What general film/series have you just seen.. marks out of 5

[saltysam]

THE DEVILS (1971)

Kurt Russel's infamous and quite brilliant epic,

i loved him as an actor in The Thing...but wow..he made this back in 1971 legend

[Markgway]

THE DEVILS (1971)

Kurt Russel's infamous and quite brilliant epic,

i loved him as an actor in The Thing...but wow..he made this back in 1971 legend

...and he mis-spelt Russell

[Killer Meteor]

Sorry, I went all Brad there ha ha!

[saltysam]

Paranormal Activity 3 2.5/5 3rd entry in the series is a fairly decent prequel .Surprising that they've stretched this to 3 movies without a noticeable dip but i think a 4th may be one too far (it's coming though)

[bradavon]

Sorry, I went all Brad there ha ha!

You did indeed. My eloquence is clearly rubbing off.

[Markgway]

Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (2005-USA-Australian) **

Candy floss sequel kills time without a fuss.

[bradavon]

Miss Congeniality is good, Miss Congeniality 2 stinks.

[Markgway]

The Awakening (2011-UK) **

Drab ghost story set at a boarding school.
Plodding and colourless.

Blood on Satan's Claw (1970-UK) *

Yokel kids are possessed by a satanic beast.
As good as it sounds.

[grim_tales]

Jason and the Arganauts (1963): 3/5

Entertaining enough and the stiop-motion effects do have a quirky charm, but the pacing is odd (it seems to drag in places) and the famous climactic skeleton battle is literally in the last few minutes of the movie. No cheering crowds in the city when Jason brings the fleece back?

[Markgway]

No cheering crowds in the city when Jason brings the fleece back?

Ungrateful bastards.

[bradavon]

The Awakening (2011-UK) **

Drab ghost story set at a boarding school.
Plodding and colourless.

I wouldn't say it was that bad but yes it should've been better. The colourless aspect was effective IMO. Do you think she was dead or alive? I thought the former, my Mum the later but the director's commentary says she's dead. So I was right.

[Keung]

Scent Of A Woman - ★★★★½
- I adore this film.

[saltysam]

Jason and the Arganauts (1963): 3/5

Entertaining enough and the stiop-motion effects do have a quirky charm, but the pacing is odd (it seems to drag in places) and the famous climactic skeleton battle is literally in the last few minutes of the movie. No cheering crowds in the city when Jason brings the fleece back?

utter bollocks-classic movie with iconic moments (not just the skeleton fight) !

[Keung]

The stop-motion in that film terrified me as a child.

EDIT: Stop-motion in general is pretty creepy anyway.

[grim_tales]

No cheering crowds in the city when Jason brings the fleece back?

Ungrateful bastards.

I just thought we would have seen their reaction or Jason being made king or something.

[grim_tales]

Jason and the Arganauts (1963): 3/5

Entertaining enough and the stiop-motion effects do have a quirky charm, but the pacing is odd (it seems to drag in places) and the famous climactic skeleton battle is literally in the last few minutes of the movie. No cheering crowds in the city when Jason brings the fleece back?

utter bollocks-classic movie with iconic moments (not just the skeleton fight) !

The bit with the Man of Bronze and Hydra is pretty cool.

The Hunger Games: 3.5/5
A teen version of Battle Royale or The Running Man (kinda) set in a dystopian future America that nonetheless has echoes of the past (second World War style propaganda) and present (satirical relevance to gameshows/reality shows and producer/audience manipulation). I enjoyed it

[saltysam]

The Thing (1982) 5/5 Seminal Carpenter flick gets pretty much everything right..cast,atmosphere,awesome Rob Bottin effects....simply superb.

The Thing (2011) 2.5/5 Prequel to the Carpenter classic gives us the story of what took place at the Norwegian camp earlier...unfortunately not in the original's league with inferior cgi effects and a nondescript lead in the usually lively Mary Elizabeth Winstead. Feels very much like a remake throughout, not a bad effort in the main,it's pretty faithful to the earlier film,just nowhere near as good.

[Xenon]

The Thing (1982) 5/5 Seminal Carpenter flick gets pretty much everything right..

Everything except a decent BD release.

[Markgway]

The colourless aspect was effective IMO.

We've seen that look too many tmes before. (The Others, etc...)

Do you think she was dead or alive? I thought the former, my Mum the later but the director's commentary says she's dead. So I was right.

The ending plays ambiguously. If the director says she's dead then she's dead... but that doesn't entirely make sense. What's with the 'I'm going back to London' and 'ask the car to wait for me' remarks. If she's dead she's going nowhere. She can stay at the school with her dead brother and nanny (neither of whom appear in the final scene).

[Markgway]

The Thing (1982) 5/5 Seminal Carpenter flick gets pretty much everything right..

Everything except a decent BD release.

What's wrong with the BD?


The Witches (1966-UK) **

OK Hammer chiller about west country witchcraft; marred by increasingly silly third act.

[Xenon]

The Thing (1982) 5/5 Seminal Carpenter flick gets pretty much everything right..

Everything except a decent BD release.

What's wrong with the BD?

DNR. Even HD-DVD looked better.

[Markgway]

DNR. Even HD-DVD looked better.

I see what you mean...

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1071469

On the plus side seems as though some print flaws have been amended.

I don't see the DNR in this instance as ruinous as you do. It's not like Predator or Patton.

It didn't spoil the film for me and even if a BD with the HD-DVD picture quality came out I'm not sure it would be an urgent purchase unless you have a giant screen.

[bradavon]

I used to have The Others HD-DVD. It was a perfectly okay HD transfer, nothing special though. I wouldn't bother upgrading the DVD. The film's okay I guess. It's not for me.

We've seen that look too many tmes before. (The Others, etc...)

True. I brought The Others up in my review. I really meant, that's one of the more effective parts. Which isn't saying much.

The ending plays ambiguously. If the director says she's dead then she's dead... but that doesn't entirely make sense. What's with the 'I'm going back to London' and 'ask the car to wait for me' remarks. If she's dead she's going nowhere. She can stay at the school with her dead brother and nanny (neither of whom appear in the final scene).

Bollocks I've got it round the wrong way sorry. I meant she's alive. My Mum thought she was definitely dead, citing the example at being ignored when walking along the corridor (explained as: women were often ignored back them). The director points out, ghosts don't get in cars.

She's not his brother, the boy is the Nanny's. Her father killed her mother and then the boy remember. They're just friends.

[Markgway]

Bollocks I've got it round the wrong way sorry. I meant she's alive. My Mum thought she was definitely dead

Ah, yeah. Blame your poor old mum who isn't here to defend herself.

citing the example at being ignored when walking along the corridor (explained as: women were often ignored back them). The director points out, ghosts don't get in cars.

The old men are just being disrespectful to Rebecca Hall in her presence (as they were when she first arrived).

She's not his brother, the boy is the Nanny's. Her father killed her mother and then the boy remember. They're just friends.

She's his half-brother. Same father.

[saltysam]

I used to have The Others HD-DVD. It was a perfectly okay HD transfer, nothing special though. I wouldn't bother upgrading the DVD.

i never knew this ever came out on hd-dvd. who released it??