Matt C 455 Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 On 6/25/2018 at 10:37 PM, Batman's Diet Coke said: Pope's trademarks are all over it. He does the same thing with Tobey in this scene as he did with Henry Thomas in Fire in the Sky. I'm just glad we got what we did. Yer goin' nowhere! I gotch ya fer three movies! Three movies of playtime! 2 I'm still pining for an official CD of Young's score. He did some amazing things with Elfman's themes whenever his score was left intact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 Mannequin Two: On the Move More department store shenanigans as another young bloke falls for a dummy chick. Not quiiiite as good as the first film, but has one hilarious bit at the very end and seeing the oh-so-gorgeous Kristy Swanson in skimpy outfits makes it all worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 Eraserhead Revisiting this after first seeing it screened at a uni film studies society session eight years ago. Mum thought the Henry character was like Mr Bean. Strange what a few years of life experience does to evolve your view of a film when seeing it again. I'm sure the Lady in the Radiator is a visitation from Black Lodge - she taunts him and comforts him, like Laura, the Man from Another Place and the Giant do to Agent Cooper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 Frequency Heh this was corny but oddly exciting. Funny how everything happens in Austin Powers real-time ripple effect - things just aren't supposed to happen this way! A bit like Back to the Future meets Se7en. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,530 Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 Égigérő fű (That Lovely Green Grass) (1979) A little boy is on holiday at older relatives in an apartment block in the capital. The friendly old park-keeper in the neighbouring apartment is retiring at the end of the week and he mentions every day how he'll miss that lovely green grass when he'll only be surrounded by stone. This snaps the boy out of his boredom and he concocts a plan to plant lawn in the stone courtyard to make the old man happy. During the week, he tries navigating the bureaucracy of such a plan, while befriending the neighbouring kid and all the adults in the street, snapping them out of melancholy and getting them to help. For a kids' film of the time, it's quite well-written, shot and acted - it features some of our finest and most popular character actors, and even the two kids do a great job. It's quite childish and caricateurish, at times outright grotesque, but always very fun, and at the end, heartwarming and even tear-jerking (since most age groups are represented in main roles, I guess you can always identify with one of them anytime you watch it in your life). This was the first DVD I ever begged my parents to buy at the store. We had our old bootleg DVD transferred from VHS which was recorded from a TV broadcast, but I wanted to own the real deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,350 Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 Ant-Man. Yet again, I liked it, though I'm slowly starting to get tired of that repetitive 'don't use my great discovery, SHIELD!' plotline. Also got a little bored with Michael Douglas at the end and I do hope they'll explain how Ant-Man managed to get out of that subatomic reality thing, but still love the humour. The score had very nice moments. Didn't expect Christopher Beck to write such music at all. Some emotional moments could have been better, but the Avengers theme's cameo was really amusing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 Anyone else think Tobey was the best Spider-Man? Matt C and Not Mr. Big 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 No. bollemanneke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 You're trash, Koray. Matt C 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 The Babysitter Call off filmmaking forever. This McG chap has made probably the most entertaining, far-fetched and all-round awesome movie ever. And it's a Netflix pic? Screw the cinema. Any more like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,363 Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 Sicario - it's not that this 'shades of grey' tale about the fight against the drug cartels operating arund the US/Mexican border wasn't a good thriller, but I came away feeling it had been a bit overpraised. Giving the sequel a go today. Not Mr. Big and Chen G. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 It seems to be universally beloved. I didnt see what the story was, in the end. It left me with nothing and I'm not sure thats what Villeneuve intended. A few good setpieces though. Not Mr. Big 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,345 Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 That was the best scene. I guess the message of the film was "Better stay out of Mexico if you're a law abiding, God fearing American. We need to build a wall." Not Mr. Big 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 Little Evil Not bad. Funny premise in having to save the anti-christ, and even directly references The Omen. These Netflix movies are so different to other TV movies! This one's in anamorphic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,345 Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 Looks like fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 On 6/24/2018 at 3:59 PM, Richard said: Possibly, but what's Cis? Certified IPC specialist. To distinguish from CIT, or Certified IPC trainer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 On 6/30/2018 at 4:13 AM, Batman's Diet Coke said: Anyone else think Tobey was the best Spider-Man? Nicholas Hammond is the best Spider-Man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 Where's the excessive inner monologue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,345 Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 7 hours ago, Stefancos said: That was the best scene. I guess the message of the film was "Better stay out of Mexico if you're a law abiding, God fearing American. We need to build a wall." KK (God rest his soul) would have approved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 There's a sequel? Brolin and Del Toro take the fight into Mexico and lauch a deadly assault against the Cartels? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,373 Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 Yep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,345 Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 5 minutes ago, Stefancos said: There's a sequel? Brolin and Del Toro take the fight into Mexico and lauch a deadly assault against the Cartels? You've read the premise! (I wouldn't be surprised if it's better than the first one) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 Brolin, on top of Trumps wal, firing two semi-automatic riffles skillfully in the the Mexican vermin trying to get into 'Merica! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 You'd think they'd get the message by now that America doesn't want 'em! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 I'm gonna buy a digital self-sustaining precious copy of Spider-Man 2 tonight. .23 electron volts. Nobel prize, Otto. We'll see you in Sweden! