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Top 10+ Music, Movies, and Visual Art of the Week(s): 3-14-2022 - 3-27-2022
Mission: Impossible III - J. J. Abrams (2006)
Yerself Is Steam - Mercury Rev (1991)
The Night Watch - Rembrandt van Rijn (1642)
The Kiss - Gustav Klimt (1908)
Requiem - Guisseppe Verdi (1874)
The Entire City [Zurich Version] - Max Ernst (1936)
Transfiguration - Raphael Sanzio (1519)
Pauline Chapel: The Conversion of Saul and The Crucifixion of St. Peter - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1545; 1550)
Underwater Moonlight - Soft Boys (1980)
Total Recall - Paul Verhoeven (1990)
The Entombment of Christ - Michelangelo Caravaggio (1603)
The Holy Trinity - Tommaso Masaccio (circa 1427)
Mad Max: Fury Road - George Miller (2015)
Men in Black - Barry Sonnenfeld (1997)
Mission: Impossible — Fallout - Christopher McQuarrie (2018)
The Terminator - James Cameron (1984)
Music for Airports - Brian Eno (1978)
I Could Live in Hope - Low (1994)
True Lies - James Cameron (1994) (6.9/10)
The Karate Kid - John G. Avildsen (1984)
The Matrix - Lana and Lilly Wachowski (1999)
Doni Tondo - Michelangelo (circa 1506)
The Matrix Reloaded - Lana and Lilly Wachowski (2003)
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco (2002)

Top 10+ Albums/Movies for the Week(s) - Rated 2.8/10 to 6.7/10
Mission: Impossible - Brian De Palma (1996)
Rounders - John Dahl (1998)
Darkman - Sam Raimi (1990)
Edge of Tomorrow - Doug Liman (2014)
Oblivion - Joseph Kosinski (2013)
Batman Forever - Joel Schumacher (1995)
Snowpiercer - Joon-ho Bong (2014)
Alien: Resurrection - Jean-Pierre Jeunet (1997)
The Bourne Ultimatum - Paul Greengrass (2007)
The Bourne Supremacy - Paul Greengrass (2004)
Jaws 2 - Jeannot Szwarc (1978)
Waterworld - Kevin Reynolds (1995)
Judge Dredd - Danny Cannon (1995)
Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol - Brad Bird (2011)
The Bourne Identity - Doug Liman (2002)
Dredd - Pete Travis (2012)
Conan the Barbarian - John Milius (1982)
The Incredibles - Brad Bird (2004)
A Rush of Blood to the Head - Coldplay (2002)
Hot Fuss - The Killers (2007)
Black Panther - Ryan Coogler (2018)
A Hard Day's Night - The Beatles (1964)
Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation - Christopher McQuarrie (2015)
Knight and Day - James Mangold (2010)
Room On Fire - The Strokes (2003)
Ghostbusters 2 - Ivan Reitman (1989)
Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace - George Lucas (1999)
The Mask - Chuck Russell (1994)
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines - Jonathan Mostow (2003)
Mission: Impossible II - John Woo (2000)

