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  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Mathis1 wrote: »
    barryt007 wrote: »
    The Omen (1976)

    A great film that has hardly dated.
    Billie Whitelaw still scares me to death in it.

    Great film. Excellent cast and well directed by Richard Donner. The scene with David Warner is fantastically staged! Must get out my copy!

    Saw this many years ago, and got hold of it a while back, but still haven t given it a rewatch.
  • edited October 2018 Posts: 19,339
    I love the whole trilogy,Sam Neill is seriously evil in #3 and remember the crows/ravens in #2 ?
    Watching them back to back works really well.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    barryt007 wrote: »
    I love the whole trilogy,Sam Neill is seriously evil in #3 and remember the crows/ravens in #2 ?
    Watching them back to back works really well.

    They are all pretty good, but the first is probably the best.
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    barryt007 wrote: »
    I love the whole trilogy,Sam Neill is seriously evil in #3 and remember the crows/ravens in #2 ?
    Watching them back to back works really well.

    They are all pretty good, but the first is probably the best.

    Agreed. Donner treated it so seriously that it really had impact! Still chills me today. Will certainly watch it for Halloween!
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    Mathis1 wrote: »
    barryt007 wrote: »
    I love the whole trilogy,Sam Neill is seriously evil in #3 and remember the crows/ravens in #2 ?
    Watching them back to back works really well.

    They are all pretty good, but the first is probably the best.

    Agreed. Donner treated it so seriously that it really had impact! Still chills me today. Will certainly watch it for Halloween!

    It's the score running throughout the film as well,so so atmospheric,it just pulls you into the film whether you want to or not !!
  • Posts: 6,726
    barryt007 wrote: »
    Mathis1 wrote: »
    barryt007 wrote: »
    I love the whole trilogy,Sam Neill is seriously evil in #3 and remember the crows/ravens in #2 ?
    Watching them back to back works really well.

    They are all pretty good, but the first is probably the best.

    Agreed. Donner treated it so seriously that it really had impact! Still chills me today. Will certainly watch it for Halloween!

    It's the score running throughout the film as well,so so atmospheric,it just pulls you into the film whether you want to or not !!

    Yes, that was Jerry Goldsmith wasn't it?
  • edited October 2018 Posts: 19,339
    Mathis1 wrote: »
    barryt007 wrote: »
    Mathis1 wrote: »
    barryt007 wrote: »
    I love the whole trilogy,Sam Neill is seriously evil in #3 and remember the crows/ravens in #2 ?
    Watching them back to back works really well.

    They are all pretty good, but the first is probably the best.

    Agreed. Donner treated it so seriously that it really had impact! Still chills me today. Will certainly watch it for Halloween!

    It's the score running throughout the film as well,so so atmospheric,it just pulls you into the film whether you want to or not !!

    Yes, that was Jerry Goldsmith wasn't it?

    Certainly was,he did all 3 films,and won his only Oscar for the first film's score.
    He was a brilliant composer ,I think he performed The Omen films with the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
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    barryt007 wrote: »
    Mathis1 wrote: »
    barryt007 wrote: »
    Mathis1 wrote: »
    barryt007 wrote: »
    I love the whole trilogy,Sam Neill is seriously evil in #3 and remember the crows/ravens in #2 ?
    Watching them back to back works really well.

    They are all pretty good, but the first is probably the best.

    Agreed. Donner treated it so seriously that it really had impact! Still chills me today. Will certainly watch it for Halloween!

    It's the score running throughout the film as well,so so atmospheric,it just pulls you into the film whether you want to or not !!

    Yes, that was Jerry Goldsmith wasn't it?

    Certainly was,he did all 3 films.
    I like the score for the 2nd one the best. I agree that they're all good as films, although the first is truly excellent.
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    They all followed on superbly,and resisted the temptation to make it spectacular,ie turning FRWL into DAD .

    They kept the tone exactly the same throughout and made 3 horror gems.
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
    Posts: 13,882
    The Descent is one of three standout British horror films of the 2000's. The other two being Dog Soldiers and Outpost. I might have a triple bill of them for Halloween.
  • talos7talos7 New Orleans
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    The Descent is one of three standout British horror films of the 2000's. The other two being Dog Soldiers and Outpost. I might have a triple bill of them for Halloween.

    The Descent is an outstanding film, one of my favorites, and a must watch during the Halloween season.

  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
    Posts: 40,368
    barryt007 wrote: »
    The Omen (1976)

    A great film that has hardly dated.
    Billie Whitelaw still scares me to death in it.

