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mk · 4802 days ago · link · · parent · post: Remembering 1984's Red Dawn and worried about the 2012 Remake
I had to look them up. I had no idea that Ridley Scott had a little brother director. Looking at their work, neither one really grabs me. Except for True Romance by Tony Scott. That was a pretty great film, -at least I remember it as one. Gotta love Brad Pitt taking a back seat to Christian Slater.
Another movie from 1984 that stuck with me was Cloak & Dagger. Maybe it was because the roleplaying game in the beginning, or the video game tie-in. I loved that about E.T. It also had that Home Alone meets the Cold War feeling. Someone missed a real opportunity to have a rag-tag gang of kids fight Al Qaeda...
Cloak and Dagger could have been such a great film. Same with DARYL, same with Little Nikita. To be perfectly honest, the ship from Flight of the Navigator still has a pretty big grip on my brain.
It entertains me that you've never heard of Tony Scott. He's probably one of the biggest directors today. Charles Mudede from The Stranger once described Ridley Scott as "look how cool this reflection is in this puddle" and Tony Scott as "Isn't it cool the way the wind rustles the curtains." This link's for you: http://forum.dvdtalk.com/movie-talk/530656-true-romance-15-y...