Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 Well it will be on tele soon, so I'll find out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancyarcher 350 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 Cinema Paradiso - Such a beautiful film, and a wonderful tribute to film as a whole. I still cry everytime I watch this. - 9.5 / 10 SteveMc and Marian Schedenig 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt C 452 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 The Voice of the Turtle Who would've thought Ronald Reagan was a better actor than a hideously overrated President. It's a shame most of his filmography consisted of either chick flicks or World War II propaganda films, but this is a pleasantly entertaining screwball romantic comedy. Eve Arden and Eleanor Parker are absolutely delightful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 Ronald Reagan had tinnitus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 The Silence Of The Lambs One of my favorite aspects of this film is how it manages to be subtle and restrained, while also having these iconic moments of excess. The cinematography and direction make it feel tangible. There’s great atmosphere that seeps throughout: heavy darkness twinged with a bit of fun and flutter with Hopkin’s performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 2 hours ago, Cherry Pie That'll Kill Ya said: Ronald Reagan had tinnitus. He also lost a leg! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 His favourite movie was The Sound of Music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 Erghhh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 He had great hair! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,450 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 Yes, it's true! He was a terrible president, and a propagandaist. In the other hand, he had a tremendous singing voice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 Top 5 US Presidents 1. Donald Trump 2. Ronald Reagan 3. Richard Nixon 4. Barack Obama 5. Ike Eyezenhower Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 Top in this case referring to most offensive bad breath? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 8 hours ago, Koray Savas said: The Silence Of The Lambs One of my favorite aspects of this film is how it manages to be subtle and restrained, while also having these iconic moments of excess. The cinematography and direction make it feel tangible. There’s great atmosphere that seeps throughout: heavy darkness twinged with a bit of fun and flutter with Hopkin’s performance. The film has no waste. Its lean. It needs no more or less than it is. It is near film perfection. It is everything Hannibal fails to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 I still enjoy Hannibal, but it moved away from everything that made The Silence Of The Lambs terrifying and went all in on Hopkins’ fun performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,045 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 Red Dragon is better (better than Hannibal I mean, of course not better than Silence of the Lambs) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 Manhunter is better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,045 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 It's alright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 49 minutes ago, Jay said: Red Dragon is better (better than Hannibal I mean, of course not better than Silence of the Lambs) Red Dragon is a surprisingly solid and effective film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 How is Elfman's score? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 The underscore is mostly functional but anonymous. But the "main title" music is excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,045 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 3 hours ago, Stefancos said: Red Dragon is a surprisingly solid and effective film. Yup! 3 hours ago, Nick Parker said: How is Elfman's score? I've seen Red Dragon twice and I feel like both times I NOTICED the score and kind of thought to myself I should check it out later... but then never do. So I dunno! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 There's a lot in that score I like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John 2,032 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 Blade Runner (The Final Cut) Finally got around to watching this. Here are some of my thoughts. First off, the film looks and sounds great. The visual effects, sound design, and Vangelis’ score amalgamate to form a deeply atmospheric and compelling futuristic world entirely its own. The film holds up tremendously well nearly 40 years later. I felt the story was somewhat thin and unengaging, though, and with the expectation of Batty, none of the characters were particularly interesting. I dunno, maybe it will grow on me? Many of my favorite movies took a few watches to fully appreciate. **** out of ***** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 Murder on the Orient Express, the new one Was alright. Kevin Brannah shakes things up with some Shakespearean grandiosity that he usually does. Daisy Ridley in a Ridley Scott production, hehehe. The very last scene was dumb as shit though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 I recall Red Dragon not being that great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 It has an excellent cast, and Ratner catches the atmosphere nicely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 Back when Ratner showed some promise. He even had a Superman reboot in development! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 1 hour ago, John said: none of the characters were particularly interesting. The characters are not necessarily the only or main characters in the movie. The plot is thin, but the story is very rich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John 2,032 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 4 minutes ago, Nick Parker said: The characters are not necessarily the only or main characters in the movie. What? 4 minutes ago, Nick Parker said: The plot is thin, but the story is very rich. What? