I hardly know where to start. You spoke on a number of things I've been saying for years to anyone who would listen. Keep your hard media ALWAYS, the motion picture theater is a special (to some of us, borderline sacred) place, take your grandkids to lots of movies because their grandkids will only have their recollections of what that was like, cherish your favorites but don't neglect making new favorites. And, oh my, the midnight movie of years bygone! The big screen bookmarks moments both in our lives and in our relationships. We should neither take it for granted nor let it slip away.
The short Criterion Closet Picks’ videos are delightful and informative. I fondly recall the one by Roger Corman from October 2023 who was 97 at the time. So many others are just nuggets of knowledge.
A Trip To The Moon, made in 1902, was one of the earliest pirated films. A copy was secretly made and sent to the USA, and this caused the creator Georges Meiles to go broke. The film he made was costly but revolutionary. He didn't see a dime except in France. So, a double-edged sword with piracy. Agree with a lot of what you're saying about censorship and product placement. I'm glad Luna is doing better! Thanks, Terry.
Luna has 100% recovered from fighting the dragon. I would never pirate anything from a small creator but with corporations who have a bad reputation.... who knows?
This was a great video, so please feel free to do more like this. One principle that leaps to my own mind, inspired by some of your points, is "Nostalgia is a hunt, not a stash." People can get used to seeing stuff over and over and over that scratches the right itch. For me it can be the weird alchemy of the original Manchurian Candidate, or Sidney's Poitier's commanding performance in In the Heat of the Night, or the intrigue of Z, or truly seminal science fiction like Colossus: The Forbin Project. I don't see too much wrong with that. But for me the true challenge of nostalgia is deliberately fighting the mind's tendency to lose track of great moments. We have so much on our minds, and it's easy to forget things, and there can be joy in tracking down and rediscovering something and realizing "What a great experience this was, and I might have completely forgotten about it." A corollary of this is seeking out reliable critics of old cinema. You talk about old vs. new, but I have a confession: I ultimately only know only one slim sliver of the old stuff and I can use guidance to other old stuff I may easily have missed. You yourself often do this for us on this channel. So that's my own two cents. Don't let your nostalgia library become just a couple of paperbacks on your nightstand. Keep refreshing and exploring. Keep alive what was once good and still is -- like movie palaces, for example. Thanks, Ter.
That's the aim. Keep flexible in our movie watching whether old or new. But I know so many people who just return constantly to the greatest hits and that to me is self-defeating. You don't grow by only standing in the same garden.
I really like this format, Terry. Please do more. I enjoy the Criterion Closet and the anecdotes and insights provided by so many knowledgeable movie people. My favorite was Roger Corman who appears to have had an uncanny ability to identify superior talent and give them a chance when they were nobodies in the eyes of Hollywood bigwigs
Re: Nostalgia is a glue trap. Your timing is impeccable. The ALGORYTHM has been feeding me '80s movies and I have finally started adding them to my streaming lists. They will stay there (on low priority) but when I watch them I will pair them with movies outside the trap, something I have not seen before and may be outside my comfort zone. Without your warning I don't know if I would have spotted the trap. Thank you sincerely.
Thoroughly enjoy your knowledge and passion Terry! I particularly appreciated your thoughts on the various aspects of film watching, collecting and the industry that creates what we love. Being a watcher of your channel and up to this point, a silent one- as a lover of cinema, I have been wanting to recommend a film- as you say, outside the 'glue trap', that I watched earlier this year. It is an Indian film called' Last Film Show'. Basically it's about a child falling in love with cinema and with his friends creating his own magic of film. (It also happens to be visually stunning). PS- to all, join a local film society- it will really broaden your horizons and put you in the company of other film lovers! Keep up the great work, Terry.
All good advice there. Also here, we have Brollie, which is Umbrella's free streaming service and they have themed and curated collections to watch, so you can go down genre rabbit holes that are carefully selected.
Criterion released Armageddon in a multi disc DVD set back in the day. The Criterion extras ended being put on the studio bluray release of the movie years later. Thankfully we do have Severin, Cauldron, 88 Films and VS doing the hard yards on restoring the more obscure and fringe films, and making sure we not only have physical releases, but quality physical releases.
Also Imprint and Umbrella. But Criterion still does some real bangers like the Godzilla set and the Fellini one and the Agnes Varda one. Sometimes it stuffs up but there's still a lot of quality cinema being showcased.
There were a couple of topics you mentioned here that I really haven't thought about that much. So thank you for switching those on for me and your coverage of the rest of these 20 tenets to think about and practice. Every one of them are relevant points you covered in this vid. I really wish a lot more content creators on this platform practised these ideas in their film/TV critiques rather than grinding their own axes, pursuing agendas (whether real or imagined) or worse, gratuitous, inflammatory and divisive clickbait. You and I Terry, we come from the same old school book of common sense and civility. Until the next one...
