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KarmaPolice said:
Last night was There's Something About Mary.    

Today I spent way too much energy trying to track down a bluray or HD streaming option of True Lies.   Why can't I watch this movie?  I grabbed the library's dvd copy.  :sadbanana:  It was going to be between this and Die Hard with a Vengeance tonight, but not sure the other 1/2 will be down for that.  
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Because Cameron and his dumb ### obsession with Avatar is ruining everything. I got True Lies in HD on Vudu a long time ago - it's not available to buy anymore.

That The Abyss isn't in HD anywhere is a crime. :angry:

 
Not too sad now, besides Paxton being amazing, I was disappointed.   It wasn't as good as my memory of it.  

Turned on Philadelphia since it was 4k on Amazon.  

 
BroncoFreak_2K3 said:
Finally watched Nobody’s Fool tonight on the DVR. What a treat. Huge PN fan already but this was an underrated gem. Bruce Willis wanted to do the film so bad he reportedly accepted SAG minimum salary. All the characters are really well played. 
 

9.5/10
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IMO Newman's last great role.

 
Bracie Smathers said:
I thought for-sure that Midnight In Paris would have already been mentioned in this thread, but a search didn't show any results.

This movie has been a favorite of mine for a few years.  I am a sucker for movies that don't dumb down content in order to maximize an audience.  This script doesn't pander leaving many behind slipping in advent garde references in literature, film, and art from the golden age.

The shots and setting is a love-letter to Paris, the script won Best Writing, Original Screenplay for Woody Allen, and I really like the jazz scoring.  I also love the humor.  It hits all cylinders for me and is currently running on Netflix.
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Always will watch this when it is on. Just fun with a great cast bringing to life the artists, writers and cultural figures of the time. Corey Stoll as Hemingway and Adrien Brody as Dali were favorites.

Also, love the phrase "the pedantic one" and have attempted its use in my conversation.

 
Andy Dufresne said:
Mohicans is just a great movie. I was just watching my bootlegged from laser disc copy the other day. It's one of about three movies that I'm really pining for in 4k.

Magua getting his is one of the best finales ever.
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Some really good movies being mentioned in this thread. The battle scene after the evacuation from the fort is one of the best I've seen. No plastic CGI crap here.

 
Caught The Lost Leonardo on the plane yesterday.

I remember this in the news a bit from a couple years ago, but damn what a well told story/doc that tells a ton more about it and then some. Completely compelling on a lot of fronts from the treasure hunt aspect, to the inner workings of conservation and the art world (a lot of my clients are massive collectors- like, opening private museums massive- so this part was particularly interesting), to the business side of it (swiss free-hold dealer couldn't have been more awful/amazing) on into the legal and geo-political. For a doc about a "picture" (weird to hear the experts use that term and not "painting"), this thing has it all. I was actually gasping out loud at times on the plane.. full recommendation.

 
El Floppo said:
Caught The Lost Leonardo on the plane yesterday.

I remember this in the news a bit from a couple years ago, but damn what a well told story/doc that tells a ton more about it and then some. Completely compelling on a lot of fronts from the treasure hunt aspect, to the inner workings of conservation and the art world (a lot of my clients are massive collectors- like, opening private museums massive- so this part was particularly interesting), to the business side of it (swiss free-hold dealer couldn't have been more awful/amazing) on into the legal and geo-political. For a doc about a "picture" (weird to hear the experts use that term and not "painting"), this thing has it all. I was actually gasping out loud at times on the plane.. full recommendation.
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Saw it on a plane too and loved it. Would make a great movie. The guy with the freeport facility was really fascinating. What a sleeze. 

Personally, I'd rather have it just cleaned up and unrestored. The woman that restored it did way too much on it and I do feel she had some monetary incentive in it as well. The lack of a more detailed verification and the way they showed it at the museum really showed how scammy the art world can be.

I remember actually watching the auction live online. Nice try by the Saudi prince trying to get it displayed next to the Mona Lisa.