    I watched this movie a bunch when I was younger, never failed to give me the creeps. Definitely a classic of its genre.
  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
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    Freddie Vs Jason

    Never seen this and wasn't going to bother, but it cropped up on Netflix so I gave it a go.

    Enjoyed it more than I thought I would. Some great violent action throughout the film, and a lot of it did make me laugh.

    Some good nasty make up effects and I certainly enjoyed it more than 'Jason Takes Manhattan'
  • RemingtonRemington I'll do anything for a woman with a knife.
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    The Omen is a classic.
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
    edited October 2018 Posts: 13,882
    The Omen is probably the creepiest horror film of all time. The score still gives me the willies. One of the best horror film casts too.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
    Posts: 23,447
    @LeonardPine
    Excellent choice, sir. I love that movie! Went to see it in theatres back in 2003.
  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
    Posts: 3,985
    DarthDimi wrote: »
    @LeonardPine
    Excellent choice, sir. I love that movie! Went to see it in theatres back in 2003.

    Thanks @DarthDimi

    Then I gave Dream Warriors a revisit. Great stuff!
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    barryt007 wrote: »
    I love the whole trilogy,Sam Neill is seriously evil in #3 and remember the crows/ravens in #2 ?
    Watching them back to back works really well.

    I very much enjoy all three movies, with the second one being my favorite to watch. The first one, though, has a better-structured and developed story than the other two. There is a strong sense of foreboding and the movie gradually and effectively creates this throughly unescapable situation for the main characters, in which they are forced to come to terms with a truth that would've at first seemed ridiculous to any sane person. With its isolated monasteries and graveyards, and ruins in remote locations, the film creates a visual sense of intrigue and mystery.

    The second movie has a number of interesting and engaging subplots featuring a variety of characters, which is what I like about it, but the overall story follows a slightly monotonous pattern in which one character finds out about Damien and then gets promptly killed off. Also, Richard Thorn, ostensibly the protagonist who has to ultimately face the evil threat, isn't given enough agency as a character until later in the film. Some more scenes dealing with Damien's realization that he is the Antichrist would've been welcome, as well. The scene in the classroom is particularly great.

    The third movie has some great ideas but it needed a thorough script rewrite to exploit their full potential. The subject matter of world hunger and the whole concept of the Disciples of the Watch are only superficially dealt with, and DeCarlo aside, the priests remain too anonymous as characters, not to mention clumsy. The title sequence, however, with the daggers gradually coming together as acquired by people all over the world, is magnificent, especially when set against Jerry Goldsmith's music (all three of his scores are terrific). Sam Neill is also riveting as Thorn, and one of the film's strengths, as manifested most prominently through his performance, is the duality of Damien, since he is not only the son of the Devil, but also a human being with needs, wants and desires, as observed through his relationship with Kate. Also, one of the film's best lines is about how "true evil is as pure as innocence."
  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou. I can still hear my old hound dog barkin'.
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    Saw THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI tonight. A brilliant movie that will probably be in my unofficial top ten whenever I try to think of having something like top ten. Frances McDormand deserved her Oscar, and both Sam Rockwell and Woody Harrelson were also great. I laughed my head off at times and was almost moved to tears at others. And no, one can't sympathise fully with all protagonists, and is left dangling with a sort of open end. But unlike most films, it's likely to be a very soon re-watch because I find it just, well, wow. I liked (make that "loved" in the US) director and screenwriter Martin McDonagh's In Bruges and (not quite as much) Seven Psychopaths, but this one tops both.

    The Blu-ray contains (among the "extras") also the short movie Six Shooter, a very, very black tragicomedy for which McDonagh won the 2006 short film Academy Award, and which stars Brendan Gleeson. And it's worth buying the disc alone.
  • bondjamesbondjames You were expecting someone else?
    edited October 2018 Posts: 23,883
    The Dark Knight Trilogy (2005, 2008, 2012)
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    I recently got my hands on a long awaited 4K copy of this landmark Christopher Nolan helmed series and so had no choice but to revisit it again. I last watched these last Christmas going into the New Year and gave my detailed comments at the time, so won't go into it again. All I'll say is that all three films really benefit from the upgrade. The picture is supremely crisp, and Wally Pfister's cinematographic talents really come alive. It's truly a delight to see some of these famous action scenes in this format (the final city aerial battle in TDKR and the night time truck flip sequence in TDK just pop). The sound mix is also much better in 4K, and Zimmer's distinctive score isn't so overpowering (everything is better balanced). This time I really noticed and enjoyed all the little nods to classic Bond sprinkled throughout this series (TB Skyhook, FRWL shoe blade, GF gangster meet and kill, LTK mid air plane grab, etc. etc.). This is one of my favourite trilogies of all time, up there with LOTR. Just magnificent and epic work all round in my view. Mr. Nolan, I'm not sure if EON will ever let you take over the reins of Bond, but you have a proponent in this humble fan. Regardless, I'm looking forward to what you come up with next.
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    Porkies

