Naïve Old Fart 9,524 Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 57 minutes ago, Chen G. said: ...it's always better to avoid anamorphic if you can. Is Super ok, or do you prefer 1.85? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 Its different with 35mm because anamorphic allows you to use more negative area, instead of cropping. Good anamorphic footage tends to look a bit better than Super-35mm or even a RED One. That's what I mean by "when you CAN not use anamorphic." But with 65mm? There's absolutely no change in the overall picture area, its just obscenely wide and distorted, plus anamorphic lenses tend not to be as sharp, and given that medium-format lenses aren't too sharp to begin with, that's a problem. Same with 35mm 2.55:1 Cinemascope. As a stylistic device - like when one is using 16mm footage or black-and-white to convey something - fine; but to shoot a whole movie with it? The days of anamorphic are over. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 27 minutes ago, Chen G. said: The days of anamorphic are over. Not at all! Anamorphic lenses are used all the time. People (filmmakers great and small) love the look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 Again, its a look that only works for 35mm because you're getting more negative area and therefore it plays on a larger screen better. But, when there is no difference in the negative area or resolution (or once we truly hit a plateau in terms of picture quality), spherical always looks more natural and therefore better. Its also more versatile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,346 Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 Reservoir dogs. It took us 20 minutes to sync the subtitles to the Blu-Ray rip because, would you know it, it wasn’t on Netflix. Pretty good movie. Maybe a little too much storytelling, but the premise was quite interesting and all the actors were great. Most of the songs were excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 6 hours ago, Chen G. said: The days of anamorphic are over. The wide selection of movies still using it says otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 I don't get it either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 7 hours ago, Þekþiþm said: The wide selection of movies still using it says otherwise. I mean going forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 19 minutes ago, Chen G. said: I mean going forward. Filmmakers obviously like its distinctive aesthetic characteristics like oval shaped bokeh, slightly distorted heads, field of view and overall dreaminess. It makes you feel like you're visting a Hollywood fantasy world that standard spherical lenses can't quite achieve. Who are you to say filmmakers shouldn't use it? Are you a studio bean counter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 I'm not saying it won't find use as a deliberate stylistic device, but I expect it would be a small niche. Just like shooting in Black-and-White. We still get B/W films, but by and large, once filmmakers had the possibility to feasibly shoot in colour, the vast majority of them took it in both hands. I expect the same to happen to anamorphic as we're moving to larger and larger (digital) formats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 But I like it when they shoot new movies to look like old movies. Not that sterile digital shit. Anyhoo, I just watched Kill Bill. Did they ever make a sequel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glóin the Dark 1,220 Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 21 hours ago, Chen G. said: ...more natural and therefore better. Jean Renoir disagrees with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 2 minutes ago, Þekþiþm said: But I like it when they shoot new movies to look like old movies. Not that sterile digital shit. Anyhoo, I just watched Kill Bill. Did they ever make a sequel? - I like the old anamorphic look and the new digital look. - You know very well Tarantino made a 4-hour movie which he then split in two volumes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,072 Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 Volume 2 is best forgotten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 Drax might prefer it and call it The Empire Strikes Back of Kill Bill movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 I just liked watching Uma murdering people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 I'm watching King Kong (1976)... since 3 days... I hope to finish it this week. Nice John Barry Score! I didn't know, but this movie was Jessica Lange début! Maybe if I was an ape... Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,346 Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 Die another day. Not sure how I feel about Bond being captured for more than a year and I didn’t really like the villains. On to the women. Peaceful Fountains of Desire is an awesome name and Halle Berry and Rosamund Pike are great, but Emilio Echevarría’s accent is really annoying, as are the never-ending action sequences. John Cleese and Pierce Brosnan are great, though the latter mispronounced mojito. Great final scene with Moneypenny too. The song is atrocious. There was me thinking nothing could possibly be worse than Adele. Luckily, Madonna’s cameo is better. I don’t understand why the score was criticised for its overreliance of electronics, but I did think the first lovemaking cue resembled that of the previous entry too much and it was unnecessarily ominous and mournful for this scene, but