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What was the last movie you watched?

Quadman2 said:
Didn't mean to single out "KR" in my general, overall comment. Was going on Neeson's words and how he felt about being in the movie industry...
and growing older.

Not knowing Russel personally, can't make a valid comment on him as an individual. By the number of stage pursuits, he's still in present demand,

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Russel was a good tipper and very personable/pleasant: When I was stationed at Keesler AFB in Biloxi MS. I worked part time (weekends/holidays) at the Beau Rivage Casino doing afternoon & evening room service. Kurt gave me a $20 tip on a $20 steak. Emmet Smith was the same way- total class act. Clarence Clemons ordered two whole chickens and fixings and devoured one on the spot ! Funny guy too. I saw George Carlin in the casino restaurant often, we were told to call him "Mr. Caruthers" and not drawn any attention to him.

Only one celebrity was an ass hat and I was surprised... Jamie Fox... but he could have been having a bad day.
 
Just watched this, the idea of this movie is starting to grow on me.
Some great stuff on the scoring later on in the video too.

Still think Holland is an empty vessel, but oh well..

 
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krautmaster said:
Only one celebrity was an ass hat and I was surprised... Jamie Fox... but he could have been having a bad day.
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He was amazing as Ray Charles, and is amazingly talented and funny. He hasn't been very good in the recent movie roles I saw him in though (I can't even remember the names of the movies, but I was surprised to be very unimpressed with his performances). Maybe it's karma if it's gone to his head and he's treating people poorly -- which would be a shame because he really has so much talent in so many areas.
 
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Apreggiator said:
Found out yesterday I need to drive all the way to freakin' Brussels to see it in its native format, which is a few hours too far for me to go see a movie.
Was actually not planning to see it at all based on the horribly bad taste the trailers left me with, but everyone whose opinion I respect about movies is gushing about it.
So I'll go see it with the kids.
Brussels is still too far away though.
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The ultimate presentation is 70 millimeter IMAX. Ironically, 70 mm was obsoleted by IMAX, but some of the older IMAX theaters can still show it.

Regular IMAX is widely available, at least here in the states. I hope you get a viewing you enjoy! Only 25 theaters in the USA have 70 mm IMAX and tickets for that film at those theaters went on sale a year ago!

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The only 25 theaters in the US showing 'The Odyssey' in IMAX 70mm

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My 19 year old daughter is a bit of a film buff and is going through, director by director, entire catalogues.

She’s landed on Cronenberg. I am not a horror fan, not to pigeonhole him, but I do love his remake of The Fly and just re-watched the Dead Zone. Videodrome was my introduction to him.

Haven’t seen Scanners, which may be blasphemous to some.
 
enricosonic said:
My 19 year old daughter is a bit of a film buff and is going through, director by director, entire catalogues.

She’s landed on Cronenberg. I am not a horror fan, not to pigeonhole him, but I do love his remake of The Fly and just re-watched the Dead Zone. Videodrome was my introduction to him.

Haven’t seen Scanners, which may be blasphemous to some.
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I didn't know who David Cronenberg was -- had to look him up -- but The Dead Zone is a great movie, as is The Fly. I don't love pure "horror" movies (most of them are pretty stupid/unrealistic), but I really those like those two movies which are kind of psychological thrillers (not sure what to call them).

I guess I need to see more Cronenberg movies. I guess I'll start with Scanners (never hear of it before), but would love to know other "must watch" movies by him.
 
peterp1 said:
I didn't know who David Cronenberg was -- had to look him up -- but The Dead Zone is a great movie, as is The Fly. I don't love pure "horror" movies (most of them are pretty stupid/unrealistic), but I really those like those two movies which are kind of psychological thrillers (not sure what to call them).

I guess I need to see more Cronenberg movies. I guess I'll start with Scanners (never hear of it before), but would love to know other "must watch" movies by him
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Videodrome is an interesting harbinger of dark, reality TV, and with a young Deborah Harry. James Woods is quite good in this.

Cheesy, 40+ year old effects but it’s worth a watch imo.
 
