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“Point Blank” (1967) Great movie! Today was it’s 50th Anniversary.

“First feel fear, then get angry. Then go with your life into the fight.” - Bill Mollison

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Inhumans - 4/10

This was in an IMAX theater and edited to be like a movie, so I think this applies here. There were some fun parts but oof, most of it is pretty rough. The opening scene was utter garbage. They were basically jerking off to the fact that it’s IMAX, and the result of which was really, really terrible. It got better as it went along but not a great first impression.

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Once Upon A Time In The West (1968):

Not too long after I finished watching this, the John Wayne western El Dorado just happened to be showing on TV. It looked so pitiful by comparison.

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968):

I feel kind of bad for waiting until now to watch this, my viewing experience was somewhat tainted by years of hearing references to it throughout pop culture. I had already heard great things about the movie’s visual effects but never expected them to as good as they were (I was mostly just expecting them to be done with blue screen, which didn’t seem to be the case).

2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984):

I liked it.

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Close Encounters of the Third Kind - 9/10

Being the uncultured millennial swine that I am, I had never seen this film. When it was rereleased for its 40th anniversary, I lept on the chance to see it, and I was stunned. Truly spectacular. Unlike anything I’ve ever seen.

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I haven’t seen that one in over a decade. That was definitely among one of the first films I ever saw, and I remember it being great. Looks like it’s time to revisit it.

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Earl said:

2010: The Year We Make Contact

Well that didn’t pan out.

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ToasterBoy said:

Close Encounters of the Third Kind - 9/10

Being the uncultured millennial swine that I am, I had never seen this film. When it was rereleased for its 40th anniversary, I lept on the chance to see it, and I was stunned. Truly spectacular. Unlike anything I’ve ever seen.

Did the 4K remaster keep the film grain?

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CE3K has always been a grainy film. That’s 1970’s film stock for you. But I wouldn’t have it any other way.

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Oh yeah, don’t get me wrong, I loved the look of the film, not to mention that the sound mix sounded like it was recorded yesterday without feeling overly processed. Overall a great theatrical experience.

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Death Note.

Having seen the Anime and now the Netflix movie, I’ve gotta say it is a real step down from the anime.

The main character goes from being a privileged kid playing out a power fantasy (in the anime) to being a guy who has a genuine motivation for killing people due to his difficult family history and bullying at school (the movie). I know this makes it seem like the movie did it better, but much of the power of the anime is that Light begins killing because of latent nihilism and savior complex endemic of most adolescents, and giving him such a troubled past obliterates this subtle yet powerful impetus and serves only to alienate him from much of the audience. The rough acting doesn’t help matters.

At the outset, L is a casualty of the accelerated pace of the movie. We have no time for his though processes, no cat-and-mouse game with Light. Instead he is supercharged with an intense desire for justice which occasionally manifests in violent outbursts, and by the end he becomes the best thing about the movie. The acting was excellent, and in the hands of a more competent writer and director he would have surpassed the L of the anime.

Ryuk and Mia were as expected, merely functional.

One thing which surprised me was the (unintentional?) comedy of the action, which grew throughout until the climactic action setpiece. It is impossible to take it seriously, but at least it’s so over-the-top that it’s memorable.

Recommendation: Don’t watch this unless you’ve first seen the anime and want to laugh at some amusing ineptitude. At least then it will be a fun time.

You probably don’t recognize me because of the red arm.
Episode 9 Rewrite, The Starlight Project (Released!) and ANH Technicolor Project (Released!)

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ToasterBoy said:

Oh yeah, don’t get me wrong, I loved the look of the film, not to mention that the sound mix sounded like it was recorded yesterday without feeling overly processed. Overall a great theatrical experience.

The six track 70mm sound mix was no slouch back in the day, I remember the rumble when the Mothership shows up very well. 😃

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Alien: Covenant.

Ugh. That’s all I have to say.

0 alien eggs out of 4.

Gonna try and fall asleep to the assembly cut of Alien 3 to cleanse the palate. And probably give me nightmares, but whatever.

JEDIT: formatting.

