Post by Heineken Skywalker on Jul 2, 2006 11:17:19 GMT -5
On IFC last Friday:
DAWN OF THE DEAD (1978)
Hadn't seen this one since a midnight show in the mid-eighties. Good stuff. Still holds up pretty well. Other than the basic premise of a group hiding from zombies in a mall, it's quite different from the recent remake. Which, not making a scene by scene retread, was a good move on the makers of the remake.
8/10
At a theater yesterday:
SUPERMAN RETURNS (2006)
I'll be adding my comments to Pulp's review in Review Hell later.
7.5/10
On DVD last night:
SE7EN (1995)
Great psychological thriller about a serial killer using the Seven Deadly Sins as his theme or m.o., to lead detectives Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt down a dark path. Some good atmosphere in this one.
8/10
I also watched the pilot episode of BLADE: THE SERIES, last Thursday night on Spike TV. Better than it should be, after there having been three theatrical movies already.
I don't think the actor playing Blade (Kirk "Sticky" Jones) has Wesley Snipes' charisma, but maybe that'll develop in time. The production values, set design and effects were not bad at all. And it wasn't as watered down as I thought it might be. The fight choreography could've been better though. Jones has the physique and the look, but you can tell he doesn't have the martial arts skills that Snipes has.
DAWN OF THE DEAD (1978)
Hadn't seen this one since a midnight show in the mid-eighties. Good stuff. Still holds up pretty well. Other than the basic premise of a group hiding from zombies in a mall, it's quite different from the recent remake. Which, not making a scene by scene retread, was a good move on the makers of the remake.
8/10
At a theater yesterday:
SUPERMAN RETURNS (2006)
I'll be adding my comments to Pulp's review in Review Hell later.
7.5/10
On DVD last night:
SE7EN (1995)
Great psychological thriller about a serial killer using the Seven Deadly Sins as his theme or m.o., to lead detectives Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt down a dark path. Some good atmosphere in this one.
8/10
I also watched the pilot episode of BLADE: THE SERIES, last Thursday night on Spike TV. Better than it should be, after there having been three theatrical movies already.
I don't think the actor playing Blade (Kirk "Sticky" Jones) has Wesley Snipes' charisma, but maybe that'll develop in time. The production values, set design and effects were not bad at all. And it wasn't as watered down as I thought it might be. The fight choreography could've been better though. Jones has the physique and the look, but you can tell he doesn't have the martial arts skills that Snipes has.
Can't wait to see it either! Glad you liked it Smitty. And critics tended to despise the first Pirates movie (which I really loved) so I didn't expect them to like the second.