Fancyarcher 350 Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 Kong Skull Island - 7.5 / 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,554 Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 Agreed @Marian Schedenig. It is so unexpected. Poor old Veronica Cartwright... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,346 Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 The Ritual (2017) Film is good (largely due to the interaction of the four hikers) until we get to the apotheosis. It's then when I started falling asleep. 5,5/10 Who is the actor on the left? I know this guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,554 Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 Our left? Robert James-Collier. Left of frame? Sam Troughton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,346 Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 But where do I know him from, Richard? I think we saw him recently in something and that the kid said the actor reminded him of Christian Bale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,554 Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 He was in smarmy and insufferable privileged toff bullshit oops, I meant Downtown Abbey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,346 Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 Oh, you mean that James Ivory-ish kind of TV series? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,554 Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 Exactly...except that Merchant/Ivory would never set their sights so low. "GOSFORD PARK: THE TV SHOW". It was even created by the same man. Glóin the Dark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 25 minutes ago, Richard said: He was in smarmy and insufferable privileged toff bullshit oops, I meant Downtown Abbey Hehehehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancyarcher 350 Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 Storks - Hilarious. I laughed a lot. - 7.5 / 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 The Phantom of the Opera It's funny how much has changed regarding the Webberverse since this flick came out. Behind all that marvelous spectacle, Webber seems inconsistent in his storytelling by simply not maintaining continuity. Okay, so in this film, we're led to believe Christine died in 1917 at age 63. Fair enough. But then you go and watch (or listen to) Love Never Dies, set ten years after TPOTO (as the opening song in that musical alerts us to), but... Spoiler ...at the end of LND, Meg Giry goes crazy and shoots Christine dead, leaving the Phantom to have to raise their brat on Coney Island. Gimme a break! Now I can't watch the movie, and the very well photographed blu-ray version of the Melbourne stage show back to back because of this nagging retcon error. Tangled yourself up, there, eh Webber? On another note, I'm disturbed to find after 14 years since first watching this, I find my eyes more drawn to Miranda Richardson than Emmy Rossum. Age caught up with me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,554 Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 Emily Rossum is still cute, as shameless ably demonstrates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 She has really thick hair. Like really, really thick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 Midnight Cowboy This is one of those movies when you finally see it, all those Seinfeld jokes and references suddenly make sense. Brenda Vaccaro was a real cutie. She reminds me of a Domino's Pizza chick I had a crush on once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,554 Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 What a fantastic film! Hey! I'm walkin', here, I'm walkin', here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 That line too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 It's good, but Midnight Run is my pick of the two late Saturday night on BBC2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,346 Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 45 minutes ago, Denise Bryson said: Midnight Cowboy Brenda Vaccaro was a real cutie. She was. It helps that she was one of the nicer persons in the film. And she looked good with short hair. Unlucky Bastard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,554 Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 She's got gorgeous "come to bed" eyes. Unlucky Bastard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 The Deer Hunter Man, that was long. Interesting to see how manly men develop after a traumatic experience, and others, like John Cazale's character are stagnant and happily stuck in their own state of ignorance. And how suicidal do you have to be to persist in playing that dumb blow your own brains out game? Good flick! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,554 Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 It's photographed nicely, by Vilmos Zsigmond. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,346 Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Boom man Donald A. Bolger did a terrific job at keeping the mics out of the frame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 I felt that the film was a metaphor for deer hunting. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancyarcher 350 Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Quigley Down Under - 7 / 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,554 Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 4 hours ago, Denise Bryson said: I felt that the film was a metaphor for deer hunting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,843 Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Night of the Living Dead (1968) well, didn't hate it, didn't get crazy about it.. I'm sure it was innovative in its time. Some characters were really annoying for me.. Also the combination of independent film aesthetics with orchestral stock music was a bit weird to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Ordinary People More like well-off people with nice houses and first-world problems. This really was 'house porn'. Brat is getting over suicidal tendancies, mum is a withdrawn old cow, and dad is trying to overcome being her bitch. As kitchen sink drama as it gets (I liked Interiors more, but I liked this more than Terms of Endearment), but I like the message that sometimes shit happens with no explanation - an important lesson dad and son learn by the film's close. Judd Hirsch makes it worth watching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Frankenstein General Hospital Quite amiable Z-grade flick I bought from The Reject Shop for two bucks. Enough tits galore that makes you wish you picked a clinical profession. Anything but ordinary! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,532 Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Titanic I guess it is better than everything, 10/10 OK, instead of speaking magnitudes in general, here's what I noticed this time: by doing the cliché of poor boy and rich girl falling in love and defying their class, Cameron could guide us through every important part of the ship by staying mostly exclusively with our two leads, and tie every location to the plot. This way, we have 1.5 hours to explore and get attached to the ship without even really noticing it, making it all the more heartbreaking when we return inside and see it all in increasing states of destruction. I also admired how the movie juggles so many side characters and making all of them memorable, be it a more or less fleshed out or even developed character (Ruth, Molly Brown, Ismay, Andrews, Murdoch), an accent with a face attached (Fabrizio, Tommy Ryan, Colonel Gracie) or featured extras (Guggenheim, Cora, I Salonisti, Miss Trudy, the Irish Woman who also played Vasquez and John Connor's guardian mother), and following through on nearly all of their storylines, showing how they made it out or ended. The finale where Rose returns among the dead of the Titanic would sound cheesy as hell on paper, but it works wonderfully in context. Also, what idiot had the bright idea to stick the film hack edit of "Take Her to Sea, Mr. Murdoch" to the end of the credits instead of "Post"? Granted, My Heart Will Go On would chase anyone away before they get to it, but it's very aggressively unfitting. Or just stick with Hymn to the Sea. After listening to the LLL set 3 times this week, I have to say, other than this and some awkward edits, I mostly didn't have a problem with how the score was handled in the movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,352 Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Jupiter Ascending. Tried to keep watching this because Michael Giacchino's score wasn't bad at all, but it was just too boring, too much alien 'terminology', hardly any explanations, dull villains... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,554 Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Along with INSIDE OUT, it's my favourite Gia score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,352 Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Agreed and Inside Out was at least a good movie too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 Chariots of Fire Took me a while to remember who's who in this movie because most of these young blokes all pretty much looked the same. Not an unpleasant film at all. After a raft of depressing Best Picture selections, looked like the Academy wanted to recapture that Rocky glory. And Alice Krige, she was unrecognisable if you're only familiar with how she's looked as an older chook. She was beautiful! Oh and I liked hearing the Blade Runner music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glóin the Dark 1,223 Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 On 2/6/2018 at 5:19 PM, Denise Bryson said: The Apartment. On 2/14/2018 at 2:44 PM, Denise Bryson said: Midnight Cowboy On 2/8/2018 at 11:55 AM, Denise Bryson said: The French Connection. On 2/15/2018 at 3:56 PM, Denise Bryson said: The Deer Hunter On 2/8/2018 at 3:22 PM, Denise Bryson said: Kramer vs. Kramer On 2/16/2018 at 2:26 PM, Denise Bryson said: Ordinary People 30 minutes ago, Denise Bryson said: Chariots of Fire On 1/27/2018 at 8:06 AM, Denise Bryson said: Out of Africa How many still to go? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 4 minutes ago, Glóin the Dark said: How many still to go? 49. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,554 Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 (rock me) AMADEUS, DRIVING MISS DAISY, ANNIE HALL, GANDHI, THE LAST EMPEROR, GONE WITH THE WIND, CASABLANCA, TITANIC, SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE (). That's enough to be going with. Don't forget LA LA LAND MOONLIGHT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glóin the Dark 1,223 Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 If you watch around three per day, you could be finished by the 4th of March! 2 minutes ago, Richard said: ...ANNIE HALL ... TITANIC... I don't think he'd like those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 2 minutes ago, Richard said: AMADEUS - seen it DRIVING MISS DAISY - haven't seen it ANNIE HALL - seen it GANDHI - haven't seen it THE LAST EMPEROR - haven't seen it GONE WITH THE WIND - seen it CASABLANCA - seen it TITANIC - ya kidding? SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE () - seen it That's enough to be going with. Don't forget LA LA LAND seen it MOONLIGHT - haven't seen it All remainders are on my list though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,554 Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 MRS. MINERVA, THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES, HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY? BEN-HUR, WEST SIDE STORY, GIGI, OLIVER!, THE SOUND OF MUSIC. AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS, GRAND HOTEL, WINGS, CAVALCADE, GOING MY WAY, HAMLET... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 2 minutes ago, Richard said: MRS. MINERVA THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES, HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY? BEN-HUR - seen it WEST SIDE STORY - seen it GIGI OLIVER! THE SOUND OF MUSIC - seen it AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS GRAND HOTEL WINGS CAVALCADE GOING MY WAY HAMLET... The rest, haven't seen them, but they're all taped after the marathon. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 MRS. MINERVA...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glóin the Dark 1,223 Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 It's a film about how World War II affected the life of the Roman goddess of wisdom. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,554 Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 5 minutes ago, publicist said: MRS. MINERVA...? Sorry, that's MRS. MINIVER 2 minutes ago, Glóin the Dark said: It's a film about how World War II affected the life of the Roman goddess of wisdom. 79 academics just punched the air. Glóin the Dark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,346 Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 It's a movie about the Belgian car. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancyarcher 350 Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 The Ghost & Mrs Muir - Love me old some black and white Hollywood melodrama and this no different. It's good. One of Herrmann's absolute best scores too. - 8.5 / 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,532 Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 On 2018. 02. 16. at 8:39 PM, Holko said: an accent with a face attached (Fabrizio, Tommy Ryan,) Wow, the deleted scenes do add quite a bit to them! I forgot to mention how I managed to find the 2012 version, and the teal coloring was incredibly annoying, and even inconsistent. This is now my main reason why I'm afraid to get into BluRay: forget ugly boxes and 20 editions with different packaging and extras, about which Amazon gives zero information, DVDs at least mostly presented the movie itself reliably fine; on these, I'd have to look up every movie individually, which release uses old or new transfers, which ones regrade it to the point of near unwatchability etc... You'd think with (probably) the final physical format, they could make up their fucking minds and do all new transfers from scratch with proper cleanup and no additional grading (of course correcting faded prints or bringing shots filmed separately, in different conditions closer to each other in palette would be fine, but splashing teal over 30+ year old masterpieces to appear "hip" would not), but apparently a lot of these "artists" have no taste, and original creators either couldn't give two shits about how their vision is presented to audiences beyond its theatrical run, or actively go out of their way to try and ruin it. I'm generalizing, of course, but it's a worrying trend and has been going on for way too long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 Kong: Skull Island It was alright. I would have preferred more irreverence. The scene where Kong bathes and is immediately attacked by a giant squid in shallow water for an hour and 45 minutes would have been preferable. The majority of the characters were fairly lame and didn't even die satisfying deaths. The lead white girl constantly had a bag strap between her boobs. I like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 Did you see the post-credits scene? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 Yeah. They finally gave the other scientist guy and chick something to do. Look bewildered at a projection of Gojira. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 I promise I will tell the Russians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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