Naïve Old Fart 9,552 Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 I posted "not missing much" because I think it's true. These are not pieces of great art, but they pass the time pleasantly. They have very little to say (as do most films) but they say it with flair. I kind of meant "not missing much" as a backhanded compliment. Watch them, enjoy them, forget about them. I will see "MM:FR" and I will enjoy it, as much as I will enjoy my popcorn that I shall eat while watching it, but I fully expect to forget both within a very short space of time. Ho hum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Fuy Road is not the kind of film you forget shortly after having seen it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,373 Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 ThorWanted to re-watch this before finally seeing Thor 2. I didn't remember too much about it, and it turns out even after two viewing its not a superbly memorable film.The best parts of the film are definitely the earth scenes. There's really good funny moments of Thor trying to fit in (like him smashing the cup down, getting hit by Portman's car - twice, etc), a decent action scene of him fighting a big robot, and a bunch of cool SHIELD scene of them trying to figure out Thor's hammer. It's interesting again seeing Jasper Sitwell knowing he's Hydra now. But what I really enjoyed were the scientist team - Jane Foster, Darcy, and Selvig. I liked their little rag-tag setup, their conflict with SHIELD, and all the one-liners by Kat Dennings. She has good comedic timing.What fairs less well for me is all the outer space and Asgard stuff. The battles there are just kinda CGI blobs fighting each other mostly, and I didn't care as much for the drama about Thor or Loki taking over the kingdom, then not, etc. Good cast though - I always enjoy seeing Anthony Hopkins, Rene Russo, and Idris Elba. Loki's back and forth allegiances are fairly amusing. I still don't understand why Whedon wanted him to be the main villain in his big Avengers movie, or why he's a super popular character in general.Overall, I do enjoy the movie. Its light and fun and full of interesting characters (I didn't even mention Coulson, Hawkeye, Fury, and Sif). After seeing it, I hoped that with all the exposition and setup of this world out of the way, a sequel could be a fun adventure with Thor finally settling into life on Earth. That's a Thor movie I would like more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 I agree. and in the second film it is once again the Earth scenes which are the most fun. It's a pity that most of the film doesnt take place there. Mr. Breathmask 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,345 Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 What a bad line! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 really? wow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 really? wow?Wow indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,373 Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 I didn't mind Hawkeye's appearance here. He works for SHIELD, its logical he'd be there.He basically plays the same role in The Avengers before he gets possessed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,839 Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 A real gem, a small masterpiece.Sadly the last Ghibli film... So beautiful landscapes and backgrounds generally (i fell in love with the house Anna got to for vacation), a proof that handdrawn animation can still move, contrary to some people's beliefs who have given up and release only computer animation now) and a bittersweet Thomas-Newman-like - at times - score..The story is moving and not at all what it seems from the trailer (there are contanst complaints about lesbian content from people who haven't seen the film. To tell you the truth, I was also surprised seeing the various trailers)If you do see it, I'd suggest to pick the original Japanese language than the English dub. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,552 Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 Fuy Road is not the kind of film you forget shortly after having seen it!I'll reserve judgement until I watch it. The last film that made a lasting impression on me, was "Under The Skin"...15 months ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,363 Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome - the first 2 MM movies 'ploughed their own furrow', but the influence of the likes of Star Wars (as Max stumbles through a desert landscape with the sun setting picturesquely, I half-expected to hear a plaintive John Williams piece backdropping it) and especially Indiana Jones is pretty evident in this. Doesn't stop it being an enjoyable adventure flick, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 I love seeing all that oval shaped bokeh in the Thor flicks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,373 Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 What? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Because they were shot with anamorphic lenses, Jason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedBard 71 Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Just finished watching Journey to the Center of the Earth (the 1959 version, not the subpar 2008 version).I had no idea that Bernard Hermann wrote the score for it. His music really captures the vastness of the Carlsbard Caverns they filmed in and the sense of danger that comes with exploring unknown territory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Because they were shot with anamorphic lenses, Jason.As was Captain America 2. The ovals are everywhere in that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,345 Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 I bet the eyes of Johnny Depp's dogs were also oval when they saw that shotgun, Aussie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Dog killers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 We will not risk having rabies on our soil! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Poor sweet doggies! Why would they be sick? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,345 Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Find the dogs and kill them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Poor sweet doggies! Why would they be sick?It's the law! