The Fish 10685 Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 I bought the dvd and it wouldn't work in my player so I gave it to a mate. I think I probably have seen at least 90% of it. I don't remember sitting down to watch it from start to finish, but I think I've seen most of it across multiple Channel 4 Sunday night screenings. Americans go to the jungle. Kill, Rape & pillage. Hurts them more than their victims. Right? Well, sure, there's that, but it's also got one of the finest* death scenes ever. It's a good film though. *over-acted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 (edited) Bladerunner is great, watched it first when i was about 12 so i think that may have had some influence. Its also (felt like) one of the most sampled films of all times, during the rave years there was always some track with samples from it. Then there was the classic 'Remake' track of the Vangelis theme that was on Renaissance. The Final Cut Blu ray is under a tenner now. It's a film that really benefits from the blu ray makeover. https://www.amazon.fr/Blade-Runner-%C3%89dition-Sp%C3%A9ciale-Harrison/dp/B000XIABTY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1468916897&sr=8-1&keywords=blade+runner+final+cut+blu+ray Edited July 19, 2016 by Park Life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21801 Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 Platoon is probably Stone's best work. I enjoyed 12 monkeys too. Good turn from Brad Pitt, though it's ages since I watched it. Bladerunner is a classic man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1219 Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 I was massively disapointed with Blade Runner when I first watched it. Think I was expecting something like Star Wars with Ford starring and of course it's very different. Love it now though. Particularly good to watch stoned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 Shite. EDIT: Like everything Ridley Scott did between Alien and The Martian. Blade Runner changed sci fi forever. It's probably one of the most copied films of all time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 When I said "it's frowned upon" that meant people don't need to keep telling me I'm wrong I realise the status of these films in popular culture, and that objectively speaking, if a barometer of a films quality is it's endearing popularity, then I am completely wrong and it's a failing of mine that I don't have the intellect or heart to see what it is that appeals to so many others. Not gonna lie and say I got more out of them than I did though. Bored, bored bored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 (edited) When I said "it's frowned upon" that meant people don't need to keep telling me I'm wrong I realise the status of these films in popular culture, and that objectively speaking, if a barometer of a films quality is it's endearing popularity, then I am completely wrong and it's a failing of mine that I don't have the intellect or heart to see what it is that appeals to so many others. Not gonna lie and say I got more out of them than I did though. Bored, bored bored. Something like De Sica's 'Bicycle Thieves' is hard going and critics go on about it as they do Kurosawa's 'Ran' and they both require repeated viewing to digest the beauty and you realise how trapped you are in modern cinema conventions and you have to fight to raise your game....But Blade Runner man! It's practically a kids film. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040522/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089881/ Edited July 19, 2016 by Park Life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 Something like De Sica's 'Bicycle Thieves' is hard going and critics go on about it as they do Kurosawa's 'Ran' and they both require repeated viewing to digest the beauty and you realise how trapped you are in modern cinema conventions and you have to fight to raise your game....But Blade Runner man! It's practically a kids film. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040522/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089881/ Exactly. If I'm watching a kids sci-fi film, I'll watch one with fighting spaceships. Not one where a robot ponders his reality by looking at an oragami horse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44265 Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 HF exposed in this thread. Scandalous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven 0 Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 I am completely wrong and it's a failing of mine that I don't have the intellect or heart to see what it is that appeals to so many others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 While I'm being inflammatory, the Lion King was on Channel 5 over the weekend. That's shite too. Can't stand Rowan Atkinson's performance in particular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10685 Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 While I'm being inflammatory, the Lion King was on Channel 5 over the weekend. That's shite too. Can't stand Rowan Atkinson's performance in particular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 19863 Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 You've never watched Platoon?! That's more shocking than Ewerk's cinematographically impoverished childhood! I watched a documentary on that the other day. What a fucking film. Dafoe Berenger Sheen Depp Whitaker All pretty unknown at the time. Is anyone going to see the new Bourne film? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 6471 Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 Yeah, love the Bourne Trilogy. Renner spin off was .... meh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo 172 Posted July 19, 2016 Author Share Posted July 19, 2016 Princess Bride still one of my favourites (Jimbo has lost all credibility here mind) that happened WAY before this thread.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven 0 Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 Everybody wants some!! At least 3 laugh out loud moments, amazing soundtrack and one of the those strange films where nothing really happens. Absolutely loved Boyhood and wanted to see this on the back of that. Going to have a go at the Before trilogy now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1219 Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 Everybody wants some!! At least 3 laugh out loud moments, amazing soundtrack and one of the those strange films where nothing really happens. Absolutely loved Boyhood and wanted to see this on the back of that. Going to have a go at the Before trilogy now.I watched this last week and really enjoyed it. Didn't think it was a patch on Dazed and Confused though which is obviously very similar in tone and by the same director. I also tried to watch Slacker, the debut by the same guy, the other week but really struggled with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4679 Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 Grimsby One of those stupid funny films where you have to be in the right mood or under the influence. Luckily I ticked both boxes so found it very grossly amusing. The elephant gangbang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 19863 Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 I have just been speaking to a lad about movies and I have never watched; Close Encounters of the Third Kind or 2001 Space OddysseyWorth a watch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 6471 Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Close Encounters probably still stands up these days. I've never got through 2001 before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Close encounters is a bit slow and the climax could only be seen as a worthwhile pay off 40 years ago. I always preferred the first dialogue free half hour of 2001 with the monkeys to the hour in space and the dialogue free last half hour. Think Americans like the bit in space more because they don't realise it's Rigsby. Genius from start to finish though, obvs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 32713 Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 I have just been speaking to a lad about movies and I have never watched; Close Encounters of the Third Kind or 2001 Space Oddyssey Worth a watch? Definitely. 2001 is a long watch and slightly dated but the beginning of the film us worth it. Close encounters is fucking superb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21801 Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Smoke some bong then watch 2001 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 34786 Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Close Encounters... was on recently, being noteworthy-ish as it doesn't seem to get repeated as much as a lot of films of that ilk / era. It still looked good although I, admittedly, didn't watch it properly. Thought it was amazing as a kid like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 34786 Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Smoke some bong then watch 2001 That was the original tagline but they went with 'The Ultimate Trip' in the end Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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