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The French Connection 1971
I was nerding out so hard about how the film was shot for the first 20 minutes that I could barely pay attention to the plot. the umbrella scene and the car/train chase is peak cinema (I don’t have to see every other car chase in film to know that this is might be the GOAT). and that was before I read that it was filmed ILLEGALLY. I googled “picking your feet” while watching and boy am I glad I…
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Aliens 1986
not anywhere near as good as the first film IMO. a lot of cheesy one liners and testosterone fueled action sequences that have become a staple of the genre. reminded me a lot of what the film Starship Troopers makes fun of.
it also doesn’t help that its predecessor is a classic and a masterpiece of its kind, and for that I have to give it some slack. still a fun ride overall.
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