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  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
    edited January 2019 Posts: 7,120
    DarthDimi wrote: »
    SUSPIRIA 2018

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    Fascinating film; a compilation of intriguing shots combined with a great score. Like adding another dimension to Argento's original, this film puts the "three mothers" mystery in an updated format with excellent performances.

    I can easily see, however, why it's not a film for everyone. There's an artistically pretentious vibe that permeates all but a minor few scenes. The oblique narrative of the film tends to get "weird" in an aggressive way. Only David Lynch could have made things more confounding.

    But I like it. ;-)

    Me too. I love the original Suspiria and I will always prefer that one, but this version adds a new dimension while staying true to the spirit of the Argento film. That’s how remakes/sequels should always be. My favourite film of 2018!
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
    Posts: 40,968
    I admire the new Suspiria for being different, but past the performances, set design, and Guadagnino's directing, I didn't care for it as much as some did.
  • CraigMooreOHMSSCraigMooreOHMSS Dublin, Ireland
    Posts: 8,216
    Creasy47 wrote: »
    I admire the new Suspiria for being different, but past the performances, set design, and Guadagnino's directing, I didn't care for it as much as some did.

    +1

    Also, it was unbearably long. Should have been two hours, tops.
  • Mathis1Mathis1
    edited January 2019 Posts: 7,418
    Two movies from 1976 that couldn't be more different.
    THE EAGLE HAS LANDED
    Good old style World War 2 epic, based on Jack Higgins novel, scripted by Tom Mankiewicz no less.
    A great cast, Michael Caine, Donald Sutherland, Robert Duvall, and Donald Pleasance. Oh and for a bonus..Jenny Agutter! A group of German paratroopers parachute into a small country village in England, that Churchill is meant to pass through. The orders, to kidnap him and BRI g him back to Berlin!
    John Sturges handles the action, when it comes, really well, and Lalo Schifrin does the score. Good fun.

    ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13
    John Carpenters taut thriller, where a local police station, about to be closed down, is put under siege by a vengeful street gang. Scripted by Carpenter, with a brilliant score by him also, this is a thrilling movie that grips right to the end! The first assault by the gang with silencers is superb, and theres the infamous scene at the ice cream van, it also has some dark humour to counter the tension! Forget the lousy remake and stick with this instant classic! "Got a smoke?"
  • SaintMarkSaintMark
    Posts: 7,653
    peter wrote: »
    POLAR with Madds Mikkelsen... and "Madd" is this Netflix original: over the top, pornographic, gratuitous, insulting, politically incorrect, bloody, violent (this had 10x more blood than Passion of the Christ), and absolutely a disgusting joy from beginning to end. Madds was amazing as the title character-- but, as a warning, this is not for the faint of heart, nor for those easily offended.

    Shock-humour, insulting, and grotesque, Polar was directed by an off-beat Swedish filmmaker more known for his relationship with music than narrative films.

    The music for the film was composed by the band deadmou5...

    Over all, this was a crazy trip that felt like it stepped out of the Z-film world, circa 1995...

    A nice review about a movie that was still highly enjoyable but with some interesting twists.
  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
    Posts: 3,996
    peter wrote: »
    POLAR with Madds Mikkelsen... and "Madd" is this Netflix original: over the top, pornographic, gratuitous, insulting, politically incorrect, bloody, violent (this had 10x more blood than Passion of the Christ), and absolutely a disgusting joy from beginning to end. Madds was amazing as the title character-- but, as a warning, this is not for the faint of heart, nor for those easily offended.

    Shock-humour, insulting, and grotesque, Polar was directed by an off-beat Swedish filmmaker more known for his relationship with music than narrative films.

    The music for the film was composed by the band deadmou5...

    Over all, this was a crazy trip that felt like it stepped out of the Z-film world, circa 1995...

    Sounds like my cup of tea! Will watch this soon!
  • Risico007Risico007
    edited January 2019 Posts: 9,846
    Highlander 2

    I knew going into this year there are gonna be two really bad films I will have to watch Highlander 2 and Batman And Robin...

    in discussing Highlander 2 quick question what were the writers smoking? Seriously? How many drugs were they on? How did they survive the amount of drugs?

