Marian Schedenig 8,193 Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 13 hours ago, Naïve Old Fart said: "Whiskey"? Wh-? No. Wrong. All wrong. I rather like Connemara. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Marian Schedenig 8,193 Posted December 21, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 21, 2021 Die Hard. Because it's not Christmas until… you know. In Bruges. Because it's not Christmas until I've seen Brendan Gleeson visit the alcoves in Koningin Astridpark. Spoiler Groovygoth666, Naïve Old Fart and LSH 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,527 Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 It's an inanimate fucking object! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Positivatee 327 Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 Anything inanimate can be a fucking object if you're brave enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glóin the Dark 1,221 Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 ...depending on its nooks and crannies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,527 Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 You're an inanimate fucking object! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badbu 123 Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 love it! one of my top 10 movies of all time! Tom Guernsey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,193 Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 3 hours ago, Naïve Old Fart said: You're an inanimate fucking object! One of my all time favourite film quotes. Romão and Naïve Old Fart 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Guernsey 2,284 Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 3 hours ago, badbu said: love it! one of my top 10 movies of all time! If you ever get the opportunity to see The Shark is Broken, the stage play based on the making of Jaws starring and co-written by Robert Shaw's son, I highly recommend it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,527 Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 1 hour ago, Marian Schedenig said: One of my all time favourite film quotes. I want to go to Bruges, and say "Fucking Bruges". 1 hour ago, Tom Guernsey said: If you ever get the opportunity to see The Shark is Broken, the stage play based on the making of Jaws starring and co-written by Robert Shaw's son, I highly recommend it! I thought the shark was still working Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glóin the Dark 1,221 Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 I want to go to Bruges to see that initial dual-carriageway thing. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 11 hours ago, Marian Schedenig said: Die Hard. Because it's not Christmas until… you know. What's this "Christ-mass" you're all talking about...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,333 Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 5 minutes ago, Glóin the Dark said: I want to go to Bruges to see that initial dual-carriageway thing. What's that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glóin the Dark 1,221 Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,193 Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 54 minutes ago, AC1 said: What's that? Must be recent. Glóin the Dark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Guernsey 2,284 Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 2 hours ago, Naïve Old Fart said: I thought the shark was still working The Shark is Still Working is the documentary about Jaws, The Shark is Broken, the play... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,333 Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 Thoroughbreds (2017) Didn't like this one at all, terribly annoying characters and overal very boring. Only made it to halfway the movie. Glóin the Dark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Glóin the Dark 1,221 Posted December 21, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 21, 2021 AlexCremers trying a new film: Edmilson, Koray Savas, Raiders of the SoundtrArk and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,333 Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 3 minutes ago, Glóin the Dark said: Aah, much better! Glóin the Dark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,193 Posted December 23, 2021 Share Posted December 23, 2021 Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,012 Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 The Amazing Spider-Man. The film is mostly mind-numbingly boring but the chemistry between Garfield and Stone is undeniable. In fact I'd say it's much more magical than Dunst and Maguire. And Horner really elevates the material - he almost makes me believe this film has heart. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,358 Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 Seem to remember the 'Peter's lovelife' stuff in the second Garfield Spidey boring me to death. I could almost hear the movie grinding to a halt as it played out. Edmilson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,333 Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 3/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,527 Posted December 24, 2021 Share Posted December 24, 2021 A Hawkwind t-shirt. Cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallguy 3,386 Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 18 hours ago, crocodile said: The Amazing Spider-Man. The film is mostly mind-numbingly boring but the chemistry between Garfield and Stone is undeniable. In fact I'd say it's much more magical than Dunst and Maguire. And Horner really elevates the material - he almost makes me believe this film has heart. Karol I've been defending Garfield for almost ten years. (Not to the point of actually seeing ASM2. I hear that's garbage.) Holland plays such an amazing character and is in such good movies. But Garfield is that SUUUPER pissed off Peter Parker from the 60's comics who lives to make the bad guys feel stupid. Ditko's Parker was much more of a nerd (a la Maguire). But Romita's Parker was kinda cool. And his downfall was that he had such a chip on his shoulder from early high-school that he never noticed that he actually had people around him. Problem is, Maguire's movies feel whole, but Garfield's movie (that I saw) doesn't. Which is too bad. Because if they had made a movie to go with Garfield's performance I would have loved it. And yes, Horner's score is achingly pretty. crocodile 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 LAYER CAKE Very entertaining film that became too convoluted at the end. However, when I rewatched it the confusion was cleared.up. Hard to catch on to all the characters and plot twists the.first.time Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,527 Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 Yes, LAYER CAKE is a good film, and, seen retrospectively, was, definitely, a tryout for Bond. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 9 hours ago, Naïve Old Fart said: Yes, LAYER CcAKE is a good film, and, seen retrospectively, was, definitely, a tryout for Bond. Probably better than NTTD . 😆 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,333 Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 Sideways (2004) Let's not kid ourselves, Sideways is Alexander Payne's best movie and Paul Giamatti is fantastic in it. Funny and touching, this movie has got it all. 8/10 Glóin the Dark and LSH 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 Matrix Resurrection is something. Something I won't ever revisit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,348 Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 Home alone 2. Thank Columbus for understanding how to mix a score. The pigeon lady conversation is priceless! 'Do you know a good deed erases a bad one? - It's getting pretty late.' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,441 Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 HA2 has the funniest scene in the franchise in my opinion: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,348 Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 The second half is too long, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,481 Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 Concentrate on the music! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,333 Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 Moon (2009) Duncan Jones' debut (and probably still his best) and love letter to the science fiction movies of the '70s could have been a 6/10 movie (as in it's okay but nothing great) but the piano music (trying to makes us feel sorry for the characters in a very blunt way) and the happy ending turns it into a 5/10 movie. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,527 Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 The look of the film always reminded me of the '70s British TV series MOONBASE 3, with a soupcon of U.F.O. thrown in for good measure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,333 Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 I don't think I've seen that but Duncan clearly loves Silent Running, Alien, Outland, ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,527 Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 ... exactly, and that's it's ultimate failure: it's derivation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,333 Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 Indeed, Richard. If I was young, and totally unfamiliar with classic sci-fi, I probably would have liked Moon more. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,527 Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 Fortunately, you are not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,348 Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 12 hours ago, Bespin said: Concentrate on the music! That's boring too once the traps are in place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,527 Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 DIE HARD. Best. Christmas. Film. EVER!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,365 Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 4 hours ago, AC1 said: Indeed, Richard. If I was young, and totally unfamiliar with classic sci-fi, I probably would have liked Moon more. I like Moon much more than Oblivion, which is basically the same movie, just more expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,333 Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 Don't remember much of Oblivion except that it looked a bit like that Portal game my son was playing at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Guernsey 2,284 Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 5 hours ago, Naïve Old Fart said: DIE HARD. Best. Christmas. Film. EVER!!! (Spoiler alert... I mean, it's a 1989 film but still...) Die Hard was our Christmas Eve viewing and I had forgotten how great it actually is, not to mention how passably realistic it is (at least within the constraints of action movies). The other half, who knew basically nothing about it, really enjoyed it too. I like that Disney+ now wants us to watch the second "episode". I have to admit that Michael Kamen's score didn't make a massive impression on me a lot of the time, notwithstanding that it takes a brave composer to write chunks of action music on pizzicato strings. The most noticeable moments were the use of Beethoven 9 when the thieves open the vault and the the burst of Aliens right at the end, which sticks out like a sore thumb, even if it's quite effective in isolation. If I didn't know otherwise, I don't think I'd have been gagging for Kamen's score as much as people have over the years (and let's face it, LLL's presentation is as definitive as they come) and I love Kamen's music. The latter Die Hard and Lethal Weapon scores are much more engaging for my money and Beltrami's later Die Hard scores are pretty decent too, even if they don't have as much of the individuality of Kamen's originals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,193 Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 Much of the score doesn't exactly go anywhere, musically, but it's got its share of highlights, and the whole thing is a lot of fun in the film once you realise that most of the pizzicato underscore is also derived from Beethoven (and from all over Beethoven's own variations on the theme, not just the basic theme itself). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 On 17/12/21 at 5:32 PM, Jurassic Shark said: Prepare to get disappointed, it goes downhill from here. Ergo. Visa vi. Concordantly. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce marshall 1,315 Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 KING KONG 1976. Bluray with commentary. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 The Matrix I always underestimate how fucking good this movie is. Maybe because I missed it when I was growing up, so I've only "appreciated" it for its legacy. But boy, was re-watching this so much fun. This is definitely one of those rare films that oozes replay value. The first act of this film is just firing on all cylinders and is pretty much pitch perfect. Also, post-apocalyptic worlds just looked so much cooler in the 90s... And Davis' score really is such an integral part to the world. Hearing Tykwer/Kilmer's anemic afterthought is real a blow to the grand meeting of such robust creative forces that was this original film. Going to check out the sequels before I hit the new film in theatres. Curious to see how well those hold up... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 I thought Reloaded’s CGI held up far better than I thought it would. The highway chase is still one of the best action scenes put to film, for me. Edmilson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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