What Emmanuelle Movie Did You Just Watch?

[Matt]

Ya know, I'm gonna break down and watch that again, V. I think that most of the flak that the film takes is due to the fact that 'Tombstone' is SO FUCKING GOOD in comparison.

[V]

That's the thing that weirds me out.

Who do you want in the director's chair?

George PAN Cosmatos? A mediocre talent at best?

Or Lawrence Kasdan? Someone who has a few classics under his belt.

It's kind of 'Bizarro World-ish" when you sit and think on it.

[Matt]

That's the thing that weirds me out.

Who do you want in the director's chair?

George PAN Cosmatos? A mediocre talent at best?

Or Lawrence Kasdan? Someone who has a few classics under his belt.

It's kind of 'Bizarro World-ish" when you sit and think on it.

What HAPPENED was George got out of the script's way and let everyone do their job and deliver great performances.

What HAPPENED was Lawrence let the 'importance' of the story bog down the narrative. His film sinks under its own weight and isn't very fun.

[V]

And again...

this proves I know nothing about film making.

[Nathan]

Kasdan directed Wyatt Earp? Really?

[Nathan]

Indeed he did. But he directed Silverado too. Hmmm.

[Abraham Smashington]

Is Silverado the one with Danny Glover?

[Matt]

Well, it's always possible for a good/great filmaker to step on their own dick (it happens all the time). It's always possible for a gun-for-hire journeyman director to be handed the RIGHT script at the RIGHT time and deliver a film that totally exceeds the expectations of everyone.

'Tombstone' could VERY EASILY have sucked if it had been over-directed. Anything showy...anything other than a point-and-shoot approach could have been distracting; the script was awesome and the film was cast PERFECTLY, so anything the focus was on the performances rather than the 'craft'.

Also, 'Tombstone' lets the characters and the audience HAVE FUN.

'Wyatt Earp' was, as I recall, deadly serious about the subject matter...to a fault. Let's strip away the myth and explore the man...let's focus on the IMPORTANCE of everything to the extent that we remove any 'fun' or 'entertainment value'. Again, I need to see it again before I can really judge it, but I remember it being laborious and slow.

Although I haven't seen the new 'Robin Hood', I suspect that this would be an appropriate analogy:
'Tombstone' is to 'Wyatt Earp'
as
'The Adventures of Robin Hood' is to 'Robin Hood'.

[Matt]

And I'm one of the few people that I know that actively dislikes 'Silverado'. I've seen it a few times and honestly never cared for it. I'll take 'Pale Rider' any day.

[V]

Laborious and slow does not begin to scratch the surface... but I endured it.

[Ed Hocken]

Just watched half of the Battlestar Galatica Miniseries. It feels like they gave the show the Wrath of Khan treatment.

[Abraham Smashington]

Just watched half of the Battlestar Galatica Miniseries. It feels like they gave the show the Wrath of Khan treatment.

OMG. BSG > THAN ALMOST EVERYTHING.

Have fun man. Seriously.

[Howard]

Pretty much one of my favourite films certainly of the last decade. Crowe's finest, Bettany's finest, Weir's finest, a perfect film with an incredible sound design.

We need more naval films.

[Nathan]

Is Silverado the one with Danny Glover?

Yes! And John Cleese!

[Nathan]

Laborious and slow does not begin to scratch the surface... but I endured it.

Kinda how I feel about Wyatt Earp. I also thought Sizemore and Isabella Rosselini were not very good at all in it. Not to mention The Postman.