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I recently upgrded my CAV laserdisc to the DVD and found that my involvement in this taught thriller was enhanced by the Dolby Digital 5.1 sound and the slightly better picture (even though it is not ananmorphic). The story (about a management conflict aboard a submerged U.S. submarine during a nuclear crisis) is very believable and the acting (Denzel Washington and Gene Hackman) and direction (Tony Scott) are first class Hollywood efforts. The supporting cast is excellent as well. One you can return to again and again.
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Sounds like you'd have trouble attending a film festival. Isn't a good film good or a bad film bad regardless of when it it is screened?
But I go to them with different purposes and expectations depending on the time of day. In the afternoon I'm out for a lark; of an evening I'm inclined to be serious (and more critical) both in my reading and in my film-going.clark
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The ridiculous premise is insulting both to the viewer and members of the Navy. The charachters have little basis in reality and are completely unbelievable. Are there enourmous egos in the naval officer ranks? Absolutely; but mutinous-especially on a submarine (where every crewman is microscopically examined mentally and emotionally)? Very unlikely.
Tony Scott has directed some huge-grossing but cliche filled simplistic big-budget movies that can only be called mindless entertainment. Top Gun, Days of Thunder, Crimson Tide, Spy Game, The Fan, and The Last Boy Scout all have big name actors who have turned in spectacular performances under more capable directors.
"The charachters have little basis in reality and are completely unbelievable."So? This describes most films ever made. I've never heard of a flock of birds attacking human beings for reasons other than protecting young, but apparently Hitchcock did - any made a pretty good yarn out of it. And like a flock of birds, I'll head to the cineplex when the new James Bond film comes out, because, he and I have a lot in common.
Hitch´s the Birds was based on a true event.
The BirdsThe idea for this famous story came to her [Daphne du Maurier] one day when she was walking across to Menabilly Barton farm from the house. She saw a farmer busily ploughing a field whilst above him the seagull s were diving and wheeling. She developed the idea about the birds becoming hostile and attacking him.
In her story, the birds become hostile after a harsh winter with little food, first the seagull s, then birds of prey and finally even small birds, all turn against mankind.
The nightmarish idea appealed to Hitchcock who turned it into the celebrated film. Daphne disliked the film and particularly disliked the translation of the setting from Cornwall, with its small fields and stone hedges, to small-town America.
You story is true so I think mine too. Remember clearly that Hitch had a piece of a newspaper in his hands with an incident relating an attack.
Now this film is a masterpiece of finest psychology.
As I wrote, I have known people who have been attacked by Birds because the Birds feared that their young were threatened. But birds that attack and kill, apparently for the same motivation that people attack and kill. I'd like to see that trial. But please educate me as to when and where this alleged series of bird attacks took place. I've done some research and cannot locate the event(s) which you write.
...and comparing a flock of birds to over the top charachters in a bad movie doesn't make a whole lot of sense. If you disagree with my opinion fine, just say so. I enjoy witty sarcasm and can laugh at a sharp put-down; but your Bond reference was neither. Unless you were serious about your 007 lifestyle, in which case I'm very envious!
I am suggesting that most films are not based on reality - they require some suspension of disbelief. I have seen many action films where human beings cannot perform the actions the stars do - but I have fun while watching the film. I think Bond is probably the case in point. The character has little in common with reality, and is unbelievable. But it sure is fun. If unbelievable characters and situations were, in and of themselves, indicators of a bad film, then many fine films would be bad. I believe they call it suspension of disbelief. Kids can do it. Why not adults?
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Remember the end?
After Hackman spent the previous 2 hours of the movie treating him like "Sambo," the Washington character actually shucks and jives and all but kisses Gene in the last reel.
Watch it again and see what you missed. The racism on Hackman's part is okay and probably not unusual for the time. Denzel's reaction, however, is indefensible.
A dumb cliche driven flop with Hackman being the only bright spot. Washington his usual syrupy "good idiot" that has as much to do with real life as the story itself... so I guess that makes him a good fit.Agree on one thing - "first class Hollywood effort" is correct.
I am wondering that you comment on such a piece of junk.
Rico must has been swept away with a false romantism or / and / be drunk ...
Is not the director the one who made the most horrible film of the century..."Top Merde?"
It sure did took my breath away.
;^)
Aren't you afraid that if she sees your quip she might beat the seat of those faux leather trousers raw?
1) that I'd ever wear FAUX leather (that may be your's & Victor's preference, but not mine; I don't even have vinyl LPs anymore), ...2) that you, thinking like a child, still consider spanking only as punishment (LOL! Hello? Earth to Dalton: Why would an adult male be afraid of a spanking from an adult female? Leather, ...remember?), and...
3) that Victor doesn't need Midol just because he's more prone to exclamation points than periods; keep in mind that in spite of a spotty record, he seems very out of sorts over Crimson Tide!
As (I hope) you can see, my comment was merely light sarcasm (a tampoon, so to speak) directed at Victor, not pointed at the fairer sex in any way shape or form. Even though I'm not running for any elective orafice, I'm confident that my wife would approve of this message and probably even sponsor it!
Now, isn't it past your bed time? ;^)
Cheers,
AuPh
But don´t wait until you find out what is the whereabout of " asshole "....It is just one of them...
...it was intentionally sarcastic and the urban slang spelling intentional, mon ami. Sorry if you didn't get it, but it probably loses something in translation. Here, try this:AuPh
My last words should I show you that I knew the meaning under the wrong spelling.
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