FAMILIAR FILMS - RE-RATED:
Mission: Impossible III - J. J. Abrams (2006) 5.3/10 to 7.2/10
Total Recall - Paul Verhoeven (1990) 7.1/10 to 7.2/10
The Dark Knight - Christopher Nolan (2008) 7.0/10 to 7.1/10
Blade Runner 2049 - Denis Villenueve (2017) 7.0/10 to 7.1/10
Logan's Run - Michael Anderson (1976) 7.2/10 to 7.1/10
Joker - Todd Phillips (2019) 7.0/10 to 7.1/10
Mad Max: Fury Road - George Miller (2015) 6.0/10 to 7.0/10
Men in Black - Barry Sonnenfeld (1997) Not Rated to 6.9/10
Mission: Impossible — Fallout - Christopher McQuarrie (2018) 5.3/10 to 6.9/10
The Crow - Alex Proyas (1994) 6.8/10 to 6.9/10
Logan - James Mangold (2017) 6.7/10 to 6.8/10
The Karate Kid - John G. Avildsen (1984) 5.6/10 to 6.8/10
The Matrix Reloaded - Lana and Lilly Wachowski (2003) Not Rated to 6.8/10
Snowpiercer - Joon-ho Bong (2014) 6.9/10 to 6.6/10
Rounders - John Dahl (1998) Not Rated to 6.6/10
Mission: Impossible - Brian De Palma (1996) Not Rated to 6.3/10; 6.3/10 to 6.5/10
Darkman - Sam Raimi (1990) Not Rated to 6.5/10
Alien: Resurrection - Jean-Pierre Jeunet (1997) Not Rated to 6.5/10
Edge of Tomorrow - Doug Liman (2014) Not Rated to 6.4/10
Oblivion - Joseph Kosinski (2013) 5.2/10 to 6.4/10
The Bourne Ultimatum - Paul Greengrass (2007) Not Rated to 6.3/10
The Dark Knight Rises - Christopher Nolan (2012) 6.2/10 to 6.3/10
Batman Forever - Joel Schumacher (1995) 4.5/10 to 6.2/10; 6.2/10 to 6.3/10 ... It's no masterpiece, but WAY better than I remembered (last time I saw it was in theaters in 1995). This sequel, its visuals/art direction are even more influenced by Blade Runner and Brazil than the two Burton-directed predecessors (though it should be noted that Batman Forever was produced by Burton and has his influence written all over it). The first third (roughly) is actually quite impressive, even extraordinary, a color-fest-noir-visual extravanganza (again, with much inspiration from Gilliam and Ridley Scott's masterpieces). And although the rest of the film maintains this general visual plan (if mostly less impressively), it loses steam after that (particularly its forays into weakly scripted, half-hearted "psychological insights", the relationship between Kidman and Kilmer, and the poorly acted O'Donnell with his side story and then the rather forced development and addition of Robin). Even still, its overall aesthetics and the zany sequences with the Riddler and Two-Face, have much more to recommend than I remembered. The film has a madcap insanity to it that was largely dismissed by me as a teen, wanting at the time a more serious, dramatic and heroic take on Batman. If we don't include many of the greatest cinematic predecessors like Brazil, Jeunet's City of Lost Children, Delicatessen, Miller's Mad Max 1 & 2, or as far back as Lang's immortal and massively influential Metropolis... (that weren't really "comic book films" even if they played a large hand in the aesthetics and were very influential upon many of the better comic book films), then Batman Forever marks a sort of culmination point, attempted progressively by Burton with the first Batman, then Batman Returns (and others, like Dick Tracy), to fully realize the world of reality crossed seamlessly or balanced visually by the world of the comic book. This was later attempted well (with much aided CGI, but still artistically interesting and not especially overboard) by Raimi's Spiderman series, but Batman Forever (on a purely visual level, setting aside those greater "non-comic-book-film" predecessors) may be the peak of these intentions. (Note: one could of course argue the above for Blade Runner, which isn't necessarily invalid, as it was accompanied by a comic book and then series, but wasn't as clearly trying to visualize a "comic book world" even if very influential upon them)
The Bourne Supremacy - Paul Greengrass (2004) Not Rated to 6.2/10
Jaws 2 - Jeannot Szwarc (1978) Not Rated to 6.1/10
Waterworld - Kevin Reynolds (1995) 5.3/10 to 6.1/10
The Bourne Identity - Doug Liman (2002) Not Rated to 6.0/10
Judge Dredd - Danny Cannon (1995) Not Rated to 5.8/10 ... Though a 6 is hardly the mark of a truly great film, this is actually somewhat underrated, even though the criticisms aren't hard to understand. One has to realize that the film is very much trying to BE a comic book, and not a serious nuanced drama. The acting, which can seem especially terrible outside of that context, are all comic book characterizations with one-liners and dialogue that usually ends in emphatic conclusion, including the cutting of the scenes (like a comic book, each line delivered with hyper-exclams and dominant posturing, assisted by camera placement and editing). The film works pretty well as both a live, very vibrant, comic book and can also be watched as energetic, absurd camp -- at least for a bit. Stallone, all macho posturing and vigorous lines emphasized with a sentenced-ending scowl on face, is actually kind of awesome in a comic book sense (and/or as camp). The best part of his performance (and the script) might be his ridiculous one liners as he takes out bad guys ("you've been judged" etc), sort of a more extreme comic-satire rendition of Robocop. Both hilarious camp and straight out of a comic book. I will say that Rob Schneider is the (very) weak link, and is sort of the "Jar Jar Binks" of this film, wearing out his welcome before long. He is there for comic relief but ends up being just annoying, hurting the "dramatic" balance between comic book and/or camp. But above anything, the visuals, the production design, is pretty great. As is often the case, it is very influenced by Metropolis, Blade Runner, Brazil, with a rhythm and cinematography that also probably owes something to Total Recall, but carves its own variation too with its own splash of vibrant color and invigorating balance between CGI and practical effects. However, this all works for a bit before the film falls apart after Dredd gets convicted. From there on the world building slows and the scripts weaknesses really take a nose dive into stupid coincidental plot devices, as if the film ran out of budget and was rushed to contrive reasons to finish the story before it could be more fleshed out in its back half and build on what is a pretty exciting first half (providing one sees the excellence in its visual art and can allow oneself to appreciate the acting as the exclamatory dialogue common to comic books and/or as awesome camp). Still, I hadn't seen this since the 90s and I was pleasantly surprised that it had much of any merits at all. Now I'm on the fence as to whether Dredd (2012) is truly the better work (even if it is certainly more "serious" and, from what I've heard, more in line with the actual comic books [that I've never read]).
Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol - Brad Bird (2011) 5.2/10 to 5.8/10
Casino Royale - Martin Campbell (2006) 5.0/10 to 5.4/10; 5.4/10 to 5.6/10
Conan the Barbarian - John Milius (1982) Not Rated to 5.4/10
Knight and Day - James Mangold (2010) Not Rated to 5.3/10
The Incredibles - Brad Bird (2004) Not Rated to 5.2/10
Wonder Woman - Patty Jenkins (2017) 4.8/10 to 5.1/10
Ghostbusters 2 - Ivan Reitman (1989) Not Rated to 4.4/10; 4.4/10 to 4.8/10
Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace - George Lucas (1999) 5.4/10 to 4.6/10
The Mask - Chuck Russell (1994) Not Rated to 4.5/10; 4.5/10 to 4.3/10 ... It's pretty fun and visually inventive during the "mask" sequences, but otherwise rather boring, bland, trivial (even for a comedy aimed partially at children/teens). Especially from the point Carrey gets imprisoned, it lags for much of the remainder of the film (most of the 2nd half) whereas the first half is quite a bit better and on pace for a better rating (with even the live action scenes a bit more humorous, sustaining some interest). It merges some (very contrived, artificial) "noir" elements and live action with the cartoon, superficially influenced by (the far superior) Who Framed Roger Rabbit. But really, its mask sequences are ultimately a pretext for Carrey to showcase his comedic talent, and the nearly pointless plot is contrived superficially around that (its only interest being the idea that when he puts on the mask he is enacting his deeper impulses, but this is poorly developed, not really taken advantage of beyond the earliest mask sequences). The main fun of the film, along with the visual invention of his mask sequences is that Carrey often goes on rather non-sequitur tangents in relation or reaction to the action that wreaks havoc or makes fun of whatever was happening prior to that, and this is reminiscent of the anarchic best of the Marx brothers. Besides these spurts of fun, the film is pretty terrible though.
Iron Man - Jon Favreau (2008) 4.0/10 to 4.2/10
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines - Jonathan Mostow (2003) Not Rated to 4.2/10
Mission: Impossible II - John Woo (2000) 4.9/10 to 4.1/10