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brónach 1,302 Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 I had no idea that Bernard Hermann wrote the score for it. His music really captures the vastness of the Carlsbard Caverns they filmed in and the sense of danger that comes with exploring unknown territory.It's my favourite Herrmann. I want the complete score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmmusic 1,839 Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 I had no idea that Bernard Hermann wrote the score for it. His music really captures the vastness of the Carlsbard Caverns they filmed in and the sense of danger that comes with exploring unknown territory.It's my favourite Herrmann. I want the complete score.You could buy the TT Bluray which has the isolated score for starters.http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Journey-to-the-Center-of-the-Earth-Blu-ray/120306/#Overview Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 I had no idea that Bernard Hermann wrote the score for it. His music really captures the vastness of the Carlsbard Caverns they filmed in and the sense of danger that comes with exploring unknown territory.It's my favourite Herrmann. I want the complete score.Mine too. I fell in love with it by listening to the absolutely wonderful suite on this cd: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamTheater 131 Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome - the first 2 MM movies 'ploughed their own furrow', but the influence of the likes of Star Wars (as Max stumbles through a desert landscape with the sun setting picturesquely, I half-expected to hear a plaintive John Williams piece backdropping it) and especially Indiana Jones is pretty evident in this. Doesn't stop it being an enjoyable adventure flick, though.I liked it too, on my first viewing from a couple of months ago. Not dated, or cheesy or anything, a good enough adventure film with likeable characters. And thrilling action. Which is why we watch these, huh? Sweeping Strings 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 It lacks the breathless pace of the other ones. Its a bit too long. Miller actually didn't direct most of it and it shows. But its reputation is undeserved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamTheater 131 Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 A friend of his that died and he wasn't able to shoot it entirely right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 His friend and producer of the first 2 films died and Miller's heart wasnt really in it as much apparently. He shot all the action scenes, which are first rate, but the rest was done by someone else.The new one is undiluted Miller, who's heart was very much in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamTheater 131 Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Well it better be because it took him half a lifetime to get Fury Road made. That's a lot of heart pumping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Who was the someone else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 George Ogilvie.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_OgilvieYou should watch the Mad Max films Jerry, the first film was only the second Aussie movie to use an anamorphic lens. Check out the ovals! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 What was the first, Barry McKenzie Holds His Own? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Some Peter Weir film anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,373 Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 My confusion was that I've never seen the word bokeh before Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,345 Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Drax means bokeh circles. The word 'bokeh' itself means 'blur'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Drax loves ovals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 When you see bokeh circles in Avengers: Age of Ultron, it means it was shot with spherical lenses, which have circular pupils. As a result, they would have needed to crop the image to 2.35:1 to similate wideness.When you see bokeh ovals in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, it means it was shot with anamorphic lenses, which have cylindrical glass and an oval pupil. No significant cropping needed at all - the image is fixed at 2.35:1 when it's unsqueezed.Once you see it, you cannot unsee it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 So why are ovals better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 Mad MaxI'm seeing Fury Road tomorrow, so thought I'd watch this one as a refresher, it's been too long. I forgot how bad the music was, dates it terribly. Also the glaring fact that Max and Jesse are horrible parents. Everything else is top notch ultraviolet action, though. Hard to believe Mel Gibson was only 21 in this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 Horrible parents? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 There are multiple instances where they both just leave the baby somewhere to run off and do something else. Irrelevant to the plot, I know, but it stood out to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 Society had collapsed, there were no more good daycare facilities!The music is overbearing, yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 So why are ovals better?They just have that intangible indication of higher production value. Like they went to the trouble of shooting the movie with this exotic glass that can create a wider field of view at a longer focal length. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 See? Ovals! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,345 Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 That seems like a very stretched still to me, Draxie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 Ah but raw from the camera, it looked like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 Needs lens flares! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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