Last Movie You Watched

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TheGSMoeller

Bought the Amazon.com deal of the day yesterday, all three extended versions of the LOTR trilogy on Blur Ray for $29.

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North Star

Quote from: TheGSMoeller on November 26, 2014, 05:15:13 AM
Bought the Amazon.com deal of the day yesterday, all three extended versions of the LOTR trilogy on Blur Ray for $29.
Great, those are the ones with the full 'They're taking the Hobbits to Isengard'.  8)
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Quote from: Bogey on November 26, 2014, 04:33:05 AM
The first Alien just may be my all time favorite sci-fi film, just ahead of Blade Runner.

And both are by Ridley Scott, no less. I still prefer 2001 and star wars original trilogy when it comes to scifi movies, but Alien and Blade runner both are excellent, very good movies. And I think Aliens is as well, the half of it, that is...
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TheGSMoeller

Quote from: TheGSMoeller on November 26, 2014, 05:15:13 AM
...on Blur Ray...

Oops, just noticed my misspelling. I hope that Blur Ray is a decent quality image.  ???

North Star

Quote from: TheGSMoeller on November 26, 2014, 05:46:38 AM
Oops, just noticed my misspelling. I hope that Blur Ray is a decent quality image.  ???
Sometimes a typo is just a Freudian slip.  :P
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North Star

"[A]nd [Constable] was really an incredibly slow burner, unlike Turner"
Very poetic :D

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Drasko

Disappointing. Dull and ponderous for most of its length, picks-up in last half an hour a bit, but too little too late.
Shame really, as I thought X-Men series most constantly entertaining of superhero franchises (save somewhat messy 3rd).

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Bogey

Quote from: Drasko on November 26, 2014, 02:55:09 PM
Disappointing. Dull and ponderous for most of its length, picks-up in last half an hour a bit, but too little too late.
Shame really, as I thought X-Men series most constantly entertaining of superhero franchises (save somewhat messy 3rd).

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Well, I watched this one last night.



The only thing that I found excellent about it was the concept art.  As for the movie itself, I much rather have rewatched your installment Miloš.
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Drasko

Quote from: Bogey on November 26, 2014, 03:36:38 PM
Well, I watched this one last night.



The only thing that I found excellent about it was the concept art.  As for the movie itself, I much rather have rewatched your installment Miloš.

Oh no, there is nothing to disagree on that, both Wolverine movies are rubbish. I was thinking of regular series.

As for concept art, I think that movie was in some way inspired/influenced/based on Frank Miller's mini-series on Wolverine comic book. Miller was himself influenced by mangas and all things Japanese. Maybe you'd enjoy the comic book more.

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Bogey

Ha.  That is so cool.  I bought them when they came out.  I was a big fan of his Daredevil run, which I thought topped all his other work, including that on Batman.  I remember when his Lone Wolf and Cub came out as well.  I sold my collection many many years ago.  No regrets.  Needed the room and new furniture for the homestead.  Had some sweet items form the Golden Age, but my Miller runs were always the best in the writing department.

There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

Bogey

There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

Drasko

Quote from: Bogey on November 26, 2014, 05:42:06 PM
Ha.  That is so cool.  I bought them when they came out.  I was a big fan of his Daredevil run, which I thought topped all his other work, including that on Batman.  I remember when his Lone Wolf and Cub came out as well.  I sold my collection many many years ago.  No regrets.  Needed the room and new furniture for the homestead.  Had some sweet items form the Golden Age, but my Miller runs were always the best in the writing department.

I've read only bits and pieces of Miller's Dardevil run, should rectify, especially those parts where he did both the writing and the drawing. My favorite 'early' Miller is Ronin.

Lone Wolf and Cub, he did covers for Dark Horse? I've just started watching Japanese movie series, six were made, I've seen the first and planning to watch the second these days. Liked the first.

Quote from: Bogey on November 26, 2014, 05:43:35 PM
Here is the concept art I alluded to:

http://conceptartworld.com/?p=26914

Looks nice.

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Bogey

Quote from: Drasko on November 27, 2014, 04:01:38 PM
I've read only bits and pieces of Miller's Dardevil run, should rectify, especially those parts where he did both the writing and the drawing. My favorite 'early' Miller is Ronin.

Lone Wolf and Cub, he did covers for Dark Horse? I've just started watching Japanese movie series, six were made, I've seen the first and planning to watch the second these days. Liked the first.

Looks nice.

For Daredevil, make sure you read his run with artist David  Mazzucchelli:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Born_Again_(comics)  They did BAtman Year One together, but the Daredevil easily tops this IMO.

For Lone Wolf and Cub, try to find the intros that Miller wrote to the series. 

Of course there is this:

   :)
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Snowpiercer.  An ambitious film.  It tackles big ideas.  It has good actors.  It is poorly done.  At times it is comically bad.
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Quote from: James on November 28, 2014, 07:00:48 AMI haven't seen anything beyond these in the franchise .. are the other films worth viewing?[/font]

Haven't seen the third one... fourth one, Resurrection, I tried to watch but it was so boring and uninteresting I couldn't sit through. The title resurrection itself sounds like a joke, in this context. Maybe I'll retry watching it some day.

Haven't seen any of the alien vs predator ones.
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- Victor Hugo

Bogey

Well, as my wife pointed out, technically a Christmas movie ;)

There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

Bogey

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Just picked up the blu of the original, James.  Have not watched the reboot.  Thoughts?
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