    Of course I am watching the Renegade cut which removes the whole alien thing kind of but still... no one thought to do a prequel or just have other immortals appear or anything beyond this. this. mess

    Dear god the name of the environmental terrorist is called Cobolt sigh this is so stupid

    Christopher Lambert is awesome though in this film

    the only good things about this film I can count on one hand

    1. Michael Ironside is really good as Katana
    2. The sword fights are pretty good
    3. I love the line when someone is like "whats wrong did someone die" and connor responds "No actually they didn't" and “first time in the desert man which way to Vegas “
    4. the sets are kind cool.
    5, the girl is I guess cute

    but overall this is bad like really painfully bad



    Films I saw in 2019
    1. Licence to Kill
    2. Beverly Hills Cop 2
    3. Casino Royale 1954
    4. Oliver Stone The Doors
    5. Highlander
    6. Moonstruck
    7. Hitman agent 47
    8. Walk the line
    9. Highlander 2

    Highlander series
    1. Highlander
    2. Highlander 2

    Bond series
    1. Licence to Kill
    2. Casino Royale 1954

    Jukebox
    1. Oliver Stone The Doors
    2. Walk the line



  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
    Posts: 40,968
    CraigMooreOHMSS wrote: »
    Creasy47 wrote: »
    I admire the new Suspiria for being different, but past the performances, set design, and Guadagnino's directing, I didn't care for it as much as some did.

    +1

    Also, it was unbearably long. Should have been two hours, tops.

    Agreed; I'm usually all for a longer running time if it doesn't overstay its welcome, but this film could've easily shed 20-30 minutes and been all the better for having done so.
  • RemingtonRemington I'll do anything for a woman with a knife.
    Posts: 1,534
    The Hangover. My roommate had never seen it so I had to fix that. Love this movie and can't believe it's already a decade old.
  • GerardGerard
    Posts: 5,993
    Mathis1 wrote: »
    Two movies from 1976 that couldn't be more different.
    THE EAGLE HAS LANDED
    Good old style World War 2 epic, based on Jack Higgins novel, scripted by Tom Mankiewicz no less.
    A great cast, Michael Caine, Donald Sutherland, Robert Duvall, and Donald Pleasance. Oh and for a bonus..Jenny Agutter! A group of German paratroopers parachute into a small country village in England, that Churchill is meant to pass through. The orders, to kidnap him and BRI g him back to Berlin!
    John Sturges handles the action, when it comes, really well, and Lalo Schifrin does the score. Good fun.

    ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13
    John Carpenters taut thriller, where a local police station, about to be closed down, is put under siege by a vengeful street gang. Scripted by Carpenter, with a brilliant score by him also, this is a thrilling movie that grips right to the end! The first assault by the gang with silencers is superb, and theres the infamous scene at the ice cream van, it also has some dark humour to counter the tension! Forget the lousy remake and stick with this instant classic! "Got a smoke?"

    Two great movies, indeed.

    For me, it was Aquaman. I loved it. A fun movie, with some surprising (but good) casting choices (Julie Andrews ? That I didn't expect !). DC is definitely back on track, and the reason is that they brought the fun back in their movies.
  • mattjoesmattjoes Julie T. and the M.G.'s
    Posts: 7,021
    GoldenGun wrote: »
    mattjoes wrote: »
    GoldenGun wrote: »
    mattjoes wrote: »
    GoldenGun wrote: »
    Speaking of Niven, I think his absence is the main reason why Return ends up lower for me. Even though I like the film, I miss Niven as The Phantom and I never really warm to Christopher Plummer. Not a bad performance by any means but he does feel a bit too serious for the role, lacking the self-aware and gracious charm of someone like David Niven. Furthermore Return feels visually different from the others. I feel it lacks the style of the rest of the franchise.

