Films I watched this week (NO SPOILERS) (Vol 3)
Discussion
ajprice said:
DoubleTime said:
I actually quite enjoy spotting the bits that look dated/dodgy now r.e. sfx and cgi because back in the day it all looked amazing. From memory a stand out questionable "sfx" is the stuck on gun shot wounds on the T1000s chest when first encountering Arnie with his shotgun in the amusement centres hallway. 
Many foil pie cases have been stuck to people for fancy dress since then 
generationx said:
Agreed, the performance by all the actors was beautifully done. Seeing this at the cinema back then was simply a game changer, more so when you dig in and find what they did to bring it to the screen. Everyone wondered what Cameron could do after Aliens: this was the answer.
Only film I've ever seen at the cinema twice (on original release), pretty much faultless IMO. rider73 said:
when you look at other movies done at the same time and how they look now - ugh - more recent movies (the mummy, star wars prequels, LOTR to name a few) look real bad in some places now - T2 has stood up very very well.....
The bit where Robert Patrick's T forms out of the check-tile hospital floor to rise up behind the security guard is one of my favourite scences/effects in any movie - still think it looks great all these years later. The Terminator
(Nothing to do with above posts, my wife's choice having seen Terminator Genesis is on Amazon and deciding we'd better watch the rest first
)
Some of the special effects are a bit shonky but considering its 36 years old I can't believe how well it holds up today. Still a great film.
(Nothing to do with above posts, my wife's choice having seen Terminator Genesis is on Amazon and deciding we'd better watch the rest first
)Some of the special effects are a bit shonky but considering its 36 years old I can't believe how well it holds up today. Still a great film.
Edited by RizzoTheRat on Sunday 4th October 21:51
RizzoTheRat said:
The Terminator
(Nothing to do with above posts, my wife's choice having seen Terminator Genesis is on Amazon and deciding we'd better watch the rest first)
Some of the special effects are a bit shonky but considering its 36 years old I can't believe how well it holds up today. Still a great film.
What's Terminator Genesis? They only made two Terminator films... (Nothing to do with above posts, my wife's choice having seen Terminator Genesis is on Amazon and deciding we'd better watch the rest first
)Some of the special effects are a bit shonky but considering its 36 years old I can't believe how well it holds up today. Still a great film.
Edited by RizzoTheRat on Sunday 4th October 21:51
Watching Demolition Man on TCM which I've seen a million times before - got to the bit where they go to the the restaurant and instead of saying Taco Bell all dialogue is dubbed to Pizza Hut.
A genuine wtf moment, as I was 100% they went to Taco Bell.
They even put the Pizza Hut logo outside the restaurant, although they left the small Taco Bell logos on the doors.
It made me doubt myself for a second, had to look it up and indeed EU versions of the film were changed to Pizza Hut as Taco Bell wasn't around here at the time. This was the first time I've seen this version in all the times I've seen it across many different channels and sources.
A genuine wtf moment, as I was 100% they went to Taco Bell.
They even put the Pizza Hut logo outside the restaurant, although they left the small Taco Bell logos on the doors.
It made me doubt myself for a second, had to look it up and indeed EU versions of the film were changed to Pizza Hut as Taco Bell wasn't around here at the time. This was the first time I've seen this version in all the times I've seen it across many different channels and sources.
ben5575 said:
It's October so started getting in the Halloween spirit, also with a back to back double bill:
Tucker & Dale vs Evil
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1t8OZn_uhE
Seen this film so many times over the years and it never lets me down. Very popular with tweens (itchy and scratchy levels of comedy gore).
It's got to have a genre score of 9 wood chippers out of 10 nails to the head.
8/10
Thanks for the recommendation I really enjoyed this.Tucker & Dale vs Evil
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1t8OZn_uhE
Seen this film so many times over the years and it never lets me down. Very popular with tweens (itchy and scratchy levels of comedy gore).
It's got to have a genre score of 9 wood chippers out of 10 nails to the head.
8/10
The Philadelphia Experiment
Sci-fi based on the mythical "real" experiment of the same name allegedly held in the 1940s: A stealth technology experiment goes wrong in WW2 and two sailors fall through time to the far future of 1984 where many complications occur.
