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[Joey]

It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World is less than 10 bucks now on blu, I really like that film. I want it and What's Up Doc?

[Quint]

The ladder scene at the end is one of the funniest things I've ever seen.

[Alexcremers]

300 is a stylized film that fails. I find it unwatchable and the directors style is irratating.

I find its style captivating and unique so it doesn't fail at all. The film is not about lovable characters, but I cared for them, not as a series of nice and warm individuals but as a group of warriors that had to face the impossible. The emotion lies in the artistic way its told. If you are blind to the visual poetry and the artistic impression of 300 or if all you see is a bunch of men with six-pack stomachs, then this movie is simply not for you.


Alex

[Chaac]

I've tried to give it a chance a pair of times to understand its appeal. But I still don't get it. I see a bunch of guys running around in a studio. It doesn't transport me anywhere, it doesn't make me believe. But I find a bit hard to pin down exactly what I don't like in its style, just as much as I find it hard to see what others see in it.

[Alexcremers]

Too bad, Chaac. I didn't see a studio. I saw strange, beautiful, otherworldly environments and amazing compositions and cinematography. I was gratified in a way all the others of the genre (let's call them sword-and-sandal movies) didn't. Purely looking at it from a visual point of view, 300 to me is a work of cinematic art, just like Alien or 2001. I can enjoy them on a complete different level, a level some would call 'style over content', but in these cases I believe the emotion and other rewards lie mainly in the style.

But we have all talked about this before ... many times.


Alex

[publicist]

The ladder scene at the end is one of the funniest things I've ever seen.

Isn't that the one with the big W? I always loved the bald guy with the glasses - he's in a lot of 60's movies and his face is so wonderfully dishonest i get a laugh just from looking at it.

[Stefancos]

Anyone know how Deliverance looks on Blu-ray?

[Alexcremers]

Not much better than the DVD.

[Stefancos]

I remember the DVD did not actually looked all that good.

[Alexcremers]

Indeed.

[Stefancos]

Damn, such a great film!

I'll pass on the Blu-ray then.

[Quint]

I think it's still heavily edited by the BBFC here, though I'm not certain.

[Stefancos]

In the UK version, Ned Beatty was just mocked for being chubby by those rednecks.

[Quint]

[Alexcremers]

I'm waiting for that one. I can get it cheap from Amazon US but they don't have free shipping.

[BloodBoal]

Just go to the States and you won't have to pay for shipping fees. Think, Cremers, think!

[pixie_twinkle]

I'm on a classic westerns kick thanks to some great WalMart deals. Picked up a 3-disc set of The Searchers, The Wild Bunch, and How the West Was Won for 15 bucks. Watched the first two and they both look great. I also picked up The Magnificent Seven/Return of the Magnificent Seven for 15 bucks. Five blu ray westerns for 30 dollars total!

[Quint]

I'm waiting for that one. I can get it cheap from Amazon US but they don't have free shipping.

I threw it in the trolley at our local Morrisons supermarket. £29.99.

I take it the Amazon shipping is prohibitively expensive? I'm curious because I use Amazon A LOT. I'll get it for you if you want.

[E.T. & Elliott]

With many of the big ones already out of the way, my most-wanted list comes down to these for me, which are (as of yet) totally unconfirmed:

- Who Framed Roger Rabbit
- Return to Oz
- Titanic (most likely coming soon)
- Catch Me If You Can
- Always
- Star Wars Trilogy original versions (always possible since they made it onto DVD in some form)

[Joey]

I added Near Dark to my wish list, as well as the Mummy, though I may have to keep my dvd for the isolated score, not sure if it has that on the blu. Any one here know?

[Alexcremers]

I'm waiting for that one. I can get it cheap from Amazon US but they don't have free shipping.

I threw it in the trolley at our local Morrisons supermarket. £29.99.

I take it the Amazon shipping is prohibitively expensive? I'm curious because I use Amazon A LOT. I'll get it for you if you want.

It's more expensive when you order in the US, I think. £29.99 is cheaper than amazon UK (£32.00) or play.com (£34.99) but play.com does free shipping. When you add postal costs to the price of Morrisons, it will probably approximate the price of play.com. In the end, I'm hoping that the price will be cheaper when it's available here.

[Mr Big]

Just finished Tintin on blu-ray. It looks fantastic, couldn't find any aliasing in the picture.

[Joey]

The Searchers looks terrific and the cinematography is great, why on earth do all the directors today reject real color. This film looks beautiful.

[E.T. & Elliott]

I feel modern cinematography frequently has either a cold blueish tinted desaturated look, desaturated colors, an intensely warm orangey tint and/or an overexposed look. Technicolor marvels like The Searchers are not trendy.

[Chaac]

If I made films I'd happily go big on colours.

[Joey]

I would too.

I will say that Jaminski had to balls to use real colors in Tin Tin.

[Stefancos]

Kaminski did not have much to do with Tintin, Joe.

[Wojo]

He said Jaminski. Brother from a different mother.

[E.T. & Elliott]

I'm still not pleased I have to get Indiana Jones 4 with the other 3, by the way.

[Quint]

Spielberg is largely responsible for the 'look' of Tintin. I don't think the movie even employed a cinematographer, in the traditional sense.

[Jason LeBlanc]

I would too.

I will say that Jaminski had to balls to use real colors in Tin Tin.

It's Tintin. No space, no capital letter in the middle of the name. Capital T, small i, small n, small t, small i, small n. Tintin.

[Wojo]

Where's that photo of John Williams' score to Tin Tin? He obviously gave the same level of shit about the proper spelling of that flick as Joey, who clearly didn't get paid to write a note for the flick.

[KK.]

The Oscars (although technically Williams had nothing to do with this):



Jason's obligatory response:

[Quint]

It's impossible to take anybody posing with chopsticks seriously.

[Wojo]

The dopey grin doesn't help, either.

[John Crichton]

I picked up Tintin on Blu today, looking forward to watching it again.

[Jason LeBlanc]

That page was made by the producers of the Oscar broadcast, it was not made by anyone working on the film. Williams and Pope spelled Tintin right on the real sheet music.

[Joey]

I would too.

I will say that Jaminski had to balls to use real colors in Tin Tin.

It's Tintin. No space, no capital letter in the middle of the name. Capital T, small i, small n, small t, small i, small n. Tintin.

it's Tin Tin, that is how i spell it and if you don't like it then toooooo bad. Now that I know you are anal about it I will have to always spell it Tin Tin.

i like the movie Tin Tin, i plan to buy the Adventures of Tin Tin on Blu, Dave and i will watch Tin Tin, When the sequel to Tin Tin, Tin Tin Two comes out we will go see it and when the blu for Tin Tin Two comes out we will buy the blu to Tin Tin Two and sit and watch it. Then when Tin Tin Three is directed by SS we will go see it.

[Quint]

It's completely possible to hum The Adventures Continues with Tin Tins.

Tin Tin Tin Tin Tin Tin-tin, Tin Tin Tin Tin Tin Tin Tin-Tin.

[Stefancos]

Guys, every time one of you misspells Tintin, Jason has to do his secret dance, count to 27 and crack his knuckles.