Films I watched this week (NO SPOILERS) (Vol 3)

[macron]

American Made

Tom Cruise running, flying, and generally being Tom Cruise showing how messed up the US was in the 80's over drugs and South America. It's a good yarn.

7/10

[Cotty]

C5_Steve said:

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Kind of highlights the importance of owning physical media with all the changes that can now be made years after the film is shown in it's original format.

Yep, im keeping hold of my DVD collection

[goth.casual]

There’s a point where it doesn’t matter though, like if you wanted to watch Star Wars are you going to watch a VHS of the original or put George’s “improved” one on in 4k dolby atmos?

I know what I’d rather choose.

[goth.casual]

TGCOTF-dewey said:

fatbutt said:

TGCOTF-dewey said:

SlimJim16v said:

They've remade The Crow, fans of the original aren't happy.

I think because Brandon was killed filming it, it's seen as a bit of a sacred cow.

It's got to be better than the roadhouse remake.

Watch the trailer, the only thing it shares with the crow is the name. Eric is supposed to be a tragic character, that's not how 'new eric' is presented at all. Its just a revenge film.

I did see it... I have slight hope for it as Skarsgard is a half decent actor. I can't think of a dodgy performance by him.

I do love the original though... Such a great soundtrack too.

I’m sort of viewing it as a requal rather than a full reboot. I’ll give it a go as I like the Skarsgards.

[dudleybloke]

goth.casual said:

There’s a point where it doesn’t matter though, like if you wanted to watch Star Wars are you going to watch a VHS of the original or put George’s “improved” one on in 4k dolby atmos?

I know what I’d rather choose.

Harmys Despecialised version!

[stanlow45]

dudleybloke said:

goth.casual said:

There’s a point where it doesn’t matter though, like if you wanted to watch Star Wars are you going to watch a VHS of the original or put George’s “improved” one on in 4k dolby atmos?

I know what I’d rather choose.

Harmys Despecialised version!

This! Was great to see the films unmolested as I remember them. The bastardised rehashed ones should all be burnt!

[Cotty]

goth.casual said:

There’s a point where it doesn’t matter though, like if you wanted to watch Star Wars are you going to watch a VHS of the original or put George’s “improved” one on in 4k dolby atmos?

I know what I’d rather choose.

Thats kind of the point isn't it. If you wanted to watch the original without the "improvements" you don't have a choice. However with DVDs of the original and the updated versions I have the choice which to watch.

Im not so bothered about quality, I have lots of old films from the 60s, 70. 80s etc and the quality wasn't great when they were relesed but I still like watching them.

[C5_Steve]

Clockwork Cupcake said:

Ok, true. But Blade is generally considered to be the watershed film for comic book adaptations. It was very much the precursor to the whole MCU phenomenon at the very least.

Batman was in an odd position of already being part of pop culture when the film came out, not least due to the TV series I guess. But, granted, Batman (1989) certainly came out before Blade and was definitely a good film.

Anyway, regardless of the above, I think we can all agree that video game adaptations have (as I said) had a very long and rocky road and have only very recently got good. And I think that is partly due to the success of comic book adaptations, both for audience acceptance but also film-makers now having more of a handle on things.

Don't worry I knew what you meant My point was more that '89 Batman was the first time a comic book adaptation was aimed at a more adult audience and showed you could make a serious movie with these types of characters that was a huge commercial success. Blade certainly led the way for the X-Men franchise, Spiderman etc etc until we get up to Iron Man which kicks of the current version of the MCU.

It really does baffle me they're still struggling with the new Blade film. He's a Vampire who hunts other Vampires with a sword. You have two very successful movies that already proved the formula. It really shouldn't be that hard

I think by their nature, video game adaptations work better in long format rather than film, although the Resident Evil series of films is a guilty pleasure of mine (and I've never played the games).

[Clockwork Cupcake]

Cotty said:

Thats kind of the point isn't it. If you wanted to watch the original without the "improvements" you don't have a choice. However with DVDs of the original and the updated versions I have the choice which to watch.

Exactly. With physical media you have a fixed point in time which cannot be changed without your consent. Unlike with streaming where you get what you are given at that point in time.

Cotty said:

Im not so bothered about quality, I have lots of old films from the 60s, 70. 80s etc and the quality wasn't great when they were relesed but I still like watching them.

This is one of the reasons I still hold on to my old early 2000's plasma TV because it is absolutely superb at displaying SD content. It's almost analogue in nature in that respect. Whereas on my LCD tv in my home office, SD feeds look sub-optimal.

Edited by Clockwork Cupcake on Wednesday 27th March 12:07

[ajprice]

Immaculate

The Sydney Sweeney nun horror. Overall it's good. First hour gets creepier as it goes along and the plot comes out, with a few 'quiet, quiet, BANG' parts. Then the last 20-30 minutes is a ride, and the last scene of the film is out there .

18 certificate, much blood.

First hour, 7 chickens / 10 crosses. Last half hour, 9 fingernails / 10 rosaries.

While the ending does go all out, it is a bit 'Die Hard/Baby Driver' with a certain character not dying when they really should be dead by now, and the running/physical ability of a pregnant woman who's water just broke.

[Clockwork Cupcake]

C5_Steve said:

Don't worry I knew what you meant My point was more that '89 Batman was the first time a comic book adaptation was aimed at a more adult audience and showed you could make a serious movie with these types of characters that was a huge commercial success. Blade certainly led the way for the X-Men franchise, Spiderman etc etc until we get up to Iron Man which kicks of the current version of the MCU.

