One Cut of the Dead (2017)
(Japanese audio with English subs)
It’s a comedy about the making of a 30 minute zombie movie live and in one cut for television. It had some pretty funny moments but fell a little short for me. I don’t think I’ll be watching any more comedies that I need to read subtitles for. It definitely mars the experience for me. I think comedy is something best experienced in a language you know.
This movie struck me as a John Wick cash-in. I’m not against that necessarily if it means we get more movies with great action choreography and cool world-building. But this movie doesn’t have the same world-building and something about the violence in this one just felt….mean, for lack of a better word. I didn’t think “wow cool” like I did for most of the John Wick action.
I also didn’t really like the main character because he seemed like a violence-obsessed douchebag who was meant to personify “toxic masculinity”. Maybe I’m not supposed to like him, idk. It did seem like this movie was halfheartedly trying to deconstruct what makes us enjoy movies like John Wick. I didn’t appreciate that because it seemed like the movie makers were trying to wash their hands of the movie while they were making it.
Yea Snyder’s explanation for the 4:3 ratio is BS though. He said it was planned that way from the beginning. If you compare scenes from the two movies you can clearly see that the Snyder Cut was cropped for a lot of scenes. Visual information was lost.
The Snyder Cut was 100x better than the 2017 cut in terms of plot and action. The sequel-bait ending ruined the experience for me somewhat. Let me enjoy the happy ending Snyder! Spiderman Far From Home did the same thing in it’s after-credits scene. That shit pisses me off.
If I buy the Snyder Cut on Blu-ray, every time I watch it I’m gonna turn it off before that stupid post-apocalyptic endingtrailer.
Eye-candy sets, costumes, and actors. Some decent action. Pretty mediocre plot. Acting is a mixed bag. I own this on 4k just for the eye candy.
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Conan abandons the love-interest at the end. This is really shitty and unrealistic. It was shitty because he probably got her pregnant and then just left. It’s unrealistic because no man in their right mind would abandon 2011 Rachel Nichols!
Re-watched this last night. I kept noticing that a recurring part of the soundtrack sounded like the Star Trek theme with some tweaking. Sure enough, Michael Giacchino did the score for both movies. It’s a bit distracting because I like the Star Trek (2009) theme and the starting and stopping was giving me the musical equivalent of blue balls.
Still, Doctor Strange is not a bad Marvel movie. The acting is stellar and the casting is good. Not much complexity in the plot or character motivations but it has enough spectacle to make up for it if you are in the mood.
100% agree about the Zack Snyder Justice League. I wasn’t prepared for the whole 4:3 thing and I stopped it almost immediatly thinking I’d screwed up somehow and had the wrong version until I figured out it was on purpose. Since I’d seen the 2017 version, I noticed the scenes that were cropped and it just pissed me off, but otherwise it was 100% better…except for the length, but I’m not sure how it could’ve been shortened (maybe 30 mins or so…).
The ending “trailer” also threw me since I wasn’t prepared for it and I had to watch it twice before I figured out wtf was going on. What If… (I gotta watch that too…)
I’m saving Quiet Place 2, Conjuring 2, Reminisence, Demonic, and a bunch of other movies up for vacation I’m going on starting tomorrow. Wife forbade me from watching anything she wanted to see until then .
raccoon city…i read it twice, too.
saw the movie twice, too.
S-5 was an easy book and movie
to follow for me, and i enjoyed both
as a straight time-travel type adventure,
however, i came to realize that PTSD
was the driving force behind most
of that adventure, not time-travel.
regardless, i do recommend the movie
as well as the book for those who do not
know about Vonnegut, Jr.
Classic sci-fi/action combo and quintessential Arnold movie. Think I’m gonna upgrade to the 4k trilogy. Yea that’s right TRILOGY. That abomination from 2018 doesn’t deserve space on my self.
I enjoy this movie. I’m not sure what the general consensus is among the hardcore Predator fans but for me this is a very enjoyable action movie. My only real criticism is that there could have been more resolution at the end. And the next movie should have picked up where this one left off.
I think I saw one of these movies and liked it. I should really get caught up.