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Members' Lounge => Music, TV, Radio & The Arts => Topic started by: Ian on October 19, 2016, 07:14:06 am
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From South Pacific to Metropolis the film industry has given us a great deal. But what's your list of all time favourite films?
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I'm a Sci Fi enthusiast so for me Kubrick's 2001 probably heads the list as one of the best films ever made, with 2010, the Star Wars saga and the various Star Trek films coming into the list.
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As a life long Trekkie myself, I too always looked forward to their release.
The first 3 were excellent, but I've been disappointed with them ever since, and that's a heck of a lot of films.
I must be an old romantic, but the great films for me include 'White Christmas', 'The King and I' and 'My Fair Lady'
Oh, and I love all the old Hammer Horror classics.
One thing about films of the last 20 years or so, I can't sit through them because I can't actually HEAR them.
The dialogue is frequently mumbled, spoken in indistinguishable whispers and more often than not is drowned out by booming sound effects or intrusive incidental music.
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Action - anything (except those awful Kill Bill films) by Tarantino
Comedy - This is Spinal Tap
Western - Gotta be Clint - early Clint preferably.
The worst type of films I find are invariably TV spin offs. I've not seen your Star Trek so can't comment but
I can't think of a good one I have seen - Bilko, Dad's Army, The Inbetweeners, Alan Partridge, Starsky and Hutch even the Simpsons. All Rubbish.
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Like you Fester, I'm sick and tired of the dialogue in films and TV programs being drowned out by the background so called music, I don't know why they think it enhances the the experience, most of it is bloody awful, sometimes just single notes on a piano aaaasgggghhh. ¢¢## $elvis$
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Not to mention those films that are so darkly lit, you mlght as well listen to the radio.......
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Turn it up & take your sunglasses off! 8)
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Bought myself a 'Sound Bar', (about £129 from Currys or whatever it's called these days)...it really boosts the volume and sound quality of my telly.
But as far as films go, it doesn't really address the audio problem.
The louder it is, the more the sub-whoofer booms, the more distracting the overall effect is.
My wife spends 75% of every film answering my constant question, 'what did he just say?'
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We have a separates sound system: JBL active sub, 4 x Tannoy L and R column speakers, 2 x JBL Rear effects speakers and a Cambridge audio centre channel, all controlled by a Pioneer VSX 921 amp. Because the amp is controlled in turn by an iPad app, I can tweak the audio for any show to suit the room and listeners.
What that does show however, is that rarely are two films mixed exactly the same. We have most films on a media server, so they should be roughly equal in mixing terms, but they're far from it. I often have to tweak the centre channel so we can hear the muttered dialogue, or tweak the Tannoys and JBLs to reduce the effects.
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Are you sure Fes.or should that be 75% what did she say and the other 25% what did he say?
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I'm a Sci Fi enthusiast so for me Kubrick's 2001 probably heads the list as one of the best films ever made, with 2010, the Star Wars saga and the various Star Trek films coming into the list.
I think Kubrick is fantastic too. The Shining is one of my favourite films.
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Saw a great film the other day: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. Great acting and an unpredictable story. And anything with Woody Harrelson in it is a winner, in my book. $good$
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jan/14/three-billboards-outside-ebbing-missouri-review-frances-mcdormand (https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jan/14/three-billboards-outside-ebbing-missouri-review-frances-mcdormand)
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We watched ‘Bad times at the El Royale’ last weekend. A very good thriller, somewhat reminiscent of a Tarantino film but without the gore. $good$
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Looking at the release of some films, I noticed this write up........ scary or bad taste and hopefully fiction............
Songbird
2023, the COVID-23 virus has mutated and the world is in its fourth year of lockdown. Immune to the virus, a brave courier races against time to save the woman he loves from a quarantine camp. Starring KJ Apa, Sofia Carson, Alexandra Daddario and Demi Moore.
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A bit of good news for a change.
La La Land movie studio reveals plan for new £700m UK film and TV complex with 4,500 jobs
Development will be the first outside the US for Sunshine Studios, who hosted box office hits like La La Land
A £700million film and TV studio complex to be built in Hertfordshire will create more than 4,500 jobs.
The Sunshine Studios development in Broxbourne has been announced by global investor Blackstone and real estate giant Hudson Pacific Properties.
It will be the first Sunset Studios operation outside of the US, where it has four studios that have hosted major box office hits including When Harry Met Sally, La La Land and numerous Academy Award-winning films.
Blackstone and Hudson Pacific have acquired a 91-acre site, 17 miles north of central London, through a joint venture for £120m.
The companies said the total investment in the project, which will create more than 4,500 permanent jobs, is expected to be in excess of £700m including the land purchase.
cont https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/la-la-land-movie-studio-21200964?IYA-mail=a05105fc-304d-4c50-9807-edab51f779a4 (https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/la-la-land-movie-studio-21200964?IYA-mail=a05105fc-304d-4c50-9807-edab51f779a4)
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Daniel Craig's Welsh links revealed as his last Bond movie, No Time to Die finally hits cinema screens
The Hollywood star's family have North Wales roots
007 actor Daniel Craig maybe regarded as a quintessentially English actor but he very much comes from Welsh stock from both sides of his family.
Although he was born in Chester in 1968 and grew up on the Wirral, he is the son of Carol Williams, an art teacher and Timothy Craig, who later became the landlord of two pubs in Cheshire.
The grandfather of Craig, currently playing 007 for the last time in No Time to Die, was William John Gartland Craig, a grocer and a World War IIlieutenant-colonel who lived in Colwyn Bay.
