[quote=“John Welles, post:11839, topic:1923”]Yod, where did you get your Snowpiercer blu from? One of the few films released this year that I’m thinking of picking up.[/quote]I got it from eBay but it’s also for sale at yesasia. There’s also French and Italian releases.
There are occasional odd words uttered here and there in Korean which aren’t subbed but there’s two scenes with a fair bit of Korean dialogue which have English subs if you turn them on. The French version doesn’t have them, not sure about the Italian.
[quote=“Lord Brett, post:11840, topic:1923”]Finally, 20 years late, I watched Luc Besson’s Leon (AKA The Professional) last night. Made the mistake of watching the director’s cut, which seemed a little slow and rambling. Gary Oldman’s performance made his name in Hollywood, but comes across now as overblown and grandstanding. He’s grown as an actor since then and is capable of great subtlety.
Natalie Portman is just marvellous, but some of the more sexualised elements of her 12-year-old character would be flat-out unacceptable in today’s climate. Am going to try Besson’s Nikita next, as I’m a big fan of the 90s TV version, but have never seen the original film.[/quote]
Director’s cut is superb compared to the theatrical cut. There’s actually more action scenes in the director’s cut so I wouldn’t say it’s slow. I have always liked this film but only after seeing director’s cut it became one of my biggest favorites.
Had a good time this past weekend watching a bunch of ‘Tinto Brass’ Ass-A-Thon films non-stop with a nice bottle of Merlot red wine. (What a fucking headache i had afterwards from the wine, damn! ;D)…Anyways, for me they are among the sexiest and most sensual films ever made, and the women are absolute knockouts.
Machete Maidens Unleashed - Documentary about Filipino exploitation films, the hour and a half breezed by,good stuff. I’ve seen maybe a third to half the films mentioned so there’s a fair few they featured I’d like to see.
Blue Rita - Fun bit of Franco, the transfers out of what I’ve seen on these Ascot Elite releases have been really good so far. There’s a really good interview with Eric Falk, he comes out with some crazy stuff.
Some one is killing off a group of ex army snipers, in this continuation of the ‘Sniper’ series of films. Uneven film but ok and better than the last Sniper film and Tom Berenger returns to his role aswell.
The Ascot Elite Golden Goya series certainly looks interesting… Are they cheap to import (off Amazon.de I’m guessing?) and are there any other titles that you’d recommend?
[quote=“John Welles, post:11849, topic:1923”]The Ascot Elite Golden Goya series certainly looks interesting… Are they cheap to import (off Amazon.de I’m guessing?) and are there any other titles that you’d recommend?[/quote]Yeah from Amazon.de, seem to be roughly 12/13.99e each, I think postage is 6e for a few.
I’ve seen Blue Rita and Women Of Cell Block 9 (and check out the transfer on Jack The Ripper but haven’t watched it yet) and all look stunning, will gradually be picking more of them up.
[quote=“Yodlaf Peterson, post:11850, topic:1923”]Yeah from Amazon.de, seem to be roughly 12/13.99e each, I think postage is 6e for a few.
I’ve seen Blue Rita and Women Of Cell Block 9 (and check out the transfer on Jack The Ripper but haven’t watched it yet) and all look stunning, will gradually be picking more of them up.[/quote]
Thanks - Amazon.de prices in my experience seem to be quite reasonable and compare well with .uk; I shall have to research further.
[quote=“John Welles, post:11852, topic:1923”]Thanks - Amazon.de prices in my experience seem to be quite reasonable and compare well with .uk; I shall have to research further.[/quote]Yeah, when you buy a few if definitely works out a lot cheaper. Same with stuff on .es too.
Nice Aussie film I stumble into just by chance. I never heard of the director before, but the main actors are familiar screen faces.
The Hunter tells the story of a very self-minded and lonely mercenary that for reasons we don’t know at the start of the film, is hired by a giant Biotech Corporation to kill and take DNA samples from the last of the Tasmanian Tiger an animal believed to be extinct for years.
He arrives at the Tasmanian region he set house with one of those Eco friendly family whose father of two children, has been missing in mysterious circumstance’s for over two years, leaving the wife (a lovely Frances O’Connor) most of the time sedated in bed. He then starts the hunt for the extinct animal, gathering proves of the existence of at least one last specimen.
One of the best things about the film it’s the relation between Dafoe character and both two children, with the younger one helping in a curios way with information he had from his father work.
It’s a fine film with a good story (must read the book), great cinematography the landscapes are amazing, the final it’s somehow strange, but poetic at the same time. It’s a film about ecology of course, but above all about redemption.
The few characters are well build and it’s a joy to watch Dafoe acting in silence, one of the best actors of his generation.
Also Sam Neil and the lovely Frances O’Connor and both child actors help to build a good film.
Not a lot of action, but those Tasmanian landscapes take the breath away of any mortal. Ecowarrior not really my thing, but nature is, so I liked the film, really hope there’s still a few Tasmanian tigers out there.
Oliver Reed plays a wild trapper character and buys a wife with things not going smooth at first. Cracking adventure film with Reed on top form complemented by such great scenery. Cannot make my mind up though which is my favourite Ron Goodwin theme though, this one or the one to Where Eagles Dare.
