RE: The Last Movie You Watched
November 12, 2018 at 6:47 am
(This post was last modified: November 12, 2018 at 6:52 am by OakTree500.)
A couple of movies for me over the weekend:
The Mask of Zorro
Plot:
Legendary hero Zorro foils a some sort of evil plot of his nemesis, Don Rafael, and looks to retire with his wife/child. The Don tracks him down, arrests him, and accidentally kills Zorro's wife in the process. To put the final nail in the coffin, he locks zorro up forever AND takes his daughter [who is a baby at this time] to be raised as his own, as a final insult the the old hero. 20 years later, Zorro escapes from his prison, to seek revenge on the man who has imprisoned him for so long.
Thoughts:
It's cheese on toast, and it's [generic action movie] at it's best, in my opinion anyway. Plus, Catherine Zeta Jones.....*Boing*, that's all I can say about her. It's well made, well though out, funny in places and packs in some real action spots to a story set in 1841 that you might not be expected. I really enjoy it.
Tron : Legacy
Plot:
A sequel to the original Tron, where Jeff Bridges goes back to his arcade, some time in the 80's.......never to be seen again. Some 20+ years later, his son is still looking for him, and tracks down his old arcade. He inadvertently gets sucked into "The Grid" where he find's his father, but also the villainous Clu who has taken over the Grid and seeks to somehow break out into the real world. All this and Daft Punk have scored it.
Thoughts:
I'm a real sucker for "visual" movies. For example, if the special effects are REALLY good, I'm 100% on board. It helps when the story is pretty decent, which this is as well [Son looking for lost father, crazy sci-fi plot, added elements]. This movie is largely visual from the light cycle stuff, the costumes, the world, everything. The only thing that is a slight minor step, is there is de-aging done to Jeff Bridges, but after a while I completely forgot.....so it can't be that bad. That particular effect hasn't aged well, but again you seemingly forget to notice after a little while. And the sound track is bloody great.
The Mask of Zorro
Plot:
Legendary hero Zorro foils a some sort of evil plot of his nemesis, Don Rafael, and looks to retire with his wife/child. The Don tracks him down, arrests him, and accidentally kills Zorro's wife in the process. To put the final nail in the coffin, he locks zorro up forever AND takes his daughter [who is a baby at this time] to be raised as his own, as a final insult the the old hero. 20 years later, Zorro escapes from his prison, to seek revenge on the man who has imprisoned him for so long.
Thoughts:
It's cheese on toast, and it's [generic action movie] at it's best, in my opinion anyway. Plus, Catherine Zeta Jones.....*Boing*, that's all I can say about her. It's well made, well though out, funny in places and packs in some real action spots to a story set in 1841 that you might not be expected. I really enjoy it.
Tron : Legacy
Plot:
A sequel to the original Tron, where Jeff Bridges goes back to his arcade, some time in the 80's.......never to be seen again. Some 20+ years later, his son is still looking for him, and tracks down his old arcade. He inadvertently gets sucked into "The Grid" where he find's his father, but also the villainous Clu who has taken over the Grid and seeks to somehow break out into the real world. All this and Daft Punk have scored it.
Thoughts:
I'm a real sucker for "visual" movies. For example, if the special effects are REALLY good, I'm 100% on board. It helps when the story is pretty decent, which this is as well [Son looking for lost father, crazy sci-fi plot, added elements]. This movie is largely visual from the light cycle stuff, the costumes, the world, everything. The only thing that is a slight minor step, is there is de-aging done to Jeff Bridges, but after a while I completely forgot.....so it can't be that bad. That particular effect hasn't aged well, but again you seemingly forget to notice after a little while. And the sound track is bloody great.
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