Malibu High (1979): 100% pure drive-in sleaze. I'm pretty sure Tarantino has this in his private collection.
I've never seen the movie or read up on it but have head plenty. What in the film was so controversial?
First of all, I agree about the abrupt transitions early in the movie. Kind of awkward. As for the date of the events... Spoiler One of the status screens in the base displays a date "5.20.26". I'm not entirely sure about the day, but the month and year are correct. Considering that the Sam we start the movie with is nearing the end of his 3 year contract, you can assume that started sometime around June 1st, 2023. But, the Sam we start the movie with is not the first Sam. We find out later when "sick" Sam contacts original Sam's daughter with a live video call, that she is about 15 year old. Since original Sam started in 2023, and left just before his daughter's birth, we can simply add 2023 and 15 to get to 2038. Again, the status display in the base wouldn't say 2038 because everything is set up to look accurate to each new clone. Then again, when Sam is checking the archives and watching video of the previous Sam clones getting cremated, it looks as though he's shuffling through at least 25 records. Perhaps this is an unintentional conflict, since the daughter theory would seem to take precedent. I also have a question for anyone who has seen the movie. Spoiler When they show "healthy" Sam flying back to Earth in the Helium-3 pod, there are radio/TV broadcasts being played that indicate that he outed the company for their unethical practices on the base. Understandable from a personal standpoint, I say. But what about the greater good? Helium-3 was supposedly THE answer to the entire world's energy crisis. In the end, wouldn't it be better for all of humanity if he just kept his mouth shut? Not to mention he likely could have negotiated quite a bit of hush money to finance the 3 year vacation he planned to take before he "expired". I guess my question is, "what would you have done?". I also wanted to mention how much I enjoy the dichotomy presented throughout the film. Spoiler On one hand, "sick" Sam stays to die on the moon, and on the other hand, "healthy" Sam gets to go home. Sam finally gets to contact his daughter (and hear that the "real" Sam is there with her), but in the same conversation finds that his wife has passed. The world has made huge strides in solving the energy crisis, but corporate greed hasn't changed a bit. And as I mentioned, the company gets caught in the end, but imagine the negative effects on Earth from the halt in Helium-3 harvesting. It's like everything balanced out in some way, which is probably why I walked out of the theater not knowing how I should feel.
I would see the book being a lot more controversial than the book. They actually tamed some of the events down in the movie. There's violence, some torture, rape, etc. I really didn't find the movie very shocking though.
Is Let the Right One In better with subtitles? I just finished it and the dubs seem lackluster. I'm assuming both Oscar and Elly sound a bit monotone on purpose, but the notes in swedish(?) and everyone else just didnt work that well for me.
Watched it w/ subtitles, but from experience, Swedish flicks don't dub well into English: My Life as a Dog is a great movie; Dubbed version - almost intolerable.
Crank 2: High Voltage 6/10 - It was pretty bad, and I didn't like the movie much I Love You, Man 9/10 - Loved the movie. Pretty funny too.
Another flick Eckhart is in, In the Comapany of Men, is wicked good. And if you don't know, aks somebody
Burn After Reading just isn't in the same league as Raising Arizona, but not very movies are. I don't care for most of flicks Brad Pitt leads in, but he is a pretty awesome co-star, (True Romance, 12 Monkeys, A River Runs Through it, Thelma and Louise, and I guess you can add Fight Club).
Spoiler Remember he destroyed the towers that were blocking live communications before he left. So I don't think he outed the company but rather the "new" Sam may have contacted earth on a live broadcast, much to the company's dismay. Although the end seemed to suggest that they discovered the earthbound Sam's existence. Perhaps the discovery of the communications tower being destroyed led them to the eventual conclusion that a cloned Sam had escaped. I probably would have done the same thing though. No matter earth's need for He3, it doesn't excuse the Company's unethical practices;treating humans like an expendable piece of machine just to save the company an extra dime. The cloned Sams were no less human than anyone else; a definite theme in the second half of the movie. It was so sad to see sick Sam's story arc come to a close, from the revelation that he was a clone, to learning the fate of the others that came before him, from seeing his daughter to learning his wife had passed, and to see his body slowly fail him.
So G.I. Joe is pretty bad...rarely do I see a film in the theaters where I feel like walking out. It has the stupidity of Transformers 2 without the cool action scenes and giant robots to save it. 2/10
Just saw The Hurt Locker. Amazing. 10/10 even the military inaccuracies couldn't ruin this flim. very well done all around.
saw this last night myself it was simply amazing I am hoping the Academy does not forget this summer release when it starts handing out nominations in the winter. I would give it a solid 9.5/10
I just read an interview about it's inaccuracies, which bummed mt out a little, since I really felt that it lived up to its 98% rating on RT, but yeah, if it doesn't snag one of the 500 nominations for Best Picture this year, something's wrong.
The Hangover 8/10 - LOVED this movie. It was funny without trying too hard, like too many other 'slob humor' movies these days. The closing credits were the best part. The Happening 5/10 - I read that this was voted the worst movie of 2008. I didn't think it was THAT bad, but I really didn't get the point. It had some nice cinematography which was the only reason I rated it so high.
