I’m a history buff and have seen both. I will concede Costner’s version is more accurate, but who cares, Hollywood doesn’t spend hundreds of millions of dollars on documentaries.
I’ve seen Tombstone countless times, Wyatt Earp only once. Even now I want to see Tombstone again.
I did watch Godless and really enjoyed it. Another one I thought was great was American Primeval.
Doc Holliday has SO many great lines in Tombstone we could fill a thread with basically just any line he speaks. My favorite scene is when Doc runs into the Earps on the street for the first time. That whole scene is wonderful.
“Why Johnny Tyler, you madcap. Where you going with that shotgun?”
When Behan shows up and Wyatt starts to introduce him to Doc: “Piss on you, Wyatt.”
If you want to see Kevin Costner in a really good Western, try Silverado(1985).
“Oh, Johnny, I forgot you were there. You may go now.”
The Conjuring: Last Rites
Way back in the day, I believed in the paranormal, and I accepted the Warrens’ books as true. I was particularly invested in the story of the Smurls, which I read about in one of their books. Of course, now I know that the Warrens are frauds, and whatever bedeviled (heh) the Smurl family was almost certainly exaggerated for the sake of selling books, and almost certainly not paranormal.
Nevertheless, the movie left out two of the more compelling scenes purportedly in the “true” story: which is to say, when Jack’s mother accused Janet of letting loose with a vile stream of obscenities, which Janet steadfastly denied; and when the family went camping only to find the demon there at their campsite. Both of these scenes were included in the TV movie, and I think they would have been even more compelling with modern direction and modern CGI.
Cactus Flower, with Walter Matthau, Ingrid Bergman, and “introducing” Goldie Hawn in her Oscar-winning role. Never saw it before, and immediately guessed the final outcome. Still, a decent film, although I was most enthralled in reading the album covers in the stereo store: Beach boys, Beatles, classics, crooners, 1969 had it all.
The Woman in Cabin 10
Um…not really recommended.
A very well made below average movie. What? I mean from a technical level, even an acting level, everything is just fine. However, it’s just too ridiculous to take seriously as a proper thriller.
More than once, I thought that this movie might have benefited from being worse made. It could have been quite the comically bad movie. It’s plot twists are incredibly stupid.
Another angle would have been to make this movie as a spoof of thrillers. But, no, it’s serious and it just falls flat almost completely.
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Sorry, I keep laughing thinking about parts of this film.
Chinatown
Recommended.
Hear me out. The first hour or so of this movie is good, but actually a bit slow. Adequate, I’d call it.
However, wow. What a final hour. And what an ending. Amazing stuff, well done.
I don’t support Roman Polanski, but I figured this was a classic I had yet to see. It’s quite good.
You don’t have to worry about supporting Polanski. It’s likely that Polanski doesn’t receive any money from Chinatown anymore. This is true regardless whether you saw it in a movie theater, on a television channel, using a videotape, using a video disc, or streaming online.
Cool.
Black Friday (2021)
Not recommended.
A horror comedy with Bruce Campbell. Shame it isn’t funny or amusing very much. Zombie-aliens attack a toy store.
Low budget, unfunny. Bruce tries, but he has little to work with.
Lame.
Wicked for Good is the first movie in years that I’ve regretted seeing in the theater. I loved the first movie, and I’d give it 4½ stars. I’d give the 2nd film 2 stars. The pacing is glacial, the songs are for the most part not as good as the first part, and the performances and story lack something compared to the first one. I never saw the stage musical.
I, too, saw Wicked for Good and could have written the exact same thing as @sohvan. Ariana was better in the first film, in this one her limitations as an actress were more pronounced. The songs were a bit more meh (though, to be fair, the 1st movie closed with an absolute banger), and I didn’t care for the happy-ever-after ending. I also have no familiarity with the source material (book or play).
The major criticism of the Wicked stage production has always been that the second half is weaker than the first.
Hiw did they take a stage play and make a 5 hour movie? How much did they add?
I know they added songs and dance numbers that weren’t in the stage musical, but I’m guessing it’s mostly down to lengthy establishing shots and close-ups.
Did the book have more plot than the musical? That’s a possibility.
I’m pretty clueless, not having seen the musical or read the book.
Here’s the plot of the novel: