Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 You are my brother! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 Harry Potter and the Deathly Boring Hallows Part 1 This just might be the dreariest children's film ever made. Every single moment of this film is drenched in gloom or angst and it's all filmed in a dull monochromatic way. Desplat's score has its moments though, much better than his overrated effort for Part 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 Good movie! Though a step back from the excellent Half Blood Prince. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 They're all terrible after the fourth. Muad'Dib 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 1 minute ago, Stefancos said: Good movie! Though a step back from the excellent Half Blood Prince. It's better than Part 2 at least... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 1 minute ago, TheGreyPilgrim said: They're all terrible after the fourth. 5 is mediocre. But 6 is a superb study of dread and gloominess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 1 minute ago, Stefancos said: 5 is mediocre. But 6 is a superb study of dread and gloominess. The 6th is ok, as is the 5th to a lesser degree. 7 & 7-2 are gloomy as hell. It's a shame they gave the lion's share of the movies to the boring David Yates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 6 is the ugliest looking film in history! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 Not as ugly as 7-1! The score of 6 is probably the worst of the series. Not terrible though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 3 is the only good one, film and score. Muad'Dib 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 3 minutes ago, TheGreyPilgrim said: 6 is the ugliest looking film in history! It is beautiful! And Oscar nominated Taikomochi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 1 hour ago, TheGreyPilgrim said: 6 is the ugliest looking film in history! Wrong! http://admin.highdefdigest.com/picture/original/38026 http://admin.highdefdigest.com/picture/original/38022 http://admin.highdefdigest.com/picture/original/38021 Nothing can match the overwhelming stink of Les Miserables' cinematography! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeallen01 2,136 Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Just watched Winter's Bone for the 3,000th time. One of my favourites. I remember seeing it in a tiny little art-house cinema when it was released. It was playing for only a few days and in a room where the screen was basically a pulled down canvas on a wall, and there were 5 or 6 others in the screening with me on fold out chairs. Proper low-budget viewing. But I fell in love with the film and of course Jennifer Lawrence. Who knew she'd become the biggest actress in the world. Also just watching Contact tonight and discovered an amazing feature on my dvd. There is an option to watch the film with just music. So the audio is muted with only Silvestri's score playing. Wonderful little feature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,373 Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Lee there are lots of DVDs and Blu Rays with isolated score tracks. Welcome to a whole new world! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 I hear Thaxton loves isolated scores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 The film Time After Time. I forgot how great a picture it is. publicist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 13 hours ago, Mr. Big said: Harry Potter and the Deathly Boring Hallows Part 1 This just might be the dreariest children's film ever made. Every single moment of this film is drenched in gloom or angst Any curiosity I might have had has been sucked away like the dregs of used bathwater down the gurgling plughole after reading this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt C 455 Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 On 1/3/2016 at 5:35 PM, Stefancos said: It is beautiful! And Oscar nominated Draco's forays in the Room of Requirement and the climatic scene in the tower are beautifully photographed. But the Burrow scenes and every other scene in HBP looks drab or overly filtered. Bruno Delbonnel's style is like that... and I have the same problems with Dark Shadows as well. And Mr. Big, if you're bemoaning how dreary and angst-filled Deathly Hallows 1 is-- you haven't seen the first Twilight or The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising. Those are far drearier and uglier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Inside Llewyn Davis looks fantastic. I honestly didn't miss Deakins on that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 3 hours ago, Matt C said: And Mr. Big, if you're bemoaning how dreary and angst-filled Deathly Hallows 1 is-- you haven't seen the first Twilight or The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising. Those are far drearier and uglier. New Moon is worse. I actually didn't mind the first Twilight for its corniness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,345 Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 1 hour ago, Koray Savas said: Inside Llewyn Davis looks fantastic. I honestly didn't miss Deakins on that one. I forgot I still have to watch that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt C 455 Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 8 hours ago, Koray Savas said: Inside Llewyn Davis looks fantastic. I honestly didn't miss Deakins on that one. Delbonnel's style is hit-and-miss for me. Llewyn Davis looked fantastic, as well as Big Eyes, Amelie and A Very Long Engagement. But a lot of the English-speaking films he lenses... not so much. 8 hours ago, Drax said: New Moon is worse. I actually didn't mind the first Twilight for its corniness. New Moon is hilarious. Desplat's score gives the movie more entertainment value than it deserves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt C 455 Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Cinderella While Ever After has a more realistic tone and stronger empowerment message, Kenneth Branagh's Disney version is a pure fairy tale. In terms of story and characters, it beats the original 1950s animated version hand over foot. Branagh keeps the film running smoothly but doesn't rush things, and it makes a good double-feature with Ever After. It should be interesting to see how Bill Condon handles the live-action Beauty and the Beast next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 I watched Empire of the Sun for the first time in about 15 years last night, I'd owned the blu-ray for ages and finally burst it out of its cellophane. I didn't really know what to think of it immediately after. It is certainly a disjointed film and that in that respect it reminded me of Spielberg's War Horse - a movie which