Topic: The Movie Thread

Didn’t expect Fast and Furious 7 to be quite so emotional at the end there. Like I said, I saw it in the cinema with my school but that was out of context with the other movies. CGI Paul Walker was a bit freaky, almost as bad as Supes’ lip but after watching him in so many movies by this point, it was pretty heartbreaking.

@nessisonett Yeah that was a tough watch after what happened. Thought they handled it really well in the way it was done in the film.

@RogerRoger
Agreed on Geoffrey Rush as Barbossa, he's my favourite in the whole thing, he plays the character so well.

I do really enjoy the first three Pirates of the Caribbean movies. The first movie is genuinely a rather good movie, and 2 and 3 are fine in a guilty pleasure sense.

I don't remember much of Pirates of the Caribbean 4, but I wasn't terribly impressed by it.

Can anyone recommend any movies along the lines of Inherent Vice?

Yeah, I second ‘The Master’, it’s definitely worth a watch. Mulholland Drive is also great and a dream-like neo-noir.

@Draco_V_Ecliptic Drive and Only God Forgives are sort of like Inherent Vice. And even if they are not, just watch Drive if you haven't already because it is a brilliant film.

@JohnnyShoulder Ooh, Drive’s a great shout. Loved that movie and the soundtrack’s brilliant too. L.A. Confidential’s good as well but I find it kinda hard to watch Kevin Spacey now. Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai is another great neo-noir, albeit pretty off-the-wall.

@nessisonett All good picks. I'm gonna throw in Chinatown as it's a classic.

@LN78 @JohnnyShoulder I actually haven’t read the book but a few of my friends have been urging me to. It’s always interesting when there’s plot elements left out of adaptations, that’s why I’m slightly apprehensive about this new Dune movie. I think what we’ve learned from this is that there’s loads of great neo-noir movies from the past 30-odd years 😂😂

@nessisonett One of my favourite films is 'Let the Right One In', a swedish vampire horror. It is based on the book and it has some really weird and quite horrendous subplots involving peadophiles etc. that just doesn't gel. The film ignores that and I also found out the books author did the screenplay so I found it interesting he removed the worst element of the book.

@LN78 yeah it's just... meh. No need for it to exist.

@nessisonett Is The Master the one with Joaquin Phoenix? All that I remember of that is the old lady at the piano. 😳

I love Vampire movies so I’ll have to look into Let the Right One In. Sounds like my cup of tea.

@LN78 Thanks, they're all going on my Wishlist except for The Master ,which I have already seen already. I didn't enjoy it that much actually, didn't think it really "went anywhere". Meh, there are other films I guess.

@PSVR_lover It’s great. The US remake is Let Me In but go for the Swedish version

Pitch Black is getting a 4k release in August! I love that film, another one to add to my list. Also some more deets on what extra are included on the Flash Gordon Limited Edition.

https://thedigitalbits.com/columns/my-two-cents/052920-1530

@LN78 No not yet, it is not out until end of October so will wait until nearer the time. There are few special editions which I would like to get such as The Shining before I get that. The Big Lebowski one looks quite cool too.

@LN78 I’m so looking forward to the PS5 playing 4K Blu-Rays, I don’t have a player and some of those sets look really nice.

Hobbes and Shaw was hilarious and a really enjoyable movie from start to finish. I still maintain that Idris Elba is terrible but his part didn’t require much acting ability. I appreciated seeing the weird splicing of London landmarks and Glasgow streets as they drove past the Greggs and Pret I sometimes go in for lunch. Never thought I’d see the day when The Rock would drive past Livi Tower, where I spend so many hours at Uni!