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  • Jodorowsky’s Dune (2013) – 10/10
  • The Straight Story (1999) – 9/10
  • Zardoz (1974) – 8/10
  • The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977) – 7/10
  • Highlander: The Search for Vengeance (2007) – 6/10
  • The Exorcist III: Legion (2016) – 8/10
  • The Exorcist III (1990) – 8/10
  • Tarzan (1999) – 8/10
  • The Exorcist (1973) – 8/10
  • Witch’s Cradle (1944) – 6/10
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The original Exorcist movies is one of my favorite movies, but ever since I got my new projector and huge screen and surround I haven’t watched it out of fear. It’s a wonderfully made movie full of magic, but dark magic. I’ll watch any other horror movie on it, but the original Exorcist is such a psychological annihilation that I’m honestly afraid watching it on a huge screen like this might have negative repercussions on me mentally.

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Possessed said:

The original Exorcist movies is one of my favorite movies, but ever since I got my new projector and huge screen and surround I haven’t watched it out of fear. It’s a wonderfully made movie full of magic, but dark magic. I’ll watch any other horror movie on it, but the original Exorcist is such a psychological annihilation that I’m honestly afraid watching it on a huge screen like this might have negative repercussions on me mentally.

I felt exactly the same way about watching The Shining on my big screen. Creeped me right the eff out and after a few minutes I was like…‘nope’…

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Ex Machina (2014)

Solid. Because I’m an idiot, I didn’t even recognize Poe, and he’s great. With that said, it loses a point for a bland uninteresting main character (apparently he’s a Weasley brother or something) and another point for a bunch of completely unnecessary female nudity. Also loses 0.2 points because I saw a twist coming, whereas I almost never see them coming because I’m lazy. But it gains another 0.1 points back for a good ending.

7.9/10.0

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Frink loses 0.5 points for calling General Hux a Weasley brother. For shame.

I adore Ex Machina, though. The nudity didn’t bother me because it was (to me) making a point that Nathan sees his creations as objects and not people, whereas the opposite point is made when Ava steals the flesh covering from one of the other robots (she finally looks like a person and not an object).

9/10 for me.

JEDIT: I can’t spell.

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I hate nudity in movies in general. And it’s not because it offends me. It truly doesn’t. But it does bring me out of the movie and make the experience less engrossing for me, in addition to feeling like a tasteless, cheap shock factor.

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Ex Machina definitely has some of the most purposeful nudity I’ve seen.

And I’d also say that Hux being bland was part of the point. Usually these sci-fi stories are about bland white guys, and it seems like that’s the case, at first, but ultimately it’s really Ava’s story.

I also saw the twist coming, but I usually don’t care about that, as long as it makes sense to the story and they’re aren’t overly patting themselves on the back for what they thought would be a “surprise.”

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ChainsawAsh said:

Frink loses 0.5 points for calling General Hux a Weasley brother. For shame.

I looked him up.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1727304/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t10

According to that shitty website, he’s not known for TFA, so I guess the blame is mine for using a shitty website to see who he is.

I adore Ex Machina, though. The nudity didn’t bother me because it was (to me) making a point that Nathan sees his creations as objects and not people, whereas the opposite point is made when Ava steals the flesh covering from one of the other robots (she finally looks like a person and not an object).

I get all that. The exact same points could have been made without multiple scenes of full frontal female nudity, however. It could have just even been shot slightly differently and would have worked just as well.

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DominicCobb said:

And I’d also say that Hux being bland was part of the point. Usually these sci-fi stories are about bland white guys, and it seems like that’s the case, at first, but ultimately it’s really Ava’s story.

I suppose, although I don’t know why someone would be watching this thinking it’s Hux’s story.

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I haven’t seen a movie for the first time since Rogue One I think. I tend to just watch the same stuff over and over again.

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  • Fast and the Furious 8 or: How I started calling it F8, because of Keyboard function keys (2017) = Same old shit, more sequels coming.

  • Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987) = A funny buddy film. Great classic comedians, many quotable lines.

  • Goon: Last of the Enforcers (2017) = Wanted to see the sequel. It was as bloody as the first one. As a fellow Canadian, I like my hockey movies.

  • A Fish Called Wanda (1988) = A funny heist comedy film. Great cast, including 2 Monty Pythons. It’s a C-C-C-Classic!

  • John Wick 2 (2017) = Continues the story and increases the action & violence. A fun movie.

  • The Circle (2017) = All Social Media companies combined into 1 behemoth, and trying to control the world. Something Cobra tried to do in every single episode of G.I. Joe.

  • Going In Style (2017) = It remains pretty faithful to the original from 1979, with some alterations. Great choice of cast, but nothing beats the original trio: George Burns, Art Carney & Lee Strasberg.

  • The Hitman’s Bodyguard (2017) = A funny action/buddy film, where both Renolds & Jackson play off each other.