prfsnl_gmr wrote: Like Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of The Shining, however, the fact that the film deviates from its source material does not detract from its independent merits.
However, many times it does.
I ROBOT.
I have not seen it, but apparently that film has no trouble failing on its own merits. The fact that it shares a title with a great work of science fiction only makes it failure more striking.
On topic: The last movie I saw was the 1973 horror classic "Don't Look Now" with Julie Christie and Donald Sutherland. I looked up some criticism after watching it, and my wife and I are apparently the only two people in the world who do not think that movie is great...
Am I the only one that isn't impressed? I thought The Specials was terrible. And I think he wrote Sliver, which wasn't TERRIBLE, but it also wasn't great.
edit: lol, not Sliver.. SLITHER. totally different movie.
indecks wrote:Watched Robocop last night. I was in the mood to watch it after seeing those pics of the RoboBayCop floating around. Such a great movie. ED209 is still one of the coolest robotic designs around.
It's a pretty perfect action movie isn't it? It's so raw and gritty. Love it.
It is a good action movie. It is GREAT comedy/satire. (The same thing goes for Verhoeven's other great film, Starship Troopers.)
Both movies are fan-freaking-tastic. Two of the best action/sci-fi films ever made. But other than the parts on T.V. within the film, I didn't see much that was humorous in Robocop. It was a pretty dark and bleak movie.
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