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Mission: Impossible II 2000
M:I-2 improves slightly when taken purely as a John Woo film without any attempt to connect it to the rest of the Mission Impossible series. It's still not good and has that distinct "soda commerical" look of the early 2000s that I dislike so much, but simply as auteur theory fodder it's not without merit.
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China Gate 1957
Sam Fuller is such an interesting film maker. Even when he turns out a film that's incredibly sloppy from a technical viewpoint, he manages to make it compelling.
What becomes quickly apparent is that there was no B-camera rolling to provide another angle for shots of static conversations. To avoid long, unbroken shots, Fuller employs an optical enlargement of the frame, providing a grainy, artificial close-up created from the wide shot. It's distracting, to say the least, but somehow you…
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Duel in the Sun 1946
David O. Selznick's attempt to repeat the success of Gone with the Wind is a bit of a mess. It all looks really good, especially the expressive camerawork and lighting. Greg Peck is the real scene-stealer here as the spoiled, morally bankrupt son of a wealthy ranch owner. Conversely, Jennifer Jones (in an Oscar-nominated part, no less) often comes across as wooden and awkward. The rest of the cast does an adequate job, although there are a couple of comic…
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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 2008
I have gone back and forth on this film since its release. First time I saw it I was pretty hyped and was willing to forgive most of its faults due to my nostalgia for this series. Second time I saw it I hated it. I didn't even give it a second thought until I heard Disney was making a fifth one. So now, about twelve years since I last saw it I acquired a recent 4K copy of the…
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