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- Fri Jan 31, 2014 2:20 pm
- Forum: General Entertainment
- Topic: The Beatles 50th Anniversary Discussion..........
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3431
Re: The Beatles 50th Anniversary Discussion..........
That sounds great, I'll certainly be giving it a watch if it's shown in the UK. Hopefully this year sees more Blu-Ray releases of their films - it's the 50th anniversary of the Maysles Brothers' documentary on their first US visit, What's Happening! The Beatles In The U.S.A. and, of course, the 45th...
- Tue Jan 21, 2014 11:37 pm
- Forum: General Entertainment
- Topic: Remakes, and you're view on them
- Replies: 44
- Views: 17112
Re: Remakes, and you're view on them
I haven't seen The Wolf of Wall Street yet but surely it's use of profanity could, in fact, be in agreement with your opinion? By using it so frequently, it stands to reason that Scorsese could be showing that the world he's depicting lacks the decorum of everyday society and that their morals are s...
- Mon Jan 20, 2014 9:50 am
- Forum: General Entertainment
- Topic: Remakes, and you're view on them
- Replies: 44
- Views: 17112
Re: Remakes, and you're view on them
I can't comment on the nominations since I haven't seen any of the films, but I completely agree about the overuse of profanity and sex. The filmmakers of the classic Hollywood era were able to tell wonderful stories and stir the audience's emotions without stooping to any of that. A little bit of ...
- Fri Jan 17, 2014 9:33 am
- Forum: General Entertainment
- Topic: Remakes, and you're view on them
- Replies: 44
- Views: 17112
Re: Remakes, and you're view on them
My stand on remakes is they had better be true to the source of the original movie or as in the case of "Ben Hur" update from silent to sound and everything else is closely similar. There are two remakes that I can think of that are absolutely well-done from start to finish, those are &qu...
- Fri Jan 17, 2014 9:25 am
- Forum: Main Disney
- Topic: Oscar for Best Animated Feature 2013
- Replies: 140
- Views: 52319
Re: Oscar for Best Animated Feature 2013
If Tangled were released in any other year, it would have probably won. It was just unfortunate enough to be competing against both Pixar and Dreamworks' most critically acclaimed films. The Wind Rises could win, but it's still a Japanese film about a controversial subject and hasn't been as well re...
- Thu Jan 16, 2014 2:28 pm
- Forum: General Home Video
- Topic: What do you want to see in 2014?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5551
Re: What do you want to see in 2014?
To my shame, I still haven't worked myself up to seeing Gone with the Wind yet so I'm looking forward to getting the 70th anniversary release. I'd really like to see more Scorsese on Blu-Ray this year - The Age of Innocence, After Hours and Who's That Knocking On My Door would do nicely, along with ...
- Thu Jan 16, 2014 2:22 pm
- Forum: Main Disney
- Topic: Oscar for Best Animated Feature 2013
- Replies: 140
- Views: 52319
Re: Oscar for Best Animated Feature 2013
I'm pretty sure that Frozen will get its Oscar but that doesn't mean I've lost hope that they will, in my opinion, make the correct decision and award it to Miyazaki for The Wind Rises. The whole political aspect of the film shouldn't be a problem because the film isn't at all pro-imperial Japan or ...
- Mon Jan 21, 2013 2:03 pm
- Forum: General Entertainment
- Topic: Ben-Hur (2016)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4135
- Mon Jan 21, 2013 11:54 am
- Forum: Main Disney
- Topic: Escape from Tomorrow - an indie shot at Disney World
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1544
Escape from Tomorrow - an indie shot at Disney World
Some rather positive buzz coming out of Sundance about Escape From Tomorrow - a film shot at Disney World without Disney's consent. Will Disney try to suppress it? Who knows. They haven't commented so far.
- Sun Jan 13, 2013 2:29 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Philosophy!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5315
- Sat Jan 12, 2013 4:30 am
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Philosophy!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5315
- Wed Jan 09, 2013 12:47 pm
- Forum: General Entertainment
- Topic: What Movie Did You Just Watch? ...Rises
- Replies: 793
- Views: 209820
Belle de jour was a relatively big hit when it was released as intrepid distributors/theatres knew just how to market it - hence why it is Bunuel's best known film. I quite like it, it seems to bridge surrealist Bunuel with social realist Bunuel but it feels like a jack of all trades and a master o...
- Sun Jan 06, 2013 4:26 am
- Forum: General Entertainment
- Topic: What Movie Did You Just Watch? ...Rises
- Replies: 793
- Views: 209820
- Sat Jan 05, 2013 2:29 pm
- Forum: General Entertainment
- Topic: Top 12 Movies of 2012
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3332
Cloud Atlas, Les Miserables, Lincoln, Zero Dark Thirty etc. haven't been released here yet. So I'll just give a tentative top 5: 1. Amour Michael Haneke rightly joined the double-Palme d'Or winner club with this study of love at its bitter end. French acting legends Jean-Louis Trintignant (And God C...
- Sat Jan 05, 2013 7:02 am
- Forum: General Entertainment
- Topic: What Movie Did You Just Watch? ...Rises
- Replies: 793
- Views: 209820
I finally got round to watching the recent restoration of David Lean's Lawrence of Arabia . A round of applause for the team at Sony - this is quite possibly the best restoration every carried out, it looks like it could have been shot yesterday. Stunning. Everything about this film that can be said...
- Wed Jul 04, 2012 3:49 am
- Forum: General Home Video
- Topic: Universal 100th Anniversary
- Replies: 40
- Views: 23728
^So when they put the 3D version of a movie and the 2D version on separate discs, it's nothing more then a marketing scam (like including DVDs and digital copies)? I always thought the 3D version took up too much space to include both. I'm not entirely sure on the technicalities but the 3DBD spec c...
- Sun Jul 01, 2012 7:46 am
- Forum: General Entertainment
- Topic: What Movie Did You Just Watch? ...Rises
- Replies: 793
- Views: 209820
- Fri Jun 29, 2012 9:01 am
- Forum: General Home Video
- Topic: Universal 100th Anniversary
- Replies: 40
- Views: 23728
- Sun Jun 24, 2012 3:53 am
- Forum: General Home Video
- Topic: Universal 100th Anniversary
- Replies: 40
- Views: 23728
- Tue Jun 12, 2012 1:42 am
- Forum: General Entertainment
- Topic: What Movie Did You Just Watch? ...Rises
- Replies: 793
- Views: 209820
Thanks. I haven't had much time to write, recently due to exams and whatnot but I managed to squeeze one in.Dr Frankenollie wrote:Glad to see you adding more reviews to your blog. I always enjoy reading one of your well-written critiques.yamiiguy wrote:Moonrise Kingdom - My review - Grade: B+