Common sense and civility are things I came to late in life. I had a feral upbringing. As far as evaluating movies is concerned, my teachers were people like Pauline Kael who gave her honest, well-reasoned observations and opinions on film. She was boldly unorthodox but stayed true to her perception. TH-cam, like it or not, is a reputation business. Honesty enhances reputation and even the biggest channels on the platform are getting clobbered because reputation is the currency of social media.
developing tastes and accepting that the things you enjoy will change is good advice. "us and them"- fandom is another subject worth a look ..i used to say , "yes i am a fan' but now what a 'fan" has become...insolent, noisome, argumentative" it's my way or its crap", and "I know better than the film makers" or "any remake is already terrible even if I haven't seen it and i don't need to". i can't ally myself with fans anymore; they often seem like people who're just looking for a fight and need you to agree with them. Nostalgia is definitely a glue-trap...as is watching a film you love to 'til you're burnt out on it...and it's just doesn't impress the way it once did...and how could it. we (our brains) change and collect new information we can't ever enjoy a film we loved when we're ten (when you're now forty plus) trying to recreate how you felt back then is simply not possible.
Definitely. You'll never get the same buzz as you did at 10. But I do get a different, more nuanced buzz from newer films like The Substance and the Terrifier movies.
On the subject of piracy matey: The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare came up on TH-cam right after it was released this year. I don't know if the studio missed it, or were happy enough to claim the ad revenue, anyway, it was there in a completely watchable format with no effort to hide it. I think it was somewhere around the 43 minute mark I realised it was a remake of The Sea Wolves. It was at best a lazy Sunday afternoon film. The next thing that came along was Borderlands. It was right after they were promoting it as well. Tedious is the only descriptor for this movie, perhaps the studio decided it would be cheaper to just ignore the whole thing. At the age of sixty I find myself having greater difficulty watching boring unbelievably high concept movies as well as faux low concept movies that seem to be homages to homages of homages. This combined with streamers filling their virtual shelves with "Netflix Approved" satyle disposable entertainment leaves me hitting the fast forward button a lot. It seems as though creativity, fun and wit are finite, the more content made, the less to go around.
An excellent video, Terry! I don’t think you made a single point that I disagreed with, which amazes me. I often pick holes in opinions but these were uniformly well thought out and expressed. I don’t always go with your opinions on certain films, but your gut responses are excellent. Liking cats is always good, too. Your groups of reviews (like this last weekend) always give me something new or remind me of films that I’d forgotten about. Must confess that I don’t rewatch a lot on that, for example, annual basis, which you say you do. There are just too many films that I’ve not yet seen that I’m keen to view, to spend time going over those I know. I’m more likely to rewatch something with friends or for a film club discussion than my own pleasure. Just keep suggesting films, Terry, and sharing ideas like today. You’re clearly a thinking person who’s not afraid to share their ideas about anything. I am grateful!
One of the funniest story, about the military didn't support a movie, is from "The Beach". When they asked the US Navy to use one of their subs, they said: you need to change the story. All humans dying in a nuclear war is unrealistic, maybe 500 millions...
I used to ignore 'random seasons' at op-shops until recently when I stumbled upon Season 3 of Babylon 5 (a 6 DVD set for $3) Babylon 5 has been on my radar since the 90s, now I'm binging it and Season 1 and 2 are coming (very cheaply) via Ebay. One thing that really annoys me in some movies is 'product placement' - and I'm not talking about seeing a billboard for Coke in the background - like when Sharon Stone mentions the band Nine Inch Nails in 'Sliver' or in the woeful 'I Robot' when Will Smith unpacks a big brand name pair of sand-shoes (Australian for 'trainers') and calls then ' a thing of beauty.' American films were doing this a lot in the 80s and 90s. Interesting point you make about 'mean-spirited' comedies. I have to think about that one, but - I don't like anything by Sacha Baron-Cohen, Jerry Lewis, Mike Myers (Austin Powers) Melissa McCarthy, all the 'Porky's' movies, Entourage (that's enough) - but that's just me. Sage commentary Terry. Thank you.
I saw the whole series of B5 in an op shop a month ago. I already had it so I left it for someone else to find and enjoy. Yep there's so much dross in op shops but finding gems is great.
And after you watch the rest of "Babylon 5", you might wanna give the Complete Series Blu-ray package (all 110 episodes plus the TNT/Joe Straczynsky cut of the pilot film "The Gathering"), a shot... The episodes were remastered in HD for Amazon and HBOmax some years ago and are presented in the original 4.3 aspect ratio the series was created in. Late last year, OG B5 fans like me finally got our wish granted. The series never looked or sounded better (DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio) and the then ground breaking VFX though dated by today's standards, look great (none of the resolution problems created by the matted wide screen DVD version that was originally mastered for Sci-Fi Channel 24 years ago). One caveat however... none of the extras or commentary tracks that were on the DVD packages are included so hang on to the DVDs for that stuff.
