RATE or REVIEW The Last Movie You Watched.

[rushmore223]

Logan's Run (1976) - 8.25/10

I'd never actually seen this film until now. As it started I was rolling my eyes at what I thought would be a cheesy and kinky "Barbarella" successor and ended up getting really sucked into the story. The amount of sci-fi films that ripped off various elements of this movie is quite substantial. Total Recall, Minority Report, Avatar, even Wall E. And I won't say that it hurt the film that Jenny Agutter's outfit got skimpier and skimpier as the film went on. She was always a cutie back in the day, I remember having the hots for her in American Werewolf in London and it's pretty shocking that she kept herself in such great shape that we as the audience could totally buy into the fact that as a 60 year old woman in The Winter Soldier her figure was indistinguishable from Scarlett Johansson's! Quite the contrast to certain other 1970's beauties who, shall we say, somewhat let themselves go. Not to name names...

Anyway I really liked the verisimilitude achieved by Logan's Run with how the characters acted and interacted with each other. It did a great job of portraying this heightened and odd futuristic society that is "normal" to its citizens and taken for granted. Michael York did a great job, didn't overact as you often see in films of this type and from that era, and the score by Jerry Goldsmith was very well done too.

The visual effects and miniatures absolutely do NOT hold up (and were utterly demolished only one year later by a certain production helmed by a young George Lucas) but if you can let yourself be immersed in the story the low-tech visuals have a certain harmless charm to them.

It's cool that you finally managed to see this, I can't even imagine what it must be like to watch it for the first time so long after it was made, I'm sure it offers much more perspective.

I also forget, maybe because how it looks, that it only came out a very short time before Star Wars. In that way it really underlines the giant step forward fx and cinema made because of Lucas.

 

[meth head]

The Night Of 9.5/10

 

[Khev]

It's cool that you finally managed to see this, I can't even imagine what it must be like to watch it for the first time so long after it was made, I'm sure it offers much more perspective.

I also forget, maybe because how it looks, that it only came out a very short time before Star Wars. In that way it really underlines the giant step forward fx and cinema made because of Lucas.

Yes seeing Logan's Run for the first time literally 40 years after it was released in theaters did make for an interesting experience, mostly for the positive. Yes the leap forward achieved by Star Wars just 11 months later is beyond astounding. And Lucas' presentation of Cloud City in ESB does highlight how LR was ambitious to a fault in terms of what it thought it could achieve visually. Now I'm not saying that LR should have looked as good as ESB, but rather they would have been wiser to have gone for the "Cloud City" approach what with the technology they had on hand. In other words work on solid matte paintings and then go all out on the interior sets. The over-reliance on miniatures that weren't remotely convincing hurt the picture, even compared to other films in its day IMO.

However with regard to the script, themes, production design, cast, score and performances Logan's Run ROCKED. As much as a step up in visuals Star Wars was over LR, LR had the same leap in overall quality compared to the wretched Zardoz two summers earlier. And even though Star Trek: The Motion Picture and The Black Hole rode the wave of Lucas' newly minted ILM department I'd still rank LR much higher than those two latter films.

 

[rushmore223]

Yes seeing Logan's Run for the first time literally 40 years after it was released in theaters did make for an interesting experience, mostly for the positive. Yes the leap forward achieved by Star Wars just 11 months later is beyond astounding. And Lucas' presentation of Cloud City in ESB does highlight how LR was ambitious to a fault in terms of what it thought it could achieve visually. Now I'm not saying that LR should have looked as good as ESB, but rather they would have been wiser to have gone for the "Cloud City" approach what with the technology they had on hand. In other words work on solid matte paintings and then go all out on the interior sets. The over-reliance on miniatures that weren't remotely convincing hurt the picture, even compared to other films in its day IMO.

However with regard to the script, themes, production design, cast, score and performances Logan's Run ROCKED. As much as a step up in visuals Star Wars was over LR, LR had the same leap in overall quality compared to the wretched Zardoz two summers earlier. And even though Star Trek: The Motion Picture and The Black Hole rode the wave of Lucas' newly minted ILM department I'd still rank LR much higher than those two latter films.

This is one of those movies that studios have been threatening to remake for years, I guess it fits in with all the focus on YA stories lately. I must be old if I'm considering 30 as YA, ha ha! It's subject matter does hold the test of time, but yeah, I don't think they were really trying to break new ground with fx. Thinking back, story wise the film has certainly been heavily borrowed from over the years.

I was only 5 when it came out, but I was still watching this years later (as any kid from the 70's would attest) due to a healthy interest in Farrah Fawcett, even if she was only in a few minutes of the film.

