Comments on: Celebrating the 35th Anniversary of ‘Death Wish’ http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/stkarnick/2009/01/08/celebrating-the-35th-anniversary-of-death-wish/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:29:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Floridan http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/stkarnick/2009/01/08/celebrating-the-35th-anniversary-of-death-wish/comment-page-1/#comment-838398 Floridan Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:45:59 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/?p=11697#comment-838398 Here's Ebert's take on Death Wish sequels: Death Wish II: "The movie is underwritten and desperately underplotted, so that its witless action scenes alternate with lobotomized dialogue passages. The movie doesn't contain an ounce of life. It slinks onto the screen and squirms for a while, and is over. " and ". . . so ineptly directed and edited that it was an insult even to audiences that were looking for a bad movie." No stars. Death Wish III: "[Bronson] looks very tired in this movie. In interviews, he has expressed his unhappiness with it.." One star. Here's Ebert's take on Death Wish sequels:

Death Wish II: "The movie is underwritten and desperately underplotted, so that its witless action scenes alternate with lobotomized dialogue passages. The movie doesn't contain an ounce of life. It slinks onto the screen and squirms for a while, and is over. " and ". . . so ineptly directed and edited that it was an insult even to audiences that were looking for a bad movie." No stars.

Death Wish III: "[Bronson] looks very tired in this movie. In interviews, he has expressed his unhappiness with it.." One star.

]]> By: Big Hollywood » Blog Archive » Big Thanks: A Really Big Launch, A Really Big Tent, A Really Big Future http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/stkarnick/2009/01/08/celebrating-the-35th-anniversary-of-death-wish/comment-page-1/#comment-26897 Big Hollywood » Blog Archive » Big Thanks: A Really Big Launch, A Really Big Tent, A Really Big Future Sun, 11 Jan 2009 01:38:51 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/?p=11697#comment-26897 [...] S.T. Karnick popped in to remind us of a less politically correct time — 35 years ago — when Charles Bronson’s “Death Wish” debuted on the big screen. [...] [...] S.T. Karnick popped in to remind us of a less politically correct time — 35 years ago — when Charles Bronson’s “Death Wish” debuted on the big screen. [...]

]]> By: John Nolte http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/stkarnick/2009/01/08/celebrating-the-35th-anniversary-of-death-wish/comment-page-1/#comment-24013 John Nolte Sat, 10 Jan 2009 05:36:58 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/?p=11697#comment-24013 I have three autographs hanging right here in my office/kitchen. Charles Bronson's is one of them. Pure movie star. And a great actor by my measure which is whether or not the performance is convincing. Unlike Meryl Streep, Bronson always convinced. My favorite of the five, though it is like singling out a child, is Death Wish II which is set in Los Angeles to an incredibly inventive and bad ass score courtesy of Led Zep's Jimmy Page. The film is pure pulp with director Michael Winner (who did the first and third) going for the iconic moment at every turn. Bronson wears all black and prowls the streets of seedy downtown L.A. looking for the thugs who raped and killed his daughter. 88 minutes of all-kinds-of-cool. Incredibly, Death Wish 4 is directed by J. Lee Thompson, the director of The Guns Of Navarone, and who worked frequently with Bronson during his 80's Golan-Globus days. There's a reason Charles Bronson became the #1 star in the world at the age of 50. Never be another like him. I have three autographs hanging right here in my office/kitchen. Charles Bronson’s is one of them. Pure movie star. And a great actor by my measure which is whether or not the performance is convincing. Unlike Meryl Streep, Bronson always convinced.

My favorite of the five, though it is like singling out a child, is Death Wish II which is set in Los Angeles to an incredibly inventive and bad ass score courtesy of Led Zep’s Jimmy Page.

The film is pure pulp with director Michael Winner (who did the first and third) going for the iconic moment at every turn.

Bronson wears all black and prowls the streets of seedy downtown L.A. looking for the thugs who raped and killed his daughter. 88 minutes of all-kinds-of-cool.

Incredibly, Death Wish 4 is directed by J. Lee Thompson, the director of The Guns Of Navarone, and who worked frequently with Bronson during his 80’s Golan-Globus days.

There’s a reason Charles Bronson became the #1 star in the world at the age of 50. Never be another like him.

]]> By: David Tomlin http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/stkarnick/2009/01/08/celebrating-the-35th-anniversary-of-death-wish/comment-page-1/#comment-23849 David Tomlin Sat, 10 Jan 2009 04:43:30 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/?p=11697#comment-23849 Roger Ebert liked 'Death Wish'. He gave it three stars. http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19740101/REVIEWS/401010313/1023 Roger Ebert liked ‘Death Wish’. He gave it three stars.

http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19740101/REVIEWS/401010313/1023

]]> By: Janie http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/stkarnick/2009/01/08/celebrating-the-35th-anniversary-of-death-wish/comment-page-1/#comment-22033 Janie Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:46:50 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/?p=11697#comment-22033 The ignorance of people who rag on the fundamentalist Christians is truly amazing. The hypocrisy of the non-violent left is laughable. Reminds me of when Sharon Stone marched down to the police station and turned her gun in after the Columbine tragedy.....followed by her armed body guard. The ignorance of people who rag on the fundamentalist Christians is truly amazing.

