Innerspace (1987)

We often reminisce about the good old 80s and alot of times movies like:

An American Werewolf in London (1981)
Escape from New York (1981)
48 Hrs. (1982)
Blade Runner (1982)
Conan the Barbarian (1982)
First Blood (1982)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Poltergeist (1982)
Rocky III (1982)
The Thing (1982)
Krull (1983)
The Outsiders (1983)
WarGames (1983)
Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
Gremlins (1984)
The Karate Kid (1984)
The Last Starfighter (1984)
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Police Academy (1984)
The Terminator (1984)
Back to the Future (1985)
Commando (1985)
Fright Night (1985)
The Goonies (1985)
Ladyhawke (1985)
Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
Rocky IV (1985)
Aliens (1986)
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
Short Circuit (1986)
Stand by Me (1986)
Hellraiser (1987)
Predator (1987)
Die Hard (1988)
Rambo III (1988)
Rocky V (1990)

But very rarely, do we think of this movie, which is a shame, because it is actually lots of fun.

It is my belief that too many movies nowadays are just WAY to serious, and the reason why we remember movies from the 80s is because they have alot of great comedic moments.

Case in point, in this movie when Martin Short was in the toilet, a total stranger told him

"Play with it buddy, not talk to it..." and then walks out!!

This is a Scifi/Action movie, starring Dennis Quaid, Martin Short & Meg Ryan.

An experiment concerning miniaturization, recently made popular again by the movie Ant-man (2015).

The premise of this movie is not new, a very similar movie was made in the 60s, namely Fantastic Voyage (1966).

What is "new" about this movie compared with the 60s movie, is the slapstick!! (Martin Short)

Again, because this is pre CGI, they had to rely on more practical effect for the effects short and to date, they still look pretty good!

If you can find this, please give it a go.

My Two Sen.

Blast from the Past (1999)

A bit of a trip down memory lane for me today.

Something that is stuck on my mind. I like the premise of how would a 1960s guy, date a chick from the 1990s!!

The answer?

This movie.

Just look at the dialogue!!

Adam: "May I ask you a question?"
Eve: "He's a former boyfriend. We lived together for about six months, and I still have sort of a thing for him. That's what you wanted to know isn't it?"
Adam: "No, I was gonna ask you... Why Cliff likes to wear another man's underpants. [Ralph Lauren]"



Brendan Fraser fresh from George Of The Jungle (1997) and Alicia Silverstone off the disastrous Batman & Robin (1997).

They actually make a cute screen couple.

Nathan Fillion plays a great @$$h0le.

And the movie shows how versatile an actor Christopher Walken is. (He plays Brendan's father.

Also great to see Sissy Spacek. (She plays Brendan's mother).

Lastly Joey Slotnick as the goto weirdo!!

If you like romantic comedy and you have not watched this, please do.

My Two Sen.

Hackers (1995)

Okay, this 1995 movie is about... hackers.

More specifically, the world of hackers.

To be fair, Iain Softley the director, tried to make it interesting and involving.

Look at the names attached to the project:

Jonny Lee Miller (Elementary anyone?)
Angelina Jolie (Don't call me Mrs Brad Pitt)
Jesse Bradford (I cannot get a job after Flags of Our Fathers (2006))
Matthew Lillard (Hey Shaggy, where's Scoob?!!)
Marc Anthony (Ex Mr Jennifer Lopez)
Penn Jillette (Yes, of Penn and Teller)

The computer world in 1995 is still shrouded in mystery. Internet was still in it's infancy.

All the right elements to make an intriguing movie?

YOU COULD NOT BE MORE WRONG!!

All the computer graphic pulled off in the hacking are being enabled by 512k dial up line.... Wow....

The suppositions they made are all off.

The more cool and hip they tried to make the world of hackers looks, the more miserable they fail.

An who ever did the make up and wardrobe for Angelina Jolie should be shot. Can you say HORRENDOUS!!!!

So, do yourself a favour, give this a miss.

I am doing this so you don't have to...

My Two Sen.

This post has been edited by Mov_freak: Sep 5 2015, 06:16 PM

The Spy Next Door (2010)

Jackie Chan's attempt to make American movie and it is.... Terrible!!

Bad story, poor casting helpless direction!!!

Absolutely zero chemistry between any of the actors!!

Jackie has to learn American audiences do not want to see their resource (American Woman) being "pillaged" by a China man.

I believe he has. He had stopped making "American-centric" movies.

Interestingly, Vin Diesel in The Pacifier (2005) did much MUCH better in term of box office, shares almost the same storyline.

Again, I repeat, American do not WANT a china man to "pillage" their natural resource...

My Two Sen.

