Volitions Advocate on 8/8/2009 at 16:37
Quote Posted by EvaUnit02
I'm sick of these old, senile directors who lost their talent years ago, coming back and revising their classics decades later.
You have to admit Ridley Scott did a good job on Alien DC. He recut the whole film, rather than just adding cut material. It features something like 17 minutes of new stuff but the whole cut is 1 minute shorter than Alien 1979.
I just watched Ratatoullie last night on blu ray, I'm planning on watching Total Recall tonight to settle a debate with a friend as to whether Arnie was sleeping the whole movie or not. He totally wasn't.
june gloom on 8/8/2009 at 18:54
Oh shit, I almost forgot. I watched Dirty Harry a few weekends ago. I remember it because it had this fake widescreen, so it had black bars on top and below the picture and it looked squished on my TV, which is a widescreen.
Thief13x on 8/8/2009 at 19:39
Ghost of Girlfriends past
The Ugly Truth
both were terrible FYI and neither were my choosing
Sulphur on 8/8/2009 at 21:05
Now and Then, Here and There. Which is technically a TV show, but enhhh, I ain't ever seen it on TV.
You guys weren't kidding when you said it was pretty fucked up, huh. I was pretty shocked at the themes going on, because the opening five minutes seemed to paint it as one of those generic happy go lucky, lost-in-a-strange-dimension cartoon shows.
Can I talk about a movie pilot for a TV show? I just saw the Caprica pilot. Interesting, but underdeveloped. I felt it needed more thought and subtlety, plus there's some amount of soap opera syndrome clogging up the works, which was a little disappointing.
Coming to the plot, the central conceit about making a clone of a personality made use of such a large leap of logic that it had me shaking my head. Also, the fact that the Taurons are basically Italians, all of whom wear suits like they just walked off the set of The Godfather does the writing no favours either.
I'll probably be with this one for the long haul anyway, because the idea of fucking around with and at the same time establishing the history behind BSG is a tantalising proposition.
thefonz on 8/8/2009 at 21:25
Ok I really need to catch this Here and There anime show; you guys are raving about it...
I'm working my way through the David Tennant Doctor Who episodes - they're pretty watchable.
Last night I saw the latest Harry Potter movie; coming from someone who has never read the books, or really paid much attention to the story or other movies; I found it enjoyable - if extremely dark and with very adult themes for what is in essence a kids movie...
Looking forward to catching Moon this week aswell.
quinch on 8/8/2009 at 23:43
I saw Bruno last night and have just finished Watchmen tonight. Both were pointless and boring. At least I won't have to watch them again. Roll on Mesrine.
Molock on 9/8/2009 at 11:53
''Gerry'' (2002) by Gus Van Sant with Casey Afflleck and Matt Damon :thumb:
You know, two guys drive to the desert for a small hike, they cant find back to their car and get lost, without water or any other vital equipment.
Yes, it ran in the movie last week! Theres a special cinema showing random movies from the last two decades.
EvaUnit02 on 9/8/2009 at 17:54
Quote Posted by dethtoll
Oh shit, I almost forgot. I watched
Dirty Harry a few weekends ago. I remember it because it had this fake widescreen, so it had black bars on top and below the picture and it looked squished on my TV, which is a widescreen.
It was shown that way to preserve the ~2:35-2:40 scope aspect ratio of the film. You might want to read your TV's manual to see if it has an alternative wide zoom mode, most do.
Off-topic: I personally can't stand watching 4:3 ratio material stretched to widescreen, I use pillarbox mode whenever possible. (ditto for legacy games) Luckily most HDTV's will automatically preserve original ratios of most materials (eg a non-anamorphic DVD) if you use a HD mode like 720p/1080i/1080p.
Quote Posted by thefonz
I'm working my way through the David Tennant Doctor Who episodes - they're pretty watchable.
This thread is about film, not TV shows.
thefonz on 9/8/2009 at 18:03
Uh, well its called "What have you watched lately?" - which by my count does not discriminate between film and tv.
However then; I like to think of the DOCTOR WHO series as one big film.
:grr:
EvaUnit02 on 9/8/2009 at 18:07
Have you seen "Blink" and the "Library of the Damned" 2-parter yet? Fantastic episodes those.