Last Film You Watched

[COYBL25]

all good films!

i still need to see the new Blade Runner...i've not been too arsed because of always being disappointed by new sci-fi films, plus not sure about the director: Enemy was a horrible film, Sicario & Arrival were really well-filmed, great spectacle, but no grip to the story or characters.

The first time you watch Blade Runner 2049, should just be to get an overview of it, then watch it properly the second time.

It`s a magnificent film, but a lot more sombre and stark than the original, which doesn`t detract from it any way, it`s just not the visual feast that the first one is.

Plus nothing can live up to the Vangelis soundtrack.

 

[dholliday]

The first time you watch Blade Runner 2049, should just be to get an overview of it, then watch it properly the second time.

It`s a magnificent film, but a lot more sombre and stark than the original, which doesn`t detract from it any way, it`s just not the visual feast that the first one is.

Plus nothing can live up to the Vangelis soundtrack.

hmmm...you're not really selling it...lol

 

[COYBL25]

hmmm...you're not really selling it...lol

I didn't mean it like that.

It's just that it's more monochrome in the way it's filmed, rather than the vivid colours like the first.

Let's put it this way, even though it was 3 hrs long, I felt like I'd been in the cinema 30 mins.

 

[OnlyBlueWillDo]

The first time you watch Blade Runner 2049, should just be to get an overview of it, then watch it properly the second time.

It`s a magnificent film, but a lot more sombre and stark than the original, which doesn`t detract from it any way, it`s just not the visual feast that the first one is.

Plus nothing can live up to the Vangelis soundtrack.

It lacked a bit more action in the final third, only fault I have with it, or maybe have bits of action dotted throughout like the original.

 

[OnlyBlueWillDo]

It changes, but generally will have these 10 in :

Blade Runner - either version.
Moon.
Let the Right One In - original version.
Donnie Darko.
Platoon.
Blade Runner 2049.
Apocalypse Now.
The Shining.
One Flew over the Cuckoos Nest.
Sinister.

No Alien/Aliens?, get in the bin.

 

[dholliday]

No Alien/Aliens?, get in the bin.

what's your top 10, mate?

 

[COYBL25]

No Alien/Aliens?, get in the bin.

A typo - Aliens would be near the top.

 

[OnlyBlueWillDo]

what's your top 10, mate?

Couldn't do one mate, top 20 I probably could, but can't be arsed to do it now.

 

[LEONARD]

Caught this British 1950's X movie on Talking Pictures the other night.

Well worth watching.

 

[dholliday]

Couldn't do one mate, top 20 I probably could, but can't be arsed to do it now.

my imdb profile's handy, every film i watch i rate...helps keep track of what i like, tho' still doesn't save me from wasting time watching pants...lots of 3's & 4's out of 10 out there.

 

[ClausThomsen]

For reference, my 9/10+ sci-fi are 2001, Children of Men, Altered States, Close Encounters, Enemy Mine, 1984, Clockwork Orange, Star Trek I extended (1979), Alien, Pi, Star Wars trilogy, District 9, Akira, Planet of the Apes, Matrix 1, X-Files (1998), Transformers (1986), Blade Runner, The Abyss, Terminator 1, Deep Impact.

Some excellent films there but I'll take issue with Star Wars being a 9/10. Enjoyable sci-fi but none of them are nearly the films they're made out out to be. A borderline 6 or 7 for me them.

Alien, District 9, The Terminator, POTA, The Matrix and Blade Runner are certainly 9/10's though.

 

[dholliday]

I'll take issue with Star Wars being a 9/10. Enjoyable sci-fi but none of them are nearly the films they're made out out to be. A borderline 6 or 7 for me them.

I guess I can understand why some like but don't love the original Star Wars trilogy. I rewatched them (Despecialized versions: original cut but in HD, so no stupid CGI add-ons) for the first time in almost 20 years fairly recently on our home-cinema projector. They were a massive part of my childhood, watched them on VHS so often that even today I know all the lines & bleeps. In the rewatch what struck me negatively was the sometimes clumsy stage-handling of Star Wars during the middle-section, and yeah how übercutesy the Ewoks were in Jedi (despite them coming close to burning Han & Leia alive for food!). But that was it negatively, the positives are massive:

- Star Wars trench run is genuinely amazing thrills, still unmatched movie spaceship-action even 40 years later
- Empire is honestly flawless, hence a 10/10
- Jedi has my favourite Star Wars scene by a mile: Emperor is zapping Luke to fek, Vader turns this way & that then silently decides what to do...oh my goosepimps! The Bluray version utterly ruined that scene by adding in a loud "noooooo!" from James Earl Jones, fortunately those Despecialized as I say offer the original and best cuts but with the benefits of remastered resolution.

 

[chrismpw]

2/10...horrible film, horrible man, horrible message. sorry to piss on yer chips, chris!

What the actual??

I'm disagreeing with a man on the internet! He's clearly wrong! Nurse!! lol

 

[Jamiednm]

meh...6/10...worth a watch if you're in the mood for some moody landscapes...but never liked Leo in anything apart from Titanic.

Now I know you're taking the piss.

 

[dholliday]

Now I know you're taking the piss.

honestly...he's stayed the arrogant jackwannabe kid for me, fine in Titanic, not fine in other roles.