Marian Schedenig 8,206 Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 The male hero is a dull character and Claire Danes tries her best but fails to give Yvaine the spark she managed to bring to Juliet in Baz Luhrman's Romeo + Juliet, leaving us with a mundane couple to follow around the film. I disagree. Claire Danes is absolutely gorgeous in this. The main character is dull for most of the story, but that's kind of the point. The film, in all its fairytaleness, has quickly become a big favourite of mine. Bonus points go to the always wonderful David Kelly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Ridiculous!Alien = 10Aliens = 8 ALIEN = 9/10ALIENS = 4/10Alien = 9/10Aliens = 6.5/10idiotic scoring. Both films have stood the test of time and the latter might be one of the most quotable films of all time. Both are true classics in every sense of the word.Meh. The sequel is entertaining enough, but I could do without it. I never feel that much of a need to see it again. I prefer the far more frightening and yet beautiful Alien. Aliens is one of those films that personifies the point that "bigger does not mean better". It's not bad though, a good action flick, but doesn't reach classic status for me personally (I don't care how it's regarded by the majority). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Idiot ranting or psychotic episode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Probably both! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Who's Snow White? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glóin the Dark 1,222 Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Just watched a screening of The Unbelievers, a documentary following (physicist) Lawrence Krauss and (biologist) Richard Dawkins as they travel around the world to speak at debates, lectures, rallies and so on. Krauss and Dawkins both turned up at the cinema for a Q&A session at the end, giving the surreal feeling that I was suddenly in the film I'd just seen... Marian Schedenig 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 (part 4 of my pre-Interstellar viewings)Apollo 13Not much to say about this that hasn't been said already. One of my favorite movies and my favorite Horner score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Square Ron Howard movie; and as much as i like Horner's themes here, the syrupy children's choir destroys it. All the etheral stuff (like Dark Side of the Moon) is actually the most interesting. I give you that Horner was on a roll that year even though i find the overly 'crowdpleasing' aspects of this and BRAVEHEART less and less listenable while some of the underscore gained my appreciation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Square from your now familiarly gloomy perspective, perhaps. Don't mind the choir at all. The score gives me everything I want from the man and nothing I don't. Although the New-Agey Annie Lennox crooning over the end credits is a bit too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,837 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Well, it isn't the "last film I watched", but the last trailer i've watched a dozen times!!Trully magnificent!!(for anyone that isn't aware of the news, this is a new trailer in 40 years, for an upcoming release of the film in UK I think.) Glóin the Dark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,017 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Holy cow! They're showing it around here as well (from 7th of December). There's no chance I'm going to miss this.Speaking of all the discussion we had on Alien 3 recently, I wrote a thing on it for Assorted Buffery blog some time ago. You can read it here. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Have they updated the Stargate scene with cgi? It's about time they did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Alien = 9/10Aliens = 10/10So yes, the sequel is necessary.I would agree..Although really, we can't compare them.They are different in style etc..You don't necessarily need to compare them against each other. Alien is just a better film in every regard. I understand the attraction to Aliens though, it's a wham bam thank you ma'am type of flick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 It's the best. Horner's score too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Holy cow! They're showing it around here as well (from 7th of December). There's no chance I'm going to miss this.KarolAll I want for Christmas is this in the US. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,369 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Yea I'd love to see 2001 on the big screen. It's cool they finally restored it - I assume it was an 8K restoration? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Yeah. Man, over 40 years old, and that film still looks so damn beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,837 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Yea I'd love to see 2001 on the big screen. It's cool they finally restored it - I assume it was an 8K restoration?Can't find any information.it says just digitally restored.I'm afraid to know what that includes.. (eg. total loss of grain, edge enhancement etc. to make it appealing to today's audiences who can't stand grain on their HD screen?)* * *By the way, did you kow about this?17 Minutes of 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY Lost Footage Found http://whatculture.com/film/17-minutes-of-lost-2001-a-space-odyssey-footage-found.phpI hope we can see those in a future Bluray release! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,341 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 2001: ASO didn't need restoring. The movie have been preserved exceptionally well. The terms "digitally restored" and "remastered" are selling techniques. Dixon Hill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glóin the Dark 1,222 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 I've seen it a few times in the cinema. The last occasion was really annoying in that, for whatever reason, the film wasn't projected onto the entire available screen space (in what was already a pretty small auditorium). The sense of immersion in the picture was dramatically reduced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 I've seen it on the big screen a few times myself. Nothing recent and I can spend my money on something newer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,837 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Holy cow! They're showing it around here as well (from 7th of December). There's no chance I'm going to miss this.KarolAll I want for Christmas is this in the US.Would like to have this room to watch it!I don't need a big house nor any other kind of luxury.Just this room! