Atomic Blonde (2017)

[Pieter V]

Atomic Blonde (2017) Blu-ray

[gnj1958]

Can't wait to see this so I can decide if I want it on blu ray or not.

[BluProofie]

Loved it! I hope we get a steelbook.

[GeoffOliver]

This was pretty good, and I'll probably be picking it up.

[iaragorn1]

Liked this movie also.

[The Great Owl]

Here's my review from the Movies sub-forum...


Charlize Theron plays Lorraine Broughton, a MI6 agent who is sent to Berlin just days before the collapse of the Wall in 1989 to retrieve a list of top secret British operatives and to crack down on the persons responsible for the death of a fellow undercover agent. In order to achieve her objectives, Lorraine joins forces with a shady spy, played by James McAvoy (X-Men: First Class, Split), and a sexy French agent, played by Sofia Boutella (The Mummy).

The story, which is mostly relayed in flashback by Lorraine while she is interrogated by a MI6 superior, played by Toby Jones (The Mist, Captain America: Winter Soldier), and a CIA bigwig, played by John Goodman, is intricate, but the details are ultimately inconsequential. Like the James Bond 007 films that influenced it, Atomic Blonde is less concerned with plot mechanics and more interested in style and cinematic presence. Even if you walk out of this film not remembering who betrayed who or who stole whose secret plans, you will likely never forget Charlize Theron's Lorraine, who commands awe and attention with her icy glares, her sleek body language, and her physical ferocity. Theron will probably not be nominated for any Academy Awards here like she has with her past roles, but this film encapsulates everything wonderful about the way that she combines sensuality and toughness.

Atomic Blonde features a love scene between Charlize Theron and Sofia Boutella. Just go ahead and stick a fork in me, because cinema will probably never get any better than this.

This movie also features a brilliant eight-minute stairwell fight scene which appears to be a long continuous single-take, although there are a handful of subtle hidden cuts. This sequence easily wins my vote for the best action scene of 2017 so far.

I love another pivotal fight scene that takes place in a movie theater while Andrei Tarkovsky's enigmatic, but excellent 1979 film, Stalker, is playing. The screen shots from Stalker provide a rather fitting backdrop for Cold War physical combat.

The music soundtrack of Atomic Blonde is rather heavy-handed, but I can easily forgive the obviousness, because the songs all evoke golden nostalgia for my own 1980s youth. We've got New Order - "Blue Monday", David Bowie - "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)", Peter Schilling - "Major Tom", After the Fire - "Der Kommissar", Re-Flex - "The Politics of Dancing", Siouxsie and the Banshees - "Cities in Dust", 'Til Tuesday - "Voices Carry", A Flock of Seagulls - "I Ran (So Far Away)", George Michael - "Father Figure", Nena - "99 Luftballoons", Depeche Mode - "Behind the Wheel", and a handful of faithful covers to other beloved tracks from the era. I do not usually bother with movie soundtrack albums, but I'd like to buy the soundtrack for this one.

I will not go so far as to say that Atomic Blonde is a masterpiece, but it is an insanely fun slice of action, eroticism, and atmosphere. Highly recommended!

[rickah88]

Have not seen this, but there's no chance this won't be in my collection!

[reaperx187]

I will be catching this at the movies on Sunday with my father see if i like it enough to warrant a later purchase if so most likely getting it on 4K release.

[The Great Owl]

I ordered the hell out of this today....



1. David Bowie - Cat People (Putting Out the Fire)
2. Peter Schilling - Major Tom (Völlig Losgelöst)
3. Health - Blue Monday
4. Tyler Bates - C*Cks*Cker
5. Nena - 99 Luftballons
6. George Michael - Father Figure
7. After the Fire - Der Commissar
8. Siouxsie and the Banshees - Cities in Dust
9. Re-Flex - the Politics of Dancing
10. Marilyn Manson & Tyler Bates - Stigmata
11. Tyler Bates - Demonstration
12. A Flock of Seagulls - I Ran (So Far Away)
13. Kaleida - 99 Luftballons
14. Til Tuesday - Voices Carry
15. The Clash - London Calling
16. Tyler Bates - Finding the Uhf Device

[icy hot]

I honestly liked this more than John Wick 2, and that was my favorite of the year until Dunkirk happened.

[WrathOfHan]

I'll get it one day one if there's a good exclusive, otherwise I'll probably wait a few weeks to get it on sale. The action in this movie is INSANE, but the story is a mess.

[Canada]

Originally Posted by BluProofie

Loved it! I hope we get a steelbook.

I hope we get a 4K release.

[Axl Rose]

Originally Posted by canada

i hope we get a 4k release.

[Dunemoon]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

I ordered the hell out of this today....



1. David Bowie - Cat People (Putting Out the Fire)
2. Peter Schilling - Major Tom (Völlig Losgelöst)
3. Health - Blue Monday
4. Tyler Bates - C*Cks*Cker
5. Nena - 99 Luftballons
6. George Michael - Father Figure
7. After the Fire - Der Commissar
8. Siouxsie and the Banshees - Cities in Dust
9. Re-Flex - the Politics of Dancing
10. Marilyn Manson & Tyler Bates - Stigmata
11. Tyler Bates - Demonstration
12. A Flock of Seagulls - I Ran (So Far Away)
13. Kaleida - 99 Luftballons
14. Til Tuesday - Voices Carry
15. The Clash - London Calling
16. Tyler Bates - Finding the Uhf Device

Didn't HMV go out of business?

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by Dunemoon

Didn't HMV go out of business?

I ordered it from Amazon, but the album cover image from Amazon takes up the whole computer screen, so I searched for a smaller image.

[VenomGA]

I'll wait until the price goes down from $34.98

[Chaotic]

I want this as the cover

[gkolb]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

I ordered the hell out of this today....

[Show spoiler]1. David Bowie - Cat People (Putting Out the Fire)
2. Peter Schilling - Major Tom (Völlig Losgelöst)
3. Health - Blue Monday
4. Tyler Bates - C*Cks*Cker
5. Nena - 99 Luftballons
6. George Michael - Father Figure
7. After the Fire - Der Commissar
8. Siouxsie and the Banshees - Cities in Dust
9. Re-Flex - the Politics of Dancing
10. Marilyn Manson & Tyler Bates - Stigmata
11. Tyler Bates - Demonstration
12. A Flock of Seagulls - I Ran (So Far Away)
13. Kaleida - 99 Luftballons
14. Til Tuesday - Voices Carry
15. The Clash - London Calling
16. Tyler Bates - Finding the Uhf Device

Owl,

So, Vinyl or CD ? (and don't say iTunes... )

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by gkolb

Owl,

So, Vinyl or CD ? (and don't say iTunes... )

CD.

I buy everything on CD. Compact disc is still the winning format for me after all of these years, and there's nothing suitable to replace it.

I own over 1,000 CDs, but that's only because I sold about 2/3 of my CD collection a few years back and pared my collection down to the bare essentials (haha).

I do have a handful of vinyl records, but mainly because of the artwork and the overall kitsch of them.

My sprawling vinyl collection...

David Bowie - Hunky Dory
David Bowie - The Rise and the Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
David Bowie - Station to Station
The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
The Cure - Seventeen Seconds
The Cure - Faith

[tvshowfan]

I really enjoyed it! Charlize was awesome in this film!