@FuriousMachine Yeah I thought it was based on a manga or something but was curious so googled it and it seems it was a Marvel comic. It seems to only have taken a few key ideas and characters from that though and is quite different.
I find myself thinking of a rewatch now. Zootopia, as well.
I just wanted to say that I have spent this evening watching Michael Mann’s “The Last of the Mohicans”.
Epic, picturesque, and glorious. I would go so far as to say that it is quite possibly my favourite movie of all time. Two hours long, without one single second wasted. Every moment on screen is both riveting and beautiful.
I have read James Fenimore Cooper, and honestly, the film is better than the book.
@graymamba One of my favourite animated trilogies. I'm not a fan of these live action remakes, I'm sure it's a great film but I don't see the point in them.
I ended up watching Hellraiser (1987) never watched it properly before. Great films and the effects and make still look great!
I just finished watching Good Boy and all I can say is that I was moved, disturbed and had to hug an actual dog afterwards. For some reason I thought it was a horror comedy. It's a bit of a hard watch if you are an animal lover, the acting (by the dog Indy) is fantastic but sense of fear from Indy's perspective feels a little too genuine. As a rule the supernatural doesn't phase me but seeing an animal experience it is something completely different.
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@GirlVersusGame I'm really looking forward to seeing this in the theatres! Premieres here on November 7th, along with Predator: Badlands, and I actually think I may prioritize "Good Boy". I'll move heaven and earth to catch them both on the big screen, of course, but just in case, you know?
@MightyDemon82 The OG "Hellraiser" is a stone cold classic and it holds up very well today, in my opinion Haven't seen the sequel in decades and have been meaning to rectify that ever since I got the box set a while back, but, you know, "so many movies, etc.."
@JohnnyShoulder@Ravix I took a gamble last night and rented "Outland". I liked it, which I didn't really expect. I find that with a lot of movies from the 80's, if you strip away any nostalgia you might have, very few of them are worth sitting through when viewed for the first time with 2020s sensibilities, but this one actually held my interest. Much of it was down to Frances Sternhagen's excellent character, who stole every scene she was in.
Still, I didn't feel that this was a movie I would rewatch and as such I don't feel a need to add it to my physical collection
@MightyDemon82 I recently showed my friend a couple of Hellraisers, I think we stopped after Bloodlines. The straight to video ones got pretty bad over time but the first two are classics and Hell on Earth (3) is good stupid fun. I always envy people who are only now discovering certain movies or franchises, especially cult classics. I showed that same friend Night of The Demons over the weekend, the sequel will probably be next. It was going to be Clownhouse but they really don't like clowns, so that's Killjoy out the window too (possibly one of the worst movies ever made)
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@BlAcK_Sw0rDsMaN Only about 20 times, it's one of my favorite Stephen King movie adaptions. The 90's Stand is right up there too (even-though it's not that well liked by most) I like the obvious choices like Carrie and The Shining but movies like Sleepwalkers are a guilty pleasure. I think it's the first time I heard Enya, her song Boadicea features on the soundtrack. That's one of the best after affects of a movie, the music you discover through it's soundtrack and then pursue to find more of the same. Will you be watching any movies throughout Halloween yourself?
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@FuriousMachine Good to know that it still holds up. I think most of my 4K's are from the 70's to the 2000's. I've not really noticed any that I had an issue with due to modern sensibilities, but maybe that it is something I don't notice as much as others.
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@JohnnyShoulder I find that if I watch movies from that era for the first time now, I am less forgiving of less advanced special effects, overacting, etc. than if it's a movie I've had affection for back then. Not that movies I liked back then are immune either; there are plenty of movies I liked back then that I feel has aged poorly.
Interestingly, that seems to be a thing with movies from the 60s to the 90s, though - going back further I become more forgiving again.
A recent example of a movie from that era that I simply couldn't finish is "Barbarella". A cult classic to some, I saw that it had a big collector's edition release coming up so I figured I would attempt to get on the cult bandwagon, but I couldn't even get halfway through. Simply too much cringe in every aspect of it. If I had grown up with it, that may have been a different story, though.
Oh, The Last of the Mohicans is an absolute classic! The soundtrack and atmosphere are just incredible — even after multiple viewings it never loses its power. I totally agree that this is one of those rare cases where the movie actually surpasses the book. Every scene feels so intentional, and Mann’s direction gives it that timeless, almost poetic quality.
First reactions to Predator: Badlands have dropped and they are quite enthusiastic, which is promising. However, one comment read something akin to "taking the series out of the horror genre and into strict sci-fi action", which made me do a double take. When was this series ever in the horror genre?
I've personally never considered the Predator movies to be anything but sci-fi action spectacles, but that made me wonder what the people on here think about them. Horror or not?
@FuriousMachine ended up agreeing with you on the latest Scarface steelbook release, and noticed this was available when browsing. So I thought... Don't mind if I do 😅
Matches 'The Shining' with it being The Film Vault release, and it looks good in-hand. I may have overwatched Scarface in the past, but it has been a while, and it is definitely one I have a soft spot for. Plus i've never seen it in 4k (apparently it "pops" with the added HDR @JohnnyShoulder 🙃)
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@FuriousMachine I've never once thought of Predator as horror and that includes all of the Predator novels too. It's like I said with Sinners, genre labels are like musical chairs now. I've only ever seen Predator as Sci-fi and people like Stan Winston (the original FX/make-up behind Predator) said the same thing. It's possible it got lumped in with Halloween (the season) and people went with 'this is a horror movie because it's spooky season'. It's also possible that for some people Badlands is their first Predator movie, or the person is just easily affected by a little gore (Predator taking trophies) Another reason for the horror comment could boil down to the current state of reviewers. It's never been easier to voice an opinion and most professional reviewers I know in publishing and beyond don't know what they are talking about half the time.
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@Ravix Does it have much to show off those inky OLED blacks?
Speaking of which my latest purchases were Pitch Black on 4K and VHS on blu ray. I quite like the art on the case on the former (the film has always been one of my faves too). The latter was only a couple of quid with Pitch Black ay my local HMV and was on my list. I've seen most of the other VHS's and I realised I'd not seen the first one. When i saw them I was surprised that there were more hits than misses, but the first one wasn't on any service I sub to, so I added it to my wishlist.
@Ravix That one is infinitely prettier than the other release, for sure! I'm not a huge fan of the movie, but that artwork is so good that I kinda want it just for that.
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