KiM3Ce said:
The ultimate presentation is 70 millimeter IMAX. Ironically, 70 mm was obsoleted by IMAX, but some of the older IMAX theaters can still show it.

Regular IMAX is widely available, at least here in the states. I hope you get a viewing you enjoy! Only 25 theaters in the USA have 70 mm IMAX and tickets for that film at those theaters went on sale a year ago!

www.usatoday.com

The only 25 theaters in the US showing 'The Odyssey' in IMAX 70mm

Only a limited number of theaters are screening \
www.usatoday.com www.usatoday.com
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Wow! I had no idea.

Makes me reconsider going to Brussels after all..
Happy in this particular case that the Belgians can be very slow with upgrading/changing things!
 
In a Christopher Nolan vein - I have a stack of all his DVDs on the shelf, (waiting for Oppenheimer prices to drop).
Emma and I talked about them and she swore we'd never watched his first film, (well, I had) so, Sunday night we watched Following -
and followed it up with Insomnia. I was think maybe we'd pull down my favorite Bowie film next - The Prestige,
but I think she want's Good Will Hunting next.
Of course, its NOT a Nolan film - its in my Robin Williams film stack.
 
Apreggiator said:
Wow! I had no idea.

Makes me reconsider going to Brussels after all..
Happy in this particular case that the Belgians can be very slow with upgrading/changing things!
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Well I'm not going to Belgium to see it, I'll tell you that right now. :)

When the F1 movie came out, I hadn't been to a movie theater in MANY years, let alone an iMAX (my home theater is better than a movie theater to me, especially in sound quality). But F1 made me go to see IMAX (and it was worth it). I thought at the time I should definitely buy IMAX stock, which was around 25. It seemed like a "no brainer" to buy, because it was the first time I heard people talking about IMAX at all, and it being a "must see" on IMAX. I didn't buy it -- and it took a while for the stock to come up, so for a while was thinking I made the right call -- then it rose fairly quickly to 43 (I presume the delay was after the "F1 Effect" showed up in earnings). I don't know if there is the same opportunity now (currently at $37ish). Earnings are coming up in 2 days -- it's a down a bit going in based upon indirect news of Paramount / Warner Bros jitters. No idea what earnings will be, seems like guidance should be decent based upon Olympus having even bigger buzz than F1.
 
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BTW, all this Kurt Russell talk and no mention of "Big Trouble in Little China"? It's a camp classic!

  • Jack Burton: Just remember what ol' Jack Burton does when the earth quakes, and the poison arrows fall from the sky, and the pillars of Heaven shake. Yeah, Jack Burton just looks that big ol' storm right square in the eye and he says, "Give me your best shot, pal. I can take it."
 
hjames said:
In a Christopher Nolan vein - I have a stack of all his DVDs on the shelf, (waiting for Oppenheimer prices to drop).
Emma and I talked about them and she swore we'd never watched his first film, (well, I had) so, Sunday night we watched Following -
and followed it up with Insomnia. I was think maybe we'd pull down my favorite Bowie film next - The Prestige,
but I think she want's Good Will Hunting next.
Of course, its NOT a Nolan film - its in my Robin Williams film stack.
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I think The Prestige and The Illusionist were the last two movies that did that famous Hollywood trick of releasing two specific-genre movies alongside each other. Used to be a thing they did all the time, so you'd get two alien films, or two mysteries, or two dramas, etc the same year. Never knew why.

Back to the topic. Last night I revisited one of my ancient favorites. The Roaring Twenties, all about prohibition, the end of WWI and the rise of gangsters. Cagney plays a strong lead, and Bogart doesn't mind playing second fiddle, but comes on very strong as a hardass at the start of the movie. There's a sweet but clumsy love story woven in here. Sound, cinematography, lighting and period music is all on point. You can tell they cared when they made this. Black and white, mono, and filmed well on good stock that transferred to 1080p effortlessly.

My favorite thing about watching that movie is how it teleports you to a long bygone era, and every aspect of it reinforces the culture of that time. It's not too much fast-talking high-pants, but you can easily imagine things working the way they did in that film, which captured a very chaotic point in time along with the fast paced excitement.
 
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