Co-starring a young post-1941 pre-Robocop Nancy Allen who suffers the quickest case of Stockholm Syndrome ever seen, but she was generally recognised for her good performance here.
The plot rattles along at a break-neck pace as a lot of story gets crammed in to 1:40, it felt more like a big-budget TV movie than a mediocre-budget theatre release (I know there was a later TV movie but this definitely wasn't it).
The effects are pretty poor by the standard of the day (think Return of the Jedi) and lean heavily on a lot of dodgy blue-screen and rotoscoped lightning, but they don't really hinder what is a quite entertaining time travel story.
Give it a go: 7/10
Sci-fi based on the mythical "real" experiment of the same name allegedly held in the 1940s: A stealth technology experiment goes wrong in WW2 and two sailors fall through time to the far future of 1984 where many complications occur.
Co-starring a young post-1941 pre-Robocop Nancy Allen who suffers the quickest case of Stockholm Syndrome ever seen, but she was generally recognised for her good performance here.
The plot rattles along at a break-neck pace as a lot of story gets crammed in to 1:40, it felt more like a big-budget TV movie than a mediocre-budget theatre release (I know there was a later TV movie but this definitely wasn't it).
The effects are pretty poor by the standard of the day (think Return of the Jedi) and lean heavily on a lot of dodgy blue-screen and rotoscoped lightning, but they don't really hinder what is a quite entertaining time travel story.
Give it a go: 7/10
mikebradford said:
ben5575 said:
It's October so started getting in the Halloween spirit, also with a back to back double bill:
Tucker & Dale vs Evil
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1t8OZn_uhE
Seen this film so many times over the years and it never lets me down. Very popular with tweens (itchy and scratchy levels of comedy gore).
It's got to have a genre score of 9 wood chippers out of 10 nails to the head.
8/10
Thanks for the recommendation I really enjoyed this.Tucker & Dale vs Evil
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1t8OZn_uhE
Seen this film so many times over the years and it never lets me down. Very popular with tweens (itchy and scratchy levels of comedy gore).
It's got to have a genre score of 9 wood chippers out of 10 nails to the head.
8/10
Seven Pounds - 2008
Just watched this on Sky, it's probably been mentioned on here at some point.
However it's my first time watching this drama.
Will Smith is an IRS tax collector who seems to be going around writing off people in less fortunate circumstances tax bills/helping them out after watching them for a while and deciding whether they actually deserve his help.
He experiences occasional flashbacks to a trauma that occured previously that seems to have shaped his unusual behaviour.
The film is a bit slow and a bit confusing to begin with but I think this is done on purpose, until you realise what is really happening in this film and why.
Great acting and emotion from all the cast especially Will and his love interest Rosario Dawson who have great chemistry on screen, along with Woody Harrelson in a supporting role.
This is a great drama to watch with the Mrs and it's a bit of a tearjerker at times but it pays off if you stick with it to the end.
8 out if 10.
Just watched this on Sky, it's probably been mentioned on here at some point.
However it's my first time watching this drama.
Will Smith is an IRS tax collector who seems to be going around writing off people in less fortunate circumstances tax bills/helping them out after watching them for a while and deciding whether they actually deserve his help.
He experiences occasional flashbacks to a trauma that occured previously that seems to have shaped his unusual behaviour.
The film is a bit slow and a bit confusing to begin with but I think this is done on purpose, until you realise what is really happening in this film and why.
Great acting and emotion from all the cast especially Will and his love interest Rosario Dawson who have great chemistry on screen, along with Woody Harrelson in a supporting role.
This is a great drama to watch with the Mrs and it's a bit of a tearjerker at times but it pays off if you stick with it to the end.
8 out if 10.
s all goodAfter The Terminator a the weekend, we watched Terminator 2 last night.
I know it got discussed a few posts back but what a great film still. Amazing how much special effects had moved on in 7 years too. To my mind T2 and Aliens are at the top of a very short list of film sequels as good or better than the original, but they they take such different approaches, Aliens is a big action movie after a dark and claustrophobic original, while T2 is almost a remake, with loads of the same lines, the whole tanker truck chase scene, etc, but Sarah Connor is such a different character. Brilliant film.