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,552 Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 18 hours ago, Wojism said: Certified IPC specialist. To distinguish from CIT, or Certified IPC trainer. Ok, my brain has started to bleed. IPC? CIT? IPC? I need a lie-down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,363 Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Sicario 2 : Soldado - a big issue I had with the first film is that Emily Blunt's character didn't ring true to me ... just couldn't buy her as a 'battle-hardened' Fed. She's not in the sequel, so I think I probably liked this better ... Del Toro is as watchable as ever, and across the 2 films Brolin began to remind of Kurt Russell no less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,345 Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 5 minutes ago, Sweeping Strings said: I think I probably liked this better ... But ... it' not directed by Villeneuve! How dare you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,363 Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 And I have also posted it in the wrong thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Hilary Bray 235 Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 end of last week watched The Poseidon Adventure. Tend to do so at some point every year and it's almost a guilty pleasure watch (forget the sequel. Waste of time). But on this viewing I marvelled more at Williams' score -chiefly Raising the Christmas Tree and when the survivors first sight the red wheel. The former makes something almost comical as raising a huge Christmas decoration immensely epic. Like climbing Everest. (I reread the book and easy to see why changes were made, they were more survivors in the book -32 and a few other things). Anyway, tradition is that once I watch Poseidon, onto Towering Inferno, or vice versa. Footnote is that this was probably the first Gene Hackman film I watched and though it's probably down his all time favourites, still a role I enjoy him in. Even if there's touches of ham along the way: "Why God? Why this woman!?" JoeinAR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Gene Hackman is great in it. Sir Hilary Bray 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt C 455 Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 On 7/1/2018 at 7:40 PM, Batman's Diet Coke said: I'm gonna buy a digital self-sustaining precious copy of Spider-Man 2 tonight. .23 electron volts. Nobel prize, Otto. We'll see you in Sweden! I hear the 4K Blu-ray looks amazing. It would be something if Sony made a live-action Spider-Verse movie to give Tobey Maguire a final sendoff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 I watched it. This is a great film. I knew on that Saturday evening in 2004 I had just been witness to one of the best comic book movies ever. It's an emotional roller coaster for me. The Peter/MJ scenes, Peter telling Aunt May how Uncle Ben died, that ending. It's just a fantastic movie all around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 Veronica The Spanish answer to Drag Me To Hell, with some Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, It Follows and REC thrown in. Surprisingly spooky. Maybe Europeans just do it better than Hollywood? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,552 Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 There's something to be said for European horror. They do seem to do it well. The UK is very good at "atmospheric" films. Like the song says: #Dark and grey; An English film...# Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 Haha, very true, just saw 'Victim', the first english attempt to thematize a gay subject matter in a blackmail thriller. Remarkably free of the laboured pussyfooting often found in Hollywood movies trying to deal with (then) hot button issues and a brave performance by Dirk Bogarde. Basil Dearden is a very good director who only occasionally stumbled. Most of his movies are immensely watchable. Naïve Old Fart and Sir Hilary Bray 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,345 Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 2 hours ago, Richard said: Like the song says: #Dark and grey; An English film...# Steve Hackett's classical guitar piece that proceeds it is one of his best contributions. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 I rewatched 56 Up last night on a whim. Looking forward to 63 Up next year. It will be my second of the Up series I've experienced in "real time." I watched them all as a teen when 49 Up came out. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,345 Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 I should have liked this more but there was something about it which prevented that. Also, I don't understand why Tilda Swinton is considered as being sexy. 6/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 I'm the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House I suppose just because it's a "Netflix Original" doesn't necessarily mean it's good. Horrendously slow and meandering. And I've forgotten what the whole mystery was about again. You end up yelling at it. Shutter This was more entertaining. A rip-off of The Ring, but this time using spirit photography as its entrance gimmick. Some great twists will keep you guessing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Fancyarcher 350 Posted July 4, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted July 4, 2018 The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada - Great modern day western dealing with betrayal, redemption, and friendship. Tommy Lee Jones is subtly terrific in the lead role, and as the film and The Homesman proves, he's a solid filmmaker, especially when it comes to depicting the west. - 8 / 10 A24, publicist and Koray Savas 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 The wife and I watched Ant-Man last night ahead of the sequel coming out soon. Goodness that’s not a very good movie. I have hopes the sequel will be better though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John 2,032 Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 Antony's demise is still the saddest death in the MCU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 Ugh I hated all that shit with the ants. And the initial scenes when he shrinks should’ve been so much cooler. They should have been wildly fun visual effect showpieces and instead were just dull and perplexing. Unlucky Bastard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 2 hours ago, Margo Channing said: I'm the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House I suppose just because it's a "Netflix Original" doesn't necessarily mean it's good. Horrendously slow and meandering. And I've forgotten what the whole mystery was about again. You end up yelling at it. So you won't LOL during a movie but you'll yell at it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 Star Wars: A New Hope (The Special Edition; 2004 version) Saw this tonight performed "live to picture" in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. With everything that came after its sometimes hard to remember what a straight forward and effective piece of film making Star Wars really is. Pretty much everything just works. It's lean and effective. The plot and characterizations are just right. It looks like a film from the late 70's, yet it also looks and feels timeless. I don't think I've actually ever seen this particular version, which is the last one Lucas released. The CGI additions are mostly distracting, and haven't aged well. The added scene with Jabba does absolutely nothing. The extra scene with Biggs is harmless but redundant. I'd never own this version, or pay money to see it without a symphonic orchestra accompanying it. Yet in truth its actually fine. And the score is perfect. Beautifully and simply perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 Was this the first time you'd seen it with the score played live? Did it affect your appreciation of the score one eay or the other? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 Ive listened to Star Wars too long and too manty times for my opinion of it to be changed much, I think. But its always good to hear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 7 hours ago, Quintus said: So you won't LOL during a movie but you'll yell at it? I do sometimes talk to movies while they're playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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