award-winning creator of Enter The House Between and author of 32 books including Horror Films FAQ (2013), Horror Films of the 1990s (2011), Horror Films of the 1980s (2007), TV Year (2007), The Rock and Roll Film Encyclopedia (2007), Mercy in Her Eyes: The Films of Mira Nair (2006),, Best in Show: The Films of Christopher Guest and Company (2004), The Unseen Force: The Films of Sam Raimi (2004), An Askew View: The Films of Kevin Smith (2002), The Encyclopedia of Superheroes on Film & Television (2004), Exploring Space:1999 (1997), An Analytical Guide to TV's Battlestar Galactica (1998), Terror Television (2001), Space:1999 - The Forsaken (2003) and Horror Films of the 1970s (2002).
Unlike many film critics, I do not count Goldfinger (1964) as the absolute “best” James Bond film of all-time. You can check out my rankin...
I don't care what people or the critics (who are usually full of %!@$ anyway)say-I like this movie. I wish that I could get it on DVD again.
ReplyDeleteHi Lionel,
DeleteGlad you expressed your opinion. You may not want to read my upcoming review this morning, because I didn't like Wing Commander.
And yes, critics can often be full of crap -- as can everyone -- but sometimes they are also right.
That said, I did like how the film opened with the President Kennedy speech, and I also liked many of the visuals/special effects. The casting, writing, etc...not so much.
Still, regardless of how I feel about the film, it should be available on DVD for you to enjoy, if you're a fan...
Thank you for commenting,
John
The movie is defintely available on DVD... You probably have to order it online though. However the only options for watching it in HD are streaming rentals through the likes of iTunes, or the xbox marketplace. Defintely worth it in HD as I find the CG detail gets blurred too much in SD and actually looks better in HD.
ReplyDeleteI don't think it's a good film either but I definitely have a soft spot for it. It needed another pass in the script department honestly to fix some of the dialogue and to balance out the pacing, though the movie also suffered much in the editing room. Freddy Prinze doesn't help much either mind you... Anyway here's some screenshots of some of the deleted scenes: http://www.wcnews.com/articles/movie_cuts.shtml
Overall, I think the first half of the movie does move along at a nice pace and the film does have a unique style that I enjoy.