Good film. I'm surprised no one has mentioned Jeff Wayne though. He did an incredible concept album telling the story and has toured all over doing live shows, almost like a play, in concert form. My stepdad loves Jeff Wayne's telling of it, so I was brought up with it. Truly incredible and worth looking into if interested.
Aimee-Anne
2022-04-18 14:17:39 +0000 UTC
Random thought that suddenly just occurred to me : This is actually NOT your first Tom Cruise movie Nick.
I suddenly remembered that you once watched and reacted to Rock of Ages, and Tom Cruise played rock star Stacee Jaxx in that.... But that movie was a VERY unusual one-off for Tom Cruise, and definitely NOT a good representative of him as an actor or the types of movies he does... So it's probably best that you forgot about it ππ
(although it did show audiences for the first time that Tom Cruise could actually sing, which nobody really knew before)
Holly
2022-04-17 15:56:12 +0000 UTC
Also, Tom Cruise is so synonymous with action movies now (specifically the Mission Impossible franchise), that people forget what an amazing actor he can be. He's worked with Spielberg several times and Spielberg is one of the few directors that really allows him to ACT. The emotion Cruise shows in this movie is downright academy award worthy.
Holly
2022-04-16 02:56:30 +0000 UTC
Ok Nick, now that I've seen it:. I'm so happy you love this movie! That's always my primary objective when I pick movies for you, and although I was fairly confident you would like it, it's nice to have it confirmed βΊοΈ.
Holly
2022-04-16 01:23:36 +0000 UTC
Plus its Spielberg. He knows what hes doing lol
Mark Messer
2022-04-15 17:34:03 +0000 UTC
This isnt one of those remakes made with no love or passion for the original story. There was real effort put into this. Unlike some of those disney remakes like Mulan 2020 and Lion King 2019.
Mark Messer
2022-04-15 17:32:56 +0000 UTC
No it really isnt. Its just as good in my opinion.
Mark Messer
2022-04-15 16:29:42 +0000 UTC
This is one of those remakes that is unnecessary as the film from 1953 is the better version.
James Moyner
2022-04-15 13:16:23 +0000 UTC
Yay! I just saw that you posted this. I have to go to work, so I don't have time to watch it right this minute, but I am DEFINITELY watching it as soon as I get home! I will post a follow-up comment after I've watched it π