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Post by britesparc on Oct 11, 2023 9:23:13 GMT
Just here to say that The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists is a masterpiece, the best Aardman film, the best Hugh Grant performance, and quite possibly the best animated movie of the century.
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Post by Bill in the rain on Oct 11, 2023 10:09:53 GMT
* until Hugh Grant as an oompa loompa.
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Post by Saul1138 on Dec 2, 2023 2:29:34 GMT
A Christmas Carol Adaptations.
Scrooge (1951) I have proper soft spot for this. I watched this, as I recall, on Christmas morning, before I had turned six. Cuddled up with me Mam. It is great nostalgia, tells the story well, and has a great cast. 7/10
Scrooge (1970) I think I saw this after Star Wars was first released. I remember being excited to see a film with Obi Wan in it. I know Sir Alec Guinness saw Star Wars as a chalice on his career, but I watched more films than I would have because of the cast. Simply put, it is brilliant. I am not generally a fan of musicals. But this works. Some of the FX are dated, but young me marvelled at them. 8/10.
Scrooged (1988) Until I read a blurb about it, I did not realise that Bill Murray’s only other big screen appearance between this and Ghostbusters, was little shop of horrors. I thought he was in loads of films, VHS rentals must have coloured my memories of the period. Frankly, it isn’t great, some cheap gags, and far too schmaltzy American sentimentality. 6/10
Muppets Christmas Carol (1992) Now we are talking. It is easy to dismiss this, but Sir Michael Caine was clearly taking it seriously. It is a masterpiece. It feels like a proper heart warming story for all the family. 9/10
Black Adder’s a Christmas Carol (1988) Considering it is played mostly for laughs, it still manages to play with your expectations of a well known story. 8/10
Mickey’s A Christmas Carol (1982) I love this one, the animation, characters and humour fit so well into this version. Ol’ Pete as the Ghost of Christmas Future, was terrifying. People can be down on Disney animations as an art form, but this is probably them at their finest. 10/10.
There are a ton of other versions, but these are my favourites.
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Post by retro74 on Dec 2, 2023 9:22:38 GMT
Scrooged is great, at least as good as Muppet’s Christmas Carol
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Post by baihu1983 on Dec 15, 2023 19:36:31 GMT
Another one to say Pirates is a great film.
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Post by rawshark on Dec 17, 2023 20:28:16 GMT
I have a soft spot for the Jim Carrey Christmas Carol. Never knowingly underplayed.
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Post by simple on Jan 21, 2024 20:38:07 GMT
Resident Evil - 6 Apocalypse - 5 Extinction - 4 Afterlife - 3 Retribution - 2 Final Chapter - 2* Welcome to Racoon City - 6**
* reduced to a zero because of the death and stunt accident.
** its not as well made as RE but I probably prefer it in all its cheerful amateurish attempts to be faithful to the games.
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