Posts by Michael Taylor

My wife found this on the shelf at Best Buy and expressed a lot of interest in it. I told her to hold off on it until I could find a review. Thanks Ron, for the heads up on this one. It will be one of my rare rentals if I can find it at...

OSL: Swedish Title: The Seventh Seal I love this film because: The theme of the film is thought provoking, the performances are excellent, the story is dramatic with moments of levity. The plot - A man returning from the Crusades is...

I assume the commentary for This is Spinal Tap! made it to the DVD. The DVD has two commentaries. One of them featutres Michael McKean, Harry Shearer, and Christopher Guest as themselves. The other features Rob Reiner.

I would love to have seen some extras on the DVD because I really like the movie. It is one of my most watched DVDs. The book was excellent, but very difficult to adapt to the screen. Lynch's version, in my opinion, was better than the...

I really think that "The Hidden" starring Kyle MacLachlan has a particularly memorable opening. It features a lengthy car chase where the car being chased drives off the roads onto sidewalks and into pedestrians, mothers with baby...

These are two of my favorites: Bill Gates as D&D Character Microsoft Patents Ones and Zeroes

I was really unimpressed with Speed the first time I saw it. For some reason, I can believe that aliens use humans as living hosts and burst from their chests, but cannot, for the life of me, believe for a second that a [[SPOILER]] ...

Thank you Peter! Ok, based upon my understanding thus far, here is my theory of the evolution of the word "score"... It sounds like all of them are technically soundtracks and the term "score" is used as a sub-category. Or is...

Quote: Criterion are going to be re-releasing this movie next year in a new special edition (more supplements, new restored anamorphic transfer), along with some more Truffauts. This is not a mere rumour. Where...

I agree with your sentiments about how much Lucas was "inspired by" The Hidden Fortress. I think he was inspired by the two bumbling idiots and turned them into C-3PO and R2-D2. The princess idea seemed like an potential influence, but...