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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080979/
Instead of a death sentence, a convict is given the opportunity to impersonate a lord in a time of war.
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kagemusha lit. “shadow warrior”
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1798709/
https://www.warnerbros.com/movies/her
Artificial intelligence is created but is somehow only used as a personal assistant.
Awkward and slow, and so lacking in intellectual merit as to make it far too weak a story. Science fiction chick flicks are fucking weak.
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As always, Send a philosopher.
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0245429/
On the way to moving to a new town, a girl stumbles upon and is trapped in a pocket dimension with an old Japanese bath house run by spirits and non-humans.
SHE SHOUTS A LOT
A spectacular movie. Youthful but with a balance of fantasy spectacle and horror.
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0325710/
https://www.warnerbros.com/movies/last-samurai
An American captain, suffering from PTSD-induced nightmares so bad he became alcoholic, is brought back into the trade as a consultant and trainer to suppress the civil war in Japan and fight against its old warrior class, the samurai.
Dare I say this is one of the greats. It has various classic elements without being tiring and obvious, and maintains a great pace and tone.
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0244244/
https://www.warnerbros.com/movies/swordfish
A recently-ex-con world-renown hacker is swept into the well-planned efforts to fund long-term anti-terrorist terrorism.
I-like-hyphens.
Ignoring the Hollywood-hacker bullshit, it’s a good movie, particularly because so few, at least at its release, would be so A-class and yet have this particular topic. It helps shape the understanding of the passion behind Lawful Evil.
- Not related to the fish Swordfish.
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Partially playing off of the Swordfish (password).
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1371111/
https://www.warnerbros.com/movies/cloud-atlas
During the thrashing of an epileptic seizure, an editor stitches together bits of various unrelated shorts into a single movie filled with famous people and great music.
If one can labour past the non science-fiction, it’s pretty good. In fact, I think if one cut out everything except two of the storylines, they would make for good shorts. I may do that one day.
I wouldn’t imagine this to have been a critical success.
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Based on Cloud Atlas (2004 book), by David Mitchell
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097883/
An investigator of airplane disasters learns their passengers are critical to the plans of a woman he falls in love with.
This is one of the early time travel movies which really grabbed me and brought me into the genre. I don’t know that I’d call it great or could strongly recommended it to others, but I like it a lot.
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Based on Air Raid – (1977 story), by John Varley
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094154/
A scientist from the future goes back in time to do (stuff that I wasn’t paying attention enough to figure out), but his assistant’s daughter goes back to stop him with the help of one of the grandfather’s of time travel.
For an old TV-movie this is pretty good.
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The actual movie is copyright 1986.
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092086/
Three movie stars, mistaken for the heroes they portray, are lead to Mexico to protect townsfolk.
Maybe this was good in the context in which it was made, but god damn is it awful now.
- Properly titled ¡Three Amigos!
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See also Seven Samurai – (1954 movie)
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3748528/
https://www.starwars.com/films/rogue-one
Something something father something reactor something plans to the death star something hope.
A pretty terrible episode. I’m not going to bother watching another of these..
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AKA Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, because fuck sensible naming.
