Is Michael Jackson really dead?
Easily one of the best of the year, which isn't saying much, but it is VERY good.
But-tick, but-tock!
"biblical epic Point Break"
this movie is to action movies what Moon is to scifi movies. But I think you're wrong, Near Dark is her first masterpiece. The bar scene alone is better than 99% of all short films.
Old school action is all but dead. All Hail Bigelow! This film is terrific!
I'd say Near Dark, Point Break and Strange Days are all masterpieces. What could be doe to them to improve them? Nothing.
A very under appreciated film. Sits alongside Die Hard as one of the best action movies ever made.
someone to much to shoot them?
god i agree, i love those movies. and they look so good a decade ahead - i love them even more. it must have broken their hearts when it wasn't a hit at the time - it's due a major re-release and re-appraisal. i remember at the time everyone in the uk was going on about TRAINSPOTTING, and I was thinking, hang on? what about this STRANGE DAYS...
Think of it: A movie adaptation of a show that makes fun of Transformers & Co., directed by someone who is much better than Michael Bay!
Yeah Strange Days just went off the radar and got a terrible release here in the UK after it bombed stateside. If you hadn't been following it you would never have known it had been released. <p> Everyone i've recommended the movie to has always loved it. One of the best films of the 90s as far as i'm concerned.
'Have you ever fired a gun into the air and gone "aarrrgghh"?'<p>Groovy interview, I'd rather like to see this.
i dont think shes made a movie i didnt like, and she does action and suspense much better than a lot of the hacks that get regular big budget shite to direct.
I live in UK too... I remember being gutted because it was on at the ODEON LEICESTER SQ (my favourite) for its premiere, but swiftly moved away, so I had to see it at screen 5 or something at the Plaza. Would have loved to have seen it on the massive screen.
I have to post again because I have posted so much hate for TF2, and people complain that this site is only for whiners, and we gotta show them that it's also for people to enthuse about things they love too. (That's why Harry's DVD page is one of my favourites things here.)
Strange Days is a masterpiece.
kind of straddled the 80s action genre, and really led into the "Speed" type action of the 1990s. Lori Petty was hot in a "hot-cute" way in that movie, but have not really heard much from her recently. And Patrick Swaze was great too. . . I really hope he beats cancer, but things don't look good. . and be a big OSU fan, I loved that Johnny Utah was a QB for the Buckeyes!!
Near Dark is of my favourite vampire movies and i like the rest of your work. <p>You are a very talented director and a beautiful woman too,i wish you the very best with your new movie.
For my degree. One was on Near Dark and the other, Strange Days. Bigelow's a legend as far as i'm concerned and a few of today's shaky-cam hacks could learn some valuable lessons from her.
Iraq war film = self-righteous a-holes preaching about the human tragedy of war. Zzzzzzz.
Watched it again with my wife last night. Amazing shootout at the end. Lots of action. Highly recommended. Bigelow is the real deal.
Pure talent. Always has been.
Got it wrong on this one. This is NOT one of those films.
June 26, 2009, 10:31 a.m. CST
by Mr. Nice Gaius
You know the one I'm talking about...Sizemore...the girl...<P>Creeps me the frak out.
Utah! Two!
Sadly TF2 took $60 million yesterday, prob more than The Hurt Locker will take in its whole theatrical run. <p> Such is life...
yeah we just want to fuck you up..
June 26, 2009, 2:51 p.m. CST
by Nasty In The Pasty
Is that the rape/murder sequence where the killer places that squid-thingie on the head of his victim so she can watch herself get murdered through the eyes of her killer? Goddamnit, that concept HAUNTED me for DAYS afterwards.<BR><BR>Anyways, a new action flick from "Bam-Bam" Bigelow is to be treasured in the days of crapola like Transformers and Domino. I can't wait to see this.
I saw this like 6 months back (European blu-ray) and it didn't really grab me, But Kathryn Bigelow is going to be at the Landmark in NY tonight introducing the film and maybe Q&A, so maybe I should give it a go on the big screen.
Yep, that's the one. A totally horrifying concept and one that is filmed in a really creepy and effective manner. It's very intense and it definitely does (or should) stick with you for awhile afterwards.<P>From what I remember, the girl who played the victim was gorgeous, too.
...make more movies. Very attractive woman as well - extremely smart, good looking, articulate, talented filmmaker. Yow.<p> People should support this film and go see it so that real talent gets nurtured, as opposed to that piece of irredemable trash Transformers.
Near Dark is the best modern vampire flick. Masterpiece. Strange Days is one of the most underestimated sci fi flicks of all time. Better than many classics. Motherfucking Masterpiece Number 2.
Let me work on it. I used to video edit the animated series. Those guys went on to produce Metalocalypse
still a great movie tho
June 26, 2009, 7:29 p.m. CST
by MaxTheSilent
Given that she's James Cameron's ex-wife. That said, they're still friends (Cameron even supposedly recommended she go with 'The Hurt Locker' when she was trying to pick between a few projects for her next film) and he co-wrote the script for Strange Days, so I'm sure he would have felt much more comfortable with his baby in her hands than in McG's.
June 26, 2009, 9:45 p.m. CST
by m_reporter
Besides her near flawless history with action films, she is close friends with Cameron and worked with him on Strange Days.<p> The Hurt Locker is amazing.
June 26, 2009, 10:30 p.m. CST
by Nasty In The Pasty
It KILLS me to see the movie littering the $5.99 bin in most supermarkets and electronic stores. The extras on the disc are fine, we just need a spiffed-up transfer.
