Topic: The Movie Thread

@GirlVersusGame @Ravix I hate Arrow Video... they keep putting out excellent versions of movies I love that are typically superior to any other releases which forces me to buy them. That is pure evil, that is.
I can't afford all those releases and they know it, those bad, bad people.
For example, they are soon dropping an insanely beautiful version of one of my all time favourites In the Mouth of Madness and I have absolutely no other option than to buy it, because it is unthinkable that such a thing exists without me owning one
The b**tards...

@FuriousMachine duuuuuude. I just typed "steelbook" into amazon Italy for funsies, and the first two results were Kill Bill 1&2 for dec 25th release! Sign of a European wave of reprints? Thought I'd let you know either way 🙌

@Ravix Supersweet!! Pre-order made, so now I wait and see what comes of it, and while I'm waiting I can figure out which family member(s) who'll be missing out on Christmas presents as I'm spending all my money on steelbooks this year. I'm thinking my grandnephew and/or grandniece, they're too young to know what's going on and won't remember to hold any grudges either

Thanks for looking out once again, buddy! That vol. 1 missing from my collection stung a bit

@FuriousMachine Humbug! They have to learn the harsh realities of the world at some point, so it might as well be while they are young and innocent and incapable of action 😂

You can actually give them the gift of being allowed to look at the steelbooks you bought with money previously earmarked for them. There's probably a lesson in there somewhere that will be more valuable than any physical gift 😁

No problem, you and ser Johnny of Shoulder have helped nudge me towards spending unseemly amounts on little metallic movie boxes, it's only fair to return the favour!

Latest watches:

• Bring her Back (I know Grief / Trauma horror is hitting the true nexus point of total burnout, but I thought this was really well done and enjoyed this a lot. In A24 we trust).
• Clown in a Cornfield (not bad when taken in the context of the low floor that exists for Slasher films, but this is from the guy who made Tucker and Dale, and its like... how does Clown keep getting things wrong Tucker got right years earlier? Just rewatch Tucker and skip this)

Just got the fresh 4K release of Severance in the post. Not the recent TV series, but the rather excellent British black comedy/slasher from 2006 where a bunch of office workers gets "laid off" in rather brutal ways at a corporate retreat. Haven't seen it in a long time, so now I need to find the time to actually sit down and watch it. That may, however, be easier said than done these days. Maybe this weekend?

@FuriousMachine I did think because of how much I have changed politically and like in my general views and values over the last fiveish years I wouldn't like Severance any more, after loving it as a kid. I rewatched it though a couple of years back and Danny Dyer still remains gut bustingly funny in that movie. He really kinda saves the whole thing for me, cause it isn't like a great pure horror movie, but Dyer's schtick through the whole thing is just great.

@FuriousMachine I didn't know Severance made it outside of the British market, I liked it at the time but I'm bias when it comes to Danny Dyer. I've seen him around town a couple of times and I'll watch him in pretty much anything. Have you watched Outlaw?

@Pizzamorg Clown IAC was based on a series of books so when they announced a screen adaption I did take notice. It did try to go for the classic slasher feel but I think they made it all a little too predictable and played it too safe with the script.

I just sat through all four of the Jeepers Creepers movies (there's 4 now) with a friend and it's a perfect example of a franchise quickly eroding over time. Four isn't worth talking about and three is set between the first and second movie. The first movie will always be special to me, it's the first movie reel I learned to lace through 35mm projector. Watching it each time felt really satisfying. We just booked The Running Man too, I was hoping for a Predator Badlands event but so far it's not looking likely. Premiers are slowly dying off, venues have to charge more and travel/accommodation costs too much for the talent.

@FuriousMachine is that the Danny Dyer one? I have vague memories of seeing this on tv or something. (Just seen the other comments confirming this) also surprised it has found you in Norway. But I suppose a bunch of Brit stuff did make its way to other countries, especially after Guy Richie found big success and created this kind of movement in UK film making, I guess.

@Pizzamorg @GirlVersusGame

It's weird to think at some point that lad was a pretty popular movie actor (in a weird UK chav way) and now he hosts tv game shows 🤷‍♂️

This and The Business stick in my mind, and I have no idea why. I think that one was like our very own Scarface, in a way 😂

But I think Dyer was genuinely alright in some of these movies. Even though in most he had to play up to a certain type of fanbase (angry chav)

@Ravix Did you ever see a wild show he hosted on TV one night, maybe Sky? It featured 'hard men' (not the show where he meets people like Vic Dark etc) who would compete in challenges like kicking through multiple doors, smashing up cars, and trying not to be pulled out of a prison cell by a riot squad. The contestants were a mix of ex British soldiers, Legionaries and so on. I saw it on Russian TV years later too but haven't seen it since. If it's on Youtube I can't find it. It was absolutely ridiculous but really funny at the same time, maybe Bravo made it. Chav movies are kind of like football/firm movies, I'll watch them and find them entertaining but in real life I'd avoid them like the plague. Kidulthood and Harry Brown are perfect examples, really interesting subject matter but nothing I'd want to be personally involved in.

Edit: I found it and it's not Danny Dyer it's some random guy but the rest was accurate. One of the contestants uploaded it to Youtube. I know what I'll be doing for the next hour.

