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Tubes Q Branch
Posts : 734 Member Since : 2011-03-14
| Subject: Re: Last Movie You Watched? the 8th Sun Jul 28, 2013 4:51 am | |
| X-Marathon: X-MENIn 2000, it was a surprise to see a comic book movie take it's source material somewhat seriously. Now, when Marvel Studios is churning out decent comic book movies every year, X-MEN looks like a relic of the past. In the end, X-Men has the misfortune of a script that is both spread too thin and lacking substance. It focuses too much on Wolverine and Rogue and relegates the rest of the X-Men to supporting characters. Rogue just isn't interesting enough to be so integral in a storyline and Wolverine's depth is only hinted at (a long running issue with all the X-Men movies). Even with visuals effects that have held up relatively well, X-MEN just doesn't stand up well to the current pantheon of superhero films. It's an important movie that didn't age well. X2: X-MEN UNITEDA spandex ensemble done right. X2 remains the pinnacle of the early Marvel films and I'd argue it can still go toe to toe with the best today has to offer. Unlike it's predecessor, everyone gets a fair shake at the action. Well, except Cyclops (another long running issue), which is a shame because Marsden has done a great job in a difficult role. Everything is improved in X2, from the script to the photography to the music. X2 effectively renders X-MEN as a completely unnecessary watch. There are movies between here that we don't talk about. Except FIRST CLASS, which I don't own. THE WOLVERINEA Wolverine-centric movie where he is actually a character and not a catchphrase sprouting muscle man with claws? After a quality prequel in FIRST CLASS, we've swung back to the present and got our first decent modern outing since X2. Even though Jackman could probably do Wolverine in his sleep (as aptly demonstrated in Origins), he goes full bore both physically and mentally here. While the movie drags a bit at points, I'd still recommend it. X-Rankings: X2: X-MEN UNITED X-MEN: FIRST CLASS THE WOLVERINE X-MEN ---------- Unmentionables |
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The White Tuxedo 00 Agent
Posts : 6062 Member Since : 2011-03-14 Location : ELdorado 5-9970
| Subject: Re: Last Movie You Watched? the 8th Sun Jul 28, 2013 5:42 am | |
| "BRETT RATNER'S ESCAPING!"I watched HOUSE OF USHER (1960) and SEVEN MEN FROM NOW (1956) tonight. Have a hankering to revisit the Corman/Poe and Ranown cycles. I had intended to see the Corman's in October, but I couldn't wait to see them again. USHER is pretty good, though overlit in my opinion. Probably to help it get shot in 15 days. Price is the real draw here. The young leads are servicable. The Scott films rock. |
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Harmsway Potential 00 Agent
Posts : 2801 Member Since : 2011-08-22
| Subject: Re: Last Movie You Watched? the 8th Sun Jul 28, 2013 4:34 pm | |
| TWIXT (2010, dir. Francis Ford Coppola)
Finally released on Blu-Ray, and I have absolutely no idea what to make of it. |
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Makeshift Python 00 Agent
Posts : 7656 Member Since : 2011-03-14 Location : You're the man now, dog!
