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

[grim_tales]

He's hilarious as The Dude so I expect good things

In True Grit he's a bit of a mumbler (it was hard to understand what was being said sometimes) but I guess that goes with the character

[HungFist]

Cliffhanger (USA, 1993) – 4.5/5

I used to consider Born American Harlin’s best film but I gotta admit this one may have the edge.

Cliffhanger is the peak of big budget Hollywood action cinema, a film where the money was invested to create some of the most breath taking stunts and action sequences of all time, shoot them in jaw dropping locations. A few cheesy one-liners can be forgiven as this kind of genuinely exciting action films are no longer being made, and never will be. John Lithgow leads an unforgettable and genuinely scary villain bunch. Cliffhanger is the best major budget Hollywood action film ever made.

While the film, deserving a wide audiences especially among younger made audiences, is already slightly more violent than it needs to be (two scenes could be shortened slightly to lessen the sadistic punch), it would be hugely interesting if the original cut popped up one day. The film was extensively cut for R-rating, with notable cuts required to almost every violent scene.

This poster art is pure nostalgia for me. It was used as the rental VHS cover. I was an elementary school student when my father rented Cliffhanger and we watched it together... with “hand censorship” hitting in a couple of scenes. I later rented the film numerous times with the promise that “cave fight” and “human football” would have to be fast forwarded.

[Markgway]

less violent than I thought it would be given the certificate.

PG-13 in the US.

I've never watched a Western before (apart from Shanghai Noon, hah)

What? Never? No Clint Eastwood? No John Wayne?

[Markgway]

Cliffhanger is the peak of big budget Hollywood action cinema...

Glad someone enjoyed the film as much as I did... although I think Die Hard is the true genre champ.

already slightly more violent than it needs to be (two scenes could be shortened slightly to lessen the sadistic punch)

I like that it's tough and proper violent in that old school way, none of this CGI blood shit that permiates every blockbuster now. It's an action film for adults not popcorn-throwing moppets.

The film was extensively cut for R-rating, with notable cuts required to almost every violent scene.

Sadly true. They even changed the identity of the person who killed Travers

I later rented the film numerous times with the promise that “cave fight” and “human football” would have to be fast forwarded.

The two scenes which suffered the heaviest BBFC cuts back in the VHS days.

I like this artwork myself:

[Yi-Long]

I LOVED Cliffhanger. I remember my uncle, one of the few familymembers I've always looked up to cause he's one of those wise calm nuanced kinda guys, working a medial government job all his life to support his kids but always extremely sensible, plus he's literally a big tall guy as well, he took me to see this movie as a kid and it was just an awesome movie.

I can hardly remember anything from the movie nowadays though. Whenever it's on TV I seem to miss it, and I've never bothered picking it up on VHS or DVD.

[Markgway]

I bought the Sony BD because the UK edition fucked up the audio.

Much brighter than I remember. For the first time ever I could see detail inside the caverns.

[luckystars]

I bought the Sony BD because the UK edition fucked up the audio.

Much brighter than I remember. For the first time ever I could see detail inside the caverns.

Whats wrong with the UK BD audio? Not buying but gonna rent it...

[gasteropod]

What? Never? No Clint Eastwood? No John Wayne?

Correct, they just don't appeal to me

[HungFist]

What? Never? No Clint Eastwood? No John Wayne?

Correct, they just don't appeal to me

Well, now you have three options
1) Go watch The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
2) Go watch Il grande silenzio (Corbucci)
3) Go hang yourself

[gasteropod]

1) Go watch The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

Nah, I've seen The Good, the Bad, the Weird, that'll do

[Markgway]

Whats wrong with the UK BD audio? Not buying but gonna rent it...

The speakers are flipped so that the audio comes out of the wrong sides.

(Maybe someone else can give a more technical explanation).

[Markgway]

What? Never? No Clint Eastwood? No John Wayne?

Correct, they just don't appeal to me

Unforgiven...? Once Upon a Time in the West? The Quick and the Dead, FFS...??

[gasteropod]

Must everyone like Westerns? I'm an individual lol

[Markgway]

Must everyone like Westerns?

Yes.

I'm an individual lol

No, you're a slack-jawed faggot.

[HungFist]

1) Go watch The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

Nah, I've seen The Good, the Bad, the Weird, that'll do

No that doesn't! The Good, the Bad, the Weird is a terrible teen version of Leone's masterpiece.

Even if you don't like gunmen in boots you're simply missing some of the most amazing filmmaking of all time. Especially Leone & Morricone are responsible for many of the greatest moments in movie history.

And you like samurai films, don't you? Almost the same genre, only spoken in Japanese

[gasteropod]

I've only seen a couple of samurai films when Film4 had the Japanese season on, I haven't even seen any films by Akira Kurosawa.

[HungFist]

You got it all wrong, today is Valentine's Day, not April Fools' day

[gasteropod]

and I haven't seen the Godfather films, Taxi Driver, Jaws...

[grim_tales]

Have you swapped bodies with me?
Even I've seen TGTBATU (awesome), the other Dollars films, OUATITW, etc TGTBATU's music is amazing.
I enjoyed TGTBATW though, I didnt see it as just a "version" of TGBATU, more a homage/parody.

[gasteropod]

TGTBATU's music is amazing.

Was it Ennio Morricone? I like his music in The Bird with the Crystal Plumage.

[grim_tales]

Yes that's it, Morricone He did the music for the Big Gundown in 1966 (which you may recognise as MIHK used it in their Moon Warriors promo).

[HungFist]

Yes that's it, Morricone He did the music for the Big Gundown in 1966 (which you may recognise as MIHK used it in their Moon Warriors promo).

La resa dei conti:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6IJKSsJVds

[grim_tales]

Epic theme

[Yi-Long]

Yeah, absolutely LOVED that MIHK trailer. It was better than anything in the movie as well. One of the very best trailers ever, and it has that music to thank for it. Brilliant brilliant song.

[grim_tales]

Yeah, it fitted the MIHK trailer so well, damn shame that wasn't in the film