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New/Rented Movies: Bring Back Laserdiscs!
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Kepler
Si certus es dubita
Re: New/Rented Movies: Bring Back Laserdiscs!
The more I watch the original the more I love it. The extra footage was crap, though -- should have left it on the cutting room floor.
I once heard A.N. described as "an opera for an audience used to jingles." There is probably some truth to that -- it certainly loses everything when not in the theater. And it's obviously unwatchable on commercial TV, as is every great movie.
The more I watch the original the more I love it. The extra footage was crap, though -- should have left it on the cutting room floor.
I once heard A.N. described as "an opera for an audience used to jingles." There is probably some truth to that -- it certainly loses everything when not in the theater. And it's obviously unwatchable on commercial TV, as is every great movie.
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ExileOnDaytonStreet
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Yeah, not sure what the Redux version added that really mattered.
Some of the scenes (mostly the French plantation sort of place they found themselves in), sort of helped to emphasize the notion that the journey to find Kurtz was almost like a journey backwards through time, into a savage and untamed existence.
But beyond that, there's just no reason to keep it in. The original was VASTLY superior.
On another note: Christmas Vacation is still a fantastic way to spend 90 minutes.
Yeah, not sure what the Redux version added that really mattered.
Some of the scenes (mostly the French plantation sort of place they found themselves in), sort of helped to emphasize the notion that the journey to find Kurtz was almost like a journey backwards through time, into a savage and untamed existence.
But beyond that, there's just no reason to keep it in. The original was VASTLY superior.
On another note: Christmas Vacation is still a fantastic way to spend 90 minutes.
ScottM
**** it feels good to be a bankster
Re: New/Rented Movies: Bring Back Laserdiscs!
We watched Smilla's Sense of Snow ... strong cast, Julia Ormond, Gabriel Byrne, and that's really about it. Moody, and disjointed, even for a Scandinavian flick.
I finally bought my first Blu Ray disc ... Amazon had a quick sale on Saving Private Ryan around Thanksgiving. It was intense enough originally, especially the opening landing scenes, but Blu Ray takes it to another level entirely.
We watched Smilla's Sense of Snow ... strong cast, Julia Ormond, Gabriel Byrne, and that's really about it. Moody, and disjointed, even for a Scandinavian flick.
I finally bought my first Blu Ray disc ... Amazon had a quick sale on Saving Private Ryan around Thanksgiving. It was intense enough originally, especially the opening landing scenes, but Blu Ray takes it to another level entirely.
ExileOnDaytonStreet
Drunkard
Re: New/Rented Movies: Bring Back Laserdiscs!
The next Pirates of the Caribbean movie:
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Pros: Ian McShane, no Kiera Knightley, no Orlando Bloom, Ian McShane, it's probably not worth taking serious so you'll probably enjoy it on thrills alone, and Ian mother ****ing McShane
Cons: Did you see the last two Pirates of the Caribbean movies? Or the last half of the first one?
Sidenote: Captain Jack Sparrow. He had an amazing introduction (his first few scenes in the first movie), and solid/entertaining/pretty good second act (the rest of the first movie) and a long, tired third act- where it was milked for all it was worth until the teats were bone dry and sagging like wind socks (the one note joke that was the second and third movies). Who else fits that description? The great intro, the mediocre follow up and the long, endless denouement of self-parody and disappointment?
Off the top of my head, I can think only of Yao Ming and Star Wars (if you're willing to say that Empire was part of the great intro, and Return of the Jedi was the mediocre follow up). Anyone else?
The next Pirates of the Caribbean movie:
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Pros: Ian McShane, no Kiera Knightley, no Orlando Bloom, Ian McShane, it's probably not worth taking serious so you'll probably enjoy it on thrills alone, and Ian mother ****ing McShane
Cons: Did you see the last two Pirates of the Caribbean movies? Or the last half of the first one?
Sidenote: Captain Jack Sparrow. He had an amazing introduction (his first few scenes in the first movie), and solid/entertaining/pretty good second act (the rest of the first movie) and a long, tired third act- where it was milked for all it was worth until the teats were bone dry and sagging like wind socks (the one note joke that was the second and third movies). Who else fits that description? The great intro, the mediocre follow up and the long, endless denouement of self-parody and disappointment?
Off the top of my head, I can think only of Yao Ming and Star Wars (if you're willing to say that Empire was part of the great intro, and Return of the Jedi was the mediocre follow up). Anyone else?
icebadger
Just tryin' to capture the spirit of the thing...
Re: New/Rented Movies: Bring Back Laserdiscs!