| Subject: Re: Last Movie You Watched? the 8th Sun Jul 28, 2013 7:35 pm | |
| Rio Bravo (1959)
I was in a mood for a western last night, and this hit the spot. |
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Harmsway Potential 00 Agent
Posts : 2801 Member Since : 2011-08-22
| Subject: Re: Last Movie You Watched? the 8th Mon Jul 29, 2013 1:16 am | |
| THE HUNT (2013, dir. Thomas Vinterberg)
Efficiently made (Mikkelsen is great), but there's something missing. |
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Harmsway Potential 00 Agent
Posts : 2801 Member Since : 2011-08-22
| Subject: Re: Last Movie You Watched? the 8th Mon Jul 29, 2013 2:56 am | |
| - Harmsway wrote:
- TWIXT (2010, dir. Francis Ford Coppola)
Finally released on Blu-Ray, and I have absolutely no idea what to make of it. This comes to life on a second viewing. A delightful companion to YOUTH WITHOUT YOUTH and TETRO. |
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Blunt Instrument 00 Agent
Posts : 6210 Member Since : 2011-03-20 Location : Propping up the bar
| Subject: Re: Last Movie You Watched? the 8th Mon Jul 29, 2013 1:29 pm | |
| The Wolverine - whilst this is better than the 'origins' Wolverine flick (then again, what isn't?), this still felt like a step back after the very good X Men : First Class. Never been a fan of 'action blockbusters' that save the vast bulk of said action for the last half-hour with the rest of the movie being (aside from a couple of brief fight scenes) filled out with a not-overly-compelling story. Not sure where and when the 'Viper' character appears in the comics canon, but she came across a lot like a knock-off of Batman's 'Poison Ivy' to me. Footnote: whilst the Japanese setting brings to mind You Only Live Twice, it's a dialogue exchange *influenced* by Diamonds Are Forever that appears in this - 'How'd you know there was a pool down there?' 'I didn't'. |
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Hilly Administrator
Posts : 8059 Member Since : 2010-05-13
| Subject: Re: Last Movie You Watched? the 8th Mon Jul 29, 2013 8:31 pm | |
| Poseidon Adventureirrespective of any cheesiness it's a sublime film. It does its best from the book and goes from there. Personally, the tidal wave sequence and subsequent capsizing remains slightly terrifying...just that image of the ship vanishing under the wave. By and large the cast is good or great. Top of the pile is Hackman, the first film I saw him in and made me a fan. Heroic, flawed, emotional...he'll do anything to get this group to safety but each setback hurts (the look on his face as he closes the dining room door on those screams). Then Borgnine, the perfect foil to Hackman and an unwilling lieutenant -veering between loyal and opposing (I say loyal, around the time he follows Hackman out of the flooded corridor and sees Belle Rosen and goes back) and that grand dame of acting, Shelley Winters. And Leslie Nielsen. Half a shame that the intended end shot with rescue ships surrounding Poseidon wasn't done but it works as it is (from Hell to Heaven). Apparently George C. Scott was considered for Scott. That'd have been something. Half the score goes to Pamela Sue Martin's legs. |
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Jack Wade Head of Station
Posts : 2014 Member Since : 2011-03-15 Location : Uranus
| Subject: Re: Last Movie You Watched? the 8th Tue Jul 30, 2013 4:25 pm | |
| EVERYTHING OR NOTHING: THE UNTOLD STORY OF 007 (2012)
Didn't know this was on Netflix so I decided to finally give this a watch. Not much about it is "untold" but still an enjoyable, nostalgic watch for Bond fans. It also got me to summon a kind of appreciation of the Brosnan era that I hadn't felt for a while, so there's that. |
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Makeshift Python 00 Agent
Posts : 7656 Member Since : 2011-03-14 Location : You're the man now, dog!
| Subject: Re: Last Movie You Watched? the 8th Tue Jul 30, 2013 5:09 pm | |
| I don't think any documentary on the 50 years of Bond could do it justice when it's running time is a limited 90 mins, but it's a good doc for casual folks who just wanna learn the gist of the whole series background, and if anyone wants to look further can check out the dozens of docs available on DVDs. |
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Hilly Administrator
Posts : 8059 Member Since : 2010-05-13
| Subject: Re: Last Movie You Watched? the 8th Tue Jul 30, 2013 9:48 pm | |
| The Magic Box
made for the 1951 Festival of Britain though released a year later the film depicts the life of the 'inventor' of cinematography William Friese-Greene. The film never seems to kick into gear though Donat's performance as Friese-Greene is wonderful in its tragic nature and its beautifully photographed by Jack Cardiff. A whole host of names both cameo and star in this, my favourite is likely Lord Olivier as a bewildered copper who is the first to witness the moving pictures. Something about Olivier as a common sounding copper that tickles me somewhat.
