Movie Talk (New Films, Old Films... doesn't matter) (15 Viewers)

[lgorTudor]

@Dostoevsky @CrimsonianKing @Völler (wherever you are)

The day has finally come! Criterion just announced they are restoring and releasing Stalker on Blu-ray for July 18!

what do you mean? I already have this movie on BD

 

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[Post Ironic]

what do you mean? I already have this movie on BD

There are a couple releases out. The most recent Artificial Eye one is terrible, and the Japanese one pretty bad too. Most of Tarkovsky that has been released outside of Criterion is pretty poor.

I guess I'm saying that it's exciting that it shall finally get a full-blown restoration, or so I hope.

 

[lgorTudor]

There are a couple releases out. The most recent Artificial Eye one is terrible, and the Japanese one pretty bad too. Most of Tarkovsky that has been released outside of Criterion is pretty poor.

I guess I'm saying that it's exciting that it shall finally get a full-blown restoration, or so I hope.

You mean visually? Or editing-wise like in Star Wars when they put Hayden Christensen in the end of Episode 6

 

[Fint]

Kong Skull island - pretty good, John C Reilly is great in this, everyone else is pretty forgettable (aside from maybe Brie Larson )

 

[Post Ironic]

You mean visually? Or editing-wise like in Star Wars when they put Hayden Christensen in the end of Episode 6

Visually. For Stalker, Artificial Eye used the print from the Films Without Frontiers transfer in France. But it seems as though they did no restoration at all. It's scratched and dirty, full of artifacts, and far too soft and dark. Saturation seems really wonky at times too.

It's strange because Artificial Eye released a bunch of Tarkovsky's work on BD this past year, and were super hit or miss. Rublev, Mirror, Solaris, Ivan's Childhood were all pretty good transfers, but Nostalghia and Stalker were appallingly bad, and The Sacrifice was in between and decent.

Apparently Criterion has the rights to the much better MosFilm transfers of Stalker, The Mirror, Solaris, Andrei Rublev, Ivan's Childhood. Sadly, no The Sacrifice or Nostalghia. I love the latter, perhaps my favourite Tarkovsky, and hate that it still has no decent Blu-ray release.

 

[CrimsonianKing]

@Dostoevsky @CrimsonianKing @Völler (wherever you are)

The day has finally come! Criterion just announced they are restoring and releasing Stalker on Blu-ray for July 18!

Exciting!

 

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http://www.imdb.com/videoplayer/vi3634936089

 

[Post Ironic]

@DAiDEViL @Fr3sh

The kid is named Chris too, must be you as a kid Dai, in 8th Century Germany. At the 8 minute 20 second mark, "saved by a Danish elf". Must be Soren.

Best 80s movie ever, by ze way. CBC specials are the best.

 

[lgorTudor]

Zootopia 2/10 remind me to never watch a disney movie again

 

[Kopanja]

Stringer Bell as Roland is quite unexpected, but anyway should be fun.

 

[Hængebøffer]

Zootopia 2/10 remind me to never watch a disney movie again

You're drunk.

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Stringer Bell as Roland is quite unexpected, but anyway should be fun.

Dissapointing trailer.

 

[Osman]

Yep, looks worse then imagined.


Hope its misrepresentation of the movie.

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Yep, looks worse then imagined.


Hope its misrepresentation of the movie.

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Looks too much like a generic blockbuster. Still gonna watch, though. I haven't read the books, but I read it is some of his finest work. My roomie read the first book and from what he's telling, a movie is too shallow. Feels a little bit like how fans thought about Watchmen.

 

[Osman]

I only read less then 100 pages from first book ages ago, but it supposed to very dark horror thriller/fantasy mystery, this indeed felt like a generic blockbuster in trailer, every line from these two fantastic actors felt like something Vin Diesel would deliver.

 

[Post Ironic]

Stephen King is a hack.

 

[Hængebøffer]

Stephen King is a hack.

Lol. Like I would know.

 

[Osman]

Stephen King is a hack.

He has fantastic ideas, but average writing in most of his work I tried (and I finished my far few of his in my teenage days), it was why I stopped dark tower even at that young age, you have to be in certain mood to digest the less then stellar writing and just focus on the story ideas/mystery alone (which he is quite interesting at), and I'm far from a snob btw, I read tons of genre heavy books (fantasy, historical, detective/thriller/spy etc). But some writers just cant be digested for too long.

 

[Hængebøffer]

I only read less then 100 pages from first book ages ago, but it supposed to very dark horror thriller/fantasy mystery, this indeed felt like a generic blockbuster in trailer, every line from these two fantastic actors felt like something Vin Diesel would deliver.

He only read the first book too. He said it would take a lot more concentration to understand it fully, so he quit reading the series.

 

[Osman]

He only read the first book too. He said it would take a lot more concentration to understand it fully, so he quit reading the series.

Who? Please dont tell me the director said that lol. Elba or Mr shirtless?

 

[Hængebøffer]

Who? Please dont tell me the director said that lol. Elba or Mr shirtless?

No, man. Sorry. My roomie said that, when he read the first book.