Author Topic: What was the last film you watched?  (Read 955178 times)

Chris S

Re: What was the last film you watched?
« Reply #5750 on: 18 December, 2015, 09:22:20 pm »
I agree about the Deckard Replicant shouters. Super Twats.

Sorry but Deckard, in the film, is a Replicant.  It couldn't be clearer.

Evidence?

Re: What was the last film you watched?
« Reply #5751 on: 19 December, 2015, 08:07:50 am »
I agree about the Deckard Replicant shouters. Super Twats.

Sorry but Deckard, in the film, is a Replicant.  It couldn't be clearer.
Evidence against; he's worked in the department too long.

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Re: What was the last film you watched?
« Reply #5752 on: 19 December, 2015, 08:23:57 am »
Started watching The Empire Strikes Back.

Realised I hadn't seen it before. Thought Harrison Ford was a bit wooden. Fell into a few plot holes and decided to record the rest...
It is simpler than it looks.

hillbilly

Re: What was the last film you watched?
« Reply #5753 on: 19 December, 2015, 08:31:40 am »
It's ambiguous.  The original cut didn't have any ambiguity though (and went so far in the voiceover to give him and Rachel a human lifespan at the end).  The ambiguity was introduced by the director and final cuts. Those have a couple of clues - one being a shimmer in his eyes (from memory) and the other allusions to planted memories (the unicorn).  I think the consensus is that the Studio interfered with Ridley Scott's intention, which was to allude to him being a replicant without saying it explicitly.

The book by PKD. No question. Human.

Great film BTW. Always springs to mind when people ask me what my favourite films are. Although it's surprisingly marmite.

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Re: What was the last film you watched?
« Reply #5754 on: 19 December, 2015, 08:51:25 am »
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replicant#Was_Deckard_a_replicant.3F

Started watching The Empire Strikes Back.

Realised I hadn't seen it before. Thought Harrison Ford was a bit wooden. Fell into a few plot holes and decided to record the rest...

I always found him a bit wooden.  Maybe he is a replicant after all.

On seeing his phyzog when he climbs into bed with Anne Archer in Patriot Games, we rechistened him King Leer.
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Re: What was the last film you watched?
« Reply #5755 on: 19 December, 2015, 10:40:26 am »
Blade Runner

This time on Blu Ray with a decent home sound system and big TV. (I think I own all formats now, including paper & VHS).

It's stunning, even after all this time the sets still hold up.

Ridley Scott at his very, very, best.  A perfect way to spend a dark & rainy Sunday afternoon.

The best film in the Multiverse. Ever.

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Andrew

Re: What was the last film you watched?
« Reply #5756 on: 19 December, 2015, 01:30:19 pm »
Red 2. Hilarious :thumbsup

Ditto. Though it really has no right to be. Every sinew in your body complains; 'this really oughtn't be funny'. But darn me, it is.  The script picks up exactly where it left off. Why mess with a good thing?

My favourite line; Helen Mirren's character - "just rent 'Dirty Dancing' and tell her you love her". In context, it's chuckle-stuff, believe me!

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Re: What was the last film you watched?
« Reply #5757 on: 19 December, 2015, 05:46:34 pm »
I agree about the Deckard Replicant shouters. Super Twats.

Sorry but Deckard, in the film, is a Replicant.  It couldn't be clearer.
Evidence against; he's worked in the department too long.

There's no evidence he's worked in the department for that long.

The origami Unicorn is the clearest indication that Gaff knows what Deckard dreams about.
Gaff never lets him out of his sight, he's always just around the corner, keeping tabs.
"You've done a man's job".  That's a strange thing to say to a man in the context of a film about what makes us human.
Deckard surrounds himself (or has been surrounded) by old photos, seemingly a bit too old, as is the way with Replicants subconsciously grasping at a fictitious past.
Deckard keeps going even after some life-threatening beatings, the kind that combat Replicants may be designed to withstand.

Oh yes, and Ridley Scott says he's a Replicant.

Either way, the fact we are discussing it, 30 years on, is what helps make it so special.  It's a film so beautiful you could watch it with the audio off and just play some music of your own.

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Re: What was the last film you watched?
« Reply #5758 on: 19 December, 2015, 06:23:32 pm »
I didn't know Ridley had pronounced on this.  I read it that Deckard was fearful of discovering he was a replicant. Bit like the denial of a closeted gay homophobe.
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Chris S

Re: What was the last film you watched?
« Reply #5759 on: 19 December, 2015, 08:59:31 pm »
Star Wars part VII. 3D iMax boomy goodness. Mmmm... splosions  :thumbsup:

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Jakob

Re: What was the last film you watched?
« Reply #5760 on: 20 December, 2015, 01:20:28 am »
Star Wars part VII. 3D iMax boomy goodness. Mmmm... splosions  :thumbsup:

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Erhh, that was not exactly a secret.

Re: What was the last film you watched?
« Reply #5761 on: 20 December, 2015, 07:26:39 am »
I'm more concerned about what's been happening to Bill Weasley. Hanging about with robots is clearly not good for your soul.

fuzzy

Re: What was the last film you watched?
« Reply #5762 on: 20 December, 2015, 09:49:56 am »
I'm more concerned about what's been happening to Bill Weasley. Hanging about with robots is clearly not good for your soul.