Hugely underrated movie. I've no idea why it flopped. Certainly deserves a special edition DVD, but since it is a fairly cult film I don't know if it'll get one. The current DVD has barely any extras. A commentary with Cameron and Bigelow would be nice. I wonder what Cameron's own version of Strange Days would have been like? But Bigelow did as good a job as any, it was a very faithful translation of the script, so it may not have been much different - it's like asking what True Romance would have been like if Tarantino had directed, and not Tony Scott.<p>Bigelow would have done a great job on Terminator as well; better than McDick, that's for sure.
much love around here. Such a ridiculously underrated sci-fi movie, how the fuck did it fail to just make fuckall $$$? Anyway...wish Cameron would write another sci-fi script for her.
Any of you been to marketsaw.com and read the info posted by a crewperson on Avatar? He/she has some really interesting things to say....
crappy summer movies....Geez just saw TF2 this morning (dont hate me guys, my girlfriend got free tickets...) ...and really what the fuck can I say?
You can say, "at least we didn't give any money to Michael Bay", and "bring on Avatar!"
damn right, we really need a damn good sci-fi action epic that understands story, characterization, and how to do and use action properly. We need our sci-fi TDK this year man....
while high. an experience for a life. it is. just writing it gives me shivers.
too much songs. felt like an 80s Stallone movie
Good job, man. Looking forward to seeing this.
Break open in case of acting emergency where incredible talent is immediately needed.
would never have made Terminator 4. She's an artist.
All good my friend. Giving Transformers a wide berth...
the blood is running out of your body Roach, you're gonna be dead soon. I hope it was worth it!
And I'll add to the chorus by saying everyone should go see this rather than Minstrel Robot Battle this weekend.
Agreed guys totally underrated and point break is a guilty pleasure of mine, just great movie, this summer is garbage for films, bring on Moon and AVATAR!
Funny how when you're a kid watching these types of movies they're just fun action flicks, then as an adult you realise they hold up under all kinds of scrutiny...police procedural realism (well sorta), plot structure, action editing, but most of all THEME. Bodhi's little speech about robbing banks to avoid becoming a 'dead soul' isn't a great deal of motivation, but it's SOMETHING. I really hope that the pungent scent attached to all these remakes doesn't somehow affect their legacy. If one of my Transformer-loving pals is anything to go by, it won't. I tried to recommend Robocop to him (he likes robots etc), and he said 'Nah...too slow'. Modern audiences = conditioned to quick editing and overall shitty movies. They can't be bothered questioning this new standard, so it shall continue for years to come I fear.
I love you Kathryn.
The first six minutes will reel you in as it builds upon tension. solid performances by Mackie,Renner and a all too short appearance by Guy Pearce.too bad this movie will be overshadowed by the retarded mess that is transformers revenge of the fallen.
June 28, 2009, 8:07 p.m. CST
by CharlesThomasMathews1978
Remove the spaces... http://img33.imageshack.us/img 33/1410/spielberg2.jpg
Saw it last night in LA, followed by a Q&A with Jeremy Renner that was moderated by Sam Rockwell(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!). It doesn't get any fucking better than that.
Where can I get a print?
Went to NYC on Sat and saw the movie with Q&A afterwords with Director. All the Good Reviews are deserved- a tight thriller & Great War Movie! As soon as this goes wide I urge you to see this film. When the director came out for quick Q&A I was surprised to see tall, slim, soft spoken lady - expected something totally different :). She and her crew deserve much credit in making a great movie that a fresh breath of air. GO SEE IT ASAP!
oda was always there and we were always waiting on them cause they had another ied to diffuse before us. Some of the best memories of my life are waiting for them and taking out the ied ourselves. Some courageous mf were walk up to the ied place c4 and blow the sucker up before we got there. I got to that once, almost shit my pants scary as hell. A couple times me and LT would shoot at the sucker and till it exploded, but it never did. One of my favorite movies is strange days.
The movie was ok, I did like that the soldiers were treated as real people. But realistic...no, not close, not close at all...
I can't figure out why this is given such short shrift out in the real world. An art house film? Gimme a break. There's more nutsack-tightening tension in the first ten minutes of this movie than anything in Terminator or Transformers. This one needs some extra attention. GO SEE IT!
His performance is incredible and this is one of the best films of the year. The fact that Renner's great cop show "The Unusuals" wasn't renewed is a fucking crime.
I watch it every New Year's.
SO AWESOME! And I dont even like war movies that much anymore, great concept.
i was so fukin tense thoughout the damn thing, that i bit myself a fat lip! i do love beaks's proposition of; what if it had been leo instead? and i am here to tell you guys that yes - imho, leo could have done the 'james' role. not to take away from jeremy, they both look similar, and are very talented. regardless, i love the cast that they went with. this film deserves many nominations, and i wouldn't be surprised at all to see jeremy get nominated for the golden globes, though i think that's as high as hell get. (bonus: dexter's brother 'biney' is in this movie!!!)
I haven't seen many of her films, but she really took it home on this one, along with her cast...good stuff.
or so it says on the ads.
At an Art House. Sigh. Well, to be fair, two art houses: one in San Jose and one in Palo Alto. <p> This is pathetic.
The phone number for Regal Corporate is: 1-865-922-1123. Give them a call if you want to see "The Hurt Locker" and it's not playing in your area.<p> Calling might not make a bit of difference, but your never know.