Topic: The Movie Thread

@LN78 Ooof, yeah I quoted the wrong person there! 😂

Just bought Don't Look Now and Beverly Hills Cop on 4K Blu Ray, 2 for 30 quid. I don't recall ever seeing the former (and if I have it would have been on a grainy VHS copy or on terrestrial TV) and the latter I've not seen in yonks.

I think both received fairly good transfers and BHC has been on my wishlist for ages now, so good to finally get it.

I watched just under an hour of Turning Red before turning it off. Not a bad movie per say, but I'm definitely not the intended audience! 😂

movies im busy with the rest of this month

Batman Gotham Knight
Glass
Pacific Rim 2
Sinister 2
Red Riding Hood - not a bad werewolf movie starring watsherface
DOA the Movie thats on Tubi
Space Mutiny on Tubi

Prey (Hulu) - I'll admit I've never delved too deeply into the "Predator" universe (I know I've seen the original at least once, as well as AVP, the latter of which isn't canon as far as I'm aware), but I thought this was a very good time in a brutal, gory action film kinda way. Many great combat scenes.

Ghost in the Shell ARISE 1 & 2 (Blu-Ray) - A pair of hour long OVAs in the GitS universe (billed as sort of a prequel to the other adaptations, though I'm not exactly sure if it fits into any of their continuities). Anyhow they're pretty good stuff if you like sci-fi action anime with more mature tone & themes.

Watched a few of the special features & found it amusing when they interviewed a fan during a segment filmed at an anime convention in 2013, and they were glad that the Major "wasn't denigrated like Samus in Other M", lol.

@JohnnyShoulder I really loved that movie. It’s nice to have a kids movie that actually gets kids. There’s no cynicism or anything, it acknowledges that kids go through a lot at that stage of their lives and we’re all a bit cringe at the same time. Definitely a much better effort than Pixar have made for a long time. Other than Inside Out, it’s probably Toy Story 3 before I can think of a Pixar movie that I thought stood alongside their classics.

@nessisonett I'd put Luca in that category as well. Beautiful little film, and you don't see a ton of films about young male friendships that don't fall back on lazy stereotypes.

@nessisonett @Ralizah I'm not the greatest fan of Pixar movies that I've seen tbh. I did prefer Luca a whole load more than Turning Red, but my faves that I think of are Onward and The Incredibles.

I've a weird history with Disney animated movies and there are large gaps where I've gone years not watching any of their movies. I don't think they are anywhere near consistent as say Studio Ghibli. Not saying SG have been flawless but more of the titles probably are more aligned to my tastes.

Then there are films like Kubo and the Two Strings, Mitchells vs The Machines which knock the spots off any thing I've seen by Disney animation wise in the same time frame.

The Bob's Burgers Movie (Hulu) - pretty much feels like a long, better animated, episode of the TV series. As someone who finds the show amusing from time to time it elicited a few chuckles, so whether or not you'll get on with it depends on how you feel about the show.

Heavy Metal (Tubi) - Early 80's animated film featuring an anthology of sci-fi & fantasy stories loosely connected by a "narrative" surrounding the source of evil in the universe (a glowing green orb). The overall story is a wash, but it's an interesting curio filled with copious amounts of nudity & gore, and animation that while rough in spots looks like they were having fun experimenting around with it.

speaking of Tubi, since November last year to this year ive watched alot of old stuff

Nightwing
The First Power
Action Jackson
Pulse 1988
Mirror, Mirror
Suspiria
Phenemona
The Beyond
Day of the Triffids
Ghosthouse
Dead Heat
Brain Scan
The Bride
Subspecies 1, 2 and 3
Electric Dreams
The Wrong Guys
Freddy's Nightmares
Evil Toons
Howling II, III, IV and V

movies that i still need to watch on Tubi
Heavy Metal, Last Unicorn, the Puppet Master Axis movies

Uncharted. Standard action adventure fare. Not sure if it would more beneficial to be have played the games or not. Some of the dialogue was a bit cringe.

@XandertheWise
Any of them that you would especially recommend? (Except for Suspiria - I watched that last week). I do have a fondness for some classic horror and though I may have seen some before, I don't remember them so happy to watch again.

@JohnnyShoulder Getting a double pack for both of them.

One of my favourite films Maverick.

Today is the day

@nessisonett I'm looking forward to 2029, when the human resistance finally defeats Skynet.

A couple movies for me today.

Sucker Punch (Pluto TV) - This was an interesting one. A girl is thrown into an insane asylum with an abusive staff after accidentally killing her sister while trying to save her, and her desires to break out manifest as her going on imaginatively stylish action packed adventures (like taking part in a steampunk version of WWI) that represent her escape attempts. It was a really unique experience & am glad I found it.

Piranha DD (Tubi) - I've heard it was infamously bad, but it's leaving Tubi soon so I figured it couldn't hurt to give it a go. It's absolutely grade A schlock, but it absolutely knows it's terrible & runs with it. From the absolutely gratuitous gore & nudity, to the decidedly B grade CGI, and crazy scenarios (like the exploding cow, genital chomping piranha scene, and the prosthetic shotgun leg), it's not a good movie, but a fun time nonetheless (also, how can anyone dislike a movie that has Dr. Emmet Brown himself, Christopher Lloyd, still playing the role of a wide eyed scientist).

@LN78 The Mark Kermode review of Sucker Punch is timeless.

I’ve started listening to Tarantino’s new podcast ‘Video Archives’ and have watched a couple of films they discuss.
Moonraker (1979) - diabolically bad film. Worth a watch for how ridiculous it is - so many hilariously bad moments. 3/10
Firefox (1982) - strange one, part espionage thriller, part Top Gun-sequel action movie. The former works a lot a better. Some really terrible decisions with the Russian dialogue though. 6/10

@LN78 haha yea I actually just heard him say that not an hour ago (on the Reel Blend podcast). He didn’t really like either, but loved Temple of Doom.
Also he praised Top Gun 2 a lot. Said it was the nearest thing we can get to a Tony Scott film, and he enjoyed the cinematic spectacle of it.