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  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
    edited October 2017 Posts: 25,147
    Judging by Dracula Untold, I have no interest in this universe.

    I think they changed there mind with Dracula Untold and it's no longer part of the Dark Universe, Dracula Untold I switched off after half an hour.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    The Mummy
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    I finally got around to seeing this. I kept putting it off since I heard so many bad things. I have to say the negative reviews may have been this movie's saving grace for me. I went in expecting the worst but came out enjoying myself with it. I don't think it's the piece of crap it's made out to be but it's also not that great either. My main problem with it is that they tried to put too much humor in it. This "Dark Universe" should be more dark and creepy. I also think Tom Cruise shouldn't of been in it. It doesn't seem like a role he would take so it's surprising that he did. Either way I hope this "Dark Universe" pans out because it could be cool but we'll see.

    I agree I thought The Mummy was ok I even bought it, I have to say the movie moved quite fast and it was entertaining I was never bored watching it.
    I didn't mind it either and purchased it as well. Brainless fun. I agree though that it's not your typical Cruise starring vehicle, and he seemed almost asleep throughout most of it.
  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
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    Halloween II

    H20 is usually my go to Halloween film but I thought I'd give this a go as I haven't seen it in many years. Well shot with some good moments and of course J.C's brilliant music.

    Downside is the deserted hospital setting, obviously no one in Haddonfield gets sick, and some iffy moments near the end with Jamie Lee not even being able to raise a scream as Loomis and co walk across the car park.

    Better than I remembered but a weak sequel to a classic.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
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    bondjames wrote: »
    The Mummy
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    I finally got around to seeing this. I kept putting it off since I heard so many bad things. I have to say the negative reviews may have been this movie's saving grace for me. I went in expecting the worst but came out enjoying myself with it. I don't think it's the piece of crap it's made out to be but it's also not that great either. My main problem with it is that they tried to put too much humor in it. This "Dark Universe" should be more dark and creepy. I also think Tom Cruise shouldn't of been in it. It doesn't seem like a role he would take so it's surprising that he did. Either way I hope this "Dark Universe" pans out because it could be cool but we'll see.

    I agree I thought The Mummy was ok I even bought it, I have to say the movie moved quite fast and it was entertaining I was never bored watching it.
    I didn't mind it either and purchased it as well. Brainless fun. I agree though that it's not your typical Cruise starring vehicle, and he seemed almost asleep throughout most of it.

    I liked the fact that
    despite Tom's character suffering the curse thing or whatever it was his character remained flawed, I quite enjoyed Tom in this role though he did seem elsewhere though I found it amusing.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
    edited October 2017 Posts: 24,183
    LEATHERFACE

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    THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE was a great movie. Its sequel, not so much. The next two films had good things to offer with alternating success. And I for one absolutely loved the Platinum Dunes reboot and its prequel.

    Then that 3D abomination was hurled at us like a flying turd. I figured it was nothing but a cheap attempt at cashing in on the 3D trend, even if it had claimed to be a "direct sequel" to the original, effectively ignoring all other entries in the series.

    Well, that same kind of "authenticity" is now tenaciously claimed by the latest effort, LEATHERFACE, supposedly a direct prequel to the original. But already within the first 10 minutes or so, I'm furrowing my brows. Only two things work in the opening: Stephen Dorff and Lili Taylor. The story of the nice kid who's being coerced into chopping people up with a chainsaw, sadly goes nowhere quickly as we proceed into a very boring middle section, which takes place in an insane asylum and then on the road. Clichés pile up and every bit of tension is evacuated from the movie every time someone starts talking. The final part of the movie, the "climax" as it were, is a jolted mess of unearned kills, suffused with obvious attempts at connecting this garbage to the Tobe Hooper original.

