The Movie Thread - Page 145

STEED · 10-11-17, 11:19 AM

^I don't know how the movie is rated in your country but over here it has been given a Cert 15 meaning you must be 15 years and above this would suggest nude scenes, mild sex scenes and mild violence. I know its more of a plodding film than a action film, we all know movie trailers use the eye grabbing scenes.

Thanks for your review.

Dowly · 10-11-17, 11:34 AM

I believe the US R is Cert 17, but in most other countries that translates to Cert 15.

Rhodes · 10-11-17, 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Rhodes

They are attributing to that, plus the R rated (I even didn't know that, here it's 16+.

It's for above sixteen years old. But yes, the movie has nude scenes and some violence.
I thought the R was like +18 (above eighteen years old) here that corresponds to adults. But normally this last category was always reverse for erotic/porn/extreme violent movies - war,gore,horror/terror, etc.

Skybird · 10-11-17, 06:02 PM

I liked this old adventure by Westwood, Blade Runner. I always considered it to be a brilliant idea to have its plot running parallel and simultaneously to that of the movie, but another Blade Runner and another case, that way one could touch on and even cross the path of Rick deckard'S story and benefit from its settings, without needing to play a game where the story is known from all beginning on (when you would have been needed to simply replay the movie). They also caught the mood and atmosphere of the movie perfectly, right down to the musical score. Superb game.

Dowly · 10-25-17, 12:42 PM

Trailer for the "The Disaster Artist" about the making of "The Room".

Brilliant!

STEED · 10-25-17, 02:30 PM

Watched PATTON yesterday on Film4, love the bit hes in a meeting moaning about air cover and then a couple of ME-110's shoot up the place and old Patton takes them on with his pistol.

George C Scott at his finesse.

Rhodes · 10-30-17, 01:19 PM

Thor: Ragnarok - great action super-hero fun film with a 80's vibe and a great soundtrack! Very well made and that Led Zeppelin song...

eddie · 10-30-17, 11:03 PM

Spartacus, Gods of the Arena, juuuuust a little nudity and sex scenes,lol Pretty gory in between the rest of the stuff!

Jimbuna · 10-31-17, 02:08 PM

Eisenwurst · 11-01-17, 06:27 PM

A fun film from the mid 60s. Great scenery!!!!!, Memorable characters especially the Strongman and the Magician.

Heaps of action, and doesn't take itself too seriously.

Skybird · 11-08-17, 07:01 PM

I saw Blade Runner 2049 today.

Good news first: the movie does not damage, cripple, violate the heritage of the first Blade Runner. Great relief! After the very disappointing Prometheus and the mediocre Covenant Alien movies, another blow delivered to a classical great movie was my biggest fear.

The movie is a slow movie, and it is long, and I liked the weight of that. The timeline gets developed logically, the future adapts to the fundaments set by the first movie naturally, you see a believable change in visual styles and looks of the city, indeed there are 34 years that have passed, the place looks differently, but not too differently, and it easily reveals were it was coming from. Back then the world was broke. Now it is even more so, hopelessly. The visual style has changed like from computer toys of the late 80s to sterile Apple design of today. Elegant, but cold. Back then it as dirty, but more playful, colourful.

Pale colours, not so colourful like the first movie. Goslin does a solid, but not more, performance, the old Harrison Ford however - boy, that is old rocks and granite turning to life, an overwhelming screen presence of this collection of years, bitter eyes and grim wrinkles! Only rarely Ford has delivered such a convincing, intense performance. Does little with gesture - he must not, he let his grim, bitter eyes do the job, and what a job that is! Excellent acting. Very economic, minimalistic, not one move too much. Damn, that is an old angry dog, you see it!

The story also is logically unfolding, and picks things up in the first movie, carrying them further into the future in a convincing, believable way. The philosophical implications of the changes to the world, and its sociology, are bitter: hell has taken over and calls itself heaven, that all-powerful it now is, and a later victory of those assumed to be if not the good so at least hopefully the better - or shall I say: more human - ones, is not at all a certainty in the future beyond the the movie's end. This grim ending is one that does justice to the general scepticsm in Philip Dick'S works, and it is consistent with the general tone and mood set by both Blade Runner movies.

The new Tyrell is a bad boy like you see them rarely. Its as if Satan himself has climbed up to Earth to claim the throne of light, calling his demons angels and unleashing the legions to consume themselves. He reminded me of de Niro as Louis Cypher in Angel Heart, and I liked the evil wickedness around him, last time I enjoyed such a bad boy was Donald Sutherland in the now famous - and great! - Hunger Games-movies.

The music and accoustic background is a mix of Vangelis-style, original samples from the first movie, and new somewhat cacophonic noise like in Koyanisquatsi.

