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Post by polly on Sept 13, 2020 5:44:06 GMT
The Thing - It's a long way from Halloween, but I've decided to start my Cinema Spooktacular a little early with an all-time favorite. This movie came out the same day as Blade Runner back in 1982, and just like that film, it's a gorgeous piece of work that failed at the box office. Contemporary reviews were vicious. Just goes to show the continuing importance of home video in giving movies their due and rediscovering overlooked classics. And classic it is. I honestly don't know if it's my favorite John Carpenter film or not - he was on such a roll through the 70s and 80s that it's impossible to choose. The bar was set so high. I love snowy, isolated settings, so there's a bonus point right off the bat. The special effects and gore are astounding, top-notch stuff even now. And most importantly, it remembers two key points for successful horror - suspense, and the unknown. You know there's a threat, but you don't know where it's going to come from. You learn the rules of the game, but never know too much about the Thing. The humans actually behave pretty intelligently, so it's a high-tension battle of wits.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2020 8:06:18 GMT
Jackie Chan's Project A, truly a outstanding masterclass of kung fu comedy featuring some truly jaw dropping stunts.
Jackie your Hong Kong movies are awesome but your stark raving bonkers, the outtakes man does he get bashed about no wonder he's broken every bone in his body.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2020 8:09:43 GMT
The Thing - It's a long way from Halloween, but I've decided to start my Cinema Spooktacular a little early with an all-time favorite. This movie came out the same day as Blade Runner back in 1982, and just like that film, it's a gorgeous piece of work that failed at the box office. Contemporary reviews were vicious. Just goes to show the continuing importance of home video in giving movies their due and rediscovering overlooked classics. And classic it is. I honestly don't know if it's my favorite John Carpenter film or not - he was on such a roll through the 70s and 80s that it's impossible to choose. The bar was set so high. I love snowy, isolated settings, so there's a bonus point right off the bat. The special effects and gore are astounding, top-notch stuff even now. And most importantly, it remembers two key points for successful horror - suspense, and the unknown. You know there's a threat, but you don't know where it's going to come from. You learn the rules of the game, but never know too much about the Thing. The humans actually behave pretty intelligently, so it's a high-tension battle of wits. One of my all time favourite films i wouldn't change one scene, what's your take on the ending? I think Childs is the thing, the bottle Macready gives him is poisoned which is why he don't drink it. I like how many fans have there own theories about that scene.
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Post by whiskeybrewer on Sept 13, 2020 11:02:54 GMT
I have watched a ton of films in the 2 months since i was last online lol Jonah Hex In Search of Darkness (Documentary) Hot Shots Part Deux F/X 2: The Deadly Art of Illusion Hellraiser Hellbound: Hellraiser 2 Hellraiser 3: Hell on Earth Snatched John Wick Rough Night Josie and the Pussycats Star Trek: First Contact Transformers: The Movie (1985) Blades of Glory Zootropolis Tron Lord of Illusion - Directors Cut Nightbreed - Theatrical Cut Event Horizon Armageddon - Extended Cut Highlander 2 - Special Edition Hot Fuzz Titan AE Total Recall (1990) Metallica - Some Kind of Monster The Incredible Burt Wonderstone Fighting With My Family Evil Ed - Special Edition Ghostbusters (1984) Zombieland The Simpsons Movie Role Models Bulletproof Transformers Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Evil Dead (2013) Slither Unhinged The first film i saw at the cinema since they reopened Bubba Ho-tep Over the Top Graveyard Shift Within the Rock Pulp Fiction Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny Akira Transformers: Dark of the Moon Severance The Last Starfighter Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey Licence to Kill Dawn of the Dead (2004) American Gangster - Extended Edition The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Leviathan Toy Soldiers Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Secret of the Ooze Tenet Really enjoyed it. Might have t see it again Commando Final Destination's 1-5 Blade Trinity The Goonies The Mist Species The New Mutants Just so Happy this was finally released. Really enjoyed it, though felt some bits were missing Face/Off Arabian Knight Miramax version of The Thief and the Cobbler Deepstar Six Virus
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Post by mark687 on Sept 13, 2020 12:54:36 GMT
Inspired by recent sub discussion GodFather 3 And you what? Recast Mary with say Meg Ryan, Michelle Pfeiffer, Demi More add a couple of scenes of Connie now she's made peace with her demons, realizing although he's illlegitimate a young Vincent, played by say Michael Imperioli, can/ should be Michael's successor if she takes him in hand And it would be a perfectly aceptable / good ending Regards mark687
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Post by Ela on Sept 13, 2020 17:17:17 GMT
I watched Ant-Man the other night. Amusing little movie.
