The film thread.

[R2D2]

Here’s something I am looking forward to next year:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=B4CP4LjN6FM

 

[R2D2]

Going to see Gladiator 2 this weekend, really looking forward to it. I hate being ripped off for the cinema, a standard seat has just cost me £14.50! You can get the Blu-ray for about that after it’s released.

Just cancelled it and got a refund, I am going to buy the Blu-ray instead.

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

I’m going for the £45 quid box - one of my favourite films. Can’t justify the big box set. Although, 10 years ago I’d have just gone all out.

I see there's a slightly less unpalatable Zavvi pre-order available. Order placed with appropriate bah humbug face on!

 

[davidf]

I see there's a slightly less unpalatable Zavvi pre-order available. Order placed with appropriate bah humbug face on!

Amzn and Zavvi showing Dec 2025 as release date - what's going on? Why can't everyone just update and show the correct information? What is correct?! I'm not ordering if we're still a year away!

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

Amzn and Zavvi showing Dec 2025 as release date - what's going on? Why can't everyone just update and show the correct information? What is correct?! I'm not ordering if we're still a year away!

Bluray.com suggests 6/1/25:

4K Ultra HD Release Dates, 4K Ultra HD Release Calendar

www.blu-ray.com

 

[davidf]

Bluray.com suggests 6/1/25:

4K Ultra HD Release Dates, 4K Ultra HD Release Calendar

www.blu-ray.com

I've given up looking on that site, as I have to untick millions of boxes to retain a possibility of privacy.

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

I've given up looking on that site, as I have to untick millions of boxes to retain a possibility of privacy.

Can't say I particularly care for it - prefer Film Stories, though that's a bit more ad hoc in updates.

 

[R2D2]

Going to see Gladiator 2 this weekend, really looking forward to it. I hate being ripped off for the cinema, a standard seat has just cost me £14.50! You can get the Blu-ray for about that after it’s released.

£13.50 for the Blu-ray here with the discount code:

Gladiator II

Twenty years after the death of gladiator Maximus, his son Lucius is captured in Carthage when it falls to the Romans. Trained as a gladiator and brought back to fight in the Colosseum as an anonymous barbarian, Lucius quickly gains notoriety and becomes the center of a power struggle for the...

www.rarewaves.com

I think I will pre-order it. Looks like the discount code only works on the 4K Blu-ray. £14.99 for the Blu-ray then.

 

[Al ears]

Going to see Gladiator 2 this weekend, really looking forward to it. I hate being ripped off for the cinema, a standard seat has just cost me £14.50! You can get the Blu-ray for about that after it’s released.

Speaking of Gladiator, the original film, does anyone know what exactly happened to his dog?
Being a GSD perhaps it defected to the opposition....

 

[R2D2]

Speaking of Gladiator, the original film, does anyone know what exactly happened to his dog?
Being a GSD perhaps it defected to the opposition....

Just to add another question to your question is the answer here:

Who Lucius' Father Is In Gladiator, And Who Gladiator 2 Changes It To

Gladiator 2 changes the identity of Lucius' father

screenrant.com

About who Lucius dad is. I am still not sure I get it though!

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

The original film implied that Maximus and Lucilla had been 'close'!

 

[R2D2]

The original film implied that Maximus and Lucilla had been 'close'!

That simple!

 

[R2D2]

Top Gun 3 and Titanic 2 coming out now!

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

Titanic 2

It's not April the 1st, is it?!

 

[R2D2]

It's not April the 1st, is it?!

I think it’s called The Return of Jack!

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

Amzn and Zavvi showing Dec 2025 as release date - what's going on? Why can't everyone just update and show the correct information? What is correct?! I'm not ordering if we're still a year away!

Email from Zavvi says 6/1/25.

 

[davidf]

Email from Zavvi says 6/1/25.

Recently seen Zavvi announcing a digipack version - only stating one disc though. That might be incorrect, but if it's not, there's no way in hell I'm investing in a 2 hour film where they've shoehorned all the extras onto the same disc - it's bad enough it's not DolbyVision or an Atmos soundtrack (both criminal), and now they're throttling the potential picture quality? That's a pass from me if it's one disc.

I can only hope that Shout Factory get a license to produce a release of it further down the line - they'll do it properly.

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

Recently seen Zavvi announcing a digipack version - only stating one disc though. That might be incorrect, but if it's not, there's no way in hell I'm investing in a 2 hour film where they've shoehorned all the extras onto the same disc - it's bad enough it's not DolbyVision or an Atmos soundtrack (both criminal), and now they're throttling the potential picture quality? That's a pass from me if it's one disc.

I can only hope that Shout Factory get a license to produce a release of it further down the line - they'll do it properly.

The steelbook one is a two disc set, though I'll be irritated if it's not in HDR - given how dark the palette is that should be worth having. I'd be surprised if it hasn't - the only 4k film I have (out of 140) that doesn't have HDR in some form is In the Heat of the Night.

 

[davidf]

The steelbook one is a two disc set, though I'll be irritated if it's not in HDR - given how dark the palette is that should be worth having. I'd be surprised if it hasn't - the only 4k film I have (out of 140) that doesn't have HDR in some form is In the Heat of the Night.

It's HDR, but given the fact the film is very dark initially (getting lighter as it goes on), and there's tons of detail lurking in that darkness, you'd think that DolbyVision would've been a must-have. HDR works on a fixed setting throughout the whole movie, and given the above, where do you set it to? For darker scenes, making lighter ones suffer? For lighter scenes where darker ones will suffer? Or a mid point, so dark and light scenes get ok coverage? DV (and HDR+) work on a scene to scene basis getting the best out of every scene, which would've perfectly suited Se7en.
I've got a few films without any HDR at all (VFW and The Apartment spring to mind), and it's not really an issue if you don't have it as you'll never know what difference it could've made, but with important 4K releases, they really should have DolbyVision.

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

Dracula, Prince of Darkness. Read a piece in RT about Christopher Lee, who sounded like a decent sort, and who was clearly perturbed at being associated with horror (and pretty much nothing else). It said that the film had a sensuality about it, and that the resurrection scene was still shocking.

It wasn't. It was pants. And lawks, the music was awful...

 

[Minkey1]

Blitz. Little lad is evacuated but legs it and has to find his way back to his Mum midst the horror and terror of the bombing (he does).
Cast includes Paul Weller (yes, that one), Stephen Graham, Kathy Burke. Great soundtrack for a system workout.

Overall though, just OK.

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

Blitz. Little lad is evacuated but legs it and has to find his way back to his Mum midst the horror and terror of the bombing (he does).
Cast includes Paul Weller (yes, that one), Stephen Graham, Kathy Burke. Great soundtrack for a system workout.

Overall though, just OK.

Hadn't heard of that - and alas it seems you ned Apple TV for it.

 

[Minkey1]

Hadn't heard of that - and alas it seems you ned Apple TV for it.

Yes. Apple production.

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

The Black Phone from Film 4 - more than passable horror about a kidnapped child, held in a basement and assisted though an unconnected phone by the killer's previous victims. Sounds daft when you say it like that, but hey ho. Ethan Hawke is properly horrible as his abductor.