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Originally posted by Maclintick View PostOpinion is divided on the success or otherwise of the de-ageing CGI employed....
https://dankanator.com/37788/terry-g...ng-technology/
The discussion afterwards suggested they did make an effort to match body movement to age of protagonist.
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I really must make an effort to go to the cinema - I have missed all the films mentioned here except 'Where Eagles Dare' with which I entertained the local pals of my children with the aid of my school's film projector. Remember those! The last film I actually went to see was 'The Entertainer' * which was responsible for my purchasing 3 volumes of Scott Joplin Rags, most of which I could play back then. I have started watching films on television and have seen some oldies but goodies which I saw in the cinema - Bogart, Bacall, John Wayne, Spenser Tracey, Hepburn etc But I have lost the feel for films, and reading this thread prods me to at least try some DVDs.
Maybe someone will tell me I'm not missing anything, which is what I tell myself at times.
*Sometimes known as 'The Sting'Last edited by Padraig; 05-02-20, 19:25.
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Originally posted by Padraig View PostI really must make an effort to go to the cinema - I have missed all the films mentioned here except 'Where Eagles Dare' with which I entertained the local pals of my children with the aid of my school's film projector. Remember those! The last film I actually went to see was 'The Entertainer, which was responsible for my purchasing 3 volumes of Scott Joplin Rags, most of which I could play back then. I have started watching films on television and have seen some oldies but goodies which I saw in the cinema - Bogart, Bacall, John Wayne, Spenser Tracey, Hepburn etc But I have lost the feel for films, and reading this thread prods me to at least try some DVDs.
Maybe someone will tell me I'm not missing anything, which is what I tell myself at times.
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Originally posted by LMcD View PostMy problem is not the films but the (rest of) the audience - constantly checking their phones/unwrapping confectionery/chatting just loudly enough to be a distraction - and the sound level is far too high for comfort - so we prefer to watch at home. Our library hires out DVDs for £3 a week (newer releases) reducing to £1 after a while. They occasionally show films of special/local interest, some of which we have attended.
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Not to everyone’s taste here I’m sure, but I must say I absolutely loved the last film I saw in the cinema: Guy Ritchie’s latest, The Gentlemen.
A gangster/crime caper set in England, relished by the whole cast, notably Matthew McConaughey and above all Hugh Grant, almost unrecognisable and outdoing even his own recent brilliant performances.
A hilarious ride which I suspect I shall find myself watching a few more times over the years.
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Next cinema trip: Armando Iannucci’s David Copperfield...."...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Originally posted by Belgrove View PostThe Lighthouse is like no other film I’ve seen. Two men do a term manning a remote and forlorn lighthouse, and drive each other mad. In truth, the senior of the two, played by Willem Dafoe is already bonkers, being an amalgam of Captains Ahab and Birdseye, speaking in pastiche dialogue culled from Melville and contemporaneous seafaring logs. His taciturn junior played by Robert Pattinson even accuses him of sounding like a parody following a particularly barnacle encrusted monologue, but in time he goes stir crazy and fantasises about mermaids while being stalked by a belligerent one-eyed seagull (I did say it’s was like nothing else...). Unusually it’s shot in an almost square aspect ratio, generating the claustrophobic and suffocating atmosphere, and in a high contrast black and white, like an expressionist nightmare. On top of this is an incessant sound-track comprising the roaring sea, squawking sea-birds and a baleful and deeply unsettling fog-horn. Like the two protagonists, I couldn’t wait to escape from this terrible place, but had to find out what happens. Of course it does not end happily, but boning up on the Prometheus myth might lend a clue as to what is going on, or maybe not. It’s ellipsis may ultimately signify nothing. The two performances are outstanding in their demented intensity, as is the design and cinematography. Despite 1917’s technical wizardry, the mysteries of this film will remain with me far longer. A distinctly salty contrast to the heritage whimsy of David Copperfield.
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Parasite is a particularly lethal black farce larded with social commentary that has been successful in this season’s awards and sent critics into raptures. It’s a very entertaining, ingenious, immaculately acted and crafted film, but ultimately derivative of the equally inventive Inside Number 9 episode featuring the silent burglars.
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Originally posted by LMcD View PostMy problem is not the films but the (rest of) the audience - constantly checking their phones/unwrapping confectionery/chatting just loudly enough to be a distraction - and the sound level is far too high for comfort - so we prefer to watch at home. Our library hires out DVDs for £3 a week (newer releases) reducing to £1 after a while. They occasionally show films of special/local interest, some of which we have attended.
That assumes that you have one of those stores in your area.
Also your library might sell of its DVD stock periodically for low prices.
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Originally posted by Dave2002 View PostIf you want DVDs you can often buy reasonable copies of some quite good films - from Poundland .... for a pound!
That assumes that you have one of those stores in your area.
Also your library might sell of its DVD stock periodically for low prices.
Ours library regularly sells off DVDs for £1 - mind you, they only charge £1 per week (box sets £2 for 2 weeks) to rent after the 'Premium' (£3) period has expired. They also sell off quite a lot of books, and a small selection of CDs, from time to time. I already spend too much in Poundland, but you've encouraged me to have a look at the DVDs!
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Originally posted by gurnemanz View PostJust seen, Most entertainingly done. Many laughs. Iannucci shows his love of Dickens, sharing Dickens' (and David Copperfield's) love of language and the colourful phrase.
On the subject of films, I watched 'Spring and Port Wine' on Talking Pictures last night. Thought it was great...James Mason was fantastic as the stern father.
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Originally posted by Belgrove View PostParasite is a particularly lethal black farce larded with social commentary that has been successful in this season’s awards and sent critics into raptures. It’s a very entertaining, ingenious, immaculately acted and crafted film, but ultimately derivative of the equally inventive Inside Number 9 episode featuring the silent burglars.And the tune ends too soon for us all
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Alas, whilst 'Parasite' may have enthralled both viewers and critics, it has not impressed 'President' trump, (sic), who was not impressed that a Korean movie won best picture at the Oscars what with it being in the Korean language with, gasp, subtitles! The commander-in-chief calls for movies life 'Gone with the Wind', what with its depiction of racism and slavery.
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