Watched Starwars a New Hope on Blu-Ray the other week and Alien2,also on Blu tonight,fab pic on the pj,so enjoyed them.

I watch the movie last time pirates of the caribbean 4 i really enjoyed dear.

Looking forward to the new/next Sherlock Holmes.

I know it is pure nonsense and nothing like the real thing, but I really enjoyed the first one !

Last week we have been renting via iTunes:

1. X-Men First Class - good
2. Moa's Last Dabcer - interesting ... but was on free-to-air two nighst later ! (but with ads)

Re Sherlock Holmes, it was pretty good, I always enjoy Robert Downey Jr. My favorite Holmes is the one done by Jeremy Brett for the British TV, he is IMO the ultimate Holmes.

For Robert Downey Jr films, my favorite is Restoration, an amazingly good film about a young, silly, weak doctor who eventually grows up into a responsible man during the plague in England. In a way kind of mirrors the actors life trajectory. Also starred Polly Walker and Sam Neil as the king's mistress and the king respectively.

I think all in all if I had to choose one favorite film (almost impossible) I'd pick Blade Runner, the directors/final cut not the idiotic happy ending original release.

Jeff wrote:

ad to choose one favorite film (almost impossible)

for me it is impossible to pick !

But I agree Blade Runner is high on the list.

Equally high wouid be 2001.

And there we have the two extremes - Distopia and Hope (or perhaps Ambition).

Intouchables (German version: Eine ziemlich beste Freundschaft)

A french movie about a very rich man in Paris suffering a tetraplegia and his personal assistant, a petty criminal out of the banlieu who didn't want to apply for this job, but by luck and cheek and having no pity with his boss (who suffered of too much pity by everybody).

At the end of this movie you'll see another "couple", a man in his wheelchair and his assistant. They are the original people who were living this story and gave the script to this movie ...

If you want to have quite a few gasps and more laughter, run to the next cinema.

Saw the latest (non-Swedish) Daniel Craig version of "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" - others have commented on the number of B&O devices in the movie ... but I only spotted the BeoLab 5s -- yes they are rather outstanding 😂

But the reason for this post, is the INCREDIBLE title sequence based on a cover of Led Zepplin's Immigrant Song ... if you have not seen the movie yet, take a look at this clip ... but crank up the volume and turn out the lights first 😂 😂

link from on

I must admit the Sherlock film has got better after a few viewings.

This is the last film i really enjoyed and continue to do so..Great story, acting and landscapes. Very moving.

http://theway-themovie.com/

elephant wrote:

Jeff wrote:

ad to choose one favorite film (almost impossible)

for me it is impossible to pick !

But I agree Blade Runner is high on the list.

Equally high wouid be 2001.

And there we have the two extremes - Distopia and Hope (or perhaps Ambition).

Sorry to take so long to get back to this, but you make an interesting observation. I'm very impressed by 2001, by most of Kubrick's work actually (Dr. Strangelove is a favorite black comedy). Interesting in that both of these films, Blade Runner and 2001, the subject of man dealing with his attempts at creating life and intelligence are explored. In 2001, the artificial intelligence HAL, who creepily turns out to sound like a true personality, albeit that of a child, begging not to be turned off and fearful, and the replicants in Blade Runner coming to grips with what it is to be human and have emotions. I've often thought of Roy Batty in BR as a kind of Nietschien Christ figure, he kills "god", aka Tyrell, yet forgives Deckard/mankind in the end.

I've always found intelligent films and books about man made creations, from computers to replicants, fascinating. The series "Caprica" died too early a death, it was really intelligent. The best artificial intelligence book I ever read was "The Adolesence of P1" which was actually written by an IBM mainframe architect back in the day. Best AI novel I ever read.

Jeff wrote:

I've always found intelligent films and books about man made creations, from computers to replicants, fascinating. The series "Caprica" died too early a death, it was really intelligent. The best artificial intelligence book I ever read was "The Adolesence of P1" which was actually written by an IBM mainframe architect back in the day. Best AI novel I ever read.

Never heard of either of them and I used to read lots of SciFi !

Others in that theme I remember are "When Harlie was one" and "The Moon is a harsh mistress"; the latter I remember more of - the concept that networked computers might reach a critical mass and achieve self awareness, and that great acronym: TANSTAAFL.

BYW I sent you an email to your PM, thank you !