Topic: The Movie Thread

@Ralizah I’ve had zero issues with Shudder’s streaming service, and watch their content on my iPad via their app. I’ll post a link below, and you’ll see they offer a 7 day free trial. And if you like what you find and think it’s something you’d get a lot of mileage from, the best value for money option is the yearly subscription of £49.99, as oppose to the £4.99 per month one, because you’ll basically get 12 months for the price of 10.
And yep, I’ll definitely post my thoughts once I’ve watched Noroi....although I’m currently working through the wonderful The Haunting Of Hill House on Netflix, and I need to watch Apostle too, so....🤷🏻‍♂️
https://www.shudder.com/

@jacobia I didn't even know they made a Haunting of Hill House series! Guess it's time to stop ignoring Netflix again.

@RogerRoger Haha, cool! I love the Hans Zimmer/Junkie XL orchestrations for Man Of Steel and BvS, and I’m seriously in love with the theme they created for Superman.....ah-mayzing, dahling!!
Oh, go on, let’s do it!.....Ok, here goes......
1st: Batman Returns
A very, very close 2nd: Batman
Joint 3rd: Batman Forever, and Batman & Robin. It’s their villains that are the draw, I think, and their ranking is pretty interchangeable in that respect.

@Ralizah Yeah, I’ve only watched 4 episodes, but I’m personally really enjoying it.

@RogerRoger Never seen B:TAS, but I’ve heard good things about it. So, you like Star Wars, yes? What do think of where we’re at with the franchise these days?

@RogerRoger Well, I was born in 1970, so I was 7 when ANH came out in 1977. And, as I’m sure you can imagine, I was just enraptured at that age: I will never, ever forget the ‘wow’ I got from the immersive opening scenes with the Star Destroyer chasing the Tantive IV. After TESB came out in 1980 my parents very kindly redecorated 2 of my bedroom walls with TESB wallpaper, plus they got me a TESB pillow and duvet cover set....you can imagine my joy!
I was 29 when TPM came out, and being an older SW fan......I totally love the prequels too, they had excellent world building (something missing from the sequel trilogy, I feel)! ROTS is my favourite from them, and rather than them being about the fall of Anakin, I see them more as the rise of the Emporer (an awesome character!!).
As for the sequel trilogy (so far), I liked TFA a lot, in spite of it’s rehash of ANH. TLJ...I appreciate it trying to deviate from the SW norms, and loved the whole Rey/Kylo stuff, but I’m really hoping that Ep. IX brings things back on track and expands more on Snoke, as well as the Knights Of Ren.
The Story movies: loved RO and enjoyed Solo. Never really watched enough of Clone Wars to get into it, and I’ve not watched any of Rebels. Have you played Bounty Hunter, back on the PS2/Xbox? Loved that game and it’s story, bridging TPM and AOTC. And on PS3/360, I loved both The Force Unleashed games. Oh yeah, special mention to Jedi Power Battles on PS1....good memories of playing that game with my son when he was 6.
And, to this day, I’ve still got most of my old toys from the original trilogy. All the figures, some vehicles and playsets. The figures, all still with their weapons, are all loose and stored inside old ice cream tubs. The vehicles and playsets are in their original boxes, but those boxes are in very poor condition.
John Williams is a genius, and his Duel Of The Fates is my favourite.

So, you didn’t say how you felt about TLJ? Did you watch your blu-ray in the end?

@RogerRoger When you get a chance to watch Solo, I’ll be very curious to hear your take. Like most this Star Wars, it’s semi-divisive, depending on the preconceived expectations. I watched it again recently and quite liked it again. I still place it somewhere in the middle of the series as far as rank order, but for a SW film, that’s not too bad since they are all quite enjoyable.

@RogerRoger No, I’ve never got my old toys priced up. Thought about it several times as the years go by, but never took it any further. Both my parents have passed away, my mum in 2002, my dad in 2015. Now when my dad died, I received an unexpected sizeable inheritance, at a time when I was rubbing pennies together each month just to stay afloat. So I considered giving away all my SW toys to a children’s charity, with the view of them being able to auction the collection off. But i’ve chosen to keep them for my son to do with as he sees fit when I have died (and become one with the Force). The toys will be part of his inheritance.
Maybe he’ll see me as a Force Ghost 👻🙃

