Naïve Old Fart 9,496 Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 8 hours ago, Disco Stu said: I always make sure to watch the George C. Scott version of A Christmas Carol around that time of year. It's my personal favorite adaptation of the story.. Great score, too. Its a known fact that the Alistair Sim version is the best, but I also like the George C. Scott one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 5 hours ago, Richard said: Its a known fact that the Alistair Sim version is the best, but I also like the George C. Scott one. I like the Gene Lockhart version too. Hell I like almost all of them. The Basil Rathbone is the weakest version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 I like the version with Scrooge McDuck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 3 minutes ago, Wojism said: I like the version with Scrooge McDuck. All due respect to Michael Caine and the Muppets (it's a good movie), but that's definitely my favorite childrens' version. 6 hours ago, Richard said: Its a known fact that the Alistair Sim version is the best, but I also like the George C. Scott one. I know that's a popular opinion, but I've just never felt a connection to that one. I also just love the production design in the 80s one. They really made Shrewsbury feel like 19th century London (like I'd know, haha). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,646 Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 McDuck over Muppets, but barely. Don't GAF about the others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 You wouldn't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,646 Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 Charles Dickens' version is worth a read. Bill Murray's version is worth a watch. I also kind of liked Aqua Teen Hunger Force's version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancyarcher 350 Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 My review of Sorry to Bother You. https://dailyuv.com/feed/963457?location=sharon-vt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancyarcher 350 Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again - As someone who despised the first Mamma Mia, I'm in shock, but I absolutely adored this. I think it helps that they decided to go all out on the "craziness" (the film is actually really funny), and a had better film director this time around. This was hugely entertaining, and I dug the musical numbers more, especially the Waterloo bit, which is my favorite Abba song. - 7.5 / 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitth'raw'nuorodo 43 Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 Saw Ant-Man and the Wasp for the first time! I thought it was slightly better than the first one, but obviously nothing mind-blowing. I wish Michael Peña's buddies had done more and that Goliath had Goliathed, but all the main cast were great, and all the action sequences were really creative and fun! Bit of a downer ending, but it just makes the time until March when Captain Marvel comes out all the more unbearable. Very solid movie though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 6 hours ago, Fancyarcher said: Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again - As someone who despised the first Mamma Mia, I'm in shock, but I absolutely adored this. I think it helps that they decided to go all out on the "craziness" (the film is actually really funny), and a had better film director this time around. This was hugely entertaining, and I dug the musical numbers more, especially the Waterloo bit, which is my favorite Abba song. - 7.5 / 10 Odd that you adored the second one but despised the first one. Surely it's more of the same?! Meryl Streep singing ABBA hits? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancyarcher 350 Posted July 26, 2018 Share Posted July 26, 2018 Streep isn't in it much of it. Her character is dead at the beginning of the film. I thought it was what the first film wanted to be, but failed at. The dance choreography, the humor, and even the singing all felt improved. Heck they manage to use Brosnan's bad singing voice better and more appropriate. My cinema experience was also great, sans for some kid next to me who seemed to be hitting my seat at points. I just really enjoyed the film, and found it to be a nice surprise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancyarcher 350 Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 Won't You Be My Neighbor - Fantastic. Wonderful tribute to a great individual who always tried to have a positive outlook on life. I learned a lot more about Fred Rogers after seeing the film, and I got so emotional and teary-eyed throughout. Easily top five of the year material. - 10 John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,478 Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 I watched Ready Player One yesterday. Fun and entertaining movie, great 80's and general pop-culture references! Maybe a little too long, and I really got dizzy near the end. I'm gratefull I'm old enough to have seen The Shinning before! But my God, those camera moves... it was just enough before I had convulsions. 😵 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 3 minutes ago, Bespin said: I'm gratefull I'm old enough to have seen The Shinning before! The Simpsons, right?! Not Mr. Big 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 3 hours ago, Bespin said: I watched Ready Player One yesterday. Fun and entertaining movie, great 80's and general pop-culture references! Maybe a little too long, and I really got dizzy near the end. I'm gratefull I'm old enough to have seen The Shinning before! But my God, those camera moves... it was just enough before I had convulsions. 