The hypocrisy of the non-violent left is laughable. Reminds me of when Sharon Stone marched down to the police station and turned her gun in after the Columbine tragedy…..followed by her armed body guard.

]]> By: Marvin Arlington http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/stkarnick/2009/01/08/celebrating-the-35th-anniversary-of-death-wish/comment-page-1/#comment-20325 Marvin Arlington Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:19:07 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/?p=11697#comment-20325 Death Wish would make a fine title for a documentary about fundamentalist Christians and their belief that the end of the world is near. It sure makes governing easier. It means you can gut the clean air act, the clean water act and the endangered species act because if the world is going to end tomorrow, who needs to save anything? BTW, a very good friend of mine was the woman killed in Death Wish 2. Too bad she got cut out of the sequels. The movie was quite the franchise for awhile. Death Wish would make a fine title for a documentary about fundamentalist Christians and their belief that the end of the world is near. It sure makes governing easier. It means you can gut the clean air act, the clean water act and the endangered species act because if the world is going to end tomorrow, who needs to save anything?

BTW, a very good friend of mine was the woman killed in Death Wish 2. Too bad she got cut out of the sequels. The movie was quite the franchise for awhile.

]]> By: Ben Tramer http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/stkarnick/2009/01/08/celebrating-the-35th-anniversary-of-death-wish/comment-page-1/#comment-20225 Ben Tramer Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:07:11 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/?p=11697#comment-20225 Except AMC to edit the hell out of this film, since they no longer show films uncut. That will probably please a lot of readers on this site since there are so many complaints about too much violence, sex, and language in today's films. Except AMC to edit the hell out of this film, since they no longer show films uncut. That will probably please a lot of readers on this site since there are so many complaints about too much violence, sex, and language in today’s films.

]]> By: Tim http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/stkarnick/2009/01/08/celebrating-the-35th-anniversary-of-death-wish/comment-page-1/#comment-19553 Tim Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:39:11 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/?p=11697#comment-19553 Glenn Kenney, "Also:”[Death Wish] portrayed a strong, courageous husband defending his home, family…” Yeah, that didn’t quite work out, did it? The wife DOES die, after all…" You get kudos for pointing out the stupidly obvious... TH1567 Don't fade away, burn out. Glenn Kenney,

“Also:”[Death Wish] portrayed a strong, courageous husband defending his home, family…” Yeah, that didn’t quite work out, did it? The wife DOES die, after all…”

You get kudos for pointing out the stupidly obvious…

TH1567
Don’t fade away, burn out.

]]> By: M.A. ralph Cramer http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/stkarnick/2009/01/08/celebrating-the-35th-anniversary-of-death-wish/comment-page-1/#comment-19101 M.A. ralph Cramer Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:49:37 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/?p=11697#comment-19101 When we ran this film at our drive in theatre, when the scene with Charlie shooting the boom box finished, the "theatre" errupted with horn honking and head lights flashing. When we ran this film at our drive in theatre, when the scene with Charlie shooting the boom box finished, the “theatre” errupted with
horn honking and head lights flashing.

]]> By: S. T. Karnick http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/stkarnick/2009/01/08/celebrating-the-35th-anniversary-of-death-wish/comment-page-1/#comment-19093 S. T. Karnick Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:48:58 +0000 http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/?p=11697#comment-19093 Kael did not review <i>Death Wish</i> directly, true (and I did not say or suggest that she did), but she referred to it disparagingly in other reviews and essays. For example, as late in her life as in her review of <i>Thelma and Louise,</i> she is still going after it, writing that the film "distorts the issues it poses much as the Charles Bronson <i>Death Wish</i> movies used to." She repeatedly used the word "fascistic" to describe vigilante films such as <i>Dirty Harry</i> and <i>Straw Dogs.</i> My lengthy <i>Chronicles</i> article on the subject extensively documents the leftist response to vigilante films. Kael did not review Death Wish directly, true (and I did not say or suggest that she did), but she referred to it disparagingly in other reviews and essays. For example, as late in her life as in her review of Thelma and Louise, she is still going after it, writing that the film “distorts the issues it poses much as the Charles Bronson Death Wish movies used to.” She repeatedly used the word “fascistic” to describe vigilante films such as Dirty Harry and Straw Dogs. My lengthy Chronicles article on the subject extensively documents the leftist response to vigilante films.

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