28 Film Discussion Threads Later

**Dukefrukem** · 03-03-2011, 03:09 PM

Quoting Sycophant (view post)

Yes, and you have the last post in it, on February 22nd.

Can't search for three letter words and I forgot what it was called.

**Rowland** · 03-03-2011, 03:40 PM

I haven't seen enough films from 1981 that justify inclusion on a top ten, though I do love the top three and really like the rest:

1. Blow Out
2. Raiders of the Lost Ark
3. The Evil Dead
4. The Road Warrior
5. Escape from New York
6. The Funhouse
7. Prince of the City

Need to see again - The Beyond

I think I'll watch a few films from the year, just because. I'm particularly interested in:

Possession
Ms. 45
Dragonslayer
Knightriders
Vernon, Fla.
Eye of the Needle
The Aviator's Wife
Cutter's Way
Thief
Modern Romance
S.O.B.
Body Heat
Lola
Mommie Dearest
Excalibur

**Dead & Messed Up** · 03-03-2011, 05:58 PM

My friend Brad did an "Ultimate Bond-a-thon" this past weekend. I wasn't really up for going (life complications and general tiredness), but it was apparently a big hit. They watched every single Bond movie, ranked each one from one to ten, and they assembled a pretty neat video of it here.

**D_Davis** · 03-03-2011, 06:05 PM

Quoting Dead & Messed Up (view post)

My friend Brad did an "Ultimate Bond-a-thon" this past weekend. I wasn't really up for going (life complications and general tiredness), but it was apparently a big hit. They watched every single Bond movie, ranked each one from one to ten, and they assembled a pretty neat video of it here.

That's pretty cool.

**Irish** · 03-03-2011, 06:11 PM

My god. Love and Other Drugs is the great movie ever made.

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**Qrazy** · 03-03-2011, 06:13 PM

Quoting Dead & Messed Up (view post)

My friend Brad did an "Ultimate Bond-a-thon" this past weekend. I wasn't really up for going (life complications and general tiredness), but it was apparently a big hit. They watched every single Bond movie, ranked each one from one to ten, and they assembled a pretty neat video of it here.

Jesus Christ that's a lot of Bond to watch in a single weekend.

**megladon8** · 03-03-2011, 06:36 PM

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My god. Love and Other Drugs is the great movie ever made.

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Anne Hathaway's boobies?

**megladon8** · 03-03-2011, 06:42 PM

Anyone else prefer the first Godfather to the second?

It's pretty close, but I really do prefer the first film.

**number8** · 03-03-2011, 07:24 PM

Quoting Dead & Messed Up (view post)

My friend Brad did an "Ultimate Bond-a-thon" this past weekend. I wasn't really up for going (life complications and general tiredness), but it was apparently a big hit. They watched every single Bond movie, ranked each one from one to ten, and they assembled a pretty neat video of it here.

This was for his birthday, right? One of his friends posted it on Reddit yesterday.

**dreamdead** · 03-03-2011, 08:08 PM

Weekend:

Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Fish Tank
Poetry
Avant-Garde: Experimental Cinema of the 1920s and 30s

I wish The Fall was a better film, as it's so often gorgeous and spillbinding visually. A cinema experience here would likely hide the story flaws and overall generic nature. Tarsem needs to work from someone else's script--love to see him tackle a Kaufman fever-dream of a script.

**Qrazy** · 03-03-2011, 08:29 PM

Quoting dreamdead (view post)

Weekend:

Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Fish Tank
Poetry
Avant-Garde: Experimental Cinema of the 1920s and 30s

I wish The Fall was a better film, as it's so often gorgeous and spillbinding visually. A cinema experience here would likely hide the story flaws and overall generic nature. Tarsem needs to work from someone else's script--love to see him tackle a Kaufman fever-dream of a script.

Most of those visuals or montages are completely lifted from other better films though so even on that level meh.

**endingcredits** · 03-03-2011, 08:55 PM

Weekend viewings:

Berlin Alexanderplatz (parts 8-11)
In the Mood for Love
Wild Strawberries

**Raiders** · 03-03-2011, 08:57 PM

Quoting Qrazy (view post)

Most of those visuals or montages are completely lifted from other better films though so even on that level meh.

