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03-26-2021, 02:05 AM | #23691 (permalink) | |
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03-26-2021, 02:14 AM | #23692 (permalink) | |
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That says the son has AIDS and not Forrest unless I skimmed over it and either way I still seem to remember that knowledge of what HIV/AIDS is was something the audience knew but the characters didn't.
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03-28-2021, 08:09 AM | #23694 (permalink) |
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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1946, John Houston) I knew this would be good but not quite this good. The most novel aspect of it is the casting of Humphrey Bogart against type. I won’t spoil the plot but I think, as far as the film is concerned, anyway (haven’t read the B. Traven novel), Bogie’s character is involved in Houston’s point-of-view problem. That is, since Bogart gets top billing audiences go in assuming, not necessary that he’s the hero, but that our point-of-view is his. Now, this was 1946, post-War II in America and we’re introduced to a character begging on the streets of Mexico with “Help out a fellow American?” entreaties. He even approaches the same passerby (in a funny John Houston cameo) twice with the same line. He then has the nerve to tell a kid hustling for pennies, “Quit begging!” Right off the bat we’re presented with sympathizing with Bogie’s predicament but definitely not his unsavory character. It’s a strange place to be. Houston not only increases this tension as the film proceeds but (and I won’t say how) jettisons the Bogie/audience point-of-view altogether! Very few directors had the guts to do this in the Hollywood of that era. Few do now. Good streamer
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03-30-2021, 11:30 PM | #23695 (permalink) | |
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For anyone who grew up in the 90s and has been waiting for the return of Mortal Kombat to the big screen for two and a half decades the wait is bout to be over. Do not **** this up.
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03-31-2021, 02:41 AM | #23696 (permalink) |
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Of course they'll fuck it up. It's they only thing a bunch of shitty Hollywood writers can do. The sad part is that people will flock to the theaters knowing this and Hollywood fuck bags will make a bunch of money continuing the trend.
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Yes. The first Mortal Kombat movie.
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03-31-2021, 03:25 PM | #23700 (permalink) |
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Mutiny on the Bounty (1935, Frank Lloyd) I've seen the 1962 (Marlon Brando, Trevor Howard) and 1984 (Mel Gibson, Anthony Hopkins) versions, the latter of which is supposed to be the more accurate account of what happened with the 1789 mutiny on the British Royal Navy ship than the earlier two. Never watched this until now. Streamer
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