However:

Taken for itself, this is a very impressive and rocksolid, a really good movie. I unconditionally admit that.

But it does not connect to me the way and as intensely, as the first one did. The first has something emotional in it that deeply touched me inside, and still does until today. It impacted in my life and influenced me for many, many years. I must have seen it 30, 40 times, I know it inside out, every scene, every shot, every line of text, every detail. It has a certain, in a way playful, charme. The characters, Deckard and Rachel, but also Batty and the other replicants, had something that lets the new characters pale in emotional colours. The old movie was touching. The new one is impressive, but not touching, the characters leave you somewhat cold. You never forget that you are a watcher, a visitor, the movie does not suck you into its story and world. There is a special, a very fragile, a very delicate ingredient missing in the new movie, that the old one had. Ford steals the show from Goslin. Goslin is solid in how he acts, but he is quite limited in his capabilities. Nothing to really attack him for, but then: also nothing to really applaude him for. He acts minimalistically, like Ford. But Ford has something that Goslin has not: a brute forced overload of intense presence. Goslin only has his unmoving face.

Thats why I think while this is a very good movie for sure, it cannot keep up with the first one. It also will not reach its highly influential classical, legendary status and reputation, I think.

And you know what? I think that is good so.

Very good movie. I absolutely recommend it. Well done, Villeneuve.

P.S.

The character that connected most to me - was this extraordinarily ugly dog.

And by that I mean the real dog there was, not Ford.

The holo-lover and K's relation to it, is a clever, though biting, bitter twist. Very good idea to have this included.

Rhodes · 11-09-17, 06:13 AM

So you like it, hei?

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Originally Posted by Skybird

The character that connected most to me - was this extraordinarily ugly dog.

And by that I mean the real dog there was, not Ford.

Yes and we never know what happened to him.

Skybird · 11-09-17, 10:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Rhodes

So you like it, hei?

Yes and we never know what happened to him.

Öh... äh... hell, yes!

That were two hours fourty well spent. Some say the movie is too long for its story. I disagree, it perfectly matches.

Rhodes · 11-09-17, 05:54 PM

^Indeed. But I do not mind if a film is long if I am liking it. And I have seen Manoel de Oliveira movies...

Now, he is doing Dune, so... I want 201.../202... already!

STEED · 11-09-17, 07:08 PM

I was watching ALIEN 2003 Directors cut on my wide screen TV over the weekend and it was great. Must watch ALIENS Special Edition this weekend.

10-11-17, 11:19 AM	#2161
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	^I don't know how the movie is rated in your country but over here it has been given a Cert 15 meaning you must be 15 years and above this would suggest nude scenes, mild sex scenes and mild violence. I know its more of a plodding film than a action film, we all know movie trailers use the eye grabbing scenes. Thanks for your review. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT! Last edited by STEED; 10-11-17 at 11:33 AM.

10-11-17, 06:02 PM	#2164
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 40,457 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	I liked this old adventure by Westwood, Blade Runner. I always considered it to be a brilliant idea to have its plot running parallel and simultaneously to that of the movie, but another Blade Runner and another case, that way one could touch on and even cross the path of Rick deckard'S story and benefit from its settings, without needing to play a game where the story is known from all beginning on (when you would have been needed to simply replay the movie). They also caught the mood and atmosphere of the movie perfectly, right down to the musical score. Superb game. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

10-25-17, 02:30 PM	#2166
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	Watched PATTON yesterday on Film4, love the bit hes in a meeting moaning about air cover and then a couple of ME-110's shoot up the place and old Patton takes them on with his pistol. George C Scott at his finesse. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

10-30-17, 01:19 PM	#2167
Rhodes Silent Hunter Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Figueira da Foz, Portugal Posts: 4,486 Downloads: 109 Uploads: 0	Thor: Ragnarok - great action super-hero fun film with a 80's vibe and a great soundtrack! Very well made and that Led Zeppelin song... __________________ http://www.flickr.com/photos/16416646@N05/

10-30-17, 11:03 PM	#2168
eddie Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,023 Downloads: 99 Uploads: 0	Spartacus, Gods of the Arena, juuuuust a little nudity and sex scenes,lol Pretty gory in between the rest of the stuff! __________________ Don't mistake my kindness for weakness. I'm kind to everyone, but when someone is unkind to me, weak is not what you are going to remember about me. Al Capone

10-11-17, 11:34 AM	#2162
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,004 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	I believe the US R is Cert 17, but in most other countries that translates to Cert 15.

10-25-17, 12:42 PM	#2165
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,004 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Trailer for the "The Disaster Artist" about the making of "The Room". Brilliant!

