What was the last movie you watched?

CarryTheZero · February 18

SPEEDY MCCREADY said:

CarryTheZero said:

High Noon. I watched it with my dad years ago. Due for a rewatch.

Maybe I can due a Western series. Itching to do a rewatch of The Wild Bunch. Saw it on film at the Fox Theater in high school. Also would love to rewatch The Man with No Name trilogy, Tombstone, and let’s throw in Open Range for good measure.

My favorite Western

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

I need to watch that one.

While I’m at it, time to rewatch movies that are classic western inspirations, Yojimbo and Seven Samurai. Have my old Criterion dvds at home. Need to bust them out.

23scidoo · February 18

Spiritual_Chaos · February 18

Pans Labyrinth on 35mm

Spiritual_Chaos · February 18

CarryTheZero said:

SPEEDY MCCREADY said:

CarryTheZero said:

High Noon. I watched it with my dad years ago. Due for a rewatch.

Maybe I can due a Western series. Itching to do a rewatch of The Wild Bunch. Saw it on film at the Fox Theater in high school. Also would love to rewatch The Man with No Name trilogy, Tombstone, and let’s throw in Open Range for good measure.

My favorite Western

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

I need to watch that one.

While I’m at it, time to rewatch movies that are classic western inspirations, Yojimbo and Seven Samurai. Have my old Criterion dvds at home. Need to bust them out.

What about Last Man Standing

SPEEDY MCCREADY · February 18

HughFreakingDillon · February 18

Spiritual_Chaos said:

Pans Labyrinth on 35mm

you're always mentioning 35mm. what does that mean? and do you have a specific theatre near you that plays in that format?

Gern Blansten · February 18

CarryTheZero · February 18

Spiritual_Chaos said:

CarryTheZero said:

SPEEDY MCCREADY said:

CarryTheZero said:

High Noon. I watched it with my dad years ago. Due for a rewatch.

Maybe I can due a Western series. Itching to do a rewatch of The Wild Bunch. Saw it on film at the Fox Theater in high school. Also would love to rewatch The Man with No Name trilogy, Tombstone, and let’s throw in Open Range for good measure.

My favorite Western

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

I need to watch that one.

While I’m at it, time to rewatch movies that are classic western inspirations, Yojimbo and Seven Samurai. Have my old Criterion dvds at home. Need to bust them out.

What about Last Man Standing

Yes, that is another Western “rip off” or “homage” movie, with Bruce Willis. Haven’t seen that since the theater.

Interestingly enough, between Yojimbo, Fistful of Dollars, and Last Man Standing, it is Last Man that is actually closest to the “original inspiration” for all of these movies, Dashiell Hammet’s Red Harvest.

In that book, Hammet’s Pinkerton agent, the Continental Op, is sent to investigate some shady stuff in a small town, where he run’s afoul of two rival gangs that he plays against each other, until he’s found out, beaten near death, and then makes a return to defeat both.

As I read that book, I thought, wait, I thought Yojimbo was first! Then, I saw Last Man Standing and was struck by the similarities. Haven’t read Red Harvest in 25 years, so maybe I reread that as well.

CarryTheZero · February 18

HughFreakingDillon said:

Spiritual_Chaos said:

Pans Labyrinth on 35mm

you're always mentioning 35mm. what does that mean? and do you have a specific theatre near you that plays in that format?

He might be asleep in Sweden. 35mm is just watching a movie that is projected on film with actual film projectors vs. the typical digital projection seen today in almost all theaters.

Independent theaters or art house theaters will usually have the ability to project both 35 mm, 70 mm, and digital.

Since it is actual film, it’s like an old film strip in school (dating myself), still images run quickly across the light to stimulate actual motion.

The 35 or 70 mm measurement is the gauge (width) of the negative used to produce the images. 70 mm provides a higher quality image, especially for wider shots (think westerns).

However, one must be careful to take care of the film, as the prints can become scratched which will show on screen.

Movies on film also have to be placed on multiple reels (think multiple LPs) due to length. A burn mark occurs in the upper right corner to signal the projectionist to change the reels. (Watch Fight Club for an explanation of this. Then, don’t talk about Fight Club 😉).

Probably more than you asked for, but fun to talk about!

HughFreakingDillon · February 18

CarryTheZero said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

Spiritual_Chaos said:

Pans Labyrinth on 35mm

you're always mentioning 35mm. what does that mean? and do you have a specific theatre near you that plays in that format?

