*=Trash
**=unfortunate
***=fine enough
****=quite good
*****=practically perfect
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RoboCop 2014
Watched this after watching the RoboDoc series. Much better than I remember it being, but its billing as a RoboCop reboot still feels like a huge mistake. The DNA it shares with the original is so superficial that the invited comparison does it no favors. This movie is one part Batman Begins, one part Tropa de Elite (understandably) and one part Peter Weir’s Witness. The original Verhoeven is barely present.
But on its own, an interesting 2010s sci-fi flick with great performances from Keaton and Oldman.
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RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop 2023
I assumed this would go much deeper into non-started elements of “making of” docs because it has more room to breathe (4 1-hour episodes). But it doesn’t. It only goes slightly deeper than what you’d find on old DVD special features. Bummer. But a fun way to waste time in an airport.
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Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1 2024
More Lonesome Dove than The Searchers. That is to say, I was surprised by how not cinematic this felt. It plays like the kind of thing would’ve been on constant rotation on TNT 20 years ago. Fun, but at times corny. Some of the characters are great, some very forgettable.
The opening massacre is amazing. The part where Costner shoots the mean guy is amazing. The developing love story feels out of place and unearned. The fact that the last…
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