Usually I hate dick flicks. Stuff blows up … then there’s a fight … then a car chase … I yawn … more stuff blows up… all of which takes up twenty minutes and advances the plot by about twenty seconds.
However, it seems I do like Philip K. Dick flicks, like Blade Runner, Total Recall, and the one I saw tonight, Next.
Next has a great premise (guy can see the future, but only 2 minutes ahead), and a good plot, and excellent music. (Or at least I thought it was excellent.) And best of all, the credits were even good. No cutesy after-the-credits crap; that trick’s never been able to top the first one: The Muppet Movie. Still, there was a nice twist on the credits.
Gary said I only had to watch the first ten minutes and I could go away if I was bored. And as I say, I even enjoyed the chase scenes. It really was delightful.
Perhaps this has something to do with the change of life.
16 responses to “In Which I Actually Enjoy A Guy Movie”
Tried the new Bond? It’s the first I’ve seen since before Pierce Brosnan took over, and I only went to this one because someone offered me a free ticket and a drink beforehand.I needed the drink. I’ve never seen such a lively movie, I could hardly keep up with the action (partly because I was wincing away from the screen half the time). Technically impressive, but hard to take unless you’ve been pre-hardened by Grand Theft Auto.
Oh, by the way, the director of Next (Lee Tamahori) is a Kiwi.
Yeah! I love movie reviews!I also thought she was talking about the new Bond movie, which I hear is action packed!
Oh, I have a small collection of favorite movies where there are lots of chases and explosions. They are very good for when I’m doing something else (like beading or sewing — sewing machine has to go on the big table downstairs which is in front of the TV) or when I can’t sleep. I find it very reassuring to know that the world will be saved at the end of the movie.And, of course, one of my favorite Christmas movies is ‘Die Hard’.
Perhaps not change of life. Perhaps you’re just in the mood to blow things up.
In other movie news… “Australia” opens for you guys this weekend, doesn’t it? WE have to wait until Boxing Day here. Go and see it and tell me what you think! It’s meant to be like a Downunder Gone with the Wind – big red sunsets, romance and war (but maybe barbied roo instead of the raw turnips…)
Aw crap. You had another meeting with SW, didn’t you?
Well, there you go, it IS a carrot! Obviously, now I come to think of it – it would take quite a long section of swelling strings before she’d be able to gnaw a bit off a turnip.
Big Dot – GWTW, paperback, page 420 – “Close to the back step of one cabin, she found a short row of radishes and hunger assaulted her suddenly. … blah blah … she vomited … ‘As God is My witness’ etc.” So, RADISH is the correct answer. RADISH. Thank you for playing.
How did you find that so fast? Anal type that I am, I looked it up in my copy (Papermac, 1967 and – even more anally – carefully covered in clear sticky plastic) and just above the radish passage (on p418) found a reference to “the faint niggery smell” that gave me a bit of a start.
Big Dot – I KNOW! I had to read it twice to make sure it wasn’t “niggardly.” Unreal. And then in a few pages her grandma shows up. Who knew she had a grandma. I would read this book again if the print were not so damn small.
Big Dot – I think the thing that made this tolerable is that you KNEW there would never be any impact – the hero knows what’s coming and just steps out of the way. It was kind of calming..75 – It kept me from getting to The L-word though for yet another night…Sherri – Do you bead alone? Because I would be chastised for “not paying attention to the movie,” as if there were going to be an exam.~Silk – I do recall back in the days of the first first-person-shooters that I could relieve my PMS with Rise of the Triad.Big Dot – Do you know there are people here who have never even seen Gone With the Wind? And where did you get raw turnips? Seriously! It was a carrot! (Pay attention! There will be an exam.)Caroline – Well, yes, but that was this afternoon.
Queen – That’s OK. You only have 4 more seasons after that if you like it. heheDick flicks…I JUST got that!
Oops, try instead – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqRVqXMyzhM. It’s Mitre 10 sandpit you want.
Here are some blokes you might enjoy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqRVqXMyzhM – 102k
.75 – Dicks are not often on your mind.Big Dot – Now, see, that ad would not fly in the US. “Aussies.” “No surprises there.” The Australian Embassy would get involved and file a protest, the child actors would have to send press releases meaning they meant no harm, Austrailians would briefly boycott Mitre 10.