JTN 2,002 Posted June 5, 2023 Share Posted June 5, 2023 On 31/5/2023 at 7:34 AM, GerateWohl said: And who remembers 1492 Just watched it a couple of days ago. Much better than I remembered. A very underrated film. filmmusic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,489 Posted June 5, 2023 Author Share Posted June 5, 2023 It seems to be most remembered, generally, for Vangelis' music. Brónach 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted June 5, 2023 Share Posted June 5, 2023 And Depardieu's accent! Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,489 Posted June 5, 2023 Author Share Posted June 5, 2023 Since I've not seen the film, I'll bow to your superior knowledge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brónach 1,301 Posted June 5, 2023 Share Posted June 5, 2023 1 hour ago, AC1 said: And Depardieu's accent! does he use a genovese accent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted June 5, 2023 Share Posted June 5, 2023 1 hour ago, JTW said: Just watched it a couple of days ago. Much better than I remembered. A very underrated film. I think the movie has exactly two good scenes: when the fog reveals the sight of land and when the gets bitten by a snake during a downpour in the jungle. Everything else...its absolutely awful. From having turkeys at the Spanish monastery at the start of the movie, to Columbus arguing the Earth is round (which was never a point of contention for his proposed expedition), to the horrendous accent (they did have a French actor, speaking in English, playing the role of a Genovese working for Spain), I love the score and specially love the album. But the script is atrocious Brónach and JTN 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brónach 1,301 Posted June 5, 2023 Share Posted June 5, 2023 Just now, Romão said: to Columbus arguing the Earth is round what Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted June 5, 2023 Share Posted June 5, 2023 11 minutes ago, Brónach said: what see for yourself And here are the Turkeys in Spain before Columbus even returned from his first journey: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brónach 1,301 Posted June 5, 2023 Share Posted June 5, 2023 oh and it's then followed by one of Vangelis's most beautiful cues ever bad dialogue. interesting trainwreck. (sigourney as that lady that i hate, hah) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,154 Posted June 5, 2023 Share Posted June 5, 2023 3 hours ago, Romão said: see for yourself Tele München Fernseh GmbH + Co. Produktionsgesellschaft VOD won't let me watch those videos. A quick Google search confirms my suspicion that they've released a German Blu-ray without English subtitles. The state of German Blu-ray productions is absolutely atrocious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,489 Posted June 5, 2023 Author Share Posted June 5, 2023 4 hours ago, Romão said: ...the fog ... a snake... That's it? Fog, and a snake. It's not exactly Christmas, is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brónach 1,301 Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 14 hours ago, Naïve Old Fart said: That's it? Fog, and a snake. It's not exactly Christmas, is it? it's not Christmas at Fuerte Navidad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 17 hours ago, Naïve Old Fart said: That's it? Fog, and a snake. It's not exactly Christmas, is it? Like I said before, it is a really bad movie. It's an entertaining mess, at least. And the score is fantastic Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 21 hours ago, Romão said: Columbus arguing the Earth is round Scott wanted it in his movie because he foresaw that in the future there would be a new Flat Earth movement. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,342 Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 I admittedly haven't seen either of them, but I was under the impression that 'Christopher Columbus : The Discovery' was regarded as the worse movie of the two. Carry On Columbus (the equally poorly received revival of the Carry On franchise) apparently took more money at the UK box office than the other 2 movies. Go figure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted June 6, 2023 Share Posted June 6, 2023 Tom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,489 Posted June 6, 2023 Author Share Posted June 6, 2023 What is she wearing???!!!!! Is that LaTeX? I'm getting major wood, just looking at her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brónach 1,301 Posted June 8, 2023 Share Posted June 8, 2023 On 06/06/2023 at 5:26 PM, Naïve Old Fart said: LaTeX? LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 4,631 Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 The Box is among the worst movies I have ever seen--talk about a bait and switch. Strangers on a Train is not too far behind in the bait and switch dept. It is not about two people planning to switch murders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 4 hours ago, Tom said: The Box is among the worst movies I have ever seen ... Southland Tales. Turns out that Richard 'Donnie Darko' Kelly is merely a one-hit wonder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,369 Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 I'm not even a fan of Donnie Darko. The best thing about it is the Mad World cover, which unfortunately has been memed to death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,637 Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 I really liked the theatrical version of Donnie Darko (at the time, though I haven’t revisited it in 20 odd years), and based on the director’s cut and Kelly’s subsequent work, it was one of those movies that was a success built squarely on the back of whatever studio meddling and financial/runtime limitations it was born from. I appreciate Kelly for taking big swings, but his stuff doesn’t really hang together in any meaningful way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 50 minutes ago, Edmilson said: I'm not even a fan of Donnie Darko. The best thing about it is the Mad World cover, which unfortunately has been memed to death. Yeah, it's not a blockbuster spectacle, but that doesn't mean it's bad. 47 minutes ago, mstrox said: I really liked the theatrical version of Donnie Darko (at the time, though I haven’t revisited it in 20 odd years), and based on the director’s cut and Kelly’s subsequent work, it was one of those movies that was a success built squarely on the back of whatever studio meddling and financial/runtime limitations it was born from. I appreciate Kelly for taking big swings, but his stuff doesn’t really hang together in any meaningful way. I've only heard bad things about the DC so I refuse to watch it. The TC was even better the second or third time I watched it. I don't think any kind of studio meddling can save Southland Tales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 36 minutes ago, AC1 said: Yeah, it's not a blockbuster spectacle, but that doesn't mean it's bad. I've only heard bad things about the DC so I refuse to watch it. The TC was even better the second or third time I watched it. I don't think any kind of studio meddling can save Southland Tales. Removing this might be a start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,369 Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 42 minutes ago, AC1 said: Yeah, it's not a blockbuster spectacle, but that doesn't mean it's bad. I didn't say it's bad because it isn't a blockbuster. I just didn't vibe with the movie at all. Maybe I'll try it again someday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,008 Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 On 05/06/2023 at 4:53 PM, JTW said: Just watched it a couple of days ago. Much better than I remembered. A very underrated film. Didn't it win an Oscar for best Columbus film that year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,489 Posted June 9, 2023 Author Share Posted June 9, 2023 No, that was CARRY ON COLUMBUS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,941 Posted June 9, 2023 Share Posted June 9, 2023 5 hours ago, mstrox said: ased on the director’s cut and Kelly’s subsequent work, it was one of those movies that was a success built squarely on the back of whatever studio meddling and financial/runtime limitations it was born from. I always have a hard time buying those kinds of narratives. Although from my own vague memories of the movie I didn't care for it, so what do I know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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