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  • PrinceKamalKhanPrinceKamalKhan Monsoon Palace, Udaipur
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    I watched the film that Keira Knightley said she prohibits her daughter from seeing:

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    Not a bad retelling of the standard fairy tale though I wouldn't say it's the best version I've seen.
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    I fell in love with Mia James after watching Mamma Mia 2.
  • CraigMooreOHMSSCraigMooreOHMSS Dublin, Ireland
    Posts: 8,217
    talos7 wrote: »
    On several forums, the “ knock-off Loomis element is being universally criticized, how can filmmakers not see this at some point in the process?

    I'm not sure but it's somehow both undercooked and overprepared, which is unfortunate as the film is fairly spot on with its treatment of events 40 years on otherwise.
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    The last two films in my Liam Neeson

    Star Wars Episode 1 The Phantom Menace
    The scariest movie of all time (one whisper at comic con and 100 nerds die so I have heard) but for the first 20 minutes its not bad I am digging the film it's really the introduction of Jar Jar and Tattoine that cause the most issues for me. The effects while amazing at the time are extremely dated on my copy anyways Neeson does what he can and Darth Maul still is the coolest character in the post original trilogy Series (with Qui Gon Jinnn being a close second) it's comical that after 4 films in the Disney franchise I would argue Phantom Menace still has more memorable characters and moments then any of the four films. I wouldn't call it a classic or even a masterpiece by any stretch of the imagination but yeah it's far from the worst movie I have ever seen Honestly get rid of Binks and Edit Anakin scenes a bit and the film could be ten times better. Why did Anakin go to Naboo?


    Taken 3
    and we finish the Taken Trilogy. Are we sure Famke is not a Vampire she looks so amazing. Like better then is possible. Anyways 20 minutes of Mills family drama Kind of annoys me that and the murder of Lenore is out of Field.. Stuart is kind of an asshole Overall the film isn't as bad as I thought it would be I love Brian's team I am not going to go into the spoilers but wow there was kind of a twist I didn't see coming



    Films I have seen in 2018 (I don't think I am splitting up bond and non bond this year as I don't know how many I am actually gonna see)
    1. Batman Begins
    2. Casino Royale
    3. The A-team
    4. Mission impossible fallout
    5. The final girls
    6. Clue
    7. A simple favor
    8. The Saint
    9. Taken 2
    10. Taken 3
    11. The Shadow
    12. Batman Under The Red Hood
    13. Batman Gotham Knight
    14. The Meg
    15. Big trouble little China
    16. Taken
    17. Ferris buller's day off
    18. Valley girl
    19. Nonstop
    20. Batman Mask of the Phantasm
    21. Unknown
    22. Classic Artists presents Yes
    23. Stand By Me
    24. Before Sunrise
    25. Star Wars Episode 1 Phantom Menace
    26. A walk among the Tombstones
    27. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
    28. Arthur
    29. Goonies
    30. 9012live
    31. Before Midnight
    32. Revenge of the nerds
    33. Grease
    34. Before Sunset


    Before series
    1. Before Sunrise
    2. Before Midnight
    3. Before Sunset

    Stephen King movies
    1. Stand By Me

    Corey Feldman movies
    1. Stand by me
    2. Teenage mutant ninja turtles
    3. Goonies

    Movies from 2018
    1. Mission impossible fallout
    2. The Meg


    Taken Series

    1. Taken 2
    2. Taken 3 (I put this second because at least there is somewhat of a twist and its not the same formula.)
    3. Taken

    Liam Neeson (sort of) retrospective series
    1. Batman Begins
    2. The A-team
    3. Taken 2
    4. Taken 3
    4. Taken
    5. Non Stop
    6. Unknown
    7. Star Wars Episode 1 The Phantom Menace
    8. A walk among the tombstones

    Batman/Dc films ( as I can guarantee I will see more then just Batman Begins this year)
    1. Batman Begins
    2. Batman Under the red hood
    3. Batman Gotham Knight
    4. Batman Mask of the Phantasm

    Films in 2018
    1. Mission Impossible Fallout
    2. A simple favor
    3. The Meg
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    BAIN123 wrote: »
    I fell in love with Mia James after watching Mamma Mia 2.

