Film/Video Discussion Thread - The Bear and Badger

poprock

Kow wrote:

I got 3 months of Mubi for free. It doesn't seem to record where I stopped watching so I can continue from there, it just goes back to the start of the film. I hope I've missed something or it's a total waste of time.

Kow wrote:

I mean I can totally get down with watching a black and white Icelandic indie film about fish from the 1950s but I'm not writing down the minute I stop watching every time.

Mubi is for proper film nerds. If you’re not watching all four hours and 26 minutes of that Icelandic fish piece in one sitting, you’re not a proper film nerd.

Kow

But I don't even have my home cinema projector set up!

regmcfly

Flora and I continuing our bond watching fully out of order . Tonight was A View to a Kill with the best score / song combo but one of the worst plot journeys. Horses and Eiffels and fire engines oh my

GooberTheHat

We decided to have a movie night tonight, and I thought I'd go the whole hog and put a pre roll with adverts and trailers on beforehand. Here's the link to the Playlist if anyone wants to do similar (it's U friendly)

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMIQZ3kNCgH-9qwktcMD6CleuOJuExRpp

Blocks100

Different channels showing different Cohen brothers films tonight at the same time.

True Grit
No Country for Old Men

Which one do you watch?

n0face

No country

Blocks100

Yep. Doing that right now.

jdanielp

Both (add on The Hudsucker Proxy making my top three). I have a double Blu-ray package of the two.

Raiziel

I bloody love The Hudsucker Proxy.

Moot_Geeza

Hmm. I think that's one I haven't seen (along with the Ladykillers and Intolerable Cruelty).

Edit: and Hail Ceasar.

g.man

Hail Ceasar was incredibly disappointing imo.

Kow

It had some good moments. I think maybe it needs a rewatch.

g.man

It was a great idea with a stellar cast, but the whole thing just fell flat for me. Screenplay needed a few more drafts really.

Wookienopants

I enjoyed it. Especially the Channing Tatum dance number and the "would that it were so simple" bit

davyK

poprock wrote:

I got 3 months of Mubi for free. It doesn't seem to record where I stopped watching so I can continue from there, it just goes back to the start of the film. I hope I've missed something or it's a total waste of time.

I mean I can totally get down with watching a black and white Icelandic indie film about fish from the 1950s but I'm not writing down the minute I stop watching every time.

Mubi is for proper film nerds. If you’re not watching all four hours and 26 minutes of that Icelandic fish piece in one sitting, you’re not a proper film nerd.

Heh. Watched Winter Light on Mubi last night.

I have watched quite a bit of Bergman and always thought he wasn't as grim as many state. Starting with his more approachable stuff is best of course. Fanny and Alexander being the most accessible in my experience.

Winter Light is very much on up the grim scale. The central character isn't particularly likeable but maybe that's the point. We can all be arses and this guy is up there. Seems to be slight in content and has a short running time, but it's beautifully acted and they have managed to make the gorgeous Ingrid Thulin look plain (well - sort of).

I suspect this would be in the filler category of his content but it's still worth watching - but you would need to have an interest in religion and faith as a subject.

As an auteur director Bergmann re-uses actors quite a bit and it's fun spotting people from his other works. At first I found it a trifle offputting but not any more. It was never an issue with Kubrick or Allen but I found I had to adjust to Bergmann's use of actors. Kurusawa does it too of course and that never bothered me so I can't put it down to being foreign cinema.

Kow

Was there any Icelandic fishing in it?

davyK

Mubi has a documentary called Pharos of Chaos consisting entirely of Sterling Hayden talking while on his boat in France.

It won't work with Chromecast for some reason (at least on my setup - tried downloading it but to no avail) so I will have to watch it on my PC or phone which is annoying,

However I think it will be worth the watch - from what I saw of this between buffering issues before I gave up , the guy was bonkers.

davyK

Kow wrote:

Was there any Icelandic fishing in it?

Von Sydow plays a fisherman in it - but this film is all on land.

Kow

I started watching Pharos of Chaos but every time I left it to go and do something else it just started from the beginning again when I tried to continue, which is crap. In theory it's more expensive than either Netflix or HBO so I would expect some user friendliness in the interface.

davyK

I was suspect of its streaming ability when I couldn't get it working casting from my phone to my TV but I was able to do it with other films on Mubi, I thought that downloading it would sort that but no dice. Weird.

I'm using it through the Amazon Prime Video app which lets me pause etc.

davyK

Mubi has Zatoichi available (2003 version). It has a wonderful dance sequence at the end.

jdanielp

The main problem I'm having with MUBI is that the subtitles fail at times via Chromecast, which is a pain. It mostly seems to be any non-standard subtitling, e.g. singing, voiceover etc., but can be a bit random too. It surely shouldn't be difficult to fix this. There's a warning when connecting via Chromecast so they are aware.

Dubs

First Reformed might be worth a look if you have Netflix, Davy. I really liked it and apparently it has a lot in common with Winter Light.

djchump

davyK wrote:

Mubi has Zatoichi available (2003 version). It has a wonderful dance sequence at the end.

If it’s the Beat Takeshi then IIRC there’s a great diagetic house building scene at the start as well.

davyK

Dubs wrote:

First Reformed might be worth a look if you have Netflix, Davy. I really liked it and apparently it has a lot in common with Winter Light.

My daughters have Netflix subs......haven't dipped in there yet. Will look out for that one. Going by the wiki entry it looks very much in the same vein as you say.

Kow

Well that's Mubi cancelled. What a crock of shit. Watch half an hour of something and it doesn't even keep track of which film it was, let alone where you left off. I cancelled during the free period and they didn't even let me continue to the end, immediate lock out. They have a cheek to charge €10 for such a crappy service.

hylian_elf

Hmmmmm

Dark Soldier

Kow wrote:

Well that's Mubi cancelled. What a crock of shit. Watch half an hour of something and it doesn't even keep track of which film it was, let alone where you left off. I cancelled during the free period and they didn't even let me continue to the end, immediate lock out. They have a cheek to charge €10 for such a crappy service.

Firestick and Real Debrid is all you'll ever need.

Armitage_Shankburn

LivDiv wrote:

Top 5 Tom Cruise.

1.Colateral
2. Interview with the Vampire
3. Born on the 4th of July
4. Top Gun
5. Mission Impossible: Fallout

Honourable mentions: Color of Money, Rain Man, A Few Good Men, Mission Impossible (first one), Days of Thunder, Live Die Repeat (the actual title is shit and I refuse to acknowledge it)

Top 3 really are the best examples of Cruise playing a role.

Jesus Christ, I'm.actually angry!

Magnolia? Vanilla Sky?

yourfavouriteuncle

Armitage_Shankburn wrote:

LivDiv wrote:

Top 5 Tom Cruise. 1.Colateral 2. Interview with the Vampire 3. Born on the 4th of July 4. Top Gun 5. Mission Impossible: Fallout Honourable mentions: Color of Money, Rain Man, A Few Good Men, Mission Impossible (first one), Days of Thunder, Live Die Repeat (the actual title is shit and I refuse to acknowledge it) Top 3 really are the best examples of Cruise playing a role.

Jesus Christ, I'm.actually angry! Magnolia? Vanilla Sky?

Yeah, his best two films, both great, one an all timer but horses for courses.

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