Quintus 5,399 Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 I probably would, I like the other two (first one is my favourite), but I just can't be bothered with really long superhero movies anymore. An hour and forty five or nothing, please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,339 Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 It's a hybrid between Batman Begins and TDK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Thats why I like it. Batman Begins pretends to be grown up drama, but have a plot where a machine turns all the water in the city into steam! Comic book sci-fi pulp! TDK has none if that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,339 Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 It's the only one of the trilogy where the viewer might actually support for ol' Bats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 I can't remember the grown up stuff from the first film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Bale! He gave it instant artistic credibility! American Psycho becomes Batman! The world of Frank Miller finally on film. It's where this ridiculous obsession with "character complexity" comes from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 He and Nolan imbued that into the film, which was clearly the key motivation behind the reboot at the time. iPhone owners loved that stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Nolan thanks his whole career to that film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent B 337 Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 I also thought that Tom Hardy did an awesome job for Bane. Quint, I agree with Steef you might like The Dark Knight Rises and it is definitely more comic book style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 From what I can gather, Hardy was so good as Bane, that his character has even become a bit of a cult in itself. An iconic portrayal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Hmmm. I would not say that. Not like Ledger. Not even close. But very effective in the film. And good for the occasional Trump meme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent B 337 Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Steef is right Hardy wasn't iconic as Ledger was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Ledger's Joker did become iconic didn't he, at least for a time. I always thought he was really overrated in the role actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Is it this time again already? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 NOOOOOLENITES TO THE RESCUUUUE!!! Oh wait - nobody is slagging him off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 In TGP's mind you did. He's a Religious Nolan Fanatic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Quintus will be brought in for questioning soon enough! We have many members in England! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 1 hour ago, Stefancos said: You might actually really like it. Its far more comic book like and pulpy than the uber serious and "profound" The Dark Knight. Batman finally has a hoverplane! Except it's unintentionally so. So it mostly feels misguided. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 No matter. Divine inspiration or random chance aren't such different concepts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,349 Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Blood Diamond, huh? Rather boring in the beginning, but as it progressed, I started liking it more and more, huh? Ending was very sad, and even though I'm a supporter of 'film score should illustrate images', I wish they would stop putting wailing female solos with African things during dramatic passages , huh? I don't like those, huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Huh? They stopped doing wailing female vocals at the end of the 00s. Blood Diamond was 2005. Contextual awareness is necessary for enjoying films. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,349 Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Huh? I would have preferred the last cue to just be strings without that chanting woman wailing all over it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Hilary Bray 235 Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Airport, 1970 yes ripe for parody even then and a film that left Burt Lancaster exasperated anyone would watch it never mind be nominated for Oscars but it's a guilty pleasure viewing. From Newman's main theme (and score generally, the emergency landing is a favourite of mine), to Lancaster, Martin, Bisset, Hayes et al down to the priest doing a quick cross of the chest before slapping the hysterical idiot as the plane comes in to crash-land. But, honourable mention goes to last to the late George Kennedy. Joe Patroni should've had his own TV series. Pre-empting MacGuyver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,339 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 10 hours ago, Stefancos said: In TGP's mind you did. He's a Religious Nolan Fanatic! Though it was refreshing that we could talk Batman without the usual interference of the Nolanites. I guess they are getting tired of the repetition here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon McBride 113 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 Pinocchio Watched this for my film class. I watched this like and infinity times as a little kid, but I haven't seen it since I was like five, so it was almost like watching it for the first time. Pretty good. Didn't change my life or anything Nausicaa of the Valley of the Winds I went with my roommate to see this because the international cinema program was showing it on film, and I'd only seen it once. The first time I saw it, I wasn't really paying attention (and I think I had to leave early), so this was a good chance to actually watch it. I really really like this film. The visual storytelling is awesome. My roommate brought up a really good point about how WWII affected how Japan views the apocalypse differently than it did the West. I definitely realized there was a difference, even if I don't know exactly what it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,339 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 1 hour ago, Hawmy said: Pinocchio Watched this for my film class. I watched this like and infinity times as a little kid, but I haven't seen it since I was like five, so it was almost like watching it for the first time. Pretty good. Didn't change my life or anything It's The Hero's Journey ... again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,339 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 Lucy Jay was right! This was bad! (but somehow I did manage to watch the whole thing). Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 How was Scarlett! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,339 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 I can't say Scarlett is to blame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,369 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 Yes, she did fine with what she was given, but the script is just so stupid. The first, I dunno, 10-15 minutes were pretty good, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 Titanic I've been watching it over the course of several nights since I take pills that put me to sleep. I would have to say that it's my favorite movie. It's part of a trilogy of my top movies that occasionally swap places, which also includes Batman Returns and E.T. I was watching the Blu-ray for the first time. Pretty awesome. Even on my Sony Trinitron which was manufactured not long after the movie was originally released, it looks stunning. Makes me want to call bullshit on HDTVs. I probably won't watch the 2005 special edition again, but I'll keep it for the superior packaging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 Blu ray on a late 90's Trinitron? Ridiculous mate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 I think it's the psychiatric drugs he took after his episodes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 Lets hope! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 It doesn't make any sense. That's why I trust it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 I believe in coincidences. Coincidences happen every day. But I don't trust coincidences! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 Sony Trinitron TVs are fucking shite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 Dixon Hill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,349 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 The Simpsons Movie. Only because I forgot to get the next James Bond film. Still like it, and it's a really great score as well. I might forgive Zimmer his Man of Steel crime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 Oh it's a little portable. I'm guessing you're having to make do with it mate. I'd been thinking you were doing a Drax, and owning one as your big main screen just to be "trendy". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,017 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 10 Cloverfield Lane. It was actually quite entertaining. Bit ridiculous but solid performances really help to sell it. The score is mixed really loud in this, probably even bit too overBearing (see what I did there?) at times. But hey, at least it does something. What I love most about this film is that it proves that you don't need huge budgets to really make a great entertaining blockbuster. Karol Not Mr. Big 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 13 minutes ago, Quintus said: Oh it's a little portable. I'm guessing you're having to make do with it mate. I'd been thinking you were doing a Drax, and owning one as your big main screen just to be "trendy". You mean, I never told you the tale? I had a 34" FD Trinitron WEGA from the noughties. It even had an HDMI input. After I had a mental breakdown and went to the other side of country, the contents of my room were removed. In the case of the WEGA, it was discarded due to its enormous size and complete lack of portability. It was carelessly dumped into the garage on a dolly (But then, who could blame them when it's so massive and heavy? I hired guys to get it up to the second floor!) and eventually picked up on big trash day. When I returned to California, I immediately began searching Craigslist for a new Trinitron. I saw this one and immediately fell in love. It looks just like the models featured in the 1998 Godzilla! I even picked it up from the neighborhood where they filmed E.T. I knew it was meant for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 *fade to black... JW's Jurassic Park interlude plays... the inverted main theme on piano... ... Everything is right with the world, for a time.* bollemanneke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 Christ, I was smashed last night. Brandies and vodkas. Dixon Hill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 A lethal combination! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,363 Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 19 hours ago, Jay said: Yes, she did fine with what she was given, but the script is just so stupid. The first, I dunno, 10-15 minutes were pretty good, though. Towards the end when she's morphed into some sort of supercomputer made of black jelly ... fucking hell. Terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,369 Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 Terrible! Such a stupid movie that just got stupider as it went, with the ending being the worst part of the whole movie. I can't believe they want to make a sequel! ScarJo should stear clear of the Lucy "franchise" and focuse on Ghost in the Shell and Black Widow movies Sweeping Strings 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,339 Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 6 minutes ago, Jay said: I can't believe they want to make a sequel! Rotten Tomatoes: 67% Metacritic: 61/100 IMDb: 6.4/10 I know, I'm shocked as well. I don't know what people see in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,369 Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 Serendipity Watched this over the holidays. A small classic from 2001, with a silly plot but really nice performances by John Cusack, Kate Beckinsale, Jeremy Piven, Eugene Levy, and Molly Shannon make it entirely watchable. Nice wintry imagery in New York City doesn't hurt either, Silvestri scored it, but I don't remember anything about the score. Dixon Hill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,363 Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - not having seen the acclaimed BBC adaptation or read the book I can't compare, but the overall consensus seemed to be that this does a good job of fitting the novel into a 2-hour movie. It's certainly absorbing, and has a stellar British cast. Very much the flipside to the likes of Bond in its portrayal of the intelligence business, and one would reckon a good deal closer to the truth of same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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