Spoilers What Movie Are You Watching?

[Mefisto]

Just finished watching -

How was it? Of current franchises the MI-series has been pretty consistently entertaining, and what's more, as it has progressed the films have gotten more entertaining in my opinion. No spoilers, please.

 

[akash.nu]

How was it? Of current franchises the MI-series has been pretty consistently entertaining, and what's more, as it has progressed the films have gotten more entertaining in my opinion. No spoilers, please.

It’s a 8/10 for me.

 

[Mac'nCheese]

How was it? Of current franchises the MI-series has been pretty consistently entertaining, and what's more, as it has progressed the films have gotten more entertaining in my opinion. No spoilers, please.

It’s fantastic. He’s a wack job but that Tom cruise is great in action films. One stunt he did made me actually gasp out loud.

 

[Roller]

It’s fantastic. He’s a wack job but that Tom cruise is great in action films. One stunt he did made me actually gasp out loud.

Agreed. I liked it more than any of the others in the series. I wonder how much longer Cruise will be able to keep it up, though. He fractured his ankle shooting one of the stunts. No matter how young you look and how great shape you're in, I'm sure it gets harder every time. The alternative is to use a stunt double, but I guess he doesn't want to do that.

 

[Mefisto]

He’s a wack job but that Tom cruise is great in action films.

Agreed 100%. His personal life and views notwithstanding there's no denying that he is a master of his chosen craft. Come to think of it I struggle to think of a film of his that was bad because of him.

 

[pachyderm]

Sicario. i thought that was pretty good.

 

[kazmac]

The Empire Strikes Back

 

[Mefisto]

Sicario. i thought that was pretty good.

One of my personal favorites from the past few years. Everything just clicks; Villeveuve's directing, Deakins' cinematography, Johansson's music, the actors and the story. I remember watching the film at the cinema and how it stuck with me for many days afterwards.

The sequel isn't bad either, by any means, but in comparison the the first one it does lack something. Still, thoroughly entertaining.

 

[hawkeye_a]

Sicario. i thought that was pretty good.

That scene at the border crossing was masterfully done.

 

[Mefisto]

There's a great video showcasing the special effects work that was done in Sicario on Vimeo, which I'm going to spoilerize for obvious reasons. Really interesting stuff.

Spoiler

 

[Apple fanboy]

The Empire Strikes Back

The best of all the SW films. Good choice.

 

[kazmac]

The best of all the SW films. Good choice.

It is the best, but I have grown to love the original even more (Death Star trench scene is still tops for me, though the attack on Hoth comes real close).

 

[Apple fanboy]

It is the best, but I have grown to love the original even more (Death Star trench scene is still tops for me, though the attack on Hoth comes real close).

I'm a committed fan. I'll watch them all!

 

[pachyderm]

I'm a committed fan. I'll watch them all!

i find that sad and disturbing.

oh well...

 

[Mars56]

Just finished watching "Chef" and I must say it was a really good movie. Great story, (carefully researched to get the kitchen vibe, language and behaviour down to a T) and great actors! Having worked in the industry for many years it was a nice look at the people that got everything right. Well worth watching if you haven't seen it. John Favreau did an awesome job on this one!

Caramel dust has become a staple in my dessert cooking after watching the movie!

 

[Huntn]

I could have put this in the Movie or the Book thread...

Well, perhaps this discussion can be continued in a separate thread, but I like stylish, classy criminals, (A. J. Raffles, Arsène Lupin and so on), rather than a world where violence is the preferred common currency of the characters in question.

What about something like Silence of the Lambs? That book and movie really bothered me in a thrilling way.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

I could have put this in the Movie or the Book thread...


What about something like Silence of the Lambs? That book and movie really bothered me in a thrilling way.

What about Arsenic and Old Lace? What about Kind Hearts and Coronets? (The latter is one of my favourite movies, ever, like an exquisitely bone dry sherry, bitter, hilarious, deepest, darkest black.....).

 

[pachyderm]

What about Arsenic and Old Lace? What about Kind Hearts and Coronets? (The latter is one of my favourite movies, ever, like an exquisitely bone dry sherry, bitter, hilarious, deepest, darkest black.....).

