Film What did you watch last night???

[Heywoodmoutaw]

1 hour ago, LeadFarmer said:

slow day at work so we hide our phone in an accordion file folder and watch a few goodies. this prevents the office snitches from having anything to report. in any case another film I am fond of.

 

Was it any good?  I love Chinatown and, having watched that again recently, I’ve considered (again) checking this out. 

[LeadFarmer]

2 hours ago, Heywoodmoutaw said:

 

Was it any good?  I love Chinatown and, having watched that again recently, I’ve considered (again) checking this out. 

yes I rather like it but in my honest opinion I liked Chinatown a little more.

[Casiusco]

 

I hadn't seen it, and someone gave it to me as a present. Now it's all the rage in Spain because these days they are releasing a very neat edition, with good picture, good sound and good extras.

 

And I found it a very entertaining film. In fact, the first two thirds of the film are really well made, more than expected given that the director didn't have so much importance afterwards.

 

The last third is entertaining, but I think it focused too much on the beings and not on the angst, and I liked that way better.

 

But it was certainly a good night. Great to watch alone at home very late and in the dark.

 

The scenes of the descent and through the cave really make you feel the cramp even though you're on the couch.

[Veum]

1 hour ago, Casiusco said:

 

I hadn't seen it, and someone gave it to me as a present. Now it's all the rage in Spain because these days they are releasing a very neat edition, with good picture, good sound and good extras.

 

And I found it a very entertaining film. In fact, the first two thirds of the film are really well made, more than expected given that the director didn't have so much importance afterwards.

 

The last third is entertaining, but I think it focused too much on the beings and not on the angst, and I liked that way better.

 

But it was certainly a good night. Great to watch alone at home very late and in the dark.

 

The scenes of the descent and through the cave really make you feel the cramp even though you're on the couch.

 

Good movie, enjoyed @Casiusco, I have this beauty❣️🤠

The Descent Blu-ray

 디센트 / Lenticular Fullslip D’ailly Company| 2005 | 100 min | Rated KMRB: 18+ |Mar 29, 2019 

 

 

 

Edited April 11 by Veum

[Casiusco]

44 minutes ago, Veum said:

 

Good movie, enjoyed @Casiusco, I have these 2 beauties❣️🤠

The Descent Blu-ray

 디센트 / Lenticular Fullslip D’ailly Company| 2005 | 100 min | Rated KMRB: 18+ |Mar 29, 2019 

 

 

 

The Descent Blu-ray

 SteelBook 20th Century Fox | 2005 | 99 min | Rated BBFC: 18 | Apr 14, 2014 

 

 

They seems great!! Congratulations!

 

Just in case, though, I'll try not to go to a cave for a long time.  

[Veum]

26 minutes ago, Casiusco said:

 

They seems great!! Congratulations!

 

Just in case, though, I'll try not to go to a cave for a long time.  

 

Sorry @Casiusco I only own the D’ailly Lenti one (I had them marked down as the same buy on the same day,  but I did not order the steelbook  😝)!

 

Went on the hunt to search for the steelbook to no avail… there is NO VEUM STEELBOOK!! 😂 😆 😛 

 

 

[Casiusco]

50 minutes ago, Veum said:

 

Sorry @Casiusco I only own the D’ailly Lenti one (I had them marked down as the same buy on the same day,  but I did not order the steelbook  😝)!

 

Went on the hunt to search for the steelbook to no avail… there is NO VEUM STEELBOOK!! 😂 😆 😛 

 

 

 

No problem, if you have one... in my opinion... better that lenticular one. If one day there is 4K maybe a steelbook will be released.  

[Noir21]

4 hours ago, Casiusco said:

 

I hadn't seen it, and someone gave it to me as a present. Now it's all the rage in Spain because these days they are releasing a very neat edition, with good picture, good sound and good extras.

 

And I found it a very entertaining film. In fact, the first two thirds of the film are really well made, more than expected given that the director didn't have so much importance afterwards.

 

The last third is entertaining, but I think it focused too much on the beings and not on the angst, and I liked that way better.

 

But it was certainly a good night. Great to watch alone at home very late and in the dark.

 

The scenes of the descent and through the cave really make you feel the cramp even though you're on the couch.

I also have good memories of the movie, I imagine that the second one would not be worth seeing.

[LeadFarmer]

Pretty dang good so far

[LeadFarmer]

it was alright nothing to write home about

[LeadFarmer]

read the manga watched the anime then watched the original live action film and now this. pretty good doesn't disappoint.

[Heywoodmoutaw]

I hadn’t seen this since the early 90s and now realize I had forgotten almost all of it:

 

 

That was fun!  Checking out some of the extras, the fight to include/eliminate footage between Raimi and executives is hilarious.  There’s got to be a 150 minute cut somewhere.

