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Post by Doug » Mon May 16, 2022 7:12 pm



I want to see this so much, but it's only available in Europe. I'd have to get an all-region blu-ray player and buy it imported
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Post by Dantes » Tue May 17, 2022 2:43 pm

Doug wrote: Mon May 16, 2022 7:12 pm


I want to see this so much, but it's only available in Europe. I'd have to get an all-region blu-ray player and buy it imported
I checked, I couldn't find it available for purchase on any of the digital platforms and it isn't streaming anywhere.

Article about what was a titanic effort to complete the restoration. I thought you might be interested.
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Post by Doug » Tue May 17, 2022 4:52 pm

Dantes wrote: Tue May 17, 2022 2:43 pm I checked, I couldn't find it available for purchase on any of the digital platforms and it isn't streaming anywhere.

Article about what was a titanic effort to complete the restoration. I thought you might be interested.
Very, ty
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Post by Ashenai » Tue May 17, 2022 5:19 pm

I came across it on the high seas, if you don't mind a Napoleon movie of dubious provenance, grab it here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1f4GzL3 ... sp=sharing

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Post by Dantes » Tue May 17, 2022 5:33 pm

Doug wrote: Tue May 17, 2022 4:52 pm
Dantes wrote: Tue May 17, 2022 2:43 pm I checked, I couldn't find it available for purchase on any of the digital platforms and it isn't streaming anywhere.

Article about what was a titanic effort to complete the restoration. I thought you might be interested.
Very, ty
I enjoy the research. :)
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Post by Doug » Sun May 22, 2022 12:22 am

I thought Northman was outstanding, but you should go into it knowing it's Hamlet and not some action movie
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Post by Blissful » Sun May 22, 2022 7:23 am

i love hamlet
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Post by Doug » Sun May 22, 2022 4:17 pm

You might like this then
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Post by Dantes » Tue May 24, 2022 3:25 am

pterrus wrote: Sat Apr 30, 2022 11:13 am We got a babysitter and saw Everything Everywhere All at Once. Completely bonkers movie. I don't think they really stuck their themes but who cares, it's insane and you should probably see it.
Saw this tonight.

Completely bonkers. Tugs at the heart strings. Incredibly inventive. Michelle Yeoh was phenomenal.

I’m not certain if I liked it or not.
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Post by Wumpy » Tue May 24, 2022 7:28 pm

Dantes wrote: Tue May 24, 2022 3:25 am
pterrus wrote: Sat Apr 30, 2022 11:13 am We got a babysitter and saw Everything Everywhere All at Once. Completely bonkers movie. I don't think they really stuck their themes but who cares, it's insane and you should probably see it.
Saw this tonight.

Completely bonkers. Tugs at the heart strings. Incredibly inventive. Michelle Yeoh was phenomenal.

I’m not certain if I liked it or not.
other than you i've watched two people talk about it, both with extremely different tastes in movies, and both loved it

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Post by Khaos » Tue May 24, 2022 8:09 pm

everyone i know that has seen it (a lot of people) has loved it, except bracketbot

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Post by Dantes » Tue May 24, 2022 8:32 pm

Wumpy wrote: Tue May 24, 2022 7:28 pm
Dantes wrote: Tue May 24, 2022 3:25 am
pterrus wrote: Sat Apr 30, 2022 11:13 am We got a babysitter and saw Everything Everywhere All at Once. Completely bonkers movie. I don't think they really stuck their themes but who cares, it's insane and you should probably see it.
Saw this tonight.

Completely bonkers. Tugs at the heart strings. Incredibly inventive. Michelle Yeoh was phenomenal.

I’m not certain if I liked it or not.
other than you i've watched two people talk about it, both with extremely different tastes in movies, and both loved it

To be clear, it's a well made movie and is good by just about any definition. I liked a lot of their character development and the choices they made in how information was shared.

Spoiler!
In particular, I really loved how in one of the worlds where she didn't marry her husband they were both hugely successful. It was only this alternate version of her husband that could communicate a core concept about who he was that she would understand. It was just really well done character work.