😵 Its great, right? Ofcourse JWfan hated it! Not Mr. Big 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 Ready Player One was the best "pure entertainment" Spielberg film in quite a long time. Great score too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasey Kockroach 2,343 Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 There was no reason the red-haired girl couldn't have been the main character instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 8 minutes ago, kaseykockroach said: There was no reason the red-haired girl couldn't have been the main character instead. SJW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasey Kockroach 2,343 Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 But the main character was SO BOOOOOOOOOOHHHH-RING! Why the heck did she fall for him!? She would have had more riveting sex humping a lamp! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancyarcher 350 Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 My review of Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again - https://dailyuv.com/feed/964033?location=norwich-vt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,499 Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 Ready Player One I kinda liked the first hour and a half, but ultimately on the whole I'd rather say I didn't like it too much. It's a weird mess that can't decide who it wants to pander to. Kids with the story? Teens/millenials with all the forced popculture references? Adults with R-rated references? Nobody with stupid exposition and cringy shit like "reality is real"? As much time as they spent on figuring out the second clue, suddenly the third one is just... solved... somehow. So what this is is: While having lines like "It's fucking Chucky!" and a whole bloody Shining setpiece? I bet that wasn't on the poster."Bring the whole family for two hours of VR gaming fun, plus segments from the most terrifying movie of all time!" I'm glad to see Spielberg managed to tone down the Tintinesque vomitinducing camera movements at least a little bit, only the car chase wanted to give me an epilepsy attack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasey Kockroach 2,343 Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 I watched Chucky movies as a toddler, why is that strange? Kids are tough! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc 2,674 Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 18 minutes ago, kaseykockroach said: I watched Chucky movies as a toddler, why is that strange? Kids are tough! That explains a good deal, actually. Kasey Kockroach 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 4 hours ago, kaseykockroach said: But the main character was SO BOOOOOOOOOOHHHH-RING! Why the heck did she fall for him!? She would have had more riveting sex humping a lamp! I liked how boring he was. He reminds me of myself. Kasey Kockroach and Bespin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 A Quiet Place. It wasn't too bad, but I was generally pretty disappointed with it. I'd heard great things, but I can't help but think the scares and set pieces would have been much more inventive and effective had the movie been helmed instead by Spielberg or Shyamalan. Ah well, maybe some other movie might deliver the goods one day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 5 hours ago, kaseykockroach said: There was no reason the red-haired girl couldn't have been the main character instead. I too liked the oxygen tank chick. She's one of the more interesting young acties around today. Her birthmark was sexy too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 1 hour ago, Quintus said: A Quiet Place. It wasn't too bad, but I was generally pretty disappointed with it. I'd heard great things, but I can't help but think the scares and set pieces would have been much more inventive and effective had the movie been helmed instead by Spielberg or Shyamalan. Ah well, maybe some other movie might deliver the goods one day. Man, wouldn't Spielberg doing a suspense film like Jaws or Jurassic Park again be great? It'd be really cool seeing how his modern philosophies towards filmmaking would approach "horror", and he still usually has a great sense of timing. Also, am I the only person who wasn't sick from Tintin's camera movements? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,172 Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 1 minute ago, Nick Parker said: Also, am I the only person who wasn't sick from Tintin's camera movements? I love Tintin, and I always thought one of the best things about it was how Spielberg, as a veteran film maker, seized the opportunity of doing a 3D movie to stage scenes just as if he had a real camera, only one that could do stuff a real camera can't. I thought that applied to RPO as well. Although I agree with Holko in that I liked it a lot at first, but in the second half got the impression that it ran out of steam and focus and didn't really know what it wanted to be. Nick Parker and John 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc 2,674 Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 7 minutes ago, Nick Parker said: Also, am I the only person who wasn't sick from Tintin's camera movements? I wasn't sick, but I was rather disoriented. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancyarcher 350 Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 My review of Won't You Be My Neighbor. https://dailyuv.com/feed/964045?location=norwich-vt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 4 hours ago, Nick Parker said: Man, wouldn't Spielberg doing a suspense film like Jaws or Jurassic Park again be great? It'd be really cool seeing how his modern philosophies towards filmmaking would approach "horror", and he still usually has a great sense of timing. The basement scene in War Of The Worlds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 3 minutes ago, Koray Savas said: The basement scene in War Of The Worlds. The basement scene in Tintin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 5 minutes ago, Koray Savas said: The basement scene in War Of The Worlds. Oh shucks, yeah! Well, what about a movie where he's not ripping himself off? It was well done, but felt like the kitchen scene in Jurassic Park, down to the predator fake-out. I would love to see a post Munich Spielberg