 
The Wailing - Minus some of the overacting, this one was pretty good. The little girl was excellent, some great effects and gore and the ending kept you guessing. 3.5/5

Philomena - What starts off as a somewhat formulaic storyline evolves into an interesting and well acted film, especially Judy Dench. Not really sure if Coogan was right for it but overall it was still worth watching. 3/5

Bronson - Woah...not what I expected. I'm not sure if there's been a more intimidating real-life character put on screen than Tom Hardy's Bronson. Just an insanely wound up performance. Even while playing with crayons, you could feel him ready to explode. Very reminiscent of A Clockwork Orange to me, same uncomfortable vibe throughout. Performance aside, the movie wasn't great and there could have been more character development but it is what it is. 3.5/5

Moving - I've been waiting to finally see this since it's about a family moving from Jersey to Boise and was hoping to see some cool Boise city shots from 1988. Unfortunately, there was about a 5 second shot from a distance and that was it. Even the building they showed the exterior of where Richard Pryor was supposed to start work wasn't in Boise, but was from LA. The movie pretty much sucked besides a small role from Dana Carvey and a cameo from Rodney Dangerfield. 1.5/5

 
Basic Instinct.  

What a movie.  Long gone are the days of the sexually charged thrillers of the 90s.  The power of Sharon Stone is something to behold.  

 
I watched Leon The Professional on HBO Max. First time watch to me. I liked it but it was way more over the top than I anticipated. That was a lot of Hong Kong influence and Gary Oldman made Pacino in Scarface seem subtle. 

 
I went on a mini Olivier / Shakespeare kick over the last couple of weeks, as I was rummaging through HBO's TCM subcatalog and these were in it: Hamlet, Henry V, Richard III. All 40's/50's films.

I'm not a Shakespeareguy, and haven't seen much of Olivier's work, so I don't purport to be an expert on either.

I think Hamlet was the best movie overall - best story, most solid plot, best supporting cast of the three (man, Jean Simmons has as strikingly beautiful a face as any actress has ever had, and see if you can spot Gran Moff Tarkin too) . It's the only one of the three I think people should make an effort to see if they haven't yet. It is in black and white, but I think that actually added rather than detracted. If nothing else,  there's an all timer line occurring about every 3 minutes. Shakespeare really was a unique genius when it came to dialogue.

I enjoyed Olivier's performance in Richard III best of the three (he plays the villain without going overboard). The campaign/battle scenes really don't hold up now, and I think they were probably substandard for their time as well, which dragged heavily on my appreciation for the film overall. But it was worth it just to see Olivier play that character. On the Shakespeare side, though drawn from history, I found his plot simplistic and implausible. In like five minutes Richard III is able to convince the forlorn wife of the guy he just killed (and she knows he did it) to marry him. I get different time/place audience wise, but still. There's other stuff like that in the plot as well.

Henry V was weird. Starts out with you as an audience member at the Globe Theatre, with backstage access, watching the performers put on a play, which was carried out somewhat as a comedy/farce, with a direct to the audience narrator, but then morphs into a standard 3rd person perspective drama type movie, then morphs back into you being an audience member at the end. Also they did an interesting combination of fully formed practical sets and then painted backdrops and facades throughout the movie. At first it was a little distracting, but after a while I found it gave the film an intriguing look of its own that kind of was a precursor to psychedelic kinds of things people would try in the 60s. But the movie pacing does get bogged down at times, lengthy scenes that really didn't go anywhere, the whole scene of wooing Kate went on forever and wasn't very interesting for example. Also I don't think the supporting actors were as good as the other two movies I watched. I liked Kenneth Branagh's rendition much, much better than this one. I need to watch that one again.

I did get a real appreciation for Shakespearean actors. That's a tough job, really voluminous, difficult dialog to work through and not be a complete ham doing it. Olivier was pretty incredible, he could not only render the lines as naturally as I think it's possible to do so, he also made everything work physically as well. There may have been a mannerism or gesture here and there that was somewhat over the top, but I figure that's probably the idiom when doing Shakespeare. He also was really good with the swordplay and horseback riding.

I liked them o.k., might watch Hamlet again, or Richard III (just to see Olivier's portrayal), but I don't know that I'll dip my toe any further into Shakespeare movies beyond this.

 
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Andy Dufresne said:
I actually liked Mel Gibson's Hamlet. Thought it was better than Branaugh's. 

Roman Polanski's Macbeth was pretty good too.
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O.k., I may have to check those out - those I've kind of been avoiding both of those particular peoples' work for non-movie related reasons.

