General Movie (Film for snobs) News Thread

[Onyx2]

1 hour ago, Weezenal said:

I got two rear speakers for Sonos Beam for birthday. Any recommendations to test out surround Dolby Atmos? Tried the new Blade Runner, Dune, West Side Story and Scott Pilgrim with Atmos so far. 

My go-to is always the Khazad-Dum / Moria sequence from towards the end of Fellowship of the Ring ("you shall not pass!") . You have arrows whistling past, an echoey mine full of chittering goblins, the Gandalf / Balrog fight occupies just about every space on your graphic equliazer and it's just good fun. 

Edited November 19, 2022 by Onyx2

[Hannibal Scorch]

Speed Racer is a good one for a surround sound set up. Although I don’t like them, Nolan’s films are always good for surround sound, especially Dunkirk (just don’t forget to put the subtitles on).  I saw Nope in IMAX and the sound made a much bigger impact then watching it again at home. Also A Quiet Place is a good one for surround sound as well.

[Devon Malcolm]

On 11/6/2022 at 6:32 PM, Devon Malcolm said:

Amazon's BFI Player channel is £0.99 for the next 3 months if you subscribe before November 20th, great value if you like arthouse foreign stuff especially.

They are doing the same offer with Shudder too, until November 25th.

[Hannibal Scorch]

Look, I know we’ve been burned before but…

 

 

Take my money

[SuperBacon]

Sight and Sound have done their top 100 again, its been ten years and there is a new champ.

I'll assume only @Devon Malcolm has seen the number one, but I think I'm going to make watching them all my 2023 project. 

https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/greatest-films-all-time

Polls are, as we know, very silly but I always enjoy seeing this one.

[Weezenal]

I actually got the chance to vote for this, only one of my choices made top 10. Only seen 4 of top 10.

Full list on Letterboxd for anyone interested.

https://boxd.it/jlyNq

[Onyx2]

24 minutes ago, SuperBacon said:

I'll assume only @Devon Malcolm has seen the number one, but I think I'm going to make watching them all my 2023 project. 

I've never even heard of the number one. 

[SuperBacon]

9 minutes ago, Onyx2 said:

I've never even heard of the number one. 

I bet its not as good as Hot Rod!!!

[Weezenal]

Did we ever have a UKFF Top 100 films? 

[Onyx2]

1 minute ago, Weezenal said:

Did we ever have a UKFF Top 100 films? 

The man plays with fire. 

https://ukff.com/topic/129065-the-ukffs-50-favourite-films-2012-the-results/

[SuperBacon]

19 minutes ago, Onyx2 said:

The man plays with fire. 

https://ukff.com/topic/129065-the-ukffs-50-favourite-films-2012-the-results/

10 years since this, and 10 years since the last Sight & Sound poll...

It's almost like it's meant to be.

[Hannibal Scorch]

57 minutes ago, Onyx2 said:

I've never even heard of the number one. 

Citizen Kane as number 2 tells you everything you need to know about this list. Pretentious bollocks. Where is Paddington 2?

Edited December 1, 2022 by Hannibal Scorch

[Loki]

On 11/19/2022 at 11:03 AM, Weezenal said:

I got two rear speakers for Sonos Beam for birthday. Any recommendations to test out surround Dolby Atmos? Tried the new Blade Runner, Dune, West Side Story and Scott Pilgrim with Atmos so far. 

Master And Commander - some of the best audio I've ever heard in a movie, and the surround mixing during the battles is second to none.

[Keith Houchen]

12 hours ago, Hannibal Scorch said:

Citizen Kane as number 2 tells you everything you need to know about this list.

It tells me you didn’t read it as it’s at number 3. 

[Hannibal Scorch]

5 minutes ago, Keith Houchen said:

It tells me you didn’t read it as it’s at number 3. 

My thoughts on Citizen Kane being overrated shite then fed into the numerical error displayed. Vertigo is better though.