Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 Why is the picture all fuzzy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,333 Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 Is that a line from the movie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 The picture's fine, Chief. She looks that way in real life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 55 minutes ago, Alexcremers said: Is that a line from the movie? It's become hard to tell sometimes. Their personalities and references have reached a true Singularity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 Star Trek (2009) This movie is exactly 10 years old and I hadn't watched it in many years. It's pretty good still! I'm not a huge fan of some of the plot contrivances (like the Enterprise being taken over by cadets, or marooning a cadet instead of confining him, or promoting a cadet directly to captain???) but it still works for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 Wowie zowie. I still remember seeing this in the theater by myself because my ex cooked up a story about why she wouldn't see it, though I enjoyed the movie immensely, warts and all, at least at the time. That movie is far from us now as it was from 1999 back then, which seemed further in the past. So this is what getting old feels like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 11 hours ago, Disco Stu said: Like I said above, right now the peak is 5 so I can't really agree with this, but it certainly is basically maintaining a very impressive level of quality I like how the franchise sort of became a showcase for proper stunts and practical effects. Fallout in a legit IMAX theater was great. Unlucky Bastard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 2 hours ago, Disco Stu said: (like the Enterprise being taken over by cadets, or marooning a cadet instead of confining him, or promoting a cadet directly to captain???) but it still works for me. It was the timeline trying to mend itself!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 TimeIine! This is no time! To argue! About time! We don't! Have! The time! What was I saying? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 You're drunk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 I am not! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 You're blended alright! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. This was okay but lacked whatever it was that gave Guy Ritchie's other similarly premised flick Sherlock Holmes that special push. Hey, get this, you've got Superman, Lara Croft and The Lone Ranger teaming up in this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 18 hours ago, Koray Savas said: Fallout in a legit IMAX theater was great. But it wasn't even shot on legit IMAX. The IMAX sequences were shot on 8K digital. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted May 8, 2019 Share Posted May 8, 2019 The aspect ratio changes weren't as distracting or gratuitous in Fallout as they were in the Dark Night mooveys Chen G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc 2,674 Posted May 9, 2019 Share Posted May 9, 2019 This is art. bloody dangerous, though. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgPoiKiMRFQ Thumbnail spoils the whole thing! I'll just post it as a link, then. 8 minute short film Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,527 Posted May 9, 2019 Share Posted May 9, 2019 Are those outtakes from RONIN? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc 2,674 Posted May 9, 2019 Share Posted May 9, 2019 7 hours ago, Richard said: Are those outtakes from RONIN? More like the inspiration for Ronin perhaps. Which reminds me.... Ronin A proper action flick, in my book. A film that leans on characters and suspense, rather than over the top effects and such, but still with plenty of fireworks to keep the audience entertained. It is a rather unique film, really, an almost perfect balance of old and new styles of filmmaking. Of course, the car chases are fantastic. The plot is convoluted. Watching it again last night, I understood it for the first time. Score is surprisingly capable. 3.5/4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted May 9, 2019 Share Posted May 9, 2019 Haven’t watched Ronin since the early 00s I think, but I remember liking it. Frankenheimer had a very natural approach to action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,527 Posted May 9, 2019 Share Posted May 9, 2019 One critic - whose name I forget - called RONIN "an existential car-chase thriller, with the occasional fag-break". I like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,348 Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 The last samurai. Quite good. Tom Cruise and Timothy Spall were particularly impressive, but I'm not sure how I feel about the romance between Taka and Algren at all and the final battle might just have been a little bit too long. Speaking of final scenes, the one with the emperor really kills the drama. Even though the score is largely written in D minor again, it's as moving as the story it underscores. The Japanese instruments are very effective and Hans Zimmer isn't afraid of melody either, but a few cues are too dramatic and even inappropriate, in the aforementioned romantic scenes, for instance: it's not a funeral, for heaven's sake, it's not pure romance either, but it should at least differ a bit from the rest of the music, like the final brilliant battle cue. There's also an occasionally wailing woman, but the score as a whole is more than fine. Chen G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 How can a film shot by John Toll be mentioned without heaping praise upon the cinematography? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,074 Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 Perhaps the cinematographer just had a bad day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 No, that's Iron Man 3 you're thinking of right there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Nick Parker 3,040 Posted May 11, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted May 11, 2019 2 hours ago, Chen G. said: How can a film shot by John Toll be mentioned without heaping praise upon the cinematography? Uhhhh, you don't know bollemanneke, do you? bollemanneke, The Illustrious Jerry, SteveMc and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 3 hours ago, Nick Parker said: Uhhhh, you don't know bollemanneke, do you? Ha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,348 Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 11 hours ago, Chen G. said: How can a film shot by John Toll be mentioned without heaping praise upon the cinematography? Ah, that would be because I'm blind. I'll take your word for it regarding the cinematography, though. Chen G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabulin 3,511 Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 12 hours ago, Chen G. said: How can a film shot by John Toll be mentioned without heaping praise upon the cinematography? The Illustrious Jerry and Holko 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 I'm bwind! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,358 Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 Last Samurai would probably get pilloried for cultural appropriation if made nowadays. Fabulin, Chen G. and bollemanneke 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 Didn't it get criticized for being a white Asian dress up power fantasy back in the day? There was a movie that came out a few years ago that was another entry into that subgenre, I want to say it didn't do very well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 I seem to believe it was criticised for being a white saviour narrative back in the day. I personally don't see like it: good movie. bollemanneke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 Good score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 27 minutes ago, Chen G. said: I seem to believe it was criticised for being a white saviour narrative back in the day. I personally don't see like it: good movie. Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom is one too. Great film! bollemanneke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 Indiana Jones it too much of a live-action cartoon (intentionally so, of course) to be taken seriously with regards to being culturally offensive, I always thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 Not everyone agrees in my experience. It's always been the black sheep of the franchise, well before 2008 anyway. For several reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 One of which being that its by far the least of the three. I mean, its good. But... The Illustrious Jerry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post A24 4,333 Posted May 11, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted May 11, 2019 It's loud and has annoying characters. And it wants to do too much. Chen G., The Illustrious Jerry, SteveMc and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 7 minutes ago, Chen G. said: One of which being that its by far the least of the three. I mean, its good. But... It's fantastic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,074 Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 11 minutes ago, Alexcremers said: And it wants to do too much. Really? What would you like to drop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Fabulin 3,511 Posted May 11, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted May 11, 2019 . A24, SteveMc, Chen G. and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 Well that wasn't so bad, was it? Eh-AGGGHH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,348 Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 The king's speech. Quite good, but the second part contains a few rather annoying feel-good moments involving Lionel and Myrtle that undermine the film's credibility, which isn't helped by the fact that some parts are already historically inaccurate. John Lithgow is a way better Churchill actor as well, although Timothy Spall's versatility continues to amaze me. The score and classical music is perfect from beginning to end: a great theme that stays with you after the movie is over, lots of switches from major to minor... This is... a score... that doesn't need... its movie... to shine. Chen G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 Even though it's a "weaker" entry in the trilogy, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom still blows most modern action adventure movie equivalents away, it's not even close. One may as well be comparing generic with iconic: a fool's pastime. Not Mr. Big 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John 2,032 Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 It's friggin' awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 Just now, John said: It's friggin' awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,526 Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 Of course it is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 1 hour ago, Quintus said: Even though it's a "weaker" entry in the trilogy, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom still blows most modern action adventure movie equivalents away, it's not even close. One may as well be comparing generic with iconic: a fool's pastime. It kicks Fury Road's pale ass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 I know people rave about Fury Road (AKA Big Trucks: The Movie), but it bored me and gave me a headache. I know which movie I'd rather rewatch. Not Mr. Big 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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