NEWLY ASSIMILATED FILMS - RATED:
Dredd - Pete Travis (2012) 5.8/10??? ... I'm unsure of this film. On one hand it features some pretty great bullet time visuals, and a fairly interesting (if limited) vision. I'm not so sure it provided enough to chew on, while at the same time there may be more nuance to it than I caught on this viewing (potentially more nuanced indications throughout the film of ambiguity between Dredd's methods, the rookie's eventual choice, Ma Ma's methods, and which is more totalitarian or justified). So the "jury" is still out (pardon the pun). For now, I think it is an entertaining, mildly suspenseful, hybrid of John Carpenter (Assault on Precint 13, Escape from NY) and an interesting visual style that is sort of like a rendition between those (Assault on Precint 13, Escape from New York), the cinematography and memory/dream sequences of Minority Report, and a more colorized Sin City (there's probably a better comparison; just off the top of my head). Despite the vastly greater critical acclaim for this one, I'm not so sure it's really any better than 1995's Judge Dredd when both are seen for what they are (but this one is a lot more serious, more hyper-realistic, the violence more extreme). Even if the film is a bit limited in what it is expressing, of what it has to say, I was nevertheless thankful it didn't resort to the usual super hero or comic book film stupidities with overly contrived battle scenes and plot surprises. It just does what it does, kind of like the main character.
Black Panther - Ryan Coogler (2018) 5.1/10