@denniskristos3800 Thanks for that Dennis. I fully intend to buy the bluray set once I can scrape some kangaroo kash together. In the meantime, I'll keep hunting through the 'random seasons.'
@@denniskristos3800 love the series but found the new Blu-ray 's remastering to be well below par...times it kept getting muddy then it would clear up then go back to looking like a video copy again. glad i still got it but feel less inclined to get rid of my DVD's
@@jackfriend4u Really?.. I still have to do a top to bottom rewatch of the whole series. Do you recall in which episodes the aberrations occurred? I've only watched my favourites (about 37 plus the pilot) spread across the five seasons and I've found nothing wrong in terms of pixellation, stair casing or other artifacts in any of those. No audio issues either... So far, no complaints from me.
Another super episode there Terry!! We come from a very masonic family and grew up with all kinds of mad tales regarding the extent to which the industry attempts to, let's just say manipulate, the general public!! We have also seen and heard stuff like this first hand due to relations within said industry, you could certainly talk for hours about what Disney himself was up to decades ago!! We have though been extreme film buffs since childhood (this is the account of a twin Sister and brother, Liza and James) with much involvement in the early UK video trade!! The way in which fictional media is woven into the fabric of life has an utterly massive impact on how individuals perceive the world around them but most see it as mere entertainment and wouldn't even consider it being any more!! One view is that people need certain information filtered through fantasy in order to process it, there's a lot going on for sure and a war is raging within the industry whether you understand this or not!! Love Luna, we have a beloved felis called The Boo!!!💚😺🎞🎬📽! P/s. We abandoned physical media years ago and discs seem as old fashioned as magnetic tape now!! Don't feel in the least bit guilty as we're total nerds and purchase licensed product so use the saved room for toys and props!! You can get whatever you want, whenever you want, in any size print you want!!!💚
Casablanca was lightning in a bottle. The refugees in the cast singing La Marseillaise when the Nazis had conquered all of Europe, the chemistry between Bogart and Bergman, the epic love story with a perfect ending. They rolled the dice and came up double sixes.
Brilliant, Terry. I love this sort of thing. I agree 100% about Cinemas. However, I stopped going to my local ones, as there are a great many people who don't seem to understand how to use them. They talk incessantly, play games on their phones, and the number of utter thickheads who cannot follow a movie is astonishing - you can hear them: 'Who's that? Where are they? Why did she do that?' etc. Then there's the trend of not using dedicated projectionists any more. Two times in the last ten years, I have got my money back and gone home, because of the lack of care. One was because the picture was out of focus, and blurry, and the second time, the picture was not straight on the screen. Neither would have occurred had there been a human been in charge, and not a damn computer. Your #1 point? Well, the last movie that people I know said I'd enjoy, as they all loved it... Was the first 'Joker' movie. I did not enjoy it. At all. I was bored shitless. I know damn well that if they asked me a good movie to watch, and I suggested 'Ran', none of them would bother. I have two really good friends, neither of whom have ever suggested a movie I should see, and I have never suggested anything to them myself, and would never think of so doing. But I know what you mean.
I've been watching tons of old B movies on TH-cam. I'm amazed at how good many of them are. Many are better than the stuff that's currently making the rounds in the theaters these days.
RE Disney: I was surprised to discover we *are* getting a local physical release of the Doctor Who anniversary specials. I'd thought that Disney's involvement meant we wouldn't be getting the new episodes on DVD/blu here, but evidently not (I can only assume the BBC retained the physical media option or something). I like cinemas. I don't like the cinema-going experience.
wish we had something like The Sun here in South Australia. i think we have maybe 2 classic cinemas left (The Capri and the Picadilly) -every other has become a utilitarian box. I was astounded to see a clip on here (people going into the Criterion Collection Closet) and the mention that in some US city is a cinema dedicated entirely to silent films! that would have to be publicly funded...or some benevolent billionaire with a passion for the era. But yes, a taxpayer funded system/chain of cinemas would be fantastic.
I love that people like Tarantino and George RR Martin have invested some of their largesse in encore cinemas in their respective cities. That's how you pay it forward.
@@terrytalksmovies you'd hope that a collective of Aussie actors/directors/producers who've made good money via Hollywood might come together to initiate such a thing one good, sponsored cinema in each capital city thats dedicated to all things cinema that isn't otherwise being done by the commercial theatre chains. Better still if each week had at least one day of free sessions for those on low/no budget.
Unfortunately I think that cinema is going the way of the theatre like you say. People seem to be content staying home (they're even content to watch a movie on their phone which I don't get but that's modern life I guess).