[Veum]

 

 

🥤📺🎬💽  🍿🧋watched 

 

 

Sun Apr 14 ‘24 

 

 *Civil War (2024)⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ 

 

 

WOW! Need and want a 4K WEA Lenti steelbook of this heart-pounding film❣️

 

A near-future America where California and Texas secede from the nation and face a civil war.

 

 

*Billy Two Hats (1974) ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ 1/2

 

 

Archie and Billy, two bandits by trade, find themselves pursued by a ruthless marshal determined to bring them to justice, dead or alive. 

 

 

Edited April 15 by Veum

[Heywoodmoutaw]

Finally took the kiddo to:

 

 

Meh.  It’s fine, neither awful nor great.

[Casiusco]

10 hours ago, Heywoodmoutaw said:

Finally took the kiddo to:

 

 

Meh.  It’s fine, neither awful nor great.

My daughter loved it.

 

And yet, I found it too childish, and lacking the humor that was in the original two movies.

From when Bill Murray could still make jokes being Bill Murray.

[BreakBeatDJ]

On 4/14/2024 at 12:09 AM, LeadFarmer said:

it was alright nothing to write home about

 

Interesting, thanks for the report. When I heard this title the first time I thought it was a comedy about a basketball player, a la Semi-Pro.

 

[Heywoodmoutaw]

Have watched three episodes:

 

 

Really enjoying it.  Will take a while to get through it, watching with a friend and am sworn to hold off until we can watch together.

[LeadFarmer]

I'm liking it. I might even track down the novel

[MikeH5856]

1 minute ago, LeadFarmer said:

I'm liking it. I might even track down the novel

They changed up quite a lot from the book character-wise. In the book, the detective primarily works with a single male scientist. That one scientists has been divided up into four or five characters for the show, one of which is partly inspired by a character introduced in book two, which I'm reading now (and nearly finished with). They're very dense books, but well worth it, I think. Lots of big ideas in them.

[deckard99]

4 minutes ago, LeadFarmer said:

I'm liking it. I might even track down the novel

 

Just now, MikeH5856 said:

They changed up quite a lot from the book character-wise. In the book, the detective primarily works with a single male scientist. That one scientists has been divided up into four or five characters for the show, one of which is partly inspired by a character introduced in book two, which I'm reading now (and nearly finished with). They're very dense books, but well worth it, I think. Lots of big ideas in them.

 

I binged this over the weekend and thought it was pretty great! I haven't read the books but you can tell that there is lots more source material for them to dig into. I think the scene with the ship was pretty amazing (that's all I'll say - no spoilers).

 

[LeadFarmer]

2 minutes ago, MikeH5856 said:

They changed up quite a lot from the book character-wise. In the book, the detective primarily works with a single male scientist. That one scientists has been divided up into four or five characters for the show, one of which is partly inspired by a character introduced in book two, which I'm reading now (and nearly finished with). They're very dense books, but well worth it, I think. Lots of big ideas in them.

Thanks man appreciate it. That's another reason I like to find the books of a show or film I am interested in is based on. As you said they tend to change things and in the event of said changes I can see how big or small or how good or bad those changes may be.

[Veum]

 

 

🥤📺🎬💽  🍿🧋watched 

 

 

Mon Apr 15 ‘24 

 

 *Recoil (2011)⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ 

 

 

A cop who becomes a vigilante after his family is killed.

 

 

 

[MikeH5856]

24 minutes ago, LeadFarmer said:

Thanks man appreciate it. That's another reason I like to find the books of a show or film I am interested in is based on. As you said they tend to change things and in the event of said changes I can see how big or small or how good or bad those changes may be.

 

I haven't watched it yet, but for another take on Liu Cixin's material, season one of the Chinese adaptation is on Amazon Prime and runs for 30 episodes. I think that covers only book 1 in the trilogy, but should be quite a deeper dive than the Netflix. I'm interested in checking it out, but... 30 episodes. Good lord. I've gotten spoiled by the 8-12 episode seasons! 🤣

[LeadFarmer]

Maybe it's me but I wasn't impressed. I don't get the hype.

[1adam12]

4 hours ago, MikeH5856 said:

 

I haven't watched it yet, but for another take on Liu Cixin's material, season one of the Chinese adaptation is on Amazon Prime and runs for 30 episodes. I think that covers only book 1 in the trilogy, but should be quite a deeper dive than the Netflix. I'm interested in checking it out, but... 30 episodes. Good lord. I've gotten spoiled by the 8-12 episode seasons! 🤣

 

Either it works great in 30 episodes or it's Peter Jackson's The Hobbit all over again. Those are the only 2 options. 😁