The Fly (1986)

Just rewatched David Cronenberg's remake of The Fly, it was nowhere near the gore fest I thought I remembered it being, funny how things change, I always enjoyed the movie but there were a couple of bits I remembered as being somewhat gory and I guess the effects and makeup work still hold up pretty well and the movie looks great for a film of it's age.

I never saw The Fly in cinemas and have only ever seen it on VHS and DVD previously, when I rewatched it the format of choice was Blu ray, for a while I was finding it hard to decide if there was some DRM issues with the picture in some scenes or if Jeff Goldblum was wearing some very subtle makeup early on in the film as his skin often seemed to be an odd colour, to be honest I'm still not entirely sure but I guess it is possible I was seeing some subtle makeup that I just hadn't noticed before,

I enjoyed seeing the movie again but now that I have I doubt that I'll feel the need to revisit it again any time soon, I'm kind of shocked that there hasn't been another remake of this story recently but at the rate Hollywood is pumping out remakes and sequels I guess it's only a matter of time.

A Nightmare on Elm Street ( 2010 )

Having recently rewatched  A Nightmare on Elm Street I thought I'd give the recent remake another viewing and to be honest I kind of wish I didn't.

I don't hate the remake but it's very bland despite the casting of the usually excellent Jackie Earle Haley as Freddy.

For all the technical advances that have been achieved since the original movies was made it's still the superior movie and it's a real shame because I do think the remake introduces a couple of interesting ideas but they never really follow though and use them properly.

I seriously doubt I'll ever bother watching this movie again and sadly I guess this attempt at a reboot has probably killed the franchise for good.

Oblivion

I've recently rewatched Oblivion on Blu-ray, despite the fact It stars Tom Cruise I enjoyed the movie in theatre but I have to say I enjoyed the movie far more with a second viewing and the Blu-ray is just gorgeous, it's movies like this that the HD format seems to have been made for.

Oblivion isn't a game changer in terms of story telling but it was nice to see a movie with a definite style to it as opposed to the somewhat generic blockbuster summer films we seem to be fed by the studios these days, it's not a movie I imagine I'll watch often but I can see me popping it into the Blu-ray player every couple of years and drinking in the visuals as well as the excellent soundtrack my M83.