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Gerald

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Watched Warcraft: The Beginning (Duncan Jones).

I was waiting for an extended cut, which Jones had announced, but it's still not out I think, so I bought the blu-ray which had become cheap in the meantime. And I'm glad I did.

I tried to play World of Warcraft. Friends of mine were absolutely addicted to it (a little too much at times, it WAS their whole world it seemed sometimes), so I tried for a trial period. I could never get truly into it, or understand the appeal it has to so many people fully. I found it a bit boring to be honest. And I didn't find it all that great looking either, plus it lacked a bit of an overall style for me - the areas in the game looked too different in style from each other sometimes, where I couldn't always feel they belonged naturally next to each other.
I was mostly into actiongames/shooters in those days, so probably fantasy RPG wasn't really for me. Since I've played and LOVED DragonAge, so it's possible I'd 'get' it more now.

Another thing is that World of Warcraft is a progression from earlier games called Warcraft, and I just didn't get what World of Warcraft was all about in terms of story because I didn't know those.
Now, thanks to this film I finally get the origin story.
At first the film may seem complex: a lot of names are dropped that may mean something to the players, but not to the general viewer. But if you just stick with it and pay attention, it's not that hard to follow.
This is among the better fantasy films that I've seen. The world itself doesn't feel as real as Lord of the Rings (the most obvious comparison for a fantasy film), as I think it's mainly a studio bound film (the extras don't talk about location shooting, it's all green screen it seems). But it had more of an overall style to me than I've experienced in the game and I still recognised places and creatures from it.

Probably the best thing about it are the Orcs, looking very different from Lord of the Rings, who look absolutely fantastic. I also like Travis Fimmel a lot - he's superb in Vikings and I felt sorry when he exited the show.
The film could certainly have been longer - some of the deleted scenes feel like they have way more weight than the average deleted scene from a movie (like Anduin mourning Callan in the presence of Garona). But it has a good tempo and good balance between action and drama.
It's not possible of course to suddenly understand everything about the game in two hours, but it does a good job at conveying the basics of the conflict.
 

ghost19

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Saw “Hurricane Heist” yesterday, which unfortunately I picked. Our time slot was narrow if we wanted to catch a movie without the boys. It was basically Die Hard meets Twister with a hurricane instead of a tornado and if Die Hard hadn’t had any big name actors in it. Truly forgettable movie.

Also watched “Nocturnal Animals” on HBO last night. I don’t know what the hell to think of this movie. Does anyone have any idea what the ending means???? Tamara and I both were discussing it afterwards but never came to a consensus on what happened....strange movie, not bad, just very strange.
 

Neil W

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Finding Your Feet - decent British comedy drama about an older woman finding herself after marriage breakup. Excellent cast, some great acting.
Peter Rabbit - CGI Beatrix Potter characters in live action comedy - very modern, but very enjoyable nonetheless.
Tomb Raider - Alicia Vikander makes a good Lara Croft despite boob size controversy.
 

Gerald

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Little Black Book (Nick Hurran, 2004)

It's hard to find all the films Brittany Murphy's done. Despite her short life she has an amazing 65 credits on IMDb. I think she mainly came into the public eye for Don't Say a Word (2001) although before that she had already done Clueless and Girl Interrupted. 8 Mile and Sin City made her even more well known of course. But actually she has been in a lot of unknown movies which are hard to find and this is one of them, despite some major names: Kathy Bates and Holly Hunter.

This is a story that wouldn't interest me much if she wasn't in it: it's a comedy of the type 'Can I trust my boyfriend?' which revolves around a Jerry Springer type of talkshow. There are funny references to singer Carly Simon all through it and Brittany even sings one of her songs.
I could probably not stand it with another actress, but she's one of the most lovely actresses I know in Hollywood. One of those people that is pure light; sweet, funny, with amazingly expressive brown eyes and a fantastic voice and laugh. Her death upset me more than any celebrity's death that I can think of.

Actually she veered quite towards the horrorgenre with her last couple of films, so it may be worth to track those down on dvd.

