Quintus 5,399 Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 I haven't even seen The Chronicles of Riddick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 It's ridiculous but fun. Very few trees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 6 minutes ago, Quintus said: I haven't even seen The Chronicles of Riddick. Vin Dielsel getting ambitious and going Shakespearean on us.....in space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 Shakespearean? You confusing him with Dame Judi? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 Pitch Black was pretty good, I watched it a good few times back then. I suspect the excellent game was the best instalment in that universe though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,233 Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 I like those flicks. They're on a lot around the winter holidays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,346 Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 Hardcore Henry - the first of its kind, a sci-fi tinged actioner shot entirely from the first-person POV of the title character. I rather enjoyed it. Quintus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 Who played the hero? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,327 Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 Sweeping Strings, of course. Sweeping Strings 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,346 Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 On 17/04/2016 at 7:05 PM, Stefancos said: Who played the hero? According to the film's Wiki page, more than 10 people played Henry including the director himself (Iiya Naishuller). The only 'name' actors in it are Tim Roth (really only a cameo appearance) and Sharlto Copley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 Watched the Hateful Eight yesterday. I must admit that the music distracted me several times (and the suddent cut of it in two particular scenes). Did Tarantino employed Morricone for playing a joke? Or to make a kind of parody? I liked the movie... but didn't find that the Morriccone music, except for the main title, was not a great relevant addition. I have the feeling that the poor old Morricone put the best of him in this score... but that Tarantino employed him just because he still write 60's music... like he always did... and like he will always do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib 1,801 Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 3 hours ago, Bespin said: I have the feeling that the poor old Morricone put the best of him in this score... but that Tarantino employed him just because he still write 60's music... like he always did... and like he will always do. Ahem... Koray Savas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Ahem... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 So Morricone parodied himself to "fit" the desires of Tarantino to make a new "old " far-west movie (but in the snow). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 No, Morricone went in a completely different direction than what Tarantino originally wanted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 2 hours ago, Michael said: Ahem... I'm deeply sorry but when I hear that, it's "dated". It's doesn't sound like music from 2005. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib 1,801 Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 1 hour ago, Bespin said: I'm deeply sorry but when I hear that, it's "dated". It's doesn't sound like music from 2005. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 3 hours ago, Bespin said: I'm deeply sorry but when I hear that, it's "dated". It's doesn't sound like music from 2005. Which is a rather good thing, no? Also, for someone so hell-bent on Williams who also is not exactly the most hip of composers this comes as a rather odd statement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 I didn't wanted to hurt anyone. All I wanted to say finally is that we must not take the movie seriously... as the music. They go together well even if the edit of the music disturbed me in two particular scenes (but we can't blame Morricone for that). The slow-motion horses scene with the singing girl in background... that was so sixties! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 You are surprised that Tarantino does something retro? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 29 minutes ago, Stefancos said: You are surprised that Tarantino does something retro? No, but I was not expecting it as much from an original soundtrack. Tarantino always used old songs in his movies and brillantly (he even use a Roy Orbison track at the end of the movie! yeah!). But the original soundtrack.... I think not all composers would have been game to plunge into that kind of project. Moreover, is it not his first movie using an original soundtrack? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib 1,801 Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 2 hours ago, Bespin said: The slow-motion horses scene with the singing girl in background... that was so sixties! That's tracked from Morricone's Exorcist II score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Which is from the late 70's! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Exactly. Bespin's wording just sounds a bit ignorant. Neither the music nor its use are blatantly tied to a bygone era, it sounds a bit idiosyncratic (as is expected with Morricone anyway). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Charles Aznavour is far more dated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 1 hour ago, publicist said: Exactly. Bespin's wording just sounds a bit ignorant. Neither the music nor its use are blatantly tied to a bygone era, it sounds a bit idiosyncratic (as is expected with Morricone anyway). Well i'm here to learn, i hope you are here for that too. 1 hour ago, Stefancos said: Charles Aznavour is far more dated! Sure. At 91 years old we don't expect anything else! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,327 Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 5 minutes ago, Bespin said: Sure. At 91 years old we don't expect anything else! