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  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    suavejmf wrote: »
    Duel. Spielbergs first film. Gripping.
    Agreed. An excellent film and truly shows what a master of tension building Spielberg is.
  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
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    Done on a slim budget. But his talent shines through.
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
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    suavejmf wrote: »
    Done on a slim budget. But his talent shines through.
    I bought the widescreen blu ray... it's impeccably photographed & edited.
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
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    Jaws is a sheer masterpiece. It works both as a drama and a horror movie.
  • ShardlakeShardlake Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
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    Birdleson wrote: »
    I agree, I think he works best within budgetary limitations (this and JAWS).

    Undoubtedly, Duel is a hugely impressive debut and Jaws for me is the Beards masterpiece.

    The effect achieved with his budget and all the things that went wrong while filming it, his not having everything fall into place and having to improvise made him concentrate on characterisation. The fact that the shark didn't work meant it was more what you didn't see that made this work so well.

    The first and IMO the greatest summer blockbuster of all time.
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    I've seen Duel with my father about ten years ago... Regardless of how old it was, I was fascinated by it. Everything was... intense. And perfectly done!
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    Lifeforce The International Version, love this insane movie, prefer this version of the film. Looks great in HD, watched this a few times this year.
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
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    Lifeforce The International Version, love this insane movie, prefer this version of the film. Looks great in HD, watched this a few times this year.
    Not quite a... family friendly movie... I'd own it otherwise.
    :-w
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    chrisisall wrote: »
    Lifeforce The International Version, love this insane movie, prefer this version of the film. Looks great in HD, watched this a few times this year.
    Not quite a... family friendly movie... I'd own it otherwise.
    :-w
    Dykstras effects are off the chart at times, not many films are as crazy as this.
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
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    chrisisall wrote: »
    Lifeforce The International Version, love this insane movie, prefer this version of the film. Looks great in HD, watched this a few times this year.
    Not quite a... family friendly movie... I'd own it otherwise.
    :-w
    Dykstras effects are off the chart at times, not many films are as crazy as this.
    It's a visual tour de force, for more reasons than just Dykstra....
    @-)
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    Creasy47 wrote: »
    @Tuulia, happy to hear you loved 'Out of the Furnace' like I did! Many people I've discussed it with said it's a borefest, but I think the slow-burning pacing and the powerful performances make it something great, and the finale is wonderful and didn't disappoint at all, especially the last shot.

    I think I caught 'Crazy Heart' as soon as it came out on blu-ray/DVD, but I don't remember anything from it.

    Re-watching Crazy Heart after having watched Out Of The Furnace and Black Mass was kinda interesting. I didn't remember it well, and I was thinking that it was very sunshiny by comparison :)) the other too being soooo bleak. I kinda expect Hostiles to be bleak as hell, too - though it sounded like there might be at least a ray of hope. Out Of The Furnace pretty much had none. Talk about relentless fate, geez. I thought the last shot was heartbreaking in all its simplicity. It was, like... ok, no prison, but not anything else, either, and that's sort of a prison, too. How does a person even go on? Crushing. I've rarely felt so bad for a character by the end of a movie, so I guess it worked for me... So, to think it was this close of never getting made... #:-S And yes, powerful performances indeed. Cooper is good with actors.

    I understand if people don't care for bleakness and misery in movies, after all movies are used for escapism a lot. I have more issues with people complaining about slow-pacing (in general I mean), it's like people have no attention spans to speak of and just look for quick thrills and solved issues and happy endings.
    suavejmf wrote: »
    Duel. Spielbergs first film. Gripping.

    I re-watched it last week. (I just decided to watch a bunch of Spielberg movies, so that's what I'm doing. I have some Paul Thomas Anderson and some other stuff on the side...) I remember first seeing it as a kid, and I was mesmerized by it. Still a great movie. One detail I thought was fantastic was that
    there is the text "FLAMMABLE" on the truck you notice early on, yet, at the end there is not fire but big beautiful clouds of dust. =D>

    I think it's one of Spielberg's best movies.