Completely? I don't think that's true.

**Scar** · 03-03-2011, 09:38 PM

Quoting megladon8 (view post)

Anne Hathaway's boobies?

Boobies.

**Dead & Messed Up** · 03-03-2011, 09:40 PM

Quoting number8 (view post)

This was for his birthday, right? One of his friends posted it on Reddit yesterday.

It was for his girlfriend's birthday. She wanted this for her birthday. He'd better never let go of that girl.

**Qrazy** · 03-03-2011, 09:43 PM

Quoting Raiders (view post)

Completely? I don't think that's true.

I only said most not all, and yeah they are lifted and reintegrated into the story he wishes to tell but there are a very large number of instances of such cases throughout the film.

**megladon8** · 03-04-2011, 01:55 AM

What I find much more bothersome than the actual addition of the extra scenes and effects in Star Wars Ep. IV (and the others in the OT) is that they're just done so, so poorly.

Maybe these effects were amazing back in '97, but now they are distractingly bad.

The Jabba scene at Mos Eisley is particularly terrible. Not only does Jabba himself look awful, but that HORRIBLE manipulation of Han Solo to make him look like he's walking over Jabba's tail is just...ugh.

Not to mention that the scene itself is just so unnecessary and just STOPS the movie dead in its tracks for a good minute or so. It breaks the building of tension completely.

I still believe that the definitive versions of these films were the THX Remastered VHS tapes that came out in the mid-90s, a couple of years before the "Special Editions" hit theatres.

These retained the content of the original releases, and the only alterations made were the addition of the cleaner, more vibrant surround sound audio track, and the sharpening of some SFX (such as the lightsabers, whose colours were made more distinct).

**balmakboor** · 03-04-2011, 02:55 AM

Quoting Rowland (view post)

I haven't seen enough films from 1981 that justify inclusion on a top ten, though I do love the top three and really like the rest:

1. Blow Out
Vernon, Fla.
Cutter's Way
Excalibur

YES!

**balmakboor** · 03-04-2011, 02:57 AM

I saw Godard's Sympathy for the Devil last night and Waiting for Superman tonight. I love it when I love the movies I'm watching.

**Rowland** · 03-04-2011, 04:01 AM

Quoting Derek (view post)

Vengeance (To, 2009) ***
Election (To, 2005) ***
Mad Detective (To/Wai, 2007) ***½

Whoa there Derek, you're getting all Asian Cult on us here. You just need to watch Exiled again, revise your rating, and we'll be all set.

**Rowland** · 03-04-2011, 04:01 AM

Quoting balmakboor (view post)

YES!

Yeah, I think I'm going to make a point of catching up with all these movies, just for fun.

**D_Davis** · 03-04-2011, 04:34 AM

Quoting megladon8 (view post)

I still believe that the definitive versions of these films were the THX Remastered VHS tapes that came out in the mid-90s, a couple of years before the "Special Editions" hit theatres.

This is the version of New Hope that should have been released on DVD. It is excellent. Worth tracking down.

http://originaltrilogy.com/fan-edits...65/category/4/

List of changes/edits:
http://swrevisited.wordpress.com/anhr-change-list/

**Mysterious Dude** · 03-04-2011, 05:03 AM

I'd prefer to see Star Wars with all the little flaws intact. It's a 1977 movie and should stay that way.

**D_Davis** · 03-04-2011, 05:22 AM

Quoting Isaac (view post)

I'd prefer to see Star Wars with all the little flaws intact. It's a 1977 movie and should stay that way.

I would too, but Lucas has made that nearly impossible.

And so of all the available modern versions, the Revisited cut is the definitive version.

**Sycophant** · 03-04-2011, 05:54 AM

Quoting D_Davis (view post)

I would too, but Lucas has made that nearly impossible.

And so of all the available modern versions, the Revisited cut is the definitive version.

Actually, you can. The theatrical cuts are on the limited edition DVDs. In non-anamorphic widescreen, bur it's pretty good.

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