Just found out about a YouTube channel called Shocks & Docs which seems to have a decent selection of fairly recent indie horror stuff if anyone's into that kind of thing.
They currently have the first 3 Hellhouse LLC films as well as a directors cut of the first which I will certainly watch when I have a chance.
But just started Beyond the Chamber of Terror which I wanted to see a while back but couldn't find anywhere at the time.
“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”
I've booked tickets to see 'Superman' on Saturday night. It will be nice to get out of the house and the heat. Looking forward to it.
Last weekend we had our nieces staying over so ended up watching the original 'Lilo & Stitch' fun movie.
I'm nearing the end of my Godzilla showa era boxset, think I may have maybe 3 or 4 films left to go. The last one I watched was 'Godzilla Vs Hedorah'. For a PG rated movie I found it quite powerful with all the people getting burned and choking to death with Corpses lying everywhere.
@Pacific I didn't like it when it first came out, for some reason. I think maybe my reaction was coloured by the controversy of it "glorifying terrorism" and all that. But, as you know, one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter, and when I rewatched it just a couple of weeks ago it was through older and matured eyes and I concur with your assessment: Simply brilliant and very apropos. Have the 4K steelbook releasing in August on pre-order
@Ravix I'd say so, one of my favourite movies of the year, but it is somewhat divisive so it's difficult to recommend without caveats. It's also hard to compare to other movies without giving anything away, so I'll post the following in spoiler tags (which may not help you at all if you want go in blind blind )
During production, it was long referred to as "Ryan Coogler's vampire movie" and Coogler has stated that he wanted to homage "From Dusk Till Dawn" and this movie very much shares DNA with that movie
@Ravix I should add that the divisiveness seems to stem from people expecting a different movie. One person I talked to said they didn't like it because it didn't have any poignant message, making the mistake of thinking that a movie with this particular setting (1930s Mississippi Delta) couldn't just be entertainment, but had to have something to say about slavery and the Black experience. This movie has very little to say about that (though it does say a lot about the power of music).
@FuriousMachine well, that's the kind of divisiveness I like too tbf 😛 like when people say a game sucks but they are actually playing it wrong. It seems like some people have perhaps watched it wrong 😁😁😁
Of course, not everything is for everyone, and my tongue is firmly in cheek here, but people these days do seem to be their own worst enemy for the enjoyment of things 🤷♂️ maybe it has always been the case, but I do notice it more and more
How's the 4K/Blu Ray collection coming along btw (I'm going to call it a collection, but I cant recall how much you partake in home cinema, as you are a staunch advocate for cinema visits) but I know you at least collect some 4Ks and I kind of want to get the home cinema aspect of the movie forum going again for my own selfish reasons as I have been slacking lately and letting my discs sit there unwatched 🙈 and I know we lost a few members earlier in the year that frequently posted about AV, home cinema and physical media quite often too.
For me, I recently added a Joker steel book that was going cheap and the Daniel Craig Bond movies to mine after ummimg and ahing about the latter, before realising that yes, I do really quite enjoy the Craig Quintet, as a whole, and I definitely wanted to own Deakins Skyfall effort anyway and eventually own all available Deakins shot movies. So the doubt turned into an 'I might as well' as they are the kind of movies that can be enjoyed at any time individually, casually put on for anyone, or as a full set binge/film fest style.
I also finally picked up Blood Simple, the Coen's first movie, on Blu-Ray 🙌 I still can't find any 4K version in the UK, but I feel like for a while it was a struggle to find any version at all, be it DVD, Blu Ray or anything so I'm still happy with that now it is readily available.
I'm also umming and ahing about getting some Bourne. All I see and hear is that they are terrible 4k's, but it is a series, Jeremy Renner aside, that I loved. I'd say they are a guilty pleasure, but they aren't, because why can't a spy thriller also be very european love story and have sh** cars and fights in grubby, awkward places with real punching and choking and gritty tactics. And I do think Bourne is the film that forced Bond to get itself out of the doldrums of the Brosnan x Madonna type affairs and have them kind of save the IP for the next generation with Craig.