 
Gr00vus said:
O.k., I may have to check those out - those I've kind of been avoiding both of those particular peoples' work for non-movie related reasons.
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I get it, totally. I started to feel better about it when someone said "There's more than just that/those people involved in the production. Not all of them are 'bad'." 

 
Andy Dufresne said:
I get it, totally. I started to feel better about it when someone said "There's more than just that/those people involved in the production. Not all of them are 'bad'." 
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Not watching Polanski stuff hasn't been much of a sacrifice for me. But not watching Braveheart, Payback, Year Of Living Dangerously, and especially the Road Warrior - much bigger sacrifice. I've been avoiding Michael Jackson stuff too since his issues were brought to light - not such a big sacrifice for me there either.

 
Andy Dufresne said:
I get it, totally. I started to feel better about it when someone said "There's more than just that/those people involved in the production. Not all of them are 'bad'." 
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We all have our own lines and tolerances.   I wouldn't go to a solo event for those guys, wouldn't buy a book they wrote, but I will watch their movies for the reasons above.  

 
I liked Henry V and thought the framing device was cool. Did anyone see The King with Chalamet? I think it came to Netflix in 2019. He plays young Henry V but I don’t think it was actually a single Shakespeare play, kind of a blending of a few of his histories.

 
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Audition was much better than expected. I actually like the atmospheric and mysterious first half more than the graphic brutal ending. Great psychological twist towards the end and excellent performances all around. It takes a lot to make me look away from the screen and this one succeeded a couple of times. It deserves the accolades it gets from cult horror fans. 4/5

 
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Ilov80s said:
I liked Henry V and thought the framing device was cool. Did anyone see The King with Chalamet? I think it came to Netflix in 2019. He plays young Henry V but I don’t think it was actually a single Shakespeare play, kind of a blending of a few of his histories.
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At the end I did end up liking the framing device, I just didn't expect it so I was wondering what the heck I was watching for a while until I "got it." I did watch The King. I liked it. Somewhat different take on the character than what we've gotten before. Worth a view.

 
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Andy Dufresne said:
I actually liked Mel Gibson's Hamlet. Thought it was better than Branaugh's. 
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i agree, but...

if y'all wanna watch Hamlet, watch Hamlet. it should make a good movie but it doesnt. i saw this production without a clue as a kid, but have been haunted by it since. and that's the key - it's got to be felt more than seen because the way of a man lies in how he's haunted and that's what it's about. to this day, i would rather see the the Sheboygan Little Theatre version than the 5hr Branagh flick, because Burton set the tone for me back then of chasing one's pain by arguing with God and that plays onstage in a way that just cant on screen. especially at the top levels - the Brits anointed their young lions by giving them the Dane to quibble and, thereby, gave themselves the chance to watch their most talented, tortured & entitled represent them, enticing the gods down from the mount. i'm not even close to an authority but, far as i can tell, the Bard factored that into the piece

Gr00vus said:
I went on a mini Olivier / Shakespeare kick over the last couple of weeks, as I was rummaging through HBO's TCM subcatalog and these were in it: Hamlet, Henry V, Richard III. All 40's/50's films.

I'm not a Shakespeareguy, and haven't seen much of Olivier's work, so I don't purport to be an expert on either.

I think Hamlet was the best movie overall - best story, most solid plot, best supporting cast of the three (man, Jean Simmons has as strikingly beautiful a face as any actress has ever had, and see if you can spot Gran Moff Tarkin too) . It's the only one of the three I think people should make an effort to see if they haven't yet. It is in black and white, but I think that actually added rather than detracted. If nothing else,  there's an all timer line occurring about every 3 minutes. Shakespeare really was a unique genius when it came to dialogue.

I enjoyed Olivier's performance in Richard III best of the three (he plays the villain without going overboard). The campaign/battle scenes really don't hold up now, and I think they were probably substandard for their time as well, which dragged heavily on my appreciation for the film overall. But it was worth it just to see Olivier play that character. On the Shakespeare side, though drawn from history, I found his plot simplistic and implausible. In like five minutes Richard III is able to convince the forlorn wife of the guy he just killed (and she knows he did it) to marry him. I get different time/place audience wise, but still. There's other stuff like that in the plot as well.