that didn’t make it any less beautiful and the love material also kept getting better. I really liked the returning villain theme on piano and that Bond theme never gets old. The choral contributions came as a pleasant surprise and the action cues are all good. Dynamic sound mix too. No, not that song again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,439 Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 Is that the one on which Bond goes skydiving in a melting glacier and there's a lot of early 2000s poor CGI? That scene is so bad it's actually hilarious. bollemanneke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,827 Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 13 hours ago, Bespin said: I'm watching King Kong (1976)... since 3 days... I hope to finish it this week. Nice John Barry Score! I didn't know, but this movie was Jessica Lange début! Maybe if I was an ape... Since 3 days? Why? Don't you like it? This is one of my favourite movies, that i watched a lot as a kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 RIP the World Trade Center 😐 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 54 minutes ago, filmmusic said:Don't you like it? This is one of my favourite movies, that i watched a lot as a kid. The 70s King Kong is godawful! Unlucky Bastard and Bespin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,524 Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 It might be a bit kitch, by today's standards, and, of course, it can't hold a candle to 1933, but it's got more heart and soul in any given shot, than 2005 has, throughout its entire running time (now that really is godawful!!). John Barry's score is absolute lush. An easy top-five Barry, for me. Bespin and Unlucky Bastard 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 It's a beautifully shot movie, I guess I watched a remastered version, it was great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 4 hours ago, Naïve Old Fart said: it's got more heart and soul in any given shot, than 2005 has, throughout its entire running time (now that really is godawful!!). Heart? HEART? It has a creepily-sexualized relationship between a woman and a "giant" ape. Urgh... 2005's King Kong was too long and overwrought, but at the end - no matter how long it took to get there - I felt things. bollemanneke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 Nostalgia! That's all it is! Bespin and filmmusic had King Kong (2005). I, Spielberg, Lucas and Lynch had The Wizard Of Oz (1939) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 51 minutes ago, Chen G. said: Heart? HEART? It has a creepily-sexualized relationship between a woman and a "giant" ape. Urgh... 2005's King Kong was too long and overwrought, but at the end - no matter how longer it took to get there - I felt things. Right, 70s movies weren't dark and disturbing enough for today's more sophisticated audience members. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,524 Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 55 minutes ago, Chen G. said: Heart? HEART? It has a creepily-sexualized relationship between a woman and a "giant" ape. Urgh... 2005's King Kong was too long and overwrought, but at the end - no matter how longer it took to get there - I felt things. Yeah? Well, 1976's had The fucking Dude! M'lud, the case for the defence rests. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 Roar (1981) What the actual flying fuck?! And I thought Alien and Jaws were scary. This is the most terrifying film I've ever seen. Handily. **** out of ***** for sheer bonkers-ness. Damn! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 56 minutes ago, Chen G. said: And I thought Alien and Jaws were scary What makes Jaws scary for you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 Being painfully eaten by a shark? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 Forget it, Roar is ten times scarier than both films put together. Overwhelmingly terrifying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 45 minutes ago, Chen G. said: Forget it, Roar is ten times scarier than both films put together. Overwhelmingly terrifying. Chen, 2020 has been a year of continual upsets and surprises, if it also reveals that you have a sense of humor I don't know what I'll do with myself. Chen G. and Holko 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 I wish I were joking. Maybe scary isn’t the right word, though. To me say it makes you anxious would be a better way of putting it, perhaps. Its very hard to explain. There’s really nothing else like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KK 3,307 Posted May 4, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 4, 2020 Watched Raimi's original Spider-man with the family yesterday. It's an unashamed soapbox, and I love it. Man I miss when superhero movies used to take its own stakes seriously. And Elfman's score is fantastic. John, Holko and Edmilson 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 1 hour ago, KK said: Watched Raimi's original Spider-man with the family yesterday. It's an unashamed soapbox, and I love it. Man I miss when superhero movies used to take its own stakes seriously. And Elfman's score is fantastic. Yes! It's such a genuine, heartfelt film, with an impressive blend of earnest pathos and silly antics...same goes for the sequel, with Elfman knocking it out of the park twice. Back when a director could make a film of theirs featuring a superhero, instead of a director making a Superhero Film. 1 hour ago, Chen G. said: I wish I were joking. Maybe scary isn’t the right word, though. To me say it makes you anxious would be a better way of putting it, perhaps. Its very hard to explain. There’s really nothing else like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Illustrious Jerry 3,356 Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 1 hour ago, KK said: Watched Raimi's original Spider-man with the family yesterday. It's an unashamed soapbox, and I love it. Man I miss when superhero movies used to take its own stakes seriously. And Elfman's score is fantastic. Great minds indeed. Did a Spider-man double feature myself not but two days ago! Both the original and the second are hearty and wholesome entertainment from a time when superhero movies were still made thoughtfully. As for Elfman, I most certainly concur! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John 2,032 Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 Jojo Rabbit A decently pleasant diversion. Story felt a bit thin at times, and it often felt like it was aping the style of Wes Anderson, but it had some charms of its own, along with some unexpectedly poignant moments. Really enjoyed Roman Griffin Davis’ central performance; the relationship between his character and his mother gave the movie a lot of heart. *** and 1/2 out of ***** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 Spider-Man is more of a human drama with the comic book elements one would expect given that it's Spider-Man. But I was surprised how endearing the characters were and that the trilogy was basically a love story. Edmilson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 @Nick Parker, distributors must have marketed it as a "comedy" but it really doesn't aptly describe this bonkers movie. If I laughed uncontrollably (and did I ever!) it was a mixture of compensating for my unease and the sheer bonkers-ness of the movie. This should get post-converted to 3D and shown on IMAX. On the other hand, no it shouldn't, because people would get heart attacks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 A Short Film About Killing I think I like it better than Veronique and Blue. It's uglier, less refined, but ultimately more focused in structure and message. Still, when it comes to the second half, a part of my brain was taken aback by how the film was trying to get me to sympathize with someone who just committed cold, senseless murder. There was no reasonable justification for it, whatsoever. But perhaps that's what makes it difficult to digest. To see two senseless murders being committed, side-by-side. Like some of Kieslowski's other films, I also suspect the statement this film was making in the political climate of its time might be responsible for its glorified reputation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,358 Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 Timecop - as an actor Van Damme makes a great kickboxer, lol. Still, this bit of sci-fi action guff passed a couple of hours on a Monday night and at least the mid-90s was the period during which they could still rope in the likes of Ron Silver and Mia Sara in support of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 39 Steps. Thoroughly entertaining. This Hitchcock fellow has style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Illustrious Jerry 3,356 Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 On 05/05/2020 at 8:39 AM, JoeinAR said: 39 Steps. Top-shelf Hitchcock. One of my favourites. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,524 Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 Copy that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Illustrious Jerry 3,356 Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 When the bullet gets stuck in the songbook, and Richard quips, "Yes, hymns that have helped me", to the constable. Brilliant! Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post John 2,032 Posted May 5, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 5, 2020 Groundhog Day (1993) This is actually the first time I’ve seen this movie, and I enjoyed it quite a lot! Very sweet and clever script with plenty of laughs. I’m not the biggest fan of Bill Murray, but I really enjoyed his performance here; he brings the perfect balance of snark and sincerity to the role. The movie probably would’ve not worked with any other actor but him. **** out of ***** Holko, SteveMc and Chen G. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc 2,674 Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 No Way Out I enjoy a good, taut grey-shaded Cold War thriller. Thus, I enjoyed this one. Cast is pretty strong. Kevin Costner plays a sharp and handsome Navy "everyman" who falls in love with a high level escort (Sean Young) who's also involved with the Secretary of Defense, played by Hackman. Nice engaging direction. Keeps you in your seat even as the plot kind of stagnates. The script is not quite as good as maybe the filmmakers thought it would be. It kind of sags in places, and really is kind of thin in the logic department when you think about it. Plus, the romantic scenes are accompanied by generic 80s elevator songs, which makes you think for a moment you've accidentally switched over to Lifetime or something. Anyway, solid enough. 3/4 John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Romão 2,274 Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 I like that one, but I must say I much prefer the american remake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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