Recently watched movies!

[jellydonut25]

I'm in the middle of Birdemic right now, and I honestly don't know if I can even enjoy this movie on an ironic level...this is a movie that i don't think can be enjoyed watching alone. i think you NEED to be with a group, mocking it, and probably under the influence of something legal or illegal.

[MouthForWar]

[Dr Kain]

[jellydonut25]

Oldboy - I hadn't seen this movie in YEARS....amazing film. Absolutely AMAZING.

[jellydonut25]

Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance - the ending of this movie is what makes it...but it's really just kinda...fine. Not really good, not really bad. Lots of issues with logic (or illogic) stuff, and just not the most tightly knit plot. Really slow to start too.

The emotion is there. The gravity is there. The signature deadpan Park humor is there (speaking of which, I may enjoy Thirst more on a second-viewing now that I know to expect it in a Park film). But the pacing seems off, the characters do some things at various points that I find difficult to believe, and I had some issues with the way it was executed and certain bits of exposition were done.

[MouthForWar]

I love Mr Vengeance.

Its like the Coen Bros going ultra-black.

[jellydonut25]

[jellydonut25]

[MouthForWar]

I dig Lady Vengeance, but I think its a little lower on my Park-o-meter.

My ordering, from what I've seen:

Oldboy
Thirst
Mr Vengeance
Stoker
Lady Vengeance
Cut (his segment of 3 Extremes)
Cyborg

But I do think all of the above are very well done films... I'm a big fan. I still need to check out Joint Security Area, which is supposed to be one of his best. He also did two features before that but I don't think they've been released Stateside.

[jellydonut25]

[MekaGojira3k]

Watched Jurassic Park, for the first time on the big screen.
I enjoyed it. It's not without its flaws, but it's still easily the best of the trilogy, and it makes me slightly excited to see what they manage for JP4.

[canofhumdingers]

Jurassic Park (1993) - also saw this in the theater tonight. It makes me feel old to realize that I saw this on initial release at the tender age of 10 (my first real PG-13 movie!).... TWENTY YEARS AGO. Dang.

Saw it in Real-D 3D XD (is that enough "D's" yet?). XD is Cinemark Theaters' in-house IMAX clone. As far as I can recall this is the first ever 3D post conversion I've seen and I must say I was wary with trepidation, but I really wanted to see it on a ridiculously huge screen so I took the chance...

I must say, overall, I was actually quite impressed. I'm generally not a big fan of 3d to begin with but I can enjoy it as a gimmick from time to time and this was quite a fun film to have that gimmick experience. Some shots really looked amazing with the new added depth. That scene where the pull up the hill in the jeep to see a dinosaur for the very first time and then show the expanse with the lake and all the other dinos was particularly striking. And several key shots of the T-Rex, especially where he roars right at the camera, were spectacular.

But not everything was perfect. The biggest issues were really just a result of this film not being framed and photographed with 3d in mind. Speilberg loves to do really interesting compositions on the close ups that tend to be very Kurosawa-esque with things out of focus in the foreground of the shot. This does NOT translate well in 3d conversion as you end up with a bunch of close ups with big ugly blurry foreground objects RIGHT IN YOUR FACE!!!! distracting from the otherwise nice shot. Other issues that stuck out were the reflections on glass (again, especially in the close ups on faces through car windows) and lens flares often looked odd and like they were floating in the wrong plane of space.

As for the Xd theater, it was pretty cool. The screen was huge (not as big as a real IMAX, and in a more theatrical 1.85 to 1 ratio - cant compare it to a digital "LIE-MAX" as I've never been to one). The sound was great. The projection was pretty good for digital. Online I've read differing reports on whether its a 2 or 4K projector. All I know is I did see some aliasing. It was VERY minor (the thin curving edge of sunglasses rims) but it was there. There was also one shot in the whole movie where I saw compression artifacts. S not perfect, but still a nice experience over all.

In the end I'm glad I saw it in 3d on the ridiculous giganto screen. It was a ton of fun, the fx still held up great and seeing Stan Winston's monsters so big an detailed was an absolute treat! It was also fun that there were a BUNCH of families with boys in the age range of 10 to 12ish all seeing it for the very first time ever. Hearing their reactions of terror and delight throughout the film made it all the more enjoyable and provided a little trip down memory lane from the first time I saw it way back when...

[klen7]

[Dr Kain]

[jellydonut25]

[MekaGojira3k]

[Dr Kain]

[Destroysall]

[MouthForWar]

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[Dr Kain]

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