Nag Posted December 31, 2024 Share Posted December 31, 2024 I've just rewatched John Wick 4... so stupidly over the top but such a fucking entertaining film.😊 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spatular Posted December 31, 2024 Share Posted December 31, 2024 Barely seen any films this year but saw police story too, thought it was good 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one-armed dwarf Posted December 31, 2024 Share Posted December 31, 2024 Bruh, him swinging off the window of a speeding bus with an umbrella and fighting motherfuckers while doing it and it's not even the most fucked up thing he does in it. I'm sure I saw the ending sequence before on youtube or something cause it seemed familiar but you'd wonder how many bones were broken. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spatular Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 yeah the action was amazing, like you say i wouldn't be surprised if there were lots of injuries/they wouldn't be allowed to do that stuff these days! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one-armed dwarf Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 A Face in the Crowd (1957) - Andy Griffith plays this salt of the earth singer who ends up being recruited for a radio program, he has an uncanny ability to connect with the mind of the general populace which gives him huge influence over common people. Eventually, this gets noticed by people with political objectives who bring him in their circle and use his populist appeal to manufacture consent for their candidate for US president, a senator who proposes heavy cutting back on social securities and adopting an isolationist stance on world affairs. Found it a bit far fetched. /s, no it's very good, reminded me of Citizen Kane a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one-armed dwarf Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 Went to the local cinema for the first time in years to see the new Nosferatu, first time in ages they've had something which ain't a Disney film it seems. But the entire image was out of frame and you could see parts of it on the curtains. So got a refund They've been really struggling in recent years and didn't have anyone there who knew how how to fix it. My review of the 2 minutes I saw is it seemed like it might be a good film, I dunno. Will stick to my usual of waiting for digital or blu ray Annoyed and disappointed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maf Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Because I had a good time with Sonic 2, today I watched the Mario movie. I think visually the movie is completely flawless and 10/10. Not just for the quality of the CGI but the visual gags, references, accuracy and the way they use the scenery and “props” to be part of the movie. Which fits with Mario being a platformer and using power-ups. Unlike Sonic where a lot of the video game references are Easter egg and background only. The fact they tie the video game stuff in to the film makes it so much fun to watch as a fan. One thing I noticed they used over and over again is Mario’s air punch from Smash. Since it’s in the film I guess it’s true for everybody, but I always used this move in Melee it was great, and fun to see it here too as well I generally liked the characterisations and voice acting. I know a lot of people made fun of the casting, but it totally works and the character’s are voiced well. The dialogue however is super light weight and just not very good or memorable. There’s things in this movie that put a huge smile on my face and made me very happy to see. But nearly all of it was visual. The jokes and characters need punching up a quite a lot. Mario and Sonic have hit different sides of the video game movie coin, I think. Mario is a perfect visual adaptation and an incredible Mario/Nintendo spectacle but needs to be a stronger movie. Sonic is actually a really good kids film and they’ve managed to nip and tuck Sonic to fit the format while keeping enough Easter eggs for fan service, but it just makes me wish they’d make a “proper” Sonic the Hedgehog film One tangential thing about the Mario film, is it gives me huge confidence about the Zelda film. Little bit of worry because it’s live action, but if they can stick to this level of quality and accuracy I will probably cry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maryokutai Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 I hope they don't put in licensed songs in the Zelda movie. There's a well of great tracks they could have remixed for the Mario movie, but no, the Kong Kingdom had to be introduced with Take on Me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maf Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 The film uses Mario music really well most of the time. Even their remixes are really good. There are some parts I struggled to hear because the voices and effects were very loud. It would be nice if the music was more pronounced. But definitely Koji Kondo and team got their props in the film My thing after watching Mario and Sonic is I hope Link isn’t a fool who is useless most of the time with singular moments of doing incredible things which are inexplicable given the lack of competence displayed throughout everything before There’s a line from Tails in Sonic 2 where he says “wow, only Sonic the Hedgehog would need saving this much” It’s like, yeah, what is going on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maryokutai Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Watched all the Harry Potter movies over the last weeks. Kind of just felt like it, they all (temporarily) take place at Christmas and people were talking about Hogwarts Legacy on here. What I find interesting about these movies is how they stand as an example as to how blockbuster films are made, because they span such a long time and approaches to cinematography evolved in a certain way during that period. The change in style between the first movie and the last one is immense, they look like they come from two completely different eras. I think the movies themselves you can't fault too much, their main issues being plot holes and contrivances that also happen in the books. I can glance over most of it, most likely because I read the books as a kid/teen and my disbelief was suspended very heavily. But the actual part of bringing the universe to the screen, I think they did a great job. In hindsight the 'simple' fact that they managed to make one of these on an almost yearly rhythm for an entire decade is just mind-boggling. Just thinking about what could have gone wrong there – I honestly don't know if I'd been able to sleep if I had been involved with the process even a little bit. A lot of unsung heroes in the background of those productions who kept the cogs spinning. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shinymcshine Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Been a while since I watched them all (once - over a long weekend, so not exactly a film buff on them) but there is a notable difference in how Hogwarts looks & is laid out, from the early films to the later ones. But I guess that's magic for you..... Only recently read that Rik Mayall got cut from the first film - he filmed scenes as a named poltergeist (Wikipedia says it was "Peeves" but guess that only makes sense if you've read the books), but didn't make the final version. Also one of the Hairy Bikers, Si King, is in the credits of the first & maybe second film, location management, as that was his job back then, pre cookery et al (and he met Dave Myers when they were working on an ITV production of a Catherine Cookson novel / period drama). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one-armed dwarf Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 I remember the latter half of the run being fairly workmanlike in their treatment of the material, when they had David Yates doing them all himself. The most interesting thing I read about them tho was that Alan Rickman was given notes on his character for books that had not even being written yet, so had the whole path for his character in mind when playing him in each of the films, and was the only actor who had that. Talks about it in his posthumous memoirs I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shinymcshine Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 1 hour ago, Maryokutai said: The change in style between the first movie and the last one is immense, they look like they come from two completely different eras. They sort of did - I think I've got the first one on VHS and the last film (Pts 1&2) on 3D enabled Blu-rays (free when I bought my Sony TV). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maryokutai Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 True, I think the first one was even made on film (analogue) by the looks of it. Edit: after a bit of research, turns out they were all on film. Guess that switch happened way later than I imagined and the reason the first looks so different is mostly a stylistic choice in cinematography. I didn't like the Yates movies that much on first seeing them back in the day but I think they fit in rather well in retrospect. It's a certain shift in tone, parallel to the changes in filmmaking, but I think they kept the essence intact. Harry's and Hermione's impromptu dance in Deathly Hallows Pt 1 is one of the best scenes of the entire saga I think, don't recall if that was in the books though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maf Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 I tried watching the 2nd Harry Potter film a couple of weekends ago and it is such a big difference between modern films It’s like when I was a kid and I used to watch films my parents liked and they felt really stuffy, slow and out of date Trying to watch the 2nd Harry Potter film bought back all those same exact feelings and I turned it off after 5mins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one-armed dwarf Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 I used to feel that way about older films but it's different I think when it's something you're specifically interested in versus when it's something people tell you that you should be interested in. Also I found out that the older movies I like are pretty different to the ones my parents like, so there's a different type of discovery there Tho I don't get how you arrive at such quick judgement after 5 minutes, it's really no time at all for any decent film. Not that Harry Potter 2 is decent or a bad decision was made here. But 5 minutes, man. edit also in film news, Demi Moore won for The Substance. That's cool, because it means a lot of people will watch that film and that's going to be fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maryokutai Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 The first 5 minutes is just the usual Dursley sitcom anyway, it doesn't really have anything to do with the rest of the movie (though I also do think that Chamber of Secrets isn't particularly good. Even as a kid I didn't like the book that much). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiofloyd Posted January 9 Share Posted January 9 Recently I watched some excellent movies - Perfect Days, The Holdovers and Aftersun. All very strong movies that would probably compete for the best movie Oscar in the year they came out (I assume they did). If I had to recommend only one, I would recommend The Holdovers, it has that kind of life affirming quality to it (and it’s kind of Christmas-y). Wonderful acting in all of those movies too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmmark Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 As much as I liked The Holdovers I definitely prefer About Schmidt and Sideways more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANGERMAN Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 Huh, weird you don't think Aftersun had a life affirming quality to it 😄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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