Apologies for going on for ages, I left my phone on the side after writing 'act one' then picked it up later and started fresh with more movie chatter while it was on my mind 🙈
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@Ravix The 4K collecting is going terribly wrong; I'm out of shelf space and low on money, but still I keep buying I have pre-orders in for steelbooks/collector's editions of "Lawrence of Arabia", "Ballerina" (best action movie of the year), "28 Years Later", "Thunderbolts*", "To Catch a Thief", "Jaws" (50th anniv.), "Final Destination: Bloodlines", "Mortal Kombat", "V for Vendetta", "Mission:Impossible - Final Reckoning" (not great, but need to round out the collection), "Last of Us s2", "Megan 2.0", "How to Train Your Dragon" (the new one) and "Monty Python & the Holy Grail".
It's a sickness, but if there's a cure, I don't wanna know about it
And yeah, I love going to the cinema, of all of the above I saw every one that released this year in the theatre and, in fact, I'm just about to head out the door to catch "Superman". But, watching a great movie in 4K with a great surround sound on my A/V setup is a good alternative when they're no longer available on the big screen
I agree with you on the Craig films, I have a Ltd. Ed. of "Casino Royale" and the initial steelbook of "No Time to Die", so I probably won't go for any box sets, but I will absolutely get "Skyfall" (which I love). Not too sure about the other two, which are really weak, but I am kind of a completionist, so leaving those two holes may be difficult for me
I haven't any of the Bourne movies, which I also love (I even like the Renner one) so I may go for a box there at one point or another. They are frequently on sale individually, though, so I may just get them one by one.
I'm also a big fan of the Coens, but I hadn't seen "Blood Simple", something I rectified about a year ago and.... I didn't like it... It absolutely has its place in movie history as it was their debut and it has some interesting bits, but overall I found it a bit dull, to be honest. Again, this may be down to having too high expectations, IDK.
I was going to comment some more, but now it's "up, up and away" and this post is probably a bit on the long side, anyway
@FuriousMachine ah, well enjoy Superman... in the past... when you read this later/tomorrow or whenever 😂
And that sounds like the collecting is going just as intended then! As an aside to this my own genius storage idea was to get rid of my traditional disc shelving because it annoyed me (I prefered to have a different piece of furniture there instead) and so now I use video game CE boxes to house my physical movie media, while I exclusively game digitally 🤷♂️ thankfully the KCD2 CE box was basically 75% the size of a footlocker (the luggage, not the American store) and is sturdy and functions as one too, so that works quite nicely for now. The Ghost of Yotei one looks to have a nice understated bamboo effect box too, so I know I already have a practical use for that... and that will surely encourage me to fill it with more 4ks and thus need to find more CE's with good useful boxes 🙈 so the cycle has evolved to become even more dangerous to the wallet and maybe my general sanity 😁 hopefully I don't end up with the need for even larger furniture to house the boxes that contain the boxes, as at that point I may have to stop myself 😂 just a few on display should be sufficient, I think. And as long as they stop releasing great movies and games, we should be fine, right?
As far as Blood Simple goes, I dont particularly mind either way. I know I have to watch it, and the best way is to own it. I like pretty much any Coen movie to some degree anyway, even the ones people seem to like less, and if I dont love it I will be happy to have finally seen the damn thing. I think I will be pretty close to seeing everything they've had a hand in when I do see it, from the top of my head anyway, maybe there's the odd outlier. If you throw some more obscure titles my way one day I can bat them back if I have indeed seen them
Glad you love the Bourne movies, they deserve love both for what they were in their time, and for their more... kind of arthouse vibes, maybe just the extremely European flavour makes me say that, but to me they always stood out as being different enough to the regular action fare, and similar to the kind of thing I always like in less mainstream movies, whilst not losing the mainstream appeal to those who just liked the spy/action aspect. It's hardly a professional appraisal of what they are, but at that point in life all I knew was what I liked and what I didn't like without really knowing why, and to be honest, sometimes that is enough. If I watched them again I could probably pinpoint everything in detail, but it might ruin it for me, so I probably won't bother doing that haha. A good screengrab or photo can probably sum it up better than I can with words, so I might be tempted to do that when I do watch them again. I can see some scenes in my mind's eye that I'd probably use to make my point 🙈
Also Moby. Moby sums up all
(I'm now wondering who pulls the trigger first on the Bourne set after this conversation. I'd bet me, because I feel like I have to, now)
Saw Superman yesterday and I must admit I wasn't really sure if Gunn would pull it off or not. Happily, in my opinion, he absolutely did. This is an unapologetically through-and-through James Gunn movie, though, so Snyder dudebros will probably hate it, as it is colourful, hopeful, fun and quite silly.