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    I love watching (most) Spielberg movies. The variety of his filmography is awesome. Duel and Jaws are both excellent.

    EDIT: Starting to rewatch some Kubrick films, starting with A Clockwork Orange (1971). I wish he could have made at least a film or two more before his passing; his works are truly amazing. The rewatchability of most of them is also great.
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    The Maze Runner.

    Quite enjoyable and about to watch part 2 next The Scorch Trial?!!
  • edited April 2016 Posts: 6,432
    chrisisall wrote: »
    chrisisall wrote: »
    Lifeforce The International Version, love this insane movie, prefer this version of the film. Looks great in HD, watched this a few times this year.
    Not quite a... family friendly movie... I'd own it otherwise.
    :-w
    Dykstras effects are off the chart at times, not many films are as crazy as this.
    It's a visual tour de force, for more reasons than just Dykstra....
    @-)
    I believe it was Mathilda May debut, Matilda made quite a impression.
    ;))

    is?JVjc7ywqdtdsOHbb0uylgr2GdtuJvZb1G1Feenam1YY&height=341

    Still looks great.
  • JohnHammond73JohnHammond73 Lancashire, UK
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    Watched Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace. I'm new to Star Wars - it gets better than this doesn't it??
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    Let me save you numerous hours of pain and misery: go ahead and avoid the first three episodes and watch all the others instead. You're welcome.
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
    edited April 2016 Posts: 9,020
    Watched Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace. I'm new to Star Wars - it gets better than this doesn't it??

    Episode I is the weakest of the bunch. Episode II is great and III as well.
    Of course the original trilogy is still better than the rest.
    The Force Awakens is a mere shadow of them aimed at today's teenagers or young adults who have grown up to iCarly, Zack & Cody or Hannah Montana.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    You keep making Disney Jr. (and now very specific channel-related) comparisons to TFA. Why is that? I don't watch the station, nor the shows listed, so I'm failing to understand why you keep making them. Is it because the cast is younger or something?
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    edited April 2016 Posts: 23,883
    Watched Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace. I'm new to Star Wars - it gets better than this doesn't it??
    The Phantom Menace hasn't aged well. Special effects are dated and some of the characters (one in particular) are awful. Sadly Episodes 2 & 3 are horrendous especially due to one actor (questionable), at least imho. I'm with Creasy47. Better to skip these and go directly to 1977's Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi & then on to The Force Awakens.

    You can come back to Episodes 2 & 3 later if you like what you see with the others. I wouldn't want you to be turned off from this storied franchise prematurely,
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    Actually I prefer to watch them in chronological order as they were made.
    The original trilogy can easily watched before the newer trilogy.
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    bondjames wrote: »
    Watched Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace. I'm new to Star Wars - it gets better than this doesn't it??
    The Phantom Menace hasn't aged well. Special effects are dated and some of the characters (one in particular) are awful. Sadly Episodes 2 & 3 are horrendous especially due to one actor (questionable), at least imho. I'm with Creasy47. Better to skip these and go directly to 1977's Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi & then on to The Force Awakens.

    Agreed.

    While Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith are marked improvements over The Phantom Menace, they're still terrible. Even more disappointing about them is that they waste rather solid casts on some of the worst writing you'll ever see in film. I was excited by the prospects of a Star Wars film starring Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, and all of the other talents they managed to assemble for those films. Given the talent on screen, the films should have been great.

    Just watched the new one for the first time last night. Enjoyed it, even if it was lacking in some areas (namely the villains and their motivations). Daisy Ridley was great, though, and stole the show. Hopefully they tweak some of the weak points of The Force Awakens and they should be on some real solid footing for Episode VIII.

  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
    edited April 2016 Posts: 15,718
    When I watch any of the 3 SW prequels, I try to view them as seperate entities with no ties to the other 4 films. And as @Birdleson does with DAD, I do the same with these films: blocking the bad and focusing on the few good things (Liam Neeson, McGregor, Portman, the Darth Maul fight, etc).
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    Lifeforce The International Version, love this insane movie, prefer this version of the film. Looks great in HD, watched this a few times this year.

