#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 The Bourne Ultinatum wasn't the last one, Stu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Ah you meant Jason Bourne. I don't know if soulless is the word I'd use, a little too aggressive in its harshness. That movie inspires no strong feelings of any kind for me. It felt rote and impersonal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 5 minutes ago, Stefancos said: The Bourne Ultinatum wasn't the last one, Stu. It could have been. It should have been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,516 Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 I agree...with Lee. The first one is definitely the best one. It had an enigmatic beginning, a thrilling middle, and a satisfying end. Like so many films, it did not need a sequel, let alone three of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,352 Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 1 hour ago, Alexcremers said: The first one is easily the best, IMO. The ones by Greengrass may dazzle you more but they suffer severely from the law of diminishing returns upon rewatching them. I agree with Alexcremers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 I agree with Richard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 I agree with Stefan! Btw, we've had this conversation on JWfan atleast 5 times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 I'm comfortable being alone in my preference for Supremacy/Ultimatum. Such is life. First one to say "I disagree with Disco Stu!" makes the signature Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Course we have. JWFan always reminds me of browsing Netflix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 2 minutes ago, Stefancos said: Btw, we've had this conversation on JWfan atleast 5 times. 1 minute ago, Quintus said: Course we have. JWFan always reminds me of browsing Netflix. OK ok, we need new topics! What's your favorite Harry Potter movie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Unbelievable I write a well thought out response to a Hollywood Golden Age Best Picture winner, and nobody cares. But one consecutive post later, I pinch out a line or two about a Bourne movie, and it sparks a whole discussion. I'm starting to figure out what makes message boards tick... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Bette Davis is a Hollywood great, but she isn't as current Jason Bourne. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 3 hours ago, Richard said: I agree...with Lee. The first one is definitely the best one. It had an enigmatic beginning, a thrilling middle, and a satisfying end. Like so many films, it did not need a sequel, let alone three of them. There were three books... 2 hours ago, Disco Stu said: I'm comfortable being alone in my preference for Supremacy/Ultimatum. Such is life. First one to say "I disagree with Disco Stu!" makes the signature You’re not alone! Ultimatum is one of the best action films of the 00s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 2 hours ago, Baby Jane Hudson said: Unbelievable I write a well thought out response to a Hollywood Golden Age Best Picture winner, and nobody cares. But one consecutive post later, I pinch out a line or two about a Bourne movie, and it sparks a whole discussion. I'm starting to figure out what makes message boards tick... Like a poster said, at least once a year, we need to confirm which one is the best Bourne. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 No one cares about old Bette Davis movies, Jerry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 I do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 17 minutes ago, Stefancos said: No one cares about old Bette Davis movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 16 minutes ago, Disco Stu said: I do You think the wrong Bourne films are the best! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 I can re-watch old Davis movies (some of them) but the Bournes are truly burnt after the first viewing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,006 Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Watched Robert Zemeckis' The Walk. It was entertaining. James Hor...err...Alan Silvestri's score is pleasant too. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,352 Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 You thought SIlvestri's score sounded like a Horner score? Never heard that before about it. I like the film and the score! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,006 Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 Oh I like it too. But some segments, to me, sound remarkably like Jimmy. The first three minutes of the suite I posted especially. At the time, I've been thinking maybe Silvestri was paying his respects. After all, it wasn't that long after... But then,it is probably just me... Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 2 hours ago, Stefancos said: No one cares about old Bette Davis movies, Jerry. I watched a heap of Joan Crawford flicks recently and got no JWfan audience reaction. Same with that Jennifer Jones film I saw recently. Sounds like JWfan cares about modern action flicks more than old b&w Hollywood dramas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 1 hour ago, Jay said: You thought SIlvestri's score sounded like a Horner score? Never heard that before about it. Really? He can't have been the only one to point it out. There are classic Horner progressions everywhere. It's a fun score. The kind we don't really get anymore, even for films like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 12 minutes ago, Baby Jane Hudson said: I watched a heap of Joan Crawford flicks recently and got no JWfan audience reaction. Same with that Jennifer Jones film I saw recently. Sounds like JWfan cares about modern action flicks more than old b&w Hollywood dramas. I'm interested in them, but you've mostly been watching ones lately that I haven't seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancyarcher 350 Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 I love Greengrass's Bourne films (well aside from the recent Jason Bourne of course). Sure they may be a bit too stylish, and they practically helped to cause the rise of shaky-cam, but they're still solid engaging, and very well-done too. I've seen Ultimatum five times now, and it never gets old. The Gods Must Be Crazy - 7.5 / 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 7 minutes ago, Disco Stu said: I'm interested in them, but you've mostly been watching ones lately that I haven't seen. I need to consult Drax Marketing Inc to scope out what JWfan audiences respond to. We need more eyeballs on posts! 