Wojo 2,453 Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 3 hours ago, Quintus said: He'll never have a worse role than he had in Grown Ups. It's anti funny. Nope, never. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 11 hours ago, Alexcremers said: Beyond The Candelabra Holy! This is a TV movie?! And directed by Steven Soderbergh?! What?! The movie was great! And it's by far Michael Douglas' best performance ever. Perhaps the same goes for Matt Damon, but it's Douglas as Liberace who impresses the most. As I was watching, I kept on asking myself "Who made this?" I am now a Steven Soderbergh fan. You got to see Rob Lowe in this ... Okay, here he is: 9/10 Alex It's a TV movie because Soderbergh couldn't sell it to film studios. If I recall correctly, one of the execs told him it was too gay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,338 Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 Film studios are only interested in superhero movies, Koray. I wouldn't be surprised if Spielberg will find refuge there too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 That industry doesn't hire big name, final cut worthy directors. Its an conveyer belt industry now. The old craftsmen are no longer needed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 Batman Returns I loved it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,338 Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 If Sidney Lumet was still alive and younger he would now work for HBO, Steef. "An old alcoholic lawyer that plays pinball in his favorite pub? Sounds more like TV to me, Sid. Do you perhaps have any action stories for us? How about Death Race 4? I could give you that! Easy money, Sid" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,369 Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 Koray still doesn't have an avatar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 Do you see one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon McBride 113 Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 The Testaments: Of One Fold and One Shepherd Great film. Score's amazing and the acting is mostly great. All around, it's a well made film. I doubt anyone on here would like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 Great way to convince people to watch it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens Has the potential of a Christmas classic. Engrossing characters, simple, easy to understand good versus evil plot. Funny, at times heart warming and at other times sad without ever been a downer. Quite clunky in places but the good bits are strong enough the compensate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon McBride 113 Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 I know! EDIT: This is in response to Koray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 Watched Star Wars (1977) today after hearing of Carrie Fishers death. I'm always surprised what a quick and dirty film it actually is. Creating a universe, but unburdened by the weight of that universe. The story of the Jedi, nothing but distant memories forgotten by most. The mechanics and history of the Empire or the Rebel Alliance and only delved into in the most broadest way. It has an naivety and innocence that must have been very appealing in the cynical post-Vietnam/post-Nixon 70's. Remove all the sequels, prequels, sidequels etc and it would stand perfectly on it's own as a wonderful Sci-fi/Fantasy/Adventure film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt C 454 Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 Moulin Rouge (2001) Am I the only one who isn't wowed by this? It doesn't come together in a dramatically satisfying way, despite the best efforts of Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor. There are several outstanding individual scenes that Luhrmann should've built upon, rather than throw everything but the kitchen sink in. Some of the music mash-ups work despite the anachronisms, but some don't make sense at all. Luhrmann's films just don't work for me. He doesn't know how to hold back and just focus on storytelling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 Batman: The Killing Joke If someone had told me beforehand this was a cartoon with a naked Commissioner Gordon being yanked around a circus on a leash by midgets, I would have just watched the Tim Burton movies instead. This was horrible. Absolutely tasteless, soulless and Batman was horribly voiced. Also, the Joker's backstory was atrocious. Jack Napier is clearly superior. I caught the nod to the '89 movie. It just made me want to watch that. Boy, did we need Prince. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 10 hours ago, Stefancos said: Watched Star Wars (1977) today after hearing of Carrie Fishers death. I'm always surprised what a quick and dirty film it actually is. Creating a universe, but unburdened by the weight of that universe. The story of the Jedi, nothing but distant memories forgotten by most. The mechanics and history of the Empire or the Rebel Alliance and only delved into in the most broadest way. It has an naivety and innocence that must have been very appealing in the cynical post-Vietnam/post-Nixon 70's. Remove all the sequels, prequels, sidequels etc and it would stand perfectly on it's own as a wonderful Sci-fi/Fantasy/Adventure film. Sorry Fisher's untimely death forced you to bring forward your monthly viewing of the movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 Alex, is that you? Last time I watched it was about a year ago, the last time before that....3 years I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 Shouldn't you be dry cleaning something? Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 Buying a new jacket today actually, for New Year's Eve! I haven't been out on New Year since the Millennium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 2010 was my last time. Got stuck in Amsterdam and spent clubbing and sleeping in the spare room of a Nigerian's council estate flat. Good times! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 Have the bars there stopped charging to gain entry again yet? They finally have here. Probably because they'd be dead empty otherwise, thieving bastards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 Bars don't charge entry. Some clubs do. But I don't visit those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,541 Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 17 hours ago, Matt C said: Moulin Rouge (2001) Am I the only one who isn't wowed by this? It doesn't come together in a dramatically satisfying way, despite the best efforts of Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor. There are several outstanding individual scenes that Luhrmann should've built upon, rather than throw everything but the kitchen sink in. Some of the music mash-ups work despite the anachronisms, but some don't make sense at all. Luhrmann's films just don't work for me. He doesn't know how to hold back and just focus on storytelling. Agreed. AUSTRALIA is vile, and patronizing. MOULIN ROUGE, however, does have Jim Broadbent, and he's fabulous! I watched THE AGE OF INNOCENCE, for the first time, recently. I get the feeling that I was in the presence of greatness, but I'm not exactly sure why. I'd value more learned JWfaners thoughts on this film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 9 hours ago, Quintus said: Buying a new jacket today actually, for New Year's Eve! I haven't been out on New Year since the Millennium. ??!!?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,349 Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 E.T. Loved ET, didn't like Elliot. I also thought lots of scenes had awkward transitions. Three questions: - Why did the doctors/government/police/etc know where ET was? What were they tracking all the time? - Did I misunderstand this, or do aliens invade the house only to leave ET lying in that bath? - Why on Earth does Elliot become sick as well? Makes no sense. The main theme is of course brilliant, but there's another motif that reallly resembles the Imperial March an awful lot. One does not simply plagiarise like that! I also don't like how JW tackles emotional scenes. Apart from the flying theme, the entire finale didn't move me at all, just like the music when Elliot talks to the 'dead' ET, and it's not the first time JW fails me when it comes to emotional music. He's great at majesty, but when it comes to feelings, his music just never works for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 1 hour ago, publicist said: ??!!?? I haven't been out for New Year's Eve celebrations since 1999. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 2 hours ago, bollemanneke said: Three questions: - Why did the doctors/government/police/etc know where ET was? What were they tracking all the time? - Did I misunderstand this, or do aliens invade the house only to leave ET lying in that bath? - Why on Earth does Elliot become sick as well? Makes no sense. - They were able to track his movements based on the breadcrumbs (Skittles) Elliott left for him, and Elliott and Michael's suspicious behaviour in the neighbourhood. - Beside ET, no other aliens were in the house. He was sick because he wandered off and fell near a river... as far as I can recall. This leads back to Point 1 - when Michael throws a sheet over ET, he's caught by a helicopter, which you only hear. They obviously followed him when he took ET home. - ET had telekinetic powers, so it's no stretch that he psychically imprinted on Elliott, which was established when Elliott got drunk at school when ET was drinking at home. bollemanneke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Those spacemen invading the house weren't aliens, they were from the United States government. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Must have been a bad audio description bollemanneke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 8 hours ago, Quintus said: I haven't been out for New Year's Eve celebrations since 1999. Colour me intrigued what goes in in the Quintus villa at NYE. Kinky orgies? Ritual slaughters? Drug and booze-hazed bacchanals? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 I bet he's getting a new jacket from Wested Leather. They make top quality jackets there, but you need to be really exact in your measurements, or else you might cop a new coat with sleeves that are too long and it costs a fair bit to send it back to have it altered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 19 minutes ago, publicist said: Colour me intrigued what goes in in the Quintus villa at NYE. Kinky orgies? Ritual slaughters? Drug and booze-hazed bacchanals? More likely a glass of pimms, a lovely evening watching the old Morcombe and Wise New Year Special and an early night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Ahh...throwing up from Plum & Red Apple cider. The memories... