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      CommentAuthorErik Woods
    • CommentTimeMar 13th 2016 edited
    ^ I think Titanic is superb... "schmaltzy love story" and all! I saw it a half dozen times in the theatre during its theatrical run!

    -Erik-
    host and executive producer of THE CINEMATIC SOUND RADIO PODCAST | www.cinematicsound.net | www.facebook.com/cinematicsound | I HAVE TINNITUS!
  1. Both films get the highest possible rating from me. Both stunners for different reasons. There's not one thing I could've wished that would be different, because they're pretty much perfect.

    Didn't you know that a replica was built that was almost the size of the original ship for all the principal photography? That's what I call one heck of a miniature. biggrin
    "considering I've seen an enormous debate here about The Amazing Spider-Man and the ones who love it, and the ones who hate it, I feel myself obliged to say: TASTE DIFFERS, DEAL WITH IT" - Thomas G.
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      CommentAuthorSteven
    • CommentTimeMar 13th 2016
    LSH wrote
    THE GREEN MILE - Frank Darabont

    Nowhere near as affecting as his previous Stephen King prison drama...


    Really? uhm I think it's its equal!
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      CommentAuthorErik Woods
    • CommentTimeMar 13th 2016
    DreamTheater wrote
    Didn't you know that a replica was built that was almost the size of the original ship for all the principal photography? That's what I call one heck of a miniature. biggrin


    It was a 90% replica. Pretty amazing! "In the scenes portraying the ship at the Southampton dock, all shots were reversed to give the appearance of the port side of the ship, as it was actually docked in 1912. This required the painstaking construction of reversed costumes and signage (the letters appeared backwards) to complete the illusion, which was achieved by reversing the image in post-production."

    -Erik-
    host and executive producer of THE CINEMATIC SOUND RADIO PODCAST | www.cinematicsound.net | www.facebook.com/cinematicsound | I HAVE TINNITUS!
  2. Yeah it cost more to build that replica than what it cost to make the original ship. Mindblowing ! shocked

    I went through all the bonus features of Titanic (as I do with most films I own), but here the making of the film was such an incredible endeavour and technical process that it literally made my jaw drop to the floor many times, much more than watching the movie itself. I know Cameron wasn't alone to overlook the mammoth production but it must take someone with unbelievable vision, stamina and persistence to make such a film plus it also succeeded on every possible level after its release.
    "considering I've seen an enormous debate here about The Amazing Spider-Man and the ones who love it, and the ones who hate it, I feel myself obliged to say: TASTE DIFFERS, DEAL WITH IT" - Thomas G.
  3. DreamTheater wrote
    Yeah it cost more to build that replica than what it cost to make the original ship. Mindblowing ! shocked

    I love movies, but sometimes I wonder whether that sort of money couldn't be put to better use somehow. slant
  4. Well yeah, but then you could say that about the big stars too... do they really need to earn millions for one role?
    "considering I've seen an enormous debate here about The Amazing Spider-Man and the ones who love it, and the ones who hate it, I feel myself obliged to say: TASTE DIFFERS, DEAL WITH IT" - Thomas G.
  5. Edmund Meinerts wrote
    DreamTheater wrote
    Yeah it cost more to build that replica than what it cost to make the original ship. Mindblowing ! shocked

    I love movies, but sometimes I wonder whether that sort of money couldn't be put to better use somehow. slant


    I'm sorry, I misinterpreted that, it wasn't the replica itself that cost more than the real ship, but the entire production (in adjusted dollars), which makes more sense.

    Link
    "considering I've seen an enormous debate here about The Amazing Spider-Man and the ones who love it, and the ones who hate it, I feel myself obliged to say: TASTE DIFFERS, DEAL WITH IT" - Thomas G.
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      CommentAuthorMartijn
    • CommentTimeMar 15th 2016
    DreamTheater wrote
    Well yeah, but then you could say that about the big stars too... do they really need to earn millions for one role?


    That always leads to the same old discussion: when is enough enough?
    I agree that these millions for a bit of work seems utterly idiotic and beyond any measure of human need....but there are people people in my direct circle who think and say the exact same thing when I go on a holiday for the second time in a year.