The Invitation (Karyn Kusama, 2015)

This is a slowburning drama/thriller that builds to a graphic conclusion really late on. Well played by a mostly unknown cast. One of the actors was in what probably is my favourite Walking Dead episode, Here's Not Here, where he holds Morgan prisoner in his house - an actor who can express a lot without saying much.
There is a lot below the surface in this and I doubt I got it all, but the smoldering tension is highly palpable and keeps you intrigued.
 

Gerald

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I bought the 4k version of the original Blade Runner (The Final Cut version). It looks fantastic and of course the movie is awesome. Considering it's age, the movie has held up well. Sci-Fi movies can get really dated looking when they get this old.

Ridley Scott did different cuts (I have a set with 5 different cuts), but I don't remember if he actually did new effects as well. It's often the effects more than the design that date it. If the design is really well done and unique looking it holds up over time.
 

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Ridley Scott did different cuts (I have a set with 5 different cuts), but I don't remember if he actually did new effects as well. It's often the effects more than the design that date it. If the design is really well done and unique looking it holds up over time.

The US theatrical version was the worst version. The studio didn't understand the movie and they forced Ridley to add narration to the movie. There are some fans of that version but I much prefer the Final Cut version which is Ridley's preferred version too. The final cut version has some footage that was cut out of the US theatrical version. I had all of these versions on the 4 disc dvd set that was released 10 or so years ago. This 4k version only has the final cut version plus a couple of discs of extra material. They've deleted the US theatrical version and the international version from this release and that's fine with me.
 

Gerald

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The US theatrical version was the worst version. The studio didn't understand the movie and they forced Ridley to add narration to the movie. There are some fans of that version but I much prefer the Final Cut version which is Ridley's preferred version too. The final cut version has some footage that was cut out of the US theatrical version. I had all of these versions on the 4 disc dvd set that was released 10 or so years ago. This 4k version only has the final cut version plus a couple of discs of extra material. They've deleted the US theatrical version and the international version from this release and that's fine with me.

But did Scott ever add new effects to make the movie more current with today's visual effects? That's what I can't remember.
 

Dana Jean

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I went and saw Game Night in the theater. I was the only person in there.

It was fun! Silly, goofy, suspend disbelief fun!

I love Jason Bateman and he and Rachel McAdams have an adorable chemistry. The supporting cast did great and Kyle Chandler does his part well.

If you go see it, stay till the very end of those credits, there is one final scene.
 
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ghost19

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Went and saw "Annihilation" this last weekend. Great plot, very strange sci-fi movie, reminded me of a Chris Nolan movie like Interstellar or something like that as far as I don't have a friggin' clue about what happened in the ending. No spoilers but if anyone has seen this one and wants to give it a shot, by all means, send me your theory on the ending of this movie. This one and Nocturnal Animals are two movies I've watched recently in which the endings have completely confused me, granted, that's an easy task, but still these movies where the endings are so ambiguous are sometimes let downs after the movie has been really good.
 

skimom2

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Wind River-I liked this one, for the most part. Jeremy Renner gives a lovely, understated performance as a fish and game tracker who is helping with a murder investigation on a Native American reservation. It's gorgeously shot, as well. My favorite part: they cared enough to get the accents and Renner's clothes right. My mom mostly grew up on and around this reservation, many of my family still live there, and my husband is actually from the town shown in the movie, so I know whereof I speak. Elisabeth Olsen's character was a big fat zero, and only one of the NA actors look anything like Shoshone or Arapaho tribal members, but it was a nice slow burn nonetheless. There was a surprise cameo that I liked a lot, too.

In The Forest-Picked this one up at the library because it was an apocalypse, but it turned out to be mostly a snorer. The director would just get something going and she'd have to pause for five minutes of arty shots. This happened every few minutes. Boring.
 

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The Witch - It was poop, I spent the whole movie waiting for something to happen...

Respect that you kept up the whole movie.
I started to Hoover after 30-35 minutes...it was soooooo
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Speaking of poop, we watched The Martian this week!;-D

If you don't know, poop plays an important role, not that The Martian was a piece of it!:laugh:
I buy my potatoes at a farmer right about the corner.....hope he hasn't seen this movie :D

We watched Batman--The Dark Knight yesterday.
Actually, i'm not a DC Comic Fan, but this Trilogy is awesome and always a pleasure to watch