Topic: The Movie Thread

@BlAcK_Sw0rDsMaN I never got into Dr. Who. Apparently my Dad was a big fan when he was younger but I never saw him watch it and never watched it myself. The X-Files and Law and Order on the other hand…😄

@Metonymy I loved The X-Files myself, considering getting a Steelbook of the final series at some point, if such a thing exists.

@BlAcK_Sw0rDsMaN That’d definitely be worth having in the collection!

@BlAcK_Sw0rDsMaN I’d argue that the special effects in the most recent series are worse than what was delivered back in the Tennant years. They’re overusing that stupid Volume thing every Disney+ show has, where every environment is 2 foot of walkable land surrounded by horizons. Plus there’s the argument of fidelity versus intent. The 60s series were made for pennies but their ambition was matched by the ingenuity of the producers. It’s such a shame the story Marco Polo is missing, the photos of the sets put modern shows to shame.

@FuriousMachine So I watched Blood and Honey and honestly it wasn't as bad as I expected. The lore was simple enough, Christopher Robin grows up and leaves his friends in the Hundred Acre Woods. Eyeore eventually dies and the others apparently eat him then go feral in the process. Somewhere along the way they decide to hunt down whoever enters the woods. Horror-wise and gore-wise it actually hits pretty hard, though I do have questions like how did Pooh learn to drive so that he can drive over someone. I honestly expected a lot worse, like Killjoy worse but it was definitely tolerable. I made a friend watch it with me so we'll probably watch the sequel too.

Checked out the new VHS today, VHS Halloween. Probably one of the best in the franchise. Didn't love the Coochie Coo or As Above segments, but man, Kidprint might be the most deeply upsetting short in the whole franchise, and it is sandwiched between two shorts that feel like the franchise at it's most fun in Fun Size and Home Haunt.

Watched 28 Days Later, building up to eventually getting to 28 Years Later. Still holds up after this years, probably helped by not an over use of cgi, if any. I remember seeing this at the cinema when it first came out, and we were all shocked by the running zombies, which we had not seen at the time.

Dissapointed to see that there is not a 4K box set of the trilogy announced as yet, as flims 1 and 3 are Sony films and the second is now under Disney. There is a 4K steelbook coming for the 1st and already available for the 3rd film, so maybe one will come for the 2nd film.

@JohnnyShoulder funnily enough, Sony is now in charge of Disney's phsycial releases in terms of manufacture and distribution (I believe) so that could be one that would be easier for them to work out.

@JohnnyShoulder I nabbed the steelbook of 28 Years Later but unfortunately it was skipping a bit in the last quarter. Not too happy about it what with Sony’s notoriety for under printing. I’m hoping a good clean will sort it out, or maybe it’s my player…

I don’t know if you’re into podcasts but ‘What Went Wrong’ has a great episode on 28 Days Later. Might be worth checking out while it’s fresh in the head.

@Ravix I was thinking of that as I was posting my earlier comment, so there is a glimmer of hope. I will catch 28 Weeks Later on streaming as it's on a few of the services currently.

@Metonymy Thanks! I will check it out.

I just rewatched Scream (2022). It was a mistake as I remember liking it better than really any sequel since 2, well... not this time. It probably is still better than 3 and 4, but that isn't hard to do, and it just straight up ain't very good.

Oh well, time to start six and see if that sucks as well.

i have been watching some movies lately and the most memorable of these would be: the hidden fortress and Tengoku to jigoku (heaven and Hell) by Kurosawa (nuff said, Mifune in both movies, talk about presence), Dune 2 (so much better than the first, that one was a snoozzze, but i am still not convinced), Harakiri by Masaki Kobayashi (awesome black and white movie about a samurai that wants to commit suicide but finds salvation in a different way), Krigsseileren (a bit surprised that i would like a norwegian second world war movie, but it was a harrowing experience at times). Yeah, its not much, but time is hard to find

Just watched Scream 6. Holy moly was it terrible.

Today's movie was the Slumber Party Massacre remake sequel requel thing. Awful.

I have rewatched all of the Harry Potter films, recently. Partly because I am currently replaying Hogwarts Legacy at the moment.

This evening, I watched a double-bill of the Fantastic Beasts 2&3, The Crimes of Grindelwald, and The Secrets of Dumbledore.

I am most disappointed that we might never get to see the true finale of that series. However, all of the various plot threads appear to have been tied off, so there are no major “loose ends”. But it is a real pity that will likely never see how the story was supposed to end.

I really ought to re-read the Harry Potter books, one day.

@Pizzamorg I feel for you, I almost didn't make it to the end and I like bad horror movies. It's different when they have access to a proper budget, there's no excuse for how bad 6 was.

@GirlVersusGame Yeah I thought the selling point of a Scream film was that it was more than just a Slasher, it was meta and it had something to say. But 6 is just a generic slasher movie, they throw in that scene where a person talks about franchises like they had to hit a quota, but it has nothing to actually stand for and otherwise it just plays out like the blandest straight to DVD 00s horror you've seen a thousand times over.

currently busy watching Altered States on Tubi to start out my horror and sci fi movies watch a thon for this month.

need to dig out my 4K blu rays of Leviathan and Kindred to watch them again to listen to the commentary tracks.

and rewatch The Gate again since im planning on watching The Gate II for the first time sometime at the end of this month

Today's movie was Angst. Not an easy recommendation to like a general audience, but if you love the craft of movies, this movie is doing some really cool, innovative stuff, despite it being almost fifty years old.