He might be asleep in Sweden. 35mm is just watching a movie that is projected on film with actual film projectors vs. the typical digital projection seen today in almost all theaters.

Independent theaters or art house theaters will usually have the ability to project both 35 mm, 70 mm, and digital.

Since it is actual film, it’s like an old film strip in school (dating myself), still images run quickly across the light to stimulate actual motion.

The 35 or 70 mm measurement is the gauge (width) of the negative used to produce the images. 70 mm provides a higher quality image, especially for wider shots (think westerns).

However, one must be careful to take care of the film, as the prints can become scratched which will show on screen.

Movies on film also have to be placed on multiple reels (think multiple LPs) due to length. A burn mark occurs in the upper right corner to signal the projectionist to change the reels. (Watch Fight Club for an explanation of this. Then, don’t talk about Fight Club 😉).

Probably more than you asked for, but fun to talk about!

no, that's great, thanks for all the info!

CarryTheZero · February 18

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Get_Right · February 18

SPEEDY MCCREADY said:

I thought this was a terrible movie. Well beneath Ralph and his talent as an actor.

SPEEDY MCCREADY · February 19

Get_Right said:

SPEEDY MCCREADY said:

I thought this was a terrible movie. Well beneath Ralph and his talent as an actor.

One man's filet, is another man's McDonald's. Hahaha

I liked it.
Didn't love it, but it entertained me for a couple hours.

xavier mcdaniel · February 19

Caught Marty on TCM the other night.

SPEEDY MCCREADY · February 19

xavier mcdaniel said:

Caught Marty on TCM the other night.

Just a fantastic movie. Such a simple, wonderful story.

xavier mcdaniel · February 19

SPEEDY MCCREADY said:

xavier mcdaniel said:

Caught Marty on TCM the other night.

Just a fantastic movie. Such a simple, wonderful story.

among the movies I will always watch if it's on and I'm not doing anything else at the moment.

Spiritual_Chaos · February 19

HughFreakingDillon said:

Spiritual_Chaos said:

Pans Labyrinth on 35mm

you're always mentioning 35mm. what does that mean? and do you have a specific theatre near you that plays in that format?

The Swedish Film Institute has an initiative, where they are showing older films - organized via different themes (like e.g. one this spring being "Guillermo Del Toro"). A number of these films are brought up from the national film archive and shown on original theatrical 35mm prints. Sadly, each season more and more of these films are shown on digital DCP copies instead - and sadly, while they in Stockholm at the Institutes own cinema get 100+ showings every season here in Gothenburg we are maybe getting a select 20 of them at a local art house cinema. So I'm trying to catch the prints I can being shown here.

I imagine your film institute might have something similar? Or a private arthouse cinema with a saved 35mm projector might show prints, if you live in a larger city?

PJ_Soul · February 19

SPEEDY MCCREADY said:

Get_Right said:

SPEEDY MCCREADY said:

I thought this was a terrible movie. Well beneath Ralph and his talent as an actor.

One man's filet, is another man's McDonald's. Hahaha

I liked it.
Didn't love it, but it entertained me for a couple hours.

And I'll go one more, and say I loved it. The dark humor, especially with the foodie douchebag, had me laughing, and the casual killing was delightful, lol. I watched it twice.

Spiritual_Chaos · February 19

Watched half of Who happened to shoot the man they call Liberty Valance... and it's weird seeing PIECE OF SHIT John Wayne charm the stage of overrated-and-always-hysterically-screamy James Stewart.

HughFreakingDillon · February 19

Spiritual_Chaos said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

Spiritual_Chaos said:

Pans Labyrinth on 35mm

you're always mentioning 35mm. what does that mean? and do you have a specific theatre near you that plays in that format?

The Swedish Film Institute has an initiative, where they are showing older films - organized via different themes (like e.g. one this spring being "Guillermo Del Toro"). A number of these films are brought up from the national film archive and shown on original theatrical 35mm prints. Sadly, each season more and more of these films are shown on digital DCP copies instead - and sadly, while they in Stockholm at the Institutes own cinema get 100+ showings every season here in Gothenburg we are maybe getting a select 20 of them at a local art house cinema. So I'm trying to catch the prints I can being shown here.

I imagine your film institute might have something similar? Or a private arthouse cinema with a saved 35mm projector might show prints, if you live in a larger city?

This is the only “arthouse” I know of in Winnipeg. Doesn’t mention anything about older formats.

https://davebarbercinematheque.com/

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