 

[Khev]

I was two when Logan's Run came out and by the time I was old enough to see sci-fi with ****ies it just was never on my radar. Post SW OT those visuals would have been a very tough sell to my younger self anyway. But since I missed LR Saturn 3 was always my go-to Fawcett movie. Yum.

I think late 80's Verhoeven could have made an awesome LR remake. Now...hmmm. It could be done but only if they went full cerebral and not just another crappy "Divergent" or "The Maze Runner." Maybe Alex Garland (Ex Machina) directing with Domhnall Gleeson as Logan and Blake Lively as Jessica with modern day visuals. I'd see that in a heartbeat.

 

[RIDDICK]

Jason Bourne - 6/10

 

[Threadator]

Alien (Directors Cut) - 9/10.

The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies (Extended Edition) - 3/10. Atrocious.

 

[xipotec]

The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies (Extended Edition) - 3/10. Atrocious.

Agreed.....

Dances with Wolves 9/10

 

[morphosis]

BvS Ultimate Edition - 9/10. i really liked the theatrical release but this version is just way better. I only saw the theatrical once, but the Ultimate Edition really should have been the theatrical release. It really tells the entire story, its way more flushed out and makes so much more sense. Snyder made a excellent movie here, its a shame they didn't let him show his directors cut in theaters. Seeing this version also makes me want to get all the BvS Hot Toys

 

[RIDDICK]

Justice League: Gods and Monsters - 7/10

 

[ZaCHw117]

BvS Ultimate Edition - 9/10. i really liked the theatrical release but this version is just way better. I only saw the theatrical once, but the Ultimate Edition really should have been the theatrical release. It really tells the entire story, its way more flushed out and makes so much more sense. Snyder made a excellent movie here, its a shame they didn't let him show his directors cut in theaters. Seeing this version also makes me want to get all the BvS Hot Toys

Same deal with watchmen, I left the theater saying "well that sucked ass". picked up the extended cut about a year later and damn, that's a mighty fine flick.

Snyder is just one of those directors who needs screen time to breath, otherwise it's just scenes with no actual point.

 

[Khev]

The Searchers (1956) 7/10

Good but not great.

 

[ZaCHw117]

Avengers: Age of Ultron: 7.5/10

solids MCU film, but you can tell whedon was done with all the Disney bs.

 

[Captain Clown]

Superman Returns - 7/10
Making this a sequel instead of a new take really limited what they could've done, but it's still an enjoyable Superman movie. The best part of the movie, for me, is Lex and his crew.
They needed to let Routh be his own thing; He's a perfect choice to play Superman and they just made him impersonate Reeve.

Suicide Squad (rewatch) - 6.5/10
A lot of the editing feels rushed, especially in the introductions. I thought the movie was fun and most of the characters were likeable, but DC needs to settle down with all of these "end of the world" threats. I can understand it for Justice League, but not something like Task Force X.

Spoiler

It was weird going into the movie the first time and not seeing some of the scenes I was looking forward to though, notably some of the Katana and Joker stuff. I'm hoping for an "Ultimate Edition" to complete the film.

 

[EVILFACE]

Paradox (2016) - 5/10
Synchronicity - 6/10
88 - 5/10
Jaws 3-D - 7/10
Jaws: The Revenge - 4/10
Colonia 6/10
Don't Breathe - 7.5/10
Humans (2015 TV Series) - 7/10

 

[greygoose]

CA: Civil War - 7.5/10

 

[highlander1]

Pete's dragon. I liked it give a 6.

I'm not a serial Killer. Chris Loyd Its creepy weird n bizarre i need to watch again to score it idk what i'd rate it.

 

[Threadator]

War of the Worlds (2005) - 7/10. I know some hate this version but for some reason I just love it. The Tripods are one of the most well done and terrifying movie "monsters" ever. Cruise didnt ham it up, he seemed like a genuinely frustrated father character. The kids are a bit annoying but I can overlook it. I watch it a couple times a year.

 

[Khev]

Colonia 6/10

I've been wondering if Colonia was worth a watch.

 

[Centurion]

War of the Worlds (2005) - 7/10. I know some hate this version but for some reason I just love it. The Tripods are one of the most well done and terrifying movie "monsters" ever. Cruise didnt ham it up, he seemed like a genuinely frustrated father character. The kids are a bit annoying but I can overlook it. I watch it a couple times a year.

The movie has a good pace and I like how the tension builds as the story slowly develops. I can re-watch this movie too.