The Official Films Thread

The kids talked me into going to the theater yesterday - we saw Sonic. It wasn't bad, actually quite funny here'n there - in fact I think Brad Pitt should give his Oscar to Jim Carrey, because Jim delivered a great performance in Sonic!


The movie is 7/10 on IMDB, which is very high for this genre, but I think 6/10 is more correct - ok 7/10 if you're not an adult ;)

Btw, trying to capture some 4K Joker greatness I took this photo with my mobile phone, so it looks much better in the real world - the facial details are really second to none in the Joker 4K edition:



The above is just zoomed in on this photo:

It's Saturday - just got this movie - it's sci-fi, but not that high on IMDB.



I hope this dude is right - this is the user review on IMDB with the most votes for being helpful:



Hmm, a "thinking person's movie" - might have to go easy on the red wine tonight then :# 

Found out that Glass was the last part of a trilogy taking about 20 years to make - so I'm revisiting Unbreakable tonight and start the journey toward Glass  o:)



After getting Split I saw that the movie is available in 4K too, but it's fake 4K and same sound as the blu-ray (no Atmos), thus probably of limited importance... Glass is real 4K + Atmos.

Unbreakable was totally awesome - fun thing, after like 20 years I only remembered that the main character was in a train accident surviving without a scratch. But the movie is so much more - I'd completely forgotten about Mr. Glass and the ending. Can't wait to see Split later today. 

Btw, mailman just brought these - yup, got World War Z to teach the sons about pandemics  o:) - And I've never seen the 3D version B)



Really looking forward to some Sleep too ;) - The Shining is one of my favorite movie of all time, although it's probably not at all the same with no Kubrick: 


Doctor Sleep is real 4K and has Dolby Atmos support. 

Didn't realise they did another two films after Unbreakable!!! I absolutely LOVED that film!!! Bruce Willis has been one of my favourite actors since the awesome Moonlighting, a series that I rewatch every few years cos it's so bloody good. Am now going to watch Unbreakable again and check out those other two films too!!!

snowdog said:

Didn't realise they did another two films after Unbreakable!!! I absolutely LOVED that film!!! Bruce Willis has been one of my favourite actors since the awesome Moonlighting, a series that I rewatch every few years cos it's so bloody good. Am now going to watch Unbreakable again and check out those other two films too!!!

Just saw Split - which was awesome, great acting - we'll continue with Glass this evening! Note, on the blu-ray there're like 15 - 20 minutes of deleted scenes, which really help put Split into perspective - and the alternative ending, maybe that can be found also on YouTube. 
Upscaling the blu-ray version of Split to 4K was really amazing - really felt like the image quality was very close to true 4K quality - which was a big difference to Unbreakable which had much poorer image quality. So maybe not much need to get Split in 4K instead of blu-ray (and Split 4K is also fake 4K, but you do get HDR). 

Seems like it was always a trilogy, but was delayed for many years due to Unbreakable's too limited earnings at the box office - from Wiki:

"Upon release in 2000, Bruce Willis revealed that Unbreakable was the first part of a planned trilogy.[13] Both Willis and Samuel L. Jackson pushed for a sequel or trilogy, with Willis stating "It's really built as a trilogy," but Shyamalan expressed uncertainty and said, "I can’t tell you anything about them." Whether the film had a sequel depended upon how it would perform at the box office.[14] While Unbreakable was a moderate box office success, grossing $248 million worldwide on a $75 million budget,[15] it performed below expectations, earning about a third of what The Sixth Sense grossed.[12] Unbreakable gained more popularity over time and subsequently developed a cult following,[16] as the audience for comic book superhero films grew over time.[12]"

We may consider us lucky to finally get the trilogy! 

Never noticed this movie before, but I love animals so this was an easy pick-up from the bargain bin  <3  B)

https://youtu.be/Z_wgfM0j7AU

Btw, Netflix in EU now drops quality from HD to SD to reduce the massive burden on the internet due to the corona situation. But buying discs you get the best quality, you don't put a burden on the internet and you support the movie industry (and/or local shops) to a much higher degree than using Netflix  o:) 

@RuneSR2 - The movie Split has to be one of the worst movies I have ever seen. The other two were good, but this one was pure garbage.

RedRizla said:

@RuneSR2 - The movie Split has to be one of the worst movies I have ever seen. The other two were good, but this one was pure garbage.

It was a bit long, but we did enjoy it - personally I like the focus on dissociative identity disorder (DID), there has been cases where one personality needed glasses and another didn't - and one had diabetes the other didn't - so to me Spilt was interesting in several perspectives, although they of course do take everything beyond normal limits in the movie. 
Haven't seen Glass yet, maybe this evening :-)