And Craig’s paternal grandmother, Rosalinde Craig, came from Llandudno, and it's understood they moved to North Wales in the 1930s. Their son Timothy Craig was born in a maternity home in Colwyn Bay. Daniel’s father was brought up in a cottage, in Gronant, near Prestatyn.
cont https://www.dailypost.co.uk/whats-on/film-news/daniel-craigs-welsh-links-revealed-21721704 (https://www.dailypost.co.uk/whats-on/film-news/daniel-craigs-welsh-links-revealed-21721704)
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And he's not the first; Timothy Dalton was born in Colwyn Bay.
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15 unforgettable films shot in North Wales throughout the years
North Wales has welcomed stars such as Angelina Jolie, Demi Moore and Colin Firth
We all know North Wales is a beautiful part of the world - so it's no surprise when major film productions and Hollywood stars are spotted on our shores, towns and cities.
Over the decades, movie crews have headed to North Wales to shoot their latest projects, featuring some of our historic streets, iconic buildings and known tourist attractions.
In the last few years alone, we have welcomed stars such as Angelina Jolie, Demi Moore and Colin Firth and many people caught a glimpse behind the scenes of numerous films before they hit the big screen.
cont https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/nostalgia/15-unforgettable-films-shot-north-21868622?IYA-reg=a05105fc-304d-4c50-9807-edab51f779a4 (https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/nostalgia/15-unforgettable-films-shot-north-21868622?IYA-reg=a05105fc-304d-4c50-9807-edab51f779a4)
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Ingrid Bergaman ffilming The Inn of the Sixth Happiness in Snowdonia in 1958
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The 12 films we're most excited to see in 2022
From comic book heroes and family favourites to edge-of-seat thrillers and supernatural terrors there's something for everyone coming up
In a twist no Hollywood screenwriter saw coming Covid has changed the way we watch movies.
For the last year or so many of the big new releases have been available to stream at home with the popularity of on-demand rentals rising as the pandemic shut down more and more picture houses across the globe.
But, with lifting restrictions finally allowing cinema to make a come back, here are some of the best films 2022 has to offer – all of which can again be watched on the big screen as their makers intended.
cont https://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/film-news/film-movie-releases-2022-batman-22312306?IYA-mail=a05105fc-304d-4c50-9807-edab51f779a4 (https://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/film-news/film-movie-releases-2022-batman-22312306?IYA-mail=a05105fc-304d-4c50-9807-edab51f779a4)
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Forget LA ? it?s British film studios that are in demand
Like it or loathe it, the Barbie movie has been the cinematic blockbuster of the year, taking more than $1.38bn (?1.1bn) at the box office so far.
The film, made with a reported budget of $145m, was produced by the US entertainment giant Warner Bros. But much of it was actually shot in the UK.
Barbie's pink paradise, Barbieland, was designed to look like a toytown California. But the set was built at Warner Bros studios in Leavesden, Hertfordshire.
The movie is one of a growing number of film and high-end TV projects to be wholly or partially produced in this country.
According to the British Film Institute (BFI), spending on such productions reached a record ?6.27bn last year, with most of that money coming from overseas.
cont https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66841602
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I watched the film Sherlock Holmes A game of shadows the other night, and noticed a sequence of the Waverley crossing the channel
link https://www.imdb.com/video/vi1860541977/?ref_=tt_vi_i_1
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Ex-Bangor student from Llandudno has his film launched on Amazon Prime
AN EERIE horror film, directed by a former Bangor student originally from Llandudno, has appeared on Amazon Prime in time for Halloween.
?Shepherd?, by Russell Owen, was Mark Kermode?s film of the week and New York Times? Critics Pick when it hit cinemas last year.
The creepy thriller centres on Eric Black who, haunted by the mysterious death of his wife, chooses a life of isolation on a remote Scottish island.
After taking a job looking after 600 sheep, Eric (played by Tom Hughes) meets a vengeful supernatural force and fears he is losing his mind as his nightmarish hallucinations intensify.
cont https://www.northwalespioneer.co.uk/news/23881439.ex-bangor-student-llandudno-film-launched-amazon-prime/?ref=rss&IYA-reg=49560bcd-5a9c-47f0-8fc5-ba2e71710589
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A SHORT film shot in Llandudno last year has celebrated hitting screens for the first time.
Sharks in Colwyn Bay was written and directed by Welsh-English filmmaker Jonny Williams between May 16 and 20, 2023, and premiered at the BFI Southbank cinema in London on January 25.
The short film was shot at both the West Shore Beach Caf?, on Dale Road, and The Mediterranean Restaurant, on Mostyn Street.
In the film, na?ve Welshman Dick (Michael Christopher) runs a struggling Spanish caf? on the coast of North Wales.
cont https://www.northwalespioneer.co.uk/news/24097681.london-filmmakers-short-production-shot-llandudno-premieres/?ref=rss&IYA-reg=49560bcd-5a9c-47f0-8fc5-ba2e71710589
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A cinema-goer was left fuming after being slapped with a parking fine after watching the sequel to Dune at a North Wales Cineworld. The customer, who watched "Dune: Part Two" at the Llandudno Junction branch on Saturday, was fined for parking just over three hours.
This comes after new parking charges were introduced at the cinema's car park, sparking a heated debate. Cineworld has said customers can extend their parking time.
cont https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/cinema-customer-fined-after-watching-28879397?IYA-reg=49560bcd-5a9c-47f0-8fc5-ba2e71710589