I said the ideal gap was 2-3 years with a decrease in quality the further after that gap but maybe up to 5 years works.
Oddly, I also think sequels/prequels out less than a year later (that aren’t part of a known series) tend to just be cheap money for Hollywood, not quality movies.
Probably another red flag is the number, like movie 2, ok.
Movie 3 successively worse,
movie 4, moving to hot garbage (rocky may be only exception)
movie 5, rarely reason to make it, certainly none to watch it.
Movie 6+ should be straight to video (streaming) that no one really knows it was ever made til accidentally coming across it.
Skinning the Jamaican drug Lords alive was pretty real good as they were skinning some other dude alive with bird blood. Not as good as 1 though.
Aliens was a very good 2 to Alien.
Duvall was in the Godfather, he played Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore in Apocalypse Now ("I love the smell of napalm in the morning"), Gone in 60 seconds, Open Range, The Natural, Days of Thunder... always good
60 seconds, the natural, and days of thunder I’ve seen.
Add secondhand lions.
I don’t complain about him but he’s not the “main” character either.
Still haven’t seen apocalypse now or open range.
Incoming blasphemy aside, I’ve not watched any Godfather’s either.
Goot Lawd sir!!!!! Watch Apocalypse Now fo sho! Smh… it’s a heavy, and entirely well done. Duvall most likely my favorite performance albeit short in life. Filled with A list actors.
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It’s like being a music fan and not knowing Elvis. Get yo life together! Killing me Smalls!
I hated Apocalypse Now, no joke and not lying, not trying to be some kind of hip contrarian. Just a slow, meandering, pointless movie.
And I too was WAY late on the Godfather movies, but eventually came to my senses. The sequel gets a lot of press but I think that I enjoyed the first one more than part 2. And part 3 is pretty 'Meh,' but it does have a couple of scenes that make it worth watching at least. I bought the new 'Coda' cut of the film but haven't watched it yet.
I was mostly referring to Duvall's role. It is a slow movie, but I think a good one. All except for the final scenes. That movie had Marion Brando, Martin Sheen, Dennis Hopper, Laurence Fishburne, Harrison Ford, Glenn Walken, and Scott Glenn in their primes. That's an actor list right there.
I would dispute the 'in their primes' part, but I'll completely agree that Robert Duvall does stand out as the part of the movie that I remember the best, his entire sequence in fact. And obviously the now classic line we all know...
Yeah- i understand. Since we wrapped that up, i totally forgot about Matt Damon and the movie The Martian. Facking masterpiece film!
Just watched a classic Navy movie, The Last Detail.
Young Jack Nicholson.
One of Randy Quaid’s first movies.
A small scene with Gilda Radner, her first accredited and thing per IMDB.
And Carol Kane, I recognize her from Taxi and Scrooged but she’s in a lot of stuff.
Young Jack Nicholson.
One of Randy Quaid’s first movies.
A small scene with Gilda Radner, her first accredited and thing per IMDB.
And Carol Kane, I recognize her from Taxi and Scrooged but she’s in a lot of stuff.
Predator 2 was an excellent sequel, and even had Bill Paxton who was in in Aliens! But seriously check out Prey. It’s good
Dude read the book. It’s like a gazillion times better and some random guy wrote it in his spare time. It’s a super easy fun read.
Thanks! I will
that the one where a prisoner escapes?
If so fine 70s movie
Quaid is the “prisoner” but Jack and another guy are just chasers escorting him to Navy jail a few states away.
Basically, he’s a young 20 year old who never experienced anything and Jack is a classic Sailor that’s been around the world and helps him experience some life before going to prison.
Gets him drunk, teaches a little Fighting, gets him a whore, you know, Sailor basics.
As a guy who grew up in the 80’s and 90’s, I just watched the movie Snack Shack and it was hilarious. Recommended.
