Dark City

Ah well,Wal-Mart philistines have sent it to the Sale Bin accompanying the
"Ernest Goes to...." Was one of the first two DVDs ever owned. Just
watched it tonight , good as ever!

 

Well that's certainly cool for people that don't have the DVD. It wasn't
one of my very first DVDs, but it was added to my collection shortly after
getting my first DVD player. Dark City certainly has to be one of the best
sci-fi films in recent years.

 

Best Buy had it for $5.99 (or thereabouts) several months ago. They
called it a special purchase, though. Not sure if they still have it for
that price.
--
"I don't want no volunteers, I don't want no mates. There's too many
captains on this island. Ten thousand dollars for me by myself. For
that you get the head, the tail, the whole damn thing."

Now playing: "Pink Floyd - The Last Few Bricks"

 

Terrific movie... very imaginative... better than the Matrix.


Dave Chabot www.Shemakhan.com

 

Not only do I think it's one of the worst sci-fi films I've seen in
recent years, it's got to be one of the worst films I'vve ever sat
through in a movie theater...

 

Please...

 

What is it about DARK CITY you don't like? Whereas MATRIX is an excuse to
display some great special effects, DARK CITY is an intriguing "film
noiresque" story that happens to be a fantasy of sorts... I think the
production of the film is terrific...the changing cityscape is a wonderful
visuall... the story is an odd one, but then I like to be surprised and
entertained... the acting is good... I also like THE CITY OF LOST
CHILDREN... very imaginative and a great production.


Dave Chabot www.Shemakhan.com

 

<< Not only do I think it's one of the worst sci-fi films I've seen in
recent years, it's got to be one of the worst films I'vve ever sat
through in a movie theater... >>

I fell asleep in the theater, but I've come to like it a lot better since
staying awake and seeing it on home video... I remember the day I went, I was
definitely tired but at the time I blamed the film... it deserved a better
shake.

Still not great or anything... didn't Peter Lorre's estate sue Sutherland over
the performance? They should have.

 

Ain't it funny how some things work out? Seeing as this was one of the
titles that I missed when it first came out as it had come out before
I got my first DVD player (and so it was gone off the stores shelves
by that time), and so as a result I have spent almost 18 months
looking for a decent copy (almost got one on ebay a year ago for
$14.40 but got outbid at the last minute... literally) and here I not
only find it in the $5.88 bin but it is now going for $5.50 at that!

Not bad for a dvd that listed for $25.00!

 

I really liked it a lot as well seeing as it had that same feel like
that of the first Alien movie! In fact the only thing that I think
might have made it a little better was if Jennifer Connelly (Emma) had
been in a little more of it and if she had shown a lot more skin (say
if she had been a stripper or the friend/coworker of the hooker that
got slashed rather than a singer in a bar)!

BTW I had heard that she was going to star in a new movie called "Dark
Water" which I hoped was a sequel to Dark City (which had also been
called in the past "Dark World" and Dark Empire") but alas it turns
out dark water is only a plain old horror movie/ghost story!

 

Is that a remake of the Japanese Dark Water? I knew it was coming...

It will be terrible. The Japanese Dark Water is terrific, I can
reccomend that to anyone. It is definately not "plain old", but I
expect that the US version will be.

Mischa

 

Amazon France Dark City DVD:
http://tinyurl.com/2quly

Just as an FYI in this thread on Dark City to those interested, France
released
a Special Edition DVD replete with a full bit-rate English DTS track that,
to
these ears, is every bit as good as the DTS laserdisc, released 'back in the
day'.
Highly recommended.

 

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Gee, thanks for that thoughtful and incisive review.

I found it several cuts above the usual crap marketed as "sci fi"
because it was full of ideas. What is reality? What is memory? When
both can be changed by an act of someone's will (or a hypodermic)
all bets are off.

What does your identity mean? If your memories are changed, are you
even you any more? Was Jennifer Connelly the movie cashier the same
person as Jennifer Connelly the lounge singer that Rufus Sewell had
been in love with?

In many "sci-fi" films., the special effects seem to take on their
own imperative. In /Dark City/, the special effects were impressive,
but almost always in the service of the plot. The shifting buildings
were a wonderful part of the big chase scene. (The effects in the
final fight with Mr Book didn't work so well for me.)

Finally, the movie has some _wonderful_ visuals. That shot of the
sun rising over the city in space is the best argument I know
against "full screen" videos.

And the DVD is blessed with excellent commentary tracks, two of them
if I recall correctly.

 

Isn't it grand! How typical of so many film fans. Already prepared to
declare a movie is horrible before knowing anything about who's doing it,
little alone before seeing it. I mean, HEAVEN FORBID a beloved movie of any
sort be remade!

 

I love the commentary track by Roger Ebert. It's great seeing a commentary
track from a knowledgeable film reviewer that was not involved in the movie
at all aside from watching it in the theatre. It's probably one of the only
commentary tracks that I listened to the entire way through and even
replayed parts to friends!

I wish more DVDs had film reviewer commentary tracks, I don't know of any
others. Anyone else know of any?

Steve

 

Rumor has it that Steve Smith put forth the following:

Roger Ebert does a commentary track on the special edition DVD of Casablanca,
for one.

I'm pretty sure he did another commentary, but the title escapes me right now.
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Hank
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now.

He did one for a little title called Citizen Kane as well.

 

Maybe because they're invariably inferior? Name 1 remake made in the last 25
years that was better than the original. I can name plenty that weren't.

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Oh please. I have no problems with remakes as such, it is just that
lately, Hollywood just wants to make the SAME movie that was made
somewhere else, just wishing it was their idea. Millions of people
will miss out on the original, like Ring, which is a shame. Lots will
not even know it is a remake, like all the dumb idiots on IMDB who
applaude The Ring's originality.

Hollywood's idea of originality is remaking a movie not many people
have seen.

A remake can be good, it just has to add something. These remakes like
Dark Water and Ring are completely unnecesary, the movies are too
recent. For an example of a good remake, I can name John Carpenter's
the Thing. It was very different to the original, and because so much
time had passed, the story could do with a retelling. Nothing like the
recent remakes of Asian cinema.

Mischa