Disco Stu 15,495 Posted November 13, 2017 Share Posted November 13, 2017 Henry V Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted November 13, 2017 Share Posted November 13, 2017 Dead Again Peter's Friends Much Ado about Nothing Hamlet In the Bleak Midwinter Cinderella Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,191 Posted November 13, 2017 Share Posted November 13, 2017 41 minutes ago, publicist said: Much Ado about Nothing YES!! 41 minutes ago, publicist said: Cinderella No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted November 13, 2017 Share Posted November 13, 2017 Come on. At least it's better than his Frankenstein. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,191 Posted November 13, 2017 Share Posted November 13, 2017 I love Frankenstein. I understand why it might be a bit much for some. But I don't think I could watch Cinderella a second time. Fabulous score though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted November 13, 2017 Share Posted November 13, 2017 I hate it, score included. 'Cinderella' is gooey Disney shit but i found it somehow endearing. Though i would have preferred a classic Horner score but what can you do... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted November 13, 2017 Share Posted November 13, 2017 Cinderella was shit. Not Mr. Big 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted November 13, 2017 Share Posted November 13, 2017 Never watched it. Couldn't stand the score though. Not Mr. Big 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 I liked the theme for the Prince. Don't remember much else from it (mind you, I haven't listened to it much). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 I’ll be the only one to say... Sleuth! Hamlet is a fantastic adaptation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seth 67 Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 3 hours ago, Jay said: Which ones are the best? I am quite partial to his take on As You Like It. Beautifully shot, a lovely Doyle score, and a surprisingly endearing performance by Bryce Dallas Howard. You also can't go wrong with As You Like It; I like it and Whedon's equally well for different reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancyarcher 350 Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 Cinderella is solid. I also very much enjoyed Doyle's score too. I love Branagh's versions of Hamlet & Much Ado About Nothing as well. He's been doing a lot more mainstream fare as of late as a filmmaker, and well I can't really blame him. Also my review of Murder on the Orient Express. https://dailyuv.com/feed/931266 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 Nice review. The film did end with a pitch towards Death on the Nile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancyarcher 350 Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 Thanks! Yeah, I really liked the way they set that up too, and the film seems to be doing well enough at the box office, so I'm curious if they'll make a follow-up. Death on the Nile makes the most sense, since it's the most second popular Poirot novel after Orient. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 3 hours ago, Fancyarcher said: Death on the Nile makes the most sense, since it's the most second popular Poirot novel after Orient. They did that before.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 I wonder who's going to fill in for Angela Lansbury? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 Jennifer Lawrence? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancyarcher 350 Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 1 hour ago, Stefancos said: They did that before.... And they'll probably remake it again, which is what was coming to mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo 3,709 Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 And you know, the fact that they talk about that case at the very end of the current film. Seems everyone here disliked it anyway. I feel vindicated. Take that old man B.B.! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo 3,709 Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 Those people don’t count! Disco Stu and Jay are all that matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 For this particular movie, i just cannot imagine a better version as the 1974 one - as in, the right kind of old style british and Hollywood talent still available to bring this off in grand style. Connery, Finney, Bergman, Bacall, Widmark, Gielgud, Wendy Hiller, Perkins etc. - do we even have recognizable actors in that age range nowadays? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 Agreed. I wanna see the new one. But as cinematic is concerned you can't really beat the 74 version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo 3,709 Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 1 hour ago, BloodBoal said: Fancyarcher and Sweeping Strings are two of the finest members of this community! Plus, as you say in your signature: Disco Stu is always wrong except for when I say so. Obviously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 I don't think it's a bad movie, necessarily. Just quite mediocre and misjudged in many places. I thought the climax was actually very well handled. It just doesn't hold a candle to the Suchet version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,330 Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 What do you hope to get out of a movie like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 What I hope to get out of any film? All the various elements of filmmaking adding up to an entertaining movie. Well-drawn characters, interesting mise en scène, pacing that fits the story being told, etc., etc. etc. A story well-told for the medium, basically. Also, I just love whodunnits as a genre. It has nothing to do with "knowing how it ends." It's the trappings and tropes I always enjoy. Bilbo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 23 minutes ago, Disco Stu said: Also, I just love whodunnits as a genre. It has nothing to do with "knowing how it ends." It's the trappings and tropes I always enjoy. When done well it can be diverting entertainment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 And when done really well, as in the Suchet version of Orient Express, it can even be a bit more than just diverting. That version gets really interesting, thematically. It takes stuff that was explored to a certain extent in the Christie novel, the concept of justice, who has the right to dispense it, and how Poirot's faith in both God and the human institutions of justice affects his views, and really runs with it in fascinating ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 I think I'll stick to rewatches of Murder By Death and What a Carve Up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 Murder by Death is pretty fun! Truman Capote is a hoot. Doesn't hold a candle to Clue in terms of whodunnit parodies though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 For some reason I've never seem Clue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 Wasn't it while filming Murder by Death where Alec Guinness was first reading the script for Star Wars? I think I heard a story to that effect in the special features for the Murder by Death DVD (which I rented from the library many many years ago) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,336 Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 Heh, we saw that movie for the first time earlier this year, what a silly romp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 27 minutes ago, Disco Stu said: Murder by Death is pretty fun! Truman Capote is a hoot. Doesn't hold a candle to Clue in terms of whodunnit parodies though. Clue is great. Love the score too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 44 minutes ago, Quintus said: For some reason I've never seem Clue. But have you seen Cluedo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 No I don't think so. Generally, I'm not really big on the murder mystery sleuthing genre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 Was the movie named Cluedo in the UK? I assume so. Real Sorcerer/Philosopher situation there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 Yet you claim you've seen countless version of Murder On The Orient Express....hmmm.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 Over the years I've seen them all, yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,330 Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 2 hours ago, Stefancos said: When done well it can be diverting entertainment. That can be said about everything. I just want to hear something more specific. You know, some people like horror movies because they like to feel scared. I couldn't make out what it is that people like about MOTOE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,511 Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 2 hours ago, Disco Stu said: Was the movie named Cluedo in the UK? I assume so. Real Sorcerer/Philosopher situation there I'm pretty sure that it was called CLUE, in the UK, as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 4 hours ago, Alexcremers said: That can be said about everything. I just want to hear something more specific. You know, some people like horror movies because they like to feel scared. I couldn't make out what it is that people like about MOTOE. People like a mystery, a puzzle. You find that weird? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,351 Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 I both 'don't matter' and am 'one of the finest members of this community'? I had no idea I was so polarising . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 5 hours ago, Quintus said: Over the years I've seen them all, yes. And I call bullshit on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1Ø66 4,708 Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 How many have there been? I've seen the Finney & Suchet. In addition to the Branagh, what else is there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,330 Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 1 hour ago, Stefancos said: People like a mystery, a puzzle. You find that weird? Is it not true that the only reason why you like a detective mystery is because of ... Zzzzzzz Also, for a movie about mystery, nobody here even mentioned mystery or the quality of the mystery in MOTOE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 8 minutes ago, Stefancos said: And I call bullshit on that. Not arsed Poirot has been a Sunday TV institution in the UK for my whole life. The various movies must have been on the box about as much as The Great Escape and Bond have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 Ahh, The Great Escape...and The Apartment. And in Germany, probably moreso than in Britain, all the Carry-on movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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