What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[PaulD]

Originally Posted by Demdike

Personally i wouldn't put them in the same bracket as Airplane, The Naked Gun etc.

Whilst both types are clearly parodies, the Zucker films are new films with added jokes, whilst the "Movies" are scenes stolen from other films and turned into comedy set pieces rather than stand alone films.

I know i'm not making this very clear but i hope you get my drift.

Sadly the term "Zucker films" also applies to the Scary Movie series as he directed 3 and 4 and wrote 5. Sad times.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by PaulD

Sadly the term "Zucker films" also applies to the Scary Movie series as he directed 3 and 4 and wrote 5. Sad times.

Ha, ha, i'd forgotten that little fact.

[J Harker]

Originally Posted by Demdike

I have all the Scary Movies currently out on disc and the other parody "movies" as well.

Whilst not films i would want to watch regularly, they are films i enjoy if i'm in the mood. Especially the first one. The others do get worse as they go along, but hey, i can't help smile at Anna Farris.

Ms Faris is pretty much the reason any of the Scary Movies are worthwhile.

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[SShaw]

Last will and testament of Rosalind Leigh - pretty average scarey house movie
The Brood - classic Cronenberg on the big screen - great
Jug Face - I found this weak
Modus Anomali - best film of the weekend this far
Basket Case and Brain Damage double bill
Abductee - more Japanese strangeness
The Tingler - great fun
The Battery - excellent zombie apocalypse movie
Dark Shadows - French horror that doesnt really work

[demonknight]

Planes Trains and Automobiles. Very funny.
Both John Candy and Steve Martin in top form
Good soundtrack too.

[bdc]

Originally Posted by bdc

I just watched Casino Royale (1967) on bd...
Now can someone explain to me how I get to the extras?
As there is no menu?

"As with other recent MGM discs, e.g. City Slickers, Fox has mastered this title with no main menu. The disc goes directly from loading to playback. During playback, the pop-up menu contains an option for "pause" but none for "menu", and any attempt to access a "top menu" produces an error message. After the film finishes, it simply starts again from the beginning. This arrangement is a huge inconvenience for playing extras.

Despite the "bare bones" menu structure, Fox has nevertheless mastered the disc with BD-Java, which wouldn't matter so much except that the ability to set bookmarks has been omitted. No BDJ-encoded disc should ever lack this capability. BDJ prevents the user from stopping playback and starting from the same position, and bookmarking is the only workaround. Its omission is inexcusable."

Casino Royale Blu-ray review

Found the answer and finally was able to watch the extras.

"these MGM titles don't have a menu, they start playing and play on a loop. Your remote should have a button called "pop-up menu," hit it (while the film is playing or paused) to bring up the pop-up menu to access the special features."

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Jack Reacher (2012)

I had no expectations of this film and have never read one of Lee Child's Reacher novels but i really enjoyed it.

Tom Cruise seemed to revel in the roll despite what Child's fans think of his casting and Christopher McQuarrie's directing is suspenseful throughout. Some fine acting support from Rosamund Pike, Richard Jenkins and Robert Duvall and you have a stylish modern thriller.

Not the action film i was expecting, but highly recommended nontheless.

[keirarts]

Finally managed to watch RUST AND BONE.

An absolute classic with some great performances. A PROPHET is still my favourit e but this is a damn fine movie nontheless and highly reccomended.

Stuck on MAGNOLIA blu-ray afterwards to check out the quality and had to stop quickly before I ended up watching the whole damn movie as that pre-credits opening sucks me in every time... Looks great on blu as well.

[gag]

Originally Posted by Demdike

Jack Reacher (2012)

I had no expectations of this film and have never read one of Lee Child's Reacher novels but i really enjoyed it.

Tom Cruise seemed to revel in the roll despite what Child's fans think of his casting and Christopher McQuarrie's directing is suspenseful throughout. Some fine acting support from Rosamund Pike, Richard Jenkins and Robert Duvall and you have a stylish modern thriller.

Not the action film i was expecting, but highly recommended none the less

I don't know why but there something about Tom cruise that I can't take to and if he in a film I feel inclined not to watch it same goes with Nicholas cage two actors I just can't take to,

[gag]

Lords of Salem

It actual quite slow and pretty strange and weird to be truthful if it wasn't for the nudity and there quite a bit this could very easily have passed as a 15,
No violence gore or anything else REALY but lots of nudity just don't expect anything like his previous films,