The Movie Thread

[Rinkadink]

28 Years Later - quite a moving movie and seems to have a lot to say. Performances were great, although THAT ending is something in need of a discussion after more people have seen it. WTAF? Not sure how I feel about that specifically, yet.

Seems to be a vintage season for horror with Bring Her Back and Weapons plus the adjacent Toxic Avenger reboot. Not a film but Alien Earth is definitely better than Romulus too, which was disappointing given the hype beforehand.

 

[big ginger 8]

Robert Redford has passed away.

Legend of cinema and also a somewhat benevolent kinda dictator in the Watchmen universe?

 

[AlRums]

Robert Redford has passed away.

Legend of cinema and also a somewhat benevolent kinda dictator in the Watchmen universe?

For me his best film was "Three Days of the Condor"

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Hamnet, Sinners and Christy: 12 films to look out for in the Oscars race

The top contenders for Hollywood’s awards season have emerged following the autumn film festivals.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[ncurd]

Hamnet, Sinners and Christy: 12 films to look out for in the Oscars race

The top contenders for Hollywood’s awards season have emerged following the autumn film festivals.

www.bbc.co.uk

Due to release dates Ive only seen Sinners so far. I watched it again last night its by far and away the best thing Ive seen. The music is so so good.

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Pretty scary really.

 

[Reiser99]

Pretty scary really.

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say I don't see what all the fuss is about. This has been slowly happening for years with more and more realistic CGI, motion captor such as Benedict Cumberbatch as Smaug and even AI to deage characters. All of these would previously required another actor or more to do the job. Also, many industries are under threat from AI. I don't see why acting is anything special or different.

 

[Bada-Bing!]

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say I don't see what all the fuss is about. This has been slowly happening for years with more and more realistic CGI, motion captor such as Benedict Cumberbatch as Smaug and even AI to deage characters. All of these would previously required another actor or more to do the job. Also, many industries are under threat from AI. I don't see why acting is anything special or different.

I think the issue here is can you tell the difference between an AI actor and real actor. CGI it was still pretty obvious - like in Avatar.

Next they will be bringing back actors who have died. Pay their estate's royalties etc

What or who is real and not is no longer readily apparent and won’t be once AI takes over. Misinformation etc already rife and likes of MAGA not believing even when they see a video of Trump telling his lies - it’s all AI.

 

[Reiser99]

I think the issue here is can you tell the difference between an AI actor and real actor. CGI it was still pretty obvious - like in Avatar.

Next they will be bringing back actors who have died. Pay their estate's royalties etc

What or who is real and not is no longer readily apparent and won't be once AI takes over. Misinformation etc already rife and likes of MAGA not believing even when they see a video of Trump telling his lies - it's all AI.

That is definitely worrying, but again has already been happening and is separate to actors losing their jobs to AI. Don't get me wrong, I feel that AI and the internet in general is very worrying going forward and as long as someone in say Vietnam can write, say, make or do anything that isn't illegal there and post elsewhere then laws and attempts to censor/control will always fail short of something you'd find in an authoritarian regime.

 

[Bada-Bing!]

Forrest Gump was another example where CGI on past dead historical figures was pretty obvious, especially lip syncing. Now they can improve that out of sight with AI.

 

[ncurd]

I think theres a difference with digital actors (whom you can still tell a mile away visually) and using tech to enhance a performance.

AI will never be able to give proper performance. It can only give a facilities or something that looks kinda right. But an actors individual decisions between diffrent take it will never understand.

 

[Vaquer]

I have my doubts AI-ing an entire movie or TV series worth of scenes is cheaper than an actor

 

[Saintjay]

Wasn't part of the actors strike the image rights issue. Especially with extras they wanted to scan someone, pay a one off payment and your likeness can be used forever more.

They'd be turkeys voting for Christmas to sign up.

Same thing is starting to creep into music. It'll become an issue across various industries once people start being made redundant.

 

[dirty harry]

So im currently half way through watching Perfect Neighbour on Netflix...

Its odd, a neighbourhood Karen type is constantly calling the police on the local kids who are essentially harassing her, and in one escalated incident the mum of one of the kids is shot and killed while trying to break down the Karen's door.

I mean, I feel for everyone involved, and as I type this its being framed as white on black crime and politicised, so I assume the Karen will get a life sentence.

Poor framing of the tragic so far

 

[AlRums]

So im currently half way through watching Perfect Neighbour on Netflix...

Its odd, a neighbourhood Karen type is constantly calling the police on the local kids who are essentially harassing her, and in one escalated incident the mum of one of the kids is shot and killed while trying to break down the Karen's door.

I mean, I feel for everyone involved, and as I type this its being framed as white on black crime and politicised, so I assume the Karen will get a life sentence.

Poor framing of the tragic so farIt's a true story, or at least came from this

It's a true story, look it up

 

[dirty harry]

It's a true story

Ye I get that, its sold as that and its all body cam footage...

It just feels unsatisfying. There are a thousand 15 minute youtube channels that do similar

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

Springsteen: Deliver me from Nowhere.

Far darker than I expected. Think you'd have to be a fan to love it but the performances from Jeremy Allen White, Jeremy Strong and Stephen Graham were outstanding.

 

[Vaquer]

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001) Was a 13-year-old boy when this came out which probably put me in the target audience. We had Nintendo in our house not PlayStation so I never played the games it's based on. Remember movie being advertised a lot and people talking about it. Fun to finally watch it. If I'd known Iain Glen and Noah Taylor are in the movie and for the whole run time I would've watched it in the 2010s when Game of Thrones was my favourite thing in the world. Daniel Craig is in the whole movie too as Angelina Jolie's love interest.

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life (2003) Not as enjoyable as the first.

Tomb Raider (2018) Reboot of the series now starring Alicia Vikander. They've changed Lara to make her more normal. She lives in London and has a jerb and a social circle. Not living in a rich mansion with a servant and tech guy. Less suave a person too.

 

[Vaquer]

Train Dreams - I liked it not loved it. Nice visual moments. Follows the story of a man who by movie standards lives a boring life from childhood to old age. Good use of narration. Stars Owen Lars and Jyn Erso.

 

[Vaquer]

I just realised 2025's The Long Walk based on a Stephen King story is a different movie to 2025's The Running Man based on a Stephen King story. Explains why I thought one movie was getting promoted for 3 months straight.

A group of teenage boys compete in an annual contest known as "The Long Walk," in which they must maintain a certain walking speed or get shot. https://www.imdb.com/***le/tt10374610/

A man joins a game show in which contestants, allowed to flee anywhere in the world, are pursued by "hunters" hired to kill them. https://www.imdb.com/***le/tt14107334/