    I hope you mean Lily James, @BAIN123. ;)
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    SKJELVET (The Quake)
    Skjelvet%20jordskjelv

    This follow-up to The Wave is a huge success on Norwegian cinemas now, and deservedly so. I think I never saw anything more suspenseful and nerve-wrecking. Puts Hollywood in the shade.
  • TripAcesTripAces Universal Exports
    Posts: 4,585
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    OK. First things first: great performances by Cooper and Lady Gaga. That's already out there and I don't need to elaborate. What's also worth mentioning is that Andrew Dice Clay is a revelation, here, and though he's on record as saying this is his last acting gig, the role is a career changer. I didn't even recognize him.

    The more fascinating part of the film is Cooper's ability to make us feel as though the two characters are insulated, in a bubble. He does this by disconnecting them from the outside world, the complete opposite of today's celebrity. While everyone else lives in a world of cell phones, social media, mass media, and technology, Jackson and Ally do not. There are very few (if any) moments in the film in which they are engaging in any kind of outside communication--only Gaga uses a cell phone in the first scene. As a result, Cooper hyper-focuses on the couple and their relationship. It's a stroke of genius.

    That said, I did not buy...
    that Jackson Maine would kill himself. No way. He's a fighter; we saw that in how he punched out his brother. This is not a suicidal man, and the fact that he would allow a piss-ant British music manager to get under his skin, plays against his character. I could buy that Jackson would die of an accidental overdose, but not suicide. The ending really bothered me, and I feel that Cooper was playing to melodrama, here, rather than letting his characters breathe.

  • PrinceKamalKhanPrinceKamalKhan Monsoon Palace, Udaipur
    Posts: 3,262
    Just saw this newly released docudrama about a very controversial subject:

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    Slight Bond connection: it stars Paris Carver's Superman.
  • edited October 2018 Posts: 16,169
    LIVE WIRE (1992)

    Not only the greatest non-Bond Pierce Brosnan movie, but the greatest movie of all time.
    It makes THE GODFATHER PART II look like GIGLI.

    Actually, this is one of my favorite early 90's Brosnan flicks. Pierce is a demolitions expert investigating bombings, while trying to reconcile with his estranged wife.

    It's pretty damn funny and Pierce has several great moments. I tend to watch this one for great Pierce-isms the way I watch THE LAST DETAIL or THE SHINING for great Jack Nicholson-isms.

    Pierce looks great here as well. He's every inch Bond in waiting sporting his GOLDENEYE haircut.
    Ben Cross is the villain, and there's a cameo by Felix Norman Burton.

    I tend to think of this guilty pleasure being one of the countless direct to cable epics Brosnan did pre-Bond, but I do believe this had a limited cinematic release.livewire5.jpg
  • TripAcesTripAces Universal Exports
    Posts: 4,585
    ToTheRight wrote: »
    LIVE WIRE (1992)

    Not only the greatest non-Bond Pierce Brosnan movie, but the greatest movie of all time.
    It makes THE GODFATHER PART II look like GIGLI.

    Actually, this is one of my favorite early 90's Brosnan flicks. Pierce is a demolitions expert investigating bombings, while trying to reconcile with his estranged wife.

    It's pretty damn funny and Pierce has several great moments. I tend to watch this one for great Pierce-isms the way I watch THE LAST DETAIL or THE SHINING for great Jack Nicholson-isms.

    Pierce looks great here as well. He's every inch Bond in waiting sporting his GOLDENEYE haircut.
    Ben Cross is the villain, and there's a cameo by Felix Norman Burton.

