Topic: The Movie Thread

I watched The Painted Bird. It’s one of the most harrowing movies I’ve ever seen but was absolutely incredible. Apparently there were walkouts due to the violence and subject matter but they were from esteemed publications like the Daily Mail so I’ll leave it at that. Just relentless misery, violence and overall horribleness for almost 3 hours, which doesn’t sound like a good movie but it’s quietly captivating. Definitely a must watch and it’s a shame it missed out on the Golden Lion to Joker, a movie that goes for the same thing but ultimately has to draw crowds due to its subject matter.

So Tenet has been delayed indefinitely for release in the cinema, The Quiet Place 2 and Top Gun 2 have been put back until 2021.

But to fill that void there are more film getting the 4K blu ray treatment.

Richard Donner’s The Goonies (1985), Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice (1988), and Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes (2009) and Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows (2011), will all be released in the 4K format on August 28th.

Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, DVD, Steelbook and digital download 10th August.

District 9 arrives on October 13, 2020.

Cinema Paradiso (1988), and Requiem for a Dream (2000)

Midsommar Director’s Cut was released last week with a fancy new edition!

It’s looking like John Carpenter’s The Thing (1982) may be coming to 4K Ultra HD later in 2020 based upon European retail leaks. That has made my year, love that film!

@LN78 Thanks for the Flash Gordon reminder, that may have to be a pay day treat!

I also saw that the original Total Recall was getting a 4K release, but can't seem to find the article.

Midsommar already looked great on a normal blu ray, so can only imagine what it looks like in 4K. Saw the Director’s cut too and it didn't feel like a 3 hour film. It be interesting to know what you think as it is definitely a divisive one. Florence Pugh was phenomenal in it though.

And speaking of The Thing, I saw the 2011 film almost out if curiosity more than anything. Didn't realise it was prequel rather than a remake, which is why I have avoided it all this years. Interesting to find out that they originally planned to have mostly physical effects like in the original film and just touch it up with cgi in post production. Unfortunately the studio didn't like what they saw at a test screening so made them place cgi over all the creatures, and it looks really bad, easily the worst I've seen in a long time. The studio also made them change the ending which made absolutely no sense. I would love to see the orignal version with the physical effects and the ending which explained the thing creatures in more detail. It also ties a lot into the original movie with some nods of what the ending implies.

@LN78 Cheers will check the stuff on YouTube as well as the deleted scenes on the blu ray. I usually skip the special features this days as it feels like I seen all they have to offer, but after reading about what went on it has piqued my interest. Funny you should mention Ripley, as the writers were influenced by her when writing Winstead's character in The Thing.

Has anyone seen Wild Things with Kevin Bacon and Bill Murray? How would you rate the movie? How much of a role does Bill Murray's character play in the movie? (i.e, how much screen time does Bill Murray's character get?)

@LN78 Thanks for heads up! Defo ones to add to the collection.

I watched both Demolition Man for the umpteenth time and Jumanji: The Next Level. Demolition Man is a classic, cheesy 90s action with a legitimately good and satirical script. Still don’t know what the three seashells are for. Jumanji was just like the last one, way better than I expected and plain fun. Awkwafina’s Danny DeVito impression was eerily good as well.

@nessisonett The first (or is that second?) is way better than I thought it would be. And why are films that are not based on a real video game but like a video game, usually much better than films based on a video game? I've got the TNL to watch, had it for a couple of weeks but totally forgot about it.

@JohnnyShoulder Yeah, you’re spot on, although I do have a soft spot for Street Fighter, the pretty terrible but fun Prince of Persia and the original Tomb Raider. I actually like the first Silent Hill as well, they nail the atmosphere even if the plot is all over the place. That being said, I’ve seen Warcraft and a few Uwe Boll movies, the majority of video game movies are utterly atrocious. Warcraft’s especially bad considering Duncan Jones is a great director and I feel bad for Toby Kebbell, the man with the worst track record when it comes to ‘big budget movies that completely tank and are terrible’.

@nessisonett Ha ha yeah think we've spoken before about Toby Kebbel. Hopefully he will get a good run going. He has certainly got talent and would be a shame to see it go to waste.

I enjoyed PoP, TR and SH too, Street Fighter not so much but I've not seen it in ages and was just sad that it was Raul Julia's last film.

Saw American Woman last night starring Sienna Miller and directed by Jake Scott, Ridley Scott's son. She was brilliant in it, definitely the best performance I've seen of her, and the rest of the cast were fine. Didn't think much of the film however as just came across as basic family drama which I've seen a bazillion times before. A good character study piece though.

@JohnnyShoulder If Toby Kebbell makes one more flop, I’m turning this account into a Toby Kebbell fan account. At least that way he’d have one fan that wasn’t his mum.

@LN78 Didn't relaise he was in that. Great film, must watch that again soon.

Just to add to the Toby Kebbell love-in, I thought he was great in Black Mirror. I think that was the last time I watched that show actually. Lost track after it went to Netflix.

@Gremio108 That’s my favourite Black Mirror. I did also stop watching it after a couple of Netflix ones, it somewhat ironically seems to have taken the big American money and lost sight of what it was. I really haven’t enjoyed any of the ones I watched except for the Star Trek sorta spoof thing with Jesse Plemons.

@nessisonett Toby Kebbell is a great actor with terrible acting credits lol

Sorcerer's Apprentice was one thing but then Fant4stic happened. Thank god Disney got the rights back is all I'll say on that film lol

Looks like we will be finding out more about The Batman on August 22nd

Look all I want is for Paul Dano to be seen wearing a green dress suit with a bowl cap with a question mark on it

I already know Robert Pattinson is gonna kill it as Batman and people are likely gonna forget about Batfleck a few months after the film's release.

@LN78 Honestly, I feel like those kinds of rumors are completely overblown and just done to get clicks out of people who defend Snyder's work with their dying breaths. Affleck has gone on record stating his fatigue with playing comic book characters on multiple occasions after two flukes as both Daredevil and Batman. He never particularly struck me as the big-budget blockbuster type and films like Argo, Gone Girl and The Way Back were where he absolutely excelled as an actor. Plus after his alcoholism problems came to light it's best he just stays away from those kinds of notable roles for the sake of his wellbeing. He had his run, and it wasn't what the studio wanted, so I'm just going to give Battinson a chance. I also loved the last two Apes films so I do have faith in Reeves. He's already impressed me by talking about how he's going to completely lean in on the detective aspect of the character again, which no major adaptation outside the Animated Series really attempted outside brief glimpses in The Dark Knight Trilogy and like one scene in BvS.

@LN78 Anything from Gotham saved BvS from just being a complete dumpster fire. I don't agree with a lot of the creative choices made with his character, but the performances from both Affleck and Jeremy Irons as Alfred were really well done in addition to Gadot as Diana Prince. The Ultimate Edition did nothing for me either except extend that really cool scene with Batman talking to Lex in the jail cell.

@LN78 There is not much that I'm looking forward to if I'm brutally honest. Probably more to classic getting the 4k treatment then new films. I liked the first Apes movie but wasn't too fussed on the sequels, apart from Toby Kebbel of course lol.

I remember seeing the headline about Keaton but did not know what Flashpoint was, so just assumed it was some TV series I dont watch and ignored it.