This is another movie I've always had a special fondness for, so it was nice to rewatch it with a friend who's never seen it, and she agrees that it is a much better movie than the reputation of the Rambo series would suggest. Definitely has more reactionary elements that I was able to pick up on at 18 (that "but somebody wouldn't let us win" line is very pointed), but I do think there's a very reasonable anti-war reading…
Movies used to have Dabney Coleman in them, he's so good in this.
Love this! Love it more every time I watch it! I'm not entirely why I'm so attached to this film, but it always makes me happy :)
One of the earliest films I can think of that feels like it's trying to be Spielbergy, this has some real ET energy, and I think it mostly nails that vib3, it never loses it's sense of fun. I always…
I ire its commitment to itself, this commits 100% to its whole thing. Lovingly dopey. Amazing production design & costuming. This feels like was cut down from a longer, more coherent version, this was hard to follow. I feel like I'd appreciate this more on rewatch.
EDIT: I'm very curious to watch the European & Director's cuts someday, they seem so different!
I'm glad this exists, because the making of Computer Hearts sounds like one hell of a mess. Kind of poorly put together as a doc, but interesting all the same. I was surprised to hear that Louise wanted the start of the film to feel like a student film, so that when the effects kick in it's a shock, which was nice to hear because that worked 100% on me the first time viewing Computer Hearts. I appreciate that Louise…
Any time this is focusing on the hard sci-fi vibes it's an absolute dream, nothing looks or sounds like this, but when it gets bogged down in chauvinistic character dynamics that really remind you this was made in mid-50's America, it drags the film down severely. It's so evident that this was an influence on Star Trek, I think it's nice that Leslie Nielsen was the inspiration of sorts for Captain Kirk. I could listen to the electronic tonalities for hours, i love gibberish noise music <3
Fun! I just rewatched Space Seed, so what better time to watch it's followup than now. I appreciate how this kinda feels like a high budget TV episode; in anything other than Star Trek that would be a complaint, but the cheapness relative to The Motion Picture is charming, and fits the TV show. Ricardo Montalban is such a good villain, not enough scenery chewing in movies these days. I'm glad William Shatner was talked into letting Kirk age, it…
At what point can we claim the AVGN as tgirl culture
I'm really glad I've watched this, especially after spending the last couple of months fixated on it to varying degrees. Really good, the best thing you can say about a 4.5 hour long film is that every scene felt neccessary, and while I watched this in 1.5 hour chunks, each chunk felt shorter than that.
Really good acting throughout, it's always special to see acting by mostly non-actors who…
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"I made another film while Computer Hearts was in post-production called SIDS. When I showed Dionne Copelane the screenplay she asked me point blank, 'Are you trans?'"
Honestly not long enough! It's a really tight little film, but I'm not quite sure why what happened happened, I think I might have missed some context, and a bit more time to sit with the horror might have been nice. Is the implication that The Patient's testicle is what killed The Surgeon?…
I watched a reconstruction of the altered English release Warriors Of The Wind. You see a lot of posts online about how this butchers Nausicäa, and while this version does make some unfortunate cuts and changes (all of the flashbacks to young Nausicäa were the most notable omissions, and renaming Nausicäa to Zandra is strange), it's honestly not that bad? It's mostly respectful to the original, it keeps the environmental themes intact, even if they're pared down, the voice acting…
My brain often does this funny thing where it will get fixated on a film/filmmaker, and I'll end up looking them up, and learning all I can about them; this often happen before I have even watched the films in question. Most recently this has happened with Louise Weard; Castration Movie, and by extension her entire filmography, have been a real interest of mine as of late, but I haven't actually watched any of her films yet, I didn't even…