The Movie Thread

Melan · October 31, 2011, 04:01:10 PM

Time for some classical skullduggery: I am rewatching The Third Man tonight. :cool:

Windjammer · October 31, 2011, 04:58:09 PM

I watched Something Wicked Comes This Way last night.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Up7KHbJTmoo

Among other things, it explains the origin of the name "Jim Darkmagic" which recently got immortalized in the D&D audio and video podcasts featuring Penny Arcade.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VB_TqhLddic#t=11m48s

The music itself cries out to figure in a Changeling: the Lost session...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJB7hHSRovg

David R · October 31, 2011, 08:00:54 PM

Quote from: Melan;487296I am rewatching The Third Man tonight. :cool:

Always, always worth a rewatch.

Also, The Stranger and Touch of Evil.

I got the laser disc version of Welles's Othello. Heard and read a great deal about this movie.

Regards,
David R

danbuter · October 31, 2011, 08:14:06 PM

I watched Bela Lugosi's Dracula tonight. Excellent film!

JongWK · November 01, 2011, 10:49:07 AM

Quote from: Melan;487296Time for some classical skullduggery: I am rewatching The Third Man tonight. :cool:

Oooh, I haven't seen it yet, but I plan to watch it along with The Maltese Falcon. Classics weekend, I guess?

Melan · November 01, 2011, 11:31:19 AM

You totally should. It is one of those classics which have aged very, very well. Beautiful cinematography, enthralling plot and a bunch of lovably dangerous characters.

danbuter · November 04, 2011, 09:23:26 PM

I rewatched Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. It was much better than I remember. I haven't seen it since it was in the theaters. Of course, I've read a lot more pulp since then. The movie really does hit on most of the pulp tropes, even the sorta fuzzy sepia tone to everything similar to some early films.

Bedrockbrendan · November 04, 2011, 09:27:54 PM

Quote from: danbuter;488158I rewatched Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. It was much better than I remember. I haven't seen it since it was in the theaters. Of course, I've read a lot more pulp since then. The movie really does hit on most of the pulp tropes, even the sorta fuzzy sepia tone to everything similar to some early films.

When I saw that one it was very late and I was exhausted from work. Not a good film to view if your on the edge of sleep. Maybe I will give it another try.

The Butcher · November 04, 2011, 09:55:45 PM

So, I watched the new Three Musketeers movie.

Of course it's crap, but it's, dare I say, good crap. Personable crap. Crap that knows it's crap and laughs with you at its own over-the-top crappiness. The bullet-time swordfights. The clockwork. The airships. The flamethrower. The proto-Gatling bombards. The horrible, horrible acting, by everyone, even Christoph Waltz. Especially Christoph Waltz. And what is it with Madds Mikkelsen and the one-eyed characters? Is he one-eyed IRL? (IMDB is silent on the subject)

Or maybe I just was in the mood for a film that doesn't take itself seriously. And/or Milla Jovovich, who is absolutely stunning.

I dunno, I just liked it. Way more than I expected.

Windjammer · November 05, 2011, 02:43:06 AM

Quote from: The Butcher;488166The horrible, horrible acting, by everyone, even Christoph Waltz. Especially Christoph Waltz.

Indeed. He seemed bent on outdoing Jeremy Irons in the first D&D movie on the scale of 'Not only am I not taking this film seriously - I might even drag the whole production down while I'm at it'. Case in point: his not even hiding his Austrian accent. That must have given him the giggles, especially towards an US audience. He's ably assisted here by Til Schweiger, who plays the lead of the guard in a rather short scene, but delivers another strong German accent in the French palace - Three Musketeers 3D - Ze Germans haf taken ova Fraans maybe?

I really wish Peter Capaldi had taken the part of Richelieu. That would have given us the pleasure of seeing lots of abuse hauled towards the teenie actors.

Speaking of which - my personal favourite in the film is the French king and his dress issues. A mere five minutes in, not only is my antipathy for the character higher than for Bridget Fonda in Jackie Brown but I'm already envisaging all sorts of grisly ends for this clown with grim satisfaction. But alas, the director is no Tarantino, so the audience's intense desire to have an abominably pointless character removed from the screen in the most violent and pedestrian manner goes sadly unfulfilled. Maybe the sequel will see him steamrollered?

danbuter · November 05, 2011, 08:35:10 AM

I'll be watching V for Vendetta later this evening to celebrate Guy Fawkes Day.

Remember remember the fifth of November
Gunpowder, treason and plot.
I see no reason why gunpowder, treason
Should ever be forgot...

VectorSigma · November 13, 2011, 08:57:51 PM

Watched Centurion and Red Cliff today (both on Netflix streaming) and enjoyed them both immensely.

Werekoala · November 14, 2011, 09:43:14 AM

Yesterday it was X-Men; First Class (which I really liked, probably the best of the X-Men movies - I want more "Adventures of Charles and Erik" though!) and re-watched Big for the first time in a decade probably, if not longer. Forgot what a fun movie that is.

The Butcher · November 14, 2011, 10:11:31 AM

Saw The Skin I Live In last week. Thought Almodóvar had finally made a movie that wasn't about transgender folk, or mommy issues, or transgender folk with mommy issues.

Boy, was I wrong.

Imperator · November 17, 2011, 02:32:49 AM

Quote from: The Butcher;489704Saw The Skin I Live In last week. Thought Almodóvar had finally made a movie that wasn't about transgender folk, or mommy issues, or transgender folk with mommy issues.

Boy, was I wrong.

That is one of my main gripes with him.