Kalbear Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 Yeah, The Killer is...fine. it's pretty and whatnot, but it really isn't very interesting or have much to say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartofice Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 Actually I liked The Killer, I didn’t love it however and that’s probably because it doesn’t feel very Fincher, it’s just a sort of run of the mill assassin movie. There are a couple of nice scenes, visually, but it felt like a Netflix movie, and that’s not a compliment. Ive seen the ‘boring’ complaint a lot, I never found it boring, it’s about a meticulous character whose whole life is about waiting, I found that pretty interesting. In fact I’m not sure it really explored that well enough which is maybe a failing. Mostly I just think the ending fell flat for me, a bit of a ‘huh? Is that it?’ kind of thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Chatywin et al. Posted November 11, 2023 Share Posted November 11, 2023 Just checked out the documentary Buried. It's about a major avalanche at Lake Tahoe in the early 80s. It goes into the the days leading up, the event itself and the aftermath with interviews from survivors and those who had to lead the rescue. It also explores possible mistakes that were made and how it still haunts people who were there that day. I know it sounds grim, but it's really well done and does have a positive ending. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isis Posted November 11, 2023 Share Posted November 11, 2023 On 11/8/2023 at 12:35 PM, Tywin et al. said: How dare you! The Lion King is the best Disney movie ever! It's Hamlet, but with lions and a happy ending!!! And the 90's videogame based on the movie was awesome! 1989 (The Little Mermaid), 1991 (Aladdin), 1992 (Beauty and the Beast), 1994 (The Lion King)... I was 17 in 1994 so I wonder if I was just doing other stuff like having a boyfriend etc which is maybe why I didn't engage as much with it at the time it came out? I just watched It's a Sin in one day. Keeley Hawes is great. Bit distracting, all the scenes of Manchester pretending to be London though, like the exterior wedding scene at Victoria Baths (home of the famous indymanbeercon)... I don't get why they didn't just set it in Manchester full stop? From the perspective of someone who works in infectious disease, it must have been absolutely insane, the ignorance, the slow drip of news with no internet to join up people and ideas. The 'don't die of ignorance' ad was such a watershed moment for anyone growing up at that time. Absolutely classic that some people would just turn it off and be like: 'this is nothing to do with us'. Incredibly sad. Which Tyler and Mr. Chatywin et al. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted November 11, 2023 Share Posted November 11, 2023 (edited) Currently watching Belgian mini series: Sense of Tumour. Wasn't entirely sold on the premise, but it's quite good actually. As for the best Disney Movie ever. Ty is a clueless heathen. Only acceptable answers are either The Jungle Book (the cartoon not that awful live action movie from a couple of years ago) or Robin Hood. Lion King for realz? Bare Necessities vs. Circle of Life. It's not even a contest. Edited November 11, 2023 by A Horse Named Stranger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Chatywin et al. Posted November 11, 2023 Share Posted November 11, 2023 19 minutes ago, A Horse Named Stranger said: As for the best Disney Movie ever. Ty is a clueless heathen. Only acceptable answers are either The Jungle Book (the cartoon not that awful live action movie from a couple of years ago) or Robin Hood. Lion King for realz? Bare Necessities vs. Circle of Life. It's not even a contest. You shut your whorish horse mouth! Be Prepared slaps harder than anything in The Jungle Book. Robin Hood was dope though. Rippounet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jace, Extat Posted November 11, 2023 Share Posted November 11, 2023 6 minutes ago, Tywin et al. said: You shut your whorish horse mouth! Be Prepared slaps harder than anything in The Jungle Book. Robin Hood was dope though. The Lion King 2 is better than freaking Jungle Book. Kovu's Lullabye is my jam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rippounet Posted November 11, 2023 Share Posted November 11, 2023 1 hour ago, A Horse Named Stranger said: Lion King for realz? Bare Necessities vs. Circle of Life. It's not even a contest. Bare necessities obviously has to be compared to Hakuna matata. Thing is, The Lion King has several legendary songs and a great overall score thanks to Zimmer. Mr. Chatywin et al. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted November 11, 2023 Share Posted November 11, 2023 Fair enough. Bare necessities still wins this. Isis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingAerys_II Posted November 11, 2023 Share Posted November 11, 2023 I watched Silent Hill few weeks ago, it's very well made. The plot is very interesting and it's shocking when you understand that Pyramid Head is actually the good one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Chatywin et al. Posted November 11, 2023 Share Posted November 11, 2023 1 hour ago, Jace, Extat said: The Lion King 2 is better than freaking Jungle Book. Kovu's Lullabye is my jam. You may have taken this too far. But overall if we're ranking Disney soundtracks, The Jungle Book isn't near the top tier. Like Ripp said, The Lion King and so many other movies have numerous songs that still