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#11121 User is offline   TheRetiredBridgeburner 

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Posted 29 April 2020 - 08:11 AM

We watched DARKEST HOUR at the weekend. Gary Oldman is superb at the head of a cast who are all pulling their weight brilliantly (Stephen Dillane, i.e. Stannis Baratheon, has a great turn as Lord Halifax - phenomenally underrated actor). Tense, bleak in places and very moving.
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Posted 29 April 2020 - 06:14 PM

I enjoyed Darkest Hour. Thought Gary Oldman did an excellent job. Maybe a little too much creative license when he spoke the famous Churchill lines, but he was top notch in form and deserved the Academy Award.

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Posted 01 May 2020 - 04:06 PM

Rented TROLLS WORLD TOUR for the kiddos (first run theatre flicks are $20 rentals on digital), and it was as good as the first one was. Really entertaining!

It's funny that the success of this movie might be the one that is the death knell of the theatre/multiplex industry...since it apparently made more in the first three weeks of digital $20 downloads than the first film (which was a theatrical success at the time) made in its entire 5 month theatrical run. That's kinda staggering, and shows you that (pandemic inflation of the numbers aside) people ARE willing to pay for first run movies at home with the same money (or slightly more depending on the ticket you normally would have bought) they'd have spent at the theatre. I certainly would. no more talker, testers, or whatever else? Yes please.

The industry will change after this...but no one knows for sure how much till it happens. But like every other traditional format industry being forced into digital, multiplexes won't go quietly...but I'm not sure what they can offer when I can say home and have better sound and visuals (minus the size of the screen). They literally had to do "shaky" seats to try to glom onto people...if studios start a war and send things to digital instead, multiplexes are done.
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Posted 01 May 2020 - 07:16 PM

hell if I had a mega 60" TV with sound system at home I'd happily pay $20 for a movie at home. have a movie night with mates round for fucksake, bargain!
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Posted 06 May 2020 - 07:50 PM

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Posted 08 May 2020 - 05:13 PM

Watched Lost in Translation last night, for the first time since I saw it at the cinema.

I loved it all over again. Sofia Coppola really did that perfectly.
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Posted 08 May 2020 - 07:39 PM

View PostTraveller, on 08 May 2020 - 05:13 PM, said:

Watched Lost in Translation last night, for the first time since I saw it at the cinema.

I loved it all over again. Sofia Coppola really did that perfectly.


Her other movies are hit or miss depending on ones taste, but LOST IN TRANSLATION is perfect, and a lot of that has to do with the cast and crew she assembled. Scarlett and Bill are note perfect. Lance Acord's style of guerrilla cinematography fits SO well with a narrative in modern day Japan. Sarah Flack on editing (she often works with Soderbergh) did a stunning job. Soundtrack is Kevin Shields, not a traditional composer or score, but a songwriter so it feels completely organic to the mood (no soaring highs, no super low lows like a traditional film score). Since she wrote it and produced it she had a freedom you don't often see in the film industry. The behind the scenes stuff for this flick is so worth watching to see just how grassroots a lot of the film was with various things happening on the fly and pushed into the film through necessity : The walk across Shibuya square scene nearly didn't happen because they failed to secure a permit to do it from the Tokyo authorities...so Lance walked across with his camera slung low by his hip and shot it handheld. This is why that scene is filmed in that fashion....but now you'd look at it and think it was expertly planned that way because it just works. The restaurant that Scarlett and Bill eat in in Daykinyama (the one they have their bad meeting in) kicked them out becuase it was disrupting business, so she recut the scene...and the abruptness of that actually FITS the narrative of the scene. The hospital waiting room scene is another one...the non-verbal-convo with the older woman is entirely ad-libbed by Bill. I THINK there was dialogue written for him, but the hand gestures got a bigger reaction from the crew, so they kept it.

TL;DR: LOST IN TRANSLATION is one of those lightning in a bottle flicks. Timeless.
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Posted 09 May 2020 - 02:52 AM

Love that movie. Still crack-up at nearly every Murray line.
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Posted 11 May 2020 - 06:54 AM

Watched The Mask for the first time in years past night.

Still a very funny movie, Carey is a master of physical as well as vocal comedy.

I guess I was fairly young when I first watched it, I never really twigged how bizarre it was in places and didn't appreciate the wall breaks, like the faux Oscar presentation when the goons suddenly get shy as if they are on stage etc.
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Posted 11 May 2020 - 11:31 AM

The newest version of EMMA released early digitally due to Covid...so I nabbed it. As a fan of Austen adaptations I was not disappointed, this one was fantastic. Great acting by all those involved, including the leads Anya Taylor-Joy, and Johnny Flynn, and Bill Nighy turns in an especially funny performance as Mr. Woodhouse. Great score. Absolutely stunning cinematography and direction. And all that for a debut film from a portraiture artist (Autumn De Wilde). If you like this story, then this one is no slouch. I daresay it's the best adaptation I've seen.

Trailer for those interested.


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Posted 12 May 2020 - 08:32 AM

We've been watching either things we're nostalgic about (Babe, all of Wallace and Gromit) or just light feelgood things recently. We watched Stardust on Sunday night, which is one of my all-time favourite films. Just makes me smile every time :)
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Posted 15 May 2020 - 06:59 PM

New David Spade movie on Netflix with Lauren Lapkis THE WRONG MISSY, is actually really funny and enjoyable.
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Posted 15 May 2020 - 11:52 PM

i ilike daivid spade.

this is ood
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Posted 16 May 2020 - 02:24 AM

View PostMacros, on 15 May 2020 - 11:52 PM, said:

i ilike daivid spade.

this is ood


You either need a bigger keypad for those massive mitts or a significant lowering of your alcohol intake.

I'm betting on the former being more likely to happen. ;)

Watched Birds of Prey: Harley Quinn last night. Good silly fun. Margot Robbie is excellent of course. Whatsherface as Huntress was mostly wasted, but that may be because the character seems to be deliberately underplayed.

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Posted 16 May 2020 - 04:44 AM

So movie release scheduled are being pushed back. Movie attendance will be low for Months to come.

Has anyone heard if they have a game plan? Will they release movies for download for pay on things like amazon?
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Posted 16 May 2020 - 03:42 PM

Have read some headlines that there is burgeoning renaissance of drive-in movie theaters. Which I didn't think still existed and were from a bygone era of nostalgic Americana. Wouldn't mind locating one in my area (would be willing to drive a couple of hours) and giving it a go.
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Posted 16 May 2020 - 04:26 PM

They're going to try on here at a local GAA club parking lot
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Posted 16 May 2020 - 04:27 PM

View PostQuickTidal, on 11 May 2020 - 11:31 AM, said:

The newest version of EMMA released early digitally due to Covid...so I nabbed it. As a fan of Austen adaptations I was not disappointed, this one was fantastic. Great acting by all those involved, including the leads Anya Taylor-Joy, and Johnny Flynn, and Bill Nighy turns in an especially funny performance as Mr. Woodhouse. Great score. Absolutely stunning cinematography and direction. And all that for a debut film from a portraiture artist (Autumn De Wilde). If you like this story, then this one is no slouch. I daresay it's the best adaptation I've seen.

Trailer for those interested.





Where do you go to get this digital release thingy? Mums a huge fan of all those Austin things, would cheer her up
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Posted 16 May 2020 - 04:31 PM

Its on Amazon to rent.
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Posted 16 May 2020 - 05:23 PM

Ah, I thought it was some fancy digital release thing
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