The story is a fictional semi-autobiography of William Burroughs life where the main character starts shooting up bug powder (heroin) while maintaining a perpetual drunken state. Most of the story takes place within some very vivid hallucinations. I have not read the original source material but apparently Burroughs was so messed up that he didn't remember writing it and crumpled up unnumbered pages were randomly mailed to his editor completely out of order which comes up in the film. So the story was pieced back together as well as could be expected and simply stops at one point without a conclusion. Cronenberg took the source materal and fleshed it out into something that can actually be viewed as "complete" while throwing his typical flare for the weird into it cranked up to 11. It's by far the weirdest movie Cronenberg ever made and that's saying something for a guy who made movies about a gun that shoots human teeth and a man with a breathing VCR in his chest. While it may be "tame" compared to the source keep in mind that the source is an incomprehendable mess written by a strung out literary genius. Starship Troopers 3 is slightly better. It's still a horrible movie but at least Johnny Rico and the original bugs are back and it ties back into the plot of the original movie.
Really, Avatar in your top favourite films? And I thought my top five films showed me to have bad taste... Minus hackers, which I haven't seen and Avatar (deep breath). This is actually a pretty good list of movies.
I probably liked Avatar mostly for the effects and the world they created on screen although I think it has a solid story as well even though a few different movies I'd seen had used basicly the same plot before. I liked Hackers because it nailed me at the time it came out with the Jolt Cola and the prodigy music, another bonus is Jolie looked really good in it. It's definitely a cheesy film not to be taken to seriously but it's fun with it. It's actually hard to pick a top 5 because there are just so many enjoyable films and I know I've probably forgotten some great ones that will come to me later. Oh yeah I did actually like starship troopers 3 not as good as the first by any means but a lot better than the second.
Hackers was a great piece of 90's cyberpunk cheese, an incredibly fun movie from a period full of cheesy fun movies. Cyberpunk movies like Johnny Mnemonic, The Net, Lawnmower Man, Strange Days, Hackers and The Matrix are a homage to a decade where people were still getting their internet through AOL dial-up and everyone thought virtual reality was the future. I would never compare Starship 3 to the original in terms of quality, the original Starship Troopers is a great movie.
Visually, a masterpiece, no doubt. But I just found it failed on every other level and ultimately, was just kinda boring. I might check some of these out, you're really handy to have around
Just a warning, this is an entire subgenre of movies dedicated to horribly inaccurate predictions about the direction of technology. It's an entire category of movies dedicated to the concept that anything and everything electrical can be remotely hacked and that 21st century internet will involve bulky wired gloves and helmets. Strange Days and Lawnmower Man are highly recommended, The Net and Johnny Mnemonic not so much..
Crazy, Stupid, Love was a great romantic comedy. Cowboys and Aliens deserved the ratings it got. Shit movie all the way through, literally. I'd say it's the worst move I've seen this summer actually. Spent the first half of the movie telling my girlfriend to wake up and the second half wishing it would end. Should have gone to an early dinner, and then came home to wait on FFT instead of watching that second movie. Bleh. The popcorn was good at least.
I totally agree with you on Crazy, Stupid, Love. Didn't get to see Cowboys and Aliens though :/ Also saw Ip Man 1 and 2 and they were all great. Love the stories even though 1 and 2 were so similar in so many ways... the fights were great but wished it had less of the sound effects that were added. Excited for Rise of the Planet of the Apes (such a long title). The ratings are good and so far it sounds like the ending will be bittersweet. Midnight opening for me tomorrow. Love the student discount theater
Haha, yeah, I never understood why kicks while wearing soft shoes caused a loud slapping noise. C, S, L was probably the best chick flick/comedy I've seen this summer actually. Awesome performances from the cast. You don't want to see Cowboys and Aliens. You really don't. Not going to get to see RPA until sometime next week, hahah. Come back, and do tell though. I'll have access to one of those next year xD.
--There was an unexpected twist in Crazy, Stupid, Love... didn't see that one coming. I was so surprised. I should have seen it coming. How can Bond and Jones not work well together? I know how everyone loves Olivia Wilde but I am growing tired of her.. She annoyed me in House (why did they boot Masters ) and Tron Legacy. Second thing is that she is too skinny. And yeah, not a big of the CGI that I have seen from the trailers but the reviews and the possibly good but maybe bland story with good action scenes, might pull through in the end. The action that I have read from a few reviews are a mix between Harry Potter and Transformers. Let us hope that it is true.
Hmm, alright then, haha. You can come back with impressions either way. Yeah dude, I was asking my girlfriend who the heck that girl was starting from the first scene xP. Well, there were actually a few other surprises as well xP. Dude, the boy's expression was freaking priceless at the end when he got the envelope of photos. LOLOLOL.
I wanted to see the photos @thethinice, I don't watch too many foreign movies... list some and I might check it out on Netflix or something.
Lol well unless you understand Russian, I don't think you'll find the movies very interesting. Anyway, I doubt that these are on Netflix, these movies are like from the 70's. Though maybe you never know. Also, for any Pink Floyd fans out there, you guys should definitely watch the movie "The Wall." it's a great movie that potrays what one of the musicians went through, as his father died in World War II and he was raised without a dad, and how he went through school with horrible teachers that spit on his creative desire of music, and of relations with his wife, and how he turned to drugs, and his emotions and feelings drove him away into his own demented world. Simply a great movie, even if you're not a fan of pink Floyd.
He's done a few movies I've enjoyed but The Wicker Man is basically a showcase of how bad his acting skills truly are. Johnny Mnumonic does the same for Keanu Reeves and I don't even want to think about Mark Walburg in The Happening.
Isn't Reeves acting always awful? Although I loved Constantine, I don't care what the haters say. And I love Mark Walburg as well, and actually quite enjoyed the Happening. But it was totally stupid and Walburg played it so straight faced it made the whole thing laughable. And that video was hilarious.
It's just a little more awful in Johnny Mnemonic. The Happening was laughable but it wasn't meant to be. M Night Shyamalan may be the worst director in the history of Hollywood. I've seen Plan 9 from Outer Space at least half a dozen times and it's got nothing on the awfulness of The Happening. From the scientists don't know anything speech Whalberg gives at the beginning to the deadpan gape he displays throughout the film to the Monty Python-esqe suicide scenes the movie is a total failure. They marketed it as a horror suspense film, LOL.