FAMILIAR PAINTINGS/VISUAL ART - RE-RATED:
Pauline Chapel: The Conversion of Saul and The Crucifixion of St. Peter - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1545; 1550) 7.4/10 to 7.5/10

TOP 50 WORKS OF ART OF THE YEAR (2022)
St. Peter's Basilica - Michelangelo Buonarroti, Donato Bramante, Carlo Maderno and Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1626) [Architecture]
Brazil - Terry Gilliam (1985) [The Final Cut, 142 minutes]
Lorca - Tim Buckley (1970)
Citizen Kane - Orson Welles (1941)
Spiderland - Slint (1991)
Persona - Ingmar Bergman (1966)
North by Northwest - Alfred Hitchcock (1959)
Marquee Moon - Television (1977)
The Velvet Underground and Nico - The Velvet Underground (1966)
The Doors - The Doors (1966)
Touch of Evil - Orson Welles (1958)
The Sacrifice - Andrei Tarkovsky (1986)
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor "Choral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1824)
Strange Days - The Doors (1967)
Symphony No. 4 in E Minor - Johannes Brahms (1884)
Consumer Revolt - Cop Shoot Cop (1990)[/b]
Have One On Me - Joanna Newsom (2010)
Cache - Michael Haneke (2005)
The Godfather, Part 2 - Francis Ford Coppola (1974)
Blow Up - Michelangelo Antonioni (1966)
Straw Dogs - Sam Peckinpah (1971)
Taxi Driver - Martin Scorsese (1976)
Repulsion - Roman Polanski (1965)
Implosions - Stephan Micus (1977)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Michel Gondry (2004)
The Birds - Alfred Hitchcock (1963)
Goodfellas - Martin Scorsese (1990)
It's a Wonderful Life - Frank Capra (1946)
Schindler's List - Steven Spielberg (1993)
Nashville - Robert Altman (1975)
Written on the Wind - Douglas Sirk (1956)
The Tragedy of Macbeth - Joel Coen (2021)
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia - Sam Peckinpah (1974)
Astral Weeks - Van Morrison (1968)
Diamanda Galas - Diamanda Galas (1984)
Ys - Joanna Newsom (2006)
Happy Sad - Tim Buckley (1968)
Suicide - Suicide (1977)
Rosemary's Baby - Roman Polanski (1968)
Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth (1988)
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major "Eroica" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1804)
Strange Days - The Doors (1967)
The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady - Charles Mingus (1963)
Midnight Cowboy - John Schlesinger (1969)
Vertigo - Alfred Hitchcock (1958)
Psycho - Alfred Hitchcock (1960)
Salvador - Oliver Stone (1986)
Heat - Michael Mann (1995)
The Stranger - Orson Welles (1946)
The Lady from Shanghai - Orson Welles (1947)
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Best Films
Best Paintings

[AfterHours]

Working on this at the moment... Don't know how long I can keep going with it as it isn't a very strong sub-genre (lots of mediocre and terrible films), so I may get bored with it soon. But we'll see... Recommendations welcome, especially the seminal or best works of the genre (or those among them). Even though I am featuring some lower ratings (on the scale below) I don't actually want to spend time going through any below 5 if I can avoid it. Revisiting Iron Man (after seeing it featured ridiculously high on "best superhero movies" lists and thinking it might be better than I remembered) was, unfortunately, pretty damn tedious and I'm not putting this together for "completist" sake -- just want to dot it with the better ones if I can. So above 5 at least is preferred and the higher the better (of course).

BEST COMIC BOOK/SUPER HERO FILMS

8/10
<<<<<7.9/10>>>>>
Old Boy - Chan-wook Park (2003)

7.5/10
<<<<<7.6/10>>>>>
Hero - Zhang Yimou (2002)
<<<<<7.5/10>>>>>
Blade Runner - Ridley Scott (1982)
Alien - Ridley Scott (1979)
<<<<<7.4/10>>>>>
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope - George Lucas (1977)
<<<<<7.3/10>>>>>
Southland Tales - Richard Kelly (2003)
The Terminator - James Cameron (1984)
Spirited Away - Hayao Miyazaki (2001)
Ghostbusters - Ivan Reitman (1984)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit - Robert Zemeckis (1988)

