Naïve Old Fart

Aladin would have turned a profit whoever was directing. It was probably a very "safe" project for him. To gain back some clout.

I'd rather have movies like that than movies that are screened to a comity to make sure none of the dialogue lines offend some people .That's where were getting at, universally bland movies where any controversy is removed

I've not seen most of them, but I like THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO a lot, and STALKER is absolutely essenital.
 

Alex, you don't have to watch that, to understand avarice.

Top...men.

Top...men.

Hey that's great about that Dracula blu ray! 

You were six years old and you thought "Fuck me, that looks utter turd"?! Geez! Where did you grow up, Lee? In prison?!

A great selection, Hilly!

It's not pretentious, Lee; PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK is a beautiful film.
 
How can a country that has such a great film industry (THE LAST WAVE; MY BEAUTIFUL CAREER; GALLIPOLI; THE STUNT MAN; THE CARS THAT ATE PARIS, etc., etc.) Have such a bad TV industry? I mean...NEIGHBOURS (!).

It has a stunning soundtrack and an incomparable dreamlike mood which I find both soothing and uneasy at once. If I sound pretentious when I say this, tough shit.

I would never expect a TV adaptation to better than the Peter Weir original anyway. Therefore how could it be worthwhile?

In terms of sound quality, its definitely the LLL.
There is a 3-CD boot knocking around, which has tons of stuff not on the LLL, but I'm not sure how good it sounds.

John Barry- Beyondness of Things, Eternal Echoes, Raise The Titanic
 
Jerry Goldsmith- Players (love this score more than perhaps I should), Masada and QB VIII (via the 40 Years of Jerry Goldsmith collection)
 
Lalo Schifrin- Bullitt
 
Bullitt was my first Schifrin score both listened to and brought. Great sound to it (i.e Just Coffee, The Architect's Building, Shifting Gears etc)

That's news!
 
Big finish...ba ba-da-da!
 
I've got chills.

Alex, yours was good...Sweep's is better.

The LADY JANE "The Hunt" is great.
The THE FINAL CONFLICT "The Hunt" is "fuck off" brilliant!!!!
Absolutely no contest, whatsoever.

The Holy Grail has a hell of a score though

Nah.  It's still amazing and entertaining.  Visually arresting, quick-paced, and inventive in how it switches mediums from newsreel to the journalist researching to the memories of the people who knew Kane.
 

I just show them a jar of mint sauce, and they run for it.
 
 
 
 
 
This looks good, but...where's Danger Zone?

I just show them a jar of mint sauce, and they run for it.
 
 
 
 
 
This looks good, but...where's Danger Zone?

Not quite, but they are the main obstacle, on the roads!
 
 
 
 
How many has he got?

Jay's got his own movie? 
 
 
Thank you!