There came a time when the Old Gods died! The Brave died with the Cunning! The Noble perished locked in battle with unleashed Evil! It was the last day for them! An ancient era was passing in fiery holocaust!
Avatar: Here's to the late, great Steve Dillon. Best. Punisher. Artist. EVER!
Paramount's 1978 DEATH ON THE NILE was a follow-up to their 1974 production of MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS--even though the 1974 movie featured Albert Finney as Hercule Poirot, which was probably more faithful to the books, whereas Ustinov assumed the role in the 1978--but he's such a great actor that I don't really mind his changes to the character. Since I'd seen the first movie some months ago, I opted to see this one (with its all-star cast). Another movie with Ustinov, EVIL UNDER THE SUN, came out in 1982, which I'll likely watch in the near future. It's seeing so many beloved actors in one movie together that is the real treat.
Watched Star Trek IV, it was still great. I don't think I'll be watching the movie that came after.
Every day is a gift, not a given right.
TRUTH, JUSTICE, HOPE
That is, the heritage of the Kryptonian Warrior: Kal-El, son of Jor-El
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just watched Hardware (1990), a very underrated cyberpunk film
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All is well indeed
TRUTH, JUSTICE, HOPE
That is, the heritage of the Kryptonian Warrior: Kal-El, son of Jor-El
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Just saw the theatrical re-release of Inception, in order to prepare myself for the release of Tenet. Inceptionis hands down one of my all time favourite films. Apart from the whole thing on dreams etc. There were 3 important take-aways I got from watching. The first is, if we don't forgive ourselves for whatever it is, or let go of the past good or bad. It can affect us and hamper our ability to function. And the second is, you can't help or take responsibility for other people's mindsets and choices. And thirdly (since Inception is tangentially about story telling) in order to write you need to write, like a dream the story unfolds as it is being told. So waiting for inspiration or an idea to come doesn't really work. I have found that often as I start to write, better ideas start to emerge and I end up chucking what I had originally started writing about. It's like the whole layers of dreams in the film.
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Rise of the Planet of the Apes & Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.
Fantastic movies.
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Watched KING KONG (1933), directed by Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Schoedsack, and ISLAND OF LOST SOULS (1932), directed by Erle C. Kenton.
KING KONG was the first big budget special effects spectacle of the talkies. Cooper was the creative force behind the picture. R.K.O. wanted the composer Max Steiner to just recycle music from previous films, but Cooper paid Steiner $50,000 out of his own pocket for an original score. The Empire State Building had just been completed in 1931 and was already a recognizable landmark for the epic conclusion. Willis O'Brien was in charge of the stop motion effects.
When I was a kid in school, our library had all of the H.G. Wells science fiction books. For a time there, he was my favourite writer and I consumed all of them. THE ISLAND OF DOCTOR MOREAU is the book that shocked me the most. It was truly a work of horror. Laughton's portrayal of Moreau in the 1932 movie is chilling. At a brisk 71 minutes, the movie is mercifully short. The novel puts its protagonist (Edward Pendrick) through a long ordeal on the island. Wells was not too happy with the movie.
One thing I never understood as a kid was why "vivisection" was made out to be a crime against nature in the book (as it is also in the movie). Vivisection, in its neutral connotation, is surgery on a living being--which is a routine procedure. Moreau's real crime isn't being a surgeon--it's playing god with living creatures. In the movie, Laughton's character doesn't seem to use any anaesthesia in his surgeries, which is obviously sadistic (and pretty stupid for a doctor).
Power Project on Netflix. Pretty good action movie with a super powers slant.
There came a time when the Old Gods died! The Brave died with the Cunning! The Noble perished locked in battle with unleashed Evil! It was the last day for them! An ancient era was passing in fiery holocaust!