This is how Superman should be, in my mind.
There have been complaints about the humour, but it all landed pretty well for me (this will naturally vary depending on your sense of humour, of course) and both I and the guy sitting next to me chuckled a lot throughout the movie (Norwegians being closed off and introverted people, "chuckling a lot" is the equivalent of "raising the roof" in other cultures).
Other complaints I've read is that the movie is overstuffed, which I also disagree with. Sure, there are a lot of characters, but each and every one feels like they have a reason to be there, rather than just being included "because cool". Standouts are Nathan Fillion's Guy Gardner, who worked so much better than I thought he would, Edi Gathegi as Mr. Terrific and Skyler Gisondo as Jimmy Olsen (the latter two is being considered for their own spin-offs by Gunn and Gardner will appear in several upcoming DC properties as well).
The MVP is Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor, though. I never knew "nuanced scenery chewing" was a thing, but dude pulls that off.
And, finally, Corenswet was really good as the man himself and, along with Christopher Reeve, is easily my favourite in the role so far (Cavill was great casting, but the Superman he had to portray... oof...)
Going in, it could be worth knowing that this is a movie aiming to be little else than summer blockbuster fun. There are no deep insights to be had here, there is no snark or deconstruction of characters or tropes, it is simply there to have a good time. Even so, it has some things to say, but does so low key and effortlessly without seemingly jumping up and down shouting "look at what interesting things I have to say".
Best superhero movie in many a year, in my opinion.
@Ravix Thanks, I did
Just think, if that KCD2 box was 75% the size of the store, the amount of 4k discs you could store in it then!
And you will definitely have a solid head start on that Bourne box over me, as all my disposable income for the foreseeable future is tied up in the absurd amount of pre-orders I've made. Additionally, @MightyDemon82 just reminded me of the existence of the Godzilla Showa era box, an item I had conveniently managed to block from my mind in an attempt at fiscal self-defense. Alas, that will probably come for me soon, I fear
Hard Target (on tubi).
The muscles from Brussels is roundhousing his way through New Orleans chasing the (imo underrated) Arnold Vosloo. All I can say is “the hunt is ooooooonnnnn.”
Pretty good action flick which holds up quite well.
@FuriousMachine. Thanks. That was quite possibly the best Superman/Superhero film i've ever seen. Even my wife loved it and she isn't overly fond of being dragged to see Superhero stuff. Fingers crossed it makes enough money to kick the DCU into gear.
@Pacific While I think Greengrass' entries are overall stronger films than Liman's original, I too would classify "Identity" as my favourite, for many of the same reasons as you mention. I had only seen Potente in Tom Tykwer's "Lola Rennt" ("Run, Lola, Run"), which I dug, so it was fun to see her hold her own in a big budget Hollywood production. And, yeah, excellent chemistry between her and Damon! The farmhouse sequence is also my favourite in the series, fantastic stuff! Overall a really strong trilogy and I even thought the Renner follow-up was quite decent. Never got around to seeing the "new" one with Damon, though. Should probably get on that.
@MightyDemon82 Happy to hear that both you and the missus loved it! I have a very low threshold for enjoying superhero films, especially if they are fun and colourful (as I believe these movies should be), so it's difficult for me to get a feel for whether it will appeal to a broader audience or not. This one did feel special, though, and the response online has been overwhelmingly positive so far. Looks to do decent box office as well
@FuriousMachine Plenty Snyder fans keep laugh reacting to all the positive stuff surrounding the film. but at the end of the day they aren't going to harm the film. Just make themselves look silly!
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