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Control 00 Agent
Posts : 5206 Member Since : 2010-05-13 Location : Slumber, Inc.
| Subject: Re: Last Movie You Watched? the 8th Tue Jul 30, 2013 10:13 pm | |
| - Harmsway wrote:
- THE HUNT (2013, dir. Thomas Vinterberg)
Efficiently made (Mikkelsen is great), but there's something missing. I wanted to check this out. What do you mean by "something missing"? |
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Loomis Head of Station
Posts : 1413 Member Since : 2011-04-11
| Subject: Re: Last Movie You Watched? the 8th Tue Jul 30, 2013 11:46 pm | |
| IRON MAN (2008, directed by Jon Favreau). Dull, predictable and mostly rather unpleasant "superhero" fare that for the most part plays like a retread of BATMAN BEGINS, although Favreau's direction is, alas, a lot closer to Michael Bay's than to Christopher Nolan's. Lacking any of the sense of wonder or visual "wow" factor so crucial to this genre, or even any particular cinematic flair, not to mention any characters to care about (Robert Downey, Jr.'s smug Stark is almost intolerable, while Gwyneth Paltrow is lifeless as a sort of cross between Alfred Pennyworth and Moneypenny, and not even Jeff Bridges brings much fizz to the table) or even any real feeling of fun, this is largely just another dunderheaded demolition derby. |
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The White Tuxedo 00 Agent
Posts : 6062 Member Since : 2011-03-14 Location : ELdorado 5-9970
| Subject: Re: Last Movie You Watched? the 8th Wed Jul 31, 2013 1:25 am | |
| - Hilly wrote:
Poseidon Adventure A flick I'd happily watch once a year, though I prefer TOWERING INFERNO. I don't care what anybody says, I enjoy the POSEIDON movie from 2006. |
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Makeshift Python 00 Agent
Posts : 7656 Member Since : 2011-03-14 Location : You're the man now, dog!
| Subject: Re: Last Movie You Watched? the 8th Wed Jul 31, 2013 1:50 am | |
| - Loomis wrote:
- IRON MAN (2008, directed by Jon Favreau). Dull, predictable and mostly rather unpleasant "superhero" fare that for the most part plays like a retread of BATMAN BEGINS, although Favreau's direction is, alas, a lot closer to Michael Bay's than to Christopher Nolan's. Lacking any of the sense of wonder or visual "wow" factor so crucial to this genre, or even any particular cinematic flair, not to mention any characters to care about (Robert Downey, Jr.'s smug Stark is almost intolerable, while Gwyneth Paltrow is lifeless as a sort of cross between Alfred Pennyworth and Moneypenny, and not even Jeff Bridges brings much fizz to the table) or even any real feeling of fun, this is largely just another dunderheaded demolition derby.
I never thought it was all that great, but I've never heard anyone think of this film so negatively and come off very jaded about it. |
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Loomis Head of Station
Posts : 1413 Member Since : 2011-04-11
| Subject: Re: Last Movie You Watched? the 8th Wed Jul 31, 2013 1:57 am | |
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Makeshift Python 00 Agent
Posts : 7656 Member Since : 2011-03-14 Location : You're the man now, dog!
| Subject: Re: Last Movie You Watched? the 8th Wed Jul 31, 2013 1:59 am | |
| Of that genre, what are considered the highlights for you? |
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Loomis Head of Station
Posts : 1413 Member Since : 2011-04-11
| Subject: Re: Last Movie You Watched? the 8th Wed Jul 31, 2013 2:10 am | |
| SUPERMAN and THE DARK KNIGHT represent the absolute best of the genre in my book. I also like the other Nolan Batmans (more THE DARK KNIGHT RISES than BATMAN BEGINS, which I consider to be a patchy affair, albeit that it certainly has its moments and proved very influential) and Ang Lee's HULK.
What else? The first couple of X-MENs and Raimi's first two SPIDER-MANs had their moments. Used to like SUPERMAN RETURNS but not so much nowadays. SUPERMAN II, of course. That's about it for me. I've yet to see MAN OF STEEL. |
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Hilly Administrator
Posts : 8059 Member Since : 2010-05-13
| Subject: Re: Last Movie You Watched? the 8th Thu Aug 01, 2013 9:09 pm | |
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Towering Inferno
tends to follow viewings of Poseidon Adventure and here we went. On par with that film, maybe more (though I'll always prefer Poseidon). From the off with that lead-in shot into San Francisco, McQueen's fire chief (His "Oh shit" when he realises there's no way out), William Holden and Fred Astaire (it's Fred Astaire, that's why). My mum told me eons ago seeing this in the local cinema when it came out during a heatwave, everyone in the cinema sweating their arses off and then when McQueen says: "It's out of control, and heading your way" this collective sound of shock and surprise. Innocent times, what? Borgnine was considered initially as the fire chief and I think that'd have been something, much like his Rogo I'm guessing. (As for Poseidon, 2006, it's good but can't help but wish someone from the original had been in it. Maybe Hackman as the captain or even a drunk priest prepared for his death in the ballroom).
