diy@sb1.UUCP (DENNIS YOUNG) (10/11/83)
I judge a film mainly by my reaction to it. I enjoy movies where I feel I'm really involved with the characters, or whether I'm reacting to the scene... laughing or scared to death. I'm really impressed by GOOD acting, when I can feel what the actors/actresses are attempting to put across. Special Effects and different camera angles don't really mean that much. So with this in mind let's see what I've got as 10 of my favorite films: EXCALI I'm partial to sword and sorcery films, and I was really impressed with this movie. Acting got my attention in this one, and the story of Arthur is interesting to me. I thought it was a well made movie, and I've seen it everytime it's on cable. DRAGONSLAYER: More swords and sorcery. But it's the images of the world at that time that sticks with me. Special effects are nice here, with a totally awesome dragon. But it was the characters that got my attention again. I thought the ending was good, where the priest and the king took credit for slaying the dragon. ALIEN: Edge of the seat suspense, and once I made it past the exploding chest scene it was good to see that there wasn't any more gore for gore's sake. It left a nice loophole for a possible sequel: the ship is rescued and Sigourney Weaver's character is brought on board the rescue ship. As a clean up crew is going over her ship, one of them notices what appears to be a large egg of some kind (which happens to be found where the alien was sleeping). He leans over for a closer look and "SQUISH!!!"...ALIEN II. Godfather, Part I I've never seen part II, but part one was excellent. Acting is the key to this one. AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON: Never before and never since have I laughed and jumped during the same movie. I never knew what to expect next, and I believe this was the first movie that used the special effects techniques now seen on Manimal, and used in Cat People. Most memorable scene: the night- mare within a nightmare. THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING: *ANY* Sean Connery movie is ok with me, but I thought the acting in this film was extrordinary. Memorable scene, where they are in the room filled with gold, rubies, and treasures. The expressions on their faces said so much more than a dialog could have done...you could feel them going throught the agony of trying to act calm in the midst of more treasure than anyone could imagine, right in their grasp. As Peachy said "This ain't brass, Danny!" BUGSY MALONE: An movie with an entire cast of kids, spoofing all the old gangster movies. "You're all washed up! You're nothin' but a two-bit hood who'd slit your own throat for a buck!!" Excellent acting, and surprise!... I liked the musical numbers too. Best line: "Have you ever seen a girl carry a torch that long?" "Yea, the Statue of Liberty." Why can't we use pies instead of bullets????? ANIMAL HOUSE: I laughed, and laughed, and laughed, and laughed. That's what I paid my money for! DR. STRANGELOVE: Fell in love with the movie for sure when Slim Pickens changes his helmet for his cowboy hat, while talking about "...toe to toe nuclear war with the Ruskies!" TIME AFTER TOutside of my feeling that Mary Steenburgen sounded like she was asleep, this featured an excellent performance by Malcom McDowell as H. G. Wells. It was definitely suspenseful, and offered yet another Hollywood theory on what really happened to Jack Ripper. There you have it folks!!!!! Now you can wake up and finish reading the rest of the articles in this group. But can someone in the net mail me info on just what is the HISTORICAL tale of Jack the Ripper?!??? DENNIS