The music journalist Danny Baker once wrote that finding new music was a monkey on his back and felt freer when he kept with what he was comfortable with. Personally I have one foot kicking down the barricades and the other is in the glue trap. Very interesting essay though, keep up the good work Julian England PS not my fucking King either
Good onya, comrade! I love old movies unashamedly but I'm also excited by new ones. It's sometimes difficult to keep that balance on the channel but I'm happiest when I try to cover both.
US TV has so many police/investigation shows that work with police forces to get them made. Been called "copaganda." The many Law & Order shows couldn't be made without the help of the NYPD. So many actors pushed their film upon release saying how great it is and then years later admit they knew it was crap. So I never listen to promos. I grew up in the suburbs so I had box cinemas near me but I could go into the city to see films in some of those old palaces, many of them are now gone unfortunately. I'm dreading the end of theaters, living where I do I haven't seen any evidence of closures since there's plenty of cinephiles around here. When I'm asked to say my top 10 favorite films, can't do it. My opinion will change every other day. I'm over the top 10 or 100 lists of anything. Too subjective for that. Good thoughts here.
In what sense are Bond movies "English" rather than "British"? Bond was written as a Scot, and played by a Scot, an Australian, an Englishman, a Welshman, an Irishman and a Scouser (barely English).
Excellent list. Speaking of sneaking food into the cinema, once in a while we will stop at the Mexican restaurant and grab burritos then slip them in my sleeves. This seams completely obvious due to the rather strong smell of a great burrito but the underpaid young people that work there could give two shi-ts😂
What do you think of movies made by nefarious government agencies that clearly have hidden product placement for subliminal advertising? There's an Aussie film made by the Ministry of Cultural Exploitation that had a horrific effect on generations of vulnerable young minds. I'm speaking of course about "Vegemite Is Alright!" They even had a pop band sing about it in a sandwich! /S
@@ClutchCargo001 I read fewer now. I look at composite scores from Rotten Tomatoes (critics & audiences), IMDb (audience & Metascore) and Letterboxd (overall and within my favorites).
@@ClutchCargo001 I read fewer reviews now. I look at composite scores from Rotten Tomatoes (critics & audiences), IMDb (audience & Metascore) and Letterboxd (overall and within my favorites).
The important point is good will. Are you an honest dealer with your audience? TH-cam in particular is a reputation economy. Honest dealers gain reputation and long term, that's going to help channel growth and also, how I as a creator of content, feel about myself.
@@terrytalksmovies Thanks Terry. Arguably, this was perhaps your best video to date although I haven’t been with the channel for long. Tomorrow (Tuesday) will be my sixth week in a row on my new double-feature Tuesdays.
When ever I ask knew friends about going to the movies. They always snuggly say why waste the time and effort when you can just catch it on streaming service. We don’t remain friends for long lol.
I hardly know where to start. You spoke on a number of things I've been saying for years to anyone who would listen. Keep your hard media ALWAYS, the motion picture theater is a special (to some of us, borderline sacred) place, take your grandkids to lots of movies because their grandkids will only have their recollections of what that was like, cherish your favorites but don't neglect making new favorites. And, oh my, the midnight movie of years bygone! The big screen bookmarks moments both in our lives and in our relationships. We should neither take it for granted nor let it slip away.
I lived a few blocks from the Valhalla in Glebe (Sydney) which did midnight movies. Such a fun phenomenon.
The short Criterion Closet Picks’ videos are delightful and informative. I fondly recall the one by Roger Corman from October 2023 who was 97 at the time. So many others are just nuggets of knowledge.
Each week they drop a new video and they're never less than entertaining and enlightening.
A Trip To The Moon, made in 1902, was one of the earliest pirated films. A copy was secretly made and sent to the USA, and this caused the creator Georges Meiles to go broke. The film he made was costly but revolutionary. He didn't see a dime except in France. So, a double-edged sword with piracy. Agree with a lot of what you're saying about censorship and product placement. I'm glad Luna is doing better! Thanks, Terry.
Luna has 100% recovered from fighting the dragon.
I would never pirate anything from a small creator but with corporations who have a bad reputation.... who knows?
Terry, your forth point is Exactly why I focus on physical media!
I treasure the second hand purchases.❤️❤️
Thrifting is fun. I'm heading out to do more of it tomorrow.
