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Posted: 07 Jul 2009, 21:56
by romerojpg
Thanks for the link, does look a fair bit like the UK Blu Ray, dark and grainy

still I am sure they will get caps up soon of exact same moments from the discs and then we can see if they are indeed better
I have yet to buy any version of the film over the years, I may own the Rental VHS in the loft. I still remember seeing it in the cinema, the people I was with, the things we said and things that went on, as if it was yesterday

odd.
Posted: 07 Jul 2009, 22:14
by HungFist
bradavon wrote:HungFist wrote:£5 for 24 minutes sounds reasonable. And £10 for 48 min, £19 for 90 min, £38 for 180 min…
Are you for real? You cannot equate price to minutes, that's just dumb.
I was trying to show you how stupid you were being saying there's no way you'd pay £10 for 24 minutes :x

Posted: 07 Jul 2009, 22:32
by bradavon
saltysam wrote:i paid a ridiculous amount,something like £31 from Yesasia
That's obscene! It's a decent film but £31? I hope you didn't pay that for Transporter 1-2

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HungFist wrote:I was trying to show you how stupid you were being saying there's no way you'd pay £10 for 24 minutes :x

No, it's not stupid at all. £10 is too much for 24 minutes and especially an fricking extra!
I'd not even pay a fiver for what is essentially an extra.
Posted: 07 Jul 2009, 22:36
by romerojpg
bradavon wrote:saltysam wrote:i paid a ridiculous amount,something like £31 from Yesasia
That's obscene! It's a decent film but £31? I hope you didn't pay that for Transporter 1-2

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I paid ($76.49) £40+ fr T1+2

worth every penny! (until the price dropped to half that days later

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Posted: 07 Jul 2009, 22:40
by bradavon
£40 for both them together? That's not as bad. They're still nowhere near worth that though.
Posted: 07 Jul 2009, 22:46
by romerojpg
Yup for em both, I have not spent so much on films in eons. I never stray over £10 never mind £20 a film!
Mind you I have just paid £17.99 for Watchmen! I want to see that so much again and the UK has been shafted with the UK Blu Ray so I had to go america

Posted: 08 Jul 2009, 08:40
by grim_tales
I paid silly money for R1 Tomorrow Never Dies (£38 ) and £35 for the Japanese Licence To Kill

Posted: 08 Jul 2009, 13:14
by HungFist
bradavon wrote:HungFist wrote:I was trying to show you how stupid you were being saying there's no way you'd pay £10 for 24 minutes :x

No, it's not stupid at all. £10 is too much for 24 minutes
Didn't you just say:
bradavon wrote:You cannot equate price to minutes, that's just dumb.
Posted: 08 Jul 2009, 15:23
by Markgway
TELL NO ONE
Engrossing, if convoluted French thriller about a doctor who's supposedly murdered wife reappears some eight years later. Not up to the standards of Hitchcock, despite what some critics claim, but well worth a look.
THE INTERNATIONAL
Quite good thriller in which evil bankers are the bad guys. So just like real life then. Even the normally plank-line Clive Owen is OK in this. Memorable shootout in New York's Guggenheim Museum. The ending feels anti-climactic... but perhaps it needed to be that way?
Posted: 08 Jul 2009, 17:25
by saltysam
HungFist wrote:bradavon wrote:HungFist wrote:I was trying to show you how stupid you were being saying there's no way you'd pay £10 for 24 minutes :x

No, it's not stupid at all. £10 is too much for 24 minutes
Didn't you just say:
bradavon wrote:You cannot equate price to minutes, that's just dumb.
i respectfully say you've been owned there Brad

strangely i don't mind paying out if it's money in my paypal account as i don't see it leaving my bank

maddest purchase was probably the Longstreet boxset from cdjapan, £80 then a £25 customs hit on top

Posted: 08 Jul 2009, 18:35
by HungFist
saltysam wrote:maddest purchase was probably the Longstreet boxset from cdjapan, £80 then a £25 customs hit on top