10-31-17, 02:08 PM	#2169
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11-01-17, 06:27 PM	#2170
Eisenwurst Silent Hunter Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 3,585 Downloads: 58 Uploads: 0	"Viva Maria". A fun film from the mid 60s. Great scenery!!!!!, Memorable characters especially the Strongman and the Magician. Heaps of action, and doesn't take itself too seriously. __________________

11-08-17, 07:01 PM	#2171
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 40,457 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	I saw Blade Runner 2049 today. Good news first: the movie does not damage, cripple, violate the heritage of the first Blade Runner. Great relief! After the very disappointing Prometheus and the mediocre Covenant Alien movies, another blow delivered to a classical great movie was my biggest fear. The movie is a slow movie, and it is long, and I liked the weight of that. The timeline gets developed logically, the future adapts to the fundaments set by the first movie naturally, you see a believable change in visual styles and looks of the city, indeed there are 34 years that have passed, the place looks differently, but not too differently, and it easily reveals were it was coming from. Back then the world was broke. Now it is even more so, hopelessly. The visual style has changed like from computer toys of the late 80s to sterile Apple design of today. Elegant, but cold. Back then it as dirty, but more playful, colourful. Pale colours, not so colourful like the first movie. Goslin does a solid, but not more, performance, the old Harrison Ford however - boy, that is old rocks and granite turning to life, an overwhelming screen presence of this collection of years, bitter eyes and grim wrinkles! Only rarely Ford has delivered such a convincing, intense performance. Does little with gesture - he must not, he let his grim, bitter eyes do the job, and what a job that is! Excellent acting. Very economic, minimalistic, not one move too much. Damn, that is an old angry dog, you see it! The story also is logically unfolding, and picks things up in the first movie, carrying them further into the future in a convincing, believable way. The philosophical implications of the changes to the world, and its sociology, are bitter: hell has taken over and calls itself heaven, that all-powerful it now is, and a later victory of those assumed to be if not the good so at least hopefully the better - or shall I say: more human - ones, is not at all a certainty in the future beyond the the movie's end. This grim ending is one that does justice to the general scepticsm in Philip Dick'S works, and it is consistent with the general tone and mood set by both Blade Runner movies. The new Tyrell is a bad boy like you see them rarely. Its as if Satan himself has climbed up to Earth to claim the throne of light, calling his demons angels and unleashing the legions to consume themselves. He reminded me of de Niro as Louis Cypher in Angel Heart, and I liked the evil wickedness around him, last time I enjoyed such a bad boy was Donald Sutherland in the now famous - and great! - Hunger Games-movies. The music and accoustic background is a mix of Vangelis-style, original samples from the first movie, and new somewhat cacophonic noise like in Koyanisquatsi. However: Taken for itself, this is a very impressive and rocksolid, a really good movie. I unconditionally admit that. But it does not connect to me the way and as intensely, as the first one did. The first has something emotional in it that deeply touched me inside, and still does until today. It impacted in my life and influenced me for many, many years. I must have seen it 30, 40 times, I know it inside out, every scene, every shot, every line of text, every detail. It has a certain, in a way playful, charme. The characters, Deckard and Rachel, but also Batty and the other replicants, had something that lets the new characters pale in emotional colours. The old movie was touching. The new one is impressive, but not touching, the characters leave you somewhat cold. You never forget that you are a watcher, a visitor, the movie does not suck you into its story and world. There is a special, a very fragile, a very delicate ingredient missing in the new movie, that the old one had. Ford steals the show from Goslin. Goslin is solid in how he acts, but he is quite limited in his capabilities. Nothing to really attack him for, but then: also nothing to really applaude him for. He acts minimalistically, like Ford. But Ford has something that Goslin has not: a brute forced overload of intense presence. Goslin only has his unmoving face. Thats why I think while this is a very good movie for sure, it cannot keep up with the first one. It also will not reach its highly influential classical, legendary status and reputation, I think. And you know what? I think that is good so. Very good movie. I absolutely recommend it. Well done, Villeneuve. P.S. The character that connected most to me - was this extraordinarily ugly dog. And by that I mean the real dog there was, not Ford. The holo-lover and K's relation to it, is a clever, though biting, bitter twist. Very good idea to have this included. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert. Last edited by Skybird; 11-08-17 at 07:25 PM.

11-09-17, 05:54 PM	#2174
Rhodes Silent Hunter Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Figueira da Foz, Portugal Posts: 4,486 Downloads: 109 Uploads: 0	^Indeed. But I do not mind if a film is long if I am liking it. And I have seen Manoel de Oliveira movies... Now, he is doing Dune, so... I want 201.../202... already! __________________ http://www.flickr.com/photos/16416646@N05/

11-09-17, 07:08 PM	#2175
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	I was watching ALIEN 2003 Directors cut on my wide screen TV over the weekend and it was great. Must watch ALIENS Special Edition this weekend. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!