Partly due to strikes and technical difficulties, on Tuesday 1st November 1977, about a third of the UK population sat down on their sofas to watch BBC1's production of Mike Leigh's play 'Abigail's Party' (which features people sitting on a sofa). Consequently if you're of a certain age you'll undoubtedly have heard all the older members of your family declaring it to be one of the greatest TV shows ever. Watching it today, I have to say, yeah, they were…
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Avatar: The Way of Water 2022
As I thought after my first cinema viewing, this would play even better 2nd time, as the first act felt like it was in too much of a rush to catch up us up with story, explain what the new situation is, introduce many new characters and concepts and then the second that's done, shift the whole film to a different place. It was only later that I managed to catch up with who all the characters were, this time…
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Star Wars 1977
I re-watched this with my two young nephews (4 to 6 ish) who had not seen a live-action SW film before and was expecting them to perhaps get a little bored with the slow build up to the gang blasting "out of Mos Eisley". Not a bit of it, they were excited all the way through and were jumping up on the furniture afterwards shouting out their favourite bits. All those big moments still work the way they were intended…
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Jurassic Park 1993
Last time I re-watched 'Jurassic Park' it was the latest 4K digital version at the cinema, the film footage looked very sharp but the 1993 CGI renders looked noticeably soft and waxy in comparison. This time I went for a fan-made scan of a 35mm theatrical print, on a large 4K TV. This is the only way to watch this movie! The difference between the analogue and digital materials is once again invisible, as it would've been back in '93.…