    So it al boils down to a standard...which doesn't exist, and is therefore by definition subjective, however infuriating that is.
    'no passion nor excitement here, despite all the notes and musicians' ~ Falkirkbairn
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      CommentAuthorSteven
    • CommentTimeMar 18th 2016
    The X Files Season 10

    Terrible. The intentionally silly episodes were actually the least silly. Another pointless reboot.
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      CommentAuthorMartijn
    • CommentTimeMar 19th 2016
    JV: Terminator: Genisys

    I didn't hate this entry.
    Arnold does a passable enough job depicting an emotionless android (and it IS good seeing him at least for a couple of minutes as the Bad Terminator again...a role I always think he should have revisited rather than the "reprogrammed hero"), but it has time travel plot holes large enough to fligh a fleet of TARDISses through (which may explain the Matt Smith cameo) and the Borg-esque villain isn't nearly impressive enough to really exude any particular threat (although the lowlight of the franchise still has to be T3's Kristin Loken's Terminatrix).

    The script fails at any believable interaction though and its attempts at humour (like Terminator 'Pops' having been taught to "smile" and "witty" oneliners) seem forced, but the real downfall of the film is the casting of Emilia Clarke as Sarah Connor.
    Don't get me wrong, I love Emilia and she is a fine actress. But every time Linda Hamilton picked up a gun my reaction was HOLY SHIT freezing , while every time Emilia does my reaction is Awwwwww love .
    As tough as she plays her character on Game Of Thrones, so unbelievable any of her "toughness" seems in this film. It just doesn't work. At all. She seems like a college girl roleplaying a soldier. Not a girl on the run for her life for fifteen years.

    Balfe's soundtrack makes enough noise, but at the end of the day is completely ineffectual. Massive shrug.

    The special effects make this almost worth the effort, but all in all this entry is rather forgettable.
    I wish they'd continued the (originally planned) John Connor trilogy started with Terminator: Salvation, still a very undervalued entry into the franchise.
    'no passion nor excitement here, despite all the notes and musicians' ~ Falkirkbairn
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      CommentAuthorSteven
    • CommentTimeMar 19th 2016
    I like Emilia Clarke for many reasons, especially after the first episode of Game of Thrones, but her acting is not one of them. She's terrible. She's bad enough as a "bad ass" in Thrones, but Sarah Conner? Good grief.

    Anyway. The main problem with the film is, aside from the awful casting (Generic Guy as Kyle Reese for heaven's sake!), is the time travel re-write the timeline bullshit. It's needlessly convoluted to the point of being a parody of itself. And the over-use of references. It's insulting.

    The thing I liked most about it was, of course, Arnold.

    It's so bloody awful, I'm sure Thor thinks it's a masterpiece. It's that bad.
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      CommentAuthorMartijn
    • CommentTimeMar 19th 2016 edited
    It's not that bad! T3 WAS that bad (although I liked the ending). This one is...fairly entertaining.
    Arnold was OK.
    You really dislike Clarke's acting? I don't agree. She just doesn't 'tough' very well in (well, not well at all) in this film.
    The less said about the rest of the cast (aside from the guy doing the T-1000. I liked him!) the better.
    'no passion nor excitement here, despite all the notes and musicians' ~ Falkirkbairn
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      CommentAuthorSteven
    • CommentTimeMar 19th 2016
    Eh... maybe I'm too focused on other things to notice her acting skills. Still, the film, though entertaining if you don't pay attention to the way it shits over the franchise (and makes about as much sense as Thor when he's drunk - or sober for that matter), is a monumental pile of forgettable fluff.
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      CommentAuthorMartijn
    • CommentTimeMar 19th 2016
    Steven wrote
    Eh... maybe I'm too focused on other things to notice her acting skills.


    Sorry to disappoint you, but...body double (at least in Game Of Thrones). smile

    Anyway, continuing the hopeless tradition of making pointless list we male fanboys tend to do, here are my favourites in order of preference:

    1. The Terminator
    Excellent, excellent, excellent "little" movie. Dark, wryly witty, poignant, scary. Very much a product of its time, but DAMN, it is good. Nothing is out of place. Love this film! Every bit of it.

