08-08-2018, 07:22 PM
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So for the past two days I watched the second and third films of The Hobbit (for the second time, I did not read the original book), while today I've watched the sequel to John Carpenter's Escape from New York: Escape from L.A
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: Well for starters, Smaug looks completely badass. Easily one of the best designed dragons I have ever seen. I liked the sequences where Sauron appears. It was also nice to see Legolas again. Overall, the characters were a little better than before although perhaps I just happened to be more interested in them.
Not a great film, but it is still entertaining.
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies: The sequence where we see Thorin corrupted by greed are interesting, both he and Bilbo Baggins (potrayed by Martin Freeman) have the best performances in the film. The eponymous battle was fun. I honestly don't know what else to add, other than Peter Jackson did a good job at filling the gap between the previous Hobbit films and those of The Lord of The Rings.
John Carpenter's Escape from L.A: On one hand, the shody CGI looks like from a mid-90s CD-ROM. Also, we could been show the effects Snake's decision had on the world, but we are barely show what happens afterwards (not going to say more because spoilers). In general, the movie had the potencial to be a great satirical piece, but alas this side of the movie isn't fully explored, likelly because of run time.
Also, the beggining of the film takes too much from the first one, WAY too much, to the point where I was like "so is this going to be a cheap retteling of the previous movie?". I am glad I was proved wrong.
On the other hand, Kurt Russel still nails it as Snake Plisken, you can tell he has a lot of love for the character. Other menbers of the cast like Steve Buscemi did a good job on their own regard. The rest of the movie can be summed up as pure, unabashed, old-fashioned fun. We are talking about the same movie where Kurt Russell and a transsexual Pam Grier swoop from the sky in hang-gliders firing automatic weapons at an amusement park compound!
Overall, while it's certainly not better than the first one, it is still an entertaining movie.
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: Well for starters, Smaug looks completely badass. Easily one of the best designed dragons I have ever seen. I liked the sequences where Sauron appears. It was also nice to see Legolas again. Overall, the characters were a little better than before although perhaps I just happened to be more interested in them.
Not a great film, but it is still entertaining.
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies: The sequence where we see Thorin corrupted by greed are interesting, both he and Bilbo Baggins (potrayed by Martin Freeman) have the best performances in the film. The eponymous battle was fun. I honestly don't know what else to add, other than Peter Jackson did a good job at filling the gap between the previous Hobbit films and those of The Lord of The Rings.
John Carpenter's Escape from L.A: On one hand, the shody CGI looks like from a mid-90s CD-ROM. Also, we could been show the effects Snake's decision had on the world, but we are barely show what happens afterwards (not going to say more because spoilers). In general, the movie had the potencial to be a great satirical piece, but alas this side of the movie isn't fully explored, likelly because of run time.
Also, the beggining of the film takes too much from the first one, WAY too much, to the point where I was like "so is this going to be a cheap retteling of the previous movie?". I am glad I was proved wrong.
On the other hand, Kurt Russel still nails it as Snake Plisken, you can tell he has a lot of love for the character. Other menbers of the cast like Steve Buscemi did a good job on their own regard. The rest of the movie can be summed up as pure, unabashed, old-fashioned fun. We are talking about the same movie where Kurt Russell and a transsexual Pam Grier swoop from the sky in hang-gliders firing automatic weapons at an amusement park compound!
Overall, while it's certainly not better than the first one, it is still an entertaining movie.