Christopher Pucknell
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- The Fifth Element
A spectacular melange of action movie tropes, Die Hard, Blade Runner and Indiana Jones influences are on display in this unforgetable sci-fi action comedy popcorn movie adventure. The cast are all great in this film, fitting perfecting into the fully realized and believable grimey fantasy future. The oddly enduring mythos of the four elements gets the captain planet treatment and the universe, once again threatened by anicent evil is saved at the last second by the undeniable power of cheese, or rather, Love. Mila Jovovich shines as the so-called ultimate lifeform, but felt a little under utilized in the later half, a missed opportunity in a film largely dominated by the reliable burnt out cop brilliance of Bruce Willis. Her kick ass character is abruptly re-adjusted to the damsal in distress role, and it leaves a nagging feeling like there was a scene missing to sell the transition from her optimistic nievety to despondent wounded and hopeless demeanor, ready to be saved by Bruce. I don't know how strong the chemistry was between them either. Chris Tucker is unbelievable as the intergalactic pan-sexual radio DJ, and brings a lot of energy. It all adds up to an enduring great movie, and I was shocked to learn recently that the Opera scene was about 85% real vocals, complementing the real effects, and limited CGI making the film an enduring visual and auditory delight.The Fifth Element - Nil by Mouth
A brutal uncompromising dive into urban British culture. Poverty, drugs, abuse, and senseless violence are just as shocking and impactful today, but it's the seemingly unbreakable social and family ties that seem particularly strange from our modern perspective of ghosting and individualism. Today we shut people out with casual disregard, but for these impoverished brits it is unthinkable, no matter what that have done to you emotionally or physically.Nil by Mouth - Tomorrow Never Dies
Personally I found Casino Royal a great direction for Bond; taking the character in a more serious direction, a return to the character of the source material. But many felt this Bond reboot lacking a certain something, and that something is trash. This iteration of the franchise has plenty of it, with it's kindergarden plot and comical over the top, hackneyed villian with literal arched eyebrows and unabashed Chinese racism, it's beautiful, embarresing, cheap 90's trash. Bond's terrible corny one liners, gizmos and gadgets absolutely shine in this movie, and both are dated as all hell. (I'm pretty sure I could download an app to control my car on my phone right now, most probably.) The forgettable plot is irremdeemably bad, the set pieces are cartoonish, predictable and have aged woefully. I was particularly fond of the scene where the chinese firework truck exploded, and I'm fairly sure a lot of the industrial set is just spray painted plastic. This is such a collosal let down after the superb and introspective Golden Eye. Whilst it's predecessor questioned the cynical motives of the nation state, and the terrible cost to it's pawn agents who devoted their lives to it's service, this film says "Yeah, but what if everything exploded". Whilst I have seen episodes of Thunderbirds with more dramatic tension and credability, this film made me laugh out loud several times, and at the end of the day, temporarily losing my vision from the blood rushing to my head is the most fun you can have in this terrible year of our lord, two thousand and twenty five AD. And to think people say the 90's were a golden age. Bond always beats the odds.Tomorrow Never Dies - Suspicion
Not my favourite Hitchcock by a long shot, though there were some interesting moments. Not that I'm an expert on the period, but having a Female perspective of an abuser (or is he?), on film, in the 40's, that seems like something quite special. The film has plenty of flaws, the plot isn't great, and it quickly falls into obscurity following Hitchcock's later masterpieces, but the setting, the period, the female protagonist, and some of the effects in dramatic sequences make this an interesting watch.Suspicion
