Admittedly it's not as good as Ultravixens, but it's far from shit.

Up is the only Pixar movie I've liked. Wall-E was bloody terrible.

After reading this months Empire, I got The Day After as it looked like a cracking disaster movie

Wasn't disappointed. Reassuringly bleak, Great cast including John Lithgow and a pre Police Academy Steve(n) Guttenberg

Shows the story of what would happen if 'the bomb' was ever launched in an actual war and the aftermath of cloudburst nuclear attacks in Lawrence, Kansas and surrounding areas. For its version of thermonuclear war it started with tensions in East Germany and escalated there. It's directed by Nicholas Meyer of Star Trek II/VI fame.

Okay, the effects dont hold up nearly 30 years later, but still a good watch and a dramatization of what happens when life is plunged into the dark ages and people die of radiation sickness and fall out is superb.

Made For TV, but apparently strong enough to get President Regan to start thinking about disarmament Fascinating.


I got 'Threads' to watch next as well

Was at the cinema the other day and watched Jackboots on Whitehall... what a great comedy... i would have recommended it to anybody but don't think it's at cinemas anymore. If you liked Team America you would actually love this.

So today I watched Sword and The Scorcerer. I first saw this when I was about 13, and loved it. And what's not to love? Heroes with triple bladed swords, monsters doing needlessly gorey things, and boobs. It's a shame some of the optical special effects haven't aged well, as the prosthetic work still looks pretty good.

Buried - In fairness, I did enjoy the claustrophobia of the flick, and I haven't been that wound up and tense through celluloid in a long time,

Day: Yesterday
Time: Evening
Company: The good lady and I
Film: Alice in Wonderland
Rating: 4 stars
Comments: Really enjoyable film. Bought it along with UP (soon to be watched) in the Disney 2 for £15 deal and was not disappointed.

Cars is incredible. Even better than Toy Story. The attention to detail is astounding. I love everything about it.

I watched From Paris with love last night.
Wasn't expecting too much as I knew it was a French production and I'm not really into French style action films (Transporter, Leon etc). Also the main star is John Travolta and he's really hit and miss for me, loved him in Pulp Fiction and especially Face/Off (not easy keeping up with Nicolas Cage). I thought it was really good though, the plot was fast and simple which is how I like my action films Johnathan Rhys Myers was fine in his role but Travolta was awesome, the character was well written but he played it to perfection, he was a proper tough psycho and he really pulled it off, I loved him in it and I'd gladly watch him play that character again.

The first half of Wall-E was quite good.

Toy Story 3. It was alright. Don't know why people cried at the end though.

Saw The Social Network yesterday, have to say it gave a very interesting insight into the whole Social Networking phenomenon of the 2000's.

Very good, respectful performances from all the cast, and yes im including Justin Timberlake in that in is part as the Napster founder.

The first fifteen minutes or so, where he's still on Earth, are every bit as amazing as all the hype. Then it becomes a dull, generic kiddies movie and instantly drops 3 ratings stars.

Watched Napoleon Dynamite last night. I can confidently say that this film is the Citizen Kane of our generation. 5*, 10/10. Excellent from top to bottom.

Seriously?

Piss poor acting, totally unfunny, possibly one of the worst movies I have ever seen.

-5 Stars. -10/10.

Why would I not be serious?

If that's your opinion of the film then fair enough, but you're wrong.

First of all, Citizen Kane is a classic, Napoleon Dynamite is not and shouldn't even be considered anything like one whether you enjoy it or not.

Secondly, it is shit, it really is.

I have to agree. Napolean Dynamite is just random nothingness and it bored me to tears. About as funny as The Anchorman which, to be fair, did make me laugh once.

I love Napoleon Dynamite, probably my favourite comedy film.

Just watched Damage with Steve Austin. As has already been said in this thread, it was surprisingly good.

Napolean Dynamite is a movie that will split opinion, i'll be honest in that the first time i saw it my reaction was 'what the fuck!?' but on repeated viewings it just gets funnier and funnier. I love it, but i can see why people don't like it.

In honesty I was just teasing earlier (it's obviously not Citizen Kane). I do love it however and I was the same as you Ebb. I didn't get it at first, but then the next few watches I totally got it. It's very subtle.

And you wonder why people struggle to take your opinions seriously. Good grief.

The first of my new batch of DVDs has arrived - Lone Wolf McQuade! It's meant to be Chuck Norris' best film. I hope so, as to be honest the couple I've seen so far were really poor, and I want to feel I've given him a chance.

Day: Yesterday
Time: Evening
Company: I and I alone
Film: Transformers: The Movie
Rating: 29 stars
Comments: Bah weep granah weep ninni bong. There is something totally ingrained into my being from this film. Anyone who connected with this as a child knows the power it has. Great soundtrack, better animation than the series and a cracking story. To heck with the CGI version, this is what Transformers...no... this is what LIFE!! is all about. Wins on all levels!!

I would agree with that as long as it's the UK cut and not the American version. The US version really spoilt my enjoyment of the film, having no voice over, some sub Superman effects on the credits, Spike swearing, and a few other grumbles.

hey ho

Of course it was the UK version! If I had a player still, it woulda been the VHS!