    @fire_and_ice
    I love Lifeforce. Mathilda May is two reasons why. ;-)
    lifeforce-1.png
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    DarthDimi wrote: »
    Lifeforce The International Version, love this insane movie, prefer this version of the film. Looks great in HD, watched this a few times this year.

    @fire_and_ice
    I love Lifeforce. Mathilda May is two reasons why. ;-)
    lifeforce-1.png
    Stunningly attractive, bless her she was so scared when filming intially listening to the commentaries. They did what they could to preserve her dignity on set.


    I ordered SW: The Force awakens for next Monday (Release date in the UK), though noticed the digital copy was available on Instant Amazon...OK I am going to have two copies, though was compelled to watch it. Wow that was emotional and intense, looks amazing in HD and really enjoyed the film a great deal more this time. From begining to end I was transfixed, the pacing is that quick though you barely have a chance to take a breather.
    I am convinced Rey has had some kind of mind wipe/amnesia.
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    I ordered SW: The Force awakens for next Monday (Release date in the UK), though noticed the digital copy was available on Instant Amazon...OK I am going to have two copies, though was compelled to watch it. Wow that was emotional and intense, looks amazing in HD and really enjoyed the film a great deal more this time. From begining to end I was transfixed, the pacing is that quick though you barely have a chance to take a breather.
    I am convinced Rey has had some kind of mind wipe/amnesia.
    While I love Luke's silent presence at the end, how insane would it have been if he said something like
    "So...you've come back." to Rey

  • edited April 2016 Posts: 6,432
    I ordered SW: The Force awakens for next Monday (Release date in the UK), though noticed the digital copy was available on Instant Amazon...OK I am going to have two copies, though was compelled to watch it. Wow that was emotional and intense, looks amazing in HD and really enjoyed the film a great deal more this time. From begining to end I was transfixed, the pacing is that quick though you barely have a chance to take a breather.
    I am convinced Rey has had some kind of mind wipe/amnesia.
    While I love Luke's silent presence at the end, how insane would it have been if he said something like
    "So...you've come back." to Rey
    That scene was so emotionally charged, its got to be his daughter. Or if Luke just said "Rey" or what her other name is, am I wrong in thinking that there is something with Rey written on suggesting she named herself?

    Just remembered where Rey's name comes from...
    We no longer need to speculate who this helmet belongs to. The newly released Star Wars: The Force Awakens Visual Dictionary says that the salvaged Rebel helmet once belonged to Captain Dosmit Ræh of the Tierfon Yellow Aces.http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2015/12/22/the-mysterious-helmet-in-force-awakens-belongs-to.aspx
  • talos7talos7 New Orleans
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    The Big Sleep (1946) I enjoyed it tremendously but must admit that I will have to watch it again; I was lost for about the first third of the film and even at the end was unsure about some of the plot.
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    talos7 wrote: »
    The Big Sleep (1946) I enjoyed it tremendously but must admit that I will have to watch it again; I was lost for about the first third of the film and even at the end was unsure about some of the plot.

    One of my favourite movies, I have watched it countless times and still don't fully understand it. Its the feel and atmosphere and performances nothing gets much better than The Big Sleep.

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    Still, one o the best lines in "The Big Sleep" :

    "She tried to sit on my lap... While I was standing up".

    And it's true !
  • talos7talos7 New Orleans
    edited April 2016 Posts: 8,217
    Gerard wrote: »
    Still, one o the best lines in "The Big Sleep" :

    "She tried to sit on my lap... While I was standing up".

    And it's true !

    That is a great one; it's a movie full of great lines.

    One of my favorites was,

    Philip Marlowe: Hmm.

    General Sternwood: What does that mean?

    Philip Marlowe: It means, hmm.

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