Maybe but as a fanatical book lover and fan of the tv series I can't stomach how much content, and story he skipped or outright cut for both of his movie adaptations.
That's why I always dread watching TV or movies based on games, comics, or books.
What I've Been Watching: The Catch-All Film Thread
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That's why I always dread watching TV or movies based on games, comics, or books.
I liked Oblivion esp the twist mid way - but the Tom Cruise action movie i liked best was edge of tomorrow. I enjoyed the first top gun but found the 2nd one awful. Rain man and Minority report were also good but the mission impossible movies were mostly just mindless ok. i mean i don't regret them but remember them heck no.
Collateral was also a really good action movie (i'm looking through a list of tom cruise movie and pulling out the ones i enjoyed)
Jerry Maguire was really good and a few good men was not bad.
The firm was a better book than movie - anyway now that i look through the list there are quite a few movies with tom cruise i really liked - eyes wide shut was not one of them. Some of his movie are just fun but bad movies but others were decent.
I'm also a bit surprise by his breath - i associate him with action movies but hes done quite a few drama, comedy and drama - no rom con i think.
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Anyway i tend to rate movies and not who is in them. Jennifer Lawerance 4th movie was by far her best... not sure she has done a good movie since.
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As for books no one should see games of throne - go read the books 10000 times better.
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I didn't read the books.
It's true the adaptations are often different. That used to bother me, but not so much any more, unless it's poor quality of course. I look at it as a complement rather than an alternative media.
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Nice. Loved the Road.
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Rain Man is indeed very good, but that's mostly because of the performance of Dustin Hoffman. I don't think Cruise was anything special in it.
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Good luck to Logan. Not the easiest book to adequately adapt.
Nice. Loved the Road.
Best movie featuring Tom Cruise was Legend.
That said, he was in a lot of good and/or fun movies. Vanilla Sky is another one that I liked. Edge of Tomorrow was great, but for me that was mostly because of Emily Blunt. She looked like an Adepta Sororitas in that film.
That said, he was in a lot of good and/or fun movies. Vanilla Sky is another one that I liked. Edge of Tomorrow was great, but for me that was mostly because of Emily Blunt. She looked like an Adepta Sororitas in that film.
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I thought he played his role quite well, going from the selfish and impatient guy to something better, but Dustin Hoffman is definitely the soul of the film.
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I didn't care for Legend when I first saw it, maybe I was still too much in my D&D phase. Then like ten years later I watched it again and appreciated it a lot more, there's a lot going on in the film that's not readily apparent.
We saw Abigail, a really fun (but silly) movie we both loved. The little girl did an absolutely amazing job. I believe this movie took some dancing inspiration from M3ghan, but I can't hold it against them for doing so since it worked so well. It's one of the movies that get rated 6 by people that really enjoyed it on IMDB, usually for nonsensical reasons such as it not being artsy enough or not wanting to be considered as a filthy pleb for rating a silly movie higher (in my opinion).
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I rewatched Dune Part 2 with my SO. And while it’s still a solid movie technically, that looks and sounds very impressive, I did notice some things that irk me.
All in all, while a very enjoyable movie, it’s unfortunately noticeably lower on my rankings than Blade Runner 2049, which I consider basically perfect. The soundrack was also amazing in BR. That’s another thing somewhat disappointing in Dune. Not the general score but more the female chanting voice, at significant moments. That was extremely distracting. The “Hiya-hee” parts iirc.
First of all, Paul’s change and ascendancy feels kind of rushed. The movie doesn’t explain how much time passes between story moments, but it just feels a bit fast and unnatural. From his reluctance and refusal to go south, to taking it all on himself.
The other big thing that is very hoakey is the relationship with Chani. Or, not exactly the relationship but more the melodrama with Paul dropping Chani to make his wedded alliance with Irulan. And more particularly that the film went out of its way to keep cutting between Paul and Chani, right at thise awkward moments. Instead of not giving it focus and attention.
The other big thing that is very hoakey is the relationship with Chani. Or, not exactly the relationship but more the melodrama with Paul dropping Chani to make his wedded alliance with Irulan. And more particularly that the film went out of its way to keep cutting between Paul and Chani, right at thise awkward moments. Instead of not giving it focus and attention.
All in all, while a very enjoyable movie, it’s unfortunately noticeably lower on my rankings than Blade Runner 2049, which I consider basically perfect. The soundrack was also amazing in BR. That’s another thing somewhat disappointing in Dune. Not the general score but more the female chanting voice, at significant moments. That was extremely distracting. The “Hiya-hee” parts iirc.
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Not sure where I heard about it, that got it placed on my backlog, but I recently watched Blow Out (1981) with John Travolta. Pretty solid overall.
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We saw Challenger last night, a truly terrible movie (or great if you're into love-triangle movies with a little tennis. I knew I'd hate it going in). But there was a trailer for this movie. It looks like its about the moon landing being faked and stars a bunch of A-list actors. What is happening?
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYoB5q-yofs
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I love Scarlett Johansson, but that looks awful.
Also, if it actually is pushing that stupid conspiracy theory, I hope the film fails miserably.
That looks a little silly, indeed.
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I hope this won't be a case of, Furiosa flopping and then this prequel won't get greenlit. But I have feeling it might.
I wonder how much do these movies cost to make.
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Another prequel? Why?
I hope this won't be a case of, Furiosa flopping and then this prequel won't get greenlit. But I have feeling it might.
I wonder how much do these movies cost to make.
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Why not? I'm all for it, if the quality is there.
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Because prequels are have a small amount of predictability i.e. you know all the main characters are going to survive etc which takes out some of the tension. There is also the fact that you often can't use the same actors unless you film the movies back to back. Fury Road is nine years old so if the movie is set a year before the characters "should" look 10 years younger.Why not? I'm all for it, if the quality is there.
If it is a just chronological prequel with different characters rather than a prequel story that is less of an issue.