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Triple X Selects: The Best of Lezsploitation (2007)
A Labor of Love and a Work of Art
I saw a screening of this film last night at the Billy Wilder Theater and it was really amazing. It was incredibly well done... The scene selection, editing, sound editing and soundtrack selections were all meticulously and painstakingly done to perfection by someone who obviously loves film and this genre... and quite simply knows her sh*t! The entire documentary was wonderful... a true laugh riot... and something to definitely have in your movie collection for ANY one who is a film lover.
Michelle Johnson was there for a Q & A last night and was as interesting and engaging as her work.
This is an experience that I will remember and talk about!
Constantine (2005)
Fan of the comic, Fan of the movie
I don't know where the people with such strong foul opinions are coming from ... oozing out of the woodwork... spouting off claims that comic book fans hated this movie...
Do not speak for me.
I am the proud owner of Hellblazer comics starting from #1 back when it was first released and I enjoyed this film immensely.
I liked the plot, I liked the special effects, I liked the acting, direction, etc...
I LIKE THE COMIC
I LIKE THE MOVIE
The Time Machine (2002)
Very disappointing...
Normally, I don't go out of my way to see remakes but I figured the Time Machine promised some really great special effects.
Since it is a Warner Bros./Dreamworks picture I didn't think I would be disappointed. Boy, was I wrong.
Where were the special effects??? A couple of vines growing on the glass? Blah! Extremely disappointing! It got a little better when he goes to the far future I at least thought to myself what a pleasant screensaver that would make.
And just who thought up this weak storyline? In the original movie there were many little time vignettes, he went back, he went further back, he went forward, forward, etc... In this version I felt completely ripped off. One half-baked story that was more from a Ray Bradbury story I remember reading about the night and day people than the H.G. Wells story I paid to see.
Sure, it doesn't take a genius to figure out you can't go back and change the past to save you're beloved but wouldn't you at least try more than once? If all the scientists in the world gave up after only trying something once instead of trying to change the circumstances then we'd be as pathetic a race as the ones in this story.
I had read some review on IMDB before going to see the film that had said Jeremy Irons only had one scene but that it was great. Dressed up as a drag queen/ marilyn manson look alike in an old Billy Idol outfit with some fins is not my idea of a great scene. The special effects when he dies were probably the most exciting of the movie.
I normally pride myself on being one of those people who "gets it" even when most people are still sitting around saying "I don't get it" well today I Don't Get IT! What was the point? What was the answer to the question? How did blowing up the Time Machine in that one location fix everything when Irons had already said there were many pockets of his kind (didn't he?). What was his connection to Irons? I got the feeling there was some great revelation they were unraveling there but I just didn't get it. OK and The futuristic folk living on the cliffs... WHY? Sure it looked pretty but why...
The movie showed some promise when Pearce first arrives in the future, the moon colonies, and the only worthwhile save for the picture (if there can be one)... The Photonic Librarian.
All I got from this film was "If you're safe on the cliffs, stay there... and don't be a moron and go into the fields." :
Queen of the Damned (2002)
Absolutely Awesome... Anne Rice would be proud.
I just came from seeing Queen of the Damned and cast my 10 vote.
I was very much looking forward to seeing this particular book of the Vampire Chronicles as it was my favorite of the original three that I'd read many years ago. I thought it was divine fate it coming out on my birthday so my friend and I went to the first show.
I was definitely NOT disappointed and I don't think anyone else into vampire movies will be either. I absolutely think this movie did complete justice to the sentiment of the author and her characters.
First of all: The sets of the movie were beautifully done. The backdrops, the props, all of it. Special effects were awesome!!!!
Another great thing about the movie were the original songs that Lestat sings. This was something that could've potentially been a disaster for the films makers had they not been both believable and very very good. They were more than believable and more than good.. I foresee the soundtrack being a big seller with me at the front of the line.
The vampires were beautiful and terrifying as was my impression when I read the book. I thought the depth and scope of the "companion"s relationships were underplayed but was very happy it was note entirely overlooked Ie, Marius and Lestat, Marius and Dave
Upon leaving the theater the only semi fault I could find when speculating on how this fabulous film could have possibly been any better was the relationship between Lestat and Jessie was not explored enough to jive with the ending. I felt like there was a little skip in the record there. Why would Lestat care so much? etc...
The movie surely could've done with another hour to develop the intensity and length of all of the relationships: between Lestat and Marius, Jessie and Lestat, Marius and Dave, Marius and Akasha, and Lestat and Akasha, and so on.
As a Lestat fan I certainly would sit through any length film with Lestat... But for the time given to the films makers it was really well done.
I loved this film and would see it again and recommend it to everyone who likes vampire movies. My friend who went with me who has never read an Anne Rice book, but who is very into vampire movies like Blade, loved it.