    I tend to think of this guilty pleasure being on of the countless direct to cable epics Brosnan did pre-Bond, but I do believe this had a limited cinematic release.livewire5.jpg

    Ah. 1992. Sigh. Simpler times for me.
  • Posts: 16,169
    TripAces wrote: »
    ToTheRight wrote: »
    LIVE WIRE (1992)

    Not only the greatest non-Bond Pierce Brosnan movie, but the greatest movie of all time.
    It makes THE GODFATHER PART II look like GIGLI.

    Actually, this is one of my favorite early 90's Brosnan flicks. Pierce is a demolitions expert investigating bombings, while trying to reconcile with his estranged wife.

    It's pretty damn funny and Pierce has several great moments. I tend to watch this one for great Pierce-isms the way I watch THE LAST DETAIL or THE SHINING for great Jack Nicholson-isms.

    Pierce looks great here as well. He's every inch Bond in waiting sporting his GOLDENEYE haircut.
    Ben Cross is the villain, and there's a cameo by Felix Norman Burton.

    I tend to think of this guilty pleasure being on of the countless direct to cable epics Brosnan did pre-Bond, but I do believe this had a limited cinematic release.livewire5.jpg

    Ah. 1992. Sigh. Simpler times for me.

    Me, too. Pretty memorable year.
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    The Professionals
    Happy Death Day
    Fright Night (1985)
    Total Recall (1990)
    Trainwreck
  • mattjoesmattjoes Julie T. and the M.G.'s
    Posts: 7,021
    ToTheRight wrote: »
    LIVE WIRE (1992)

    Not only the greatest non-Bond Pierce Brosnan movie, but the greatest movie of all time.
    It makes THE GODFATHER PART II look like GIGLI.

    Actually, this is one of my favorite early 90's Brosnan flicks. Pierce is a demolitions expert investigating bombings, while trying to reconcile with his estranged wife.

    It's pretty damn funny and Pierce has several great moments. I tend to watch this one for great Pierce-isms the way I watch THE LAST DETAIL or THE SHINING for great Jack Nicholson-isms.

    Pierce looks great here as well. He's every inch Bond in waiting sporting his GOLDENEYE haircut.
    Ben Cross is the villain, and there's a cameo by Felix Norman Burton.

    I tend to think of this guilty pleasure being on of the countless direct to cable epics Brosnan did pre-Bond, but I do believe this had a limited cinematic release.livewire5.jpg

    Another one of the Brosnanography that I have to watch. From what I recall reading about it some months ago, it did have a theatrical release.

    Nothing like those great Pierce-isms!
  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
    Posts: 4,007
    As it's Halloween; Halloween III: Season of the Witch

    Yes it has a silly story and some iffy moments, but I really like this film. Some nice horrific moments, a cracking turn from Dan O'Herlihy and a cool Carpenter score make this worth seeing again.

    Also watched The Descent

    Whatever happened to Neil Marshall? This is definitely his best film. A sort of Deliverance with females. Very well shot with a great all female cast. The subterranean creatures are the stuff of nightmares and Natalie Mendoza is terrific as the awesome Juno.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
    Posts: 40,976
    @LeonardPine, I saw The Descent with my best friend and two others a couple of days before it was released in the U.S., in a massive theater at night, and it was only the four of us in attendance because he worked at the theater so managed an exclusive viewing for us. It's still my favorite theatrical experience, and the film itself was absolutely nightmarish and scary. Loved it, Marshall is great in the horror genre. Can't wait to see what he does with Hellboy.
  • RemingtonRemington I'll do anything for a woman with a knife.
    Posts: 1,534
    Watched Halloween 2007 for the first time in five years. It hasn't improved with age. Especially after rewatching the earlier films for the hundredth time.
  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
    Posts: 4,007
    Creasy47 wrote: »
    @LeonardPine, I saw The Descent with my best friend and two others a couple of days before it was released in the U.S., in a massive theater at night, and it was only the four of us in attendance because he worked at the theater so managed an exclusive viewing for us. It's still my favorite theatrical experience, and the film itself was absolutely nightmarish and scary. Loved it, Marshall is great in the horror genre. Can't wait to see what he does with Hellboy.

