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Post by Chopsen on Nov 19, 2023 13:16:32 GMT
9 films in 4 years. Blimey.
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Post by kal on Nov 19, 2023 13:21:05 GMT
It’s a joke right?
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Post by britesparc on Nov 19, 2023 13:44:49 GMT
It is a joke because I remember seeing it pop up online last time Marvel did their Hall H thing, but also I'm pretty sure that's Kevin Feige on stage.
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Post by Whizzo on Nov 19, 2023 13:58:39 GMT
It's from SDCC 2022 when Feige was announcing the Multiverse Saga.
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Post by cubby on Nov 19, 2023 15:04:29 GMT
I distinctly remember two master and commander movies coming out this year, so I'm fairly sure it's real.
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Post by 😎 on Nov 19, 2023 15:21:12 GMT
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Post by kal on Nov 19, 2023 15:29:36 GMT
I distinctly remember two master and commander movies coming out this year, so I'm fairly sure it's real. Only thing I can find that seems to have any truth to it is a prequel being written and nothing happening since.
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Post by barchetta on Nov 19, 2023 15:35:35 GMT
Seems there are a few articles out there talking of either TV or Movie M&C potentials/hypotheticals but I can't see many recent pages.
I'm filing it, for now, next to a Judge Dredd TV series in my 'projects that nearly were' mental archive.
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Post by Reviewer on Nov 19, 2023 15:37:13 GMT
They aren’t making anything, it’s been talked about for tests but it would cost a fortune and I don’t think studios think it would do well.
Also that thing says the first one is out spring 2023, has Kevin Feige presenting it and it’s not real.
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Post by dfunked on Nov 19, 2023 15:39:01 GMT
Mike Flanagan's Dark Tower adaptation too. Don't think he's got investment for it, but people are talking like it's a sure thing.
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Post by geefe on Nov 19, 2023 16:26:53 GMT
The Shining
Not watched it in years. Seen it twice before and been quite conflicted. I can see why King hates it but it's a well crafted take on the story.
However, I do agree that Nicholson was not the right actor for the early sections. Or, he should have been directed differently. He's a creepy motherfucker and you never get the sense that he's a normal bloke, driven mad. More that he's batshit and it just takes a little push to send him over the edge. Perfect for the post-madness scenes but you need a Jimmy Stewart type to really make it work.
I would also disagree with the slow pace. It gets to him being cranky and weird fairly quickly - about 25 minutes in. I'd have slowed it further, personally.
I can see why it was disliked on release but it's a good template for this kind of film. King can be a whiny motherfucker about it, but it's not without its flaws.
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Post by Lukus on Nov 19, 2023 16:55:50 GMT
I've always thought the Shining was a bit shit. Even as a kid I didn't find it scary. The progression of time has no real weight to it. Like you say, Nicholson plays it creepy from the start, intentionally or not, and his wife is just plain annoying so it's kind of hard to route for her at the end.
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Post by kal on Nov 19, 2023 17:15:09 GMT
I think it’s fucking amazing.
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Post by Reviewer on Nov 19, 2023 18:04:11 GMT
I agree with both. It is amazing but the film is cold and the character starts as a bit crazy. Maybe it would have been better if it’s more of a descent into madness, or it could’ve just been different.
I want to watch it again now but it’s one that needs a focused watch for the full time which I can rarely do.
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Post by simple on Nov 19, 2023 18:35:08 GMT
Yeah but what are you going to do, watch the tv movie version of it Stephen King shat out?
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Post by askew on Nov 19, 2023 20:30:21 GMT
No siree
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Post by askew on Nov 19, 2023 20:35:29 GMT
I watched Children of Men last night: still fucking great - and still incredibly prescient. You'd think the current Government are using it as inspiration. I always enjoyed the dreadlocked chap finally getting his come-uppance - turns out it's Charlie Hunnam! Although there's always the fuss about the extended takes, one thing I paid more attention to was the colour grading and use of light: hooray for highlights and shadows actually being represented.
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Nov 19, 2023 20:44:36 GMT
Oh man have I got some great news for you Wha...? A TV series? Yeah, it was a joke. Would be nice though! Sorry everyone!
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Post by simple on Nov 19, 2023 21:59:49 GMT
I watched Children of Men last night: still fucking great - and still incredibly prescient. You'd think the current Government are using it as inspiration. I always enjoyed the dreadlocked chap finally getting his come-uppance - turns out it's Charlie Hunnam! Although there's always the fuss about the extended takes, one thing I paid more attention to was the colour grading and use of light: hooray for highlights and shadows actually being represented. Didn’t they just open an asylum seeker detention centre in the same place as the ghetto at the end of the film earlier this year?
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Post by damagedinc on Nov 19, 2023 22:11:58 GMT
I always thought torrence was supposed to be a bit off from the start. That's certainly how I read it with the book. Hit his kid, disjointed child hood. The hotel just exaserpated it.
