Let me just say this again, mark mancina is a genius, he gave this movie the ever lasting identity with his brilliantly made score, jan de bont did an amazing direction in the way he shoots the scenes, just to make u feel as if u live in LA, as if ur there living with the actors, it just can t any better for the immersion factor of a sunny morning in LA
do u think Speed (1994) still holds up really well ?
Totally agree, and man, Speed really holds up. I'm not sure when I rewatched it semi-recently, I think just last year, but it was still engrossing.
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Cant really say if it holds up ive only seen it recently last couple of years, was very excited to see it and was disappointed. I dont get hoppers villian esque quality i thought it was very much like blue velvet which was just wtf entertaining.
I havnt seen much of hopper so...
I havnt seen much of hopper so...
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This movie totally holds up...enormous re-watch appeal and every time I run into it channel surfing, I will watch it. Reeves completely redefined his career with this movie and Hopper is amazing.
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Let me just say this again, mark mancina is a genius, he gave this movie the ever lasting identity with his brilliantly made score, jan de bont did an amazing direction in the way he shoots the scenes, just to make u feel as if u live in LA, as if ur there living with the actors, it just can t any better for the immersion factor of a sunny morning in LA
Speed 2 isn't near as bad as people made it out to be. Everyone acted like it was as bad as say, The Room (2003), when it came out and I saw it and did not understand why.
Short version; It's Jason Patric's fault..
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I don't know when was the last time I saw it, but I remember it held up quite well. It's a lot of fun.
That said, I've always had issues with the last act (once they get out of the bus). It's an obvious stretch, with a stupid excuse to keep Sandra Bullock around, and it has never worked for me. Not to the extent that it ruins the film, but it lessens it a bit.
That said, I've always had issues with the last act (once they get out of the bus). It's an obvious stretch, with a stupid excuse to keep Sandra Bullock around, and it has never worked for me. Not to the extent that it ruins the film, but it lessens it a bit.
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Another film that gives me the immersion of living in LA, is 1995 's micheal mann hit "Heat", and 1985 's brilliant cop thriller " To live and Die in LA"
I really like when movies are filmed during sunny days in los angeles, maybe because i am very fond of the city, of the premise, of the landscape,
These 3 movies giving me the same feeling of immersion when i watch them
I really like when movies are filmed during sunny days in los angeles, maybe because i am very fond of the city, of the premise, of the landscape,
These 3 movies giving me the same feeling of immersion when i watch them
Which scene is that exactly? The scene where Dennis Hopper looks out the window and sees the police snipers?
No it s the scene when the cops arrive to pershing square, and they show you a sniper and then the camera goes down directly to the face of dennis hopper in cops clothes
I haven't seen in an age. It's 90s action cheese. I don't know which is more implausible, the Dukes of Hazard jump or Sandra Bullock as the most implausibly beautiful bus driver in history.
The arbitrary premise seems like a set-up for a Jigsaw killer trap and puts it into a sort of sub-genre with Crank (if you don't do this the whole movie, you die!). In '94 this was still a relatively novel premise for a film, even though it was still explained to people as "Die Hard on a Bus" back in the day, when the winning formula was "Do Die Hard in a _______."
The arbitrary premise seems like a set-up for a Jigsaw killer trap and puts it into a sort of sub-genre with Crank (if you don't do this the whole movie, you die!). In '94 this was still a relatively novel premise for a film, even though it was still explained to people as "Die Hard on a Bus" back in the day, when the winning formula was "Do Die Hard in a _______."
I haven't seen in an age. It's 90s action cheese. I don't know which is more implausible, the Dukes of Hazard jump or Sandra Bullock as the most implausibly beautiful bus driver in history.
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