Films I watched this week

[TCEvo]

Halb said:

Wolf.

See, the crapness of the ad has scrambled my brain

[Lance Catamaran]

robemcdonald said:

parabolica said:

Yea I'd tend to agree with you/the article; look at something like The Martian which was fantastic; give him a good script and he does a brilliant job.

I was tidying up my dvds the other week and found the Alien quadrology boxset. What's really good is all the associate documentary material that comes with the films.
I watched Alien the directors cut for what must have been the first time as I didn't remember some of the scenes. I thought it was everything that covenant wasn't. A great focused story, with believable characters. Fabulous stuff really.

9.5/10

I then started watching the making of documentary and was really surprised about the amount of different people involved in the screenplay and how much meddling there was by the studio. It's sounds like the sort of thing that goes on in modern movies by committee. Some how a masterpiece managed to happen though.
Like with Star Wars it was a perfect alignment of the planets that made it work with events like needing to replace the original Kane for john hurt literally the night before filming. It's amazing with both films that if they got one thing wrong you could have ended up with a pile of garbage.
I wonder how many modern films we easily dismiss were a good decision away from being classics?

Jaws is another one - the mechanical shark kept breaking down so they were forced to improvise and use the now iconic POV shots instead. Since you see the shark less often it becomes a far more effective film.

[ClockworkCupcake]

Lance Catamaran said:

robemcdonald said:

I then started watching the making of documentary and was really surprised about the amount of different people involved in the screenplay and how much meddling there was by the studio. It's sounds like the sort of thing that goes on in modern movies by committee. Some how a masterpiece managed to happen though.
Like with Star Wars it was a perfect alignment of the planets that made it work with events like needing to replace the original Kane for john hurt literally the night before filming. It's amazing with both films that if they got one thing wrong you could have ended up with a pile of garbage.
I wonder how many modern films we easily dismiss were a good decision away from being classics?

Jaws is another one - the mechanical shark kept breaking down so they were forced to improvise and use the now iconic POV shots instead. Since you see the shark less often it becomes a far more effective film.

They say that necessity is the mother of invention. And also that less is more.

I'd agree with all the points you both have made. And the flipside of that is that with CGI today being so (relatively) cheap and easy, that these constraints and circumstances are now less likely to happen.

[Shakermaker]

For the first time in my 32 years, last night I finally got around to watching Lethal Weapon

Naturally, mid-May is the perfect time to watch a film set at Christmas

I can't believe I've never actually seen it before but now I am so glad that I have. It also goes a long way to its legacy that I recognise many of the scenes from parodies in The Simpsons/Family Guy/Police Academy and so on.

[irocfan]

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword.

Despite all its faults, and there many, I did enjoy this BUT while there are a lot of very nice touches they could as easily have called this Lock, Stock and a Shining Sword.

The whole cockernee geeeeezer thing is a little tedious

[RizzoTheRat]

Having heard Queen's "Who wants to live forever" I was inspired to rewatch Highlander. An ok film, although the sword fighting scenes seem to be all about hitting the opponents sword rather than him, but holy crap how did Lambert ever get cast? A Frenchman who can't act playing a Scotsman, and a Scot who can't play any character other than a Scot playing an Egyptian.

6/10

[Halb]

It has it's faults, but I still really like Highlander.
Reboot...will it improve or flop?

[ben5575]

Nuns. No sense of humour.

[grumbledoak]

Halb said:

It has it's faults, but I still really like Highlander.
Reboot...will it improve or flop?

[RizzoTheRat]

Halb said:

It has it's faults, but I still really like Highlander.
Reboot...will it improve or flop?

I doubt it will have such a good soundtrack as the original

[Pesty]

Shakermaker said:

For the first time in my 32 years, last night I finally got around to watching Lethal Weapon

Naturally, mid-May is the perfect time to watch a film set at Christmas

I can't believe I've never actually seen it before but now I am so glad that I have. It also goes a long way to its legacy that I recognise many of the scenes from parodies in The Simpsons/Family Guy/Police Academy and so on.

Now you need to watch the second one then stop there.

[Captain Benzo]

Pesty said:

Shakermaker said:

For the first time in my 32 years, last night I finally got around to watching Lethal Weapon

Naturally, mid-May is the perfect time to watch a film set at Christmas

I can't believe I've never actually seen it before but now I am so glad that I have. It also goes a long way to its legacy that I recognise many of the scenes from parodies in The Simpsons/Family Guy/Police Academy and so on.

Now you need to watch the second one then stop there.

only if there's time,

he may be getting too old for this st.

• i'll get my coat*

[Shakermaker]

Pesty said:

Shakermaker said:

For the first time in my 32 years, last night I finally got around to watching Lethal Weapon

Naturally, mid-May is the perfect time to watch a film set at Christmas

I can't believe I've never actually seen it before but now I am so glad that I have. It also goes a long way to its legacy that I recognise many of the scenes from parodies in The Simpsons/Family Guy/Police Academy and so on.

Now you need to watch the second one then stop there.

I shall bear this in mind, thank you.

[Alex]

Captain Benzo said:

only if there's time,

he may be getting too old for this st.

• i'll get my coat*

Danny Glover was only 38 at the time...

[chris watton]

I remember well when Lethal Weapon came out, and then Die Hard the next year. They were fantastic then, a lot more hard-edged with more 'down to earth' protagonists than what came before, which were more like comic book caricatures. These new films had people who were almost relatable. It was quite new back then, yet seems so hackneyed now.

Still, both are great films to this day, I think.

[Halb]

chris watton said:

I remember well when Lethal Weapon came out, and then Die Hard the next year. They were fantastic then, a lot more hard-edged with more 'down to earth' protagonists than what came before, which were more like comic book caricatures. These new films had people who were almost relatable. It was quite new back then, yet seems so hackneyed now.

Still, both are great films to this day, I think.

Have you watched this wonderful dissection of the Die Hard films?
...oh st, fox have blocked it....

How The Die Hard Movies Changed
Georg Rockall-Schmidt
Georg Rockall-Schmidt ....

Georg said it might happen, I did dload it if you wanna watch it.

[IrateNinja]

DoctorX said:

Found a couple on Amazon I'd never got round to watching:

'71 - very tense, great soundtrack
Supersonic - story of Oasis

9/10 for both

I seen '71 in the cinema originally. Great movie, and you're right exceptionally tense. Might have to pick it up to re-watch.

[anonymous-user]

Lance Catamaran said:

Jaws is another one - the mechanical shark kept breaking down so they were forced to improvise and use the now iconic POV shots instead. Since you see the shark less often it becomes a far more effective film.

A really interesting documentary on the making. I loved the fact that they were going to take a break from filming due to all the issues but the experienced guys sugggested that if they stopped, they'd never restart again.

[Alex]

IrateNinja said:

DoctorX said:

Found a couple on Amazon I'd never got round to watching:

'71 - very tense, great soundtrack
Supersonic - story of Oasis

9/10 for both

I seen '71 in the cinema originally. Great movie, and you're right exceptionally tense. Might have to pick it up to re-watch.

If you found '71 tense, watch "Kajaki: The True Story" (iPlayer). About a group of British soldiers in Afganistan.

[King Herald]

Alex said:

If you found '71 tense, watch "Kajaki: The True Story" (iPlayer). About a group of British soldiers in Afganistan.

Watched that a few weeks ago, pretty intense.