Zhongkui Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal 钟馗伏魔：雪妖魔灵 (2015)

Atrocious!!

Utter rubbish!!!

Avoid at ALL COST!!!

You've been warned kiddies!!!

YOU'VE BEEN WARNED!

My Two Sen

I watched Kill Me Three Times. For an Australian movie, its pretty good. Picture was excellent showing beautiful wide open scenes of Australia and sound is very good too, in DTS if I remember right.

The movie is light hearted in a way but surprisingly it has some gory scenes, almost Tarantino like. Oh and it has the beautiful Teresa Palmer whose eyes are just so mesmerizing.

I enjoyed this movie. 4/5

Btw I also watched Muzi v Nadeji a few weeks ago. Again beautiful PQ and Sound. I like this sexy comedy a lot and wonder if anyone can recommend me similar foreign movies (as in not Hollywood production)

Thanks

Did you just watch it for the 1st time recently or you re-watch it again?
I remember watching the trailer when it was 1st released and I was like, “Whao… This is so cool! Computers… Hackers… Woohoo” but I never watched the movie, even until now.
The only thing that made me remember this movie is the 2 main lead getting married and split up within a year or a two, I think.
It was headline news back then.

This is a rewatched.

I actually did not see it in the Cinemas. Watched it the first time round when it was release on LD (Laser Disc). Remember those? Looks like an LP but is actually silver in colour (Think CD punya big BIG brother!! )

When I first watched it, I was flabbergasted (How the heck did they get it so wrong).

Now I am just horrified (oh my gosh, 90s wardrobe!!!!! )

Yup the two leads were married for 4 years.

Though had to google it to find out!!

You will enjoy this if you treat it as a horror piece. As I have mention, the wardrobe alone will give you nightmares!!

My Additional Two Sen

Oh My!
Of course I remember LD.
I also remember wanting to get the LD version of the movie, Predator and I remember it was going for RM299 and I didn't get it.
That’s a huge sum of money back in those days, well, given the current situation of our money value, I guess it is now too.
4 years!
I would have thought it was just 2, at most, considering Angelina.
Guess what, I rewatched the trailer and even then, I had a good laugh, I’m definitely giving this one a miss.

I remembered feeling amazed at the quality of LDs.
I remembered the LD rental shop closed down and did not refund my deposit

Good to know there are people who remembers!! And sorry to hear that...

Helios 赤道 (2015)

Well, this is an interesting movie.

A collaboration between, China, HK and Korea.

The premise is what would Hong Kong and China do, to stop Hong Kong from being and underground arms dealing center.

Nuclear arms at that.

Script is ambitious.

Casting is good.

Everyone does their bit, the Koreans are the "action" heroes, and Chinese the intellectual and Hong Kee everything between!!

Not going to spoil this for you if you have not watch.

The ending is actually quite original!

My Two Sen

Still showing in some cinemas




3/5

I watched two old movies last few days -
Tom Clancy's Patriot Games and Clear & Present Danger
I thought I watched both before but then I realized I don't recall watching Patriot Games at all.

The PQ is not as good as current Blurays but the 5.1 tracks are ok. The opening theme music for Patriot Games is especially interesting and suspenseful. Further into the credits then realized its music by James Horner. No wonder.

Anyway enjoyed both even though it's dated. Harrison Ford, James Earl Jones and Samuel L Jackson look so young compare to now

This post has been edited by idoblu: Sep 13 2015, 11:02 AM

The Death of "Superman Lives": What Happened? (2015)

Well!

What a documentary.

I remember when this was announced, I went, Nicholas Cage??? SUPERMAN??!!?? Really?

I was a skeptic

That movie never got made.

As they were gearing up to shot it, Warner Brothers pulled the plug. Reason, during that period Warner's had a string of failure.

What Strings of failure?

Batman and Robin
Steel
Fire Down Below
Etc Etc...

So, the sacrificial lamb was this movie.

Now after watching this documentary and seeing what Tim Burton had planned, I would actually paid good money to watch this!!!

Man Of Steel actually took some concepts from this production.

Very informative documentary.

Watch it is you are a fan of Superman.

My Two Sen

I am holding my breath for 5.1

where u guys download or load these movie ?

just watched Avanger age of ultron,

It sq is so bad that i had to crank up my volume to -1 but still laid back..i wonder why?? My normal listening volume is -10 to -9..

This movie definitely wont be my reference to test sound..

What is your source? Mine is OK. My usual -20 still ok

28.2g bluray bdrx 1080p dts hd ma 7.1 ( Audio: English / DTS-HD Master Audio / 7.1 / 48 kHz / 4229 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)

This post has been edited by sherr127: Sep 14 2015, 07:50 PM