Henry V was weird. Starts out with you as an audience member at the Globe Theatre, with backstage access, watching the performers put on a play, which was carried out somewhat as a comedy/farce, with a direct to the audience narrator, but then morphs into a standard 3rd person perspective drama type movie, then morphs back into you being an audience member at the end. Also they did an interesting combination of fully formed practical sets and then painted backdrops and facades throughout the movie. At first it was a little distracting, but after a while I found it gave the film an intriguing look of its own that kind of was a precursor to psychedelic kinds of things people would try in the 60s. But the movie pacing does get bogged down at times, lengthy scenes that really didn't go anywhere, the whole scene of wooing Kate went on forever and wasn't very interesting for example. Also I don't think the supporting actors were as good as the other two movies I watched. I liked Kenneth Branagh's rendition much, much better than this one. I need to watch that one again.

I did get a real appreciation for Shakespearean actors. That's a tough job, really voluminous, difficult dialog to work through and not be a complete ham doing it. Olivier was pretty incredible, he could not only render the lines as naturally as I think it's possible to do so, he also made everything work physically as well. There may have been a mannerism or gesture here and there that was somewhat over the top, but I figure that's probably the idiom when doing Shakespeare. He also was really good with the swordplay and horseback riding.

I liked them o.k., might watch Hamlet again, or Richard III (just to see Olivier's portrayal), but I don't know that I'll dip my toe any further into Shakespeare movies beyond this.
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there are few better rabbitholes, but Shakepeare is like Italy - if you try to get it all in one trip, you wont. Olivier's a great place to start, because he lets one see how he thinks more than how he feels. but i'd take some time now, internalize what you've taken in, maybe read a little (Harold Bloom's Shakespeare; Invention of the Human is great on many levels) and dive back in. 

about the history plays (the Henry's et al), might i recommend Orson Welles' Chimes at Midnight, in which he extracted the tale of Falstaff from those plays, which gives context to the tale.

my favorite Shakespeare movie - Ian McKellen's Richard III

Good luck -

 
wikkidpissah said:
i agree, but...

if y'all wanna watch Hamlet, watch Hamlet. it should make a good movie but it doesnt. i saw this production without a clue as a kid, but have been haunted by it since. and that's the key - it's got to be felt more than seen because the way of a man lies in how he's haunted and that's what it's about. to this day, i would rather see the the Sheboygan Little Theatre version than the 5hr Branagh flick, because Burton set the tone for me back then of chasing one's pain by arguing with God and that plays onstage in a way that just cant on screen. especially at the top levels - the Brits anointed their young lions by giving them the Dane to quibble and, thereby, gave themselves the chance to watch their most talented, tortured & entitled represent them, enticing the gods down from the mount. i'm not even close to an authority but, far as i can tell, the Bard factored that into the piece

there are few better rabbitholes, but Shakepeare is like Italy - if you try to get it all in one trip, you wont. Olivier's a great place to start, because he lets one see how he thinks more than how he feels. but i'd take some time now, internalize what you've taken in, maybe read a little (Harold Bloom's Shakespeare; Invention of the Human is great on many levels) and dive back in. 

about the history plays (the Henry's et al), might i recommend Orson Welles' Chimes at Midnight, in which he extracted the tale of Falstaff from those plays, which gives context to the tale.

my favorite Shakespeare movie - Ian McKellen's Richard III

Good luck -
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I was going to embark on a 40s/50s Japanese movie kick next, but I'll spend some more time with these suggestions first.

 
Kurosawa’s Shakespearean adaptions are great. You lost the language but you gain an incredible visual eye. 
 

Throne of Blood -> Macbeth as samurai movie 

Ran -> King Lear as samurai movie 

The Bad Sleep Well -> Hamlet set in the Japanese corporate world 

 
Ilov80s said:
I watched Leon The Professional on HBO Max. First time watch to me. I liked it but it was way more over the top than I anticipated. That was a lot of Hong Kong influence and Gary Oldman made Pacino in Scarface seem subtle. 
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EVERYONE!!!

 
Dan Lambskin said:
Pretty rare I get to watch anything in surround at home anymore, great sound can really enhance the film experience 
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I agree. I remember one of the Jumanji movies doing a great job with this. As they are running through the jungle the bird sounds surrounded you making it feel like you were part of the scenes.. There are other movies that use the surround sound to its full potential, but seems to be a forgotten art for many.