    What version did you see @Creasy47 ?

    Apparently the US version had the dumb ending where she actually escapes and it wasn't just a dream.
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    Spotlight (2015)

    Hard to fault really. Great cast, great script. A throwback to a very different style/type of movie.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
    Posts: 40,976
    @LeonardPine, I'm in the U.S. so I had that one - funny, I thought it delivered one final scare to end the film and was an appropriate conclusion; I actually preferred it to the UK version where she's still stuck in the cave, which definitely makes for a more somber, depressing ending (which I usually enjoy).
  • ShardlakeShardlake Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
    edited October 2018 Posts: 4,043
    Creasy47 wrote: »
    @LeonardPine, I saw The Descent with my best friend and two others a couple of days before it was released in the U.S., in a massive theater at night, and it was only the four of us in attendance because he worked at the theater so managed an exclusive viewing for us. It's still my favorite theatrical experience, and the film itself was absolutely nightmarish and scary. Loved it, Marshall is great in the horror genre. Can't wait to see what he does with Hellboy.

    What version did you see @Creasy47 ?

    Apparently the US version had the dumb ending where she actually escapes and it wasn't just a dream.

    I remember seeing at the cinema in the afternoon here in the UK (with the proper ending)
    I walked in and sat down and not a single other person turned up.

    I had the cinema to myself for the screening and it was one of the most effective experiences I've ever had on the big screen.

    I still think it's one of the best films of the 21st Century and I haven't seen a more effective horror film since. My Wife is claustrophobic and watched it on DVD when it came out and found it so effective refuses to watch it ever again.

    Not too fussed about Hellboy but nice to see Marshall get a big project, maybe one day he'll hit the heights of The Descent again.
  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou, but I now hear a new dog barkin'
    Posts: 9,041
    Tonight: THE ST. VALENTINE'S DAY MASSACRE (1967) - a take by the great Roger Corman of the war between Al Capone and Bugs Moran in 1929 Chicago. Much presented as a sort of documentary, it probably isn't. But very entertaining, with brilliant or at least pretty good performances by Jason Robards as Capone, George Segal as Moran's stooge Peter Gusenberg, and Ralph Meeker as Moran himself. Watch for Bruce Dern in a minor role, and somewhere there is Jack Nicholson as well (haven't found that out until afterwards). Lots of ketchup employed, but very entertaining and seemingly authentic in other regards.
  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
    Posts: 4,007
    Creasy47 wrote: »
    @LeonardPine, I'm in the U.S. so I had that one - funny, I thought it delivered one final scare to end the film and was an appropriate conclusion; I actually preferred it to the UK version where she's still stuck in the cave, which definitely makes for a more somber, depressing ending (which I usually enjoy).

    But the escape ending makes no sense. They were 2 miles underground, so how suddenly does an escape route present itself right out of the blue? It cheapens the whole film.

    The dream ending is perfect and logical. One of the best horror endings ever.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
    Posts: 40,976
    @Shardlake, spot on. I thought the first Insidious was incredibly scary, but nothing has come close to topping The Descent. Can't believe it's been out for 13 years already, insane how the time flies.

    @LeonardPine, true, but they do go through a ton of tunnels and shafts, so it is feasible that she located a tunnel that led to the room of bones she was in that eventually led out into the forest once more.

    The dream ending does make sense I suppose, but doesn't mesh well for me if you're coupling it with the sequel (which I actually have only seen once - don't remember it being all that special). Doesn't it also pan out and show more and more of the monsters closing in on her location? The more I dwell on it, the more I'm digging it. I'll have to go with that ending again the next time I watch the movie.
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
    Posts: 17,801
    mattjoes wrote: »
    ToTheRight wrote: »
    LIVE WIRE (1992)

    Not only the greatest non-Bond Pierce Brosnan movie, but the greatest movie of all time.
    It makes THE GODFATHER PART II look like GIGLI.

