Topic: The Movie Thread

@LN78 I’ve still not upgraded my LotR copies from the DVD extended editions. From what my mum says, they cost a fair few quid back on release but they’re seriously good packages for standard DVDs. The 4K editions will probably blow my mind in comparison but I hope the special effects aren’t slightly undercut by the resolution bump, sometimes movies can feel a little… soundstagey in 4K if that makes sense.

@LN78 Yep, some of my favourite packaging on any disc media. Up there with the Band of Brothers tin, another one my mum bought at the time for probably a small fortune. I’ve never really thought about the fact that she essentially was an enthusiast back then, used to only buy DVD players we enter the codes into to make them region free, which I still don’t fully understand. Saw quite a lot of imported stuff growing up anyway, worth it.

@Ravix I've tried to only buy 4K's which I know really like and will watch them multiple times. I think I had over 100 dvd's before I gave them away, as it was just finding space to store them all.

I'm also not buying anything I've already got on normal blu ray, unless there is a significant improvement. I would like to get the Nolan Batman trilogy again as I hear they corrected Batman Begins as the blu ray was really really dark. I've also got The Matrix as I hear they corrected the colour to what it was for the theatrical release. I never saw at the cinema and never knew I been not watching it as the filmmakers intended.

@JohnnyShoulder Some 4K upgrades are worth it such as the legit "Event Horizon". The bluray was decent however there were a lot of shots and entire scenes that were washed out. The 4K upgrade is the way it is supposed to look. Very black blacks and pristine focused shots.

I saw "Poltergeist" yesterday on 4K and they did a pretty good job. Clean and sharp as well as great colors. Haven't seen the movie in over a decade but it's aged pretty well.

@Hogs-of-War-General Event Hoizon is in my basket from Amazon, so that is good to hear the transfer is good.

I was impressed by Universal Soldier in 4K when i saw it. I wasn't even the biggest fan of it when it came out originally, but enjoyed it more when I watched it not long ago. Alien there were some scenes I could never make out when seeing it before I got it on 4K. They probably went a bit too far with Aliens, however I did not personally have an issue with what they did though, but can see why people would.

@JohnnyShoulder You'll really see the difference from the 4K, you won't be disappointed! I haven't seen Universal Soldier since I was a kid but I can imagine how great it is on 4K. I am wary though on the 4K Alien because of all the DNR however I might get it eventually as it is one of my favorite films of all time.

@LN78 I don't think that lost footage will ever be recovered for "Event Horizon" but it would be amazing to see it how the director really intended it to be; a monstrous gory dark haunting film close to 3 hours. I've watched the bonus features and it's crazy to think that all the gory and disgusting dark footage was lost! No one can find it and it is lost to the depths of space...

@Hogs-of-War-General I don't think the DNR for Alien is that egregious. Aliens, yes there is a noticable use of it. Alien is my favourite film as is one of the first films I remember scaring the bejesus out of me.

@LN78 Yeah it was stored in some bizarre place and something happened to it similar to that effect. Yeah yeah you're right however it still has the same results at times unfortunately. It seems that Jim Cameron doesn't like the look of film which is ridiculous because 4K upgrades from films with that beautiful film grain look amazing! Don't know why he tries to remove it completely???

@JohnnyShoulder Yeah I saw and read that it was worse in Aliens than in Alien. Alien ages so damn well, I actually saw the 45th anniversary re-release a few months ago in theatres on a huge screen and damn it was a freaking blast! The theatre was packed so I was glad to see that the fandom hasn't waned over the years.

Watching True Romance as I couldn't resist waiting after opening it up 😂 to be fair I'd probably watch it even if it wasn't the 4K version, but so far I have been pretty impressed with how the colour pops in all the neon bars and motels especially, so it definitely looks fantastic.

Watched Hell or High Water last night. Far from perfect but a more interesting film than it initially let on. Some good performances too.

@LN78 Yeah, very similar feel, especially with Jeff Bridges' character and his situation.

Pine and Foster were superb. Although Ben Foster has played so many dangerous/unpredictable characters by this point, that as soon as he pops up I just immediately think "well this is going to end badly for everybody involved".

@LN78 @Gremio108 A bit slow in places, but I also enjoyed it. I did struggle to understand Jeff Bridges at times though, who seemed to mumble his way through the film.

@LN78 Yeah that is another one I struggled with! 😂

@Gremio108 "Hell or High Water" is a great heist, brother-centered story that is truly underrated. I saw a few months ago and it was better than I remembered from my initial viewing years ago. Chris Pine and Foster work very well together. Another great movie set in Texas!

I saw Transformers One at the cinema this past weekend and I had a blast with it. Most of the really funny bits were in the trailer, but the movie managed to stay entertaining throughout and just underlines how much time has been wasted by the Bay live-action movies. This is how the franchise should be handled going forward, in my opinion.

Today I will re-watch Smile, a movie I thought was quite decent when I first saw it, as I have secured tickets to see the sequel on Friday. As it is only one of two horror movies premiering theatrically in October here (the other being the Texas Chainsaw Massacre rerelease), I wasn't going to miss it, even though I wasn't all that excited for it. That changed a bit today when I read a review that claimed that it was, among other things, "unapologetically camp" and had "heavy doses of pitch-black comedy". Sounds pretty good to me

@LN78 Wow, that really bothers you, doesn't it? Better steel yourself, I will probably make the same mistake again.

@LN78 @JohnnyShoulder It was definitely Jeff in full mumble mode. His best perfomances are the ones where he gets so into the character that he forgets/stops caring that a film is being made. This was one of those.

@Hogs-of-War-General Yeah, it wasn't a film that had been on my radar. Only watched it because it's disappearing off Prime shortly. Enjoyed it very much.

@LN78 It's a linguistic mistake. In my native language, it is natural to use the phrase "jeg koste meg med X", which literally translates to "I enjoyed myself with X" and in Norwegian it is perfectly normal for X in the sentence to be an action one enjoyed or even the title of a book, movie, game, etc.
It is a mistake I've probably been making in my 40 odd years of speaking English without having been corrected, so it will likely continue.

@LN78 I don't know about that last part, but that was a nice compliment

Finally was able to watch Terrifier 2 yesterday thanks to it being on Prime and damn it was dark, disturbing, hilarious, disgusting, and overall well done! Definitely a throwback to 80s slasher films but with much more better gory executions which at times were a bit shocking!

Anyone else enjoy the morbid dark stuff???