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Post by Digi on Sept 13, 2020 18:04:24 GMT
I watched Ant-Man the other night. Amusing little movie. Haw haw, I see what you did there
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Post by polly on Sept 13, 2020 23:27:12 GMT
The Thing - It's a long way from Halloween, but I've decided to start my Cinema Spooktacular a little early with an all-time favorite. This movie came out the same day as Blade Runner back in 1982, and just like that film, it's a gorgeous piece of work that failed at the box office. Contemporary reviews were vicious. Just goes to show the continuing importance of home video in giving movies their due and rediscovering overlooked classics. And classic it is. I honestly don't know if it's my favorite John Carpenter film or not - he was on such a roll through the 70s and 80s that it's impossible to choose. The bar was set so high. I love snowy, isolated settings, so there's a bonus point right off the bat. The special effects and gore are astounding, top-notch stuff even now. And most importantly, it remembers two key points for successful horror - suspense, and the unknown. You know there's a threat, but you don't know where it's going to come from. You learn the rules of the game, but never know too much about the Thing. The humans actually behave pretty intelligently, so it's a high-tension battle of wits. One of my all time favourite films i wouldn't change one scene, what's your take on the ending? I think Childs is the thing, the bottle Macready gives him is poisoned which is why he don't drink it. I like how many fans have there own theories about that scene. Well, they can't both be Things, otherwise they'd have no need of being coy. My perspective is a bit colored by the video game sequel for Xbox where {Spoiler}Childs' dead body is found, and MacReady appears at the end to help you with the last boss. However, given how unlikely survival was, it's possible MacReady was a Thing and went into hibernation until the game's investigation team arrived.
Obviously a video game doesn't have much bearing on the film, but I'm inclined to think neither one of them is a Thing but out of paranoia and fear of what could happen if the Thing hits the mainland, they're not willing to chance it and trust each other.
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Post by timegirl on Sept 14, 2020 2:22:07 GMT
This past week I watched all the Karate kid movies before I started Cobra Kai. I rank them pretty much in order of sequence in terms of quality:
1. Karate kid: I liked it a lot! It’s iconic! The thing is with this movie as is the case with many iconic movies, is I felt like I already knew the whole movie before I even saw it from all the parodies (sitcoms, movies, cartoons)🤔 it still holds up though and Pat as Mr. Miyagi is brilliant! I love all the scenes of them training on the beach at sunset😊🌅 2. Karate kid 2: I can’t decide if I rank this tied with 1 or in the number 2 spot. I really enjoy this one because it didn’t just rehash the first movie. I love the Japanese setting! I like Daniel’s love interest the best in this one because he seemed to have the most interesting dynamic with her and they had some quiet compelling bonding scenes as well. The deepening of Mr. Miyagi’s past was interesting as well!
3. Karate kid 3 and Next Kate kid: I honestly can’t decide they are both ridiculous! Karate kid 3 has an extremely over the top villain that wouldn’t be out of place in a cartoon! Next Karate Kid has dancing, bowling monks and bullies that bungee jump down from the celling during Prom! 😁
I am glad I finally watched all of them even if they get a bit silly later on!