hold up. Jungle Book is a one trick pony. Jace, Extat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartofice Posted November 11, 2023 Share Posted November 11, 2023 Jungle book has a couple of great songs, but the rest is kinda dated. It’s not even a good movie. Frozen, Lion King, Alladin, Little Mermaid and Tangled.. that’s the soundtrack gold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingAerys_II Posted November 11, 2023 Share Posted November 11, 2023 "When you wish upon a star" is the best Disney soundtrack ever made Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted November 11, 2023 Share Posted November 11, 2023 4 hours ago, Tywin et al. said: You may have taken this too far. But overall if we're ranking Disney soundtracks, The Jungle Book isn't near the top tier. Like Ripp said, The Lion King and so many other movies have numerous songs that still hold up. Jungle Book is a one trick pony. Not true. Like I said, first there's Bare Necessities, which is just dope and absolute classic that still holds up. (Pumbaa is rip off trying to get that Balu vibe into Lion King (with Timon as b-tech Bagheera)). Second there's also that song you ought to sing to every horse you encounter. Jungle Book sound track overall is great. You really seem to underestimate it. Admittedly I might be a bit biased towards the more jazzy side tunes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted November 11, 2023 Share Posted November 11, 2023 Bodies on Netflix just makes me want to rewatch Dark again. Mexal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veltigar Posted November 12, 2023 Share Posted November 12, 2023 If we're turning this into a favourite Disney thread, I'll champion Beauty and the Beast. Nothing compares to Gaston. I repeat, NOTHING. But the Lion King is also great and I do remember its direct to video sequel fondly, so I do agree with @Jace, Extat that it beats Jungle Book. Anyways, most of Disney output in the early nineties was great. The real controversial question is when Disney started messing up again. For me the last true great Disney movie of the nineties was the Hunchback of the Notre Dame, with the latter Mulan also coming close. Saying this, I know that I'm painting a target on my back for all the crazily obsessed Tarzan and Hercules fans On 11/8/2023 at 1:28 PM, Isis said: This, Beauty & the Beast and Aladdin were prime Disney period for me. When I was a kid there was just the faded-loooking stuff like Jungle Book. These three films looked totally different to that. And I guess The Lion King as well, but for some reason I don't feel any attachement to that film...the voice cast is great - perhaps it is just too sad and I am refusing to engage with it because of that? Were you rooting for Scar to win in the end? :p Jace, Extat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalbear Posted November 12, 2023 Share Posted November 12, 2023 Yall haven't mentioned Aladdin? What the hell Jace, Extat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isis Posted November 12, 2023 Share Posted November 12, 2023 2 hours ago, Kalbear said: Yall haven't mentioned Aladdin? What the hell I mentioned it twice. You must have me on ignore. Luzifer's right hand and Kalbear 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padraig Posted November 12, 2023 Share Posted November 12, 2023 I finally got around to finishing my run through movies from the early 1980s. Raging Bull. Definitely a classic. Since I also watched Killers of the Flower Moon recently, it was an interesting experience to compare the two Scorsese movies. You can tell a story about a deeply unpleasant man, and still be willing to watch it again because it is told very well, with great acting. Hard to imagine watching Flower Moon again, even if it had a lot of positive aspects. I’m not the biggest Indiana Jones fan but Raiders is definitely a very enjoyable movie. And oh so influential. I had watched Blade Runner when I was much younger. Wasn’t that impressed as I expected a completely different movie. Now I can appreciate it much more. Ironically, I’m merely following the initial public reaction and the later re-evaluation. A meditation on being human. The Right Stuff. This is a very fine film about the early space age but the heart of the movie is focused on Chuck Yeager, who is tangentially related. It still works but it makes it feels like there are two separate movies pressed together. Probably most famous now for introducing so many younger actors who would become some of the bigger character actors around. And I had never seen Amadeus before. Or that familiar with the story except that F Murray Abraham would play the villain (in his greatest role). While it starts almost as a comedy (and there are some truly hilarious moments in it), it ends as a tragedy, going into a very dark place. Based on this movie, you’d wonder how Mozart ever became famous. (Obviously, artistic license is taken). The fact that I didn’t recognise most of the music just adds to my weird sense of dissonance (I am a philistine it seems). But I really liked it. Jeffrey Jones is great as the Emperor (before I found out he has had seriously unsavoury troubles too in real life). Weird how Hulce never did anything much after this. Luzifer's right hand and Ran 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted November 12, 2023 Share Posted November 12, 2023 Technically, Captain Marvel is now a Disney princess too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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