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Cider and Apfelkorn for me. To this day the smell of Apfelkorn makes me feel sick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,349 Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 @Stefancos: Yes, the audio description wsn't that great, the narrator was so busy enjoying and loving her job that she sometimes failed to give critical information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,338 Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Regression Well, that's not entirely true. I start watching it but couldn't believe how bad it was. I mean really turkey bad. And so I gave up after only 10 minutes. With The Others, I though director/composer Alejandro Amenabar was going to be a force to be reckoned with. I guess I was wrong ... Or somebody else secretly made The Others ... (Twilight Zone cue) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,369 Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Hehe, Marcy and I watched that film recently too, so I'll hop on now Regression Alex is right, this is terrible. It had promise because it was directed by Amenabar, starred Watson, Hawke, and Thewlis, production values were high enough, etc. But the story is stupid and completely predictable We both said early on that Emma Watson was making the whole thing up I just looked it up, and it turns out we watched this one back in May. In the 7 months since then, I've basically forgotten everything about it because it leaves no impression whatsoever. I had to look it up on Wikipedia to even remember the plot details. No reason to see this one at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 I liked Amenabar's Agora, though it was a bit too wieldy and pedantic. Shame to see such a promising director fall to the wayside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 2 minutes ago, KK said: Amenabar's Agora was good, though a bit wieldy and pedantic. A bit off-topic but wasn't the director trying to get Williams to score it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,369 Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 I've only seen Abre los ojos, The Others, and Regression from him, I missed The Sea Inside and Agora. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 7 minutes ago, BloodBoal said: Many have fallen like that: Scott, Lucas, Jackson, Spielberg, Villeneuve... Villeneuve is the saviour of film! 5 minutes ago, Not Mr. Big said: A bit off-topic but wasn't the director trying to get Williams to score it? That could have been interesting! But I'm not one to complain, since we got Marianelli's fantastic score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 45 minutes ago, Jay said: I've only seen Abre los ojos, The Others, and Regression from him, I missed The Sea Inside and Agora. The Sea Inside is fantastic. Prepare to cry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Sat and watched Jurassic Park with four kids today, aged between 4 and 7. They got a bit bored here and there, but overall they were thrilled with it. I was too actually, it's been quite some time. In fact I thought it was awesome! The cast are brilliant, and so is the script! Always the most popular element to slag off on forums, I think it's sharp, constantly observational before 'meta' became a thing and packed with incidental lines which pad out what might have otherwise been rather dull moralising dialogues (the debate in the darkened room where each of the main characters are given their moment to share their reservations is legitimately excellent in this summer blockbuster), Jeff Goldblum in particular dominates in a role which even feels a bit iconic twenty five years later. Movie felt like a little discovery again 👍 David Koepp you prick, what happened? Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 The film is actually a near perfect blockbuster. Perhaps not as inspired as Star Wars or Raiders, but it gets almost everything just right. This was the early 90's you see, when the huge expensive blockbuster films were still being directed by people like Spielberg, Cameron, McTiernan etc. Directors who knew the language of their genres, and even with big films like this, with massive financial risks were able to instill their creativity and technical skill into them. Gareth Edwards, The Russo Brothers, Colin Trevorrow, James Gunn etc can't compare. Who are these people anyway? And yes, Jurassic Park is surprisingly self-aware without it being cloying. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted December 29, 2016 Author Share Posted December 29, 2016 Oz the Great and Powerful Clinging on to an IP that's not as strong as the movie thinks it is, Oz may be loud and colorful, but its leads show little charm or charisma and the movie falls flat. It's just another Hero's Journey with a bloated battle finale. From what I gathered, anyway. I fell asleep halfway through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 1 minute ago, Mr. Breathmask said: Oz the Great and Powerful Clinging on to an IP that's not as strong as the movie thinks it is, Wut? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,369 Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Intellectual Property. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 What does that mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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