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Up until today I'd never had the Raimi Spider-Man films on blu-ray, and after seeing Homecoming I've had a great urge to watch the movies that made me fall in love with the character as a boy. I took it as a sign from the movie gods, and put up.
I'll be devoting some time in the next week or two to watching them all and doing little reviews to see how I find them now, as it's been a few years since I've revisited them. The collection has the regular Spider-Man 2 and my preferred cut of the film that is the extended one, and Spider-Man 3 comes with another cut called "The Editor's Cut" that I'd never even knew existed. Apparently the latter is a new and alternate take on the film, and I'm fascinated to see what has been kept out and what has been more focused in it; I hope that the emo dancing is taken out, at the very least.
I did get one blu-ray from the bin, which was this:
I'm a big fan of well done animation with brains, and I've heard rave things from this film. I don't care to see the live-action, but the praise for this film and its sharp and interesting exploration of a vast, moody and immersive future is intriguing to me. I know that Blade Runner was a big influence on it, and I hope that the themes of robot vs. human life and the social landscape of a similar world is better realized in this one than in that film. I very much look forward to experiencing this one for the first time.
Hey, I'll try my best. But you know by this point that that statement counts for little, especially with a trilogy I'm passionate about. I plan on doing a few paragraphs for each to give broad thoughts and updated perceptions, and I may blog about them in full at another time, as those movies are full of amazing content that you can't talk about without really writing away about them. Spider-Man 2 especially is chock-full of theme and depth that I think would shock some, even down to a veiled tribute to Oscar Wilde and his concept of bunburying. But more on all that later...
Oh, and 2.1 is THE ONLY way to watch the second!
Following after a masterpiece of the genre in Spider-Man 2 was near impossible for 3 to ever live up to after the hype ended, and part of me thinks 2 was the perfect ending to that interpretation of the character because it really did all it needed to to tell that story. Peter gets the girl and is at peace with both spheres or sides of his life, realizing that he can be both Peter and Spider-Man. MJ lets him go and do his thing but on her face you can see the mix of anxiety and fear she has despite her happiness, because she knows the weight of the life Peter leads.
I do think I'll like 3 more than ever in a recent watch, not only because I've had distance from it, but also because of all the bad genre films out there today that even its flawed product swamps. There's a lot to love in that movie, and I plan on doing so.
Brady, if you answer, keep it under 100 000 words.
It's a masterpiece of the genre to me. The best choreography and staging of action I've seen in a film like it ever, amazing score, interesting narrative, beautiful woven use of theme and great messages, amazing acting and characters who the script actually gave time to develop to make me care about them, and as a comic fan I think it does a perfect job of creating Peter's mindset and life on the big screen as he tries to balance the two sides of his existence. It also has scenes that will always tug at my heart, like Peter's talk with May at the yard sale or his sacrifice on the train because they explain with such beauty and impact why Spider-Man is great; he's just a kid trying to do the right thing, the best he can.
New movies will come along, like Homecoming, but Spider-Man 2 is just one of those definitive experiences for me and always will be, the thing I can point to and say, "That's who Spider-Man is to me." The new Spider-Man film is fun, but this one...this one is powerful.
All I've heard is that the movie has more focus on character, but I wanted to save the specifics for myself. So I'll probably watch the theatrical, then the re-edit a day or two after to compare. Darker wouldn't be an issue with me, as the film would then take itself more seriously (which was needed).
I don't ever care to see any of the remake but I did want to see what was so special about the original, as I've never dabbled before. It makes for a pretty good sell when we get Walter Matthau in a more serious role and Robert Shaw as the antagonist. No need to say more.
I love 60s cinema and this blu-ray had a lot of great special features that caught my interest. I don't think I've seen a Panther film since I was in single digits age-wise, which is probably way too young to see some of the content in these movies. I enjoy Sellers and remember responding to the comedy and color of the films well in addition to their overall style, so I'll revisit this original film that came way before Blake Edwards famously screwed the pooch on many of the later ones.
I love noirs and neo-noirs, and have been waiting to find this one on blu-ray for a long time to finally give it a watch alongside its sequel. The disc also has a lot of great special features that I'll really love dipping into. Hackman is Hackman, so enough said there. Like Bogie he was able to play two different types of detectives in his own decade of the 70s, first with Doyle here and then in Night Moves a year later (I'd love to find that one on blu-ray somewhere), giving off two different feelings character-wise. Should be interesting.