Ok.

I just ordered a DVD set of Alec Guinness films that includes, Kind Hearts and Coronets, The Lavender Hill Mob, The Man In the White Suit, The Captains's Paradise, and The Ladykillers ...

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Ok.

I just ordered a DVD set of Alec Guinness films that includes, Kind Hearts and Coronets, The Lavender Hill Mob, The Man In the White Suit, The Captains's Paradise, and The Ladykillers ...

Ooooh, dear me, yes, you have an absolute treat in store. What an excellent idea.

Let me know how you find them.

 

[Huntn]

National Treasure (2004)- I’ve probably said this before a couple of times in this thread, but this is one of my favorite, family friendly thrillers with a plot that is believable enough to be enjoyable, about a historical treasure hunt. Nicolas Cage has done a lot of crappy movies, but has managed a few good ones, this one, Peggy Sue Got Married, and Moonstruck, maybe some others. 🙂

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What about Arsenic and Old Lace? What about Kind Hearts and Coronets? (The latter is one of my favourite movies, ever, like an exquisitely bone dry sherry, bitter, hilarious, deepest, darkest black.....).

Arsenic and Old Lace is one of my favorites but... it’s a comedy. 🙂

 

[ucfgrad93]

National Treasure (2004)- I’ve probably said this before a couple of times in this thread, but this is one of my favorite, family friendly thrillers with a plot that is believable enough to be enjoyable, about a historical treasure hunt.

I love National Treasure, one of my favorites.

 

[Mac'nCheese]

National Treasure (2004)- I’ve probably said this before a couple of times in this thread, but this is one of my favorite, family friendly thrillers with a plot that is believable enough to be enjoyable, about a historical treasure hunt. Nicolas Cage has done a lot of crappy movies, but has managed a few good ones, this one, Peggy Sue Got Married, and Moonstruck, maybe some others. 🙂

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Arsenic and Old Lace is one of my favorites but... it’s a comedy. 🙂

1. When is nat treasure three finally coming out? I mean, they pretty much turned to the camera and spoke right to the audience in two when cage said to the president, “I’ll look into it”
2. Try “mom&dad” with cage. It’s really weird and not for kids. It has violence but the less you know about it, the better. Don’t even read the blurb on Netflix or wherever you get it from first.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

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Arsenic and Old Lace is one of my favorites but... it’s a comedy. 🙂

It is the sort of comedy that meets with my approval.

 

[arkitect]

@Scepticalscribe

Arsène Lupin

The Lupin books are great. Charming strings of pearls and packets of diamonds out of bedrooms… Arsène Lupin is one of those ambiguous characters I love. I'm always partial to a bit of ambiguity.

Like Holmes, Lupin outgrew his fictional life with fact and fiction becoming blurred. The best kind of fictional character.
They are also both fortunate in having had two excellent actors portraying them on television — George Descrieres for Lupin and Jeremy Brett as Holmes.

Mid 70s there was also a French television series, Les brigades du Tigre about the first police to use motorcars. Alas, I am probably remembering this through rose tinted glasses. 🙂

What about something like Silence of the Lambs? That book and movie really bothered me in a thrilling way.

Most disturbing indeed.
Red Dragon remains (so far) the only book that made me jump with shock.
The books are disturbing and violent whereas in the films Anthony Hopkins' acting made the character far more — can I say it — sympathetic. In the books he remains a horrifically vile creature.

 

[Mefisto]

I've never read Red Dragon, but I do have a question about the films based on it. As you may or may not know, there are two: Manhunter (1986) directed by Michael Mann, and Red Dragon (2002) directed by Brett Ratner.

I've seen both several times, and as far as films go I very much prefer Manhunter. Tom Noonan as Francis Dolarhyde just creeps me out much more than Ralph Fiennes, and if all else was equal then just for the sequence with Iron Butterfly's In A Gadda Da Vida the edge would go to Manhunter. Fair warning, don't google that if you haven't seen the film.

But my question for those who have read the book and seen the films would be which is more faithful to the book? I realize that they are pretty similar overall, but are there that many differences between the films and the source material?