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Wasted 16 quid on renting Wonder Woman 1984.
I might learn now to believe reviews, so at least there's that. Managed 55 minutes.
I might learn now to believe reviews, so at least there's that. Managed 55 minutes.
£16! is that how much these things cost! Wow. I wait the three years until things ooo up on Netflix or Prime - am far too tight to pay that.
It's cos of the lack of cinema thing. I think the price is about right especaily if you're watching as a family. Still a shite film though.
I’m out of touch! I thought it was about £4.
mind you the last time I rented a film, it was a DVD about 20 years ago!
Aye, a bit but I didn't explain well. It's instead of a cinema release, so they charge a premium to watch it before you can rent or buy like it would be normally. Rentals after things have been at the cinema are quite cheap - normally a couple of quid on itunes.
I really don't think there's a single movie that's worth 16 dollars.
I go by the Guardian and Roger Ebert. Also take a look on Rotten Tomatoes. Sometimes you get a film that is rated good by the critics but poor by the general audience.
There's plenty worth that. I mean to buy.
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Honestly feel it's way too much money for me.
Same. I just rent them on the microsoft store for 3 or 4 euro.
I'd expect a nosh in a comfy recliner while watching any movie I'd paid $16 to see.
But.. is Gal Gadot hot enough to warrant the £16..?
I haven't watched it yet, but it's a shame that it seems to be fairly universally disliked, as I really liked the first one. £16 is just so much money when I have 50 odd films already on Netflix, Sky, Prime watchlists..
I haven't watched it yet, but it's a shame that it seems to be fairly universally disliked, as I really liked the first one. £16 is just so much money when I have 50 odd films already on Netflix, Sky, Prime watchlists..
The Things We Say, the Things We Do - Oh, those silly French people and their adulterous ways. Are you familiar with Emmanuel Mouret @Rooney in Paris ?
Con Air
Watched tenet. Too many action scenes and you would want a phd in theoretical physics to understand it.
Had the phone out a lot while watching it. I think Nolan will have to be careful what film he does next. People are getting tired of the gratuitious actions scenes.
Then i didnt know what he was chasing. First it was inverted bullets, the an art picture by Goya, then plutonium, then something else.
Had the phone out a lot while watching it. I think Nolan will have to be careful what film he does next. People are getting tired of the gratuitious actions scenes.
Greatest fight scene of all time imo.
Come and See
Watched it for the first time since high school. Understandably considered one of the greatest war films. The guy who plays the protagonist is an amazing actor and honestly carries the film.
Watched it for the first time since high school. Understandably considered one of the greatest war films. The guy who plays the protagonist is an amazing actor and honestly carries the film.
Vampires vs. The Bronx
A Group of kids fight to protect the Bronx from vampires. Tried to capture that 80s essence of dweeby kids saving the day but it didn't work. They let on waaaay too early that the vampires are real, when they should have played the idea of whether the kids are being paranoid or not. Summer of '84 is a much better version of this. With that said, this did have some funny bits and the main vampire chick was hot 4/10
A Group of kids fight to protect the Bronx from vampires. Tried to capture that 80s essence of dweeby kids saving the day but it didn't work. They let on waaaay too early that the vampires are real, when they should have played the idea of whether the kids are being paranoid or not. Summer of '84 is a much better version of this. With that said, this did have some funny bits and the main vampire chick was hot 4/10
I saw the 2018 Robin Hood film with Taron Egerton on Netflix tonight. It's crap. The first five minutes have the most cliché voiceover I've heard in ages, and it doesn't improve after. Character motivations make little sense, action scenes are an unfollowable mess, jokes miss their mark, and basically the whole thing is a poor attempt at being cool.
Don't be like me. Watch something else.
Don't be like me. Watch something else.
Watched Chef with the kids last night. I've seen it before but was great fun watching it again with them. The scene where they sing Sexual Healing always makes me smile.