This was a great video, so please feel free to do more like this. One principle that leaps to my own mind, inspired by some of your points, is "Nostalgia is a hunt, not a stash." People can get used to seeing stuff over and over and over that scratches the right itch. For me it can be the weird alchemy of the original Manchurian Candidate, or Sidney's Poitier's commanding performance in In the Heat of the Night, or the intrigue of Z, or truly seminal science fiction like Colossus: The Forbin Project. I don't see too much wrong with that. But for me the true challenge of nostalgia is deliberately fighting the mind's tendency to lose track of great moments. We have so much on our minds, and it's easy to forget things, and there can be joy in tracking down and rediscovering something and realizing "What a great experience this was, and I might have completely forgotten about it." A corollary of this is seeking out reliable critics of old cinema. You talk about old vs. new, but I have a confession: I ultimately only know only one slim sliver of the old stuff and I can use guidance to other old stuff I may easily have missed. You yourself often do this for us on this channel. So that's my own two cents. Don't let your nostalgia library become just a couple of paperbacks on your nightstand. Keep refreshing and exploring. Keep alive what was once good and still is -- like movie palaces, for example. Thanks, Ter.
That's the aim. Keep flexible in our movie watching whether old or new. But I know so many people who just return constantly to the greatest hits and that to me is self-defeating. You don't grow by only standing in the same garden.
I really like this format, Terry. Please do more. I enjoy the Criterion Closet and the anecdotes and insights provided by so many knowledgeable movie people. My favorite was Roger Corman who appears to have had an uncanny ability to identify superior talent and give them a chance when they were nobodies in the eyes of Hollywood bigwigs
Corman in the Criterion Closet was fantastic. Same with Willem Dafoe and Jennifer Kent.
Interesting chat with lots of good points. Enjoyed the listen.
Glad you enjoyed it. It was fun to make.
I really enjoyed your thoughts and perspectives. It's always good to self evaluate and grow as a person and movie fan.
If you're not becoming a better person, a better citizen and a better cinephile, what's the point?
Re: Nostalgia is a glue trap.
Your timing is impeccable. The ALGORYTHM has been feeding me '80s movies and I have finally started adding them to my streaming lists. They will stay there (on low priority) but when I watch them I will pair them with movies outside the trap, something I have not seen before and may be outside my comfort zone. Without your warning I don't know if I would have spotted the trap. Thank you sincerely.
Happy to help. Confounding the algorithm is good fun. Some of the suggestions and advertisements it throws at me are... disturbingly off brand for me.
Thoroughly enjoy your knowledge and passion Terry! I particularly appreciated your thoughts on the various aspects of film watching, collecting and the industry that creates what we love. Being a watcher of your channel and up to this point, a silent one- as a lover of cinema, I have been wanting to recommend a film- as you say, outside the 'glue trap', that I watched earlier this year. It is an Indian film called' Last Film Show'. Basically it's about a child falling in love with cinema and with his friends creating his own magic of film. (It also happens to be visually stunning). PS- to all,
join a local film society- it will really broaden your horizons and put you in the company of other film lovers! Keep up the great work, Terry.
All good advice there. Also here, we have Brollie, which is Umbrella's free streaming service and they have themed and curated collections to watch, so you can go down genre rabbit holes that are carefully selected.
Criterion released Armageddon in a multi disc DVD set back in the day. The Criterion extras ended being put on the studio bluray release of the movie years later. Thankfully we do have Severin, Cauldron, 88 Films and VS doing the hard yards on restoring the more obscure and fringe films, and making sure we not only have physical releases, but quality physical releases.
Also Imprint and Umbrella. But Criterion still does some real bangers like the Godzilla set and the Fellini one and the Agnes Varda one. Sometimes it stuffs up but there's still a lot of quality cinema being showcased.
There were a couple of topics you mentioned here that I really haven't thought about that much. So thank you for switching those on for me and your coverage of the rest of these 20 tenets to think about and practice. Every one of them are relevant points you covered in this vid. I really wish a lot more content creators on this platform practised these ideas in their film/TV critiques rather than grinding their own axes, pursuing agendas (whether real or imagined) or worse, gratuitous, inflammatory and divisive clickbait. You and I Terry, we come from the same old school book of common sense and civility. Until the next one...
Common sense and civility are things I came to late in life. I had a feral upbringing.
As far as evaluating movies is concerned, my teachers were people like Pauline Kael who gave her honest, well-reasoned observations and opinions on film. She was boldly unorthodox but stayed true to her perception.
TH-cam, like it or not, is a reputation business. Honesty enhances reputation and even the biggest channels on the platform are getting clobbered because reputation is the currency of social media.
developing tastes and accepting that the things you enjoy will change is good advice. "us and them"- fandom is another subject worth a look ..i used to say , "yes i am a fan' but now what a 'fan" has become...insolent, noisome, argumentative" it's my way or its crap", and "I know better than the film makers" or "any remake is already terrible even if I haven't seen it and i don't need to". i can't ally myself with fans anymore; they often seem like people who're just looking for a fight and need you to agree with them. Nostalgia is definitely a glue-trap...as is watching a film you love to 'til you're burnt out on it...and it's just doesn't impress the way it once did...and how could it. we (our brains) change and collect new information we can't ever enjoy a film we loved when we're ten (when you're now forty plus) trying to recreate how you felt back then is simply not possible.
