Motion Pictures (that anuse me)

Post by **dng** » Fri Mar 31, 2023 10:19 am

It did (I think). And some faces among the gargoyles that might have been harold and edith

Post by **blombluss** » Fri Mar 31, 2023 1:24 pm

dng wrote: ↑Thu Mar 30, 2023 9:33 pm especially as this time last week i'd never even heard of st leonards on sea

I've never even heard of the sea!!!

Post by **dng** » Fri Mar 31, 2023 1:44 pm

The mid lands have no time for such nonsense

Post by **dng** » Fri Mar 31, 2023 6:57 pm

Long way north - beautiful but slightly dull animated film about a girl going on some harrowing voyage to the North Pole to find her granddad’s dead body (also his boat). I think I’d have enjoyed this more if i wasn’t watching it with my two slightly/thoroughly bored nieces. But it really does look amazing

Contains voices by a Tom Morton, but presumably not THE Tom Morton

Post by **vom** » Fri Mar 31, 2023 7:38 pm

Haha yes

https://letterboxd.com/mortom/film/long-way-north/

Post by **dng** » Fri Mar 31, 2023 8:24 pm

hooray, excellent

Post by **blombluss** » Sat Apr 01, 2023 1:09 am

The cover art for Long Way North pleases me.

That is allllllllllllllll.

Post by **richschnauzer** » Wed May 03, 2023 11:43 am

Captain Disillusion Does Essex Zoo (Colchester)

Post by **blombluss** » Wed May 03, 2023 8:58 pm

That's a reet good vid, Rich! Ta!

Post by **vom** » Wed May 17, 2023 4:41 pm

vom wrote: ↑Wed Feb 02, 2022 1:53 pm you'll NEVER STOP ME writing about FILMES

here I am talking about "Mystery of the Wax Museum" from 1933

https://www.the-solute.com/year-of-the- ... ax-museum/

here I am writing about the remake, "House of Wax" from 1953

https://www.the-solute.com/year-of-the- ... se-of-wax/

Post by **blombluss** » Wed May 17, 2023 9:06 pm

That's a lovely article, Sir, full of juice and vim!

The André DeToth and Scorsese anecdotes are fine titbits, too!

Post by **dng** » Wed May 17, 2023 9:45 pm

hooray

Post by **dng** » Wed May 17, 2023 9:45 pm

also i watched ant man 3 today and it was absolute bollocks

Post by **endar** » Sun May 21, 2023 12:57 pm

I love these. Best channel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itwDBm5DLcM

Post by **blombluss** » Thu Jun 08, 2023 2:47 pm

I watched 45 minutes of: Eurovision Song Contest - The Story of Fire Saga, starring Will Ferrell, last night. The first 35 minutes were decent / amusing, but then the film's pacing slowed right down, and I couldn't be bothered to watch the remaining 1hr 15m, to find out whether the movie became watchable again.

Post by **vom** » Thu Jun 08, 2023 2:57 pm

I quite enjoyed it but I'm not really sure why it needs to be a full 2hrs long

Post by **vom** » Mon Jun 12, 2023 5:53 pm

I had the day off today so I went to sit in a nice cool cinema and saw the new animated Spider-Man film. It was fucking amazing. Why do the live-action ones even bother any more? This makes them all look like absolute phoned-in bullshit

Post by **blombluss** » Mon Jun 12, 2023 7:47 pm

I've seen a few bits and bobs from that, and yup, it looks supoib.

Post by **dng** » Mon Jun 12, 2023 10:12 pm

the first ones really great too. then the next spider man live action film just nicked all its ideas really badly and and charmlessly and well i suppose that's going to probably happen again sometime soon isn't it probably

Post by **Pual** » Tue Jun 13, 2023 11:28 am

They should take all the pictures from these films and put them in a book

Post by **vom** » Tue Jun 13, 2023 11:46 am

I liked this one more than the first but possibly just because I saw it in a cinema and it was bigger and louder

Post by **vom** » Tue Jun 13, 2023 11:46 am

and colder

Post by **blombluss** » Tue Jun 13, 2023 2:53 pm

ALL things are better when they're bigger, louder, and colder!