    I almost didn’t want to put it here because this is a family site and Porkies is honestly well yeah raunchy comedy

    Acting is ok this just isn’t my kind of film yet my wife loves it and it’s her birthday so here we are


    Films I have seen in 2018 (I don't think I am splitting up bond and non bond this year as I don't know how many I am actually gonna see)
    1. Batman Begins
    2. Casino Royale
    3. The A-team
    4. Mission impossible fallout
    5. The final girls
    6. Clue
    7. A simple favor
    8. The Saint
    9. Taken 2
    10. Taken 3
    11. The Shadow
    12. Batman Under The Red Hood
    13. Batman Gotham Knight
    14. The Meg
    15. Big trouble little China
    16. Taken
    17. Ferris buller's day off
    18. Valley girl
    19. Nonstop
    20. Batman Mask of the Phantasm
    21. Unknown
    22. Classic Artists presents Yes
    23. Stand By Me
    24. Before Sunrise
    25. Star Wars Episode 1 Phantom Menace
    26. A walk among the Tombstones
    27. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
    28. Arthur
    29. Goonies
    30. 9012live
    31. Before Midnight
    32. Revenge of the nerds
    33. Grease
    34. Before Sunset
    35. Porky’s


    Before series
    1. Before Sunrise
    2. Before Midnight
    3. Before Sunset

    Stephen King movies
    1. Stand By Me

    Corey Feldman movies
    1. Stand by me
    2. Teenage mutant ninja turtles
    3. Goonies

    Movies from 2018
    1. Mission impossible fallout
    2. The Meg


    Taken Series

    1. Taken 2
    2. Taken 3 (I put this second because at least there is somewhat of a twist and its not the same formula.)
    3. Taken

    Liam Neeson (sort of) retrospective series
    1. Batman Begins
    2. The A-team
    3. Taken 2
    4. Taken 3
    4. Taken
    5. Non Stop
    6. Unknown
    7. Star Wars Episode 1 The Phantom Menace
    8. A walk among the tombstones

    Batman/Dc films ( as I can guarantee I will see more then just Batman Begins this year)
    1. Batman Begins
    2. Batman Under the red hood
    3. Batman Gotham Knight
    4. Batman Mask of the Phantasm

    Films in 2018
    1. Mission Impossible Fallout
    2. A simple favor
    3. The Meg
  • RemingtonRemington I'll do anything for a woman with a knife.
    Posts: 1,532
    Risico007 wrote: »
    Porkies

    I almost didn’t want to put it here because this is a family site and Porkies is honestly well yeah raunchy comedy

    Acting is ok this just isn’t my kind of film yet my wife loves it and it’s her birthday so here we are


    Films I have seen in 2018 (I don't think I am splitting up bond and non bond this year as I don't know how many I am actually gonna see)
    1. Batman Begins
    2. Casino Royale
    3. The A-team
    4. Mission impossible fallout
    5. The final girls
    6. Clue
    7. A simple favor
    8. The Saint
    9. Taken 2
    10. Taken 3
    11. The Shadow
    12. Batman Under The Red Hood
    13. Batman Gotham Knight
    14. The Meg
    15. Big trouble little China
    16. Taken
    17. Ferris buller's day off
    18. Valley girl
    19. Nonstop
    20. Batman Mask of the Phantasm
    21. Unknown
    22. Classic Artists presents Yes
    23. Stand By Me
    24. Before Sunrise
    25. Star Wars Episode 1 Phantom Menace
    26. A walk among the Tombstones
    27. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
    28. Arthur
    29. Goonies
    30. 9012live
    31. Before Midnight
    32. Revenge of the nerds
    33. Grease
    34. Before Sunset
    35. Porky’s


    Before series
    1. Before Sunrise
    2. Before Midnight
    3. Before Sunset

    Stephen King movies
    1. Stand By Me

    Corey Feldman movies
    1. Stand by me
    2. Teenage mutant ninja turtles
    3. Goonies

