publicist 4,643 Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 Christmas night family choice: i kept my mouth shut but what abomination that draggy piece of shit was. JoeinAR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 Come on, don't hold back, Pub! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 I've seen (parts of) Uwe Boll movies made more competently made than this. It looks like they farmed out rough descriptions of spectacle sequences (make a cool battle on the ice at least 15 minutes long) to effect houses all over the world and then a sleepy intern slapped them together during the witching hour before they dumped it on the unsuspecting public. There's no rhyme or reason on display here, it seems untouched by someone who ever read a book, leave alone Tolkien: it's a giant mess. One hour in i couldn't take my eyes off because it was all so incompetent. Dear Peter, whatever happened, i feel deeply sorry for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 I liked it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 We all hold our dark secrets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 I gave up after 5 minutes. I also gave up on ... It has nothing to offer but cheap jump scares. Very repetitive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc 2,674 Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 3 hours ago, publicist said: Christmas night family choice: i kept my mouth shut but what abomination that draggy piece of shit was. Incredibly boring movie. And every comedy or emotional moment seems exceedingly cringe worthy. Jackson got bored. Or he was forced to make The Hobbit a trilogy and couldn't make it work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 Or .. you all got older. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 1 hour ago, Alexcremers said: I gave up after 5 minutes. I also gave up on ... It has nothing to offer but cheap jump scares. Very repetitive. The ending was entertaining when it incorporated the 1906 San Francisco quake. Quite accurately too. It is bad though. I did a bad horror marathon of this and truth or dare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 Joey and Alex agreeing on a movie? It's a Christmas miracle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,491 Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 WITLFIW (OF)? A neat little documentary called TOO GOOD TO GO DOWN. It's about an ex-Man. U. manager, who just can't let go. Sounds familiar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 Fergie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,491 Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 Matt Busby. He did so much to rebuild the team after the Munich disaster, but he couldn't let go. It's a bit like what's happening now. Watch it, Steef; you'll like it. It contains the saddest goal of Denis Law's career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 14 hours ago, Nick Parker said: Joey and Alex agreeing on a movie? It's a Christmas miracle! When polar opposites come to the same conclusion, it must be the truth. Think about this whenever you feel the urge to watch ... WInchester. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 You and Joe are more alike than either of you would like to admit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,491 Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 After spending a lovely Christmas Day with my friends and their family (fuck me, I could eat Brussels sprouts all fucking year and I wouldn't get tired of them!), I finished-off the evening with a glass of chilled red wine, wh - yes, chilled! - while wat - no, I'm not a Philistine! (sigh) - while watching THE I.P.C.R.E.S.S. FILE. Perfect late-night Crimbo telly. Not a lot of people know that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 On 12/25/2018 at 12:17 PM, publicist said: Christmas night family choice: i kept my mouth shut but what abomination that draggy piece of shit was. It's an horrendous movie, putting in full display Peter Jackson's worst tendencies that were already starting to show in the LOTR trilogy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John 2,032 Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 It's alright. I don't deny that it's a pretty flawed movie, but I'll always have a nostalgic attachment to the trilogy. Chen G. and Wojo 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sweeping Strings 2,344 Posted December 28, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted December 28, 2018 The Man With The Golden Gun - not one of Moore's finest Bond outings, but still a lot of fun. Christopher Lee has a nicely urbane turn as Scaramanga. Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade - after the 'too dark' accusations levelled at Temple Of Doom, Spielberg delivers an adventure romp with Indy's Dad in tow (a magnificent Sean Connery), some A1 action sequences (particularly Indy-on-horseback-versus-Nazi-tank) and a quest for the only religious artefact (the Holy Grail) that could possibly top the Ark. There are minor quibbles (the surprising shoddiness of some of the SFX, for example) but nothing to detract too much. SteveMc, Chen G. and Naïve Old Fart 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,491 Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 "Shoddiness...SFX"? What do you expect, when over half the budget went to pay for the salaries of four people?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brónach 1,301 Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 2 minutes ago, Richard said: "Shoddiness...SFX"? What do you expect, when over half the budget went to pay for the salaries of four people?! This could be inevitable but I'm gonna consider it bad producing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,491 Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 In '88/'89, the talent at ILM, went on THE ABYSS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 28 minutes ago, Sweeping Strings said: The Man With The Golden Gun - not one of Moore's finest Bond outings, but still a lot of fun. Christopher Lee has a nicely urbane turn as Scaramanga. Hey I like it! I don't care that the baddie caresses a chick with his golden gun. 16 minutes ago, Richard said: In '88/'89, the talent at ILM, went on THE ABYSS. They were spread very thin in 89, iirc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,344 Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 It's true that ILM were working on too many productions as the Eighties drew to a close ... the Ronald Lacey 'melting face' effect from Raiders still looks great, the Julian Glover 'rapidly ageing face' one from Last Crusade does not despite it being the more recent of the two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 I quite liked that aging effect. Ronald Lacey melting just looked like wax sped up, which is was. Chen G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 In post-war Yorkshire, food rationing leads a married couple (Michael Palin & Maggie Smith) to become involved in the flourishing bacon black market, to be precise, when the local pillars of society fatten a pig for a secret banquet, Palin steals it and hilarity ensues. It's a piffle but so wicked and unruly it's great fun. Marian Schedenig 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,491 Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 51 minutes ago, Stefancos said: I quite liked that aging effect. Fun fact #538: The "Donovan ageing" shot, was the first shot evert to be composited digitally. 