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Feb 14, 2013 - 12:57 PM
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quiller007
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ONE DARK NIGHT (1983) Filmed in 1981. 10/10
starring Meg Tilly, Robin Evans, Melissa Newman, Adam West
Directed by Tom McLoughlin; Music by Bob Summers
Fun, fun, fun...and funny, too! This is the perfect example of how good
low-budget horror movies were in the 70's and 80's. They definitely
don't make 'em like this anymore, and probably don't remember how.
Den
Not too surprised to read your favorable review, because it also describes (for me) McLoughlin's take on Friday the 13th for Part VI: Jason Lives. He brings so much fun and humor to that low-budget horror film too. I should check out One Dark Night too.
Check out the dvd reviews of ONE DARK NIGHT on Amazon. Nearly all
of them are very favorable. Granted, they're mostly by fans who saw
the film during its theatrical release (like me). There are a couple of
negative reviews in the mix, I suspect by younger viewers who found
it too slow going. After all these years I still think it's a blast.
A particular standout is the stunning Robin Evans who plays a
mischievous prankster with relish, and looks like she's having a ball,
bullying poor timid Meg Tilly about.
Den
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Feb 14, 2013 - 9:05 PM
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mastadge
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Been a while since I remembered to post here. Since my last update, I've watched:
Seven Psychopaths (2012) dir. Martin McDonagh (6.5/10)
Flight (2012) dir. Robert Zemeckis (6/10)
I'd be interested in what you found lacking in these two films.
Seven Psychopaths I thought was well made and often pretty funny, but it was a disappointment after the lovely In Bruges and I think a lot of the meta stuff didn't work as well as was probably intended. The movie didn't transcend its genre sufficiently for the jokes about this kind of movie quite to work, and a couple of the twists were too predictable. It was very enjoyable, and I probably would have rated it a bit higher without any expectations going in, but as is it comes across as a bit of a sophomore slump for McDonagh.
As for Flight, I though it had an excellent opening act (aside, perhaps, from the gratuitous nudity at the very beginning), and the production and acting were generally very good. Afterward, though, there were just a few too many comfortable clichés (was there a single person in the audience who didn't know precisely how the scene in the hotel would play?) and the unfortunate ennobling freedom of prison ending left a sour taste in my mouth. Like Lincoln, if the film had ended properly and about 5 minutes earlier, I think it would have been much improved.
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Feb 15, 2013 - 8:45 AM
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DeputyRiley
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I prefer the original theatrical version over the "Unrated" one. While it adds a couple of neat scenes/extensions, the "Unrated" version also takes out some stuff I like (such as McClane's much better and simpler "I was out of bullets"), and the dubbed swearing merely to just up the obscenity factor is distracting.
I remember that you did like the theatrical version better. I agree that the replacement line for "I was out of bullets" was lugubrious and not as snappy, but I still vastly prefer the unrated version. Thank heavens it exists (and you don't have to have a blu-ray to see it).
On the other side of this forum the discussion has surfaced about McClane's character feeling the same throughout the series (under the A Good Day to Die Hard score thread) and one of the things that I liked about McClane as established in the first film was, as everyone knows, he's a blue-collar kind of guy who's a relatable everyman, and this is evident in many personality traits, including swearing.
It's part of the character's personality makeup, his irreverent profane attitude in the face of villainy, his wisecracking taunts. "You oughtta be on f***in TV with that accent" ... "I'm gonna f***in cook you, and I'm gonna f***in eat you" ... "Yippie kay yay motherf***er" ... etc. This continued in part 2 ("what sets off the metal detectors first? The lead in your ass or the s*** in your brains? Fat f***" ... "I thought they were the army"--"who gives a f***? Just be ready") and part 3 ("ever heard of a motherf***er called Lurch?" ... "the guy's a f***-up"), but when they removed/omitted the Jersey cop cowboy swearing for DH4 for theatrical purposes (although it probably wasn't as simple as that) his character was diluted a bit from its original intent and the film's rating circumstances unfortunately trumped dialogue true to the character.
I can get by with that to a degree, but when it extended to altering McClane's famous kiss-off catchphrase (and arguably one of the most iconic catchphrases in cinema history) I took issue with it. Not a huge deal, but in discussing the fallacies (as few as they are in DH4 IMO) of the fourth film the slightly watered-down dialogue was a detraction.
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Feb 17, 2013 - 4:18 PM
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Michael24
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A Good Day To Die Hard (2013) - 3/5
A better title might have been "It's A So-So Day To Die Hard." Definitely has loads of action, but little else in terms of plot and character, even by Die Hard standards. John McClane feels like a co-star, and was almost a little out of character at times, too. There is very little exposition given at the beginning, so for a long time I really had no idea who all these new characters were or what their involvement with one another was. The broken relationship between McClane and his son felt like a retread of what we had between him and his daughter in the previous film. It's basically little more than a live-action old school video game, lots of running and gunning with only the barest bones of anything resembling a story. After the terrific Live Free or Die Hard, it's a little disappointing, although a passable way to kill 90+ minutes on a boring weekend afternoon. Definitely my least-favorite of the series, though.
There is even a "Die Hard" short reference in this current film - you'll recognize it when you see it.
What was the reference? I was watching for it, but apparently didn't see it. You can hide it in a spoiler tag.
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