The film thread.

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

Primal Fear, a perfectly serviceable murder/courtroom drama, elevated by an early and masterful performance by Edward Norton. Poor title, though...

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

Love the long shot in that, that travels over three floors, through a keyhole etc etc.

Never got a release beyond DVD, strangely enough.

 

[davidf]

Never got a release beyond DVD, strangely enough.

A 4K release has been announced

Hideous edge enhancement on the DVD, so I order the American Superbit version, which was better, but still a bit rough looking.

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

Yes, it's on my bluay.com 'tell you when it's released' list!

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

Twilight Zone - The Movie on blu ray. Variable quality between the segments, but I love the intro and in particular the finale.

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

Presumed Innocent - decent courtroom thriller and proof that Harrison Ford could actually act. Not a hydrospanner line in earshot...

 

[davidf]

Christopher Lee triple bill yesterday on what would’ve been his 100th birthday.

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

The Favourite from C4HD - great performances, dialogue and it looks fantastic - music occasionally a bit jarring though, and it felt as though the plot gradually wilted. Glad I've seen it, but contrary to expectation, not one I'll be buying.

 

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to be honest I haven't seen a poor performance by him.....

Excellent in Mississippi Burning too - still a difficult watch after all these years.

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

Dark Water - a J-horror from a few years ago. Probably better described as creepy than a horror - good but not great.

Watchmen - having re-read it and watched the excellent mini-series recently. Looks great, misses too much, but rather better than I remembered it.

The Meaning of Life - messy and patchy, but I have a lot of affection for it.

 

[Arron]

The Dirty Dozen -- DVD -- questionable plot, questionable ethics and some questionable performances but still manages to entertain.

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

Cool Runnings on blu ray. A pity John Candy died so early - I think there was a better actor in him than tended to be seen. I don't go for much in the way of feelgood, but this always gets me.

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

The second one is pretty good too. I quite like the aliens/monsters.

Watched A Quiet Place II last night on 4k - very good. Not sure it has quite the impact of the original, but as many of the problems/sources of danger are the same, I guess that's inevitable. A worthy sequel.

 

[DCarmi]

Re #164. Not sure I'd recommend installing apps from somewhere other than reputable app stores. Also it seems to distribute subscription channels without the required subscription, so its legitimacy may be dubious.

 

[Al ears]

Re #164. Not sure I'd recommend installing apps from somewhere other than reputable app stores. Also it seems to distribute subscription channels without the required subscription, so its legitimacy may be dubious.

Do you refer to #154??

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

Do you refer to #154??

He's referring to some deleted spam.

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

The Lovely Bones on blu ray - springing This Mortal Coil's version of Song to the Siren, a song I've loved since I was a teenager - at a particularly emotive point is a bit cruel. Not a dry eye in the room...

Not an easy watch, but a great film. EDIT: I'm surprised to see how badly it's rated at Rotten Tomatoes etc.

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

Silent Running, on Geman blu ray. Awful music and a bit simplistic, but a great performance from Bruce Dern, and interesting to see how much of Douglas Trumball's effects evolved into use in other things.

I was confused - thought Trumball had been involved with Alien - there are several things that are reminiscent in terms of design - the detonators are very similar to the self destruct systems on the Nostromo. Homage, maybe?

 

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What We do in the Shadows - the excellent film, not the laboured American TV series.

 

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The Green Mile on blu ray - not seen it for years. Better than I remembered, provided you can allocate the 3hrs+ it runs for. One of those films where it sets its own tempo, if that makes any sense.

 

[Arron]

Revolt -- DVD -- obscure sci-fi made in Africa on a low-ish budget. Marmite audience response and lots of flaws even for those who enjoyed it (e.g. me) but still impressive in many ways.

 

[plastic penguin]

Watching my daughter's Bluray of 'The Greatest Showman'. The sound quality is weird because the dialogue is very quiet but the musical numbers really crash out.

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

We couldn't get through that - a bit too trad musical for our tastes.

 

[Freddy]

Just bought Drive on 4K Blu-ray. Great film.

 

[davidf]

Rewatched Magnolia last night - great cast with some fantastic performances. Always gets me that Jason Robards was playing an old man on his deathbed with cancer, when at the time, he himself was dying of cancer. He passed away not too long after the film’s release.

I knew Aimee Mann’s music was used in the film, but I didn’t know that the film was inspired by her music. Paul Thomas Anderson used one of the lines from one of her songs in the movie.

This really needs a 4K release!