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In Reply to: aw come-on, give me a break ... "SPAWN" & "5TH_ELEMENT" posted by Mart on February 14, 2000 at 12:54:23:
Well not everyone has the refined taste and cultivated sensibilities to appreciate Spawn (!) but I happen to love the movie - so that's why it's at the top of my list. I found the concept and characters to be fresh and original, the plot tightly scripted and the special effects inspired (dug the music too!). In a decade filled with "Part II" retreads this movie stood out like a diamond in a dungheap. I agree that it's probably too over-the-top for most tastes, but hey - it works for me. Go Spawny, go Spawny!!!I agree completely with your criticism of the Chris Tucker character in Fifth Element, but I loved the set design (having grown up on Heavy Metal magazine and the art of Jean Giraud/Mobeius - I've still got every issue published for the magazine's first seven years). The story holds up quite well and the CGI effects are very well done. All in all, a very good SF effort in a very dismal decade.
"Nemesis" is a fairly low-budget cyberpunk SF thriller directed by Albert Pyun that most people quite frankly can't stand. As with many of the films directed by Pyun, all of the first unit sequences are outstanding and the second unit sequences are horrible (the second unit sequences are "filler" shot on a shoestring and used to pad out the movie to acceptable release length after the budget runs dry). Even with the filler sequences though, Nemesis is a terrific example of pure cyberpunk in the Willim Gibson mold and much, much better than "Strange Days" which probably cost at least 20 times as much.
"Patlabor" is a rather inaccesable bit of Japanese anime that has relatively little action but instead focuses on character development - although the action that the movie does have is spectacular. Some of the very best SF of all time came out of 90's anime - and Patlabor is at the top of the heap. Well worth checking out if you can find a copy (not easy).
As for Demolition Man and Total Recall - well, my mama always taught me that if you don't have something nice to say, don't say anything at all.
Them's my choices and I'm a-stickin' to 'em.
Scott
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Follow Ups
- It's my party (you can cry if you want to) - Scott 14:06:00 02/14/00 (6)
- "Spawn" would have to improve before I cared enough to cry - Mart 20:49:28 02/14/00 (5)
- I think it was "John Wayne Gacy" that I couldn't recall [nt - Mart 13:26:36 02/15/00 (0)
- Re: "Spawn" would have to improve before I cared enough to cry - Scott 07:25:28 02/15/00 (3)
- Re: "Spawn" would have to improve before I cared enough to cry - Mart 13:07:39 02/15/00 (2)
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