    True. Plummer is more serious but unlike in the original Pink Panther, there is a subtly sinister tone, and a sense of danger, to some of his scenes in Return, and he fits into it very well. He is charming and suave but not without humor, and there is a hint of ruthlessness in him which I like. It's Bondian. He acts in that style very well. I haven't seen him in many films from the sixties and seventies, but I hope he got to act in that same style in other films around that era. It would be a shame if he hadn't, in my opinion.

    It's certinly a different style from the lighthearted caper of the original film.

    I like Plummer as an actor and I thought he did fine, but I am a big Niven fan. It’s nice though that the franchise also offers a more sinister entry like Return for the sake of variety.

    I love Niven as well. I miss his acting style and relaxed, charming persona in films today. But he was not just that, he was a very good actor. He was terrific in his scenes with Gregory Peck in The Guns of Navarone, for example. And he was very good indeed in The Pink Panther.

    I love The Guns of Navarone! You’re right, that kind of actor/actress has gone extinct I’m afraid. Niven’s scene in Trail of the Pink Panther is not only a tribune to Clouseau/Sellers but in a way it can be seen as a tribute to classy old-school acting in general. That’s the way I saw it anyway, it made me a little sad to be honest.
    I find the context surrounding the film sad, considering Niven's terrible illness and the fact he had to be dubbed. A biography I read on him described his very poor relationship with his wife, which made his last days more painful than they needed to be.

    Revelator wrote: »
    GoldenGun wrote: »
    You’re right, that kind of actor/actress has gone extinct I’m afraid.

    One of David Niven's sons said that Roger Moore (a good friend of the family) was Niven's successor. The last of the gentlemen actors.
    He was in that same style no doubt.
  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
    Posts: 3,996
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    Found this gem in my local charity shop today.

    As a fan of Scarface i was rather chuffed....
  • FoxRoxFoxRox
    edited January 2019 Posts: 12,466
    Signs (2002). This movie seems to be pretty divisive, but I'm firmly on the side that enjoys it. Mel Gibson and Joaquin Phoenix are terrific the whole way, and I love the story of the family and how the events make them grow closer by the end. There are definite flaws like the twist but by no means does it ruin it for me. There are certain moments that are truly frightening (Gibson walking alone in the field at night!), and the drama and comedy are handled very well most of the time. I love that the idea was so grand (an alien invasion!), but the film itself was always so contained and it is so much better for that. I believe this was the first Shyamalan film I saw, and it definitely remains a favorite of mine.

    M. Night Shyamalan Ranking:
    1. Unbreakable
    2. The Sixth Sense
    3. Signs
    4. Wide Awake
    5. Praying with Anger
  • FoxRoxFoxRox
    edited January 2019 Posts: 12,466
    The Village (2004). Yet another hit from Shyamalan for my money. This film has a fair amount of detractors, but I really enjoy most of it. The soundtrack, cinematography, and acting are all superb. The final act is a little rough in execution, but the twists don’t bother me like they do for some. It’s not quite as beloved as my top few, but I really do enjoy this film.

    M. Night Shyamalan Ranking:
    1. Unbreakable
    2. The Sixth Sense
    3. Signs
    4. The Village
    5. Wide Awake
    6. Praying with Anger
  • Agent007391Agent007391 Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start
    Posts: 7,854
    LeonardPine wrote: »
    20190128-181348-1.jpg
    Found this gem in my local charity shop today.

    As a fan of Scarface i was rather chuffed....

    Love how Pacino's face looks carved from a constipated stone.
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
    Posts: 15,423
    Agent007391 wrote: »
    LeonardPine wrote: »
    20190128-181348-1.jpg
    Found this gem in my local charity shop today.

    As a fan of Scarface i was rather chuffed....
    Love how Pacino's face looks carved from a constipated stone.
    Just imagine him talking to the pelican with a consolidated face.

    “Pelican, fly! Come ooooon, pelican!”

    =))
  • mattjoesmattjoes Julie T. and the M.G.'s
    edited January 2019 Posts: 7,021
    Possession (1981)
    (Spoilers ahead!)

