Movies - General Discussion

[Marko69]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventure_of_the_Musgrave_Ritual

The butler did it in this.

Well, he didn't actually do it. He more or less sussed the riddle......, and it cost him his life.

Could be "CGVT Tolstoy-ish towards DWT," but I found it interesting.

[LightninBoy]

I’ve been recommended to watch a couple old WW2 movies. “Das Boot”, “Come and See”, and “Downfall.” Anyone seen those? Adding those to the watchlist. Nervous about Das Boot if it’s extremely claustrophobic.

FWIW - probably not much - "Das Boot" and "Come and See" are on many must see lists for film enthusiasts (I haven't seen either except some scenes from Das Boot, but both are highly recommended by folks I trust). Downfall is mostly known for the Hitler meme I think :-)

[jaadam4]

I watched Oppenheimer today. Honestly Nolan is a genius but 3 hours is far too long to be in a theater. I couldn’t wait for it to be over.

[Marko69]

I watched Oppenheimer today. Honestly Nolan is a genius but 3 hours is far too long to be in a theater. I couldn’t wait for it to be over.

Yep. Agreed. AND...., the nachos & cheese, Foot-long dog, popcorn bucket, chewy randoms, and litre of coke are all done in 20 minutes ---->> 2hrs 40 of "Come on FFS, blow some shit up! Im bored!"

[jaadam4]

The last hour was excruciating. If I ever watch it again it’ll be in stages and yes you were right.. soooo loud. There’s some beautiful scenes but why the crazy blow your ear drums loudness?

[CGVT]

Watched High Plains Drifter last night. Damn that is a good movie. I hadn't seen it in years.

There are many fan theories about who The Stranger was. Some say he was a ghost, the devil, the marshall himself, or the marshall's brother coming back for revenge.

Eastwood said in an interview, that it was originally written that he was the brother of the marshall that was killed, but he changed it to make it more ambiguous.

I think The Stranger was the ghost of the murdered marshall, but the other theories certainly hold some credence.

If you haven't seen it, give it a watch. If you have seen it, it is worth a rewatch.

Let me know who y'all think he was.

[froot loops]

I think I like that movie is better than Unforgiven. Eastwood's character is a true dick in the movie and you see it.

[Whitley]

Watched High Plains Drifter last night. Damn that is a good movie. I hadn't seen it in years.

There are many fan theories about who The Stranger was. Some say he was a ghost, the devil, the marshall himself, or the marshall's brother coming back for revenge.

Eastwood said in an interview, that it was originally written that he was the brother of the marshall that was killed, but he changed it to make it more ambiguous.

I think The Stranger was the ghost of the murdered marshall, but the other theories certainly hold some credence.

If you haven't seen it, give it a watch. If you have seen it, it is worth a rewatch.

Let me know who y'all think he was.

I always thought it was the marshall coming back. High Plains Drifter is one of those movies you come to and just sit and watch it no matter wher eit is in the film.

[jaadam4]

I never got into the Harry Potter series as it was always more of a kids movie that I just couldn't sit through. I just binged the whole series and holy f. Its unbelievable.


What an absolutely epic journey

[Marko69]

Took my kids to see the Azkaban potter movie back in the day. Youngest son Scotty had to sleep with the light on that night. ….. those dementor things freaked him out. They were bloody scary right enough.

[jaadam4]

Took my kids to see the Azkaban potter movie back in the day. Youngest son Scotty had to sleep with the light on that night. ….. those dementor things freaked him out. They were bloody scary right enough.

Yeah I can see that. The first movie was a Disney type of feeling but by the time the last of the series rolled in it was hectic with the bad guys. Nothing on the Constantine level but pretty legit compared to what I was expecting

[Whitley]

I never got into the Harry Potter series as it was always more of a kids movie that I just couldn't sit through. I just binged the whole series and holy f. Its unbelievable.


What an absolutely epic journey

The novels are even better. Starting with movie 3 they had to pick and choose and adapt from the novels

[jaadam4]

The novels are even better. Starting with movie 3 they had to pick and choose and adapt from the novels

I’m going to start reading them and I can’t wait. The movies were so awesome

[Marko69]

Definitely matters if you are “into” what you are going to read.
Wasn’t into anything at all fantasy, like Potter or LOTR etc etc but went to cinema and watched with my kids anyway. Was a difficult sit.
But i thought, maybe i should make more of an effort. So in 2003 ish decided to start the first book, Philosophers Stone.
Got to maybe the 3rd chapter….. thought, WTF is this shit…… and stopped.
Its obviously not shit; she’s a feckin billionaire….. but if you’re into it, it’ll be an easy read.
The wife read the last part in 2 days. Book is thicker than the feckin bible.

[froot loops]

The key to those books is Rowling took a genre (fantasy) and combined it into a coming of age story and made it accessible so casuals wanted to read it. It might not have lured in Marko, but it lured in a lot of people like Marko who wouldn't generally read the fantasy genre.

I think the movies successfully edit the books, by the end of the series the books suffered from bloat. Maybe they got so big there was nobody there with the heft to edit her.