What movie did you watch last night? (14 Viewers)

[Cornu Ammonis]

The Return of the King. Fucking pinnacle of movie making.

“Arise, Riders of Theoden! Spears shall be shaken, shields shall be splintered! A sword day... a red day... ere the sun rises!”

*punches air*

 

[bogmanfan]

Went to Alien and Aliens in the cinema at the weekend. Such a brilliant pair of movies - shame about all the increasingly rubbish ones that came after.

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

Went to Alien and Aliens in the cinema at the weekend. Such a brilliant pair of movies - shame about all the increasingly rubbish ones that came after.

I have time for Alien3 but it’s nowhere near as good as the first two.

 

[David Kronenbourg]

Yea 3’s decent

Big fan of Prometheus over here

Covenant wasn’t bad either

 

[Unicron]

Yea 3’s decent

Big fan of Prometheus over here

Covenant wasn’t bad either

The first Fassbender one I liked.

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

Yea 3’s decent

Big fan of Prometheus over here

Covenant wasn’t bad either

Prometheus looked beautiful, and had a couple of good performers in it who carried everyone else but the plot was daft and the supporting characters were so shit that they undid most of the good work Rapace and Fassbender did.

Covenant is a bit of a non-entity but deserves credit because that scene in the field where the Xenomorphs bolt out of the darkness is deadly.

 

[Deadmanposting]

All Alien films are good actually

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

All Alien films are good actually

I haven’t seen Alien Resurrection since the days of VHS. Alien Vs Predator has a terrific build-up but then shits the bed. AVP2: The Transformers was beyond shit.

Has anyone read William Gibson’s alternate screenplay for Alien3? It’s meant to be good.

 

[Cormcolash]

Went to Alien and Aliens in the cinema at the weekend. Such a brilliant pair of movies - shame about all the increasingly rubbish ones that came after.

Going on Wednesday, IT'S GAME OVER MAN!!!

 

[Cormcolash]

Saw Nicholas Cage as Dracula the other day. Good craic, entertaining film. It's total B movie kind of schlock, but naturally there's a masterful performance from The Prince Of Darkness himself, and there's also a couple of great action fight scenes that are very amusing and feature at least 1 really funny death.
Is this a good film? No.
Is this good craic and pretty funny and Cage is amazing? Aye.

 

[seanc]

Went to Alien and Aliens in the cinema at the weekend. Such a brilliant pair of movies - shame about all the increasingly rubbish ones that came after.

Where was this? They're doing the same double bill thing in the cinema near me. That's hardly a coincidence?

 

[Nate Champion]

Where was this? They're doing the same double bill thing in the cinema near me. That's hardly a coincidence?

It's on in the Lighthouse.

I'd imagine Alien/Aliens is on the whole time in London in places like the Prince Charles.

No exciting details on the print.. so just standard 2K... even 4K gets screamed from the rooftop these days. And if it's a film print, the cinema would probably rent a blimp coasting across the sky announcing the fact...

Raging Bull 4k which was out recently looked great, but Cries & Whispers and Mike Leigh's Naked have been the best 4k prints I've seen in the last few years. That Cries & Whispers 4k print - wowser.

 

[seanc]

Ah here you go:

"April 26th marks a special date on the sci-fi movie calendar: Alien Day. It lines up with the fateful planet LV-426 from which the terrifying Alien mythology sprang"

Aliens: 26 facts about the movie to celebrate Alien Day 4/26

Stay frosty and alert with the following fun facts about James Cameron's Aliens to get you locked and loaded for the big-screen return of a sci-fi masterpiece.

www.cineworld.co.uk

 

[David Kronenbourg]

All Alien films are good actually

It's a good mythology. Plenty of scope

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

It's a good mythology. Plenty of scope

There’s an Alien RPG that looks great but you’d need people to play seriously for it to work properly.

Fria Ligan | ALIEN

freeleaguepublishing.com

 

[bogmanfan]

Where was this? They're doing the same double bill thing in the cinema near me. That's hardly a coincidence?

VUE in Liffey Valley were showing both last weekend

 

[seanc]

Well, I was going to go tomorrow, the nearest cinema is a fancy one, which I've never been to. It's not unlike the Lighthouse.
Unfortunately, sporty work beckons. I won't be able to leave until after the game(s) over man, game(s) over.

 

[GO]

Alien ... Great, although the alien was looking a bit rubbery at this stage.

Aliens ... Fantastic!

 

[Cormcolash]

Well maybe we got em demoralised!!

 

[David Kronenbourg]

Alien ... Great, although the alien was looking a bit rubbery at this stage.

Aliens ... Fantastic!

Greatest thing Ridley ever did was largely keeping the Alien out of sight for most of the movie. There’s only about 3 or 4 shots where it’s clearly a man in a rubber suit iirc?