try to scare audiences again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 55 minutes ago, Nick Parker said: I would love to see a post Munich Spielberg try to scare audiences again. You want to see another President movie?! Kasey Kockroach 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 44 minutes ago, Alexcremers said: You want to see another President movie?! "Try" as in make a conscious effort to scare audiences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post publicist 4,643 Posted July 29, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted July 29, 2018 West Side Story remake scares me. Naïve Old Fart, Matt C and Not Mr. Big 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 Not that I'm the sort of viewer to do so, but one can pick apart A Quiet Place and easily see all of its plot holes if you're so inclined. It's very reminiscent of a Shyamalan flick in that regard, it's one big novelty idea which has a lose story contrived around it (its a simple one but fairly engaging in the way it's presented, to give it credit). But I dunno, I found the actual physical threat provided by the movie to be unimaginative and terribly cliche by now. That's where I feel someone like Spielberg might have devised more frightful deviousness out of the premise. As it stands, you're talking b-movie monster and scares, the effectiveness of which are heightened somewhat by an impressively visceral performance by the female lead. Chen G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 Extinction It's not good (or what did you think?) but somehow I managed to watch the whole thing ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,344 Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 Mission Impossible : Fallout - Cruise's willingness to put himself right in the middle of jaw-droppingly dangerous stunts that most major stars wouldn't go near definitely gives this particular action-thriller franchise an edge on others. Thumpingly good escapist entertainment. JoeinAR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,984 Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Mission: Impossible - Fallout. It was enjoyable enough but not as fun/witty/tight/sleek/exciting as the previous two. Way too long as well, and lacking focus. Bit too... Nolan (shock! horror!) But some really cool action sequences and impressive stunts, as expected. You need to give credit to Cruise for putting himself in those ridiculous predicaments just to entertain you for a couple of hours. Karol Not Mr. Big 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Illustrious Jerry 3,356 Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 On 7/29/2018 at 2:44 AM, publicist said: West Side Story remake scares me. There is only one West Side Story. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancyarcher 350 Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 Mission Impossible Fallout - Plotwise it's probably a bit confusing, but I don't go to these films for integral plots, I go to them for the action, and this one delivers. It's very entertaining from start to finish, and to see Cruise in his 50's still doing his own stunts is just amazing. Dude's a real pro. The few fights in this film in particular are quite excellent, and terrifically choreography, as well - 8 / 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,344 Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 Ant-Man And The Wasp - like the first one, breezy fun with lower-key stakes than other Marvel flicks. Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly and Michael Pena bring the banter while Michael Douglas, Michelle Pfeiffer and Laurence Fishburne add the class. Jay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt C 452 Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 Three Identical Strangers It's an absorbing documentary, and that truth is stranger than fiction (and just as heartbreaking). At first, it seems like a happy instance of reunification but as the brothers, their family, and friends reveal -- much more was going on behind their separation. You'd never look at an adoption agency the same way again, and just as infuriating as the Magdalene laundries debacle in Ireland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 7,984 Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 Ant-Man and the Wasp (or Wasp and the Ant-Man really). 'Twas alright. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,172 Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 Mission: Impossible - UnchartedFallout As ridiculously over the top the action sequences are, these films earn them by making them (in the context of things) seem not quite impossible, and staging them exceedingly well. What this one in particular doesn't earn is some of the pathos, and actually some of the more goofy moments in dramatic sequences. It does have its share of good one liners you can buy as a desperate black humour, but also a bit more than the usual amount that takes you out of the moment. Both of which took me out of the film a couple of times, but overall it's a worthy entry in the series with gripping action, film history's longest 15 minute countdown and a somewhat Naughty Dog inspired finale. The score is awful. Wait for the credits to finally hear Schifrin's classic themes, already mutilated for 2+ hours, finally killed with Epic Choir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 On 8/5/2018 at 11:14 PM, crocodile said: Ant-Man and the Wasp (or Wasp and the Ant-Man really). 'Twas alright. Karol Were you expecting anything more than what you got? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 I don't think he's with the Church of Nolan anymore, Steef. Nolan simply doesn't perform enough miracles to keep crocs satisfied and so he went back to his first love: comics! Or maybe crocs is the kind of person that is always going for the latest trends (like Marvel and buying 4K movies). You tell me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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