    As credits roll, I'm wincing. That cheap but unrelenting surprise hit from 1974 could have grown into something far more stable. Instead, it has thus far received three non-cohesive sequels, a strong but unrelated reboot plus prequel, and two additional, 'off the mark' movies which have both arrogantly claimed to contribute to the original mythology, but which have also both been unredeemable failures, and none more so than LEATHERFACE. I'm disappointed--no, livid. I love the original and I love the Michael Bay produced duo, but the darkly satirical "classic" horror series is now, sadly, relegated to Z-grade amateur jobs (even if the directors have made noteworthy horror films before). I cannot in my right mind recommend LEATHERFACE; it's a resentment waiting to happen.
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
    edited October 2017 Posts: 13,978
    @DarthDimi - I can't comment on the on the film, but I disagree on the cohesive comment. Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III, while by no mean is held up like the original, is the only film to feel like it genuinely takes place in that same world.

    Your comments on Leatherface (the 2017 film), match up with what I have heard elsewhere. I still intend on seeing it for myself, but it is more for the sake of completism, than for any excitement I might have had.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    @MajorDSmythe
    I agree! What I meant was that neither TCM 2 nor The Next Generation are anything like TCM or TCM III.

    By all means, check it out. I'd love to read your thought on the new film.
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
    edited October 2017 Posts: 13,978
    DarthDimi wrote: »
    @MajorDSmythe
    I agree! What I meant was that neither TCM 2 nor The Next Generation are anything like TCM or TCM III.

    By all means, check it out. I'd love to read your thought on the new film.

    Oh, definitely. As campy as it was, TCM 2 at least had the performances of Caroline Wiliams and Dennis Hopper going for it, and nothing else. TCM: The Nex Generation had nothing good, not even average, going for it.

    By the way, Dimi, Cult Of Chucky has it's UK home release on Monday, so i'll be reporting in with my thought in the next few day. Curse Of Chucky was a surprise return to the series roots (at least on par with the original film), so i'm really interested to see where the continuing story goes.
  • RichardTheBruceRichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.
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    Runnin' Down a Dream, Peter Bogdanovich, 2007.

    Great to sit down and watch this 4 hour (!) documentary on Netflix. I followed Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers from the seventies through all the following phases. They tell their own story, including Tom's important refusals to back down from the record companies on song rights and record prices. He changed the business. The best part of this film is the fact it's more likely to present a full song than merely sample it, therefore the epic length.

    For me it slipped by quickly. Very nice.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    DarthDimi wrote: »
    @MajorDSmythe
    I agree! What I meant was that neither TCM 2 nor The Next Generation are anything like TCM or TCM III.

    By all means, check it out. I'd love to read your thought on the new film.

    Oh, definitely. As campy as it was, TCM 2 at least had the performances of Caroline Wiliams and Dennis Hopper going for it, and nothing else. TCM: The Nex Generation had nothing good, not even average, going for it.

    By the way, Dimi, Cult Of Chucky has it's UK home release on Monday, so i'll be reporting in with my thought in the next few day. Curse Of Chucky was a surprise return to the series roots (at least on par with the original film), so i'm really interested to see where the continuing story goes.

    Let me know what you thought of that film, good sir. I loved it very much, though just slightly less than Curse.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    001 wrote: »
    DarthDimi wrote: »
    @001
    I'm glad you don't necessarily call it a bad movie.

    What did you think of 47 Ronin ?

    @001
    I apologise. I should have noticed this post a long time ago.
    Anyway, what can I say? I tend to notice only the good things about Keanu. And 47 RONIN had a solid premise with a few interesting action scenes. I rather like the film and was sorely disappointed when it received so much bad press. I wonder if critics will ever cut poor Keanu some slack. Either way, not as bad a film as some make it out to be, IMO.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
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    This was my first complete viewing of this famous Stanley Kubrick film. All I can say is what a trip this was! I'm not sure what to think of it at present, but I will say it is undoubtedly a visual and auditory masterpiece of the first order, especially given when it was released (prior to the actual moon landing). Kubrick's well known attention to detail is incredibly impressive here. The computer screens, tablets, tvs on the back of spacecraft headrests etc. are all so very ahead of their time and accurately imagined. The use of classical music (mainly Johann Strauss's Blue Danube Waltz and Richard Strauss's sprach Zarathustra) are a perfect uplifting and euphoric fit for the expansive space scenes. Douglas Trumbull's special effects work is stunning, and in many ways superior to some of the CGI infested tripe coming out of Hollywood 50 years later.