Indeed.

C5_Steve said:

It really does baffle me they're still struggling with the new Blade film. He's a Vampire who hunts other Vampires with a sword. You have two very successful movies that already proved the formula. It really shouldn't be that hard

I think by their nature, video game adaptations work better in long format rather than film, although the Resident Evil series of films is a guilty pleasure of mine (and I've never played the games).

I agree.

I'm cautiously optimistic about the upcoming TV show based on the Fallout video games. Will be interesting to see what they have come up with. I've spent hundreds, if not 1000+, hours in the Fallout games over the years.

[Radec]

Land of Bad

Tense action with the 2 less famous Hemsworth brothers, Liam and Luke, Milo Ventimiglia and Russell Crowe.

A 4 man special ops team tasked with extracting an assett in east Asia, bite off more than they can chew when the mission goes south.

Outnumbered and outgunned the team must rely on drone operator Crowe, (who seems to be morphing into John Goodman these days) to protect them through the jungle while being pursued by a load of bad guys, and try to make it to a safe location to be rescued.

Quite a good brain off action flick.

6.5/10

[Acorn1]

I enjoyed that, I fired it up,without looking at the cast and thought it was John Goodman until he was about 20 minutes in!

[C5_Steve]

ajprice said:

Immaculate

The Sydney Sweeney nun horror. Overall it's good. First hour gets creepier as it goes along and the plot comes out, with a few 'quiet, quiet, BANG' parts. Then the last 20-30 minutes is a ride, and the last scene of the film is out there .

18 certificate, much blood.

First hour, 7 chickens / 10 crosses. Last half hour, 9 fingernails / 10 rosaries.

While the ending does go all out, it is a bit 'Die Hard/Baby Driver' with a certain character not dying when they really should be dead by now, and the running/physical ability of a pregnant woman who's water just broke.

I have high hopes for this, I've heard good things!

[renmure]

The Flash on Sky Movies.

I like the MCU stuff and never really liked the dark nature of the DC comics or movies but am enough a fan of the genre to give them all a go.

10 mins into this and I was thinking it was going to be a very long 2 hours. I didn't make it to the end of Aquaman and quickly reckoned this was going to go the same way. However, I'm glad I stuck with it. There were some proper LOL moments and some fairly clever twists and turns. All in all... yeah, I rather enjoyed it.

[C5_Steve]

renmure said:

The Flash on Sky Movies.

I like the MCU stuff and never really liked the dark nature of the DC comics or movies but am enough a fan of the genre to give them all a go.

10 mins into this and I was thinking it was going to be a very long 2 hours. I didn't make it to the end of Aquaman and quickly reckoned this was going to go the same way. However, I'm glad I stuck with it. There were some proper LOL moments and some fairly clever twists and turns. All in all... yeah, I rather enjoyed it.

I agree, it had more than enough good aspects to overlook whatever flaws it had. This is probably a controversial take but I say this having watched the first 4 or so seasons of the CW flash and so having seen Grant Gustin in that role, I actually really like Ezra Miller's version. Maybe more so. Sasha Calle was also excellent in the very short time we got to see her.

For me it was a decent enough way to wrap up that period of DC given everything that was going on behind the scenes (I've not seen Aquaman 2 so it ends there for me )

[Pablo16v]

Clockwork Cupcake said:

This is one of the reasons I still hold on to my old early 2000's plasma TV because it is absolutely superb at displaying SD content. It's almost analogue in nature in that respect. Whereas on my LCD tv in my home office, SD feeds look sub-optimal.

Edited by Clockwork Cupcake on Wednesday 27th March 12:07

Not just me then

I still prefer my 2007 Panasonic plasma for the majority of my TV watching (not just SD) with the more modern and supposedly superior LCD relagated to the back room.

[Chris Stott]

Pablo16v said:

Clockwork Cupcake said:

This is one of the reasons I still hold on to my old early 2000's plasma TV because it is absolutely superb at displaying SD content. It's almost analogue in nature in that respect. Whereas on my LCD tv in my home office, SD feeds look sub-optimal.

Edited by Clockwork Cupcake on Wednesday 27th March 12:07

Not just me then

I still prefer my 2007 Panasonic plasma for the majority of my TV watching (not just SD) with the more modern and supposedly superior LCD relagated to the back room.

You need an OLED… far superior in every way to any plasma (or LCD)… including for SD (though why anyone still watches SD is beyond me).

[Clockwork Cupcake]

Pablo16v said:

Not just me then

I still prefer my 2007 Panasonic plasma for the majority of my TV watching (not just SD) with the more modern and supposedly superior LCD relagated to the back room.

It's going to need replacing at some stage, sadly, and when it does die I will probably have to sell a kidney and buy an OLED. I hear they are almost as good as plasmas.

I do love my plasma though. But my goodness it looks dated and feels very small. I have a big room and the 42" screen had always looked tiny but looks even more tiny these days. And it has a huge bezel too. So I could easily replace it with a 55" or 60" without it dominating the room.

Anyway, apologies for off-topic.

edit: posted before I saw the post from Chris Stott

edit2: I just went and measured it, and corner-to-corner including bezel that 42" plasma is 50"

Edited by Clockwork Cupcake on Thursday 28th March 17:32

[bloomen]

Chris Stott said:

You need an OLED… far superior in every way to any plasma (or LCD)… including for SD (though why anyone still watches SD is beyond me).

Still quite a considerable amount of content that's SD only. A lot of stuff got as far as DVD and petered out.

It would be fun to learn how to upscale. I've seen some very impressive home made 4k.