I want to make a habit of collecting great westerns I see on the cheap for the eventual time that I want to have a marathon of some. I really like this one and how different it feels from some of Clint's other work, where his character feels vulnerable and the movie kicks off with him very nearly biting it, so I picked it up on instinct.
I saw this movie before I was ready for it and therefore it had to sink in over time for me. It's now one of my favorite films of the 2010s, and one of my all-time favorite spy films. It's quiet, paranoid, claustrophobic, ominous and very intriguing from a character standpoint. Clooney is very stoic and short on words throughout but he gives one of my favorite performances from his career as a spy who is trying to wind time down and instead discovers complications. It has a Fleming-esque feeling to it, with a taciturn and dark spy navigating a cast of characters that he can't be sure he trusts, during a story where he questions notions about his life and his future much like Bond post-torture in Casino Royale. It's a slow burn but I love how it unfolds and can't wait to check it out again.
This is a film I try to sell or recommend to everyone and when I see someone who really loved it I feel vindicated considering that it was a mis-marketed film that got forgotten. If you're reading this (yes, YOU!) give it a watch for me and report promptly. The safety and stability of the world as we know it is at stake.
Resident Evil The Final Chapter on Bluray
Underworld Blood Wars on Bluray
Purchased it by pure coincidence the day of his passing. I haven't cracked into it yet and have only seen it once, but I recall being thoroughly impressed by what I was expecting to be a very disappointing and very unnecessary remake. They stuck close to the original in all the right places and shook things up in all the right places. I remember feeling perfectly satisfied as the film closed and thinking, now that's how you do a remake. It'll be interesting to see if my second watch holds up or if perhaps my lowered expectations made that first viewing more revelatory than it may otherwise have been.
There were some other interesting titles available on iTunes too, one of which was The Killer Elite (1975). Have anyone seen it? Decided against buying it, but the plot seemed interesting enough that I might want to get it later.
I've only seen The Getaway, which I quite liked. It has Steve McQueen in the main lead, after all.
IMHO, they are about equal. If you liked The Getaway you'll like The Killer Elite.
Nice! Will check it out, then! :-)
I have three editions on BD now of this film, dare I say I find these films a guilty pleasure.
Still have to check out these two detective films with Newman. Very much look forward to it, when I can track them down.
Both available on iTunes here in Norway, so I wouldn't be surprised if they are available elsewhere too. I've started primarily buying films through iTunes these days. Can't make room for more DVD's or Blu-ray's at home, so I'll have to settle for digital copy's.
Would have to disagree there. The Getaway is an excellent acton movie with a great lead performance from Steve McQueen!
The Killer Elite far less so. A rather goofy thriller with James Caan. Its not in the same league at all!
@Creasy47, I remember us having some great discussions about it in the past, along with some others. I think the movie was unfortunately mis-marketed, with the trailers featuring literally every piece of action in the thing to make it look like an action thriller, and when the movie wasn't that it got burned unfairly by audiences. I hold that if one goes into it expecting a slow burn and quiet character piece, they'll be more forgiving and maybe find themselves enjoying it.
I think this community in particular would really like it, as it's similar to Fleming's approach with Casino Royale: present a quiet man of action with a tense situation and put him in an isolated location where he can't trust many around him as his cover is jeopardized. It's a very simple story, but I love how the filmmakers were able to take the story of a weary sort of spy who'd been around the block to explore quite quietly his notions of life, his protocols and what happens when he feels himself backed into a corner. It's a very human piece, despite how cold and clinical it can be, and I love the ominous mood of it and the photography depicting the dark side streets and the overall claustrophobic nature of the location, juxtaposed with the scenes out in the wild.
I'd love to see what the director would do with a Bond film, or with a Bond series adapting the novels, as he has that style I like.
Absolutely. I can understand people being turned off to it because it's not what they expected, because you're right, they definitely sold it as an all-out action thriller and it wasn't. Still great though, I'll have to revisit it soon.
Well, James Caan is no Steve McQueen, so yeah.
Thunderball HD download another Bond movie for my tablet, 4 down 20 to go I may get all of the movies by the time 25 is released.