TV/Movies Megathread

[Sophie Scholl]

Did the two Scarface movies have anything in common, besides dealing with organized crime?

Illegal substance, alcohol replaced by cocaine, and foreign criminal, Italian gangster by Cuban gangster.
The whole incest angle is there as well, possibly less implicit in the original movie.

As far as remakes go, it's one of the best.

Plus there are some homage shots and references to the original in the dialogue, scenery, and the like. It's definitely an interesting pairing to watch them both.

[Tonitrus]

Trailer for the upcoming Indiana Jones movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfVYgWYaHmE

I am: excited.

So either some time travel or alt-history.  Hmmm, leaning towards "meh". 

[Eddie Teach]

As for remakes, probably hard to beat A Star is Born (1937-1954-1975-2018).

Dracula?

[Darth Wagtaros]

There have been about fifty "It's a Wonderful Life" clones.

[Sophie Scholl]

A few here I hadn't thought of in terms of remakes:
https://movieweb.com/most-remade-movies/
(TLDR: A Star Is Born, Seven Samurai, Jane Eyre, Dracula, A Christmas Carol, Annie, Batman, King Kong, Les Mis)
According to this article though, A Christmas Carol tops the list with 9 remakes (1901, 1935, 1938, 1951, 1970, 1984, 1988, 1992, 2009) as of when it was published.

[Solmyr]

Tbh I'd watch Harrison Ford even if he's 100 and rolling around on a wheelchair.

[Syt]

https://twitter.com/coenesqued2/status/1598707678788059142

Reconsidering Cinema
@coenesqued2
I asked AI to render Wes Anderson's The Shining

[celedhring]

Those are AI-generated images? Wow.

[Syt]

Just don't count the fingers on the baseball bat

[Syt]

Started S7 of Curb Your Enthusiasm. Still very good, but I feel S5+6 haven't been quite as good as the previous ones. I do like the various unexpected cameos, though (John McEnroe, Michael McKean, Christine O'Hara, etc.).

[The Larch]

Just read that Sherlock Holmes will fully enter public domain at the beginning of 2023.

[Duque de Bragança]

Did the two Scarface movies have anything in common, besides dealing with organized crime?

Illegal substance, alcohol replaced by cocaine, and foreign criminal, Italian gangster by Cuban gangster.
The whole incest angle is there as well, possibly less implicit in the original movie.

As far as remakes go, it's one of the best.

Plus there are some homage shots and references to the original in the dialogue, scenery, and the like. It's definitely an interesting pairing to watch them both.

Exactly. I have seen both movies bundled in sales, with the original one as a bonus (real extra).
The pre-code original is pretty modern in its own way.

Plus you get Boris Karloff in a non-horror role.

[celedhring]

Anyway, Sight & Sound has released its decennial update to their best of all time list.

https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/greatest-films-all-time

And Jeanne Dielmann takes the top spot over Vertigo (previous holder), which has made a lot of people that never cared about the list, suddenly care about the list 

I'm quite happy of seeing far more films made in the last 30 years than there were in the 2012 edition, even if there are some weird choices (I loved Get Out, but top 100 of all time? Really?)

[celedhring]

As usual I find myself liking the Director's List more than the official one (made by critics and academics): https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/directors-100-greatest-films-all-time

[The Larch]

Taking a quick look at the official list it feels incredibly hipsterish/academic. I mean, I consider myself fairly knowledgeable in terms of cinema and its history for a normal person (of course I can't compare with a professional or an academic), and I haven't ever heard of 3 out of the top 10 films, and 7 out of the top 20.