Lost wrote: ↑Tue Apr 30, 2024 2:00 amThe First Omen (2024) is just coming through, will be available very shortly. A prequel to the original omen movie of the 70s. A good cast, fairly mixed reviews.
(Bill Nighy plays a cardinal in it, DM )
The ORIGINALS are still the best - far too many classics....
And as an aside "lost" have you ever seen Bill Nighy and "DM" at the same time.... Hmmmm Oh, that reminds me....
[EDIT] Talking ORIGINALS, I'm just watching "The Big Boss" - you know, Bruce Lee, great acting, even better dubbing - but be fair, nice pics of Thailand and after all a rather infamous fight with Bruce Lee (did he or didn't he?)...
"Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things" - Yma o Hyd.
^^^ I'm guessing the bad reviews are those comparing it to the original. Seen many good reviews so I'm sure it's a decent standalone movie.
Continuing with remakes, I watched one of the best films I've watched for some time last night. I don't know why it's taken me so long to get round to it. A remake of the incredibly popular Swedish movie Let the Right One In (2008) which I now need to watch, Let Me In (2010) is an outstanding movie. Starring Chloë Grace Moretz and Richard Jenkins, this vampire flick has easily moved into my top 20.
Links for anyone who is late to the party like meself...
Lost wrote: ↑Tue Apr 30, 2024 5:21 pm
A remake of the incredibly popular Swedish movie Let the Right One In (2008) which I now need to watch, Let Me In (2010) is an outstanding movie. Starring Chloë Grace Moretz and Richard Jenkins, this vampire flick has easily moved into my top 20.
You were doing so well there, I was almost on the hook! Then the word 'vampire' popped up and I slipped back into the deep...
Lost wrote: ↑Tue Apr 30, 2024 5:21 pm
A remake of the incredibly popular Swedish movie Let the Right One In (2008) which I now need to watch, Let Me In (2010) is an outstanding movie. Starring Chloë Grace Moretz and Richard Jenkins, this vampire flick has easily moved into my top 20.
You were doing so well there, I was almost on the hook! Then the word 'vampire' popped up and I slipped back into the deep...
It's not your usual vampire flick, DM. You'll be surprised to know, I'm not really a fan of vampire films.
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Lost wrote: ↑Tue Apr 30, 2024 5:21 pm
A remake of the incredibly popular Swedish movie Let the Right One In (2008) which I now need to watch, Let Me In (2010) is an outstanding movie. Starring Chloë Grace Moretz and Richard Jenkins, this vampire flick has easily moved into my top 20.
You were doing so well there, I was almost on the hook! Then the word 'vampire' popped up and I slipped back into the deep...
No, the 2008 film was definitely not in the regular vampire genre in the least, try it, it's great. If the 2010 one is half as good it might be watchable too.
The first 20 minutes of Love Lies Bleeding looks like a hot girl on girl film, but it's setting up the story for a dark and violent love story, with some humour too. I thought it was great.
BB your last two posts have been to firmly slate films that I endorsed! I'm not complaining, I just think we can agree that we have varying tastes. I'm eclectic, and find that while I often enjoy the films making box office, I also like left field films if they're well made, and Asian films (harder to find ones that are worth watching but they are out there, and avistaz.to is a good place to search). Modern films with too many gun fights and explosions usually, not always, leave me cold (unless they're westerns).
Raise the Red Lantern is a great 1991 Chinese film that I return to from time to time. My favourite film of all time is Viv Stanshall's Sir Henry at Rawlinson End.
The latest Baghead horror film had some good moments and was good overall but I hate when supernatural plot devices are not used in the same way each time (the hero doesn't get affected this time?...). Plus the ending was poor.
It is nothing personal, but neither film was to my liking. The first was a joint decision by my son and I to delete and find something better. The latest one lost my interest very quickly, although it did improve in the later stages.
I thought Baghead had an interesting approach to a horror movie, although it didn't really work for me.
I've never heard of Sir Henry at Rawlinson End, but am downloading as I type I'm not a person for subtitles, so haven't bothered with Raise the Red Lantern.
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Big Boy wrote: ↑Sat May 04, 2024 11:38 am
I'm not a person for subtitles, so haven't bothered with Raise the Red Lantern.
I believe that more and more people watch even English language TV and films with subtitles on, even my son (in his 30s). For some I'm sure it's the mumbled speech in US films, or the dialect in Scottish/Irish films. Younger people do I think mainly because they're scrolling their phones all the time and find it easier to check the subs than pay attention to all of the dialogue.
404cameljockey wrote: ↑Sat May 04, 2024 12:23 pm
Younger people do I think mainly because they're scrolling their phones all the time and find it easier to check the subs than pay attention to all of the dialogue.
For me it's quite the opposite: I don't like subtitles, because I'm often watching while doing something else, like cooking or housework, and subtitles require your full attention all the time.
404cameljockey wrote: ↑Sat May 04, 2024 12:23 pm
Younger people do I think mainly because they're scrolling their phones all the time and find it easier to check the subs than pay attention to all of the dialogue.
For me it's quite the opposite: I don't like subtitles, because I'm often watching while doing something else, like cooking or housework, and subtitles require your full attention all the time.
You don't turn off the sound when you enable subs. They're just there to use when you want.
Oh, that reminds me....
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