Reviews written by vultural
Overview - Overwritten, over-acted, overwrought. Lifeforce was the Swiss knife of Horror/SciFi/Apocalypse rolled into one howling package. That said, it has always been a guilty pleasure of mine,...
Overview - Hard to improve on a definitive classic. Jackson’s relies on recreating deleted footage, as well as scenes excised before filming. Also, his Kong is not some...
A solid short, yet suffers in comparison with Mayhem & Mistletoe. Unfortunately, whoever organized this consecution placed this immediately after ThrowgnCpr's edit. This is virtually the exact story,...
Overview - I saw Mimic during a preview, Del Toro was in attendance to field questions, including the ever popular, "Is this film autobiographical?" It played well enough...
What a great little Christmas card this makes for your favorite Batman fan! Wonderfully decolourized except for the gold, and the red. Oh, those red cat lips. ...
Overview - Third part of Nolan’s trilogy was the most ambitious, was the longest, was sluggish, and was weighed down by already irrelevant political stances. njvc made judicious edits,...
OK at best. Disjointed editing. Characters completely non developed, with no outward motivation. Noted. Rewatched a second time, this time viewing it as a cartoon. ...
Unfamiliar with the source material - never heard of, let alone saw - Birds Of Prey. The video quality was poor, the editing a bit heavy handed. Audio...
As my cat would declare, "Holy moly!" The sheer chutzpah of the concept was utterly lost. Initially, I thought this was going to be an infomercial for either...
An outstanding, albeit dark, take on guilt and self-destruction. Video editing terrific. Audio, much less so. Gain should have been increased on material from The Machinist. ...
Seamless editing, visually and sonically. The story did not hold up as well, alas. Instead of viewing this fresh, I applied my knowledge of the source movie to...
Overview - The original Paranormal Activity is marred by the godawful “found footage” crutch, unsympathetic, foolish characters, and a decrepit, snail like pace. Frantic Canadian’s edit trims 12 minutes...
Overview - I am absolutely NOT the Lynch guy. Watched S01 when it initially aired 20+ years ago, and was infuriated with Lynch because he did not (or could...
Overview - Frighteners is one of those Horror films I watch every couple of years. Peter Jackson’s career was ascending rapidly at this stage, having nailed a hit with...
Overview - Flash Gordon was one of a fistful of films that emerged after the Star Wars phenomena. Many were rushed Hollywood SciFi scripts (eg: Black Hole, Meteor, Saturn...
Overview - TM2YC selected two of the weakest Doctor Who entries, the stand alone movies with Peter Cushing, and reedited each into three episodes, in keeping with the BBC series....
Overview - Intending to overhaul the Matrix trilogy, Wraith follows the road less traveled and merges the three films into one. Reloaded and Revolutions was where the original series...
Overview - Thunderball was a fine followup to Goldfinger. The style and tone of the film were peerless, and it was the last Bond in which Connery seemed committed....
Overview - Intriguing followup to T2 featured interesting plot twists to resurrect the narrative. The film was overlong, however, the characters unlikeable and unsympathetic, and humour elements mishandled and...
Overview - Anticipated release back in its day, Waterworld proved disappointing for many. Overlong, poorly directed, oft times a soggy mess, it was, nevertheless, embraced by fans for action...
Problematic edit for me. Seemed more a reduction of the original dark colour scheme to pure black n white. Video - I found the majority of...
Excellent Noir rendition of Blade Runner. Creative, using Roy's, and other replicants, point of view to drive the narrative. Storywise, everything made sense - which is not always...
The original was a disappointing failure, not least of which were inept marketing and odd narrative. If you liked the original, or simply wanted to like the...
Didn't care for this a whole lot, but aspects of it kept gnawing away in my mind, so I rewatched it. Twice. Subversive job of turning...
Pi was one of those films I saw once, "appreciated," and decided never to view again. I stand corrected. A surreal slice n dice interpretation. ...
A great, tight edit. My favorite from this Consecution. The story was coherent and made logical sense. No character development, but the heist caper was easy to...
Mixed bag for me. I found the bookends - opening and closing - truly inspired. Scenes of walkers superimposed against WWII stock, that took my breath away. ...
First off, thanks to someone who reupped this. Never played the game. Disliked the movie (bought from the $2.00 junk pile) Per the editor's intentions:...
More enjoyable than I anticipated, much more enjoyable. Sleek, fast moving edit, almost breathless many ways. This really harks back to the earliest SW releases, which echoed old...
This was long, but held my interest throughout. BBob's editing choices were always inventive, often uncanny. Excellent pacing, and the sprawling narrative was generally clean. ...
Wrath of the Augments reflects very solid craftsmanship, typical of BBob. The menu design was nice, and I cannot stress how enjoyable the "bonus", The Eugenics Wars, was. ...
I enjoyed Part 2 slightly less than Part 1. The editing was fine, but the Dusty, while nicely marred, was sepia toned, and that just struck me as...
As others have commented, a really nice edit. All the more so as this negates half of Christensen's part - his voice. I watch a lot of serials,...
Really enjoyed this. Much more character focused than the original. Liked that overlong action sequences were trimmed. Never bought the Vesper backstory, not in this nor in...
I hesitated chasing after this. Wary of yet another franchise edit. Did not care for this on initial viewing. Luckily, Robots Vs Kung Fu was brief, so...
Never Say McClory Again by Blofeld’s Cat Hands down, my least favorite 007 film. Connery simply too old. He was 53 at this stage, and...
Moonraker edited by MusicEd921 Confession first. I always liked this film. Not because it was a great Bond film, but because it was a...
Cracking good edit, turning Payback into gritty Noir from the 40s. Audio work, great. Nothing sounded out of place or jumps around with gain issues. Video work,...
Top job and a quality companion to The Shadow Strikes! Cannot stress how enjoyable this was. The audio mix was clear and nicely detailed. Video edits were...
Only meant to watch one of these, but I got caught up in the spirit and went for the double. Must have been the curry commercial. Leeroy has...
Dark City was one of the touchstones of the early DVD era. The film was embraced by the geeks, and derided by them. Likewise, the pacing and the...
This sequel was even more enjoyable than the first installment. Aside from the pesky Jimmy Olsen, all the goofy characters from the first series were dropped in favor of...
Ha ha, one of my better drive-in experiences. None of the, "Why'd you pick this film?" or 'I hope none of my friends see me with you." ...
Just finished watching this last night. Very, very fine work. Audio and video editing appeared seamless. No oddball scene jumps, no sudden shifts of audio levels. ...
Nasty, grainy, repellant slice of grindhouse churl. I generally enjoy Fulci, and this one was especially sour. Tasty, if you like bitter. SteFAN did juicy...
Tasteful adaptation of lengthy radio serial. All the intro music and closing music was removed, as well as those pesky recaps. The discreet overlayering of recent music cues...
"A film that’s been admired, hated and puzzled-over in fairly equal amounts ... " How about, all the above? Stunning set design and ridiculous costumes. What...
Ii was really concerned when the theatrical release went from two to three long films. Those fears proved correct when The Hobbit - Part 1 was three ass-numbing hours....
Cracking good film! I delayed viewing this because I hated the original. Never fear, this edit cranks. As noted, the love story is completely excised, and the...
Count me as a fan of the original. Saw it theatrically a couple times, defended it in arguments. Bought the VHS, later the Laserdisc, finally the DVD in...