What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[Rik]

Originally Posted by PaulD

It's not the directors being lazy, it's the studios being greedy. See also Del Toros upcoming Pacific Rim which is being post-converted against his request. 3D gets a bad name because of the light loss, the extra premium paid for the 'pleasure', the fact that it automatically excludes those with eye problems, the fact that its a distraction and takes you out of the film as you're more conscious of sitting in front of a screen. Post-converted or filmed in 3D, it doesn't change the fact that 3D just doesn't work. It's been and gone in the past and will do so again when more and more people get fed up with it. It is a fad as it always has been.

I thought you were a fan of 3D

I actually don't mind it myself, but only in the cinema, I would never buy a 3D Blu Ray player and TV. When I take my kids to the cinema, if there's a 3D option, that's the one they always want so I suppose it appeals to children more than adults, in that respect I think it should really be left to Pixar/Dreamworks type films like Shrek etc.

[PaulD]

Originally Posted by Rik

I thought you were a fan of 3D

I actually don't mind it myself, but only in the cinema, I would never buy a 3D Blu Ray player and TV. When I take my kids to the cinema, if there's a 3D option, that's the one they always want so I suppose it appeals to children more than adults, in that respect I think it should really be left to Pixar/Dreamworks type films like Shrek etc.

Hahah!

Yeah I'd be interested to see a cgi animation in 3D just to compare the experience as I could imagine that being different

[profondo rosso]

Originally Posted by keirarts

Rollerball (2002) - IMDb

Curiosity over! cheers

[Rik]

Originally Posted by PaulD

Hahah!

Yeah I'd be interested to see a cgi animation in 3D just to compare the experience as I could imagine that being different

Toy Story 3 didn't really work but Shrek Forever After, Up, Hotel Transylvania were really good in 3D.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Rik

Toy Story 3 didn't really work

3D doesn't work when your eyes are watering.

[ThePopeofCOSDS]

The awesomeness that is PIECES!

[Handyman Joe]

I've just spent 2 blissful days watching as much as I could of the Universal Monsters blu box set. Mind blowing is the only way to describe it. Just finished Bride - if only they could have digitally removed Una O'Connor it would've been perfect. The Spanish Dracula, which I had never seen, is fantastic - way better than the pretty boring Browning one. The Mummy was much better than I remembered - amazing what perfect picture quality can do for a film, especially when it features a guy with a face like Karloffs. I just love The Invisible Man, definitely the most underrated thing on here - Whale could sure slip in some brutality amid the comic dialogue - he was truely a genius. As for the first Frankenstein, well, just the best ever horror movie imo.

Looking back over 2012, I have to say I doubt we'll ever get a year as good as that again, I mean what's left to release? My dreams of the BFI ghost stories, Island of Lost Souls, the aforementioned monsters set, Tetsuo, Rosemary's Baby, Chinatown, Lawrence of Arabia, Passion of Joan of Arc, etc, etc - all answered.

Wait a minute though, I've just remembered Criterion's slate for March 2013....

BTW thanks to whoever got me the silent movies book for the secret santa - plenty more avenues opened up!

[Susan Foreman]

Originally Posted by Handyman Joe

I've just spent 2 blissful days watching as much as I could of the Universal Monsters blu box set. Mind blowing is the only way to describe it. Just finished Bride - if only they could have digitally removed Una O'Connor it would've been perfect

I gave this post a 'like', but, Mr Joe, Una O'Connor is essential to 'Bride', therefore, my 'Like' only has a small 'l' at the beginning!!!!!!!!!!

[Rik]

That Universal Monsters set is faultless IMO, each film looks and sounds amazing and the extras just add to the magic within, plus the nice set of postcards, a cracking booklet only beaten by the recent ZFE one and a nice hamster sized coffin to keep it all in, an essential purchase for anyone with a Blu Ray player

[Slippery Jack]

Originally Posted by Rik

That Universal Monsters set is faultless IMO, each film looks and sounds amazing and the extras just add to the magic within, plus the nice set of postcards, a cracking booklet only beaten by the recent ZFE one and a nice hamster sized coffin to keep it all in, an essential purchase for anyone with a Blu Ray player

Oh man I didn't know about the cards and booklet Been trying really hard not to spend anything for a while after christmas. It's not working, and I might have to buy this now too . . .