That's way less than I paid for
this beauty... I did manage to avoid the customs though. EMS believe anything you tell them. Just need to have a low value printed in the package...
The Fog (USA, 1980) - 3,5/5
Very atmospheric horror film, although not on par with Carpenter's best movies. The final part of the film is quite short but also effective. Good soundtrack as you'd expect from Carpenter. Stars mother and daughter Janet Leigh and Jamie Lee Curtis.
Posted: 08 Jul 2009, 18:37
by bradavon
Markgway wrote:TELL NO ONE
Engrossing, if convoluted French thriller about a doctor who's supposedly murdered wife reappears some eight years later. Not up to the standards of Hitchcock, despite what some critics claim, but well worth a look.
I thought it was bloody excellent. Up there with Hitchcock? Maybe not but it does it have to be? (rhetorical question).
HungFist wrote:Didn't you just say:
Okay good point. I'll try and explain my illogical point so it's somewhat logical.
24 minutes for £10 is absurd as it's bloody 24 minutes, that's nothing but when you're getting into 100+ minutes we're talking about a proper film length and as such you cannot jump the price up forever.
Posted: 08 Jul 2009, 19:20
by diceman
The highest amount I've ever paid for a single disc, was about 110 Dollars for a used OOP-DVD of "Sakura no Sono" (1990).

Thankfully the movie was worth it. Every 96 minutes of it.
Posted: 08 Jul 2009, 19:44
by grim_tales
I thought Tell No One was very good.
Posted: 09 Jul 2009, 19:10
by saltysam
The Crow BD (Jap) 5/5
Though the film itself is far from perfect (some weak performances in the supporting roles for example) it nevertheless is a film i can keep going back to.plenty of atmosphere and a superb title role performance from the late Brandon Lee.he completely owns the role and none of the other "Crows" have got anywhere near his quality,closest probably being Mark Dacascous. The jap BD looks great to my eyes,the film is dark & smokey and the 1080p avc transfer at an average bitrate of 36mps captures it well.
Posted: 09 Jul 2009, 20:02
by romerojpg
You really love that film

so you got your cash out of it it seems.
Posted: 09 Jul 2009, 20:10
by saltysam
romerojpg wrote:You really love that film

so you got your cash out of it it seems.
sometimes we have to pay for the things we love

Posted: 09 Jul 2009, 20:12
by romerojpg
Haha yup, even if everyone thinks we are crazy for paying.
Posted: 10 Jul 2009, 00:49
by Markgway
I saw a couple of 'The Crow' sequels and they were crap.
Did they ever release an uncut version of the original?
Posted: 10 Jul 2009, 13:36
by EvaUnit02
saltysam wrote:(some weak performances in the supporting roles for example)
Michael Wincott fucking owned every scene that he was in.
Posted: 10 Jul 2009, 13:38
by bradavon
Sadly not.
The Crow is great (it's not worth £30+ though) but all the sequels (I've seen) are rubbish. All the other people who've played him have no charisma at all. I've not seen the Mark Dacascous one. The one with John Connor is the worst.
Posted: 10 Jul 2009, 14:53
by saltysam
EvaUnit02 wrote:saltysam wrote:(some weak performances in the supporting roles for example)
Michael Wincott fucking owned every scene that he was in.
he was very good but i wasn't referring to him.the likes of Sara's mother and the supposedly bad ass lieutenant on Ernie Hudson's case were bland in the extreme.
Posted: 10 Jul 2009, 15:45
by thelostdragon
@Salty & Brad:
It's Mark
Dacascos.

Posted: 10 Jul 2009, 17:40
by Markgway
EvaUnit02 wrote:Michael Wincott fucking owned every scene that he was in.
Wincott is always a good value villain.
See also Robin Hood and Metro for further examples.
No NC-17 version then...?
Bummer.
There's a bootleg workprint floating about that probably contains this footage.
Posted: 10 Jul 2009, 19:34
by bradavon
I copy/pasted from Salty

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