Definitely. You'll never get the same buzz as you did at 10. But I do get a different, more nuanced buzz from newer films like The Substance and the Terrifier movies.
On the subject of piracy matey: The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare came up on TH-cam right after it was released this year. I don't know if the studio missed it, or were happy enough to claim the ad revenue, anyway, it was there in a completely watchable format with no effort to hide it. I think it was somewhere around the 43 minute mark I realised it was a remake of The Sea Wolves. It was at best a lazy Sunday afternoon film. The next thing that came along was Borderlands. It was right after they were promoting it as well. Tedious is the only descriptor for this movie, perhaps the studio decided it would be cheaper to just ignore the whole thing.
At the age of sixty I find myself having greater difficulty watching boring unbelievably high concept movies as well as faux low concept movies that seem to be homages to homages of homages. This combined with streamers filling their virtual shelves with "Netflix Approved" satyle disposable entertainment leaves me hitting the fast forward button a lot. It seems as though creativity, fun and wit are finite, the more content made, the less to go around.
The Ministry is a fun flick. I'll pick up a blu ray of it at some stage.
One of your best. Inspirational.
Thanks so much. Varying the content occasionally keeps me refreshed... plus I had things I wanted to say.
Really like this content and format!
So do I. It's an occasional thing but I'll add it to the toolkit for the channel. 😀
An excellent video, Terry! I don’t think you made a single point that I disagreed with, which amazes me. I often pick holes in opinions but these were uniformly well thought out and expressed. I don’t always go with your opinions on certain films, but your gut responses are excellent. Liking cats is always good, too. Your groups of reviews (like this last weekend) always give me something new or remind me of films that I’d forgotten about. Must confess that I don’t rewatch a lot on that, for example, annual basis, which you say you do. There are just too many films that I’ve not yet seen that I’m keen to view, to spend time going over those I know. I’m more likely to rewatch something with friends or for a film club discussion than my own pleasure.
Just keep suggesting films, Terry, and sharing ideas like today. You’re clearly a thinking person who’s not afraid to share their ideas about anything. I am grateful!
Doing a TH-cam channel, you put your head above the parapets. My opinions are as honest as I can make them. 😀
One of the funniest story, about the military didn't support a movie, is from "The Beach". When they asked the US Navy to use one of their subs, they said: you need to change the story. All humans dying in a nuclear war is unrealistic, maybe 500 millions...
These days the sub would be software. 😀
I used to ignore 'random seasons' at op-shops until recently when I stumbled upon Season 3 of Babylon 5 (a 6 DVD set for $3) Babylon 5 has been on my radar since the 90s, now I'm binging it and Season 1 and 2 are coming (very cheaply) via Ebay. One thing that really annoys me in some movies is 'product placement' - and I'm not talking about seeing a billboard for Coke in the background - like when Sharon Stone mentions the band Nine Inch Nails in 'Sliver' or in the woeful 'I Robot' when Will Smith unpacks a big brand name pair of sand-shoes (Australian for 'trainers') and calls then ' a thing of beauty.' American films were doing this a lot in the 80s and 90s. Interesting point you make about 'mean-spirited' comedies. I have to think about that one, but - I don't like anything by Sacha Baron-Cohen, Jerry Lewis, Mike Myers (Austin Powers) Melissa McCarthy, all the 'Porky's' movies, Entourage (that's enough) - but that's just me. Sage commentary Terry. Thank you.
I saw the whole series of B5 in an op shop a month ago. I already had it so I left it for someone else to find and enjoy.
Yep there's so much dross in op shops but finding gems is great.
And after you watch the rest of "Babylon 5", you might wanna give the Complete Series Blu-ray package (all 110 episodes plus the TNT/Joe Straczynsky cut of the pilot film "The Gathering"), a shot... The episodes were remastered in HD for Amazon and HBOmax some years ago and are presented in the original 4.3 aspect ratio the series was created in. Late last year, OG B5 fans like me finally got our wish granted. The series never looked or sounded better (DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio) and the then ground breaking VFX though dated by today's standards, look great (none of the resolution problems created by the matted wide screen DVD version that was originally mastered for Sci-Fi Channel 24 years ago). One caveat however... none of the extras or commentary tracks that were on the DVD packages are included so hang on to the DVDs for that stuff.
@denniskristos3800 Thanks for that Dennis. I fully intend to buy the bluray set once I can scrape some kangaroo kash together. In the meantime, I'll keep hunting through the 'random seasons.'
@@denniskristos3800 love the series but found the new Blu-ray 's remastering to be well below par...times it kept getting muddy then it would clear up then go back to looking like a video copy again. glad i still got it but feel less inclined to get rid of my DVD's
@@jackfriend4u Really?.. I still have to do a top to bottom rewatch of the whole series. Do you recall in which episodes the aberrations occurred? I've only watched my favourites (about 37 plus the pilot) spread across the five seasons and I've found nothing wrong in terms of pixellation, stair casing or other artifacts in any of those. No audio issues either... So far, no complaints from me.