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997)
Just switched over to watch a bit of Mortal Kombat: Annihilation...purely out of nostalgic curiosity. Dear Lord, the CGI was probably some of the worst I've ever seen in a movie. I don't remember it being that bad and I'm pretty certain I saw it at the cinema? Could only take 5 mins of it.
Just switched over to watch a bit of Mortal Kombat: Annihilation...purely out of nostalgic curiosity. Dear Lord, the CGI was probably some of the worst I've ever seen in a movie. I don't remember it being that bad and I'm pretty certain I saw it at the cinema? Could only take 5 mins of it.
I just rewatched The Departed and enjoyed it of course. But I'm wondering what Costigan gave to the therapist just before he died. It was never revealed.
I suspect that anyone with a PhD in Theoretical Physics would be crying into their cup of dark matter in frustration at the utter bollocks being served up.
I could only half understand it.
It reminded me of season 2 of True Detective, where it was just so convoluted, that nobody understood what was happening.
9 1/2 Weeks (1986)
Not sure what to think of this...I found it rather boring I guess. Caught myself looking at the clock a couple of times.
Not sure what to think of this...I found it rather boring I guess. Caught myself looking at the clock a couple of times.
Cloudy with a chance of meatballs
Yep, it’s a kids film but I’m working from home today and my daughter came down and put this on.
It was always one of our favourites when the kids were younger and this was the first time I’d seen it in years! One of the best animated films I reckon. Very witty, funny and touching all in one whirlwind.
9/10
Yep, it’s a kids film but I’m working from home today and my daughter came down and put this on.
It was always one of our favourites when the kids were younger and this was the first time I’d seen it in years! One of the best animated films I reckon. Very witty, funny and touching all in one whirlwind.
9/10
I love Chris Nolan films but Tenet was utter crap! I was like you, mind wandering and almost waiting for it to end. Just too fast and trying to be too clever. Missed almost every target in spectacular fashion.
You’re right about his next film being very important. Like I said, I’m a huge fan, Memento, Interstellar, the Batman films and the prestige are among my favourite films and I also really enjoyed Dunkirk but Tenet was just bilge.
Didn’t care about any of it.
I watched Kieślowski's Trois couleurs: Bleu on Netflix. It's been a while since I watched an artistically strong film like that - a good reminder that I should reserve more time for that. Visually, the film is great: the way shots are composed, how part of the story is only told through images, and so on. I also love the pacing of the film; such patience to let moments and scenes develop and express themselves. Nonetheless, I think the plot is a little thin: not quite as deep or meaningful as some of the shots/scenes or the general tone of the film suggest. All the same, a great watch.
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I haven't watched it in years but I love that film. The cinematography is stunning. My mate (well acquaintance now I guess), now a top cinematographer in his own right, spent some time working with/being mentored by Krzysztof Kieślowski just before he died. I am wary of watching it again in case it doesn't live up to expectations.
Rewatched Blade Runner 2049 mainly because I missed the first hour after falling asleep in the cinema. I struggled to stay awake this time. Casting Gosling as a soulless replicant was a masterstroke. So Tyrell installed wombs and ovaries and whatnot in their replicants, did they? Or did she just do what Loretta had planned and keep it in a box? What a bag of shite.
What? I thought it was bloody brilliant. I expected a total balls up but it was superb.
Tyrell didn't install things in female replicants I doubt. The implication was that some were grown/cloned with these biological features necessary for reproduction including gestation and birth. Presumably previously they hadn't.
I think you'll still enjoy it. The quality of the cinematography hasn't diminished. I guess the image is a little grainy and the pace excruciatingly show compared to today's films, but I don't suppose that's your frame of reference. Pretty cool your friend got to work with Kieślowski!