Gravid · Post by **Gravid** » Tue Jun 13, 2023 10:29 pm

The first one was great I’d like to see the second one. Also I’d like to see the first one again.

Post by **dng** » Wed Jun 14, 2023 10:04 am

i started watching the first one again once, and my niece got so scared by it i had to turn it off

Post by **vom** » Wed Jun 28, 2023 1:08 pm

I did another film article thing. Since this site picks a year to write about each month and I have a ton of unwatched movies, I thought I'd try watching all the ones from the year in question (1981) and trying to cover them all. I think it's moderately readable?

https://www.the-solute.com/year-of-the- ... e-backlog/

Post by **blombluss** » Wed Jun 28, 2023 9:31 pm

It's very readable, Sir! Both entertaining and informative! Huzzah!

Post by **vom** » Wed Jun 28, 2023 11:02 pm

Hooray thank you

Post by **blombluss** » Thu Jun 29, 2023 12:53 pm

Are youse going to write 'bout another cinematic year, next month, Vom?

Post by **vom** » Thu Jun 29, 2023 1:11 pm

That's the plan, yeah - 1947 to be precise

Post by **dng** » Thu Jun 29, 2023 7:21 pm

Hooray for films, years

Post by **blombluss** » Fri Jun 30, 2023 11:38 am

years are an abomination

Post by **blombluss** » Sat Jul 01, 2023 9:59 pm

Another question - have you considered turning your articaals into prime audio content?

Post by **vom** » Sat Jul 01, 2023 10:49 pm

Post by **blombluss** » Sat Jul 01, 2023 11:56 pm

Fair enough!

Post by **blombluss** » Mon Jul 03, 2023 7:58 pm

The reviews I've seen of the new Indiana Jones film seem to be suggesting that it's a bit 'meh'. Also: overlong.

Post by **dng** » Mon Jul 03, 2023 8:15 pm

I can't believe an Indiana Jones film could be rubbish

Post by **dng** » Mon Jul 03, 2023 8:15 pm

That's never happened before

Post by **dng** » Mon Jul 03, 2023 8:16 pm

Also apparently it cost 350 million quid to make (not including marketing or distribution costs)

Post by **dng** » Mon Jul 03, 2023 8:17 pm

Also for some reason today I watched living in oblivion, which might well be the most 90s film ever made

Post by **endar** » Mon Jul 03, 2023 9:19 pm

Does it star Ita Rienus as herself

Post by **dng** » Mon Jul 03, 2023 9:36 pm

Post by **dng** » Mon Jul 03, 2023 9:36 pm

Gravid · Post by **Gravid** » Sun Jul 09, 2023 8:38 am

I finally managed to watch the Irishman. I guess it was quite good, and strangely poignant by the end, but the anti-aging technology was just ludicrous.

Post by **The Robotic Anomaly** » Mon Jul 10, 2023 8:52 am

I saw a nice film at Sundance in London called Going Varsity in Mariachi. It's a documentary about a high school mariachi team and it's pretty lovely.

Post by **blombluss** » Sat Jul 15, 2023 8:28 pm

Barbie + Oppenheimer = Barbenheimer?

Which is a 'thing', apparently.

Post by **dng** » Sun Jul 16, 2023 1:12 pm

There’s a nice article about agnes varda in the guardian today

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/j ... -into-film

Post by **vom** » Sun Jul 16, 2023 8:17 pm

how lovely! thanks for sharing that

Post by **vom** » Wed Jul 26, 2023 1:15 pm

vom wrote: ↑Thu Jun 29, 2023 1:11 pm That's the plan, yeah - 1947 to be precise

and here it is!

https://www.the-solute.com/tales-from-t ... s-on-1947/

Post by **blombluss** » Wed Jul 26, 2023 2:02 pm

If they have + channels, then for reasons of balance they should also broadcast - channels, ie, Disney-, Paramount-.