Topic: The Movie Thread

@RogerRoger Spider-Man 3 is entertaining, if totally off the wall. Looking back on the trilogy, it’s easy to see why they’re revered compared to the TASM movies. I love Dylan Baker, he’s brilliant in the Good Wife-verse as a creepy wife-killer and he brings a massive presence to every project he’s on. I might now go back and watch them, you’ve got me in the mood for the trilogy and hey, I really enjoyed the DCEU movies on second viewing so maybe I’ll change my feelings on Spider-Man 3!

@RogerRoger
Glad you enjoyed Spidey 3.
I hated it when I first saw it at the cinema, I don't like it much more now other than for a couple of the set-pieces and effects work.

There's too much there to not like really. Harry's butler's 11th hour revelation is a (truly) horrid, convenient, yet hilarious way for Harry to decide to seek redemption rather than find his way on his own.

I wasn't a fan of the Sandman arc, at all. It felt as horrible a contrivance as Harry's road to redemption, and leaves us essentially with several story arcs of the main cast of characters that bisect - which would be absolutely fine, if by the conclusion every single on screen main character wasn't on a redemption arc. Even Eddie is victimised by the symbiote by his end, and we're instructed to sympathise accordingly.

Anyway... on to TASM.

Been fun reading your Spiderman impressions the past few days regarding the Raimi trilogy. Definitely is pretty good still and glad to see you had fun with it too Rog.

The second "Amazing" Spidey is pretty bad @RogerRoger... You'd swear at times it was trying to be a spoof or parody! 😂

I really don't like Dane Dehaan's Harry in this or the sequel either.

James Franco was pretty decent as Harry I thought and the friendship always seemed more believable between him and Pete in the original trilogy. I know they're supposed to be more estranged friends or whatever... I think?

I... actually don't remember all too well is Harry even in the first?... am I mixing up this with the second? Goes to show how good it is lol 😂

@RogerRoger Yeahhh, TASM isn’t great at all. Rhys Ifans is totally wasted as The Lizard, who probably isn’t a character who could drive a whole movie by themselves anyway. I reckon it was a knee jerk reaction to how goofy SM3 was, and they wanted to go completely the opposite way. Unfortunately they went too far and it was a pretty boring movie.

License to Kill (Blu-Ray) - The next Bond film in line, it's the second (and last) of the Dalton era films, as well as the last one of the 80's.

While in the US attending the wedding of a friend (and DEA agent), things go wrong when his friend is mutilated (and his wife killed) at the hands of a powerful Colombian drug lord. Ignoring orders to "stay out of the Americans' problem" and return to England, he officially renounces his position and goes rouge to seek revenge for his friend.

I tend to prefer the entries that focus more on the Cold War era tensions between the West & the Soviets (like For Your Eyes Only & the Living Daylights), but I have to say I liked this one almost as much as those, and moreso than Octopussy & A View to a Kill. It's just a well made action thriller that hits the right tone most of the time (and I quite liked the aerial scenes). If there was any weak point, it was the Hong Kong agent ninjas. They were in and out so quick, yet the female ninja featured prominently in the opening music video, I can't help but think they were written out of a larger role.

Anyhow, I'll be off to Goldeneye next.

@RogerRoger, your Spider-Man reviews make me interested in picking up the original trilogy some day. I've developed quite a bit of superhero fatigue over the past decade with all the MCU & DC stuff (not many of which I'd actually like to own), but I remember really liking the original SM films back in the day.

Never been into Clint Eastwood, but I watched Gran Torino last weekend which I enjoyed a lot, and then Million Dollar Baby which was good, but pretty miserable. I’m going to watch the first Dirty Harry tonight.

@RogerRoger Finally, there is someone else out there! I know there is a lot wrong with the film but I really enjoyed it too!

Have you seen Homecoming and Far From Home?

I’ve started a rewatch of the Marvel movies since they’re in 4K on Disney+. Well, not really all of them since I’m starting at Winter Soldier. I’ve seen the older ones well into double figures and I’d rather not ruin my enjoyment of them any more. The colours in Winter Soldier are a bit muted so it’s hard to see a noticeable improvement plus the CGI looks especially noticeable in 4K. Perhaps the newer ones will look better.

@RogerRoger Unfortunately the Spider-Man movies aren’t on Disney+ due to them being Sony movies first and foremost. It’s a shame, I was looking forward to rewatching them too!

Thunderball, the fourth James Bond movie. It was decent enough, but some of the underwater scenes did drag on a bit. Emilio Largo was a great addition as the film's main villain, but doesn't quite reach the heights of the villains in the previous movie Goldfinger. It was cool to see more of the enemy organisation Spectre, while still keeping the big boss secretive and mysterious.

It was a good watch, but it is my least favourite out of the first four Bond movies.

I watched 'Can You Ever Forgive Me?' last night, and it made me realise two things:

1) Melissa McCarthy has had to do some proper rubbish to finally reach a point where she's getting the roles she deserves

2) Richard E Grant isn't in enough films these days

@RogerRoger There are a few animated series from Marvel on there, including a different Spider-Man shows.

@LN78 I didn't know any of that. I'll definitely keep an eye out for that book. I didn't even realise he was in Hudson Hawk to be honest

While not the best of the Connery era I found Thunderball enjoyable enough, but man does that underwater scene drag on.

@Gremio108 I really enjoyed Can You Ever Forgive Me. Melissa McCarthy is brilliant. Even though her character was rather horrid at times it was hard not be on her side - and that takes skill It's such a shame that she mostly takes roles that are way below what she's capable of.

@mookysam Yeah, she can go from despicable to sympathetic in an instant. Hopefully she'll do more stuff like this

@LN78 I saw that he'd done it - largely due to the JL burn he threw out that got some traction.

Just been reading iO9's overview of the ridiculously expensive Skywalker Saga boxed set... It's missing 'The Beginning' documentary and some other bonus bits and assorted deleted scenes...

@LN78 There is new content - but it apparently amounts to between 10-15 minutes per film - hardly worth it. Some of the packaging is nice, I'll give them that.

Having seen a compressed BR rip - even on my aging set up - there's no denying it looks good. It's crap, but it looks nice

@LN78 Given the new stuff is a string of tiny featurettes and a commentary missing from TFA blu ray - easy enough to miss I guess.

I wasn't aware of the Executor set, just had a look - looks pretty nice. My brother and I had the gold and silver VHS sets between us, and I also bought the slipcover version afterwards too.

@KALofKRYPTON @LN78 In the past Disney have only offered basic HDR on their UHD 4K discs and not supported Dolby Vision or HDR 10+ either. I think the timing is off also, with Disney+ being available in the UK for the first time and all the films being on the service. I know some people will buy it anyway, but when you can get a years sub for same price with loads more content, sure that will have a impact on sales.

@LN78 Thanks, man but yeah, I’m not interested in the commentary. I also don’t own the BvS Blu-ray.