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Post by rawshark on Nov 19, 2023 22:14:43 GMT
Well that and he’d always been there. Somehow.
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Post by damagedinc on Nov 19, 2023 22:16:18 GMT
I think its one of the best book/film combos there is. Both equally enjoyable and stand up on their own without completly copying source material.
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Post by Vandelay on Nov 19, 2023 22:37:18 GMT
The Shining Not watched it in years. Seen it twice before and been quite conflicted. I can see why King hates it but it's a well crafted take on the story. However, I do agree that Nicholson was not the right actor for the early sections. Or, he should have been directed differently. He's a creepy motherfucker and you never get the sense that he's a normal bloke, driven mad. More that he's batshit and it just takes a little push to send him over the edge. Perfect for the post-madness scenes but you need a Jimmy Stewart type to really make it work. I would also disagree with the slow pace. It gets to him being cranky and weird fairly quickly - about 25 minutes in. I'd have slowed it further, personally. I can see why it was disliked on release but it's a good template for this kind of film. King can be a whiny motherfucker about it, but it's not without its flaws. Funnily enough, I just this second finished watching Doctor Sleep, the Mike Flanagan adaptation of the sequel novel. It is a cracking film and I actually think I liked it more this second time around. Rose the Hat is a great villain and Rebecca Ferguson is really good in the role, clearly having a good time even when she is brutally murdering children. Ewen McGregor doesn't do too bad a job of the adult Danny and I think the film as a whole does a good job with continuing his story. I recall the original novel (which I think I read not long after it came out, so was a while ago) does emphasis him being a bit more of a bastard, particularly referencing the introduction to adult version more regularly, but this version is a little more pathetic, so probably a bit more sympathetic. As always with Flanagan, there are some wonderfully constructed sequences, particularly when Rose is astral projectioning herself around hunting for Abra. Wonderfully eerie. Perhaps a little too much reliance on the bathtub lady at the expense of the other Overlook residents, but it does a good job of reminding you of the original film. The return to the Overlook is very reverential, but can't say I blame it. As for the original, I love it. I also think it is a film that really rewards seeing on the big screen (as all Kubrick films do). The sound design on a cinema grade system in particular is outstanding. Edit - on Damagedinc's comments regarding Torrence, totally right. Jack is meant to be fairly unpleasant from the start. The abuse side isn't really that emphasised in the film, but very much is present in the book.
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Post by grandpaulrira on Nov 20, 2023 0:44:55 GMT
True Lies - never seen it before. It's pretty icky in the middle when he's emotionally torturing his wife, but it just about recovers from that low point. It's played pretty broad, it's well put together, and Arnie had a certain charisma that carries the whole thing through . 79%.
It also made me realise there's a Leslie Nielsen movie that was likely riffing on it and I didn't get the reference.
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Post by Bill in the rain on Nov 20, 2023 1:40:10 GMT
True Lies would be a great movie, if you cut out the entire thing with his wife and Bill Paxton. hooray for highlights and shadows actually being represented. Oh god. Even children of men has gone woke now??!!
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Post by Duffman5 on Nov 20, 2023 4:30:25 GMT
Three billboards outside Ebbing Missouri Absolutely loved it, not sure why I took so long to watch it. Best film I have seen in a long while, maybe since TBOI
Renfield Enjoyable throwaway fun.
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Post by Rubicon on Nov 20, 2023 9:23:50 GMT
Some Chuck Norris:
Code of Silence (Prime) - It's every 80s cop/action film ever but seems to have been made by people who know what their doing which makes it his best film to date. 6.5/10.
Firewalker (1986) - This falls somewhere between the Indiana Jones series and Romancing the Stone but isn't as good as either. It's meant to be an adventure comedy but it isn't really funny and Chuck comes across as a bit stiff. 2/10.
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Nov 20, 2023 9:52:07 GMT
I always thought torrence was supposed to be a bit off from the start. That's certainly how I read it with the book. Hit his kid, disjointed child hood. The hotel just exaserpated it. I think thats more of a book thing. One of the many reasons King hated the movie is that the book has The Hotel explicitly as a character with its own agency. Jack is an arsehole but not evil. The Hotel deliberately corrupts him to take Danny. In the movie, its really just a passive catalyst. The bar scene shows it best, really, it just sits back and listens to whats in Jacks head and makes it happen.
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Nov 20, 2023 9:58:56 GMT
I prefer the movie in that regard. I love King, and I think I can understand the frustration when someone adapts your work and misses the point you think you're making. But I'm not sure his instincts work all that well when it comes to filmmaking.
See: the Shining TV miniseries.
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Nov 20, 2023 10:13:59 GMT
Yeah, it is pretty funny. There is literally one person on earth who wouldnt be able to appreciate the skill it took to take the book and mould it into that movie and its the author.
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