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,045 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 1 hour ago, Cherry Pie That'll Kill Ya said: Murder on the Orient Express, the new one Was alright. Kevin Brannah shakes things up with some Shakespearean grandiosity that he usually does. Daisy Ridley in a Ridley Scott production, hehehe. The very last scene was dumb as shit though. I saw this in the theaters but don't remember, what was the final scene? Was it the part where he basically leaves to go into a sequel movie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 7 minutes ago, Jay said: I saw this in the theaters but don't remember, what was the final scene? Was it the part where he basically leaves to go into a sequel movie? Yeah, he's informed of a murder in Egypt, but I'm like "didn't the murder happen while he was already on the boat?" I dunno, I only pretended to read the book in high school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 He probably finished that case before embarking on the Nile cruise where the other Christie book starts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 50 minutes ago, John said: What? While I don't veer as heavily in the direction of "how the film is told" as some others might, you were pointing to this with some of your comments about the production, such as the city itself. The way it impacts and informs every character's interactions and activities, for example, or how all of its inhabitants are essentially its outgrowths. The themes are in a sense characters in themselves: for example, during that slow motion scene, you're not really feeling any sympathy or emotion towards the Replicant herself, but rather what she and her fate represents for the Replicants and their relations with/status as humans. In a manner of speaking, she's a living microcosm, and this is something that holds true over many aspects of the film. 1 hour ago, John said: What? In general terms, I consider the plot to be the A-B points of a narrative: the answer you give to a friend who asks "What happened in that movie/book/game/etc.?" "The Empire finds the Rebels, storms their base and forces them to flee, Luke goes off to Dagobah", so on, so on. But where in describing the plot of Empire Strikes Back would you discuss Yoda's philosophies and relations to the Force, the wisdom of his many sayings? The things that don't directly lie in the path of the plot. So the A-B to Blade Runner is ridiculously simple and, as you say, thin, but it gives room for the story, everything that surrounds the plot, to fully breathe without getting tangled and confusing the focus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John 2,032 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 5 minutes ago, John said: K That's what every kiss begins with. A clever homage to the theme of human's role as God in the scene where Batty meets Tyrell! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,939 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Always enjoyed this one. Somewhere between entertaining martial arts action and more, shall we say, award-bait drama there is a sweet spot where this film resides. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,045 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 Did you know that Netflix funded a sequel movie that came out two years ago? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crouching_Tiger,_Hidden_Dragon:_Sword_of_Destiny Michelle Yeoh even returned for it (no one else did) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,939 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 I never dared to watch it. Might give it a go. Maybe it won't be that bad. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,045 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 I doubt it's very good, but maybe it will be somewhat entertaining Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 Justice League Anyone else notice these big superhero movies all seem to have the same plot? I mean seriously, this was pretty much Avengers: Age of Ultron, but instead this time with an inferior Thanos clone as the big bad. Yeah sure it's an entertaining flick I 'spose, but it all just felt like a window browse through the Warner Bros. shop at the mall. And why does Amy Adams get second billing when she's hardly in it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,401 Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 Yeah, they've been the same for a while, even the Marvel heroes (and some DC ones if the trailers can be trusted) have "grown" into the same cookie cutter oneliner-spewing dude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 It's the same friggin' apocalyptic laser light battle in almost all of these movies! Probably the reason I keep returning to Iron Man and Ant-Man is because they keep it relatively local. SteveMc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,308 Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 Doctor Strange. Far-fetched and fantastic at the same time. It's been a while since I truly enjoyed a Marvel film from beginning to end, although I would have preferred to see the girlfriend one last time before the credits started. She's a worthy 'successor' of Jane, by the way, and Benedict Cumberbatch's versatility continues to amaze me. The score deserves praise as well. Giacchino surprised me yet again, even though some of the music sounded an awful lot like Zootopia. After the musical debacle that was Civil War, this one came as a very welcome find. And the end credits suite is especially great, though the entire film suffers from horrible volume fluctuations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 I didn't mind Doctor Strange, although the villain was forgettable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,306 Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 All of it was forgettable. It was a 2-hour FX demo. Don't understand why Bolleke is so lyrical about it. It's a very bland movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 I still remember some of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,306 Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 That's because your brain is very impressionable. bollemanneke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,450 Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 Love to prove that, wouldn't you; get your name into the National Geographic. bollemanneke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,306 Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 Another quote, Richard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,903 Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 Doctor Strange is okay. I do like the craziness of some of the visuals. But story-wise, its an Iron Man retread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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