@GirlVersusGame ohhh, I couldn't hack Harry Brown. I remember when I saw that it was either too real or too depressing or something.

But I too would watch the chav/drug/football dramas in a semi-ironic way, I suppose. I'd get plenty of enjoyment out of them as they were set in the underbelly of a country I knew well, and as someone who played and watched football passionately for a good portion of my life, it was shining a light on the type of people I knew well, too. The kind of people who have these things as their main driving force in their life and a narrow scope outside of that. A lot due to situation, but also due to not wanting to broaden their horizons because of peer pressure, I suppose. But no, don't put me around these types outside of maybe playing a bit of fifa with them 😂 and even then I lean more towards the more normal human that happens to like football for some reason, rather than the extreme chav type. I'd hazard a guess that maybe 5% of my PSN friends are or have been drug dealers at some point though 😂 (i'm probably due a clear out)

I guess i'm glad I could watch that type of thing as a kid, but never aspire to it, too. I'm a big advocate for making provocative media, but it can't be denied that a lot of the fanbases for all kinds of things are those who simply like to see those certain things being glorified.

And no, I did not see Danny Dyer leading a legion of toxic masculinity to kick in doors and wreck cars and such 😂 but i'm not surprised it existed. I've always seen Dyer as a bit of a parody of himself, though.

Edit: haha, oh dear. Please refrain from trying anything you see over the next hour, of non Danny Dyer hosted entertianment then 😬 "let's firebomb a flowershop because... MAN!" "Spit at a baby!!! MENNNNN" "Beat the wife!!!! MEEEENNNNNNN" and yes, contextually this comment doesn't make sense to you, but I still wanted to riff on toxic masculinity.

@Ravix It was probably mix of both, it never felt unrealistic and definitely felt depressing but it had a great song at the end (End Credits by Chase & Status feat Plan B) it was up there with a lot of the more recent revenge flicks like Brave One and the excellent Death Sentence (directed by James Wan) with Kevin Bacon. I felt like watching something cozy after both and probably did.

Yeah I watched that episode and now I'm watching the finals. Some of the challenges included having your whole head cased in a tank of ice cold water (SAW style) smashing up motor (car) so that it fit under a bar, being stretched (rack style) by yet another motor but one of the contestants did it because they wanted to gift the £10K to a girl with cancer so I can't help but give some respect where it was earned.
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Britain's Hardest is a game show first broadcast on Sky One from 26 January to 29 March 2004. It was presented by EastEnders actor Steve McFadden and refereed by mixed martial arts fighter Ian Freeman. In the show six men competed against each other until only one remained and was declared "Britain's hardest", meaning toughest man. The prize was £10,000. The tasks the contestants had to complete included gruelling physical challenges, like hanging from a suspended object by their fingertips for the longest time. The show's tagline was "54 hard men, over 10 shows, but only one can be, Britain's Hardest".

@Pizzamorg @GirlVersusGame @Ravix I don't think many Norwegians are aware of "Severance", but I have always been a movie buff and do pay a bit closer attention to what's out there than the normal Norwegian (if such a creature exists - I'm unsure).

I have absolutely no familiarity with Danny Dyer; the cast of Severance is mostly unknown to me, apart from the legendary Tim McInnerny, of course. I think this was the first thing I saw with him outside of Blackadder - or at least the first time I recognised him - and having been a Blackadder fan since I was, honestly, too young to be a Blackadder fan, I've always found it a bit weird that I encountered so many of the cast in other things, but both McInnerny and Tony Robinson was rarely found in other things I came across.

@FuriousMachine Have you seen Withnail and I? One of the best British movies ever made.

@GirlVersusGame Interestingly, no. I've been aware of it for decades, but it's just one of those things I never got around to and keep forgetting about. I do want to see it, so one day I'll probably get there

@GirlVersusGame @FuriousMachine

What I want is Arrow to release 'How to get Ahead in Advertising' they used to stick that on discs with Withnail and I, I believe. But I was looking at the Withnail 4k the other day to check if that had it as an extra, and it did not 😭

Richard E Grant is severely underrated. As is british drinking culture away from hooliganism. But surrealism, that we're known for!

@Ravix I agree with you on Grant, love him! I think I first took note him in either "L.A. Story" or "Hudson Hawk", both of which are movies I really liked back in the day. Damn, two more for the re-watch pile, then.

@FuriousMachine ah, Hudson Hawk. Good call. I'd join you in having a whistle along to Bruce Willis in that. I bet it has aged awfully, as, looking it up, it was recieved awfully at the time anyway 😂 I remember it as good, harmless fun, the kind of movie you watch if it is on without overanalysing how silly the script or the characters are.

@Ravix Yeah, pretty much universally panned at the time, yet seems like it's gained a little bit of a cult following over the years. I love it, from the hammiest of hams that ever were hammed by Grant and Sandra Bernhard, to the effortless charm of Willis and Aiello (damn, I miss that guy). Great silly fun

@Ravix @FuriousMachine yeah I too never got the hate for Hudson Hawk… I remember loving it as a boy! I might have to join you pair in a rewatch as it’s been around 30 years.

Maybe I was a bit if an easy mark for Bruce or something… as I loved Last Boy Scout too. I can sense an old-school Bruce-a-thon coming on 😁