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glóin the Dark 1,222 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 The terms "digitally restored" and "remastered" are selling techniques. Speaking of such things, The Unbelievers includes one of the most brazen examples of a selling technique that I've ever seen. The publicity material for the film states that it includes interviews with a list of celebrities, from Woody Allen to Cameron Diaz to Ian McEwan. In fact, these interviews comprise nothing more than a few soundbites presented at the very start of the film and then accompanying the concluding credits. They have nothing whatsoever to do with the main body of the film. (For which I, for one, was thankful.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamTheater 131 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Holy cow! They're showing it around here as well (from 7th of December). There's no chance I'm going to miss this.KarolAll I want for Christmas is this in the US.Would like to have this room to watch it!I don't need a big house nor any other kind of luxury.Just this room! WOW !!!! It's my dream theater !!! Geddit? crocodile 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,369 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,017 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 So this is what you look like!Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,341 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 There's even a piano for when the sound system is dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdwardHall 30 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Watched "Sabrina" and "My Girl 2," yesterday. I'm still waiting for someone to release Cliff Eidelman's score for the latter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,547 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Alien 5/5Aliens 5/5I'll see your "ALIEN" 5/5"ALIENS" 5/5, and raise you"ALIEN" 10/10"ALIENS" 7/10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Yup. Agreed there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Alien 3 out of 5Aliens 3 out of 5Prometheus 4 out of 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib 1,802 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Alien vs Predator 2 - 8/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Alien 3 out of 5Aliens 3 out of 5Prometheus 4 out of 5A ceremonious LOL Sharkissimo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 I can't tell if he's being serious... Sharkissimo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Alien 3 out of 5Aliens 3 out of 5Prometheus 4 out of 5A ceremonious LOLYou mean.... Sharkissimo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 I can't tell if he's being serious...Oh he is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharkissimo 1,973 Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Koray Savas: Ultimate Hipster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Star Trek IV: The Voyage HomeI wanted to be put into a good mood and this helped. I have to wonder how long the investigation into the disappearance of Dr. Gillian Taylor lasted. She slaps her colleague and storms out of the Cetacean Institute, only for her pickup truck to be found abandoned in Golden Gate Park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 I can't tell if he's being serious...Oh he is.Sounds like you've got me all figured out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 giving it 4 stars isn't being hip it's just being stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Star Trek IV: The Voyage HomeI wanted to be put into a good mood and this helped. I have to wonder how long the investigation into the disappearance of Dr. Gillian Taylor lasted. She slaps her colleague and storms out of the Cetacean Institute, only for her pickup truck to be found abandoned in Golden Gate Park.Kirk and crew were never real. It was all part of Gillian's psychosis as her mind involuntarily fabricated this elaborate plot by a techologically advanced space crew from the future to bring her condemned whales to safety. This thought gave her comfort. She probably ended up committing suicide or was at least found by authorities and institutionalised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Star Trek IV: The Voyage HomeI wanted to be put into a good mood and this helped. I have to wonder how long the investigation into the disappearance of Dr. Gillian Taylor lasted. She slaps her colleague and storms out of the Cetacean Institute, only for her pickup truck to be found abandoned in Golden Gate Park.Kirk and crew were never real. It was all part of Gillian's psychosis as her mind involuntarily fabricated this elaborate plot by a techologically advanced space crew from the future to bring her condemned whales to safety. This thought gave her comfort. She probably ended up committing suicide or was at least found by authorities and institutionalised.Double dumbass on you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 No, she had a very busy life after arriving in 2286, according to Memory Beta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 The Voyage Home may be my favorite Star Trek movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 It's really enjoyable. It's highly quotable, and contains several "holy shit, that's awesome" nerd moments of joy.It's notable in that nobody dies in it, other than the Klingons in the archive footage from Star Trek III. That's rare in Star Trek.I can't understand why Netflix put Star Trek II in the children and family movie section. To indoctrinate new Trekkies young? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Oh yeah, Voyage Home and Search for Spock both feature ridiculous(ly awesome) scenes where they literally watch clips from the previous movie. Dixon Hill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,341 Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 I can't tell if he's being serious...He is. It's Koray.Oh, Quintus was ahead of me. Does he never take a break from the net? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurmm 91 Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 When I was 8 years old,Alien - 3.5/5Aliens 6/5!!!Alien3 - 4.5/5Alien: Resurrection - 4.5/5When I was 16,Alien - 4.5/5Aliens 5/5Alien3 - 4/5Alien: Resurrection - 3/5Now, at 26.Alien - 5/5Aliens 4/5Alien3 - 3.5/5Alien: Resurrection - 2.5/5I haven't seen the theatrical Aliens since I was a kid though, so that may be a factor in its ever declining rating. I seem to remember the theatrical being that much more tighter. But the movie is looking a bit dated. Still a thoroughly entertaining action flick of course. Alien3 holds the honour of properly introducing the F word to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,341 Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 You forgot to rate Prometheus, Hurmm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 I hate rating movies. Evaluate it with words, not fractions. Dixon Hill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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