Raise the Titanic (1980)

Raise the Titanic (1980)
Rating:
Dec 2, 2015Engineering Project to Raise the Titanic
Massively ambitious Clive Cussler adaptation about the attempts to raise the wreck of the Titanic, which became one of the most over-budgeted flops of its day. The actual raising of the Titanic looks utterly magnificent but the rest of the film remains sunken amid murky underwater photography that looks like children's toys shot in a bathtub

Dune (1984)

Dune (1984)
Rating: ★★★½
Feb 1, 2001Desert World/Intergalactic Politics/Precognitive Messiah
David Lynch disowned his film version of the classic Frank Herbert SF novel. However, Lynch may be incapable of making a bad film and this, while acting freely with the book, has a visual grandeur that makes it highly watchable

The Hunt for Red October (1990)

The Hunt for Red October (1990)
Rating: ★★★★
Jun 28, 2002Tom Clancy Techno-Thriller/Advanced Submarine
The first and best Tom Clancy adaptation about a hi-tech Soviet submarine whose captain goes rogue. Director John McTiernan conducts the undersea maneuverings with gripping psychological tension