gunsmoke on 1/3/2009 at 03:15
Quote Posted by Kolya
Top Gun is hardly a classic.
In your world, maybe...
jtr7 on 1/3/2009 at 03:35
Does it take your breath away?
Kolya on 1/3/2009 at 04:54
I consider it more of a filmic danger zone.
Scots Taffer on 1/3/2009 at 11:16
I used to consider Top Gun a guilty pleasure of Rocky IV proportions but since revisiting it a few years ago I've revised its status to just one of "fucking awesome at what it wants to achieve".
Kolya on 1/3/2009 at 11:59
Heh. Maybe I'd have to watch it again. It's been a while...
* gazes back through time for an endless second
But I didn't like it back then, so I probably won't. I like enough 80s movies to feel old.
Muzman on 1/3/2009 at 21:25
I should check it out again at some point. Geez I can even remember finding the Russian flight suits hilarious <i>at the time</i>; they may as well have had Evil Empire in red on the front. Older aero-nerds also pointed out that the Tomcat is/was about the most useless plane in the navy and if you end up in a dogfight in one you're doing it wrong (not to mention it would get completely pwened by just about anything with MiG in the name. Not that they were MiGs of any sort anyway). So between that and Afterburner machines the whole thing was something of a great publicity exercise for a pretty big waste of money.
Dunno if it's true meself but I've heard it said.
Thirith on 1/3/2009 at 21:37
What's the latest on region-free Blu-ray players? I definitely want to upgrade, but I wouldn't want one that only plays European Blu-ray disks, especially with Criterion doing their thing for the new format as well.
demagogue on 1/3/2009 at 23:06
A touch off-topic, but on the topic of video-media, since I got my iPod Touch, I've decided to concentrate on getting movies for it (I already had another MP3 player for music, and for things like long train rides, hotels and waiting rooms, I'd rather have the movies anyway). The security features rub me the wrong way -- I don't like that feeling I never unequivocally "own" a movie I buy, but since they're pretty much just for my iPod it's tolerable.
But it does bring up the classic problem (because of the memory limit), "if you had to pick just 5 movies to have on a deserted island...".
They aren't necessarily what I think are the "best" movies, but ones I know I can watch over and over and still find it fun, even though I know every nuance in every twist by heart. Also, you'd want a good mix, a movie for different moods or situations you might be in ... reflective vs action, thrills vs moody atmosphere, movies I want to watch by myself vs with other people (and then friends vs gf).
So far I've picked
- Hunt for Red October (I never seem to tire of its techy intrigue)
- Casablanca (perfectly captures the cosmopolitan spirit I try to have, and I wanted at least one "classic")
- Princess Bride (I did Ren-Fest theatre in college and this was sort of a staple reference point for us, comedy-wise.)
- I wanted Raiders of the Lost Ark ... but laughably it's not part of the iTunes library to buy. Are they insane!? Hopefully I can find it somewhere else and get it iPod compatible. Star Wars or the Matrix could go here.
- For the last one, I'm thinking a slow, atmospheric moody, cultish movie, possibly SciFi. I'm debating among 2001, Dune, Blade Runner, Alien, and Solaris. I think I should watch them all again in succession to compare.
I'm curious what 5 movies other people would pick, or what they think about my picks, but I don't want to derail the thread, and I'm not sure that sort of question has enough steam for its own thread. It's just as interesting to read to what movies people want to get on BluRay, since it's a concrete question and not just hypothetical.
Angel Dust on 2/3/2009 at 02:15
For me:
The Terminator
2001
The Iron Giant
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Seven Samurai
I would be greatly missing many other films but those are ones I can, and have, watched again and again. I must say I'm right behind your 'Hunt for the Red October' recommendation. It's a very solid and entertaining film and whenever it's on TV I always end of finding myself watching it.
Quote Posted by Thirith
What's the latest on region-free Blu-ray players? I definitely want to upgrade, but I wouldn't want one that only plays European Blu-ray disks, especially with Criterion doing their thing for the new format as well.
I would also like to know what's up with this. Also Thirith what films from the Criterion collection are making there way onto blue-ray, I would kill for some HD Herzog/Kurosawa or Fellini.
Scots Taffer on 2/3/2009 at 02:34
I wouldn't want anything too romantic or morose, too deep or soulsearchy, I'm on a fucking desert island on my own for fucks sake - I just want pure entertainment.
* Jaws
* Raiders of the Lost Ark
* Die Hard
* Airplane!
* The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad
I'd maybe swap one of those out for a good compendium of amateur porn right enough. I'm just saying...
