What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[demonknight]

Watched disc one of Zombie Flesh Eaters on bluray last night
along with that discs extras. Hugely enjoyable so far. Checking out
rest of extras on disc two tonight. Well done Arrow Films.

[Rik]

Planes, Trains & Automobiles-3 favourites I should mention with regards to this classic comedy from the 80's, my favourite John Hughes film, my favourite Steve Martin film, and my favourite John Candy film.
For those unfamiliar with the story, it's about Neal Page (Martin) who is trying to get back to Chicago from New York in time for Thanksgiving but has no end of trouble once he meets up wil Del Griffiths (Candy) and as the title suggests has to travel by plane, train, bus and car to get home.
Cue plenty of hilarious scenes, such as the car rental F-word rant, the exploding car etc. Highly recommended for fans of 80's comedy

[profondo rosso]

Watched Prometheus the other night and thought it was fantastic! BD quality was fantastic (wish I had seen it on the Big Screen now) I have read mixed reviews about this and conversations about people being confused? All I can say is stick with the X-factor then if your confused by an intellectual plot, good acting, great effects and thought provoking ideas. Immediately after watching this I thought I could of sat and watched it again. Great film with some great gore moments. Anybody else pleasantly suprised by this or dissapointed?

[demonknight]

I also enjoyed Prometheus. And like you I thought it looked and
sounded fantastic on Bluray.Will check it out again now that I'm
off work for the next two weeks. One of the best scenes for me was
the female character trying to abort the fetus inside her. Very intense
I thought. Decent script and good acting did it for me plus some
great gore scenes.

[profondo rosso]

Without spoiling it for others, the part with the fetus is fantastically done me thinks!

[Gojirosan]

Good acting?

In Prometheus?



I hated it, by the way. My worst film of 2012 without doubt.

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by profondo rosso

Without spoiling it for others, the part with the fetus is fantastically done me thinks!

Especially when she's staring at the foetus!

I have (I think) four films to go in the Hitchcock: Masterpiece Collection and they have all been either very good or great. I'm not sure if it's because I was expecting the worst from some of the HD encodings, but even the picture quality on The Man Who Knew Too Much and Marnie are no worse than upscaled DVD – they're certainly not horrendous. As I don't own Torn Curtain or Topaz on DVD, it's good to have them in this collection.

When I've finished watching that, I'll either go straight onto the Alfred Hitchcock Collection (North by Northwest, Strangers on a Train and Dial M for Murder), the Robocop Trilogy or a marathon viewing of the A Nightmare on Elm Street 1-7 Blu-ray set. Decisions, decisions!

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Gojirosan

Good acting?

In Prometheus?



I hated it, by the way. My worst film of 2012 without doubt.

I thought Michael Fassbender gave one of the best performances in any film released in 2012 in Prometheus.

Was part of the reason you didn't like it because you watched it with high expectations and felt let down?

[Gojirosan]

Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs

I thought Michael Fassbender gave one of the best performances in any film released in 2012 in Prometheus.

Was part of the reason you didn't like it because you watched it with high expectations and felt let down?

Fassbender was the bad of a bad bunch, for sure. He was operating on another level to the rest of the cast. But he was still a bit "ROBOT MORE HUMAN THAN HUMANS!!! OMGZors!!". It was a performance from the Big Book Of SciFi Tropes.

I had no expectations. I kind of hoped Ridley Scott would find the form he hasn't shown since 1992, but that was about it.

I didn't like it because it was boring, overlong, the plot was badly developed and stretched very thin, the acting was mostly rubbish, the idea was utterly stupid, it was hollow and empty...it was just a very bad film. I felt like I wasted a lot of time sitting through it.

Other than a few pretty looking scenes it had no redeeming qualities at all.

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Gojirosan

Fassbender was the bad of a bad bunch, for sure. He was operating on another level to the rest of the cast.

I had no expectations. I kind of hoped Ridley Scott would find the form he hasn't shown since 1992, but that was about it.

I didn't like it because it was boring, overlong, the plot was badly developed and stretched very thin, the acting was mostly rubbish, the idea was utterly stupid, it was hollow and empty...it was just a very bad film. I felt like I wasted a lot of time sitting through it.

Other than a few pretty looking scenes it had no redeeming qualities at all.

I thought it was extremely good of cinema and it improves with every subsequent viewing but, just as that's my opinion to which I'm entitled, that's your opinion of Prometheus.

It's strange how two people can watch the same film and have completely polarising opinions, but that's what makes talking about them so much fun.