There are definitely parts that I thought were great, but taken as a whole it didn't quite work for me. I'm glad I saw it and I'd recommend seeing it. I probably wouldn't watch it again though.
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Post by Rylinks » Tue May 24, 2022 9:08 pm

Khaos wrote: Tue May 24, 2022 8:09 pm everyone i know that has seen it (a lot of people) has loved it, except bracketbot
i haven't seen it but i hate it already :troll:

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Post by Ashenai » Tue May 24, 2022 9:09 pm

what if I told you it has Arcueid in it

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Post by Rylinks » Tue May 24, 2022 9:11 pm

i probably wouldn't believe you

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Post by Ashenai » Tue May 24, 2022 10:01 pm

fair enough, then I won't tell you that

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Post by Jeb Bush 2012 » Wed May 25, 2022 2:11 am

Rylinks wrote: Tue May 24, 2022 9:11 pm i probably wouldn't believe you
would you believe it if I told you

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Post by groff_enthusiast » Wed May 25, 2022 2:31 am

Wumpy wrote: Tue May 24, 2022 7:28 pm
Dantes wrote: Tue May 24, 2022 3:25 am
pterrus wrote: Sat Apr 30, 2022 11:13 am We got a babysitter and saw Everything Everywhere All at Once. Completely bonkers movie. I don't think they really stuck their themes but who cares, it's insane and you should probably see it.
Saw this tonight.

Completely bonkers. Tugs at the heart strings. Incredibly inventive. Michelle Yeoh was phenomenal.

I’m not certain if I liked it or not.
other than you i've watched two people talk about it, both with extremely different tastes in movies, and both loved it
There are two wolves fighting within you, both with extremely different tastes in movies
Which will win?
Whichever one you feed
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Post by Dantes » Thu May 26, 2022 12:44 pm

Bracketbot wrote: Fri Apr 01, 2022 2:30 pm but mostly just the sea wall thing. it just didn’t make any sense and i feel like it was a way to make his arc more villainous.
Responding to something BB posted over at the other site.

They called Gotham Square Garden the retreat of last resort (or something similar). That's the place the Gotham's government retreats to, which gets them all in one place and makes them soft targets for the Riddler's henchmen. Plus, and this is just a guess, but I thought possibly that was also a set up for Batman: No Man's Land.
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Post by Doug » Fri Jun 24, 2022 4:16 pm

rofl "You've really opened up my eyes"
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Post by Doug » Wed Jul 20, 2022 11:17 pm

I saw the Death on the Nile remake. It was better than the previous one with Peter Ustinov, though not because of him

The new one is simply more interesting at every turn
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Post by Luna » Wed Jul 20, 2022 11:24 pm

Doug wrote:The new one is simply more interesting at every turn
of the river?

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Post by Doug » Wed Jul 20, 2022 11:46 pm

Luna wrote: Wed Jul 20, 2022 11:24 pm
Doug wrote:The new one is simply more interesting at every turn
of the river?
This joke didn't flop
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Post by pterrus » Thu Jul 21, 2022 2:14 pm

Doug wrote: Wed Jul 20, 2022 11:17 pm I saw the Death on the Nile remake. It was better than the previous one with Peter Ustinov, though not because of him

The new one is simply more interesting at every turn
This just made me want to read more books, I feel like Christie is better in book form.

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Post by Doug » Thu Jul 21, 2022 2:16 pm

pterrus wrote: Thu Jul 21, 2022 2:14 pm
Doug wrote: Wed Jul 20, 2022 11:17 pm I saw the Death on the Nile remake. It was better than the previous one with Peter Ustinov, though not because of him

The new one is simply more interesting at every turn
This just made me want to read more books, I feel like Christie is better in book form.
I've read a ton of them because my grandmother had them

ABC Murders sticks in my mind
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Post by pterrus » Thu Jul 21, 2022 2:19 pm

Okay you have convinced me to read it. Orient Express is one of my favorite books of all time, it's so good.

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Post by Doug » Mon Jul 25, 2022 3:01 pm

I have never seen this trailer before, or this movie, and I find it hilarious the degree to which it's just, let's make 20,000 Leagues again

I guess the thing that really puts it over the top is the fact that Charles Bronson is in a striped shirt for some reason, just as Kirk Douglas is in a striped shirt in 20,000 Leagues, I mean that is so hilarious to me

Also how similar is this to War Gods of the Deep
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Post by Doug » Mon Jul 25, 2022 3:26 pm

Oh I watched The Favourite, it was really good
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