The film thread.

[davidf]

The Terminator on 4k - whilst some of the effects very much look their age, the film really doesn't - great transfer.

Is that the new transfer? Previous ones supposedly weren't that great, a bit of over smoothing going on apparently.

 

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Is that the new transfer? Previous ones supposedly weren't that great, a bit of over smoothing going on apparently.

It's the one just released - though I think you're a more demanding viewer than I am, so reserve judgement!

 

[davidf]

It's the one just released - though I think you're a more demanding viewer than I am, so reserve judgement!

Yes, that'll be the new one. There were rumours it was going to be treated the same as Aliens and True Lies, so I decided to hang back before purchasing. I'll have to seek out a review.

 

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Ploughing through the Craig Bond films - Skyfall on 4k last night, the best Bond film bar none for me. I can see the appeal of Connery's suaveness and the sixties aura of his Bond, but I prefer the greater depth of character in Craig's flawed version.

 

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Calvary. 9/10

It's only taken me just under two years to get around to this! Excellent film.

 

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Dance with a Stranger - Miranda Richardson as Ruth Ellis, the last woman hanged in the UK, an early Film4 project. Not entirely sure what I made of it - certainly the story of a lot of messed-up people.

 

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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice on 4k - good, but not as good a s the original. Feels like it started well but lost its way in the last half an hour.

 

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Nightmare Alley on blu ray - not Guillermo del Toro's absolute best work, but really enjoyed it at first viewing.

 

[Jasonovich]

Binged watched Squid Games season 2 on Netflix, so brutal. I hope we don't have to wait too long for the final episodes.

 

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Alien Romulus on 4k -a crimbo present. Pretty disappointing really. First half an hour is pretty good, but it's also referential to the point of being reverential, and not subtly but almost continuously. This starts to grate, and as there are no new ideas here (bar the gravity thing), and as it seems to want to cram in things from all of the first four films, I'm not sure it'll get a second viewing in a hurry.

 

[helijohn]

Here is a problem I would like you to solve for me. I want to find a film I watched which I think was made around 2012. As I recall it stars an A lister and one who has his head shaved normally or cut short. In this film he has longish hair and it is quite a surprise. It is because he is being portrayed as a bit of a drunken layabout. The film opens in a bar and he is drunk. He gets abusive to some of the others in the bar and a woman in particular I think. It turns out much much later that he was pretending to be drunk. He is doing this to protect his family as something like the mafia or Triads or cops or FBI know he has information that can harm them. He is no risk to them while he is a mess. This all turns around at about halfway through the movie when it then comes to light that he is very rational and not drunk. I cannot recall how it ends but I think two of the factions eventually get dealt with.
Needless to say I have scoured movies from all the usual suspects like Bruce Willis, Dwayne Johnson, V. Damme etc. etc.
Please help me - I have waited years to suss this movie.

 

[Fandango Andy]

Binged watched Squid Games season 2 on Netflix, so brutal. I hope we don't have to wait too long for the final episodes.

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After the end of the final episode it does say coming in 2025 so that narrows it down a little!

They are calling them three seasons, although this season is very short. They Slit the second season of Arcane into three parts with about a month between each, that was really annoying!

 

[Fandango Andy]

Here is a problem I would like you to solve for me. I want to find a film I watched which I think was made around 2012. As I recall it stars an A lister and one who has his head shaved normally or cut short. In this film he has longish hair and it is quite a surprise. It is because he is being portrayed as a bit of a drunken layabout. The film opens in a bar and he is drunk. He gets abusive to some of the others in the bar and a woman in particular I think. It turns out much much later that he was pretending to be drunk. He is doing this to protect his family as something like the mafia or Triads or cops or FBI know he has information that can harm them. He is no risk to them while he is a mess. This all turns around at about halfway through the movie when it then comes to light that he is very rational and not drunk. I cannot recall how it ends but I think two of the factions eventually get dealt with.
Needless to say I have scoured movies from all the usual suspects like Bruce Willis, Dwayne Johnson, V. Damme etc. etc.
Please help me - I have waited years to suss this movie.

The film that immediately springs to mind is Hummingbird, known as Redemption in some territories. Written and directed by Stephen Knight (Peaky Binders).

There is enough about the plot that is different to what you describe to suggest it isn't the one you are talking about. However, we sometimes misremember, or conflate two or more stories. There are lots of things that do match, the police, the mob, the fights. Most significantly it is from 2013, and it stars Jason Statham who starts the film down and out with straggly long hair.

Even if not the one, its worth a look as its a good movie.

 

[Jasonovich]

The film that immediately springs to mind is Hummingbird, known as Redemption in some territories. Written and directed by Stephen Knight (Peaky Binders).