2 hours ago, Stefancos said: Hey I like it! I don't care that the baddie caresses a chick with his golden gun. There's a useful four-letter word...and you're full of it. 2 minutes ago, publicist said: In post-war Yorkshire, food rationing leads a married couple (Michael Palin & Maggie Smith) to become involved in the flourishing bacon black market, to be precise, when the local pillars of society fatten a pig for a secret banquet, Palin steals it and hilarity ensues. It's a piffle but so wicked and unruly it's great fun. "Get your foot off my bonnet" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 Raiders is the best looking Indy film. Second place is for The Last Crusade. Third place is for Temple Of Doom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 TOD has a completely different visual sensibility. Less "realistic" maybe, but very striking and colourful. Brilliant set design too. That Temple lives in my brain. Chen G. and Holko 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 Temple of Doom the best shot of all the Indiana Jones films. The cinematography is utterly brilliant. It's a color movie but it's shot as if it was black and white. The shadow play in Willy's room is absolutely stunning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 Only at JWfan! Raiders is more classy while TOD with its burlesque excessiveness is bordering on kitsch. 9 hours ago, JoeinAR said: It's a color movie but it's shot as if it was black and white. That's true for Raiders as well. Chen G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,942 Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 2 hours ago, Alexcremers said: TOD with its burlesque excessiveness is bordering on kitsch. Albeit intentionally so; and I'm saying this as someone who isn't necessarily the biggest fan of that film. A24 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundlefly 2,385 Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 12 hours ago, JoeinAR said: Temple of Doom the best shot of all the Indiana Jones films. The cinematography is utterly brilliant. It's a color movie but it's shot as if it was black and white. The shadow play in Willy's room is absolutely stunning. Oh my god, we actually agree on something! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,344 Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 20 hours ago, Richard said: Fun fact #538: The "Donovan ageing" shot, was the first shot evert to be composited digitally. There's a useful four-letter word...and you're full of it. Another Last Crusade fun fact ... it wasn't 'Indiana Jones And The Holy Grail' because the Pythons got there first. And Bond liked that Golden Gun line so much, he said it again in The Living Daylights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,491 Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 INDIANA JONES AND MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL? Now, that's worth watching! Chen G. and Sweeping Strings 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 Ni! Naïve Old Fart and Chen G. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glóin the Dark 1,218 Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 The best one is Indiana Jones and the Holy Gourd of Jerusalem. Chen G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,472 Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 I just watched Earthquake for the first time, on BR. Not bad! Not much music though! But, well used and effective! And it was fun to see Geneviève Bujold, I did'nt know she played in this movie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 On 12/28/2018 at 4:42 AM, Richard said: In '88/'89, the talent at ILM, went on THE ABYSS. And Ghostbusters II. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Illustrious Jerry 3,356 Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 2 hours ago, Glóin the Dark said: The best one is Indiana Jones and the Holy Gourd of Jerusalem. Indiana Jones and the Chamber of Secrets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,472 Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,334 Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 Saving Mr Banks. I'm a bit lost for words. Well, it's amazing how Emma Thompson, who was absolutely wonderful, reminds me of one of my English acquaintances. Luckily, that woman is much, much nicer than Travers. The flashbacks were very moving indeed, but I'm not convinced by the way Travers suddenly warmed up to all the songs written for Mary Poppins, but maybe that's just because because I hated each and every one of them in that stupid movie. No wonder she had misgivings. Now that I know none of that rubbish is in the book, I might have to read it one day. Thomas Newman's score is obviously mostly excellent, particularly during the flashbacks, and I liked the references to the songs, most especially the orchestral accompaniment to Let's Go Fly A Kite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 The sugar-coated Tom Hanks Walt Disney was more intolerable than that woman, who seemed reasonable enough. The smoking PSA scene was especially embarrassing. bollemanneke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 Horrible concoction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,491 Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 6 hours ago, Glóin the Dark said: The best one is Indiana Jones and the Holy Gourd of Jerusalem. INDIANA JONES AND THE JUDEAN PEOPLE'S FRONT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 18 hours ago, Stefancos said: Ni! I used to confuse the knight with the old guy with the shovel from Home Alone. I think one of them was also in Always and the Amazing Stories with the train. On 12/26/2018 at 12:36 PM, Romão said: It's an horrendous movie, putting in full display Peter Jackson's worst tendencies that were already starting to show in the LOTR trilogy But the poster claims it's the defining chapter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,165 Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 14 hours ago, Stefancos said: Ni! That's not Sir Michael Palin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 15 hours ago, Stefancos said: Ni! Indiana Jones and the least Crusade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 I knew you'd come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,491 Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 8 hours ago, Horner's Dynamic Range said: ...the poster claims it's the defining chapter. Don't believe them! Don't trust them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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