Another super episode there Terry!!
We come from a very masonic family and grew up with all kinds of mad tales regarding the extent to which the industry attempts to, let's just say manipulate, the general public!! We have also seen and heard stuff like this first hand due to relations within said industry, you could certainly talk for hours about what Disney himself was up to decades ago!! We have though been extreme film buffs since childhood (this is the account of a twin Sister and brother, Liza and James) with much involvement in the early UK video trade!! The way in which fictional media is woven into the fabric of life has an utterly massive impact on how individuals perceive the world around them but most see it as mere entertainment and wouldn't even consider it being any more!! One view is that people need certain information filtered through fantasy in order to process it, there's a lot going on for sure and a war is raging within the industry whether you understand this or not!! Love Luna, we have a beloved felis called The Boo!!!💚😺🎞🎬📽!
P/s. We abandoned physical media years ago and discs seem as old fashioned as magnetic tape now!! Don't feel in the least bit guilty as we're total nerds and purchase licensed product so use the saved room for toys and props!! You can get whatever you want, whenever you want, in any size print you want!!!💚
I like physical media. Based on thirty years of disks, it's a pretty durable medium compared to digital. But do what you feel is right for you. 😀
Didn't they think that Casablanca was a piece of shit when they were making it?
Casablanca was lightning in a bottle. The refugees in the cast singing La Marseillaise when the Nazis had conquered all of Europe, the chemistry between Bogart and Bergman, the epic love story with a perfect ending. They rolled the dice and came up double sixes.
Brilliant, Terry. I love this sort of thing. I agree 100% about Cinemas. However, I stopped going to my local ones, as there are a great many people who don't seem to understand how to use them. They talk incessantly, play games on their phones, and the number of utter thickheads who cannot follow a movie is astonishing - you can hear them: 'Who's that? Where are they? Why did she do that?' etc.
Then there's the trend of not using dedicated projectionists any more. Two times in the last ten years, I have got my money back and gone home, because of the lack of care. One was because the picture was out of focus, and blurry, and the second time, the picture was not straight on the screen.
Neither would have occurred had there been a human been in charge, and not a damn computer.
Your #1 point? Well, the last movie that people I know said I'd enjoy, as they all loved it... Was the first 'Joker' movie. I did not enjoy it. At all. I was bored shitless. I know damn well that if they asked me a good movie to watch, and I suggested 'Ran', none of them would bother. I have two really good friends, neither of whom have ever suggested a movie I should see, and I have never suggested anything to them myself, and would never think of so doing. But I know what you mean.
Yep. Feedback to cinemas, like any other business, is important. If they stuff up, give them a chance to fix it. Also, projectionists are important.
I've been watching tons of old B movies on TH-cam. I'm amazed at how good many of them are. Many are better than the stuff that's currently making the rounds in the theaters these days.
There are a lot of good movies in theatres. The problem is sorting out which ones are good.
RE Disney: I was surprised to discover we *are* getting a local physical release of the Doctor Who anniversary specials. I'd thought that Disney's involvement meant we wouldn't be getting the new episodes on DVD/blu here, but evidently not (I can only assume the BBC retained the physical media option or something).
I like cinemas. I don't like the cinema-going experience.
You have to be strategic with moviegoing. 10 AM or 2.30 PM sessions are the quietest ones.
@@terrytalksmovies That's how I used to do it, pretty much.
wish we had something like The Sun here in South Australia. i think we have maybe 2 classic cinemas left (The Capri and the Picadilly) -every other has become a utilitarian box. I was astounded to see a clip on here (people going into the Criterion Collection Closet) and the mention that in some US city is a cinema dedicated entirely to silent films! that would have to be publicly funded...or some benevolent billionaire with a passion for the era. But yes, a taxpayer funded system/chain of cinemas would be fantastic.
I love that people like Tarantino and George RR Martin have invested some of their largesse in encore cinemas in their respective cities. That's how you pay it forward.
@@terrytalksmovies you'd hope that a collective of Aussie actors/directors/producers who've made good money via Hollywood might come together to initiate such a thing one good, sponsored cinema in each capital city thats dedicated to all things cinema that isn't otherwise being done by the commercial theatre chains. Better still if each week had at least one day of free sessions for those on low/no budget.
Unfortunately I think that cinema is going the way of the theatre like you say. People seem to be content staying home (they're even content to watch a movie on their phone which I don't get but that's modern life I guess).
Some of our local cinemas are showing lots of Indian and other south Asian movies. Maybe that's the way forward. Diversity.
The music journalist Danny Baker once wrote that finding new music was a monkey on his back and felt freer when he kept with what he was comfortable with.
