Topic: The Movie Thread

@M0rriss that's very true.

And I suppose this gives creators the option of going with different actors (if need be) without it being as immersion breaking.

@ralphdibny yeah I can get down with a good melodramatic soap any day. probably why Desperate Housewives is one of my all time favorite shows. It's just a slickly-produced, incredibly well-written and well-cast soap opera.

@nessisonett dirty den and nasty nick both endured resurrections and final solutions!

@zupertramp The main thing is not to overdo it and everything is explained. It will be interesting to watch Spider-Man 3 if you are guided by rumors.

@M0rriss also true. Things get a little silly when you have dozens of versions of the same character. Case in point - Harrison Wells from The Flash TV series.

@Arugula Oh always had a soft spot for Under Siege. I've not watched it in yonks though so probably has not aged that well.

This feels like a super pretentious post on the heels of all this Under Siege talk but I rewatched Paul Newman's The Glass Menagerie last night. Such a good adaptation of an already incredible play. I don't go in for plays too too much tbh but this one really lands for me. Was a nice change of pace also.

@zupertramp I did The Glass Menagerie in school and yeah, the movie isn’t too bad an adaptation at all. It’s a very hard play to adapt just in terms of making the dialogue translate to film but I think they did a decent job.

@nessisonett @RogerRoger it's certainly a common one to read/watch in school. Although, strangely two of my three kids hadn't covered it which is much of why I chose to watch it again. It's free on YouTube, though the sound quality is atrocious.

I can understand any hesitance for film adaptations. I've seen my fair share. My biggest issue usually being the whole so-and-so big name actor being forever associated with the character in my mind. Like the way the patriarch in A Doll's House will always be Anthony Hopkins despite my seeing several versions of this play over time (and still hating it). But this is an issue with all written works of fiction really. In fact I probably should have had my kids read the play before watching it but oh well.

Other times it's just that it doesn't translate well to film. In this case though it retains its stage-like roots.

@zupertramp It’s interesting that both me and @RogerRoger studied it despite being in the UK. Obviously it’s quite rooted in the whole Reconstruction and post-Civil War wider narrative. I did love doing plays in school though because I was that annoying one who volunteered for parts when we read through in class. And then you’d watch the movie adaptation and it would either be a complete mess (Fassbender’s Macbeth), genuinely good and faithful (Newman’s Glass Menagerie) or laughably over the top (Polanski’s Macbeth). My favourite play I did was probably The Merchant of Venice (I was Bassanio, naturally), but the movie was just OK. I’ve really been hoping for a new proper movie adaptation that doesn’t include Shouty Al Pacino.

@nessisonett I remember watching that Macbeth but I don't much remember if I liked it or not. It didn't leave much of an impression I guess so it must not have been that good. Then again I'm not too keen on Shakespeare. The Bard's got enough plays that I'm sure there's something out there I like but I generally tended to dislike the stuff forced on me at school. Othello's good enough. Not seen a good film adaptation of it though. And I swear there's another out there besides the Lawrence Fishburne Othello but can't find anything that seems familiar on Google.

I admit to knowing nothing about The Merchant of Venice, nor this shouty Al Pacino you speak of. Okay he's a bit shouty but it just works sometimes lol.

@zupertramp

The other day I was reading a ranking of every Star Wars movie/show ever, and while it's just some random critic's opinion, I thought it was pretty interesting just because these types of articles usually only include the films, and there are some unique placements nonetheless.

21. Holiday Special
20. Ewoks
19. Droids
18. Ewoks: Battle For Endor
17. Episode II: Attack of the Clones
16. Ewoks: Caravan of Courage
15. Episode IX: Rise of Skywalker
14. Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
13. Solo
12. Episode I: the Phantom Menace
11. Clone Wars (film)
10. Resistance
9. Rebels
8. Clone Wars (TV)
7. Episode VII: the Force Awakens
6. the Mandalorian
5. Rogue One
4. Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
3. Episode VIII: the Last Jedi
2. Episode IV: A New Hope
1. Episode V: the Empire Strikes Back

Here's the link to the original article, which also includes their reasons for the placements. Some are a bit off though, as they have number 15 between 18 & 17, 11 between 9 & 8, and 5 between 4 & 3, like they've re arranged it a few times and forgot to renumber.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.yardbarker.com/entertainment...

@nessisonett Brilliant stuff! (Kidding, not a favorite)

@RR529 interesting list. TLJ at number 3 though? Yeah no. Should be parked between Holiday Special and Ewoks.

Wow. I had really enjoyed On Her Majesty’s Secret Service the first time I watched it but rewatching it after the Connery movies shows just how brilliant it is. Look, I love Goldfinger as much as the next person but OHMSS actually makes Bond a genuine person, rather than an infallible superhero. Lazenby is totally underrated, with a more low-key Bond who can still deliver a cheesy quip and pull it off. Telly Savalas is a great Blofeld, menacing while having an air of snobbery about him. Diana Rigg is especially good as the ill-fated Tracy, with fantastic chemistry with Lazenby. It’s not as if the action sequences took a hit with the focus on Bond’s relationship with Tracy, with more brutal fistfights and a fantastic skiing sequence. It honestly might be my favourite Bond movie alongside Casino Royale.

@RogerRoger It’s a shame Jumper never got a sequel, it meant there were a lot of... loose threads.

@nessisonett You could say it was a difficult one to pull over.

The Predator

It looked good in 4k. That is all.

Can't wait for this. Been topping up my Amazon account each month so will have paid for this by the time it is out next month.

Diamonds Are Forever. Imagine going on a drug-fuelled bender in the desert. Then imagine what that does to your bowels. This is the result of those bowel movements.

@RogerRoger I had the collection on DVD, which did not have Crystal Skulls. Some may argue that was the better collection for it.