I think there were some loose ends in the plot, like how the pregnancy was possible (evolution?) and what's up exactly with that 'rebel army' that K meets near the end. Other than that, I felt a bit mixed about the movie. The cinematography is absolutely gorgeous; there are tons of awesome-looking scenes, the final scenes flying towards and fighting in the shuttle topping it all for me. (It reminded me of the train job scene in The Assassination of Jess James.) The characters were not very engrossing though, and I was disappointed by the music. I know some people love it, but I felt the very special vibe and feel of Vangelis's soundtrack had been replaced by a fairly generic big-sounder modern-day soundtrack. (Including those god-awful Inception trailer drones.) I guess I compare too much to the original Blade Runner here, also for the characters; but so I think it's awesome movie to look at, but just 'kinda good' to experience as whole.
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Yes. He also did lots of early stuff with Derek Jarman and then made videos for people like U2, Coldplay and The Stones. Now does mainly huge Hollywood films. I'm no more than a Facebook friend now but he was at Uni with my best mate and we lived together in Maida Vale briefly in the 80's. As an odd claim to fame his ex-girlfriend still has my wife's ski boots (well we never returned to London to reclaim them).
[/quote]I think there were some loose ends in the plot, like how the pregnancy was possible (evolution?) and what's up exactly with that 'rebel army' that K meets near the end. Other than that, I felt a bit mixed about the movie. The cinematography is absolutely gorgeous; there are tons of awesome-looking scenes, the final scenes flying towards and fighting in the shuttle topping it all for me. (It reminded me of the train job scene in The Assassination of Jess James.) The characters were not very engrossing though, and I was disappointed by the music. I know some people love it, but I felt the very special vibe and feel of Vangelis's soundtrack had been replaced by a fairly generic big-sounder modern-day soundtrack. (Including those god-awful Inception trailer drones.) I guess I compare too much to the original Blade Runner here, also for the characters; but so I think it's awesome movie to look at, but just 'kinda good' to experience as whole.
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I don't think there was a suggestion of evolution just that Tyrell chose not to include an end date for some models and presumably also didn't turn off the ability to breed (or perhaps allowed the reproductive systems to grow during the cloning process).
I love the original but I also liked the soundtrack for 2049. Maybe I loved it because it was such a surprise they didn't totally feck it up. I also love that they resisted reusing some obvious lines from the original e.g. so tempting to say "time to die" at the end.
The rebel army were apparently going to be the focus of the next film that now looks like it won't get made most likely.
I do actually think it was all figured out by writer(s); or at least, my impression is that they thought things through quite well in general. I just think it could have been explained better in the film.
Yeah, I suppose the music is OK. As I said, I probably compare it to much to the original Blade Runner. Its soundtrack is among my favorites overall, plus I like Vangelis, especially around that period when he was working his magic on the CS-80. (Like the opening notes of Blade Runner, where you're flying among the skyscrapers.) My favorite bit of soundtrack of 2049 is probably where they quote Vangelis at the end, when K dies; I guess that says enough about my perspective here. Although I am more generally not a big fan of those 'big' electronic soundtracks, and there's a fair bit of that.
Mean to say 'I think' instead of 'in fact' here btw.
Watched Aardman's Early Man yesterday on Netflix. Another fun film - I have yet to see an Aardman film I did not like. It's not as strong as some of their work now: the story is a little less developed and more of the jokes fell flat. (Although I think there is also a fair number of jokes that are so British that I missed the reference!) But overall a lot of fun, and definitely very imaginative; multiple times I found myself wondering how the hell they came up with some concept or scene. 
I could also have posted this in the football forum btw. It's a film about football, so there are tons of clever football references (from the obvious to the obscure) throughout the film. In fact, a working title of the film was 'Early Man United'! I didn't spot any other United references myself, but so clearly a great film for the Caf.
I could also have posted this in the football forum btw. It's a film about football, so there are tons of clever football references (from the obvious to the obscure) throughout the film. In fact, a working title of the film was 'Early Man United'! I didn't spot any other United references myself, but so clearly a great film for the Caf.
Deliberate awful character design is now just a marketing tool, right ?
There's no way the studio released this other than to boil piss on the internet and get clicks.