A Certain Point of View: Writing, Film and Stuff

Short version: No. More elaborate version: Even though I’m not an Elvis Presley fan, I respect his achievements as a singer and take my hat off to his popularity. Presley contributed greatly to the pop music world, and from what little I’ve seen, he was a passable actor in lightweight “musical” movies such as  Viva Las Vegas  and  Blue Hawaii. That having been said, Elvis was a singer. He was  not  a professional actor, nor could he have given George Lucas a credible performance as  any  of the  Star Wars  characters, much less as one of the three main leads. And even if he had been able to act decently, he was too old, too addicted to drugs, and way out of shape to have played the iconic smuggler-turned-Rebel. In a nutshell,  Star Wars  would have been a disaster if Presley had been cast as Han Solo.

Pros:  Five (yes, five) different versions of the film; nice mix of extras Cons:  None Blade Runner: 30th Anniversary Collector’s Edition   Reviewer’s Note:  This review covers the 2012 Blu-ray box set and  not  the 1982 feature film or any of its follow-on versions. I also don’t own the five-disc DVD set from which the ’12 30th Anniversary Collector’s Edition is derived.    Although I’m a fan of both director Ridley Scott and actor Harrison Ford, I’ve inexplicably kept 1982’s  Blade Runner  at arm’s length. I didn’t rush to see the original theatrical cut when it premiered on June 25, 1982 nor for its run in theaters. I hadn’t yet seen director Scott’s  Alien  and wasn’t too enthused about “hard” science fiction movies. My idea of an enjoyable sci-fi flick at the time included such movies as  Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan  and space fantasies along the lines of  Star Wars  and its sequels. I knew, thanks to  Entertainment Tonight  and various articles in sci-fi relate

"Hanover Street" (1979) Written and directed by Peter Hyams Starring: Harrison Ford, Lesley-Anne Down, Christopher Plummer, Richard Masur, Patsy Kensit, John Ratzenberger David Halloran: You people actually drink this stuff? Margaret Sellinger: No we just like to put it in our cups and stare at it. David Halloran: Tastes too much like, boiled water. Margaret Sellinger: It is boiled water. David Halloran: I knew there was a reason. During World War II, London was the nerve center of the Allied war effort against Nazi Germany. From 1939 to 1945, tens of thousands of service personnel from many nations, including the United States, flooded into Great Britain's capital to plan and execute a myriad of military operations to liberate Europe from Hitler's tyranny. Inevitably, the war fostered a "live and love for today, for tomorrow we may die" attitude among the men and women in Britain. This led to a surge of sudden and passionate roman

(C) 1997 Columbia Pictures Air Force One (1997) Directed by Wolfgang Petersen Written by Andrew W. Marlowe Starring: Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, Wendy Crewson, Paul Guilfoyle, Glenn Close, William H. Macy, Liesel Matthews, Dean Stockwell President James Marshall: Never again will I allow our political self-interest to deter us from doing what we know to be morally right. Atrocity and terror are not political weapons. And to those who would use them, your day is over. We will never negotiate. We will no longer tolerate and we will no longer be afraid. It's your turn to be afraid. In the summer of 1997, Harrison Ford starred in Air Force One, a fast-paced and riveting mash-up of action/adventure and a political-thriller plot reminiscent of Tom Clancy’s novels. In this high-flying film directed by Wolfgang Petersen ( Das Boot, In the Line of Fire ), Ford takes on the role of a U.S. President who must outwit, outlast, and outfight a band of Russian ultranation