There is Iam pretty certain a TV edit floating about, Ive got either a BBC/ Sky showing of it from about 1990 and that has differences again.

Its been released and chopped up so many times though that it beggars belief.. 4/5 different releases with different companies over less than a decade.. insanity

Collectors 2 disk Edition.

As sad as it sounds, I have 4 versions of the DVD. (I think 4...) If this is the 2 disc that came in the steel box, I agree it's fantastic as I think it's the one where you don't have to jiggle with the sound to get rid of the shitty new sound effects.

Whoever thought that was a good idea needs to be shot multiple times with guns that make the wrong noises.

Steel box, with a moody, shadowy pic of Prime on the front, and has a commentary track by Super fan pointing out all the continuity errors, and where Snarl's lone appearance in the film is.

I've also got one of the Cheapo DVD versions with no extras, and the VHS version.

This un?




Ive also got these on VHS along with the tv broadcast version





And on DVD

The Ultimate Edition above

and



Is that enough?

not got the remastered ( reconstructed one) or the single disc special edition or the other vanilla release

I think I bought my lad that from Netto for £1 about 2 years ago.

Fucking hell I may actually have more than 4... I also have a cheapy one that was a gift and the first edition that they released on DVD which is 20th anniversary I think?

The only Others I can think of are

Reconstructed




Special Edition (single disc of the Ultimate version)




Vanilla Edition Mk 2




and this Region 1 25th Anniversary edition (our Ultimate Edition if you will)

I need to have a look at my collection and count how many I have... However this is the one I got first -

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It's the VHS cover on a DVD. That's 100% win right there!

That's the first version I got on DVD


That's the VHS cover I've got, although if memory serves, the border is purple.

I believe so. Also when you look at the covers this link, it's painfully obvious that the UK VHS had the best covers in all the whole wide world!!

Ive got these from that site






and a few others not listed


Happy days

Here's my complete TFM collection so far in order of purchase. 3 VHS, 8 DVD, 1 UMD and 1 Blu Ray.



I plan to get the newly released Australian Blu Ray shortly. The covers awesome and its the most definitive edition yet as it has the features from the Ultimate Edition DVD where as the UK Blu is Vanilla.

Am I the only one wondering what the point in having over 10 copies of the same film is?

No you're really not. I love TFM but even i think that's dumber than a bag of wet mice.

13 to be precise. Well originally it was simply to get the best version. Obviously I wanted a DVD rather than a VHS and then in turn better versions were released on DVD. Now I just like collecting the film. I collect DVDs as it is and this is easily my favourite film. I have no intention of buying a PSP but have the UMD, I figure I'll borrow a mates and watch it one day. From different artwork to different specs they are all different. Plus you can NEVER have enough Transformers The Movie.

Nope!

I won't even buy a directors cut or special edition if I already own the film.

Would rather buy something else than buying something I already own except a few edits, added scenes or special features.

Thing is with TF the movie there are several different versions of the film flying about and the edits added scenes etc are exactly what the differences are.

Out of all the DVD's listed at most 3 versions of the movie are the same.. due to cutting widescreen re mastering or whatever..

I'm a fan of Transformers. They make each one seem like it's different...

I have bought the UMD (I have a PSP and like movies on the go!) as well as a couple of versions of the DVD however I have received a number of copies as gifts.

It's strange but to me it doesn't seem like a big deal, but I view people who buy each and every years game in a series (FIFA, SvR, ProEV) as strange, so it's a similar thing I guess.

what if a directors cut is seen to be the superior film?

not so bad these days anyways, most films come with all versions included on a disk.

Watched Threads over the weekend

Required viewing about a Nuclear attack, bleaker than anything Ive seen on TV/Film for aeons.

Made in 1984 and for BBC originally, some of the effects are well, you'll see, but the actual story line is more like the docudramas you see of today like Vesuvius etc, following the lifes and paths of a couple of people in a bigger picture before the impending doom takes over

Utterly brilliant, will probably be more pertinent to those who were alive when the nuclear threat was 'greater', living not a million miles away from one of the biggest USAF airbases during the whole kit and caboodle didnt help things, vaguely remember us having a nuclear drill at school, not like it would matter

Recommend this to every one to watch.

i saw Threads years ago, horrible movie to watch (not as in bad)...i'd love to have been old enough to remember it when it first aired, caused outrage back in the day.

I actually got reminded of it through this months Empire Magazine, there's a piece in there about the The Day After, which is basically like an American version of Threads (Threads has its own little side piece in the article). I have The Day After on DVD, i bought it years ago in MVC not long after watching Threads...never got around to watching it. The article reminded me of it, and i'll watch it in the next couple of weeks, ill wait until im ready to have a day ruined.

Great minds again

watched Little Miss Sunshine again last night, loved it. Such a weird, quirkly, depressing little comedy. Basically a very dysfunctional family travel across America to a beauty pageant. Brilliant ensemble cast, there's not a duff performance in the film. It's a movie that i can watch over and over based on the actors, lots of subtle touches you won't notice on first viewings. If anyones a fan of performances its something you need to see. I can imagine a few people seeing Steve Carell on the cover and expect The 40 Year Old Virgin, it might make people dislike the movie because you wont get what you expect, but i still recommend it.