Quote from: Sworntothecans on July 26, 2025, 11:24:19 PMIt's extremely well made, always suprised at how well it holds up. Zemeckis had a hell of a crew making it.
Crazy to think that they recast the lead a few weeks into production.

I'd say Eric Stoltz's accountant and agent get thick as fuck everytime the see it on tv.

Stoltz was fantastic in Pulp Fiction, but Michael J Fix was born to play that role. Christopher Lloyd owns the film though.

Aye, Lloyd gets all the good bits.

Even Fox wouldn't be a guy to carry a movie, but the total package worked so well that the concept was the draw. Plus Doc & Marty are likeable as hell as characters.

Still remember the end of BTTF 2 in the cinema when it came out and the preview of 3 before the end credits.

Feck it: I'm watching the Blu Ray boxset this week!

I watched it last year projected onto my wall. It's still as thrilling in middle age as it was as a child. As mentioned, a perfect film. BTTF 3 was the first film I saw in the cinema.

3 looks the best out of all of them, Dean Cundey jumping at the chance to shoot a Western,and landing a stint as Spielberg's cinematographer because of it. 


Started into 28 Years Later the other day and abandoned it about half way through.

Nothing like the first two films. Totally different tone and film style. Bored the hole off me.

Fair shout. It got dumber as it went on.

There was some okay moments at the start, (Samson reminded me of the cannibal from Antropophagus), but overall the film was an incoherent mess. The tone was all over the place, and the fucking ending was like something from a Guy Ritchie movie.

Weapons was excellent.

Quote from: Sworntothecans on August 08, 2025, 08:49:07 AMWeapons was excellent.

I'm keen to see this. Avoiding any reviews etc and trying to go in as blind as possible. Hoping to see it this weekend

Quote from: Pentagrimes on August 08, 2025, 10:42:19 AM
Quote from: Sworntothecans on August 08, 2025, 08:49:07 AMWeapons was excellent.

I'm keen to see this. Avoiding any reviews etc and trying to go in as blind as possible. Hoping to see it this weekend

Yeah avoided it anytime it showed up on the feed the last few weeks. Barbarian was a fantastic start for Cregger ,so delighted his second movie continued the quality.

Plus there seems to be a load of the "elevated horror" Ari Aster nerds crying about it on Letterboxd so that's a fucking bonus!


It is a horror film though right?I'm hoping for a Bring Her Back style "that first film they made was bullshit but this is gloriously mean" type thing with this. Didn't dislike Barbarian but it felt like it robbed a fair bit from Martyrs structure wise.

Quote from: Pentagrimes on August 08, 2025, 12:28:01 PMIt is a horror film though right?I'm hoping for a Bring Her Back style "that first film they made was bullshit but this is gloriously mean" type thing with this. Didn't dislike Barbarian but it felt like it robbed a fair bit from Martyrs structure wise.

Best way to describe it would be "If Stephen King did Magnolia".

There's loads of little nods to other stuff in it but it's a case of using the influences well.

Still haven't watched Bring Her Back but really looking forward to it.

First time going to the cinema in well over a year but the new Naked Gun was overall a success! Sure some jokes fall flat/drag but there's enough jokes flowing to keep you entertained, thought they kept the tone of the previous films while modernising it. Hopefully we get a decent spoof film revival for the next while until enough directors ruin it  :laugh: Liam and Pam are a good duo too. Solid 7.5/10 imo

Did a bit of an epic movie double-bill last night which turned out to be a perfect pairing: Oppenheimer and Watchmen. Third or fourth time seeing each, both excellent, Watchmen even more so, imo, than Oppenheimer.