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I was going to list all the movies I've watched during lockdown when the bloody thing was over (as they are what is keeping me sane) but now we're almost twelve weeks in and tonight I've seen my fiftieth so it seems as good a point as any to take stock.
The list includes some movies I've meant to see for years, some classic movie series I've been introducing my boy to, some family films and a few grown-up ones I've watched with just my wife.
Films new to me
Snowpiercer
Annihilation
The Sisters Brothers
Toni Erdmann (got halfway through, gave up)
The Aeronauts
21 Bridges
Knives Out
Sexy Beast
Under the Skin (stopped watching after a while, found it horrible)
The Bourne Identity
The Bourne Supremacy
The Bourne Ultimatum
The Bourne Legacy
Jason Bourne
The Children Act
Boy
Jumanji - The Next Level
San Andreas
The Wife
Upgrade
The Upside
The Hunger Games - Mockingjay Part 1
The Hunger Games - Mockingjay Part 2
Field of Dreams
A Mighty Wind
Layer Cake
Monsters
21 Jump Street
The Gentlemen
Mission Impossible
The Bling Ring
The Vast of Night
Suicide Squad
Films I've revisited
Galaxy Quest
Witness
Mindhorn
Batman Begins
The Dark Knight
The Dark Knight Rises
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
War for the Planet of the Apes
Source Code
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom
Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade
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The Hunger Games
The Hunger Games - Catching Fire
John Wick
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Originally posted by Ray de Galles View PostFilms new to me
Field of Dreams
We watch it every couple of years and the kids used to predict which scene would set me off.
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It's one of those ones (like Mary Poppins) where I'm sure I've seen all, or pretty much all, of the movie in chunks but have no recollection of ever sitting down and watching it in one sitting until recently.
It's definitely a major omission in my viewing, as was 'A Mighty Wind' which I've had a U.S. DVD of since it was released over fifteen years ago that hasn't worked in any of the players I've had in that time. I've also had a DVD of 'Sexy Beast' for even longer and at least started watching it over a decade ago but somehow never got past the opening twenty minutes or so (I think my wife probably objected to it).Last edited by Ray de Galles; 24-08-2020, 07:05.
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Originally posted by Ray de Galles View PostIt's one of those ones (like Mary Poppins) where I'm sure I've seen and all, or pretty much all, of the movie In chunks but have no recollection of ever sitting down and watching it in one sitting.
It's definitely a major omission in my viewing, as was 'A Mighty Wind' which I've had a U.S. DVD of since it was released over fifteen years ago that hasn't worked in any of the players I've had in that time. I've also had a DVD of 'Sexy Beast' for even longer and at least started watching it over a decade ago but somehow never got past the opening twenty minutes or so (I think my wife probably objected to it).
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Originally posted by Hot Pepsi View PostUpload on Prime is very enjoyable. It’s a Black Mirrorish thing about a world where people can have their consciousness uploaded into a virtual “heaven.” Created by Greg Daniels, the guy who did The Office and Parks & Rec.
Zainab Johnson is a very funny lady.
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Back to the Future isn’t very plausible, is it? I mean, he comes back to 1985 and his parents, siblings and Biff are completely different people than they were in the timeline he is from, but somehow they live in the same house and he has the same bedroom, the same girlfriend and the same clock radio.
And how did they know the lightning would strike at exactly 10:04 PM. That’s convenient.
I also think it was unnecessary for Doc to read Marty’s letter. I think he would have realized that what Marty was probably trying to warn him about was the Libyans.
I noticed I am the same age as the parents were supposed to be in 1985 and the same age Marty is in 2015 in part II.
I don’t think I saw part II or III in a theater. Not sure why not. They’re pretty good. Even though they had to recast Jennifer.
I especially like the Cafe 80s in part II. People in 1989 trying to imagine how people in 2015 would do nostalgia for the 80s. They got it about right.Last edited by Hot Pepsi; 07-06-2020, 21:24.
