I enjoyed it, but I think part of the greatness of the original was the somewhat cheesy special effects... the remake they tried to make it seem legit, and it made it hard to compare. But then again I love Pluto Nash, so take that with a grain of salt.
I think the original Terminator is his monument. That movie invented the modern action film- the pace, the intensity and speed of it were unheard of before it (save for MadMax 2). And Arnie was brilliantly cast playing an unstoppable, unflappable villain. I remember very well losing my collective shit the first time I saw that skeletal robot emerge from the flaming truck. T2 was action and special effects to knock your socks off. It is a blockbuster movie par excellence.
T1 and T2 were/are awesome in their own respective ways. That is awesome. Serious question... what is the most appropriate liquor for a hockey game?
T1 to me is the far better movie. Cameron was young, hungry and did not have a large budget. He was forced to develop the story because he could not afford 90 minutes of action. In addition, T1 was filmed right before computer generated graphics so everything on screen had to have been done for real and is not enhanced later. T2 is just at the start of computer generated graphics, but it was expensive and they could not use it for everything. However Cameron had a huge budget and was determined to spend it all, hence all the destruction and mayhem just goes on too long and is a bit over the top for me at least. Lastly, they made T2 to a pg-13 and lost all the nudity. Never a good thing. I do hope that young man in Nashville gets his Thanksgiving dinner.
For my money T1 is by far the superior movie. Much less cheesiness, and much less reliance on flashy special effects to woo the audience. T2 was ok, but it lost it's retro punk vibe and dark brooding atmosphere that made the first one so good. Also, it was just too over the top in it's hollywood cliche lines. I watched most of Arnold's movies. They're almost all worth it because even when they are terrible they're the good kind of terrible. I was literally struggling to breathe during the slaughter fest of Commando, and some of his other movies like Predator and Total Recall are actually really well thought out and classics in their own right.
1) No way that guy isn't getting laid. 2) Whiskey. Bourbon is too nice, jager is too frat, anything clear just isn't hockey.
I love this board. We go from discussing the merits of Burt Reynolds' oeuvre, to Schwarzenegger's. Commando is one of the best worst movies ever. The movie starts with a single dad montage where this 6'2" 250lb monster hand feeds a deer with his daughter. The main villain is an inept, out of shape, crew cutted tool who wears chain mail through the entire flick. As in old timey knight chain mail. One of the plot points is the baddies are taking Ahnuld from America to some Caribbean nation. These guys have unlimited resources so... they FLY HIM COACH, where he escapes effortlessly by jumping from a moving plane 400 feet in the air. It just doesn't STOP. 90 minutes of the most over the top retard 80's action. It warms my heart knowing people took this flick so seriously. Arnold murders like 200 people, then gets congratulated. I'll go on record saying Total Recall is in serious contention for best action movie ever. It never gets boring. It is also fucking hilarious. "Zee you at zuh pawty, Richtuh!" I am an ostensibly grown-ass man and if I could rip someone's arms off and say that to them as they fall down an elevator shaft, my life would be awesome. Yes, I listened to this whole thing. "Awwwyahayhyahyahyah."
Seconded. It was never PG-13, the only different version I know has the extra scene Reese appearing in a dream.
I have determined that cranberry Sprite makes a good mixer. I got one of those 2 liter bottles that goes flat in five minutes. Tonight I have tried it with vodka and triple sec (to somewhat mimic a cosmo), white rum, and gin. I think I liked the rum version best. Tomorrow night I will try a few other variations before pouring down the sink because it is useless.
Total Recall is a bona fide good movie. So is T2. T1 is a great movie, as is Predator. By the way, I'm with Net. I liked Pluto Nash, fun movie. Movies are ultimately entertainment. I find Arnold's movies to be entertaining, I've probably watched parts of Predator over the last 2 weeks about 6 times. Is it great social commentary? No, of course not, but sometimes I eat healthy and sometimes I eat a cheesesteak. There's room for it all.
Thank you, thank you very much You could try it with Jack plus sweet & sour mix for a poor man's Velvet Elvis.
Off brand diet Sprite with vodka was my drink of choice this summer. Very good for when you're too cheap for AC.
Re: Thank you, thank you very much My college roommate loved Elvis. She was very proud when she won a velvet Elvis at the local county fair. Wonder if she still has it. She hung it up at our place and everything. She had to find just the right spot for it. We disagreed on location. My suggestion was the garbage. I found that funnier than she did.