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What a surprise!
Possibly. Spoilers: Or her life is so digital, that it took a psycho murder to connect with (her) humanity / the "real world" finally. The case made her starting to have a friendship with the other girl, also she got rid of the AI assistant or whatnot in the end. The case closed, psycho in prison, the victim girl could finally rest in pieces (sorry), and her only friend seems to be coming to her senses too at the end. Everything is now in rest, therefore the screen turns glitchy -> it's a screensaver effect, same as on her own screen.
Btw, surprisingly good flick. Not for everyone.
Have you found some other noteworthy titles in the topic?
The Puppet Masters - 1994, with Donald Sutherland.
Very subjective. For me, after only 1 viewing, yes, probably worse than KOTCS. Only because KOTCS still got Spielberg's touch on it, even if it haven't succeded. The length, the mood, the pacing was Spielbergian. Also Ford was still in a good shape. DOD was all over the place, tried to be Spielbergian, but failed miserably. Ford is too old, and they also made him sad and pathetic even at the end. De-aging was uncanny valley. There's no arc. In KOTCS there was an arc: He was in trouble at the beginning, and he succeeds in every level at the end. In DOD he's miserable from start to finish. Yeah, Marion, his ex-wife hugs him. Still divorced, the son still dead, still retired, etc.
They shuold really have stopped after Crusade, or made a great 2nd trilogy in the 90's.
As much as I wanted a new, better one after KOTCS, now I think it was still a better ending of the franchise.
I wonder what Spielberg and even Lucas think about it honestly.
You're not alone, but it's a topic for forever.
In my opinion:
Temple is more original than Crusade. Crusade is an obvious copy of the first, but I still like it a bit more. The structure is better in Crusade, and while it's often silly, Temple was the first to be way more silly than Raiders, so it started the trend. Crusade has some spiritual uplifting feeling with the Holy Grail, thus making the trilogy look like a closed circle. With Sean Connery as the father figure, the music, the vibes makes this a classic with Temple being something of a black sheep of the family.
Though, the original three is perfect the way it is.
4 & 5 are more apocryphal.
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Dial
Maybe no surprises here besides the last two(?). Dial could and should have been the fourth on this list, but they botched it hard. I've waited for it since Skull, and the potential was wasted with the 15 year gap, the Disney/Kennedy treatment, and the intention to make it an extremely expensive blockbuster pleasing everyone. It should have been made for the fans as an apology for Skull by Spielberg.
Sad.
+1, me too.
Hehe, something similar happened with me too in the last month or so. As a kid I thought about him as a weird, kind of a creepy guy, with an odd hairdo. (I guess Buckaroo Banzai didn't help this image much). I've never seen 3rd Rock before, but I've started watching it and come to understand what a great guy he is, with killer comedic sense.
If you grow up seeing a great actor mostly as an evil bad guy, like him in Cliffhanger, you can't separate the actor from a character, and i guess I somehow hated him how vile and slimy he was... Seeing him as the nicest and funniest guy is such a relief. :)
That's true! But there might have been legal issues or budgetary limits.
There was undediably more potential in this movie, but after all it was fine and worked the way it was.
However, I found the first half stronger, with a somewhat lackluster second half.
Maybe it's just me, but it looks kind of 1997.
Lol I came here to see if someone posted it already. :D
It's not the greatest thing ever, but it is simple and mostly very subtle. Stuff they rarely do these days. I think people are respecting it because of this.
Yeah, I was scratching my head too, since they praised this season like it's the secong coming or whatnot. The first 1-3 episodes were cringe. And I wasn't blown away by the Max/Kate Bush episode as well.
BUT, episode 7 was finally an improvement, the story came together surprisingly good. Though, it'll all depend on the ending. If they can land it, then everything is forgiven. If the ending won't be as good as ep7, or fall apart again, then i say it could possibly be the worst season yet. There has to be a redeeming factor for the overly long and silly first half of it...
Yeah, the truck off the cliff scene is probably the best of all movies. That is where the Spielberg factor kicks in for me. Obviously they didn't have the budget in JP3, but the grandiose of the 2nd was totally lacking in 3. Also the talking raptor scene was so out of place for a Jurassic Park movie I almost cried when I've first seen it.
Got to admit, when I saw the 2nd as a 13 year old, I liked it a lot, but soon came to a conclusion that the first was much better.
Anyway, just a thought: The 3rd movie is the only one you could skip lorewise. It's just a themepark ride, and adds nothing to the story. All others have significant reveals and changes, even TFK is a must watch to understand Dominion. Though that movie is nothing but a filler between 4 and 6, and in this case it would have been better if it didn't have the stuff it has... But i guess life, uh, found a way...
I think they shoud have added another 20 minutes of a spinosaurus ending sequence, something involving the raptor bones somehow to be saved by them, etc, it coud have been a more complete movie. Now it's like The Lost World were ended before the T-rex romp in San Diego, the movie feels tragically unfinished for me. TLW was rushed too, but with amazing and much more complex sequences than JP3. Also, Spielberg back then was at the top of his game even when he didn't care that much. And the soundtrack of it is spectacular, also Goldblum was in his best shape ever.
I just have run through it, but they don't even mention the spots on his face and shoulders. It is obviously for the de-aging process, as it is still the flashback (opening) sequence as the motorcycle scenes with the Ford-masked guy were.
I'd really like if Ford grew some beard for the rest of the movie!
I don't think it has to be explained. Why would he be with his father in his thirties? Though, i think he'll be mentioned, or even get a cameo.
Star Wars has been suffocated into blue milk. It's over. May our sweet memories stay.