That is true. Liking a movie can be subjective. The worst peeve I have with the movie is that there is zero people I find relate-able, hence I did not like it. Yes, I know who Rebel Wilson is. She was in Perfect Pitch too. Again... Sorry did not like this at all.

This post has been edited by Mov_freak: Aug 20 2013, 02:01 PM

I suppose this is a case of life is stranger then fiction...

Every time a new reel is put on the projector.....

For a minute I thought I was alone...

AGED!!!!

... what is projected or the Projector...?

Iron Man 3 (2013) Addendum

Well, I have to say, this movie is better at second viewing...

The story feels better flesh out...

And I appreciate Tony/Robert, more. Having more time to see how invested he is in the role.

I remember that when I was watching this in the cinema, the air force one sequence was breathtaking. I remember thinking to myself, how did they make that so believably using green screen. The answer, it was shot practical, which explain why... WOW...

I feel that the special bonus is a little thin. Apart from the making of the Air Force One sequence, what I like most is the Peggy Carter's (Hayley Atwell) Marvel One-Shot: Agent Carter short. It does explain what happened to the character, after Captain America got frozen!! I am also glad that she would also be appearing in Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014). YEAH!!!

Pic and Sound quality, FANTASTIC!!

My ADDED Two Sen.

This post has been edited by Mov_freak: Aug 23 2013, 10:37 PM

Yeah, yeah , yeah, I've only got 7.1!!

Hahaha! As much as I love to, the holes in my pocket is making that... very difficult...

This post has been edited by Mov_freak: Aug 24 2013, 12:33 PM

The Jungle Book (1967)

This is suppose to be Walt Disney second last project before his passing...

And have to add, my favorite hand drawn animation...

I believe most people would be familiar with the movie, what I would like to highlight here are

1) The animation supposedly had a second ending story boarded... And they showed it here... A VERY different movie indeed. Each ending has it's own merit, and I believe the ending that made it, is the better.

2) If you are a Disney animation fan, you would have probably heard of the term The Nine Old Man, there is a special documentary here where Olie's son, goes around to most of the children of The Nine Old Man to find out from them first hand, how it was like grown up with one of the Nine Old Man as dad... Very informative...

If they are pulling all these stuff out for Bluray releases... I'm really at lost as to what additional information can they present in the 4K (which I don't think will take off)/8K releases!!!

My added two sen.

Saw that...

Not very impressed...

Yes, I love these lower budget, better scripted and acted movies!!

Saw this in the cinema!!

Will definitely get this soon.

Hansel and Gretel (Korean, 2007)

I'm the first to admit, I do not watch that many Korean movies.

I don't think this is the first horror movie I had seen from Korea.

Not used to their pacing...

And am lost with the use of Hansel and Gretel...

Start out promising..

There are some spookiness in the middle and then the last bit kinda lost me...

I think the script writer and director, was a little unsure about what movie they are trying to accomplish...

My Two Sen

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)

Okay, lets address the elephant in the room here...

This is by no means a material to use as HD reference material.

PQ and SQ is just okay.

Even the color of this movie is... dull!!

In 1994, this movie was... the bomb!!! From a comedy movie perspective.

This movie made Jim Carrey into a household name. With his "in your face" brand of humor.

With comedies that we are exposed to nowadays, this movie is almost... tame!!

Try this out on a lazy Sunday afternoon if you have nothing better to do/have not watch it before.

My Two Sen

This post has been edited by Mov_freak: Aug 26 2013, 03:43 PM

Just Cause (1995)

Been awhile since I last saw anything with Sean Connery in it!!

He is supposedly retired!!

I actually, originally watched this on Laser Disc before, when it was all the rage.

A decent movie with a decent transfer.

Pretty well acted with all the actors/actresses involved.

Very surprise to see a VERY young Scarlett Johansson!!

Equally surprise that Chris Sarandon is in such a tiny role!!

Ed Harris almost steals the movie as the baddie?

And every time Sean Connery speaks, you cannot help but pay attention to him!!

This movies starts out as a court room drama and then becomes a suspense thriller!!

Give this a go, if you have not already.

Enjoy.

My Two Sen

Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) Addendum

Well, alot had be said about the storyline, and how it cost, this much & much and only made so much etc...

What I like to add his is the PQ (Excellent) and AQ... which is so filled with bangs and whistle and LFE.... Definitely REFERENCE material!!!

My Additional Two Sen

This post has been edited by Mov_freak: Sep 2 2013, 12:04 AM

X-Men (2000)

Ah...

