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.

 

[GSV Ethics Gradient]

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.