Works 100 times better than the 3D crap they keep retrying every few years. :thumbdown:

 
Anyone see Breakdown (97) with Kurt Russell? I hadn't heard of it but saw it on HBOMax and it sounded promising. Really good edge of your seat thriller. A couple's car breaks down on a lonely highway in the American West. A trucker kidnaps the wife and Russell has to go Liam Neeson to try and get his wife back. Lots of edge of your seat action and a gorgeous sun drenched dessert setting. Highly recommend. 

 
Ilov80s said:
Anyone see Breakdown (97) with Kurt Russell? I hadn't heard of it but saw it on HBOMax and it sounded promising. Really good edge of your seat thriller. A couple's car breaks down on a lonely highway in the American West. A trucker kidnaps the wife and Russell has to go Liam Neeson to try and get his wife back. Lots of edge of your seat action and a gorgeous sun drenched dessert setting. Highly recommend. 
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Dude, you are watching this stuff instead of Heat??    ;)  

 
Bought the 40th anniversary blu ray of Apocalypse Now.

Watching the 4K UHD Final Cut version. Picture quality is incredible. 6 disc set — including Final Cut, Redux, and original theatrical cut. Also has the Heart of Darkness doc. Pretty happy with this buy.

For the movie itself, I’m not sure I could say anything not said already. It has been awhile since I watched it, but still holds up as one of the greatest films of all-time in my view.

 
Ilov80s said:
Anyone see Breakdown (97) with Kurt Russell? I hadn't heard of it but saw it on HBOMax and it sounded promising. Really good edge of your seat thriller. A couple's car breaks down on a lonely highway in the American West. A trucker kidnaps the wife and Russell has to go Liam Neeson to try and get his wife back. Lots of edge of your seat action and a gorgeous sun drenched dessert setting. Highly recommend. 
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Nice pump and description. It is an entertaining film.

 
Ilov80s said:
I watched Leon The Professional on HBO Max. First time watch to me. I liked it but it was way more over the top than I anticipated. That was a lot of Hong Kong influence and Gary Oldman made Pacino in Scarface seem subtle. 
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Gary Oldman is just the opposite in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, a role for which he received an Oscar nomination. 

TTSS is a movie I did not fully appreciate on first viewing but which has now become a favorite.

 
Moonlight said:
Gary Oldman is just the opposite in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, a role for which he received an Oscar nomination. 

TTSS is a movie I did not fully appreciate on first viewing but which has now become a favorite.
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Yeah something happened to him because he was insane in early roles. True Romance and Dracula he’s also bonkers.

 
Ilov80s said:
Anyone see Breakdown (97) with Kurt Russell? I hadn't heard of it but saw it on HBOMax and it sounded promising. Really good edge of your seat thriller. A couple's car breaks down on a lonely highway in the American West. A trucker kidnaps the wife and Russell has to go Liam Neeson to try and get his wife back. Lots of edge of your seat action and a gorgeous sun drenched dessert setting. Highly recommend. 
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Yes, it's kind of a hidden gem of action/suspense movies. Very good casting decisions too.

 
For those who may be getting into the realm of "collecting" digital movies (and by that I mean weaning off of physical media), iTunes is the best quality stream, IMO.

And...they have an increasing number of movies that are available for $5 and in 4k (there's also a tab for "regular" HD). I've found that price point to be the sweet spot for me. Even if it's $8, I'll typically wait. But I've gotten to be a cheapskate about this stuff of late.

Some good titles today. I only thought of it because Breakdown is in the list of $5 movies. Others of note are Fargo, Robocop, Princess Bride, A Few Good Men, Wrath of Khan, Lawrence of Arabia, The Bridge on the River Kwai, ...and a few others.

Not like I'm getting a referral bonus here, just a PSA.

 
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Red Notice on Netflix with the Rock, Ryan Reynolds, and Gal Gadot was better than I expected.  I actually liked it quite a bit.  This movie is probably very dependent on whether or not you find Ryan Reynolds' funny, and I do.  Wife and I both enjoyed it, and it's definitely setup for a sequel.

One interesting thing I caught - In the beginning of the movie, Ryan Reynolds pours himself a drink and it's Aviation Gin, which he just so happens to own a part of.  Then a few minutes later, the Rock gets a drink from a bar and they pour him Teremana Tequila, which just so happens to be the tequila that he owns a part of.  Guess they both had to get their product placements in as a part of signing on to do the movie LOL.

 
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