also has an episodic structure and which perhaps reveals a weakness of the director when crafting a story using such a form factor. There's good and weak scenes in both films, but overall there is a lack of cohesive emotional sweep binding events together. I used to love Empire of the Sun, but seeing it again through somewhat older eyes has exposed its many flaws to me. It was an interesting realisation, as I watched: that Spielberg really wasn't ready for the heavyweight stuff back in his wunderkind heyday. Still, it is definitely an admirable attempt at what is a very heavy duty source. One view that has remained unchanged in my lengthy break from the film is that the score is wrong for the film. Apart from a couple of good uneasy ambience cues, John Williams laid it on far too thick on this occasion and the music reduces otherwise strong scenes to pithy melodrama and even smaltz at pretty regular intervals. He (and Spielberg) get the tone all wrong, and it's damaging. I bet Brian Eno hates this movie. Still, Empire of the Sun is a very handsome film and looks like it was shot yesterday. There's some great casting too, it was nice to see Nigel Havers and Leslie Phillips again and I even spotted Ben Stiller in there for the first time. The screenplay outside of Bale's loquacious schoolboy is notably prudent, and it underpins the many moments of static photographic expression well. 3 out of 5. Not Mr. Big 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,373 Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 The score is purposely used to enhance the fact that we are seeing almost everything through Jim's warped childhood viewpoint. There's almost no score (or more ambient) stuff used when we're seeing what's really happening more or less straight up, and then the score is laid on thick when we're seeing the world through his eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 20 minutes ago, Quintus said: I watched Empire of the Sun for the first time in about 15 years last night, I'd owned the blu-ray for ages and finally burst it out of its cellophane. I didn't really know what to think of it immediately after. It is certainly a disjointed film and that in that respect it reminded me of Spielberg's War Horse - a movie which also has an episodic structure and which perhaps reveals a weakness of the director when crafting a story using such a form factor. There's good and weak scenes in both films, but overall there is a lack of cohesive emotional sweep binding events together. I used to love Empire of the Sun, but seeing it again through somewhat older eyes has exposed its many flaws to me. It was an interesting realisation, as I watched: that Spielberg really wasn't ready for the heavyweight stuff back in his wunderkind heyday. Still, it is definitely an admirable attempt at what is a very heavy duty source. One view that has remained unchanged in my lengthy break from the film is that the score is wrong for the film. Apart from a couple of good uneasy ambience cues, John Williams laid it on far too thick on this occasion and the music reduces otherwise strong scenes to pithy melodrama and even smaltz at pretty regular intervals. He (and Spielberg) get the tone all wrong, and it's damaging. I bet Brian Eno hates this movie. Still, Empire of the Sun is a very handsome film and looks like it was shot yesterday. There's some great casting too, it was nice to see Nigel Havers and Leslie Phillips again and I even spotted Ben Stiller in there for the first time. The screenplay outside of Bale's loquacious schoolboy is notably prudent, and it underpins the many moments of static photographic expression well. 3 out of 5. Idiot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 13 minutes ago, Jay said: The score is purposely used to enhance the fact that we are seeing almost everything through Jim's warped childhood viewpoint. I know. I don't think it works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,373 Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Fair enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt C 455 Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Somewhere Only We Know Visually, it is a sumptuous travelogue set in and around Prague and the basic plot is about interweaving love stories, but it is all over the place. Director/co-star Xu Jinglei and her six co-writers can't decide if it should be a romantic comedy, World War II melodrama, or family drama. She tries to do it all, but it comes off as forced. Jinglei and Claudia Likun light up the screen, but former boy band member Kris can't hold his own. Still, with all its faults, it's harmless and watchable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 7 hours ago, Quintus said: I watched Empire of the Sun for the first time in about 15 years last night, I'd owned the blu-ray for ages and finally burst it out of its cellophane. I didn't really know what to think of it immediately after. It is certainly a disjointed film and that in that respect it reminded me of Spielberg's War Horse - a movie which also has an episodic structure and which perhaps reveals a weakness of the director when crafting a story using such a form factor. There's good and weak scenes in both films, but overall there is a lack of cohesive emotional sweep binding events together. I used to love Empire of the Sun, but seeing it again through somewhat older eyes has exposed its many flaws to me. It was an interesting realisation, as I watched: that Spielberg really wasn't ready for the heavyweight stuff back in his wunderkind heyday. Still, it is definitely an admirable attempt at what is a very heavy duty source. One view that has remained unchanged in my lengthy break from the film is that the score is wrong for the film. Apart from a couple of good uneasy ambience cues, John Williams laid it on far too thick on this occasion and the music reduces otherwise strong scenes to pithy melodrama and even smaltz at pretty regular intervals. He (and Spielberg) get the tone all wrong, and it's damaging. I bet Brian Eno hates this movie. Still, Empire of the Sun is a very handsome film and looks like it was shot yesterday. There's some great casting too, it was nice to see Nigel Havers and Leslie Phillips again and I even spotted Ben Stiller in there for the first time. The screenplay outside of Bale's loquacious schoolboy is notably prudent, and it underpins the many moments of static photographic expression well. 3 out of 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 The first act of that film is fantastic though. publicist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Its all good! You people are weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brónach 1,302 Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 I remember loving that film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,345 Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Spielberg's most beautiful and best because of the content (the loss of a defence mechanism called innocence), its narrative point of view (the skewed reality of a child) and because it's his least straightforward one (nothing is as it seems) it's therefore his most interesting to me, especially upon revisiting. It's the only Spielberg movie gets better over time. It probably boasts the best performance of Christian Bale too. Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Indeed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,291 Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 33 minutes ago, Alexcremers said: It probably boasts the best performance of Christian Bale too. Spielberg isn't usually thought of as an actor's director, but it's interesting to note the famous or acclaimed actors who had early breakout roles in a Spielberg film and it's still considered among their very best work, if not THE best. I count Drew Barrymore, Christian Bale, Whoopi Goldberg, Ralph Fiennes, and Djimon Hounsou. And on a semi-related note, it's kinda fun to remember actors who had "before they were famous" roles in a Spielberg movie before hitting greater heights. Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Vin Diesel, Bryan Cranston, Nathan Fillion, Paul Giamatti, Amy Adams, Elizabeth Banks, Adam Driver. Even Oprah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 My girlfriend at the time picked The Color Purple for her English literature GCSE as I went for Empire of the Sun. She got big into Alice Walker as a result whilst I was already big on Spielberg and his adaptation of EotS further cemented it, at the time. I remember though she was quite critical of his adaptation of TCP and she pretty much rejected it, mainly because, as I remember it, the young Beard greatly played down the lesbian relationship side of Walker's novel. Probably my earliest memory of debating movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted January 8, 2016 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 8, 2016 Star Wars This film shouldn't work. The acting is wonky, the script is a paint-by-numbers hero's journey and the characters are not much more than archetypes. And yet it does work. The production design, the editing, the sound design and the music are major factors in making this film work, but the movie is probably as entertaining as it is because of its simplicity. It's a fantastic action adventure romp with a contemporary sci-fi/fantasy twist. It's highly enjoyable viewing for all ages and that's probably the reason why this film has stood the test of time so well. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back Empire is where Star Wars became the Star Wars Saga. After Star Wars became the biggest hit ever, they could have just recycled everything from the first film, slap a 2 at the end and made a shitload of money anyway. Instead, Empire takes risks: it puts the big battle up front and the actual Star War basically doesn't advance at all in this film. Instead, it serves as a backdrop to deepen the mythology, advance the character relationships and introduce elements that have become trademark Star Wars (Yoda! Telekinesis using the Force! Vader Unleashed! "I am your father"!). It is one of my favorite films of all time - if not the favorite of all time - and it gets so much right in its storytelling and setting of mood that even the Star Wars franchise itself hasn't been able to recreate. It's a fantastic film and a joy to watch each and every time. Jay, Brónach and Taikomochi 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 I love that TESB is essentially a film where there heroes are chased relentlessly by the Empire, and in the end they just narrowly escape...most of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted January 8, 2016 Author Share Posted January 8, 2016 It's also a movie where the hero gets to do what the audience was probably hoping for (face Darth Vader, rescue his friends)... and then fails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 It's also still the only Star Wars film that's actually cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 I love Empire so much, I fuck it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Absolutely perfect movie, not a false step on that one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Haven't watched it for about a decade. Should I see it again, after what happened with Empire of the Sun? Two empire movies in a week? I have a bad feeling about this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 I gave up on you after the Fury Road debacle.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 Oh you and your trendy movies, bless! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,373 Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 It's worth watching again, but only if you download Harmy's Despecialized Edition. Watching the Blu Ray version with George Lucas's awful changes will just make you angry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steb74 53 Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 8 minutes ago, Quintus said: Haven't watched it for about a decade. Should I see it again, after what happened with Empire of the Sun? Two empire movies in a week? I have a bad feeling about this... Didn't you watch it on tv not too long ago? I'm sure you posted about it some months back because I meant to reply. Yeah like Jay said, look for the versions by a guy called Harmy, I know it might be kind of a pain in the arse as it means finding them and downloading them. The problems with watching the commercially available versions go way beyond the obvious changes, like the special edition stuff, etc. There are so many subtle alterations which really do affect the movies in a bad way and because they're not the obvious kind of changes you can come away from the movies a little underwhelmed perhaps without truly realising why. I honestly recommend looking for those versions man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 I've caught Star Wars a few times on TV on a Saturday afternoon because it's frequently repeated, so I suppose I've probably also caught the second half of Empire and Jedi as the Beeb always follow them up with the sequels. I have to look away every time Vader doesn't say bringing shuttle, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted January 8, 2016 Share Posted January 8, 2016 48 minutes ago, Jay said: It's worth watching again, but only if you download Harmy's Despecialized Edition. Watching the Blu Ray version with George Lucas's awful changes will just make you angry It's too big a file for me to download. I just watch the 2006 DVD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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