't have a budget. It's got Godzilla doing Godzilla things, mainly picking up a bus and throwing it back down as he wades through the buildings towards the center of town. And it's frightening, he's an unstoppable force of nature and Tokyo having just been cleaned up and mostly rebuilt is a total wreck. For plot reasons, the US and Russians are busy cold warring and don't/can't get involved and the late 1940s Japanese government is in no position to do anything. So a bunch of citizens, fisherman, and IJN vets pull together to try to stop him. It's fun and well done and something I'd recommend to be watched once. Probably be forgotten about in 10 years though.
Any cute Japanese actresses in it?
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
Hmm. I might entertain watching this primarily because this is a Japanese version of Godzilla, without the soft Western spin that more of the recent films have had.
Hardly any female cast outside of background characters. There's really only three that are named and one is a little orphan girl, and one is the guardian of the orphan played by Minami Hamabe, that's really the only cute Japanese actress in the movie. They become his adopted family since he lost all his family as well. I don't think there was a single intact family in the whole movie. The other one is a widow who lost her husband and children to air raids and berates the protagonist when he comes home from the war in late 1945 for not doing his job and blames him for their deaths. That's right, the main protagonist was good pilot, but sent out to be a kamikaze at the very end of the war but lived. So he gets ridiculed and shamed when he returns home after the war. Outside the Godzilla bit you have a drama about people just trying to rebuild their lives and city after a catastrophe. Makes it all the sadder when they kind of do and Godzilla just shows up and just wrecks everything all over again.
A lot of those 80's teenage films like Pretty in Pink, Sixteen Candles and the Breakfast Club were absolute products of their time.
Very true. By 1986 I was working full time so I missed Pretty in Pink and most of the other brat pack flicks after mid 1985. Never really had the urge to watch them on the cable channels since then either.
Hopefully I'll get to see it soon. I think a lot of people had unrealistically high expectations when they went to see it. Lightning very, very rarely strikes twice when it comes to sequels.
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
Watch this on Amazon Prime. Who opens the front door now? You can see who is outside on Ring and if it's someone you don't know, ignore them and pretend you are not home.
Not a movie or TV show, but a tube video on the Amelia Earhart journey. Very detailed and very well done. The detail make the whole thing more terrifying I think. Well worth watching.
Cameron is the only good thing about the series IMO.
The show had a very hot and young Lena Headey though.
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
I found Star Trek - The Motion Picture on Amazon Prime. I still remember watching at the long gone Brea Mall theater. It didn't live up to my expectations at the time but even so I did like it and I was hoping it would do well enough at the box office for there to be a sequel or even possibly another weekly series with the original cast.
Watching the original series and the movies with the original cast now is somewhat bittersweet since so many of the main cast, and even several of the great guest stars, have already passed away.
Star Trek was one of my most favorite series back when it came out on TV -- decades ago. Used to go to a friends house so we could see it in color (we only had B&W sets).
I probably have all the discs for the TV Series and the movies. But, haven't watched in years. I tended to give the movies a Grade B.
Watching the original series and the movies with the original cast now is somewhat bittersweet since so many of the main cast, and even several of the great guest stars, have already passed away.
Wheels
In regards to the main cast, several of the actors are indeed gone but at least they all had very good longevity. The youngest age at death was 79 when Deforest Kelly passed away in 1999. By comparison, several actors of the main cast from Babylon 5 have died young.
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
This is a repost since I posted in the wrong thread:
Since last week was holiday week, I saw more movies than I normally do...
1) "Showdown in Little Tokyo" -- Badass, awesome early 90s action movie that gives the fans what they want--ass kicking from Dolph Lundgren and Brandon lee. This one delivers. Tia Carrera makes the experience even better! *** 1/2 out of **** stars, when rated versus contemporary beat 'em up action peers. Total classic.
2) "Running Man" -- Ahhhnollllld. So "F*ck you a-hole" was actually spliced together from this movie, where he says "a-hole" and then afterwards, "F*ck you." Who cares. Fun movie, with the sleaziest gameshow host in history(Family Feud infamy) as the villain. Not bad. Not Ahhhnold's best. *** out of **** stars.
3) "Stripped to Kill" -- Surprisingly the plot wasn't bad, considering the niche this film fits into. The scenery was sometimes nice, as well. ** 1/2 out of **** stars.
As you can see, there was an 80s theme going.
4) "The Artifice Girl" -- Not bad for a sci-fi movie exploring Artificial Intelligence. Zero action, one hundred percent dialogue and introspection. You will be thinking about this one as the credits roll. A little guided on the conclusions, but a worthwhile watch by anyone interested in science fiction. *** out of **** stars.
Star Trek was one of my most favorite series back when it came out on TV -- decades ago. Used to go to a friends house so we could see it in color (we only had B&W sets).
I probably have all the discs for the TV Series and the movies. But, haven't watched in years. I tended to give the movies a Grade B.
Star Trek 2 and 4 are the best ones, easily. I do, however, hold fondness in my heart for "Star Trek: The Motion Picture," as this is easily the most sci-fi Star Trek ever produced. At times the film borders on harder science fiction, conceptually at least, maybe not in practical implementation.
The weakest Star Trek film with the original cast IMHO was ST 5. That whole story about the search for god just fell flat and the music/dance scene with Uhura always makes me cringe.
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