    The film is a bit psychedelic and glacially paced though, so I can imagine how it might not be for everyone. I wish I had some drink in me when I viewed it as I'm sure I might have enjoyed it more. There's not much in the way of dialogue here even though it runs for a cool 2.5 hrs. This is more about the surreal immersive experience itself. It's a film that makes you contemplate the universe without actually offering up any real answers. I'm sure I'll have more thoughts about it once I view it again, but for now I will say it was quite an unexpected first experience. Not entirely positive but not completely negative either. Awe inspiring is the most appropriate description.
  • JamesBondKenyaJamesBondKenya Danny Boyle laughs to himself
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    bondjames wrote: »
    2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
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    This was my first complete viewing of this famous Stanley Kubrick film. All I can say is what a trip this was! I'm not sure what to think of it at present, but I will say it is undoubtedly a visual and auditory masterpiece of the first order, especially given when it was released (prior to the actual moon landing). Kubrick's well known attention to detail is incredibly impressive here. The computer screens, tablets, tvs on the back of spacecraft headrests etc. are all so very ahead of their time and accurately imagined. The use of classical music (mainly Johann Strauss's Blue Danube Waltz and Richard Strauss's sprach Zarathustra) are a perfect uplifting and euphoric fit for the expansive space scenes. Douglas Trumbull's special effects work is stunning, and in many ways superior to some of the CGI infested tripe coming out of Hollywood 50 years later.

    The film is a bit psychedelic and glacially paced though, so I can imagine how it might not be for everyone. I wish I had some drink in me when I viewed it as I'm sure I might have enjoyed it more. There's not much in the way of dialogue here even though it runs for a cool 2.5 hrs. This is more about the surreal immersive experience itself. It's a film that makes you contemplate the universe without actually offering up any real answers. I'm sure I'll have more thoughts about it once I view it again, but for now I will say it was quite an unexpected first experience. Not entirely positive but not completely negative either. Awe inspiring is the most appropriate description.

    I viewed it recently and agree sort of with you as I found it visually incredible but it was too slow for me to say I enjoyed it.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    I understand where you're coming from @JamesBondKenya . I've got to view it again soon to see what I really think of it. For now I'll just say I was impressed with the effort that went into the whole thing, given when it was made. Of course with the passage of time we've had so many sci-fi efforts that have been inspired by this film, so it's perhaps not as impactful for me as it might have been had I seen it much earlier in my life. Still, interesting, trippy film.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
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    I read the Arthur C. Clarke novels in my youth, I have watched 2001 countless times, I love the film though I tend to view it as an experience, it's a film that has me as viewer theorising throughout I think it's one of Kubricks many masterpieces.
  • ShardlakeShardlake Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
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    2001 is one of those films that you can admire and undoubtedly it's a masterpiece but I found it so slow and really didn't engage me at all.

    I don't mind slow paced films but they have to grab me and short of the incredible opening and the visual splendour and the legendary soundtrack I find little left to recommend it, though I know it has it's fans.

    Kubrick in general is undoubtedly a genius and I do like some of his films but he tends to be a film maker that leaves me cold despite his abilities behind the camera.

    Some say the same of David Fincher and I often here DF compared in style and execution as well as Hitchcock, although I love Fincher's output, strange that.