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Post by polly on Sept 14, 2020 4:59:06 GMT
This past week I watched all the Karate kid movies before I started Cobra Kai. I rank them pretty much in order of sequence in terms of quality: 1. Karate kid: I liked it a lot! It’s iconic! The thing is with this movie as is the case with many iconic movies, is I felt like I already knew the whole movie before I even saw it from all the parodies (sitcoms, movies, cartoons)🤔 it still holds up though and Pat as Mr. Miyagi is brilliant! I love all the scenes of them training on the beach at sunset😊🌅 2. Karate kid 2: I can’t decide if I rank this tied with 1 or in the number 2 spot. I really enjoy this one because it didn’t just rehash the first movie. I love the Japanese setting! I like Daniel’s love interest the best in this one because he seemed to have the most interesting dynamic with her and they had some quiet compelling bonding scenes as well. The deepening of Mr. Miyagi’s past was interesting as well! 3. Karate kid 3 and Next Kate kid: I honestly can’t decide they are both ridiculous! Karate kid 3 has an extremely over the top villain that wouldn’t be out of place in a cartoon! Next Karate Kid has dancing, bowling monks and bullies that bungee jump down from the celling during Prom! 😁 I am glad I finally watched all of them even if they get a bit silly later on! Yeah, 3 and Next don't hold a candle to the first two. I have a soft spot for 1 and 2 because they're some of the very few movies my mom and I got to bond over. I have heard good things about Cobra Kai. Q - The Winged Serpent - Cinema Spooktacular continues with this ridiculous monster movie in which Quetzacoatl terrorizes New York from atop its perch in the Chrysler Building. It's got cheesy claymation, a random mime cop, and David Carradine. It's got a protagonist who: 1. Is a recovering addict 2. Plays an annoying scat-jazz piano song of the actor's own composition 3. Is a small time crook 4. Beat his girlfriend in the past 5. Tries to swindle the city out of money in exchange for info on the monster 6. Takes no part whatsoever in defeating said monster My hero. I had a good time in that special B movie kind of way, where it's definitely not a good movie, but it's too damn fun to be bad. And it certainly gets points for originality - now I know exactly where Godzilla 98 ripped off its ending from. Not for everyone, but if you're like me and you find something cozy about cornball monster movies shot on cheap film stock, this might be a good time. I watched this via Joe Bob Briggs' new-ish show The Last Drive-In, which I only found out about recently. I used to love watching him on TNT's MonsterVision a long, long time ago. Very little has changed other than the name.
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Post by Ela on Sept 14, 2020 5:44:23 GMT
Just finished Captain America: Civil War. Seriously? That's how it ends? That plot's a bit all over the place.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2020 8:21:32 GMT
One of my all time favourite films i wouldn't change one scene, what's your take on the ending? I think Childs is the thing, the bottle Macready gives him is poisoned which is why he don't drink it. I like how many fans have there own theories about that scene. Well, they can't both be Things, otherwise they'd have no need of being coy. My perspective is a bit colored by the video game sequel for Xbox where {Spoiler}Childs' dead body is found, and MacReady appears at the end to help you with the last boss. However, given how unlikely survival was, it's possible MacReady was a Thing and went into hibernation until the game's investigation team arrived.
Obviously a video game doesn't have much bearing on the film, but I'm inclined to think neither one of them is a Thing but out of paranoia and fear of what could happen if the Thing hits the mainland, they're not willing to chance it and trust each other. Played that game on PS2 & absolutely loved it. I think it's one of those movies where each viewer has a different theory on the ending, not happy Blumhouse remaking it as you don't remake perfection.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2020 8:23:14 GMT
Wind Chill with the future Mrs Timelord Emily Blunt, decent ghostly tale just needed a bit more of the backstory fleshing out.
Although the CGI shots were shocking.
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Sept 14, 2020 8:26:34 GMT
Just finished Captain America: Civil War. Seriously? That's how it ends? That plot's a bit all over the place. LOLZ.. All the movies are linked together. They jammed Spidey in the movie in at the last minute when they got the go-ahead. Fun Fact, Rovert Downey Jnr and Marisa Tomei were engaged to be married many many moons ago..
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Sept 14, 2020 8:32:22 GMT
This past week I watched all the Karate kid movies before I started Cobra Kai. I rank them pretty much in order of sequence in terms of quality: 1. Karate kid: I liked it a lot! It’s iconic! The thing is with this movie as is the case with many iconic movies, is I felt like I already knew the whole movie before I even saw it from all the parodies (sitcoms, movies, cartoons)🤔 it still holds up though and Pat as Mr. Miyagi is brilliant! I love all the scenes of them training on the beach at sunset😊🌅 2. Karate kid 2: I can’t decide if I rank this tied with 1 or in the number 2 spot. I really enjoy this one because it didn’t just rehash the first movie. I love the Japanese setting! I like Daniel’s love interest the best in this one because he seemed to have the most interesting dynamic with her and they had some quiet compelling bonding scenes as well. The deepening of Mr. Miyagi’s past was interesting as well! 3. Karate kid 3 and Next Kate kid: I honestly can’t decide they are both ridiculous! Karate kid 3 has an extremely over the top villain that wouldn’t be out of place in a cartoon! Next Karate Kid has dancing, bowling monks and bullies that bungee jump down from the celling during Prom! 😁 I am glad I finally watched all of them even if they get a bit silly later on! I am that old that I can clearly remember seeing #1, #2 and #3 in the cinemas.. #1 was PACKED full of patrons. the end scene there was a riot of applause and hand clapping and foot stomping. We signed up for Tae Kwan Do very soon after
There's an awesome documentary about this movie, what's so funny is that there is only 1 Asian competitor in the end fight scenes- he was the only legit martial artist, he was already 1st/2nd dan as a teenager during the making of this movie. He is about 7th dan now, has a chain of schools. He also did a lot of the choreography with the Referee who was linked up with Chuck Norris in the 60/70's.
