A few old standards I watched while telecommuting this week. (Intentionally chosen due to their familiarity and low need to be paid constant attention to):
The Mummy:
A rippingly fun adventure that still holds up in plot and fx despite being pre-milennial. The good guys are good, the bad guys are bad — but everyone’s got just enough of a human face under the serial masks to give it oomph. This is one of my “desert island” flicks.Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl:
A bit darker and more complex than the previous, but great fun. Watched it in particular to see if, post-WDW, it might be good Kitten fare. Nope — a bit on the (PG-13) violent side (and complicated, to boot). But glad I watched it again.The Last Starfighter :
The CG is crude, the masks rubbery, the clothes and hairstyles soooooo 80s, and the sophistication of plot and acting lower than most cartoons on today, but it’s, again, a hell of a lot of fun. And who hasn’t thought that someone might be watching us, see us for our hidden and unappreciated talents, and pluck us away to save the galaxy (and impress our girl/boyfriend)?
A rippingly fun adventure that still holds up in plot and fx despite being pre-milennial. The good guys are good, the bad guys are bad — but everyone’s got just enough of a human face under the serial masks to give it oomph. This is one of my “desert island” flicks.
A bit darker and more complex than the previous, but great fun. Watched it in particular to see if, post-WDW, it might be good Kitten fare. Nope — a bit on the (PG-13) violent side (and complicated, to boot). But glad I watched it again.
I looove The Last Starfighter! When it showed up on cable back in the 80s, I watched it a dozen times in a few weeks! And the CG was excellent for the time; until I heard that it was computer imagery, I assumed they were using models (though I did remark that the spaceships looked too “clean” for a post-Star Wars film).
“It’ll be a slaughter!”
“That’s the spirit!”
“No! My slaughter!”
Of course, any film with Robert Preston in it already has a leg up on the competition!
And the Craig Safan theme is one of the mp3s on my Blackberry!
I TiVoed it off of SciFi. Knew I wanted to watch it soon as I saw it in the guide.
Deathblossom!
Great flick (Starfighter). IIRC, they used Crays to image that movie. Now you can do that sort of thing on a desktop computer.
It boggles the mind!