    Also before I get the Fincher isn't fit to lick Stanley's boots comments, I'm not saying he's better, Kubrick's a ground breaking pioneer of cinema despite my reaction to him and I know although I prefer Fincher's work considerably he's not in the same category.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    edited October 2017 Posts: 23,883
    Same goes for Nolan. I've been criticized in the past for being an acolyte, but I just prefer his output to some of the more 'legitimate' greats. Love Fincher too.

    I agree on 2001. For its time I'm sure it was absolutely phenomenal, and I'm so impressed with the visuals and sound. Really great if you're 'high'.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
    edited October 2017 Posts: 25,147
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    Arrived this morning and it feels quite different though still great, the added scenes are seamless it feels even more epic now.

    Edited:

    @chrisisall have you watched this yet, it's a surreal experience.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Shardlake wrote: »
    Also before I get the Fincher isn't fit to lick Stanley's boots comments,
    He is definitely fit to do just that.
  • ShardlakeShardlake Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
    Posts: 4,043
    Shardlake wrote: »
    Also before I get the Fincher isn't fit to lick Stanley's boots comments,
    He is definitely fit to do just that.

    I ought to have known you would comment, clearly not a fan of the man are you?

    I would like you to try and mention another director of the last 20 years that gets close to his standard of film making.

    They are few and far between, maybe QT or Nolan but you'll be clutching at straws finding anyone else with his body of work and critical acclaim.

    The very fact the Academy hasn't seen fit to award him puts him in good company and Social Network was infinitely better than the Oscar friendly Kings Speech.

    He's a meticulous craftsman, the serial killer genre is still paying catchup since Se7en but then I forget you don't like that either.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    I liked Alien 3.
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    Zwartboek - Paul Verhoevens return to Dutch cinema and a WWII movie. While his other great movie Soldaat van Oranje [Soldier of orange] was about males in WWII in a adventurous story mainly populated with men. Zwartboek is the Female version of survival in a war torn Netherlands. It does show that that there were quite a few people who did not mind cooperating out of personal gain. There is no black and white in WWII. A really strong movie with an amazing cast that is truly international. And once again Verhoeven made a movie that is about so much more than WWII.
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
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    Following talk about Frank Sinatra in another thread, I felt in the mood to watch some of my favourite films of 'The Chairman', kicking of with...

    Lady In Cement (1968)
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    Am I in a minority to preferring this to Tony Rome? I think I am. Don't me wrong, that first film wasn't a bad film, but this one has something that more appeals to me. Lady In Cement, has something that I can't quite put my finger on, more of a a cynical edge maybe. It's something that runs through the film like an undercurrent. I would have like a more downbeat ending. While it is fair to say that some aspects of the films have not aged well, this was a film made in the tail end of the 60's.

    And I can't not mention the score by Hugo Montengro, especially 'The Shark', which plays throughout the film.

    Skip to 01:13-02.44 for the best part.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    SaintMark wrote: »
    Zwartboek - Paul Verhoevens return to Dutch cinema and a WWII movie. While his other great movie Soldaat van Oranje [Soldier of orange] was about males in WWII in a adventurous story mainly populated with men. Zwartboek is the Female version of survival in a war torn Netherlands. It does show that that there were quite a few people who did not mind cooperating out of personal gain. There is no black and white in WWII. A really strong movie with an amazing cast that is truly international. And once again Verhoeven made a movie that is about so much more than WWII.
    Fantastic film. Highly recommended by me too.
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
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    Arrived this morning and it feels quite different though still great, the added scenes are seamless it feels even more epic now.

    Edited:

    @chrisisall have you watched this yet, it's a surreal experience.

    No, mine arrives tomorrow! I actually own this already taped on VHS off the ABC broadcasts... crappy non-widscreen complete with fades & jagged edits due to commercials... Seeing this in pristine condition will be a near religious experience for me! ;)
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
    edited October 2017 Posts: 25,147
    chrisisall wrote: »
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    Arrived this morning and it feels quite different though still great, the added scenes are seamless it feels even more epic now.