7 minutes ago, Fancyarcher said: The Gods Must Be Crazy - 7.5 / 10 I remember seeing this on tele as a youngin'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancyarcher 350 Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 1 hour ago, Baby Jane Hudson said: I remember seeing this on tele as a youngin'. It's wacky, and very cartoony, "A coke bottle from the gods" etc... I saw it with my mom, and while she laughed, she thought it was super-bizarre. It's the most successful film to come out of South Africa, funny enough. I still need to see the sequel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 8 minutes ago, Fancyarcher said: It's the most successful film to come out of South Africa, funny enough Surely this is District 9 now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancyarcher 350 Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 2 minutes ago, Disco Stu said: Surely this is District 9 now? Entirely from the country to be exact, at least that's what I read. District 9 had some U.S. funding too, and Peter Jackson was involved as a producer, so isn't considered a complete "South African production", despite obviously being set in that country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Sure, makes sense. Although obviously D9 is a deeply South African film in the cultural sense, if not fiscally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancyarcher 350 Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Oh definitely. The South African economy and "wasteland", plays a big part in the setting and plot, which makes sense since Blomkamp is South African. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 The Gods Must Be Crazy is the better film, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 4 hours ago, BloodBoal said: The Gods Must Be Crazy is the better film, though. *whispers* I agree with Bloodboal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 1 minute ago, Disco Stu said: *whispers* I agree with Bloodboal You'll need to change your signature! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,516 Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 13 hours ago, Baby Jane Hudson said: I watched a heap of Joan Crawford flicks recently and got no JWfan audience reaction. Same with that Jennifer Jones film I saw recently. Sounds like JWfan cares about modern action flicks more than old b&w Hollywood dramas. Nonsense. THE SONG OF BERNADETTE, DUEL IN THE SUN, LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDOURED THING, and RUBY GENTRY are great. Shame about getting pushed out of an elevator, 110 stories up, though Unlucky Bastard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Just now, Richard said: Nonsense. THE SONG OF BERNADETTE, DUEL IN THE SUN, LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDOURED THING, and RUBY GENTRY are great. Shame about getting pushed out of an elevator, 110 stories up, though I rewatched Song of Bernadette last Xmas. Good movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 7 minutes ago, Richard said: Nonsense. THE SONG OF BERNADETTE, DUEL IN THE SUN, LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDOURED THING, and RUBY GENTRY are great. Shame about getting pushed out of an elevator, 110 stories up, though I had a friend at my old work who kept a publicity still of Love Is A Many Splendoured Thing framed on her office shelf. Eccentric old chook who took to me because we both shared similar right wing conservative politics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 The Bourne Supremacist Look, it was alright. Some crazy exciting action sequences, mostly of Private Ryan beating up other assassins and evading pitifully ineffective Euro cops. Are the rest of these movies like this too? I can see now where the modern Bond flicks get their kicks. Only this Paul Greengrass chap seems to film and edit action better than that moron who made Quantum of Solance. I was disappointed that Run Lola Run got killed so early. I liked her. The first movie was very easy to follow, but this one lost me about three quarters through. What the hell was going on in this movie? I know it's highly revered and influential, but the plot seemed a bit aimless here. I'll persevere and watch Ultimatum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 If Private Ryan is so powerful, why did he need to be saved? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 He's a bit super duper isn't he? He's like MacGyver, only more actiony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,357 Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Flatliners (1990) - guess I never really noticed how ... unrestrained the production design on this was first time round (training hospital doorways lit with red neon, Kiefer Sutherland's apartment suffused in beautiful blue light and containing no furniture apart from a bed, etc). Some of Schumacher's direction ain't subtle, either ... an 'MTV era' movie, indeed. Still, an entertaining enough (if at times pretty silly) psychological-supernatural thriller. The currently-on-release remake is apparently dreadful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Oliver Platt was in almost everything in the 90s for no apparent reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 He’s a good actor. I liked him a lot in Fargo season 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Fargo... Channing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 I bet you’d like Fargo, Drax Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 The movie was alright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancyarcher 350 Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Pan's Labyrinth (rewatch) - 9.5 / 10 16 hours ago, BloodBoal said: The Gods Must Be Crazy is the better film, though. It's more entertaining, yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 2 hours ago, Disco Stu said: He’s a good actor. I liked him a lot in Fargo season 1 This just fast tracked Fargo to my next series, after Stranger Things. Love Platt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 10 minutes ago, Koray Savas said: This just fast tracked Fargo to my next series, after Stranger Things. Love Platt. Fargo season 1 is fantastic but be aware that Platt is very much a supporting, if important, character in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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