Nice Aussie film I stumble into just by chance. I never heard of the director before, but the main actors are familiar screen faces.
The Hunter tells the story of a very self-minded and lonely mercenary that for reasons we don’t know at the start of the film, is hired by a giant Biotech Corporation to kill and take DNA samples from the last of the Tasmanian Tiger an animal believed to be extinct for years.
He arrives at the Tasmanian region he set house with one of those Eco friendly family whose father of two children, has been missing in mysterious circumstance’s for over two years, leaving the wife (a lovely Frances O’Connor) most of the time sedated in bed. He then starts the hunt for the extinct animal, gathering proves of the existence of at least one last specimen.
One of the best things about the film it’s the relation between Dafoe character and both two children, with the younger one helping in a curios way with information he had from his father work.
It’s a fine film with a good story (must read the book), great cinematography the landscapes are amazing, the final it’s somehow strange, but poetic at the same time. It’s a film about ecology of course, but above all about redemption.
The few characters are well build and it’s a joy to watch Dafoe acting in silence, one of the best actors of his generation.
Also Sam Neil and the lovely Frances O’Connor and both child actors help to build a good film.
Not a lot of action, but those Tasmanian landscapes take the breath away of any mortal. Ecowarrior not really my thing, but nature is, so I liked the film, really hope there’s still a few Tasmanian tigers out there.
Highly recommend[/quote]
Thanks for the tip, looks like a movie for me too.
So for this movie Christian Bale did probably most extreme body makeover any actor ever did for a movie and that is this movie’s calling card. Apart to see how he looks there’s is not much more I can say this movie is special about, everything else it does was done before and done better. And even Bale’s extreme weight loss is not that important for the story, so in the end it is just a gimmick (although I am uncomfortable using that word in this context because it really looks dangerous to do that to a body).
Cold in July (2014)-Michael C. Hall, Sam Shepard and Don Johnson
Storyline-When a protective father meets a murderous ex-con, both need to deviate from the path they are on as they soon find themselves entangled in a downwards spiral of lies and violence while having to confront their own inner psyche.
A buddy of mine really liked this film and he convinced me to give it a watch. Glad i did…really nice surprise this one. There’s lots of good going on here, great pacing, strong supporting cast, well cut and the lighting was fantastic. (Hall and Don Johnson) are good, but it’s the heart wrenching performance by (Sam Shepard) that elevates this film one step above “just good”. I kinda liked the soundtrack too, it grew on me. 7/10
[size=12pt]Payback [/size] - 1999 - Brian Helgeland
Believe it or not I’ve never seen it, and yeah had much fun watching it.
The revenge plot (a dollar is a dollar and 70000 are not 140000 dollars), is similar in structure to Boorman Point Blank, and in a way Payback could be considered a sequel. In the end it’s a very different film, the Avant-guard stuff of Point Blank is replace by the straight violence of Payback.
I confess I had a good time watching this noir interpretation, strangely it reminded me a little of Miller’s Sin City films, but this was made before. I liked the dark humor present in the script, some of the characters were quite funny dead funny most of the time, sado maso dominatrix Lucy Lui “Hubba Hubba Hubba” quote was priceless. All characters are bad guys of girls, even our “hero”, but it’s impossible not to like him.
Gibson was OK (in a one not character), his Porter behaves like if he was suffering all the time, but being in control at the same time, and the list of secondary actors is almost legendary, Levine, Coburn, Kristofferson, Duke, all very good. Gibson narration a la noir was a nice touch.
Nothing special, but a well done movie, in a smart way, that kept me entertained from start to end. The combination of humor and violence (some very nasty scenes) was well done, and for what it’s worth never seemed to me like a Tarantino movie.
[quote=“El Topo, post:11859, topic:1923”][size=12pt]Payback [/size] - 1999 - Brian Helgeland
Believe it or not I’ve never seen it, and yeah had much fun watching it.
The revenge plot (a dollar is a dollar and 70000 are not 140000 dollars), is similar in structure to Boorman Point Blank, and in a way Payback could be considered a sequel. In the end it’s a very different film, the Avant-guard stuff of Point Blank is replace by the straight violence of Payback.
I confess I had a good time watching this noir interpretation, strangely it reminded me a little of Miller’s Sin City films, but this was made before. I liked the dark humor present in the script, some of the characters were quite funny dead funny most of the time, sado maso dominatrix Lucy Lui “Hubba Hubba Hubba” quote was priceless. All characters are bad guys of girls, even our “hero”, but it’s impossible not to like him.
Gibson was OK (in a one not character), his Porter behaves like if he was suffering all the time, but being in control at the same time, and the list of secondary actors is almost legendary, Levine, Coburn, Kristofferson, Duke, all very good. Gibson narration a la noir was a nice touch.
Nothing special, but a well done movie, in a smart way, that kept me entertained from start to end. The combination of humor and violence (some very nasty scenes) was well done, and for what it’s worth never seemed to me like a Tarantino movie.[/quote]Topo, you should try to watch the other cut of the film too, it’s really quite different. Gibson is nastier in it, different boss, some changes I don’t like though, I prefer it with the blue tint and I prefer the music in the regular one, reminds me of The Taking Of Pelham One, Two Three. Both versions of the film are good and worth watching though, but for the ultimate, to me, would be a combination of the two versions.
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