7/10
<<<<<7.2/10>>>>>
Mission: Impossible III - J. J. Abrams (2006)
Total Recall - Paul Verhoeven (1990)
Back to the Future - Robert Zemeckis (1985)
King Kong - Ernest Schoedsack (1933) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Inception - Christopher Nolan (2010)
<<<<<7.1/10>>>>>
Raiders of the Lost Ark - Steven Spielberg (1981)
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World – Edgar Wright (2010)
Mars Attacks! - Tim Burton (1996)
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back - Irvin Kershner (1980)
<<<<<7.0/10>>>>>
Blade Runner 2049 - Denis Villenueve (2017)
Robocop - Paul Verhoeven (1987)
Joker - Todd Phillips (2019)
Logan's Run - Michael Anderson (1976) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
The Matrix - Lana and Lilly Wachowski (1999)
Akira - Katsuhiro Otomo (1988)
<<<<<6.9/10>>>>>
Interstellar - Christopher Nolan (2014)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day - James Cameron (1992)
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi - Richard Marquand (1983)
Batman Returns - Tim Burton (1992)
Batman - Tim Burton (1989)
Gremlins - Joe Dante (1984)
Mad Max: Fury Road - George Miller (2015)
Mission: Impossible - Brian De Palma (1996)
<<<<<6.8/10>>>>>
The Crow - Alex Proyas (1994)
Sin City - Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller (2005)
Men in Black - Barry Sonnenfeld (1997)
Planet of the Apes - Franklin J. Schaffner (1968)
District 9 - Neill Blomkamp (2009)
The Fountain - Darren Aronofsky (2006) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
The Matrix Reloaded - Lana and Lilly Wachowski (2003)

6.5/10
<<<<<6.7/10>>>>>
Unbreakable - M. Night Shyamalan (2000)
The Dark Knight - Christopher Nolan (2008)
Mission: Impossible — Fallout - Christopher McQuarrie (2018)
Logan - James Mangold (2017)
Prometheus - Ridley Scott (2012)
<<<<<6.6/10>>>>>
Snowpiercer - Joon-ho Bong (2014)
<<<<<6.5/10>>>>>
Alien: Resurrection - Jean-Pierre Jeunet (1997)
<<<<<6.4/10>>>>>
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith - George Lucas (2005) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Robocop 2 - Ivan Kershner (1990)
Edge of Tomorrow - Doug Liman (2014)
Oblivion - Joseph Kosinski (2013)
The Dark Knight Rises - Christopher Nolan (2012)
<<<<<6.3/10>>>>>
Darkman - Sam Raimi (1990)
War of the Worlds - Steven Spielberg (2005)
Batman Forever - Joel Schumacher (1995)

6/10
<<<<<6.2/10>>>>>
Jurassic Park - Steven Spielberg (1993)
Spiderman 2 - Sam Raimi (2004)
Jaws 2 - Jeannot Szwarc (1978)
<<<<<6.1/10>>>>>
The Batman - Matt Reeves (2022)
Dick Tracy - Warren Beatty (1990)
Hook - Steven Spielberg (1991) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Deadpool - Tim Miller (2016)
<<<<<6.0/10>>>>>
Dune - David Lynch (1984) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Speed Racer - Lana and Lilly Wachowski (2008)
Superman - Richard Donner (1978)
Spiderman - Sam Raimi (2002)
Spiderman 3 - Sam Raimi (2007)
Casino Royale - Martin Campbell (2006)
<<<<<5.9/10>>>>>
Guardians of the Galaxy - James Gunn (2014) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Stargate - Roland Emmerich (1994) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Indiana Jones and The Temple Of Doom - Steven Spielberg (1984)
<<<<<5.8/10>>>>>
Back to the Future II - Robert Zemeckis (1989)
Judge Dredd - Danny Cannon (1995)
Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol - Brad Bird (2011)
Dredd - Pete Travis (2012) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***

5.5/10
<<<<<5.7/10>>>>>
V for Vendetta - James McTeague (2005)
<<<<<5.6/10>>>>>
Batman & Robin - Joel Schumacher (1997) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
<<<<<5.5/10>>>>>
Back to the Future III - Robert Zemeckis (1990)
Batman Begins - Christopher Nolan (2005)
Twilight - Catherine Hardwicke (2008)
<<<<<5.4/10>>>>>
Conan the Barbarian - John Milius (1982)
Dune - Denis Villenueve (2021)
<<<<<5.3/10>>>>>
The Incredibles - Brad Bird (2004)
Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens - J.J. Abrams (2015) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***

