Film Trash Review (Review A Day, Video Review A Week)

Yeah, that's a shade more reasonable.

That said, I have a very complicated relationship with remakes. On one hand, it does feel like a film should be docked a few points for being less original, not conceiving of something itself, etc. On the other hand, it obviously doesn't matter, inherently, from an entertainment standpoint. If you see the remake first, should it really affect your enjoyment retroactively when you learn about the original? Obviously not. So it's not really clear how to account for this sort of thing.

For example, I've seen both The Departed and Infernal Affairs, and I think Marty's take on it is better in almost every way. Should it matter that he got his framework from another film? It would certainly make the script, itself, less impressive, but I don't know if I should penalize the film for it at all.

I'm sorry, what? Jurassic Park has far better special effects than most films that come out today, for the sheer purpose that they used robotics instead of CGI. I can still go back and watch the original Jurassic Park today and those dinosaurs look pretty real.

True, what do you think Steven will decide to do for the fourth film. His robots have been quit magical however I haven't seen a robot on film in a long long time.

If Spielberg ever does make a fourth film, which I would be extremely excited for, he probably wouldn't use CGI. He hates using CGI, so I think he'd still use the robotics. That said though, Stan Winston is dead now, so I don't know if he'd still use the robotics.

The first Transformers was a pretty fun movie. The second was far worse, very stupid, obnoxious, a mess. I sort of expected it, though. I'll just stick with the first one whenever I'm in the mood for some juvenile sci-fi action with giant robots.

I doubt I'll be seeing the third any time soon.

Interesting/amusing reviews, though, Filmtrash.

It's not really up to Bateman to make the Arrested Development movie. That all relies on the creators and the studio.

I don't know why your saying it's dumb at all. 2001 did things that no other film ever before it had done, so every film after it copied the exact same principle thus making everything in 2001 cliche. I am not saying that 2001 wasn't a great film for it's time but it's time is up and it's time to move on. It's the reason we still watch movies to find something new, interesting and hopefully better then the last one.

A Clockwork Orange - 9/10

Innovative, spectacular and refreshing the strange acts and a perfect art department make this film stand out above the rest. I wasn't completely impressed with the film until nearly two hours in. I felt it was an artistic piece with little to no meaning. However, A Clockwork Orange is a portrait of modern day rebellion and the reality of life.

A Clockwork Orange was so 40 years ago. Don't you have something fresh to review like that 2001: A Space Odyssey rip-off The Tree of Life?