Personally I have one foot kicking down the barricades and the other is in the glue trap.
Very interesting essay though, keep up the good work
Julian
England
PS not my fucking King either
Good onya, comrade!
I love old movies unashamedly but I'm also excited by new ones. It's sometimes difficult to keep that balance on the channel but I'm happiest when I try to cover both.
US TV has so many police/investigation shows that work with police forces to get them made. Been called "copaganda." The many Law & Order shows couldn't be made without the help of the NYPD. So many actors pushed their film upon release saying how great it is and then years later admit they knew it was crap. So I never listen to promos. I grew up in the suburbs so I had box cinemas near me but I could go into the city to see films in some of those old palaces, many of them are now gone unfortunately. I'm dreading the end of theaters, living where I do I haven't seen any evidence of closures since there's plenty of cinephiles around here. When I'm asked to say my top 10 favorite films, can't do it. My opinion will change every other day. I'm over the top 10 or 100 lists of anything. Too subjective for that. Good thoughts here.
Also, pseudo documentary shows like COPS were definitely copaganda.
Cinemas are a box in which we sit outside reality like we do when we dream at night 😊
I have to wear a CPAP in the cinema now? 😉
this started a long rime ago at the flea market i learned that a lot of vhs titles were not transfered to dvd
There's a lot of that.
Terry and Luna are looking good, looking good tonight. I enjoyed this format very much. Thanks, Terry.
My pleasure. Luna says hi
Really like this format. Hope to see it again.
Thanks so much. I took a chance and it seems to be hitting with subscribers. 😀
one of the most mean-spirited comedies i saw was "There's Something About Mary"- but maybe i just wasn't in the right mood.
I like some parts of There's Something About Mary but not many aspects of them.
In what sense are Bond movies "English" rather than "British"? Bond was written as a Scot, and played by a Scot, an Australian, an Englishman, a Welshman, an Irishman and a Scouser (barely English).
The English colonised Scotland, Wales and Ireland and the narrative is an Imperial one. Bond defends the English Empire.
Many thanks Terry. I hope you have a great weekend.
I'm kinda retired. It's all weekend unless I choose to work hard on the channel through it. 😀
Excellent list. Speaking of sneaking food into the cinema, once in a while we will stop at the Mexican restaurant and grab burritos then slip them in my sleeves. This seams completely obvious due to the rather strong smell of a great burrito but the underpaid young people that work there could give two shi-ts😂
I used to smuggle a single beer into non-drinking cinemas. Very satisfying.
What do you think of movies made by nefarious government agencies that clearly have hidden product placement for subliminal advertising?
There's an Aussie film made by the Ministry of Cultural Exploitation that had a horrific effect on generations of vulnerable young minds.
I'm speaking of course about "Vegemite Is Alright!" They even had a pop band sing about it in a sandwich! /S
Vegemite is great. A teaspoon of it in a gravy really works.
Just a fun fact when you introduce yourself on this video it sounds like you say Terry talks smoothies, lol
Well if you want me to pivot the channel...
@terrytalksmovies NO! NO!
-love you! LOL
This was a lot of fun to watch. Cheers
Thanks. I took a chance on it.
I enjoyed the vid! It's some wise words that came after some experience.
Thanks so much, John. A lot of the thoughts had been building up for a while.
One of the worst aspects of movies these days are reviews by both “critics” and “audiences”. Both encompass unhealthy doses of biases and agendas.
Who does that leave?
@@ClutchCargo001 I read fewer now. I look at composite scores from Rotten Tomatoes (critics & audiences), IMDb (audience & Metascore) and Letterboxd (overall and within my favorites).
@@ClutchCargo001 I read fewer reviews now. I look at composite scores from Rotten Tomatoes (critics & audiences), IMDb (audience & Metascore) and Letterboxd (overall and within my favorites).
The important point is good will. Are you an honest dealer with your audience? TH-cam in particular is a reputation economy. Honest dealers gain reputation and long term, that's going to help channel growth and also, how I as a creator of content, feel about myself.
Thanks!
Thanks so much, mate! Have a great week!
@@terrytalksmovies Thanks Terry. Arguably, this was perhaps your best video to date although I haven’t been with the channel for long. Tomorrow (Tuesday) will be my sixth week in a row on my new double-feature Tuesdays.
Marvel is generally right wing. A billionaire is a hero and has our interests at heart. No thanks
A billionaire who had a life changing reality check and helped a coalition of diverse people save half the universe...
When ever I ask knew friends about going to the movies. They always snuggly say why waste the time and effort when you can just catch it on streaming service. We don’t remain friends for long lol.
They're not your friends. They're Terminators sent back to kill Sarah Connor
Bring the drive ends back
Yep
Owning media - you forgot that you can also *sell* your physical media.
True. Not something I've done my much of, as you can clearly see. 😉🙂