i just watched gunhed it was pretty good. its like slow-paced and narratively confusing and a little sleepy perhaps but if ur into the sort of kojipro / fromsoft / mamoru oshii / masamune shirow military mecha vibe (as i obvs am) this movie is sort of the most perfect live-action version of that ive ever seen, from the costumes and sets and props to the amazing miniatures work (im pretty sure this was produced by the same studio that does godzilla so i would guess that was one of the reasons the effects were so fucking great)
i wish there were like gunhed sequels coming out in theaters lol⌠i think this might have the best in-camera mechs of any movie ive ever seen and the gunhed mech itself is really beautifully designed and modeled⌠i personally enjoyed it a lot it also seems like one of those movies that a lot of game designers in the nineties watched
also really charmed by how it had a bunch of effects that looked animated by hand like crackling electricity it looks really great⌠another one of those old-school effects i love to see
i should watch mellowlink id probably love it and seems like it might have a similar military / mecha sf vibe
Ryosuke Takahashi is the king of military mecha, whether Dougram, Votoms, Mellowlink, Blue Comet SPT Layzner, Gasaraki, the guy loves realist-leaning military mecha
I am confident that fromsoft was heavily influenced by his works
Personally Iâm looking forward to The Pipe Layer, about a former CIA agent who has to unravel a conspiracy when a dark web hacker group starts overthrowing south american democracies and making it look the CIA did it, and The HVAC Technician, about a retired agency operative who is given one last mission to assassinate terrorists posing as journalists publishing articles making the CIA look bad.
Denzel is making so many amazing capital-A Acting capital-C Choices in that clip. There is no way anyone instructed him to do whatever it is he is doing with the guns at :18. Thatâs all Denzel. Hoping he makes 10 more of these.
yeah if you were trying to get me to avoid watching the three equalizer films you failed dramatically lmfao i am completely fascinated by this denzel performance
Of interest to grad student types: The politics of the average blockbuster movie seem to be shifting from âambiently reactionary, mostly because it looks coolâ to âwe love the sacrifices made by our cops but specifically the ones who love our black-hispanic-trans(?) kids oh god please no one yell at usâ so start writing those papers!
close encounters of the third kind: nice visuals but the movie is a bore, doesnât have much to say and the little it does is stupid. I feel like it had its reputation on visuals alone. honestly itâs an extremely white fantasy about meeting a foreign race who want to be friends with you, of course thereâs barely any POC in the movie apart from some faceless Indians
Finally watched One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest for the first time. I actually had gotten it from Netflix back in college when they sent you DVDs, but lost it before watching it. I was charged for it and then found it a few years and a move or two later. Still have it in a drawer and never watched it until today randomly on Netflix. I just finished a DS9 rewatch and wanted to see Kai Winn in her Oscar winning role. I liked it, was surprised by how it ended.
just rewatched drive i like that movie a lot. i think the friendship between the 2 guys is really good and sweet, all the martial arts choreography is completely stunning, also i feel like this is The mark dacascos movie i think its important for an action star to have an iconic movie or role or 2. brittany murphy is beautiful and completely slays rest in peace
anyways one of my favorite things about it is a lot of the actual running time of the movie is sickening martial arts and death scenes (the severed arm scene omfg) and not guys in suits talking about the high council or whatever. also really beautifully shot on film with sunny west coast repo man vibes
Very few western action movies have ever been released where the stuntmen take as fuckin hard bumps as they do in drive. Mark Dacascos waking up at the sound of danger like luffy from one piece and dispatching a dozen max payne 2 cleaners with capoeiraâŚa human has never moved as gracefully as he does in that movie. Bro does the dark souls 2 curved sword flip when heâs on the ship at the beginning and then follows it up with literally the most perfect backflip anyoneâs ever done at the motel like itâs nothing.
Brittany Murphyâs characterâs name is âDeliverance Bodineâ
Iâm watching Fit to Kill, another Andy Sidaris movie and I just realize that a lot of these movies is just scenes of watching women change in and out of clothes. Also, no one gets arrested, just killed by the good guys every time.
I finally got around to watching Hanagatami tonight. The editing and special effects are great all the way through and despite the filmâs length itâs not slow-paced (or maybe it just seems that way because of the unusual presentation of what might otherwise be a scene that drags a little).
Overall, the story is more coherent than I was expecting (though far from a straightforward narrative) but at the same time itâs weird in some ways that I guess I wasnât really expecting (some of the character interactions).
Very strange and interesting, with a lot of fun moments.
I still need to see The Drifting Classroom and His Motorbike, Her Island.
just watched this ln and it was completely amazing also yesss i literally could believe that this road house and point break were a trilogy about one really cool guy
also seconding what daphaknee said abt the lift at the end