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 47 minutes ago, Bespin said: Well i'm here to learn, i hope you are here for that too. Judging by your playlists that seems hard to believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 5 hours ago, Bespin said: Sure. At 91 years old we don't expect anything else! Morricone isnt that much younger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Well, j'arrête ici. I don't say like the others, I never did, I will never be a part of the flock and I love it! bêêêê :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt C 452 Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 The Drop It's character study first, and crime drama second. I really like Tom Hardy's work here, it's nuanced and his Brooklyn accent is flawless. There's nothing wrong with his showier fare like Bane or Mad Max, let alone Oscar bait like Lawless and The Revenant. It's just nice to see him play a restrained character for once. Noomi Rapace is expectedly good as well, but her role doesn't give her the kind of range like Girl With the Dragon Tattoo did. I wasn't a fan of the late James Gandolfini ("The Sopranos" rubs me the wrong way), but he wasn't bad here. Marco Beltrami's score is also quite good too. I wish this had gotten more attention when it came out. It just seemed to come and go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,179 Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 17 hours ago, Stefancos said: Morricone isnt that much younger. Give him four more years, than he's allowed to sound dated, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,346 Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 Eye In The Sky - tense drama with Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul and (in his final role) Alan Rickman which examines the moral and political complexities involved in the use of drone strikes in modern warfare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt C 452 Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 The Huntsman: Winter's War Wholly unnecessary sequel. Some of the plot elements don't make much sense, but it's not a bad movie. First time director Cedric Nicholas-Troyan has a decent eye for visuals. Phedon Papamichael's lensing is lush, highlighting Colleen Atwood's costume work and production design. VFX is a bit iffy in places (especially the troll sequence), but since Joe Roth produced it, not really surprised. Charlize Theron doesn't get much screentime, but she got paid $20 million to act bitchy and phone it in. Emily Blunt and Jessica Chastain are significantly better, giving gravitas to a two-dimensional script. As for lead Chris Hemsworth? He's good in ensemble films (i.e. The Avengers), but lacks the charisma to truly carry a movie on his own. Like with Snow White & The Huntsman, the supporting actors steal the show. James Newton Howard's score avoids most of the synthetic grinding and electronics from the previous film. But it's mixed really low in the film itself, which is disappointing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,346 Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Captain America : Civil War - drags a little in places, but good overall. On balance I think I preferred The Winter Soldier, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Keanu The best gangster kitten movie of all time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 I don't identify with the code concept. If someone steals a kitten, you don't track it down. They did you a favor. Not Mr. Big 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 You aren't a cat lover? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Kittens are great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Life affirming! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,323 Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 I strongly prefer cats over dogs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 I prefer dogs but I love them both. I dislike litter boxes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 That's why you build a netted outdoor enclosure for your pussy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 1 hour ago, Joey said: Kittens are great. Only if they can stay as kittens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 That's awful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,323 Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Hail, Caesar! Disappointing Coen Brothers effort. They assembled a great cast as usual (Josh Brolin, George Clooney, Ralph Fiennes, Jonah Hill, Scarlett Johansson, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton, Channing Tatum, Wayne Knight, Christopher Lambert, David Krumholyz, Fisher Stevens, Alex Karpovsky, Clancy Brown, Robert Picardo, even Dolph Lungren). But most everyone in the movie only actually has only 1 or 2 scenes! Only Josh Brolin and George Clooney keep re-appearing throughout, and only Tilda Swinton and a bunch of communists have more than 2 scenes. There's about 30 minutes of plot here, padded out to 2 hours with a ton of tangential side-scenes. It's essentially about Josh Brolin's character running a film studio and running around fixing various problems that come up over the course of the roughly 30 hours the film takes place during. The biggest problem is that a movie star played by George Clooney is kidnapped by communists for ransom money. But along the way as he goes to visit a movie set for something, and the movie shows us the scene they're filming for a while, be it a music number with Channing Tatum, Ralph Fiennes trying to get a cowboy actor to say lines properly in a prestige drama, a synconized swimming scene with Scarlet Johansson, or whatever else. It had moments of fun but overall is a drag and not very compelling. It's predictable too. Worth watching to see the cast do their thing (and occasionally chew the scenery) but don't expect it to have any rewatch value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Seriously? People just don't get this film. I guess the Coen brothers remain a required taste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 1 minute ago, Stefancos said: I guess the Coen brothers remain a required taste. Or an acquired taste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,323 Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 It held my attention throughout but isn't a shining star in their terrific filmography Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Does it need to be? It's a delightful romp with a great cast, fun series of vignettes and a very good score. Not every film needs to be Fargo, or Barton Fink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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