An all-women gang infiltrates the space program and is about to place atom bombs in a space platform. Flint flies to the Virgin Islands where their headquarters are. (This summary may contain errors. I am not sure I followed this film's plot a hundred per cent.)
The style is much the same as in Our Man Flint. This film at times seems better directed, but I am really not sure about it.
Rating: 50
Saturday, March 24, 2012
Friday, March 23, 2012
Robin Hood (1991) (TV)
England, the Middle Ages. Sir Robert Hode, a Saxon, is bullied by a Norman nobleman with whom the local lord has made an alliance for purely selfish interests. Sir Robert breaks with the governor and is thus stripped of his title and possessions, joining a gang of thieves subsequently.
A classical rendering, directed with much competence and taste. The screenplay has little imagination though.
Rating: 50
A classical rendering, directed with much competence and taste. The screenplay has little imagination though.
Rating: 50
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Our Man Flint (1966)
Am organization manipulates the Earth's weather as a means to force countries to get rid of atomic weapons. A superspy is called in to thwart that organization's plans.
This is my second viewing. A satire on James Bond, displaying dry humor and even a certain dullness which is intrinsic to that character's early films. As with most culturally referenced films with a satirical import, not everything is spot-on and a certain amount of incoherence and loose ends is present.
Rating: 55 (unchanged)
This is my second viewing. A satire on James Bond, displaying dry humor and even a certain dullness which is intrinsic to that character's early films. As with most culturally referenced films with a satirical import, not everything is spot-on and a certain amount of incoherence and loose ends is present.
Rating: 55 (unchanged)
Friday, March 16, 2012
Arthur 2: On the Rocks (1988)
Multimillionaire Arthur Bach loses all his money due to a financial maneuver made by his rejected ex-fiancee's father. That situation puts Arthur's marriage and adoption plans "on the rocks".
The outrageously immoral plotline has the protagonist becoming a blackmailer in order to revert his financial setbacks. As a sequel, this does not add a great deal, as Arthur can't make an honest living and, it seems, can't stop drinking no matter how desperate his situation is. The first movie had a deus ex machina finale and the second one has, guess what, a deux ex machina finale, so that Arthur can go back to being a loafer, now with two kids which he can raise into loafhood himself. The film is very well directed and, scene by scene, is sufficiently bearable.
Rating: 34
The outrageously immoral plotline has the protagonist becoming a blackmailer in order to revert his financial setbacks. As a sequel, this does not add a great deal, as Arthur can't make an honest living and, it seems, can't stop drinking no matter how desperate his situation is. The first movie had a deus ex machina finale and the second one has, guess what, a deux ex machina finale, so that Arthur can go back to being a loafer, now with two kids which he can raise into loafhood himself. The film is very well directed and, scene by scene, is sufficiently bearable.
Rating: 34
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Mildred Pierce (2011) (TV)
Based on the novel by James M. Cain, 1st ed. 1941.
During the American depression, Mildred separates from her husband and, after a brief table waiting job, opens a restaurant. She succeeds but her daughter hates her.
Lifeless miniseries with very detailed apparent proceedings but little exploring of characters' inner workings.
Rating: 37
During the American depression, Mildred separates from her husband and, after a brief table waiting job, opens a restaurant. She succeeds but her daughter hates her.
Lifeless miniseries with very detailed apparent proceedings but little exploring of characters' inner workings.
Rating: 37
Monday, March 12, 2012
10 (1979)
A 42-year-old musician who has a long-term relationship with a singer more or less his age enters a midlife crisis and is smitten by a young woman whom he glimpses in a car.
This is my second viewing. An exceedingly intriguing movie, with hilarious moments of comedy and a dramatic structure which runs parallel to the comic bits. As I said, the film has a touch of mystery to it. For instance, is it a coincidence that Andrews wore a masculine haircut for her part and went on to play a woman playing a man playing a woman in a subsequent film with this same filmmaker?
Rating: 61 (unchanged)
This is my second viewing. An exceedingly intriguing movie, with hilarious moments of comedy and a dramatic structure which runs parallel to the comic bits. As I said, the film has a touch of mystery to it. For instance, is it a coincidence that Andrews wore a masculine haircut for her part and went on to play a woman playing a man playing a woman in a subsequent film with this same filmmaker?
Rating: 61 (unchanged)
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)
Riggs and Murtaugh are after an ex-cop who has been stealing guns from the police storage room and is using the money to build a housing complex.
Mediocre, unmemorable comic actioner. One scene of furious stupidity: the mother of an adolescent criminal slaps the officer who killed her son in self-defense.
Rating: 35
Mediocre, unmemorable comic actioner. One scene of furious stupidity: the mother of an adolescent criminal slaps the officer who killed her son in self-defense.
Rating: 35
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