Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Wed August 29, 2018 7:09 pm
LoathedVermin72 wrote:Just saw 2001 in IMAX. Can confirm Christopher Nolan and his gross color timing are not involved in the new digital restoration.
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Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Thu August 30, 2018 9:46 am
It's overratedBootsToAsses wrote:I've still never seen 2001. I keep gearing myself up to watch it but never pull the trigger. I don't know what's stopping me.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Thu August 30, 2018 12:13 pm
Fighting words there, Rangdogg.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Thu August 30, 2018 7:30 pm
Rangi Guy wrote:It's overratedBootsToAsses wrote:I've still never seen 2001. I keep gearing myself up to watch it but never pull the trigger. I don't know what's stopping me.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Thu August 30, 2018 7:50 pm
It's a very influential movie with some amazing imagery, but it can be a chore to sit through, and a lot of it is silly. It's definitely in love with itself at times. I like it though. Watch it at home with a finger on the fast forward button.
I must have bad eyesight or something, because I get nothing out of all this high def stuff. I saw it on Imax. It was fine. Whatever.
I must have bad eyesight or something, because I get nothing out of all this high def stuff. I saw it on Imax. It was fine. Whatever.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Thu August 30, 2018 8:10 pm
I've always loved the movie. But I think "watch at home with a finger on the fast forward button" is the exact wrong way to watch the movie. I can understand why people think it can be a chore, especially if they've only seen it at home. The movie is so much better in the big dark room.
It's just such an exquisite mastery of craft and it changed/influenced cinema forever. Even if you don't like the "story" I feel like you have to appreciate what it achieved and what it inspired.
It's just such an exquisite mastery of craft and it changed/influenced cinema forever. Even if you don't like the "story" I feel like you have to appreciate what it achieved and what it inspired.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Thu August 30, 2018 9:04 pm
I will say in terms of quality, the IMAX version is nothing special. The projector is only 2K, so you’re pretty much just watching a Blu-ray blown up onto a massive screen.BurtReynolds wrote:It's a very influential movie with some amazing imagery, but it can be a chore to sit through, and a lot of it is silly. It's definitely in love with itself at times. I like it though. Watch it at home with a finger on the fast forward button.
I must have bad eyesight or something, because I get nothing out of all this high def stuff. I saw it on Imax. It was fine. Whatever.
Also, for the record, I never find the movie to be a chore at all. I think it’s totally absorbing and entertaining. That 2.5 hours just flies by.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Thu August 30, 2018 9:27 pm
For the fast forwarding, I was mostly referring to the parts where some alarm sounds for what seems like an eternity. Plus some of the take off/landing shots remind me of all the terrible scenes in the Star Wars prequels of ships landing and taking off. I'm sure it was impressive back in the day but...
I hadn't seen this in years. I was always under the impression that HAL was influenced by the obelisk thing, but I guess that wasn't the case. It kinda annoys me now that it's basically two separate plots jammed together. Oh well.
I hadn't seen this in years. I was always under the impression that HAL was influenced by the obelisk thing, but I guess that wasn't the case. It kinda annoys me now that it's basically two separate plots jammed together. Oh well.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Thu August 30, 2018 9:28 pm
The ship landings are by far my favorite sections of the movie. I wept pretty intensely during that first one after the Dawn of Man jump cut.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Thu August 30, 2018 9:41 pm
Confessions, I've never seen 2001 either.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Thu August 30, 2018 9:42 pm
aw huhLoathedVermin72 wrote:The ship landings are by far my favorite sections of the movie. I wept pretty intensely during that first one after the Dawn of Man jump cut.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Thu August 30, 2018 9:43 pm
Watch it. It lives up to its reputation.
I never noticed before this viewing how direct of an influence it had on Aliens.
I never noticed before this viewing how direct of an influence it had on Aliens.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Thu August 30, 2018 9:43 pm
I've always planned to. I'm familiar with a lot of the iconic shots.LoathedVermin72 wrote:Watch it. It lives up to its reputation.
I never noticed before this viewing how direct of an influence it had on Aliens.
Should I wait for the 4k release?
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Thu August 30, 2018 9:49 pm
If you’re gonna watch it at home, yes.Monkey_Driven wrote:I've always planned to. I'm familiar with a lot of the iconic shots.LoathedVermin72 wrote:Watch it. It lives up to its reputation.
I never noticed before this viewing how direct of an influence it had on Aliens.
Should I wait for the 4k release?
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Thu August 30, 2018 9:59 pm
That's where all movies are consumed these days for me. I'll check it out this fall.LoathedVermin72 wrote:If you’re gonna watch it at home, yes.Monkey_Driven wrote:I've always planned to. I'm familiar with a lot of the iconic shots.LoathedVermin72 wrote:Watch it. It lives up to its reputation.
I never noticed before this viewing how direct of an influence it had on Aliens.
Should I wait for the 4k release?
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Fri August 31, 2018 4:01 am
AgreeRangi Guy wrote:It's overratedBootsToAsses wrote:I've still never seen 2001. I keep gearing myself up to watch it but never pull the trigger. I don't know what's stopping me.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Fri August 31, 2018 6:06 am
The Zoo Keeper's Wife - this was pretty good
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Fri August 31, 2018 2:32 pm
I've never even heard of this movie.Rangi Guy wrote:The Zoo Keeper's Wife - this was pretty good
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Fri August 31, 2018 2:47 pm
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Fri August 31, 2018 3:08 pm
I don't believe this for one second.tragabigzanda wrote:It was a Cameron Crowe-produced spinoff of We Bought A Zoo; it was directed by McG. It was mostly about Matt Damon's character's wife.durdencommatyler wrote:I've never even heard of this movie.Rangi Guy wrote:The Zoo Keeper's Wife - this was pretty good