    I really enjoyed this film. It begins as a melodramatic family drama, with Sam Neill (Marc) hamming it up from the get go with Isabelle Adjani (Anna) joining him soon after. It's intense and harrowing and it feels real, while at the same time being subtly comedic and over-the-top. The ever-empty, pristine-looking streets of Berlin help create an oneiric, off-beat feel. Energetic camera movement adds another layer of interest. Eventually the film begins to have more and more touches of the bizarre and unexplained, that manifest themselves in obtuse dialogue and strange behavior, and which can no longer be explained away as part of Anna and Marc's neuroticism. This is evidenced, for example, in the character of Heinrich, the detective following Adjani (a sequence that begins fairly seriously and quickly becomes ridiculous), the strangely intimate and profound dialogue between the manager of the detective agency and Adjani at her place, and the relationship between Neill and the woman at the school who looks just like Adjani... not to mention the monstrous creature. The whole film takes on an absurd, kitschy quality. Some concepts which seem to be important to understanding the thesis of the film --faith and chance-- are mentioned but in such rambling, incoherent dialogue, that a strong possibility emerges that this film is intended to be a) about nothing intellectual in particular, instead dealing with capturing an uneasy, strange feel or b) about something which cannot be put into words, and is thus expected not to be entirely comprehensible. (There's not a complete dichotomy between those options, I must say.) Part of the ending can be intuited from an earlier development but its meaning, if any, escapes me.

    Great acting (with some serious level of emoting from the leads), cinematography and the memorable look of Berlin. Quirky but gripping scenes, one after the other. Not something one sees every day, for sure. The feel I came away with from the film was one of a certain anxiety relating to a loss of control and the throughly undescribable, inscrutable essence of madness and the possibilities of the unknown. The moment that best captures this is the subway scene in which Adjani begins laughing incontrollably, and then screaming. Fascinating stuff.

    The short version: I don't know what the hell was going on in this film, but I sure liked it!

    Edit: Going home from the screening late at night, I had to walk semi-deserted streets and subway hallways, which was amusing coda to the experience!
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
    edited January 2019 Posts: 7,120
    FoxRox wrote: »
    The Village (2004). Yet another hit from Shyamalan for my money. This film has a fair amount of detractors, but I really enjoy most of it. The soundtrack, cinematography, and acting are all superb. The final act is a little rough in execution, but the twists don’t bother me like they do for some. It’s not quite as beloved as my top few, but I really do enjoy this film.

    M. Night Shyamalan Ranking:
    1. Unbreakable
    2. The Sixth Sense
    3. Signs
    4. The Village
    5. Wide Awake
    6. Praying with Anger

    I’ve always liked that one too. Great atmosphere, great music score.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
    Posts: 24,179
    THE VILLAGE is a load of crap. Everything leading up to "the twist" is boring as hell; the promise of a "twist" keeps me engaged... until, of course, the major twist is revealed and -- oh, boy -- there is sooooo much wrong with that. I will watch AFTER EARTH a dozen times before I ever watch THE VILLAGE again. I have given this film two watchings. I disliked it the first time and flat-out hated it the second time.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
    Posts: 25,107
    LeonardPine wrote: »
    20190128-181348-1.jpg
    Found this gem in my local charity shop today.

    As a fan of Scarface i was rather chuffed....

    Awesome find, I occasionally stumble on a great buy in Charity Shops... Scarface great movie, one of the best in the genre.
  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
    Posts: 3,996
    Fire_and_Ice_Returns wrote: »
    LeonardPine wrote: »
    20190128-181348-1.jpg
    Found this gem in my local charity shop today.

    As a fan of Scarface i was rather chuffed....

    Awesome find, I occasionally stumble on a great buy in Charity Shops... Scarface great movie, one of the best in the genre.