    Edited:

    @chrisisall have you watched this yet, it's a surreal experience.

    No, mine arrives tomorrow! I actually own this already taped on VHS off the ABC broadcasts... crappy non-widscreen complete with fades & jagged edits due to commercials... Seeing this in pristine condition will be a near religious experience for me! ;)

    The TV version with the pan scans of old I remember them lol the different music cues are great the Krypton scenes were intense. My BD was supposed to arrive on 24th pleasant surprise it was here today.
  • ShardlakeShardlake Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
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    I liked Alien 3.

    Nice come back.
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
    Posts: 17,801
    chrisisall wrote: »
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    Arrived this morning and it feels quite different though still great, the added scenes are seamless it feels even more epic now.

    Edited:

    @chrisisall have you watched this yet, it's a surreal experience.

    No, mine arrives tomorrow! I actually own this already taped on VHS off the ABC broadcasts... crappy non-widscreen complete with fades & jagged edits due to commercials... Seeing this in pristine condition will be a near religious experience for me! ;)

    The TV version with the pan scans of old I remember them lol the different music cues are great the Krypton scenes were intense. My BD was supposed to arrive on 24th pleasant surprise it was here today.

    The *best* part about this longer version is....
    Back in 1978 seeing Superman: The Movie first time in the theatre one thing perplexed me- after Miss Teschmacher took the Kryptonite chain off Supes and he headed out west to get the missile coming to Hackensack all of a sudden he's following it east! That's because the scene where he tried to catch it head on and the B-2 low level avoidance system fooled him was left out (presumably because Donner felt the effects there were not up to par- I though it was great). This is now the ONLY official version of the film that includes it.
  • mattjoesmattjoes Julie T. and the M.G.'s
    edited October 2017 Posts: 7,021
    Regarding 2001: A Space Odyssey, for me it's a film that like a few others, aims for a hypnotic feel and rhythm built on actions and sounds, but not too much dialogue, like a ballet of sorts. Blade Runner is another film of that kind, but 2001 is much more successful. I don't love the film, but I can appreciate the skill of the people who made.

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    Arrived this morning and it feels quite different though still great, the added scenes are seamless it feels even more epic now.

    I didn't have a clue this existed. Pretty cool.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
    edited October 2017 Posts: 25,147
    chrisisall wrote: »
    chrisisall wrote: »
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    Arrived this morning and it feels quite different though still great, the added scenes are seamless it feels even more epic now.

    Edited:

    @chrisisall have you watched this yet, it's a surreal experience.

    No, mine arrives tomorrow! I actually own this already taped on VHS off the ABC broadcasts... crappy non-widscreen complete with fades & jagged edits due to commercials... Seeing this in pristine condition will be a near religious experience for me! ;)

    The TV version with the pan scans of old I remember them lol the different music cues are great the Krypton scenes were intense. My BD was supposed to arrive on 24th pleasant surprise it was here today.

    The *best* part about this longer version is....
    Back in 1978 seeing Superman: The Movie first time in the theatre one thing perplexed me- after Miss Teschmacher took the Kryptonite chain off Supes and he headed out west to get the missile coming to Hackensack all of a sudden he's following it east! That's because the scene where he tried to catch it head on and the B-2 low level avoidance system fooled him was left out (presumably because Donner felt the effects there were not up to par- I though it was great). This is now the ONLY official version of the film that includes it.

    I am shocked how good some of the extended scenes are, watching it for the second time now there are some awesome editional moments. The weakest part of the movie is far better in this version, when Lex and Co are reprogramming the missiles I was in hysterics with the additional dialog. Otis has some great lines throughout... Otis 'I am a myth' :)) I can't believe I am watching this, kudos to WB

    It's difficult to argue there are too many great moments, now it will not seem right watching the other two versions.

    @mattjoes Me neither until a few weeks back, for fans of the film a must watch.
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