This is a great movie. Roland Emmerich's best, which isn't saying much. It's definitely good for repeat viewings, the story-line and characters are fleshed out very well, the cinematography is great, the special effects hold up really well, the music is fantastic. You also see how the camaraderie and humor got started that you see later in SG-1 started. I would not have been angry had French Stewart had a recurring character on SG-1. Unfortunately, he did that awful third rock show.
I really enjoyed this film, Refn takes the hero story, adds in some great action and violence and turns it up a notch into to something really good. Gosling and Brooks are fantastic as the hero and villain. Of course it borrows and references other films but there is a true craftsman at work here and that is what makes Drive stand out in the crowd.
Not an action film is just a ridiculous statement. This is a brilliant movie whose technical achievement and influence on future films is still being realized. It's underrated and under-appreciated. It deserves to be on the action, 60s, and crime lists. It's a cool crime film with a ton of realism and an atmosphere and the best car chase sequences ever, because they were really driving as fast as it looked.
I have seen this movie at least 15 times and it is a masterpiece of film-making. Michael Mann is a genius and this movie and Collateral are his master works. Everything about this movie is brilliant, the detail is incredible, I'm gonna say that this is a perfect movie, (not the perfect movie because there is no such thing) but a perfect movie.
I have seen this movie at least 15 times and it is a masterpiece of film-making. Michael Mann is a genius and this movie and Collateral are his master works. Everything about this movie is brilliant, the detail is incredible, I'm gonna say that this is a perfect movie, (not the perfect movie because there is no such thing) but a perfect movie.
It was a very subtle movie, but there was definitely tension, it was more a character examination of Val Kilmer's character after his last job, what does he want? Good acting and direction all around, I liked it, it was more than him wandering around in the park.
Thought provoking look at the D-Day invasion. Thought it was a little pretentious but most anti war films in the seventies were. It was well done if a bit dry.
Thought provoking look at the D-Day invasion. Thought it was a little pretentious but most anti war films in the seventies were. It was well done if a bit dry.
Perhaps if he had had more time to develop the script and maybe not Julie Andrews. I dont mind the score but it is rather stale for a Hitchcock picture. A lot of what made his films so great was the music.
@Total Hipster, I completely agree, it's very ahead of its time considering the basic morality play back and forth; its a sad and rings true because between heresay and mis-communication those things happened often in those days. I don't know how this wasn't nominated for more just for the brilliance of the script.
Very layered murder mystery with a very plausible story-line, inserted into a uniquely detailed examination of pre-WWII British high and low society. While it was long it never felt long, brilliant casting, great writing.
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Movie comment on King Solomon's Mines
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completely awful.Movie comment on Blade Runner
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Beautiful amazing movie. The noir elements are great, the atmosphere is really cool and a picture of the future that doesn't seem to be too far off.Movie comment on Stargate
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This is a great movie. Roland Emmerich's best, which isn't saying much. It's definitely good for repeat viewings, the story-line and characters are fleshed out very well, the cinematography is great, the special effects hold up really well, the music is fantastic. You also see how the camaraderie and humor got started that you see later in SG-1 started. I would not have been angry had French Stewart had a recurring character on SG-1. Unfortunately, he did that awful third rock show.Movie comment on Moulin Rouge!
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Completely unoriginal love story wrapped in a colorful light hearted unoriginal pop song wrapper.Movie comment on Hindsight
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Highly underrated film, really explores the depths desperate people will go to achieve their dreams.Movie comment on Phantoms
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Fuck Ben Affleck, Peter O'Toole was the bomb in Phantoms!Movie comment on Drive
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I really enjoyed this film, Refn takes the hero story, adds in some great action and violence and turns it up a notch into to something really good. Gosling and Brooks are fantastic as the hero and villain. Of course it borrows and references other films but there is a true craftsman at work here and that is what makes Drive stand out in the crowd.Movie comment on Captain America: The First Avenger
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It felt like no one was trying to make this a good movie.Movie comment on The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
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I thought it was painstakingly slow and superficial, there was some comedy, but that made it even more superficial.Movie comment on Bullitt
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Not an action film is just a ridiculous statement. This is a brilliant movie whose technical achievement and influence on future films is still being realized. It's underrated and under-appreciated. It deserves to be on the action, 60s, and crime lists. It's a cool crime film with a ton of realism and an atmosphere and the best car chase sequences ever, because they were really driving as fast as it looked.Movie comment on Heat
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I have seen this movie at least 15 times and it is a masterpiece of film-making. Michael Mann is a genius and this movie and Collateral are his master works. Everything about this movie is brilliant, the detail is incredible, I'm gonna say that this is a perfect movie, (not the perfect movie because there is no such thing) but a perfect movie.Movie comment on Heat
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I have seen this movie at least 15 times and it is a masterpiece of film-making. Michael Mann is a genius and this movie and Collateral are his master works. Everything about this movie is brilliant, the detail is incredible, I'm gonna say that this is a perfect movie, (not the perfect movie because there is no such thing) but a perfect movie.Movie comment on Columbus Day
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It was a very subtle movie, but there was definitely tension, it was more a character examination of Val Kilmer's character after his last job, what does he want? Good acting and direction all around, I liked it, it was more than him wandering around in the park.Movie comment on Overlord
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Thought provoking look at the D-Day invasion. Thought it was a little pretentious but most anti war films in the seventies were. It was well done if a bit dry.Movie comment on Overlord
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Thought provoking look at the D-Day invasion. Thought it was a little pretentious but most anti war films in the seventies were. It was well done if a bit dry.Movie comment on Torn Curtain
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Perhaps if he had had more time to develop the script and maybe not Julie Andrews. I dont mind the score but it is rather stale for a Hitchcock picture. A lot of what made his films so great was the music.Movie comment on The Ox-Bow Incident
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@Total Hipster, I completely agree, it's very ahead of its time considering the basic morality play back and forth; its a sad and rings true because between heresay and mis-communication those things happened often in those days. I don't know how this wasn't nominated for more just for the brilliance of the script.Movie comment on Arlington Road
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great thriller, dunno why its not on a list.Movie comment on Le samouraï
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Elegant and sublime, mixing the samurai with the noir and crafting something truly unique. Alain Delon is such a bad ass in this movie.Movie comment on Edge of Darkness
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A decent thriller with nothing new to add to the genre but still well done, well written and acted.Movie comment on Homicide
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Very noirish and very good. Not sure why it isn't on more lists.Movie comment on I Spit on Your Grave
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Not a horror masterpiece but still highly entertaining. Cautionary tale for would be psychos, never underestimate your prey.Movie comment on The Red Shoes
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Utterly breathtaking and really ahead of it's time, just brilliant. I imagine this is where Aronofsky got his idea.Movie comment on Justice League: The New Frontier
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loved it.Movie comment on Gosford Park
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Very layered murder mystery with a very plausible story-line, inserted into a uniquely detailed examination of pre-WWII British high and low society. While it was long it never felt long, brilliant casting, great writing.Showing items 26 – 50 of 170