The Movies

[Matt Stacks]

There is nary a post about Logan Lucky. I saw it last week. I do recommend if one should like a good thievery movie. There are a few speculators who say the script was written by Soderbergh or his wife.

[Giri Kotte]

Lee Marvin's best, I think.

Point Blank was good too

[Mark Rippetoe]

I finally watched Alien: Covenant last night. Now, please refresh my memory: what was it about that movie that some of you guys found so terribly beneath your elevated cinematic standards? I thought it was the best in the franchise after the original movie.

[slhuckstead]

I finally watched Alien: Covenant last night. Now, please refresh my memory: what was it about that movie that some of you guys found so terribly beneath your elevated cinematic standards? I thought it was the best in the franchise after the original movie.

I thought so too--it connected the dots between the new and the old. I saw people complaining about it being predictable, but the fact that this first series is a prequel predicates that we kinda know that it ends up with the events of Alien. Adam Savage has some great behind the scenes stuff over at his site. The attention to detail is phenomenal and the use of practical effects is welcome.

[Mark E. Hurling]

Point Blank was good too

The first movie showcasing the .44 magnum. And, one might add, Angie Dickinson at her most revealing.

The remake, Payback, wasn't bad either. But not as good as the original, despite some really hard evocation of film noir with the lighting.

[Christopher Button]

I recently saw For a Few Dollars More, which served as my introduction to the Spaghetti Western. It was a fun movie, but it took a while to adjust to the very obvious dubbing. I particularly liked Sergio Leone's use of wide landscape shots, apparently typical for the genre.

[Giri Kotte]

I recently saw For a Few Dollars More, which served as my introduction to the Spaghetti Western. It was a fun movie, but it took a while to adjust to the very obvious dubbing. I particularly liked Sergio Leone's use of wide landscape shots, apparently typical for the genre.

It took me this movie thread to realize it but Sergio Leone's are generally well made movies except they are not westerns in the true sense

[Dave Joksimovic]

I thought it was the best in the franchise after the original movie.

Whoa... wait... you seem to forget Aliens came after Alien...

The Alien franchise is kind of an enigma. I've never seen so many sequels be so incredibly different from each other as far as tone goes.

[Pawn]

I recently saw For a Few Dollars More, which served as my introduction to the Spaghetti Western. It was a fun movie, but it took a while to adjust to the very obvious dubbing. I particularly liked Sergio Leone's use of wide landscape shots, apparently typical for the genre.

The Terrance Hill westerns are really good and quite fun if you haven't seen them.
They call me Trinity
Trinity is STILL my name
My Name is Nobody

[Mark E. Hurling]

My Name is Nobody

Nothing Homeric there.