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Trading Places (1983)
Best film of the Eighties
It doesn't get much better than this. Trading Places is one of those films where everything clicks into place so beautifully as to make it near perfect.
Landis, Murphy and Aykroyd were at the peak of their powers. Add to that the rest of the cast, the distinctly eighties subject matter (still relevant now), the poignant montage at the front of the film, the excellent score and you have entertainment that delivers on all levels.
And Jamie Lee Curtis gets her knockers out.
Perfect.
Deserves a higher rating on IMDb!
Walking with Walken (2001)
Genius
Saw this memorable short film a couple of years ago and was knocked out by it. The idea is simple enough but the comedy and tragedy work so well in such a short space of time. Welsford really manages to make you feel something for the main character.
It's the build up to and delivery of the Walken impersonator which will make your jaw drop. Nicely shot, beautifully performed...it's the kind of short film you'll find yourself talking about for weeks after you've seen it.
Great stuff and the bitter-sweet tone is deftly managed. A lesson in low-budget film making. You will laugh.
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Things I love...
I love cinema, I love Mr. Jackson, I love Extended DVDs and I love New Line. Now that the trilogy is over, I will at last be free to actively seek a girlfriend and rediscover the many faceted social life I've been patiently ignoring for the better part of this century...
Ghostbusters (1984)
I believe it's magic...
What can I say, the greatest film of all time? Probably not, but it holds a special place in my heart.
I remember the first time I saw it. I'd been waiting all summer. My sister had seen it, my friends had seen it, i'd seen the music video...I HAD TO SEE THIS FILM!
It looked like the film would leave the cinemas before I got my chance to see it, when one night after a visit to a restaurant with my family we walked past the beauty that is the Holloway Odeon.
'Do you wanna see Ghostbusters?' asked my dad. He didn't need to hear the response. Would we make it in time for the last screening? Yes! We were actually allowed to go in whilst the preceding screeing was playing. It had already got up to the Ecto on the Brooklyn Bridge shot by then. We watched it all from there, and then watched the entire film again from the beginning. I was seven years old and that was the moment I fell in love with cinema.
The comedy/horror ever? Maybe (though American Werewolf In London comes close too). Certainly the most successful. The DVD release was an absolute godsend for any Ghostbusters fan and I thank the good people at Columbia for putting so many fantastic extras on it.
The greatest film of all time? I'm waiting for the 'Return of the King' to come out before I can say for sure, though I can't see how it could possibly be anything short of excellent.
10/10
The 13th Sign (2000)
Wow! What a load of rubbish!
It's true. If you want to see how NOT to write, direct, shoot, act and produce then this is the film for you! If you do accidently buy under the false pretense that the 'film makers' actually cared about what they wanted to make, then at least you can use the DVD as a frisbee or coaster possibly.
Perhaps, just perhaps, this film was actually meant to be this bad and it's all part of an elaborate practical joke. Or, perhaps not.
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)
Really wish he wasn't back.
My heart goes out to James Cameron. I'm pretty sure he had no control as to whether or not this film would get made. If did have any degree of control then he wouldn't have let this sort of thing happen!
There was never any creative call for a third film (unless, perhaps, we have a prequel giving us a run down of events prior to Reese getting sent back, but that's stretching it a bit). It's a pity that such an obvious business decision has reduced a sci-fi classic to a mediocre TV movie (resplendent with terrible acting, a horrible plot and bland characters).
Like the latter Jaws films, however, the original only gets stronger with every terrible sequel.