    <skip quite a while>

    2. Terminator 2: Judgment Day
    Very, very, very noisy film (yeah, yeah, yeah, new gun. lots of shootings. Things explode. We get it), but far worse: T-800 is now a good guy. Ugh! T-1000 is properly scary though and the effects for the time were top notch!
    Extremely taut directing, and reconvening the old gang helps a lot!
    Edward Furlong is a horrible actor and a fucking liability. I hate every single scene he is in, and every bit of dialogue he tries to manage.

    <skip a really good long while>

    3. Terminator: Salvation
    I thought it was a really good idea taking the franchise in a different direction, and I greatly enjoyed seeing the earth dominated by machines. Creative, claustrophobic, and of course -and this may cause some bias at my side- the incomparale Christian Bale.
    Danny Elfman's take remains my most listened to in the series. Excellent!

    <skip long enough to go get a coffee>

    4. Terminator: Genisys
    As outlined above. It was fairly entertaining.

    <go get some sleep. Check back tomorrow at the same time>

    5. Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines.
    It has two saving graces: it restores the timeline from the original film, which I really liked (and didn't think they'd have the guts to do), and Beltrami's score. The rest is awful. Everything about it. The script, the dialogue, the ridiculous antagonist, the effects. Terrible. Just terrible.
    'no passion nor excitement here, despite all the notes and musicians' ~ Falkirkbairn
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      CommentAuthorSteven
    • CommentTimeMar 19th 2016
    punk

    Agreed on pretty much everything you said! (Except for Gensisisys. But even then, I would also put it 4th.)

    Martijn wrote
    Steven wrote
    Eh... maybe I'm too focused on other things to notice her acting skills.


    Sorry to disappoint you, but...body double (at least in Game Of Thrones). smile


    Wait, whoa. Shut up. What about the, er, you know, rape scene? uhm And the scene where she survives the fire? It's been a long time since I've seen these episodes mind you, so my memory might be playing tricks.
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeMar 19th 2016
    Martijn wrote
    Terminator 'Pops' having been taught to "smile"


    You did know that the T-800 was taught to smile in T2? Cameron's extended cut of course.
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
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      CommentAuthorMartijn
    • CommentTimeMar 19th 2016
    Steven wrote
    Wait, whoa. Shut up. What about the, er, you know, rape scene? uhm And the scene where she survives the fire?


    Google "Rosie Mac".
    And yeah, she could be Clarke's twin sister.
    'no passion nor excitement here, despite all the notes and musicians' ~ Falkirkbairn
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      CommentAuthorMartijn
    • CommentTimeMar 19th 2016
    Timmer wrote
    Martijn wrote
    Terminator 'Pops' having been taught to "smile"


    You did know that the T-800 was taught to smile in T2? Cameron's extended cut of course.


    Never saw that one. What a good idea to cut that out of the original edit. It adds nothing. (I found John Connor's "lessons" to the T-800 already overlong and really pointless).
    And what a terrible idea to reinstate it now.
    'no passion nor excitement here, despite all the notes and musicians' ~ Falkirkbairn
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeMar 19th 2016
    Actually I remember the scene to be pretty good and funny. Young Connor decides it's better he doesn't smile again after the awkward attempt comically delivered by Arnie.
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
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      CommentAuthorSteven
    • CommentTimeMar 19th 2016
    Martijn wrote
    Google "Rosie Mac".


    Jesus.
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      CommentAuthorMartijn
    • CommentTimeMar 19th 2016 edited
    Timmer wrote
    Actually I remember the scene to be pretty good and funny. Young Connor decides it's better he doesn't smile again after the awkward attempt comically delivered by Arnie.

    Fair enough.
    It didn't really work for me in Genisys (especially as its a gag that is repeated in the film). Bit too forced.

    Steven wrote
    Martijn wrote
    Google "Rosie Mac".

    Jesus.


    Yeah, I don't wanna be all like a stupid testosterone-driven college boy brought up on a staple of super hero comics and Beavis and Butthead, and I generally do express my inner Alan Alda, believing in equality and beauty of the mind and the inside....but *gulp*!
    'no passion nor excitement here, despite all the notes and musicians' ~ Falkirkbairn
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeMar 19th 2016
    Martijn wrote
    Timmer wrote
    Actually I remember the scene to be pretty good and funny. Young Connor decides it's better he doesn't smile again after the awkward attempt comically delivered by Arnie.

