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Paul Hotbranch
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« on: August 26, 2003, 09:07:24 PM »
I bought this movie along with"Highlander"and I watched it last weekend,and I loved it!

Kurt Russell is great as the badass Snake Plissken,Lee Van Cleef plays well his part and Ernest Borginine was a riot!

John Carpenter is a genius.

What do you think?
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« Reply #1 on: August 26, 2003, 09:10:10 PM »
It's pretty good.

Some of the special effects look dated and the music....uh well I've never been a big fan of John Carpenter's self composed keyboard music.
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« Reply #2 on: August 26, 2003, 09:13:39 PM »
I love this movie to death! But when I last viewed it 2 years ago, it was a different experience as I had remembered it from when I was a kid. Not bad or anything; just different. Didn't help that my dad watched it with me; he'd never seen it and though Kurt Russell was way too wimpy to be playing Snake. I always though Kurt was an interesting choice because he was still quite young with his baby face. My dad just tore the movie apart for me. I also liked Lee Van Cleef in this as well; Harry Dean Stanton too.
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Chris K.
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« Reply #3 on: August 26, 2003, 10:10:27 PM »
MGM, now becoming the master of releasing cult flicks on DVD, is going to release ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK as a 'Special Edition'. I expect an audio commentary featuring John Carpenter and Kurt Russell.

It's scheduled for December; kind of an unusual date for a down-n'-dirty action/sci-fi flick.
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« Reply #4 on: August 26, 2003, 11:09:05 PM »
Awesome! I'm definitely going to have to buy it!!
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« Reply #5 on: August 27, 2003, 05:31:11 AM »
ASHTHECAT wrote: "Some of the special effects look dated"

Oh, sure they look. However, I like the look of matte paintings and miniatures. I think the effects are pretty good on the scene Snake flies over Manhattan, but certainly the plane falling from that building later on the movie stinks.

But well, I even like the FX on "Escape from LA". Believe it or not, I just love the surreal look of miniatures combined with poor CGI.
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F-Freep
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« Reply #6 on: August 27, 2003, 10:47:37 AM »
Some of the special effects look dated

Sorry, I just watched "Godzilla Versus Monster Zero"...
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« Reply #7 on: August 27, 2003, 11:51:07 AM »
A true Classic.
I' mean, ya got Issac Hayes as that crazy pimp underground leader!!! Donald Pleasance playing Prez.!! only he kinda acts the same way in everything he's in.
Kurt Russel probably ate thousands of throat lozenges just for the part of Snake.
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« Reply #8 on: August 27, 2003, 11:59:00 AM »
ASHTHECAT wrote:

> I've never been a big fan of John Carpenter's self composed
> keyboard music.

What's really fun is trying to think up lyrics to the theme song.
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« Reply #9 on: August 27, 2003, 02:58:14 PM »
This is a fun movie, but I wish it had a bit more "escaping" in it, and a bit less comedy. And Donald Pleasence was a terrible choice to play the President of the U.S. (with a British accent!)
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« Reply #10 on: August 27, 2003, 06:38:17 PM »
Hey, in an "Alternate" reality like that one, i'll buy it.
Oh! Look to the comic shops for the Snake Plisskin comic book, by Hurricane press. Yas might just like it.
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Paul Hotbranch
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« Reply #11 on: August 27, 2003, 06:46:06 PM »
I DONĀ“T HAVE A DVD!
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