@Th3solution @RogerRoger i liked Solo actually but i think like most other Star Wars movies since Episode 1 it got a lot of undue hate from the parts of the fan base that either Hate the Disney stuff because Lucas isn't doing it or can't accept any Star Wars other then the Original Trilogy and the old E.U (now called legends)

not that the Star Wares film are the bastions of Cinema they are made out to be, they are good, enjoyable films don't misunderstand me but lets be honest here the original trilogy have a LOT of issues, A New Hope being a simple White Knight saves the princess from the Black Knights castle fairy tale, just set in space and good god those stupid Ewoks in RotJ and all 3 films are full of cringey dialogue and wooden acting, at times the worse of the entire franchise

for an example people always bring up the "I hate sand" line from Episode 2 but forget lines like "I can bring him back, to the good side" from Episode 6

sorry i ranted a bit there, point is ALL of the films have issues but many fans are blind to the issues the OT has, probably because for a long time those 3 films were all there was and the built their entire life around them and NO new film was going to live up to the years of hype that was built up around the series

also The Special Editions make the OT BETTER,YEAH I SAID IT!

@RogerRoger I missed Solo at the cinema, so bought the blu-ray upon it’s release. It’s a perfectly enjoyable SW film with some great action scenes, and I think all the actors are perfectly serviceable in their respective roles. After watching it, I did kinda feel that the movie didn’t offer anything really noteworthy to the franchise, but it’s still a good, polished SW movie, and I’ll gladly watch it again. Possibly with the DL-44 in hand from my old toys......and I’ll defo shoot first 🤣

@FullbringIchigo Indeed! The Last Jedi - the arced trajectory that the First Order’s torpedoes (?) take, because they’re out of range of the Resistance fleet, plus their ships falling behind and ‘sinking’ when they’ve run out of fuel. Some folks have rightly complained that those elements aren’t realistic because of space being a vacuum: nothing arcs or slows down because the objects would carry on until they hit an object etc... But, as with any sci-fi film where there’s action scenes in space with lasers, explosions, and spacecraft engines, realistically there should be zero sound from the action, because the sounds need a medium to travel through. So, all the ‘sacred’ SW films are just as guilty. Anyway, rant over, none of it bothers me because they’re just movies 🤪🤣

@RogerRoger yeah i think overall they made them better and i even like Hayden showing up at the end of The Last Jedi although some kind of morphing sequence would have been nice like seeing the older Anakin change into the younger one

i also don't really care who shot first

although not EVERYTHING was good, the whole scene with Jabba in A New Hope was really badly done and the whole "Jedi Rocks" sequence can go fall in a Sarlacc Pit

also and i am SO going to get it for this BUT force shields up

THE PREQUELS ARE THE BEST MOVIES IN THE FRANCHISE!

oh i had best run after saying that

now being serious i know many fans will not share my opinions about Star Wars but that doesn't mean the fanbase should be so damn hostile about the franchise, we are fans and it's OK to have different opinions and to NOT like every single thing in the franchise so lets all get along OK

@RogerRoger

@RogerRoger there is probably a Star Wars gif for everything

case in point, Vader on a Merry go Round

Here is a question I have about the Prequels. In Episode III (spoilers), Obi Wan says he has the high ground and that implies that Anakin would be stupid to attack (which he does and thus choppy choppy, vader, noooooooo ensues).

BUT, in the Phantom Menace, Darth Maul has the high ground on Obi Wan but he leaps up, nabs his lightsaber and chops Mauly in half. It's one rule for the Sith and one rule for the Jedi.

@Rudy_Manchego i think the point is that the Sith become over confident in their abilities and leave themselves open when they believe they have the advantage in a fight, such as when Maul was showing off while Obi-Wan was hanging in the pit or when Anakin was "drunk" on his power so believed he was unbeatable and was then beaten because they let their guard down

@FullbringIchigo @RogerRoger You could both be right but still not convinced. That said, I still think Jar Jar is the real Sith Lord.

@Rudy_Manchego

also did you know in canon Binks became an outcast on Naboo due to his role in the rise of the Empire and By the time of the Battle of Jakku, Binks was a street performer in the capital city of Theed, where he was scorned by adults but beloved by the children who came to watch his antics.

kind of a sad end really, performing on the streets, outcast from your home and hated by most people

@FullbringIchigo Yeah but, I mean, it is Jar Jar...

@Rudy_Manchego he wasn't that bad of a character and to be honest the fans took it too far, Ahmed Best the person who played him got so depressed over that hatred he was getting he even considered suicide

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-44708983