Len Cnut Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 (edited) 5 minutes ago, DieselDaisy said: Super fly. I still say the soundtrack, an absolute masterpiece, is far superior than the actual film. I wonder if those street scenes influenced Scorsese's Taxi Driver? Jason and the Argonauts, one of my favourite films from my youth. Thirty minutes of The Exorcist 2, a film I had hitherto completely avoided. It is actually unwatchable (and I'll watch all sorts of shite), a bored sozzled Richard Burton investigating a bunch of pseudo-scientific mumbo jumbo experiments on Regan. In the words of Mark Kermode, I watched a bunch of those Marvel Universe superhero films. There is a lot that is good about them, and quite a bit that is bad. Firstly, I do not like CGI so I am automatically at a disadvantage with these things. Some of these however are enjoyable enough - Captain America, which had a nice 1940s pulp feel, and Thor being the best of the bunch. My main problem is that the Marvel franchise is basically treated like absolute comedy bordering on self parody. Even the bad guys, apparent dark big individuals wreaking havoc for global domination, deliver slick quips. It is the same humour in the Pixar and Shrek films: post-ironic, self-referencing, too aware of popular culture and contemporary society - and it is ubiquitous. Is nobody serious in these films? It is like a comedy world of superheroes delivering up one-liners. I used to read comics growing up (you might be surprised by that but I like pulp Americana of a certain vintage). Tony Stark had a very weighty story where he descended to alcoholism, and here it is, Terrific comic. How is this treated in the Disney films? With Iron Man dancing drunk on a stage in front of a bunch of floozies!! This could have been a weighty big story line, the descent of Iron Man into an abyss! They need a bit of darkness and gravitas. They are also very derivative, and do not linger long in one's memory. You rather forget them instantly. They are actually the perfect reflection of our age which demands instantaneous and highly familiar gratification. In their defense, they do it well: if all you want to watch is a bunch of CGI battles and one-liners, they probably do it better than anybody. I do not want to completely lambast them as they do get a lot correct, such as actor selection. They are well executed in a CGI manner. For superhero films however, give me Christopher Reeves in his tights any day. I heard Ironman the original comic only sold like in the tens of thousands. The Wu Tang did wonders for the braaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand with Ghostface Killah and his nickname Tony Starks and their using all kinds of elements for it in his music. And how exactly do you compare a soundtrack to a 90 minute film? . The films a masterpiece man. Edited October 15, 2016 by Len Cnut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 Just now, Len Cnut said: I heard Ironman the original comic only sold like in the tens of thousands. The Wu Tang did wonders for the braaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand with Ghostface Killah and his nickname Tony Starks and their using all kinds of elements for it in his music. And how exactly do you compare a soundtrack to a 90 minute film? . The films a masterpiece man. You do realise that hippies spearheaded the second comic book boom? The comic book superhero was dead, a Second World War thing, before Stan Lee at Marvel started creating flawed superheroes with analogies to contemporary liberal concerns like racism (The X Men) and war. Hippies in their college dormitories were reading Spiderman while listening to The Beatles and smoking weed. It struck a chord. Mayfield's soundtrack is a masterpiece. The film is a decent film elevated to something superior by its score. Ron O' Neal is a cool dude though. I like Super Fly, don't get me wrong, but I prefer the Pam Grier stuff and The Mack and one or two others in my list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len Cnut Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 15 minutes ago, DieselDaisy said: You do realise that hippies spearheaded the second comic book boom? The comic book superhero was dead, a Second World War thing, before Stan Lee at Marvel started creating flawed superheroes with analogies to contemporary liberal concerns like racism (The X Men) and war. Hippies in their college dormitories were reading Spiderman while listening to The Beatles and smoking weed. It struck a chord. Mayfield's soundtrack is a masterpiece. The film is a decent film elevated to something superior by its score. Ron O' Neal is a cool dude though. I like Super Fly, don't get me wrong, but I prefer the Pam Grier stuff and The Mack and one or two others in my list. Perhaps that explains why i aint big on comics Used to like The Beano and that, i could never afford comics as a kid. Superfly is absolute class, yeah its elevated by the soundtrack but its class nonetheless. The Macks soundtrack is pretty good too, Willie whatshisface. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 James Brown did three scores in a row, Black Caesar, Slaughter's Big Rip Off and Hell Up In Harlem, the latter rejected by the filmmakers and released as The Payback. Arguably his best album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len Cnut Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 47 minutes ago, DieselDaisy said: James Brown did three scores in a row, Black Caesar, Slaughter's Big Rip Off and Hell Up In Harlem, the latter rejected by the filmmakers and released as The Payback. Arguably his best album. Theres some brilliant songs in amongst all of those, Mommas Dead which is one off of one of the Black Ceaser films is absolute class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyTron Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 I'm watching Independence Day 2 and it is laughably bad. I got about five minutes in before pausing it to decide whether to even press ahead and watch the rest, that's how bad it is. I regret my decision to carry on watching, fully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxlsFavoriteRose Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 Ted 2. effing hilarious IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 10 hours ago, PappyTron said: I'm watching Independence Day 2 and it is laughably bad. I got about five minutes in before pausing it to decide whether to even press ahead and watch the rest, that's how bad it is. I regret my decision to carry on watching, fully. The first film was dreadful, except for the special effects of the ships landing (probably the last time in cinema they used actual model work). It was the beginning of the current era of excrement we put up with really - that and Armageddon. Who can forget that xenophobic montage of all of the disparate nations of the earth receiving news that ''the Americans have a plan''? The British: ''I say olde boy, how about a cup of tea and a cream bun?'' Sinister Russian officers in castle with lightening flashing over!! Then Bill Pullman - because we couldn't afford Michael Douglas - doing his patriotic speech. It makes me sick just thinking about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontdamnmeuyi2015 Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 I watched the rest of Season 1 of the tv series From Dusk til Dawn. It's a little different from the movie, but very cool. It's got a more supernatural element to it. Season 3 is now airing on the El Rey channel, so I have Season 2 to watch so I can understand how the characters got where they are now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyTron Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 7 hours ago, DieselDaisy said: The first film was dreadful, except for the special effects of the ships landing (probably the last time in cinema they used actual model work). It was the beginning of the current era of excrement we put up with really - that and Armageddon. Who can forget that xenophobic montage of all of the disparate nations of the earth receiving news that ''the Americans have a plan''? The British: ''I say olde boy, how about a cup of tea and a cream bun?'' Sinister Russian officers in castle with lightening flashing over!! Then Bill Pullman - because we couldn't afford Michael Douglas - doing his patriotic speech. It makes me sick just thinking about it. Pretty much how it was in the second film, just with worse acting and special effects. The film was just awful from start to finish, and every character was a stereotype. Laughably bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len Cnut Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 21 hours ago, DieselDaisy said: The first film was dreadful, except for the special effects of the ships landing (probably the last time in cinema they used actual model work). It was the beginning of the current era of excrement we put up with really - that and Armageddon. Who can forget that xenophobic montage of all of the disparate nations of the earth receiving news that ''the Americans have a plan''? The British: ''I say olde boy, how about a cup of tea and a cream bun?'' Sinister Russian officers in castle with lightening flashing over!! Then Bill Pullman - because we couldn't afford Michael Douglas - doing his patriotic speech. It makes me sick just thinking about it. A more accurate one would've had the American president coppin' a blowie on the oval office desk as the news came 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxlsFavoriteRose Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Warm Bodies. this is a '13 film but for anyone who has not seen it i recommend it highly. it's got zombies, it has a good level of gore, funny moments, touching moments. and it's loosely based on...well, not gonna spoil it cos part of the fun is figuring that out yourself 2nd time i've seen it and i will be buying this to add to my "must sees" for Halloween! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontdamnmeuyi2015 Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Black Friday The Psycopath 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxlsFavoriteRose Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 The Age of Adaline. this is the 2nd time i have watched this movie part way through and both times i came in at the same place. and it was on a free premium channel that was just for the weekend. i don't think it was good enough for me to try and track it down on Netflix and the ending kind of explained what i wanted to know in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiskey Rose Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 8 hours ago, AxlsFavoriteRose said: Warm Bodies. this is a '13 film but for anyone who has not seen it i recommend it highly. it's got zombies, it has a good level of gore, funny moments, touching moments. and it's loosely based on...well, not gonna spoil it cos part of the fun is figuring that out yourself 2nd time i've seen it and i will be buying this to add to my "must sees" for Halloween! This sounds interesting! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxlsFavoriteRose Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 43 minutes ago, Whiskey Rose said: This sounds interesting! it is good, if you see it i'd love to know what you think! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Bond Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 21 hours ago, AxlsFavoriteRose said: Warm Bodies. this is a '13 film but for anyone who has not seen it i recommend it highly. it's got zombies, it has a good level of gore, funny moments, touching moments. and it's loosely based on...well, not gonna spoil it cos part of the fun is figuring that out yourself 2nd time i've seen it and i will be buying this to add to my "must sees" for Halloween! I haven't seen it but I've heard good things. I never got into the zombie craze but then I absolutely loved Zombieland so what do I know. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxlsFavoriteRose Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 Zombieland rocked! Warm Bodies surprised me at how good it was. i'd never heard of it before i saw it so it was a nice surprise. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Dog Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 Zombieland is a new classic imo. I freakin love Woody Harrelson. AMC Fearfest 2016.... Amityville Horror (original). Old school horror feeling. Creepy and tense. Good start to Halloween. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Bond Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 I Confess First time seeing what is considered one of Hitchcock's darkest films. It's okay. He seemed to perfect the general storyline a couple years later with The Wrong Man. That's what it felt like to me, anyways. I know some critics are quite partial to this one but it was one of the very rare occurrences where I found a Hitchcock film to be predictable and therefore the tension was lessened. Brings up some interesting moral and ethical questions, but otherwise it fell kind of flat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyTron Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 I watched Sicario. What a boring waste of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiskey Rose Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 3 hours ago, PappyTron said: I watched Sicario. What a boring waste of time. Agreed. I honestly can't find a good movie these days 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiskey Rose Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 7 hours ago, James Bond said: I Confess First time seeing what is considered one of Hitchcock's darkest films. It's okay. He seemed to perfect the general storyline a couple years later with The Wrong Man. That's what it felt like to me, anyways. I know some critics are quite partial to this one but it was one of the very rare occurrences where I found a Hitchcock film to be predictable and therefore the tension was lessened. Brings up some interesting moral and ethical questions, but otherwise it fell kind of flat. I've never actually watched a Hitchcock film..even Psycho I've only seen bits and pieces of..do you have a recommendation for say, a top 2 that I should check out? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Bond Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 2 hours ago, Whiskey Rose said: I've never actually watched a Hitchcock film..even Psycho I've only seen bits and pieces of..do you have a recommendation for say, a top 2 that I should check out? Psycho is up there, but I'd personally recommend North By Northwest. You also can't go wrong with Rear Window or Dial M For Murder. Strangers On A Train too. Wait, that's more than two. But yeah, North By Northwest is probably the best starting point with the most appeal to a casual fan. It's my personal favorite and possibly my favourite film of all time. There's so much awesome though in his films. @DieselDaisy would probably give you a completely different list of equally great recommendations. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxlsFavoriteRose Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 2 hours ago, Whiskey Rose said: I've never actually watched a Hitchcock film..even Psycho I've only seen bits and pieces of..do you have a recommendation for say, a top 2 that I should check out? The Birds! definitely 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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