Wife's at work this afternoon - ive got some painting to do then a 1080p remaster of the Battle of Britain. Hommage to Mr Plummer...
acclaimed ? Do you mean there may be some doubts on that point ? You'd be hard pressed to find any modern director that doesn't view Kubrick as a Maestro and a visionary . On 2001 specifically , keep in mind that it was made before the moon landings , there was nothing like those images of the Earth from space , and the docking procedures we've seen of the ISS were decades in the future ! If the concept of the movie is difficult , especially the Starchild sequence at the end , it helps to read the short novel " The Sentinel" written by Arthur C. Clarke , in 1948 Anyway , Kubrick ranting aside .... .... I'll chuck in these suggestions Chinatown Bladerunner Full Metal Jacket ..... and I don't even like war movies .....
Gladiator - Russell Crowe, Joachin Phoenix, Derek Jacobi, Richard Harris, Oliver Reed amongst others & directed by Ridley Scott. I believe I've watched it at least 15 times to date and still can't get enough of it. Absolute fave of mine......
The Beach The Quiet Man Good, the Bad and the Ugly Shawshank Redemtion The Bourne Identity Alien The Usual Suspects Pulp Fiction
..if we are going oldie... Cool Hand Luke - "I can eat fifty eggs"..."No one can eat fifty eggs!"... Lawrence of Arabia The Dollars Trilogy If even older.. Howard Hawks' "His Girl Friday" is amazing for it's era.
no, but that's a good movie too. it's about a kid with a disfigurement and how deals with life at school. it's not a sad movie, with good humour through out. well worth a watch.
I actually watched a good film last night recommended by my dad. The Windermere Children, you can catch it on BBC iPlayer Platoon Tron Legacy (not everyone’s cup of tea but I found it visually stunning with an awesome soundtrack) Usual Suspects as for AppleTV, I’ve picked it up free with a recent phone purchase but I wouldn’t pay for it. I could understand it if it was free to access but you pay a subscription and then pay on top for the majority of its content, have they not seen how the others do it? And to top it all much of what they advertise is available free from our terrestrial channels catch up services? I watched the long way down/round/up on it but nothing else. Planning on taking up a years Disney+ soon, they are due to hike the price £20yr later this month so going to get in before then, also can get £10 back through topcashback so £50 a year ain’t bad and I’m a big StarWars fan so want to see what all the fuss is about over this Mandalorian series.
Mandalorian was fantastic. After all the recent crap, it was a great return to SW storytelling. Really worth a watch. As for your list-The Usual Suspects is an immense film but like Inception, it’s power is in the first time you see it. Still worth a shout though.
Watched that one again last night,not much dialogue but spectacular scenary and boy what epic journey made,a bit like the movie Touching The Void,testing your human resources far beyond most normal peoples parameters..
