Last Movie You Watched - 2020

[Westy]

I can appreciate that. I thought I mightn't finish at first, suspension of disbelief issues, but it became cohesive in the end.

I watched it for a second time - enjoyable enough, but won't be watching it again. I found the car chase and shootout scenes too long, though it did wrap up well in the end. I liked the first half of the movie much better.

 

[Av Demeisen]

Think I'll watch King of New York in 4K tonight. I can't remember anything about this Christopher Walken film.

 

[Windshadow]

It's soooo awful don't even bother. I'll check out the Hogfather tv movie.

just take into account the small budget that Sky gave the Hogfather production company to work with, and the limits of lower-cost CGI and CFX back when it was made... I enjoy it enough to watch it every year (One saving in cost was the use of Discworld cosplayers who came with their own wardrobe)

 

[Av Demeisen]

Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy is out in 4K with HDR. A good reason to revisit these films in their extended editions. Apparently we have never seen them look this good before, even in the cinema (link).

 

[Raf]

"Yesterday" was the last newer movie I really enjoyed. Basically a failing musician in England gets run over by bus during a worldwide blackout and awakens in a hospital. But while the general world is basically the same...there are differences.

Most notably though...the Beatles are unknown.

I've found little in new movies and series that interest me these days. Though my wife and I keep finding overlooked series on Prime & Hulu that we enjoy binge watching. "Saving Hope" was one of those we really enjoyed.

 

[Westy]

"Yesterday" was the last newer movie I really enjoyed. Basically a failing musician in England gets run over by bus during a worldwide blackout and awakens in a hospital. But while the general world is basically the same...there are differences.

Most notably though...the Beatles are unknown.

Still need to watch that...

 

[Av Demeisen]

Watching Fellowship of the Ring in 4K HDR now and the colours look amazing. I hadn't seen it in years and then last month saw the blu-ray. This new release is obviously superior.

Anyone who loves these films should watch this. And I suspect many here are bigger fans of these films than I am.

 

[Hobbit]

Still need to watch that...

It's an OK feel-good movie. Very much in the Richard Curtis mode. Was controversial in the fact that the original screenwriter seems to have been elbowed out of the way whilst the film was being made - a bit like the current spat between Alan Dean Foster & Disney...

Watching Fellowship of the Ring in 4K HDR now and the colours look amazing. I hadn't seen it in years and then last month saw the blu-ray. This new release is obviously superior.

Weirdly, was fancying a rewatch last night - it's become a Xmas tradition here. But at £75-£100 for the extended 4K editions, I might have to hold off a little longer...

 

[Av Demeisen]

Soundtrack has also obviously been improved. The opening battle scene no longer looks dull. It's vibrant now like e.g. Elrond's armour. Like Jackson states in the YouTube clip, these are the same special effects but they look more convincing now. There were always these moments throughout the films that were distracting. I look forward to revisiting all of them now. In combination with the new soundtrack this is very pleasing. The dialogue is even clearer, the sound effects crisper. Great job so far (one hour into FotR).

 

[Av Demeisen]

Weirdly, was fancying a rewatch last night - it's become a Xmas tradition here. But at £75-£100 for the extended 4K editions, I might have to hold off a little longer...

You'll love them when you see them, I'm sure.

 

[Av Demeisen]

"Look @Hobbit, it's Mr. Bilbo's trolls!"

 

[Hobbit]

Got some of those here at SFFWorld, I think, as well....

 

[Av Demeisen]

The Two Towers in 4K with HDR.

 

[AtramentousFlux]

The Two Towers in 4K with HDR.

I have to say the new rips do look amazing.

 

[Av Demeisen]

Eye candy!

 

[Av Demeisen]

 

[Av Demeisen]

Now watching part two of The Two Towers in 4h with HDR. The Return of the King is next.

 

[Hobbit]

A Matter of Life and Death (1946) - Bluray, from a 4K restoration. I LOVE this movie. One of my go-to comfort films, which has scrubbed up brilliantly on Bluray. Such originality, such amazing vision. And surprisingly funny.

 

[pogopossum]

Was somehow familiar with the phrase Stairway To Heaven (the US title for it) as being from an old movie (before the song) but somehow not with this specific work. I'll have to check it out.

 

[Hobbit]

It was partly made at the end of WW2 as a way of emphasising the connections between the US and the UK, now that the war was ending. It is, amongst other things, a rallying call for both sides to celebrate their similarities, rather than emphasise their differences. (There's a great scene in the Court towards the end where the differences in culture and history are shown... but it has to be seen, rather than me tell you.)

It was the first film to have a Royal Command performance.

I've always thought of it, like The Red Shoes, as a Xmas movie, for some unknown reason. There's no knowingly obvious Xmas references, and yet it has become a movie for me to watch at this time of year.

It's witty, it's romantic (not something I'm usually too bothered about!), it's funny - and looks great in this restoration.