    Actually, this is one of my favorite early 90's Brosnan flicks. Pierce is a demolitions expert investigating bombings, while trying to reconcile with his estranged wife.

    It's pretty damn funny and Pierce has several great moments. I tend to watch this one for great Pierce-isms the way I watch THE LAST DETAIL or THE SHINING for great Jack Nicholson-isms.

    Pierce looks great here as well. He's every inch Bond in waiting sporting his GOLDENEYE haircut.
    Ben Cross is the villain, and there's a cameo by Felix Norman Burton.

    I tend to think of this guilty pleasure being on of the countless direct to cable epics Brosnan did pre-Bond, but I do believe this had a limited cinematic release.livewire5.jpg

    Another one of the Brosnanography that I have to watch. From what I recall reading about it some months ago, it did have a theatrical release.

    Nothing like those great Pierce-isms!

    The unrated cut has some frankly amazingly sexy stuff in it.
    But, good flick either way IMO.
  • mattjoesmattjoes Julie T. and the M.G.'s
    edited October 2018 Posts: 7,021
    chrisisall wrote: »
    mattjoes wrote: »
    ToTheRight wrote: »
    LIVE WIRE (1992)

    Not only the greatest non-Bond Pierce Brosnan movie, but the greatest movie of all time.
    It makes THE GODFATHER PART II look like GIGLI.

    Actually, this is one of my favorite early 90's Brosnan flicks. Pierce is a demolitions expert investigating bombings, while trying to reconcile with his estranged wife.

    It's pretty damn funny and Pierce has several great moments. I tend to watch this one for great Pierce-isms the way I watch THE LAST DETAIL or THE SHINING for great Jack Nicholson-isms.

    Pierce looks great here as well. He's every inch Bond in waiting sporting his GOLDENEYE haircut.
    Ben Cross is the villain, and there's a cameo by Felix Norman Burton.

    I tend to think of this guilty pleasure being on of the countless direct to cable epics Brosnan did pre-Bond, but I do believe this had a limited cinematic release.livewire5.jpg

    Another one of the Brosnanography that I have to watch. From what I recall reading about it some months ago, it did have a theatrical release.

    Nothing like those great Pierce-isms!

    The unrated cut has some frankly amazingly sexy stuff in it.

    With Lisa Eilbacher? Film's now top priority for me, then. ;)
  • talos7talos7 New Orleans
    edited October 2018 Posts: 8,216
    Tonight , a break from the Halloween marathon to watch my all time favorite film, To Kill a Mockingbird.

    I could write an essay detailing why it’s my favorite; from race to being a single parent, and more it deals with serious topics while being tremendously entertaining. It beautifully balances powerful social commentary and unapologetic nostalgia.

    I’ve often thought to myself, if at the end of my life I am able to watch one final film, it would be To Kill a Mockingbird .

    One funny thing , as she growing up, and even today , I would call to my Daughter, in my best, deep, Gregory Peck voice, “ Faaaaye” , just as Atticus had called to his Daughter, Scout.
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    The Invitation (2015). A really interesting, disturbing film.
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    The Omen (1976)

    A great film that has hardly dated.
    Billie Whitelaw still scares me to death in it.
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    barryt007 wrote: »
    The Omen (1976)

    A great film that has hardly dated.
    Billie Whitelaw still scares me to death in it.

    Great film. Excellent cast and well directed by Richard Donner. The scene with David Warner is fantastically staged! Must get out my copy!
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    Mathis1 wrote: »
    barryt007 wrote: »
    The Omen (1976)

    A great film that has hardly dated.
    Billie Whitelaw still scares me to death in it.

    Great film. Excellent cast and well directed by Richard Donner. The scene with David Warner is fantastically staged! Must get out my copy!

    Well worth a look this close to Halloween !!
    Poor Gregory Peck sure goes through hell and back.
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