I know it got discussed a few posts back but what a great film still. Amazing how much special effects had moved on in 7 years too. To my mind T2 and Aliens are at the top of a very short list of film sequels as good or better than the original, but they they take such different approaches, Aliens is a big action movie after a dark and claustrophobic original, while T2 is almost a remake, with loads of the same lines, the whole tanker truck chase scene, etc, but Sarah Connor is such a different character. Brilliant film.
Edited by RizzoTheRat on Wednesday 7th October 13:52
RizzoTheRat said:
After The Terminator a the weekend, we watched [b]Terminator 2[b] last night.
I know it got discussed a few posts back but what a great film still. Amazing how much special effects had moved on in 7 years too. To my mind T2 and Aliens are at the top of a very short list of film sequels as good or better than the original, but they they take such different approaches, Aliens is a big action movie after a dark and claustrophobic original, while T2 is almost a remake, with loads of the same lines, the whole tanker truck chase scene, etc, but Sarah Connor is such a different character. Brilliant film.
Two of my favourite films - I cannot fault them in any way!I know it got discussed a few posts back but what a great film still. Amazing how much special effects had moved on in 7 years too. To my mind T2 and Aliens are at the top of a very short list of film sequels as good or better than the original, but they they take such different approaches, Aliens is a big action movie after a dark and claustrophobic original, while T2 is almost a remake, with loads of the same lines, the whole tanker truck chase scene, etc, but Sarah Connor is such a different character. Brilliant film.
One Flew over The Cuckoo's Nest.
I wanted to watch this first before starting Ratched on Netflix. The 18 cert on the box is probably for language, there's some blood, but it's the 1970s bright red blood. I liked it, I hadn't seen it before and all I really knew of it was Jack Nicholson being in a mental institution. The cast is great, Christopher Lloyd, Danny Devito, Brad Dourif...
Thumbs up
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Also, Music Magpie is deadly for cheap DVDs, I got this and Little Shop Of Horrors in a 2 for £5 offer, and now I've ordered a couple of B movies in a 2 for £3 offer (Iron Sky and Mega Python Vs Gatoroid )
I wanted to watch this first before starting Ratched on Netflix. The 18 cert on the box is probably for language, there's some blood, but it's the 1970s bright red blood. I liked it, I hadn't seen it before and all I really knew of it was Jack Nicholson being in a mental institution. The cast is great, Christopher Lloyd, Danny Devito, Brad Dourif...
Thumbs up
.Also, Music Magpie is deadly for cheap DVDs, I got this and Little Shop Of Horrors in a 2 for £5 offer, and now I've ordered a couple of B movies in a 2 for £3 offer (Iron Sky and Mega Python Vs Gatoroid
)ajprice said:
Also, Music Magpie is deadly for cheap DVDs, I got this and Little Shop Of Horrors in a 2 for £5 offer, and now I've ordered a couple of B movies in a 2 for £3 offer (Iron Sky and Mega Python Vs Gatoroid )
Charity shops are even better - you can often pick up DVDs for as little as 50p each, and sometimes even less if they have a bulk deal on. )RizzoTheRat said:
After The Terminator a the weekend, we watched Terminator 2 last night.
I know it got discussed a few posts back but what a great film still. Amazing how much special effects had moved on in 7 years too. To my mind T2 and Aliens are at the top of a very short list of film sequels as good or better than the original, but they they take such different approaches, Aliens is a big action movie after a dark and claustrophobic original, while T2 is almost a remake, with loads of the same lines, the whole tanker truck chase scene, etc, but Sarah Connor is such a different character. Brilliant film.
Good comparisons there rizzo. Can’t fault them. All four movies are brilliant in their own right. I know it got discussed a few posts back but what a great film still. Amazing how much special effects had moved on in 7 years too. To my mind T2 and Aliens are at the top of a very short list of film sequels as good or better than the original, but they they take such different approaches, Aliens is a big action movie after a dark and claustrophobic original, while T2 is almost a remake, with loads of the same lines, the whole tanker truck chase scene, etc, but Sarah Connor is such a different character. Brilliant film.
Edited by RizzoTheRat on Wednesday 7th October 13:52
Which reminds me, need to have an Aliens binge soon enough.
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