I'm sure Disney is still kicking themselves that Marvel had licensed out the movie rights to the X-Men to 20th Century Fox before they had purchased Marvel. I believe they are working very hard to change that, which explains why 20th Century Fox is churning out movie like Wolverine, so they can keep licensing the movie rights to the X-Men (eg. if they stop making X-Men movie, after a few years, the right revert back to Marvel/Disney, like with the Daredevil movie rights. 20th Century Fox had obtain the movie license for Daredevil and because they had not done anything with the material, Disney had gotten back the material. Which explains the reboot of Fantastic Four and on and on...)

Even more so, since the Wolverine's debacle....

This is probably Bryan Singer's most recognized work, okay, maybe 2nd, after X-Men 2.

In 2000 (where I watched this at the USJ Summit's THX cinema), there was not any movie like this, NOW?... We are saturated by movies like this.

The only mystery to me, is that he had chosen to place the lead on Logan / Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) and Rogue / Marie (Anna Paquin [my what a career she is having... From the little girl in the movie, The Piano (1993) to the NOT SO little girl in True Blood (2008)... ) when there are so MANY other characters to choose from...

Another bit of trivia I'm sure most of you already know was, Wolverine was supposed to be played by Dougray Scott, but because of conflict of schedule with Mission Impossible II (2000), he decided to let go of the Wolverine role... A decision in which I am very sure he is still KICKING HIMSELF for!!...

Having said the above, Magneto and Professor X, I admit at their age, I cannot imagine another people in these roles....

I really do not have to go into the movie script and such, but what I'm want to express his is, from a bluray point of view, I'm a little disappointed with the Picture Quality... which is a dash soft... But the Audio quality on the other is, is pretty good!!

My Two Sen

Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (1924)


Now for something completely different.

This is probably one of Fritz Lang best known work (the other being Metropolis (1927))

They are silent movies... (for you young'un, the first movies were silent. They have not really figured out how to record sound, or more specifically, how to synchronize sound with moving picture.)

This is a fantasy movie, with Dragons (the highlight of the movie. A 60 feet mechanical dragon was made for this movie), people with special powers (Siegfried is super strong, invincible and can turn invisible and shape shift).

This is a full restoration.

Note that this movie is 89 years old.

There is no way the picture quality of this would compare to what we have now...

Having said that, as a 89 year old movie, It actually looks... good. Not as impressive as Metropolis (1927), but good.

What impress me most is the soundtrack. Let me explain, Silent movie we almost always accompanied by an orchestra. They would play music and product "sound effects" in synch with the movie.

What the restores did (and this is impressive) as to go back into the archive and look for the original score, and did a modern recording of the said score for the restored movie. Now THAT is dedication!!

Many works from the silent era is fast disappearing.

They are either bio degrading in storage somewhere or is lost completely (even Willis H. O'Brien stuff. He is Ray Harryheusen teacher/mentor).

There isn't much funding to restore them and I suppose, there really is not much demand for said movies (with some exception, like Charlie Chaplin)

This movie is NOT for everyone, but if you are into black & white and silent movie, you cannot go wrong with this!

Bring on Nosferatu (1922)!!!

My Two Sen.

I Am Legend (2007)

Pretty interesting movie.

From a "lone survivor" point of view and again, very much copied by now (Oblivion (2013) comes to mind).

Probably one of Will Smith's best know work (we shall see if he survives the After Earth (2013), incident).

Picture Quality and Sound Quality is pretty impressive. Sorry am not in a mood to add more. I just finished the special feature where the American CDC keeps insisting the any modern pandemic would be an Asian thing. That is just bias...

My Two Sen

This post has been edited by Mov_freak: Sep 7 2013, 11:01 AM

Behind the Candelabra (2013)

Well, now I'm really sorry I made an earlier statement in the Behind the Candlelabre thread, because this is really good movie.

Well scripted, VERY well acted and well directed by Steven Soderbergh.

I'm actually old enough to have actually watch one/two of Liberace TV specials!!

I have to admit, that he know how to entertain people using the piano!!

I have never imagine his personal life to be so... complicated.

I really have to give Michael Douglas for his work here, because he actually captured Liberace's mannerism, down peg!!

This is a drama, and have to add, it is very engaging.

One more thing I would like to add here is.... How does one get from Captain Jonathan Archer to Bob (Scott Bakula)!!!???!

The unpredictable nature of the movie production world...

If you like drama, give this a try.

My Two Sen.

This post has been edited by Mov_freak: Sep 7 2013, 08:52 PM

World War Z (2013) Addendum

Supposedly, there was a lot of issues when the movie is in production.

Also, when they showed snippets of this movie was at Comic Con (I think) the fans were not impressed.

So, this movie received a lot of "bad press" before it was shown in the movies.

Investors were jittery, pressure were put on the director and star (Brad Pitt).

As you had notice, this is an addendum to my World War Z review

My original review can be read here

World War Z Review

What I like to add here is that for the life of me, I cannot fathom how this movie cost USD 190,000,000!!!!

PQ is decent.

AQ is good.

My added Two Sen.