    Movies from 2018
    1. Mission impossible fallout
    2. The Meg


    Taken Series

    1. Taken 2
    2. Taken 3 (I put this second because at least there is somewhat of a twist and its not the same formula.)
    3. Taken

    Liam Neeson (sort of) retrospective series
    1. Batman Begins
    2. The A-team
    3. Taken 2
    4. Taken 3
    4. Taken
    5. Non Stop
    6. Unknown
    7. Star Wars Episode 1 The Phantom Menace
    8. A walk among the tombstones

    Batman/Dc films ( as I can guarantee I will see more then just Batman Begins this year)
    1. Batman Begins
    2. Batman Under the red hood
    3. Batman Gotham Knight
    4. Batman Mask of the Phantasm

    Films in 2018
    1. Mission Impossible Fallout
    2. A simple favor
    3. The Meg

    Can't go wrong with Porky's.
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    The Omen is probably the creepiest horror film of all time. The score still gives me the willies. One of the best horror film casts too.
    Not a lot of people know the premise of The Omen was based on “The Devil’s Platform,” an episode from the first season of Kolchak: The Night Stalker, which aired in 1974. Though not a blow for blow retelling of “The Devil’s Platform” it clearly influenced The Omen trilogy. Despite this, I'm inclined to agree with you. The Omen (the original not the remake) is an exceptional piece of great film-making and has a wonderful cast and score by Goldsmith. I do like The Exorcist, but some of that stuff Blatty wrote about demonic assassins twisting the heads of its victims around, featured in the book, was clearly made up. There are no past records for such things.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
    edited October 2018 Posts: 23,102
    Halloween H20 (1998) its the first time I have watched this since I was at college, its a decent entry arguably one of the better films though that's not saying much, it's a shame the next film is a utter train wreck that undermined Jamie Lee Curtis return.

    I totally forgot they played the Psycho theme when Jamie Lee is talking to her real life mum Janet.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
    Posts: 23,102
    Halloween Resurrection this goes from bad to horrendous quickly, it's almost unwatchable.
  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
    Posts: 3,985
    Halloween H20 (1998) its the first time I have watched this since I was at college, its a decent entry arguably one of the better films though that's not saying much, it's a shame the next film is a utter train wreck that undermined Jamie Lee Curtis return.

    I totally forgot they played the Psycho theme when Jamie Lee is talking to her real life mum Janet.

    I really like H2O. Didn't bother with the ridiculous next film. As far as I'm concerned the Halloween saga with Jamie Lee ended with H2O.

    Look forward to the new film though as its a different timeline and story.
  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
    edited October 2018 Posts: 3,985
    Sid and Nancy: Love Kills

    Not sure if a lot of our younger members have seen this. Saw it when it came out in 1986 and for me it was the best film of that year.

    Haven't seen it in ages and it's still a great film. It's an irreverent look at the relationship between Sid Vicious of The Sex Pistols and his groupie girlfriend Nancy Spungen, and their short drug addled lives.

    This is funny, sad and tragic. Great music from The Sex Pistols (obviously), Joe Strummer, and The Pogues. Gary Oldman is just incredible in this and is a dead ringer for the real Sid. He's matched by Chloe Webb as Nancy who is just brilliant.

    Quirky direction from Alex Cox, this is no doubt his best film.

    Even if you don't know or care about The Sex Pistols, this is worth checking out.
  • WillardWhyteWillardWhyte Midnight Society #ProjectMoon
    Posts: 784
    My Hero Academia: Two Heroes in the cinema. I really enjoyed it, and loved the show itself.
  • BibiBibi Washington
    edited October 2018 Posts: 23
    Thunderball, also one of my favorite Sean Bond films.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
    Posts: 23,102
    Halloween H20 (1998) its the first time I have watched this since I was at college, its a decent entry arguably one of the better films though that's not saying much, it's a shame the next film is a utter train wreck that undermined Jamie Lee Curtis return.

    I totally forgot they played the Psycho theme when Jamie Lee is talking to her real life mum Janet.

    I really like H2O. Didn't bother with the ridiculous next film. As far as I'm concerned the Halloween saga with Jamie Lee ended with H2O.

    Look forward to the new film though as its a different timeline and story.

    The new film intrigues me, certainly the changes I accidentally read about. I definately want to watch Halloween 1978 and Halloween 2018 as a double bill.

    Halloween H20 had a good ending for me which the next film competely ruined.
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