I hadn't seen it in 30 years but it's held up well for an '80s action film.
I last saw it about 5 years ago and what immediately dates that film for me is the women’s hair and clothing fashion you see.
The plot and action sequences though hold up very well.
“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.”
Indeed it was! The director, John McTiernan certainly got off to a very fast start in Hollywood. His first three films were Predator, Die Hard and Hunt for Red October. I can't think of any other director who had such a great start out of the gate.
“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.”
Beria's death has to go down as one of the most epic and well deserved deaths in all of modern history.
“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 watched Sonic 3 on Saturday with my family since my son was dying to see it.
From my perspective it was funny seeing "Teddy" from Westworld in it and I found it odd how the blonde and blue eyed Anglo girl who befriends one of the aliens was named "Maria". I have never in my lifetime met a Maria who was not Hispanic.
“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 watched Sonic 3 on Saturday with my family since my son was dying to see it.
From my perspective it was funny seeing "Teddy" from Westworld in it and I found it odd how the blonde and blue eyed Anglo girl who befriends one of the aliens was named "Maria". I have never in my lifetime met a Maria who was not Hispanic.
I've watched the first two episodes of The Penguin, and so far I'm enjoying it. I don't normally go for crime family dramas but it seems well done, the Gotham city/Batman thing is more-or-less background (so far) and doesn't seem to be the important detail. I will say that only two episodes in, the most fascinating detail is still the makeup and performance that Colin Farrell is displaying which is really top level stuff, but also the moving parts of his story seem well done. He has plans but is able to work off-the-cuff when they go wrong. I wonder why he is quite old before making his big moves though.
I didn't watch The Sopranos (other than segments) but it seems like it could have a similar vibe to it, and I'm sure there's some historical reveals yet to come. Something about his brothers is my current best guess.
"They might look the same, but they don't taste the same."
I actually liked this one a lot more than most of the '80s Bonds.
Lotus Esprit and Caroline Munro. "Nuff said.
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“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 saw this grindhouse femmspoitation movie and so should everyone else:
I saw plenty of other movies in the past week, but this one was so unexpected, deserves a separate entry of its own. Rare. Unknown. Underwatched. Delivers.
Jane Seymour is absolutely STUNNING in that movie.
“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.”