What Emmanuelle Movie Did You Just Watch?

[Matt]

Apart from Val, the film is a complete slog.

[BillyG]

Apart from Val, the film is a complete slog.

nooooooooooooooooooooooooooope

[Ben Thomas]

Derivative as the plot is, I actually thought Willow held up surprisingly well.

I watched Heaven's Gate (the restored 216 minute print) for the first time ever today. The store didn't have Sorcerer or Harold and Maude, so I got this one ticked on my 'Unforgivably Unseen' list. Jesus, man. There's definitely a decent 2 hour movie in there, but it does not justify this length cut at all.

I can see that UA and Cimino spent a shit load, so wanted to get all that money up on screen, but there just isn't 4 hour's worth of story or compelling characters to justify the expanse. At least when Cleopatra went over budget and got cut down, it was from an intended 2-part, 6-hour passion project. Here, there's just hours of people walking into a building or into a scene for several long shots before anything happens. Don't get me wrong, it looks beautiful and the 2 or 3 large setpieces are pretty impressive - in fact, I've few problems with the last hour, terrible putty makeup on old Kristofferson aside. But getting there was testing at times. So after all that and years of curiosity, it's neither a disaster, nor a masterpiece. Just a very good, very bloated Western that marks the end of a cinematic era. As such, I've no regrets in picking it up.

One thing that stuck out to me was how many (mostly more successful) things since have lifted aspects of the film. The score and setting have a resemblance to and pre-date the pairing of Ungar & Mason's The Ashokan Farewell with Ken Burns' The Civil War; Jeff Bridges' drunk has a sometimes striking similarity to Val Kilmer's superior Doc Holliday; Brad Dourif is laying the groundwork for his role in Deadwood; the central three-way relationship has a similarity to that of Appaloosa; and I would not be surprised at all if Deakins had taken a good look at this before shooting Jesse James.

[Matt]

Dammit, you need to get HAROLD AND MAUDE, Ben.

[IggytheBorg]

Pacific Rim. I didn't particularly like HUnnam in this, but I didn't hate him, either. The spectacle of giant monsters fighting giant robots was what we all came to see, and Hunnam wasn't so bad that he took away from that at all. I guess it would've been hard for almost anyone to have taken much away from this spectacle. Elba was pretty good ("First, don't touch me. Second, don't touch me."). The monster and robot effects were pretty badass. This must have really been something on a big screen in 3D. This was sort of a scouting expedition, as I wanted to see if this would be OK for my 7 year old to watch. It looks OK to me. He's HUGE into kaiju at the moment, and I can't wait to see his reaction.

[gravedigger]

Apart from Val, the film is a complete slog.

Matt got crazy pills at the doctor too, I guess.

WE ARE WHAT WE ARE- creepy religious cannibal movie with a decent (if maybe a little confusing because of the last scene) ending. And, hey, Michael Parks!

[Abraham Smashington]

Apart from Val, the film is a complete slog.

Totally agree. Willow is fucking TERRIBLE. But Val is fun as shit in it.

[Martin]

Pacific Rim. I didn't particularly like HUnnam in this, but I didn't hate him, either. The spectacle of giant monsters fighting giant robots was what we all came to see, and Hunnam wasn't so bad that he took away from that at all. I guess it would've been hard for almost anyone to have taken much away from this spectacle. Elba was pretty good ("First, don't touch me. Second, don't touch me."). The monster and robot effects were pretty badass. This must have really been something on a big screen in 3D. This was sort of a scouting expedition, as I wanted to see if this would be OK for my 7 year old to watch. It looks OK to me. He's HUGE into kaiju at the moment, and I can't wait to see his reaction.

Watching Pacific Rim in theater with my 5 years old son remain one of my favorite movie experience of all time. He reacted at the moments at the exact right moment, and it was awesome. When the first kaiju erupts from the water, he was scared as hell, but when Gipsy Danger showed up a few seconds later, he was dazzled.

Watch it on the biggest, loudest screen you can. Too bad if you wife doesn't approve...

[Captain Russ]

Apart from Val, the film is a complete slog.

You're so far out on the wrong branch we're going to need a firetruck ladder.

[Matt]

Totally agree. Willow is fucking TERRIBLE. But Val is fun as shit in it.

Brotherhood, 2000 + 14.

[Captain Russ]

Totally agree. Willow is fucking TERRIBLE. But Val is fun as shit in it.

True about Val. Rest of it isn't terrible at all. Ya know what's terrible?

Ninja Turtles 3.

[Martin]

True about Val. Rest of it isn't terrible at all. Ya know what's terrible?

Ninja Turtles 3.

THIS.

Willow ain't great, but it's not terrible. Val is awesome though.

[BillyG]

Willow has a Clint Howard dragon. Fuck y'all.

[B_Metal]

I'm about to slap some shits for shit talking Willow. You motherfuckers get ready....

[gravedigger]

HERE COMES THE DEVIL- uh, this starts with a completely unnecessary scissoring scene. I thought I had hit the button on BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR instead. Anyway, this movie freaked me right the hell out. I can watch horror stuff like Jason, Freddy, etc all day long and not be fazed but I can't deal with possession and satanic stuff. And the ending? Man. I really liked it.