the size of the Glass Tower model was something else
http://tower.tliquest.net/Scott%20Crabbe/enhanced/resized/Image0008.jpg
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trevanian Head of Station
Posts : 1958 Member Since : 2011-03-15 Location : Pac NW
| Subject: Re: Last Movie You Watched? the 8th Thu Aug 01, 2013 11:44 pm | |
| There's a book called WIRE TAPE & RUBBER BANDS by LB Abbott I used to own that has got loads of color pics of that thing. The pics of earlier films are very color-faded, but the TOWER pics are striking. (has stuff on POSEIDON as well, how they were able to shoot that in a very tiny tank.) |
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Hilly Administrator
Posts : 8059 Member Since : 2010-05-13
| Subject: Re: Last Movie You Watched? the 8th Thu Aug 01, 2013 11:47 pm | |
| Sounds intriguing. One of those books that I'd have to search high and low for. Compared to Poseidon the Towering Inferno was something else in terms of model work (I guess for Poseidon not much was needed beyond the sets). A remake of Towering Inferno would have much of it digital and CGI etc now. Hopefully one won't happen much like Allen's Towering Inferno II |
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Harmsway Potential 00 Agent
Posts : 2801 Member Since : 2011-08-22
| Subject: Re: Last Movie You Watched? the 8th Sat Aug 03, 2013 9:38 pm | |
| THE SKIN I LIVE IN (2011, dir. Pedro Almodovar)
I can't quite make up my mind regarding this film, but it leaves a deep impression. |
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Ravenstone Head of Station
Posts : 1471 Member Since : 2011-03-16 Location : The Gates of Horn and Ivory
| Subject: Re: Last Movie You Watched? the 8th Sat Aug 03, 2013 11:34 pm | |
| THE HOBBIT - AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY
Well I need to get some wear out of the blu ray before purchasing the extended version in a couple of months' time.
Still looking good. So much better than any of the Lord of the Rings films for my money. Better casting, better scripting, better acting. Even Gollum looks better. I still don't get the problem with the fps used - I didn't see anything wrong the first time I saw it in 3D, or watching it now on the small screen in 2D.
I do love this film. And I can't wait to see Smaug. But I know I will be crying buckets at the end. I did when I first read the book over 30 years ago, and I still well up now.
I never could stand the bloody elves. Stuck up, self righteous, procrastinating pillocks. |
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Hilly Administrator
Posts : 8059 Member Since : 2010-05-13
| Subject: Re: Last Movie You Watched? the 8th Sat Aug 03, 2013 11:39 pm | |
| Passport to Pimliconever gets old. Utterly charming, absurd, funny film typically British in its "Pimlico becomes independent" story. In that respect it's classic TEB Clarke who specialised in such silly storylines (Lavender Hill Mob and Ladykillers). Pimlico (more aptly, Lambeth) is full of familiar British faces, Ealing faces even such as Basil Radford (the much put upon muddling civil servant). The two main joyous characters are in Stanley Holloway and Margaret Rutherfurd. Rutherfurd's brief scenes steal the show personally. Typically eccentric and amusing. Burgundy (as the new nation is) goes from joy to farce quickly enough. Britain severs ties, the Burgundians check passports on the Tube at the 'border' (somewhere near Victoria Station) and eventually resort to underhand tactics to get water. Quite like the newsreel the Burgundy evac' kids watch in the cinema. In the end they're welcomed back into the fold coinciding with the return of the wet British summer after a scorching heatwave. How times change. |
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| Subject: Re: Last Movie You Watched? the 8th Sat Aug 03, 2013 11:47 pm | |
| - Hilly wrote:
- Passport to Pimlico... classic TEB Clarke who specialised in such silly storylines (Lavender Hill Mob and Ladykillers).
Ladykillers was William Rose, IIRC. |
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