Film

[Sworntothecans]

Sorcerer screening in the Lighthouse from next week.

Nice. Great movie and the score is brilliant.

[Mooncat]

I love Sorcerer. That bridge scene is one of the most intense I've ever seen. Probably relegated to second most tense now though after watching Alex Honnold climb that skyscraper live. Pure unbridled terror.

[leatherface]

Return of The Jedi. (Dvd)

The best Star Wars movie of all time. The 'home run' before the decline of prequels,  though 'Revenge of The Sith' wasn't too bad.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Sometimes the aul YT algorithm throws up some proper gems:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDuaiVbfhAw

[Sworntothecans]

Arrow Films have a 4k Remaster of it coming next month too!

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

ah, that'll be an interesting one for judging the merits and drawbacks of 4K remasters in general!

folk interested can look up Boorman's batshit treatment for a potential Lord of the Rings film, which eventually instead became Excalibur, but in any case, when people say Jackson's trilogy couldn't be improved upon, I do always think that if it had visually looked and tonally felt (i.e. a bit darker) closer to Excalibur, that's two ways it could have been improved. subjective of course, but that's two areas Excalibur beats the LotR movies for me.

[Emphyrio]

subjective of course, but that's two areas Excalibur beats the LotR movies for me.

Must give it a gawk so.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

ah, you've never seen it? shit, in that case forget I made any comparison, if you can!    I first saw Excalibur long before the LotR was released, recorded it off the telly and watched it over and over, so your experience will be very different to mine. great film though, enjoy it on its own terms.

[Emphyrio]

ah, you've never seen it? shit, in that case forget I made any comparison, if you can!    I first saw Excalibur long before the LotR was released, recorded it off the telly and watched it over and over, so your experience will be very different to mine. great film though, enjoy it on its own terms.

Ah, any excuse to watch a decent (historical) fantasy movie is ok with me.

[Sworntothecans]

ah, that'll be an interesting one for judging the merits and drawbacks of 4K remasters in general!

folk interested can look up Boorman's batshit treatment for a potential Lord of the Rings film, which eventually instead became Excalibur, but in any case, when people say Jackson's trilogy couldn't be improved upon, I do always think that if it had visually looked and tonally felt (i.e. a bit darker) closer to Excalibur, that's two ways it could have been improved. subjective of course, but that's two areas Excalibur beats the LotR movies for me.

Arrow tend to do great work with their stuff and I think the Boormans are involved too. I still have the old DVD from 99/00 which wasn't a great transfer picture wise (looked better than the taped off Network 2 version I was used to)as it was upscaled from the Laserdisc so looking forward to the upgrade.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Haha, yes, I still have the same DVD version which was similarly not great but better than my taped from Network 2 version 

[Carnage]

I think that's the DVD I have too, not the best transfer. Looking forward to that Arrow reissue too, 'tis on my wantlist.

There was a decent documentary on it on RTE a few years ago, it might be the one linked above (I haven't had a chance to play that yet.)

Edit: It is, a great watch indeed

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Watched The Secret Agent tonight. Excellent. Haven't seen all the other nominated best actor performances yet, but Wagner Moura's turn in this is def worthy of one.

[Carnage]

One Battle After Another. Very good indeed, probably Anderson's most straightforward one - that I've seen anyway - and has some of his best shots (the rolling hills chase scene at the end was sublime). Del Toro seemd to be having as much fun here as Pitt did in OUATIH, he was great. Not sure it's all it's hyped up to be (I found DiCaprio extremely annoying throughout) and about half an hour too long, but very enjioyable.

[Mooncat]

The Game

I'd never seen it. Thought it was ok, if a little dull. I was definitely hoping for more from a Douglas/Penn/Fincher collaboration. Especially with Michael Douglas essentially playing a version of Gordon Gekko. It did make me yearn for the 90s though and all the original film ideas rather than the intellectual property churn we have to endure these days.