Continuation of my Marvel chronological rewatch
It’s taken me ages to revisit this because I jus couldn’t hype myself up about it like the Guardians films. And yep, with good reason. This film has more in common than man of the recent films and TV shows: it’s a bloated mess trying to set up so many things it forgets to have any fun. What made the Avengers do great is mostly missing here: the banter, the awesome moments. Instead we…
A spectacular success. Gunn just does everything right, making you care for every story including the CG characters and animals all with the same heart felt emotion that he has epitomised in his time with the MCU. He just knows how to push the right buttons in the harshest way, it’s genius to watch with actors who just trust in his vision and go with it.
He also knows when to make the Guardians cool, or when to make them…
Superb voodoo zombie film. Pullman is great as the scientist who will not quit, with fantastic supporting work from Zakes Mokae as the bad guy Dargent and Brent Jennings as Louis Mozart, the maker of the zombie powder. Some very creepy nightmare sequences, plenty of bits to make your skin crawl and one bit to make any bloke cross his legs made this a thoroughly enjoyable watch from start to finish. Ending goes a bit Nightmare on Elm Street in a cheesy 80s way but whats not to love about that. Highly recommended for any horror fan and especially zombie fans.
Still pretty much the greatest action film ever made. To see it on an Imax screen just made it even better and when the worst thing I can say is some of the matte work from 30 years ago looked a teeny bit ropey on a 25m screen, it shows how well this film has aged. Just an absolute masterpiece. The best action, the greatest creature design, no CGI, the most quotable, epic characters (Vasquez and Hudson we salute you), I don't think this film will ever be bettered in terms of hardcore violent sci-fi action. My no.2 favourite film of all time.
