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LoganCrews (2861 KP) rated Dead Man (1995) in Movies

Sep 20, 2020  
Dead Man (1995)
Dead Man (1995)
1995 | Drama, Western
7
7.5 (6 Ratings)
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On the one hand you have this audacious, visionary, deeply memorable film experience unlike any other that - in some ways - does earn its masterpiece distinction. But on the other, you have a movie where every scene ranges from about 10 seconds too long to 3+ minutes too long. I completely understand the need for much of this lingering, uncomfortable dread caused by the silence and negative space here - and a lot of the time it really does work. But injecting that same trick into *every* single scene sort of subtracts its original potency. I still cop to loving Jarmusch's sardonic delirium even with this, but in my opinion he achieved more success with his leaner nihilism like π˜‰π˜³π˜°π˜¬π˜¦π˜― 𝘍𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴 and (shitty ending aside) π˜›π˜©π˜¦ π˜‹π˜¦π˜’π˜₯ π˜‹π˜°π˜―'𝘡 π˜‹π˜ͺ𝘦. But in its own right this is still an excellent western with some of the most evocative music ever made for the genre courtesy of that righteous Neil Young score. The imagery, too, is just about to die for - the huge, unsafe rustic machinery of the opening factory and increasingly ubiquitous scenes of nature from then on are expressive, convincing, *and* gorgeous. Those final moments are unforgettably haunting. Plus it's still got that trademark Jim rousing dry humor aplenty. The "New World" is a lie.
  
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LeftSideCut (3776 KP) rated Species II (1998) in Movies

Sep 21, 2020  
Species II (1998)
Species II (1998)
1998 | Mystery, Sci-Fi
4
4.8 (5 Ratings)
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Species II adds more of everything that made the first one such a success, but unfortunately with lesser results.

It obviously has a bigger budget this time around, the spaceships in the opening shots look pretty decent (even if they are plastered with product placement), it's has noticeably more gore, more nudity, more tentacles flying out of nipples, more Marg Helgenberger, more full body shots of the aliens, but have no doubt, this sequel is the epitome of guilty pleasure trash - it's obviously a bad film, but is so much goddam fun.
The bad CGI is a slight improvement on the first film, but I can respect the numerous practical effects in use, and the aliens seen near the end look both silly and quite horrific (good old H.R. Giger). The dialogue leaves a lot to be desired, but when you have lines like "They could fuck the human race into extinction" being thrown around, it hard to not ironically enjoy yourself.

Ultimately, Species II is a worse film than it's predecessor (which is hardly a masterpiece in the first place) but it's loud, dumb, gory, sci-fi action that equates to that age old saying - it's so bad, it's kind of good.
  
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Barry Newman (204 KP) rated Aliens (1986) in Movies

May 7, 2020  
Aliens (1986)
Aliens (1986)
1986 | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
10
9.0 (90 Ratings)
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Revisited this for the first time in ages and there’s still no other way of describing it than simply a masterpiece. Watching the theatrical version and the slow build up of tension in the first half building up to the action packed final battle between Ripley and the alien queen is such brilliant story telling and just so well paced. James Cameron follows the Jaws approach and doesn’t show you the slightest hint of an alien till nearly an hour into the film and is far stronger for it. The whole cast are great but the films ace is of course Sigourney Weaver ,she is a total bad ass here and one of cinemas all time great heroines. You are also reminded at what a talent James Cameron was before declaring himself β€˜king of the world’. I would love to see him doing something like this or T2 again rather than wasting years on the 172 sequels to Avatar that nobody really wants.

(The special edition of the film is nearly 20 minutes longer and has some interesting moments but in my opinion slows things down a bit too much and you can see why these scenes were removed for the theatrical version)