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Topic: Enemy Mine (1985) (Read 2100 times)
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pxib
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Humanity and aliens are at war. Man and alien crash land on deserted planet together, learn about eachother, and become as unto brothers. I remembered this film fondly from seeing it in on cable in my early teens, and it happened to be on TV when I was over at a friend's house recently and we watched it. As an adult it's embarassingly sappy and hackneyed, so it hasn't aged particularly well. The acting is fine and the direction is capable, but the script has no idea what to do with all the ideas it wants to express. Also, I've now seen Hell in the Pacific... an older, far superior film on the same theme. If you find yourself skimming Netflix and think Enemy Mine might be worth a watch, I recommend that film instead. |
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Samwise
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This was one of my childhood favorites as well, and I rewatched it not long ago. It does feel a bit dated but still an entertaining flick IMO.
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Riggswolfe
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This is one of those movies where the novelisation is superior. It goes into more detail about the aliens customs and society and what happens when Deniis Quad's character takes the alien child back to his homeworld. There's alot of politics involved and the Dennis Quad has to fight both the humans and aliens (politically) just to get the kid a place to live and call home.
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"We live in a country, where John Lennon takes six bullets in the chest, Yoko Ono was standing right next to him and not one fucking bullet! Explain that to me! Explain that to me, God! Explain it to me, God!" - Denis Leary summing up my feelings about the nature of the universe.
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pxib
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This is one of those movies where the novelisation is superior. Yeah, I imagine so. The good memories I had of the film were all the things it inspired in my teenage geek mind. My central disappointment on the recent rewatching was that so few of those ideas were actually on screen. Also how shallow and badly written what was onscreen turned out to be. |
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Sir T
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I think its significant in that it was the first time the humans were ever portrayed as something like the bad guys (its hinted very strongly that the Humans were the aggressors) which was a refreshing change from the films before it. That theme hasn't really been explored since. One of my favorite films when I was younger.
But yeah, I guess it hasn't aged well at all.
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Furiously
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I think its significant in that it was the first time the humans were ever portrayed as something like the bad guys (its hinted very strongly that the Humans were the aggressors) which was a refreshing change from the films before it. That theme hasn't really been explored since. One of my favorite films when I was younger.
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Sir T
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You didn't see Avatar?
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Khaldun
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The words "homosexual subtext" have never been more applicable. But yeah, it's actually kind of an entertaining flick in its own cheesy 80s way.
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Riggswolfe
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The words "homosexual subtext" have never been more applicable. But yeah, it's actually kind of an entertaining flick in its own cheesy 80s way.
Alien Louis Gossett Junior: "I'm pregnant" Dennis Quad: "Well don't look at me!" That exchange always made me laugh so hard. |
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