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Presence (2024). A ghost story shot entirely from the point of view of the ghost. Steven Soderbergh does M. Knight Shyamalan very much like. Not a total success, but I’m not mad for paying to see it solo in the cinema. Monday night tickets cost 12 €, so eh?

Soderbergh also shot this movie, and talked about trying not to kill himself on the stairs in the house, which was at first all I could think of.

    • LT42

      • Post #10085

      Along_the_Wire no better or worse than any movie of that genre, Granto. I thought DeNiro was brilliant if I’m honest, he had the perfect coldness.

        Homegrove Going today, but only spending 1.59 euros. Not gold class obv.

          Homegrove nothing special besides ‘the craft’ of it. Pay off at the end with the m night twist was corny and barely made sense, wonder if there will be interesting clues on second watch, but doubt ill repeat.

            The Great Escape (1963). Catching up on classics again. I made proper time for this because it’s nearly three hours long but that welt really fast. I don’t know why I’ve never seen it, I guess it was never on TV here when I was a kid. Loved it.
            But I’m going to have that fucking theme tune in my head for the rest of the week I’m sure.

              • Dan

                • Post #10089

                Homegrove Great film…… Dear Dicky as Big X.

                Vintage stuff and supreme cast.

                  Homegrove on every Christmas for decades since I was a kid. Absolutely loved it.

                  Thought I’d treat my kids to it one Christmas and got the Blu-ray of it when it first came out. They were bored shitless and the missus gave a right bollocking as I made everyone watch the lot.

                  • Amps replied to this.

                      I’d watch Warfare in the cinema given the chance, IMAX even better. The sound design is on another level. A taut, unrelenting 90 mins. Gets rid of all the expectations that came with Civil War, keeps things pretty straight forward, and just throws you into all the madness. 8.8 / 10

                      • Amps

                        • Post #10092

                        Homegrove are you sure you didn’t spend your childhood behind the iron curtain? Did your folks drive a Trabant?

                            • Amps

                              • Post #10094

                              Phil-McRackin what you get for free in Blender is fuckin crazy. I’ve been using it for 3D work for the last ten years or so, and it just gets better and better.

                                ye what u gonna do

                                Amps I did, not at Christmas mind. No-one spoke to me for the rest of the evening. Bliss.

                                • Amps replied to this.

                                    Amps fuck knows mate. I have very few classics like this left though. Citizen Kane is one, I have never been able to get through it. Though the last time I tried was a very long time ago. Seven Samurai is probably the next big one I will try to watch at some point. Also The Third Man which I’ve already bought but have not been in a mood to watch yet. Not seen The Dirty Dozen or The Wild Bunch.

                                    The Great Escape I ended up ordering on 4K Blu ray, I will be rewatching it a lot I am sure. UK label Arrow Video put out a very thorough release last year, snatched it while the limited edition-version remains in print. Here’s what all is included:
                                    https://www.arrowfilms.com/4k/the-great-escape-limited-edition-4k-ultra-hd/15639493.html

                                    • Amps replied to this.

                                        Saw Ad Astra for the first time last week. Was good visually in places, but I couldn’t get passed the fact that absolutely nothing interesting happened. Good idea, awful result.

                                          303abuser Apocalypse. Now! with daddy issues. I liked it at the cinema, but have not had the slightest temptation to revisit at home. The moon chase was pretty amazing visually though, as was most of the stuff on Mars.

                                              Homegrove Haha basically.

                                              Finally finds his dad and it’s so anticlimactic. That was the point where my wife woke up, I filled her in, she said “I told you so” and promptly went back to sleep lol.

                                                  303abuser lol. Tommy Lee Jones having dementia in a space caravan park basically. ‘see ya then dad, cheers’.

                                                      Millsy I know I’ve come all the way to Neptune, but fuck it I guess. 😂

                                                      I still wonder how these scripts get approved and no one asks why there’s no plot at some point.

                                                        Black Hawk Down (2001). Pregaming for Warfare. This is still one of the most amazing combat movies ever made from the technical perspective. Otherwise is it’s pro military propaganda, but damn do I love this movie. This was my first time watching after upgrading our home theatre to proper surround sound, and man did the sound design in this movie made it money well spent.