There is enough about the plot that is different to what you describe to suggest it isn't the one you are talking about. However, we sometimes misremember, or conflate two or more stories. There are lots of things that do match, the police, the mob, the fights. Most significantly it is from 2013, and it stars Jason Statham who starts the film down and out with straggly long hair.

Even if not the one, its worth a look as its a good movie.

I thought of Jason Statham in that film he had straggly long hair, I couldn't recall the title but I thought if I go and check all films released in 2012, I'm sure to find it.

So I thought, 20 minutes and I'm still going down the list, I sort of lost the will to live 🙂
It seems you sussed it out, well done!

 

[helijohn]

The film that immediately springs to mind is Hummingbird, known as Redemption in some territories. Written and directed by Stephen Knight (Peaky Binders).

There is enough about the plot that is different to what you describe to suggest it isn't the one you are talking about. However, we sometimes misremember, or conflate two or more stories. There are lots of things that do match, the police, the mob, the fights. Most significantly it is from 2013, and it stars Jason Statham who starts the film down and out with straggly long hair.

Even if not the one, its worth a look as its a good movie.

Thanks. I own almost all of the Statham films. Hummingbird is one that has been suggested but me and the other half are definite in that it is not the one. I think the key is the opening scene and the storyline twist midway.

 

[helijohn]

I thought of Jason Statham in that film he had straggly long hair, I couldn't recall the title but I thought if I go and check all films released in 2012, I'm sure to find it.

So I thought, 20 minutes and I'm still going down the list, I sort of lost the will to live 🙂
It seems you sussed it out, well done!

One can lose the will to live, been there and got the T shirt myself. lol It is not Statham though so pleeeeze keep looking.

 

[SallyB]

Well, I don’t want to turn this thread into a help desk for films I can’t remember the title of, but I have one as well that I have been trying to track down for years.

I’m guessing it was made in the last 30 years or so, set in WW2 with a platoon of GIs working their way through a snow bound European forest toward the end of the war. They come across a German unit and there is possibly a stand off. Anyway after a time the two sides start a degree of fraternisation until someone accidentally lets of a gun and everything breaks down in a major gunfight. Can’t remember the actors, but I’ve a vague idea that someone who is now famous was in it.

I’ve spent yonks on the IMDB trying to track it down and would love to see it again. My eternal appreciation to the person who can identify it! 😁 Thanks!

 

[helijohn]

Well, I don’t want to turn this thread into a help desk for films I can’t remember the title of, but I have one as well that I have been trying to track down for years.

I’m guessing it was made in the last 30 years or so, set in WW2 with a platoon of GIs working their way through a snow bound European forest toward the end of the war. They come across a German unit and there is possibly a stand off. Anyway after a time the two sides start a degree of fraternisation until someone accidentally lets of a gun and everything breaks down in a major gunfight. Can’t remember the actors, but I’ve a vague idea that someone who is now famous was in it.

I’ve spent yonks on the IMDB trying to track it down and would love to see it again. My eternal appreciation to the person who can identify it! 😁 Thanks!

I vaguely remember a film like that (but not the name of it) that had, I think, Telly Savalas in it. It is so frustrating. You would think sites like "find that film" etc. would be able to help but they just come up with the usual suspects - pardon the link.

 

[SallyB]

I vaguely remember a film like that (but not the name of it) that had, I think, Telly Savalas in it. It is so frustrating. You would think sites like "find that film" etc. would be able to help but they just come up with the usual suspects - pardon the link.

Thanks, but definitely post Telly!

 

[Jasonovich]

He did wonders for the lolly

Thanks, but definitely post Telly!

He did wonders for the lolly pop sales!

What was his catchphrase? 🙂

Ah......'Who loves you baby'?

 

[DCarmi]

I’m guessing it was made in the last 30 years or so, set in WW2 with a platoon of GIs working their way through a snow bound European forest toward the end of the war. They come across a German unit and there is possibly a stand off. Anyway after a time the two sides start a degree of fraternisation until someone accidentally lets of a gun and everything breaks down in a major gunfight. Can’t remember the actors, but I’ve a vague idea that someone who is now famous was in it.

I think it might be "A Midnight Clear".

I once spent ages looking for a film I saw as a kid. All I could remember was a Plane, trees and a chase by bad guys. About 5 years ago, I stumbled on it by accident. It was called "Run For the Sun". An OK film but not a classic. It just happened to stick in my childhood mind.

 

[SallyB]

You are well right!! Thank you!❤️

 

[R2D2]

You are well right!! Thank you!❤️

You are not allowed to say the word on here unless it’s one rule for some and not anyone else!

 

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You are not allowed to say the word on here unless it’s one rule for some and not anyone else!

It's at the milder end of the spectrum, but you're right.

Back on topic, Dead Man Walking last night - never seen it before, very strong performances from the leads.

 

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Se7en on 4k - genuinely great film, and it looked marvellous to my eyes. Be interesting to see what @davidf makes of it!