5/10
<<<<<5.2/10>>>>>
Aliens - James Cameron (1986) [Original Theatrical Cut, 137 minutes; Extended "Special Edition" Cut, 154 min, is 5.0/10]
Independence Day - Roland Emmerich (1996) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
<<<<<5.1/10>>>>>
Alien 3 - David Fincher (1992) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Wonder Woman - Patty Jenkins (2017)
Black Panther - Ryan Coogler (2018)
<<<<<5.0/10>>>>>
The Lost World: Jurassic Park - Steven Spielberg (1997)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - Steven Spielberg (1989)
Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation - Christopher McQuarrie (2015)
Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi - Rian Johnson (2017) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2 - James Gunn (2017) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
<<<<<4.9/10>>>>>
King Kong - Peter Jackson (2005) [remake] ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
<<<<<4.8/10>>>>>
Ghostbusters 2 - Ivan Reitman (1989)
Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker - J.J. Abrams (2019) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
The Mask - Chuck Russell (1994)
Iron Man - Jon Favreau (2008)

4.5/10
<<<<<4.7/10>>>>>
Jurassic World - Colin Trevorrow (2015) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
<<<<<4.6/10>>>>>
Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace - George Lucas (1999)
<<<<<4.5/10>>>>>
Jurassic Park III - Joe Johnston (2001) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
<<<<<4.3/10>>>>>
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones - George Lucas (2002) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***

4/10
<<<<<4.2/10>>>>>
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines - Jonathan Mostow (2003)
<<<<<4.1/10>>>>>
The Twilight Saga: New Moon - Chris Weitz (2009)
Mission: Impossible II - John Woo (2000)
<<<<<4.0/10>>>>>
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - Steven Spielberg (2008) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
<<<<<3.9/10>>>>>
Robocop 3 - Fred Dekker (1993) ***tentative rating/may need a revisit***
<<<<<3.8/10>>>>>

3.5/10

3/10
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Steve Barron (1990)


HAVE SEEN (but never rated) / TO BE ADDED (may need a revisit first):
Superman II - Richard Lester (1980)
Evil Dead - Sam Raimi (1981)
Masters of the Universe - Gary Goddard (1987)
Evil Dead II - Sam Raimi (1987)
Darkman - Sam Raimi (1990)
Gremlins 2: The New Batch - Joe Dante (1990)
Army of Darkness - Sam Raimi (1992)
X-Men - Bryan Singer (2000)
X2 - Bryan Singer (2003)
The Hulk - Ang Lee (2003)
X-Men: The Last Stand - Brett Ratner (2006)
Superman Returns - Bryan Singer (2006)
The Incredible Hulk - Louis Leterrier (2008)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine - Gavin Hood (2009)
The Wolverine - James Mangold (2013)

NOTES to look into/add:
--Matrix 3, 4???
--Reminder... All the damn Star Wars films, even the spin offs, have comic books?
--Predator 2 etc (first Predator too?)
--Aliens, Alien vs Predator, etc
--Men in Black franchise
--Mystery Men
--Weird Science
--Howard the Duck
--The Rocketeer
--Ghost World
--Blue is the Warmest Color

HAVEN'T SEEN / ACCLAIMED and/or MAY HAVE POTENTIAL FOR GOOD (or better) RATINGS:[/i]
The Matrix Revolutions - Lana and Lilly Wachowski (2003)
Alien: Covenant - Ridley Scott (2017)
The Matrix Resurrections - Lana Wachowski (2021)
Note: add newer Spiderman films, including the animated "Spiderverse" one
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Best Films
Best Paintings

[TiggaTrigga]

So what makes the original Terminator movie worthy of 7.5?

[AfterHours]

[homelessking]

Do you prefer the album version of Strictly Personal or its various takes of the songs on other comps? I used to like the other versions much more due to their much warmer mixing, but now I'm starting to enjoy the rather hazy and metallic mixing of the album release, which perhaps gives the songs a more manic quality as well

[AfterHours]

[homelessking]

Most of the songs are on the Mirror Man Sessions( which I think are the best produced Beefheart recordings?) and as bonuses on Safe as Milk's CD release. I would really recommend checking them out, considering that Strictly Personal actually has a reputation of being ruined by the mixing

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