    Fair enough.
    It didn't really work for me in Genisys (especially as its a gag that is repeated in the film). Bit too forced.


    Here you go...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ANUP5-aW4E
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
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      CommentAuthorMartijn
    • CommentTimeMar 19th 2016
    That actually wasn't bad! (Although I think that took a MASSIVE leaf out of the The Addams Family book!)
    'no passion nor excitement here, despite all the notes and musicians' ~ Falkirkbairn
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeMar 19th 2016
    Ooooh yes biggrin
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
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      CommentAuthorMartijn
    • CommentTimeMar 19th 2016
    RV: SPECTRE
    I was very pleasantly surprised by many elements in this Bond film (Monica Bellucci being only one smile ): the liberal use of Barry's Bond theme throughout (especially in the pre-title sequence), the gorgeous photography, the marvellous location, and FINALLY a return to fine 'proper villainy and all-out unflappable, spectacular action' form back from the dark, foreboding, brooding films that came before (even though Craig EASILY remains the most brooding Bond ever).

    Aside from the slightly anticathartic ending there really was very little not to like.
    Great to see Q, Moneypenny and M in proper action (and I do think Fiennes is a step up from Dench, as much as I admire her as an actor). Waltzing -in serious danger now of getting typecast- makes an effective Blofeld (the lack of baldness well offset by the classic sociopathological traits of the character...and of course That Cat! smile ), and former wrestler Bautista was gloriously two-dimensional as the muscleman/killer.

    Excellent use of locations, some great chase scenes, and some lovely little -and not so little- nods to Bonds of yore, with even some almost Moore-era-like jokes thrown in (the buttons in 009's car) that proved this entry's true tongue-in-cheek.

    Newman's score was SO MUCH better in the movie itself than it was on the album. It really made some of the scenes shine and lifted the visual material up, especially in the Mexico and Rome sequences. Having heard the music album I was really thoroughly impressed.

    The less said about the title song the better.
    If you switch off the sound the sequence LOOKS really good.

    This may well be my favourite entry in the post-Moore era.
    'no passion nor excitement here, despite all the notes and musicians' ~ Falkirkbairn
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeMar 19th 2016
    Totally agree with everything you said.

    Barry's Bond theme? Expect an imminent call from Monty's lawyers at any moment.
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
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      CommentAuthorMartijn
    • CommentTimeMar 19th 2016
    BRING 'EM ON! I'LL BARRY THEM!
    'no passion nor excitement here, despite all the notes and musicians' ~ Falkirkbairn
  6. I'm sorry, the whole IT WAS BLOFELD ALL ALONG thing where they tried to clumsily tie all the Craig films together like it was some big plan just fell flat on its face for me. Makes George Lucas' Star Wars retcons look elegant in comparison. The film is not without entertainment value, but it's nowhere near Casino Royale or even Skyfall (and I had my fair share of issues with Skyfall).

    I'm also surprised, considering your recent behemoth outpouring of hate against The Dark Knight, that you give a pass to Newman's even blander music here.
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      CommentAuthorMartijn
    • CommentTimeMar 19th 2016
    "It was Blofeld all along" is a staple of Bond ever since the first books, so I didn't mind at all. It all fits the age-old pattern, which works for me. Fleming =|= John LeCarré.

    Newman's music is harmonious, smart and thematic....but,as I said, I do not enjoy it much as a standalone listen at all.
    In fact, I thought the SPECTRE album was even worse than Skyfall, which I really disliked. Hence my shock that it worked SO well in the film: every note seemed to have a function and a purpose, with a clear emotional reverberation. In wry contrast to Zimmer's The Dark Noisefest, which seemed to work on the presumption that low subharmonic frequencies enhance listeners' anxiety, hence the score consists of FUCKING NOTHING ELSE!
    (Stop, stop, stop! Heart rate! Blood pressure! Think happy thoughts. Delerue saves...Delerue saves...)
    'no passion nor excitement here, despite all the notes and musicians' ~ Falkirkbairn