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- England, Chelsea and Tooting and Mitcham. And Surrey CCC. And Wimbledon Dons Speedway (RIP)
- Nairn's Cheese Oatcake
The new Celebrity Gogglebox was very good. A nice mix of participants and programmes viewed, featuring some outrageous manspreading from Harry Redknapp and the more-unhealthy-every-time-you-see-him Shaun Ryder.
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Originally posted by Hot Pepsi View PostAnd how did they know the lightning would strike at exactly 10:04 PM. That’s convenient.
What was the story behind the recasting of Jennifer? I've heard it, and I know they had to reshoot the last scene of I to make II or something.
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Yeah, but 10:04:00 is handy. (though in the film, it’s like 10:04:01). Just looking at the stopped clock, it could have been any time in that minute. It doesn’t have a second hand, but the lady collecting money to save the tower in the beginning knew it was exactly 10:04. Perhaps somebody had figured that out by looking at the internal gears.
Claudia Wells couldn’t do the second or third films because her mom got very sick and I guess they just couldn’t wait for her. As it is, the first sequel was four years after the first. I’m sure they would have liked to have done it sooner. Anyway, they got Elizabeth Shue to be Jennifer.
The bigger change was that they started shooting the first one with Eric Stolz as Marty McFly. Michael Fox was the first choice but he couldn’t get out of his Family Ties commitments. So they started with Stolz. But after five weeks it just wasn’t working with him. He just didn’t have the comic sensibility for it. But in the meantime, they found a way to get Fox, so Zemeckis got the studio to give him enough more money so the could start over with Fox. Stolz said he’s not bitter and he learned a lot from the experience.
Also, in the second two films, Crispin Glover doesn’t play George McFly. They got another guy. He’s barely in it and usually only seen out of focus a bit.
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A little known actor called Jeffrey Weissman replaced Crispin Glover. Glover was as method as Stolz, but a much better fit for the character, so they stuck with him. For the second film, not only did he want as much money as Fox and Lloyd, he also wanted to rewrite the character. They couldn't come to an agreement so they re cast George Mc Fly, that's when the problems started.
Weissman said when he first turned up on set dressed as George Mc Fly, Michael J Fox whistled and said "Crispin isn't going to like this ". He was right, Glover sued them, saying saying his portrayal of the character was a form of copyright. He won a large amount of damages, and film companies were no longer allowed to impersonate one actor with another, without giving credit to the original actor.
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Originally posted by elguapo4 View PostA little known actor called Jeffrey Weissman replaced Crispin Glover. Glover was as method as Stolz, but a much better fit for the character, so they stuck with him. For the second film, not only did he want as much money as Fox and Lloyd, he also wanted to rewrite the character. They couldn't come to an agreement so they re cast George Mc Fly, that's when the problems started.
Weissman said when he first turned up on set dressed as George Mc Fly, Michael J Fox whistled and said "Crispin isn't going to like this ". He was right, Glover sued them, saying saying his portrayal of the character was a form of copyright. He won a large amount of damages, and film companies were no longer allowed to impersonate one actor with another, without giving credit to the original actor.
He may have just been a pain in the ass to deal with. Zemeckis knew that he could make the sequels without much screen time for George, so he low-balled him.
But they didn’t just dress up a new guy as the character. That’s common and actors can’t stop it unless they have a contract saying so. They used the mold of Crispin Glover’s face that they had from the first one - needed it to do his make-up in the scenes where he’s older - to make Weissman look like him. So they were using his likeness, really, and that was the basis of the lawsuits.
It doesn’t really make sense that pictures and newspapers change when the timeline changes but the people who’ve travelled through time remember the old timeline as it happened to them. But maybe pictures and newspapers have special quantum properties.
And they’re films for kids, mainly.
There’s a West End musical of it now. Not sure how that went.
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It appears that it never actually made it to the west end. It started in Manchester right before the pandemic.
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/20...er-opera-house
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Just finished watching series 2 of Homecoming. I loved the first series but this one was a complete car crash, the plot felt half-finished and all the actors looked like they were struggling with the totally unplausible characters and dialogue they were given. It also did some irritating retconning of series 1 which means I probably won't even enjoy rewatching that one now. Though on the plus side, it was very short.
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