What film did you watch last night?

The Royal Hotel. I don’t know what I just watched but I liked it. Most of that may have been down to Jessica Yu Li Henwick.
 
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Crooked House (2008)

The month of ghosts and ghouls so I would watch a good old ghost story. Produced by Mark Gatiss, three short stories in a similar vein to the masterly ghost writer MR James.

This was recommended to me a while ago by an OCUK member and I always meant to watch but wasn't sure where! Just last night I discovered it was on Amazon Prime - cool. :)

Doesn't disappoint if you like spooky tales.
 
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IvanDobskey said:
Aliens for about the fiftieth time, this time the directors cut in 4k. I'm going to give this 9/10.

I don't throw this score around lightly, but this film is an utter masterpiece. Strong female characters done right. Diversity in there too, all great characters. Disney take note. What a film.

No crappy CGI, all done with practical effects, and it still looks great, 37 years later.

One of the greatest films of all time.
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Where is Aliens out in 4k?
 
Raging Bull

The main character was so unlikeable that I struggled with this one. Someone said the violence was hard to watch I thought they meant the boxing not the domestic violence.
 
SixTwoSix said:
I'll have to disagree, I thought Blade 2 was a solid sequel. It didn't retread the same ground, expanded and improved some of what had come before and had some fairly decent performances throughout.
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Agreed, Blade 2 was a little different tonally but it did a lot of things right, the enemy was great and had some good casting. Some of the CGI is a little dodgy in places but 1 is the same (remember the blood drop?) and it's just a thing with films of that time. Such a shame they never built on it and made any more Blade films after that...
 
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IvanDobskey said:
Aliens for about the fiftieth time, this time the directors cut in 4k. I'm going to give this 9/10.

I don't throw this score around lightly, but this film is an utter masterpiece. Strong female characters done right. Diversity in there too, all great characters. Disney take note. What a film.

No crappy CGI, all done with practical effects, and it still looks great, 37 years later.

One of the greatest films of all time.
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Mmm - I know what you mean and largely agree, but there’s a slightly awkward (by modern standards) bit of trivia which I didn’t know until recently: Vasquez, the memorable tough Latino woman, is actually a white person in make-up.

Nobody can deny that the actress did a damn good job and it’s otherwise such a good example of a decent strong female character.

Doesn’t take away from the film being good etc. but it’s a side note worth mentioning in the context of championing the otherwise great diversity and characters in Aliens (in case some people weren’t aware).
 
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Shamikebab said:
Agreed, Blade 2 was a little different tonally but it did a lot of things right, the enemy was great and had some good casting. Some of the CGI is a little dodgy in places but 1 is the same (remember the blood drop?) and it's just a thing with films of that time. Such a shame they never built on it and made any more Blade films after that...
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I see what you did there :D

Glad you mentioned the CGI in the first as the Deacon blood god scene at the end hurts my eyes.
 
Nitefly said:
Mmm - I know what you mean and largely agree, but there’s a slightly awkward (by modern standards) bit of trivia which I didn’t know until recently: Vasquez, the memorable tough Latino woman, is actually a white person in make-up.

Nobody can deny that the actress did a damn good job and it’s otherwise such a good example of a decent strong female character.

Doesn’t take away from the film being good etc. but it’s a side note worth mentioning in the context of championing the otherwise great diversity and characters in Aliens (in case some people weren’t aware).
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Hmm, good point, didn't realise that!

Apone is a great character though, love him. He should have got more screen time.
 
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