S' probably coz married to Fleur Delacor (Sp?)

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Re: What was the last film you watched?
« Reply #5763 on: 20 December, 2015, 09:53:33 am »
Star Wars 1 (well, 4, actually)

It's a bit of fun, quite likely made better in 1977 by the amazing effects. For all the size of the Death Star they got around it quite quickly.
It is simpler than it looks.

LEE

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Re: What was the last film you watched?
« Reply #5764 on: 20 December, 2015, 05:30:45 pm »
I didn't know Ridley had pronounced on this.  I read it that Deckard was fearful of discovering he was a replicant. Bit like the denial of a closeted gay homophobe.

I reckon Roy Batty* was in denial (Cycling shorts and no shirt, I mean, come on).

* I've always thought the name Roy Batty sounded more like a Yorkshire Butcher than an off-world combat Android.

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Re: What was the last film you watched?
« Reply #5765 on: 20 December, 2015, 05:49:47 pm »
Its a crying f**king shame that noone asks Harrison about this in any of the billion interviews he is doing currently.

I think that for viewers who havent read the original, the element of doubt is a lovely facet of the film. Its a shame if they produce versions that take away the uncertainty. And I would be sceptical of pronouncements made after the fact, as humans* DO change their minds  - or even plain lie - about such things!

I'm not COMPLETELY convinced that Blade Runner is the Bestest Film Evvah, but it may well be the best SF film.
OK; if we can have 2 categories - one for kids, one for semi-grownups - then Star Wars AND Blade Runner can have a pot!

*I'm not sure about Replicants ...
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What was the last film you watched?
« Reply #5766 on: 20 December, 2015, 07:19:08 pm »
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citoyen

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What was the last film you watched?
« Reply #5767 on: 20 December, 2015, 08:06:00 pm »
Notting Hill

Had some time to kill waiting for the call to do taxi duty last night and it was on telly, but even so, I'm not sure why I stuck with it. Truly awful film. I might have been less offended if the big finale didn't remind me (but not in a good way) of Roman Holiday, which is one of my all time favourite films.

I'm sure ian will be pleased to note that the closing shot shows Hugh Grant reading Captain Corelli's Mandolin.
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hillbilly

Re: What was the last film you watched?
« Reply #5768 on: 20 December, 2015, 08:32:15 pm »
* I've always thought the name Roy Batty sounded more like a Yorkshire Butcher than an off-world combat Android.

Brilliant :)

Now I've got an image in my noggin of Nora Batty from Last of the Summer Wine delivering the teardrops in the rain speech.

citoyen

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Re: What was the last film you watched?
« Reply #5769 on: 21 December, 2015, 09:01:29 am »
Well, it turns out the new Star Wars is really not bad at all - in fact, I'd go so far as to say better in many ways than the original (ep 4) and ESB.
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LEE

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Re: What was the last film you watched?
« Reply #5770 on: 21 December, 2015, 09:56:10 am »
* I've always thought the name Roy Batty sounded more like a Yorkshire Butcher than an off-world combat Android.

Brilliant :)

Now I've got an image in my noggin of Nora Batty from Last of the Summer Wine delivering the teardrops in the rain speech.



I've seen stuff you folk wouldn't believe,
Compo's Wellies on fire next to Cleggy's Ford Orion,
I watched three daft blokes in a bathtub crash into Dan Flower's gate,
All those moments lost in time...like...Tea...down t' drain.....time to diet.
Some people say I'm self-obsessed but that's enough about them.

fuzzy

Re: What was the last film you watched?
« Reply #5771 on: 21 December, 2015, 09:58:39 am »
* I've always thought the name Roy Batty sounded more like a Yorkshire Butcher than an off-world combat Android.

Brilliant :)

Now I've got an image in my noggin of Nora Batty from Last of the Summer Wine delivering the teardrops in the rain speech.



I've seen stuff you folk wouldn't believe,
Compo's Wellies on fire next to Cleggy's Ford Orion,
I watched three daft blokes in a bathtub crash into Dan Flower's gate,
All those moments lost in time...like...Tea...down t' drain.....time to diet.


POT frickkin D :thumbsup:

Re: What was the last film you watched?
« Reply #5772 on: 23 December, 2015, 09:03:01 pm »
Sisters
Much funnier than I feared. Much.

Re: What was the last film you watched?
« Reply #5773 on: 23 December, 2015, 11:24:20 pm »
* I've always thought the name Roy Batty sounded more like a Yorkshire Butcher than an off-world combat Android.

Brilliant :)

Now I've got an image in my noggin of Nora Batty from Last of the Summer Wine delivering the teardrops in the rain speech.



I've seen stuff you folk wouldn't believe,
Compo's Wellies on fire next to Cleggy's Ford Orion,
I watched three daft blokes in a bathtub crash into Dan Flower's gate,
All those moments lost in time...like...Tea...down t' drain.....time to diet.


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Re: What was the last film you watched?
« Reply #5774 on: 24 December, 2015, 08:30:21 pm »
Sommersby.

I quite liked it. Also remembered how much of a crush I have on Jodie Foster :)
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