Movie review thread...
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Didn't realise until I was listening to a podcast last night but this month is the 50th anniversary of the release of 2001.
Don't agree that it is a masterpiece but it is undoubtedly a landmark movie.
Even at the time the monkey suits looked shit but some of the other special effects were quite good especially given usually filmed as one take and relied on stunts rather than CGI
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@dogmeat said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Don't agree that it is a masterpiece but it is undoubtedly a landmark movie.
Interesting
What do you think is a masterpiece in film - and what puts it there? To me, I think it was a masterpiece, it's stood the test of time and is still watchable today. To be 50 years old and still quality is bloody impressive.My top of head short masterpiece list
2001
Shawshank
A New Hope
Pulp Fictionvery soft spots for Princess Bride (and Cinema Paradiso)
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@nzzp Im 50 + and still quality ...
I think 2001 was an important film but I don't even think its Kubricks best so it fails the masterpiece test there. However I haven't watched it since it came out so will re-visit it.
My all time fave movie is Kagemusha so I am probably not best equipped to define popular masterpieces. Of your list I like Shawshank (& PB) Rest are a bit meh.
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@dogmeat said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@nzzp Im 50 + and still quality ...
I think 2001 was an important film but I don't even think its Kubricks best so it fails the masterpiece test there. However I haven't watched it since it came out so will re-visit it.
The thing for me was that it was both ground breaking at the time, and also science-accurate (which is rare!). There is a lot of info online about the significance of it
also, it's now 25 years since Groundhog Day came out. THat's a dead set classic.
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@jc said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@rembrandt if you’ve got young kids you may find it upsetting. Just saying.
Ha cheers for the heads up though most things that upset me the most these days you will find in our politics forum.
Watching tomorrow night with a few friends who get very animated even in not-so-good horrors so this could be very interesting viewing indeed.
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@raznomore said in Re: Movie review thread...:
The Godfather 1 & 2 are still absolute classics and still stand up now. The original is 46yo.
Yep, although I'm way more a 1 than 2 fan.
I've never been a huge fan of Kubrick films, don't dislike them but he's not a director I fluff. I find 2001 to be a bit boring. His best film, by a distance is Dr Strangelove, although I haven't seen Barry Lyndon.
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The Titan
Flick about a bunch of scientists trying to create superbeings to repopulate a planet cos earth is dying. Starring the bloke from clash of the titans, the blonde chick from Orange is the New black and the hot black chick who hooks up with the leader of the dickless dudes in GOT.
Genuinely starts brilliantly and is very thought provoking before descending into one of the biggest shitfests I've seen in years. Seriously, it seemed like two different movies spliced together.
2 TV non speaking genetic creatures out of 5 inept soldiers
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@raznomore said in Re: Movie review thread...:
The Godfather 1 & 2 are still absolute classics and still stand up now. The original is 46yo.
The 70’s are an absolute fucken golden age of cinema, can extend it into the first year or 2 of the 80’s
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@virgil said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@raznomore said in Re: Movie review thread...:
The Godfather 1 & 2 are still absolute classics and still stand up now. The original is 46yo.
The 70’s are an absolute fucken golden age of cinema, can extend it into the first year or 2 of the 80’s
Think of movies that changed the cinema landscape for ever, most came in that periodI do hear that but a lot of 'classics' either don't age particularly well or weren't that good to start with. Deer Hunter and Deliverance being two obvious examples.
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@mn5 said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@virgil said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@raznomore said in Re: Movie review thread...:
The Godfather 1 & 2 are still absolute classics and still stand up now. The original is 46yo.
The 70’s are an absolute fucken golden age of cinema, can extend it into the first year or 2 of the 80’s
Think of movies that changed the cinema landscape for ever, most came in that periodI do hear that but a lot of 'classics' either don't age particularly well or weren't that good to start with. Deer Hunter and Deliverance being two obvious examples.
The Deer Hunter would have been a dead set classic if only it was about half the length.
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@mn5 said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@virgil said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@raznomore said in Re: Movie review thread...:
The Godfather 1 & 2 are still absolute classics and still stand up now. The original is 46yo.
The 70’s are an absolute fucken golden age of cinema, can extend it into the first year or 2 of the 80’s
Think of movies that changed the cinema landscape for ever, most came in that periodI do hear that but a lot of 'classics' either don't age particularly well or weren't that good to start with. Deer Hunter and Deliverance being two obvious examples.
Yup films like Jaws, Star Wars, Godfather 1 and 2, The Exorcist, Empire Strikes Back, Alien, Clockwork Orange, Halloween etc have aged terribly
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@virgil said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@mn5 said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@virgil said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@raznomore said in Re: Movie review thread...:
The Godfather 1 & 2 are still absolute classics and still stand up now. The original is 46yo.
The 70’s are an absolute fucken golden age of cinema, can extend it into the first year or 2 of the 80’s
Think of movies that changed the cinema landscape for ever, most came in that periodI do hear that but a lot of 'classics' either don't age particularly well or weren't that good to start with. Deer Hunter and Deliverance being two obvious examples.
Yup films like Jaws, Star Wars, Godfather 1 and 2, The Exorcist, Empire Strikes Back, Alien, Clockwork Orange, Halloween etc have aged terribly
I said a lot...Not every single one.
I am partial to all of those except the Exorcist.
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@mn5 said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@virgil said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@mn5 said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@virgil said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@raznomore said in Re: Movie review thread...:
The Godfather 1 & 2 are still absolute classics and still stand up now. The original is 46yo.
The 70’s are an absolute fucken golden age of cinema, can extend it into the first year or 2 of the 80’s
Think of movies that changed the cinema landscape for ever, most came in that periodI do hear that but a lot of 'classics' either don't age particularly well or weren't that good to start with. Deer Hunter and Deliverance being two obvious examples.
Yup films like Jaws, Star Wars, Godfather 1 and 2, The Exorcist, Empire Strikes Back, Alien, Clockwork Orange, Halloween etc have aged terribly
I said a lot...Not every single one.
I am partial to all of those except the Exorcist.
Too scary..
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@virgil said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@mn5 said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@virgil said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@mn5 said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@virgil said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@raznomore said in Re: Movie review thread...:
The Godfather 1 & 2 are still absolute classics and still stand up now. The original is 46yo.
The 70’s are an absolute fucken golden age of cinema, can extend it into the first year or 2 of the 80’s
Think of movies that changed the cinema landscape for ever, most came in that periodI do hear that but a lot of 'classics' either don't age particularly well or weren't that good to start with. Deer Hunter and Deliverance being two obvious examples.
Yup films like Jaws, Star Wars, Godfather 1 and 2, The Exorcist, Empire Strikes Back, Alien, Clockwork Orange, Halloween etc have aged terribly
I said a lot...Not every single one.
I am partial to all of those except the Exorcist.
Too
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Since 9/11, Afghanistan, and Iraq we've had no good films about them (except Zero Dark Thirty, which was very good but was extremely misleading propaganda), and yet there have been two exceptionally good long films/miniseries about cold war terrorism in Europe in that time.
Everyone should watch Carlos and The Best of Youth. Both are fucking great.
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@virgil said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Yup films like Jaws, Star Wars, Godfather 1 and 2, The Exorcist, Empire Strikes Back, Alien, Clockwork Orange, Halloween etc have aged terribly
Early films that were ground breaking in their use of CGI/ effects date terribly, but should be seen for what they were at the time. The element of Alien that stands the test of time is the suspense. It was masterful.
I don't see how Godfather has dated.
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