tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13095695.post2912440915500222021..comments2023-10-22T17:40:51.323-04:00Comments on Tativille: New Film: UnstoppableMichael J. Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12333893240336518881noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13095695.post-44882248077020587472010-12-18T03:22:41.851-05:002010-12-18T03:22:41.851-05:00Excellent review. I watched this last night and wa...Excellent review. I watched this last night and was pleasantly surprised. I've only recently become a Tony Scott convert. I'm not convinced he's necessarily great yet, but he's at least interesting and certainly needlessly ignored. Your 3rd paragraph from the bottom in particular struck me as a bit revelatory. I find the parallels you draw between it and Deja Vu to be rather conducive to enjoying and appreciating both films.Chris Clarknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13095695.post-37659326806465943182010-11-21T21:54:57.525-05:002010-11-21T21:54:57.525-05:00Top Gun is an absolutely wonderful movie. Indulge...Top Gun is an absolutely wonderful movie. Indulgent, sure, but emotionally and viscerally raw, a very alive piece of filmmaking. It's kitsch but thrilling, visually and narratively. Love it to death. Crimson Tide is strong as well, though not as cinematically exciting, personally. The Hunger is beautiful, though a bit too much like his brother's work maybe. I'm with Trip regarding Enemy of the State, and I really owe Domino a rewatch. I'm a huge fan of Man on Fire, for reasons more similar to Top Gun than anything else. A bit overbearing at times and indulgent, but absolutely thrilling and vibrant, and I enjoy seeing Denzel's broken man achieve catharsis through brazen violence. The more I think about Unstoppable the more I like it for the reasons Michael points out. Definitely essential viewing.Lance McCallionnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13095695.post-67093355271045947652010-11-18T23:16:35.792-05:002010-11-18T23:16:35.792-05:00I do perhaps get some auteuristic pleasure out of ...I do perhaps get some auteuristic pleasure out of ideas found in Enemy of the State, and as entertainment in its first part, but when it degenerates into this silly buddy comedy thing with explosions, I admittedly lost interest. I remember feeling guilty watching and enjoying Man on Fire, for reasons I don't know now. Very pleased to hear of Unstoppable's greater worth.<br /><br />Ugh, indeed. Alien, Blade Runner, then nothing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13095695.post-57635650288202576602010-11-18T22:50:40.988-05:002010-11-18T22:50:40.988-05:00I actually wouldn't add so many titles to my o...I actually wouldn't add so many titles to my own must-see Tony Scott list - "Enemy of the State" surely; maybe "Man on Fire," maybe not. (I look forward to catching up with his debut "Loving Memory" at some point in the not-to-distant future.) Really, what is exhilarating about "Unstoppable" is that it stands closest to the towering "Deja Vu." <br /><br />Now Ridley, a wasted career...Michael J. Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12333893240336518881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13095695.post-63579559305153220282010-11-18T22:28:59.215-05:002010-11-18T22:28:59.215-05:00I have to wait until mid-January, unfortunately. I...I have to wait until mid-January, unfortunately. I'll give Pelham a rent to tide me over until then. I'm a big supporter of Deja Vu, but outside of that and maybe Domino and Crimson Tide, not a huge Scott fan. At least he doesn't put one to sleep in record time like his brother. Have you seen Tony's really early work? I know BFI have released blu-rays of some of it that I must check out at some point.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com