    Thanks. These figures go for around £50 on eBay. Got mine for £8

    Love Scarface. My first 18 cert film at the cinema. I snuck in with my dad age 17. I looked about 12....
  • FoxRoxFoxRox
    Posts: 12,466
    Lady in the Water (2006). A bad film in every aspect. Man what a doozy. I definitely would pinpoint this as the film/moment Shyamalan plummeted. Had a few unintentionally funny moments, but other than that, not worth it at all.

    M. Night Shyamalan Ranking:
    1. Unbreakable
    2. The Sixth Sense
    3. Signs
    4. The Village
    5. Wide Awake
    6. Praying with Anger
    7. Lady in the Water
  • RemingtonRemington I'll do anything for a woman with a knife.
    Posts: 1,534
    @FoxRox I'm looking forward to your thoughts on The Last Airbender lol.
  • FoxRoxFoxRox
    Posts: 12,466
    @Remington Oh God. I’ve already seen it once so you can know now - it’s one of my least favorite movies I’ve ever seen. Such a disgrace to the fantastic TV series. I will need some helpful substance to get through again!
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
    Posts: 25,107
    LeonardPine wrote: »
    Fire_and_Ice_Returns wrote: »
    LeonardPine wrote: »
    20190128-181348-1.jpg
    Found this gem in my local charity shop today.

    As a fan of Scarface i was rather chuffed....

    Awesome find, I occasionally stumble on a great buy in Charity Shops... Scarface great movie, one of the best in the genre.

    Thanks. These figures go for around £50 on eBay. Got mine for £8

    Love Scarface. My first 18 cert film at the cinema. I snuck in with my dad age 17. I looked about 12....

    Nice though I would probably hang on to it for a while just to appreciate it, I have not seen that figure myself previously the detail is good, I would be very happy if I had stumbled on that item.
  • RemingtonRemington I'll do anything for a woman with a knife.
    Posts: 1,534
    FoxRox wrote: »
    @Remington Oh God. I’ve already seen it once so you can know now - it’s one of my least favorite movies I’ve ever seen. Such a disgrace to the fantastic TV series. I will need some helpful substance to get through again!

    Haha at least the score is great.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
    Posts: 25,107
    Superman The Movie 4K this presentation gets better everytime I watch it, there are moments it is film that 40 years later have not been surpassed. This film has alot of heart
  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
    Posts: 3,996
    Fire_and_Ice_Returns wrote: »
    LeonardPine wrote: »
    Fire_and_Ice_Returns wrote: »
    LeonardPine wrote: »
    20190128-181348-1.jpg
    Found this gem in my local charity shop today.

    As a fan of Scarface i was rather chuffed....

    Awesome find, I occasionally stumble on a great buy in Charity Shops... Scarface great movie, one of the best in the genre.

    Thanks. These figures go for around £50 on eBay. Got mine for £8

    Love Scarface. My first 18 cert film at the cinema. I snuck in with my dad age 17. I looked about 12....

    Nice though I would probably hang on to it for a while just to appreciate it, I have not seen that figure myself previously the detail is good, I would be very happy if I had stumbled on that item.

    I won't be selling it. It's already out of the box and on display!
  • FoxRoxFoxRox
    Posts: 12,466
    The Happening (2008). Geez, this is just colossally bad. Made me miss Lady in the Water most of the time. I saw this once a long time ago and it’s even worse than I remember. A couple funny bad moments (“What?! No!”), but mostly just very painful. The sad downfall continues.

    M. Night Shyamalan Ranking:
    1. Unbreakable
    2. The Sixth Sense
    3. Signs
    4. The Village
    5. Wide Awake
    6. Praying with Anger
    7. Lady in the Water
    8. The Happening
  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
    Posts: 3,996
    Fire_and_Ice_Returns wrote: »
    Superman The Movie 4K this presentation gets better everytime I watch it, there are moments it is film that 40 years later have not been surpassed. This film has alot of heart

    Agreed. Personally i think it's the best superhero film ever made. And also one of the best fantasy films of all time.

    It's an epic film that doesn't put a foot wrong.

    Can remember the feeling i had seeing it for the first time in 1978. I loved it even more than Star Wars.

    My admiration for this film has never diminished.

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