superflyninja wrote:

Im not finished Stowaway yet but I have to say I thought they did the launch pretty well. I got a real feeling of claustrophobia watching it. Same with them on the larger ship, felt so damn tight in there.  Uuugh.

Yeah that bit was good, but where I felt it dropped the ball in the special effects department was the space walk bit. Remember 2010 where the two astronauts are having to traverse on to this massive rotating space hulk? The sense of vertigo you got watching that was just immense - god knows what it must have felt like in the cinema. But I just didn't get that same sense of dread when watching this latter-day spacewalk. They certainly didn't have Gravity's special effects budget either.

2010 was a very fine film. Watched it a couple of times - I think I must have recorded it on tape.

Yes. I said tape.

Took delivery of a region free BluRay player yesterday. Looking at a few US Criterion releases.

Blocks100 wrote:

superflyninja wrote:

Im not finished Stowaway yet but I have to say I thought they did the launch pretty well. I got a real feeling of claustrophobia watching it. Same with them on the larger ship, felt so damn tight in there.  Uuugh.

Yeah that bit was good, but where I felt it dropped the ball in the special effects department was the space walk bit. Remember 2010 where the two astronauts are having to traverse on to this massive rotating space hulk? The sense of vertigo you got watching that was just immense - god knows what it must have felt like in the cinema. But I just didn't get that same sense of dread when watching this latter-day spacewalk. They certainly didn't have Gravity's special effects budget either.

Cant remmber the 2010 spacewalk. Im waiting on my new tv (hopefully delivered today) to rewatch some classics like 2001,2010, LOTR etc. 
I finished Stowaway and I have to disagree. My head was reeling at the space walk.  I think it was partially the spinning background of space that contributed. There was a shot of Dr Death leaning over the side of the rocket and it was just...uuuugh.

The film itself though was hugely disappointing. The story revealed very little and was ultimately kinda pointless. Did we ever find out why the Stowaway...stowed away?

hylian_elf wrote:

davyK wrote:

Took delivery of a region free BluRay player yesterday. Looking at a few US Criterion releases.

Nice.  I have a bit of a collection of US discs from before UK Criterion was a thing.  Haven't bought any US discs in ages due to the costs though, instead choosing to wait for UK releases.  Some just don't get released here though, so I'll just have to bite the bullet and import.

Aye. Have a hankering for Criterion BluRay of Fanny and Alexander which is stubbornly US only. 1954 Godzilla is another.

£3.50 to rent on Amazon etc.

Love Pitch Meeting.  Watchmen was one of the best.  I know someone who'd never watched any because they were freaked out by the big eyes.

Sought it out, enjoyed it, but then noticed one for Ready Player One which was even better.

jdanielp wrote:

Little Franklin wrote:

Love Pitch Meeting.  Watchmen was one of the best.  I know someone who'd never watched any because they were freaked out by the big eyes.

I will seek it out.

As will I!!

jdanielp wrote:

superflyninja wrote:

jdanielp wrote:

Little Franklin wrote:

Love Pitch Meeting.  Watchmen was one of the best.  I know someone who'd never watched any because they were freaked out by the big eyes.

I will seek it out.

As will I!!

It was super easy, barely an inconvenience!

Huzzah!!!!  Onward ho!

Great film.

There's a bonkers Bergman collection boxset on something like 30 BluRays.....£250-£300.

I'd be better just going for a handful of my favourites before committing to that though. However I haven't seen a Bergman I didn't like. I watched quite a few when I had a free MUBI trial.

Saw someone snaffle it from the Criterion closet - I keep watching those videos - good for building up a to watch list.

There's a sweet looking Zatoichi set too. I've only ever watched one of those - was a modern one. Excellent fun.

2003 one? With the splendid dance scene at the end?  Great stuff.

Happy birthday!

Cheers Chaps.