Last weekend I watched: You Don't Mess With the Zohan, The Pixar Story (documentary), Click, Crimson Tide, The Incredibles, Thank You For Not Smoking, The Good Shepherd, Behind Enemy Lines, and Ricochet. This past weekend was: Out of Time, Bee Movie, The Pledge, The Lovely Bones, Happy Feet, Bad Santa, and Jingle All the Way. The only ones that didn't meet my expectations were The Good Shephard which I found to be very confusing and quite frankly, boring, and The Lovely Bones which had some trippy scenes of a 'heaven' equivlanet. In the vein of the holiday/Christmas seaason, any good Christmas movie recommendations? I've got Four Christmases, Christmas with the Kranks, and Fred Claus sitting on the DVR right now.
Last weekend I watched: You Don't Mess With the Zohan, The Pixar Story (documentary), Click, Crimson Tide, The Incredibles, Thank You For Not Smoking, The Good Shepherd, Behind Enemy Lines, and Ricochet. This past weekend was: Out of Time, Bee Movie, The Pledge, The Lovely Bones, Happy Feet, Bad Santa, and Jingle All the Way. The only ones that didn't meet my expectations were The Good Shephard which I found to be very confusing and quite frankly, boring, and The Lovely Bones which had some trippy scenes of a 'heaven' equivlanet. In the vein of the holiday/Christmas seaason, any good Christmas movie recommendations? I've got Four Christmases, Christmas with the Kranks, and Fred Claus sitting on the DVR right now.
Kepler
Si certus es dubita
Re: New/Rented Movies: Bring Back Laserdiscs!
Indiana Jones
Alien
Woody Allen's sense of humor (the silly comedies / Annie Hall / everything since Manhattan)
Jack Nicholson's acting (Five Easy Pieces / Chinatown / everything since The Shining)
The Republican Party (Lincoln / Bob Taft / everything since Barry Goldwater)
US Comic Books (Golden Age, Silver Age, everything since the Bronze Age)
Every manga.
Every revolution.
Every religion.
Come to think of it, almost everything follows this pattern.
Indiana Jones
Alien
Woody Allen's sense of humor (the silly comedies / Annie Hall / everything since Manhattan)
Jack Nicholson's acting (Five Easy Pieces / Chinatown / everything since The Shining)
The Republican Party (Lincoln / Bob Taft / everything since Barry Goldwater)
US Comic Books (Golden Age, Silver Age, everything since the Bronze Age)
Every manga.
Every revolution.
Every religion.
Come to think of it, almost everything follows this pattern.
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JF_Gophers
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Nat'l Lampoon Christmas Vacation, White Christmas, It's a Wonderful Life, Miracle on 34th St., Frosty the Snowman, A Charlie Brown Christmas, A Christmas Story.
Kepler
Si certus es dubita
Re: New/Rented Movies: Bring Back Laserdiscs!
Skip White Christmas. Proceed directly to Holiday Inn.
Skip White Christmas. Proceed directly to Holiday Inn.
JF_Gophers
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Except I like Danny Kaye and Rosemary Clooney.
FadeToBlack&Gold
Microlot Marxist
Re: New/Rented Movies: Bring Back Laserdiscs!
Note: The original 1947 film, NOT one of the mediocre remakes.
Note: The original 1947 film, NOT one of the mediocre remakes.
bigblue_dl
Armed
ScottM
**** it feels good to be a bankster
Re: New/Rented Movies: Bring Back Laserdiscs!
I had pretty high expectations for this flick at first too. Angelina Jolie barely provided good eye candy, and
the same with Damon's Yale fling. I actually appreciated the movie more after I read "Legacy of Ashes" about the birth and evolution of the CIA, and James Jesus Angleton's role as CI chief for decades. Apparently, Damon's Edward Wilson character is based on Angleton.
I had pretty high expectations for this flick at first too. Angelina Jolie barely provided good eye candy, and
the same with Damon's Yale fling. I actually appreciated the movie more after I read "Legacy of Ashes" about the birth and evolution of the CIA, and James Jesus Angleton's role as CI chief for decades. Apparently, Damon's Edward Wilson character is based on Angleton.
Slap Shot
I got nothing
Re: New/Rented Movies: Bring Back Laserdiscs!
Pretty good list (I am surely missing something) but I would replace Miracle On... with A Chirstmas Carol with Alastair Sim as Scrooge.
Pretty good list (I am surely missing something) but I would replace Miracle On... with A Chirstmas Carol with Alastair Sim as Scrooge.
JF_Gophers
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Scrooged with Bill Murray was a pretty good holiday flick.
Scrooged with Bill Murray was a pretty good holiday flick.
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