Great movie.. and Daniel was always the bully LOL!
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Post by Ela on Sept 14, 2020 14:25:03 GMT
Just finished Captain America: Civil War. Seriously? That's how it ends? That plot's a bit all over the place. LOLZ.. All the movies are linked together. They jammed Spidey in the movie in at the last minute when they got the go-ahead. Fun Fact, Rovert Downey Jnr and Marisa Tomei were engaged to be married many many moons ago..
You mean Spidey kid? . He was a riot.
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Post by Digi on Sept 14, 2020 15:17:29 GMT
Just finished Captain America: Civil War. Seriously? That's how it ends? That plot's a bit all over the place. Yup! The Russo brothers, directing Winter Soldier, Civil War, Infinity War, and Endgame, seem to have been specifically tasked with blowing up the status quo every time Civil War really is the setup point for where most of the subsequent movies launch. Civil War is in the spring, Black Panther is set a week after CW, Spider-Man Homecoming is set over the summer and early fall, Doctor Strange (seems) to start near the end of Civil War and span the next year. And then Thor Ragnarok, which stands alone from the Earth-based stuff, leads directly into Infinity War. (The upcoming Black Widow movie is supposed to be set in the aftermath of Civil War too) A lot of people look at Civil War as a kind of Avengers 2.5, to make up for the disappointment that was Age of Ultron. (And I am 110% Team Tony!)
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Post by polly on Sept 14, 2020 19:28:07 GMT
Played that game on PS2 & absolutely loved it. I think it's one of those movies where each viewer has a different theory on the ending, not happy Blumhouse remaking it as you don't remake perfection. I agree, but I also think that if (when) the remake sucks, it will be quickly forgotten along with such dreck as the Tom Cruise Mummy. So I'm at peace with it simply because it will never have the shelf life that Carpenter's version will. Did you see the 2011 prequel? I have heard mixed things.
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Post by grinch on Sept 14, 2020 20:06:02 GMT
Stage Fright (1997)
A short film done by Aardman in their early days. I believe back before they even did the likes of Rex the Runt.
It still holds up and is a nice little period piece about how the music hall/vaudeville fell out of favour with the public come the advent of the motion picture.
Remember first watching this as a bonus feature on The Curse of the Were Rabbit DVD and finding it deeply unsettling. Mainly because at that point I had only been familiar with their lighter contributions such as Wallace and Gromit.
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Post by Ela on Sept 14, 2020 20:29:27 GMT
Just finished Captain America: Civil War. Seriously? That's how it ends? That plot's a bit all over the place. Yup! The Russo brothers, directing Winter Soldier, Civil War, Infinity War, and Endgame, seem to have been specifically tasked with blowing up the status quo every time Civil War really is the setup point for where most of the subsequent movies launch. Civil War is in the spring, Black Panther is set a week after CW, Spider-Man Homecoming is set over the summer and early fall, Doctor Strange (seems) to start near the end of Civil War and span the next year. And then Thor Ragnarok, which stands alone from the Earth-based stuff, leads directly into Infinity War. (The upcoming Black Widow movie is supposed to be set in the aftermath of Civil War too) A lot of people look at Civil War as a kind of Avengers 2.5, to make up for the disappointment that was Age of Ultron. (And I am 110% Team Tony!) 110% Team Tony, huh? I dunno, I thought Captain America had some good reasons for his actions. And you have to admit, Tony is full of himself.
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