Ah man, I Care A Lot was great! Good set up (a vile person rips off a mobster’s mom), good twists, cynical ending. 4/5
Agree with your pan on SGG, but didn’t find it enjoyable in the least. 1/5
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Agree with your pan on SGG, but didn’t find it enjoyable in the least. 1/5
Chris Pratt is the American version of Gerard Butler. Generic and bland actor who is in movies with interesting things happening unrelated to the actor himself, and which the actor actively undermines. Pratt is duller than dishwater.
Its idea sounded really good and the start was pretty strong as well, but I guess I just got really irritated with how immoral it really was. That's a simplistic emotion I suppose (as if action flics provide me with good moral frameworks) and maybe not a good argument for giving a 1/5, but I was really quite pissed off at the end and can't see the film differently anymore in retrospect. I'll accept that it's totally irrelevant to others.
I can't disagree with that, I thought he was OK , played his part well enough, without being exceptional.
Cash Truck Original title: Le convoyeur
Solid french action movie/drama similar to Wrath of Man but with a better story and a little more drama/depth. I really enjoy out of the ordinary movies, very different to what we are used to see nowadays.
7/10
Solid french action movie/drama similar to Wrath of Man but with a better story and a little more drama/depth. I really enjoy out of the ordinary movies, very different to what we are used to see nowadays.
7/10
Anyone else seen Air yet? I'm surprised how much I liked it. Simple film but good.
I completely get your point; they were terrible people, and the idea that the scheme is probably real is enough to boil one’s blood. I guess what I liked about it was Dinklage and Pike were really good, and it had enough twists that I couldn’t see the ending, includingIts idea sounded really good and the start was pretty strong as well, but I guess I just got really irritated with how immoral it really was. That's a simplistic emotion I suppose (as if action flics provide me with good moral frameworks) and maybe not a good argument for giving a 1/5, but I was really quite pissed off at the end and can't see the film differently anymore in retrospect. I'll accept that it's totally irrelevant to others.
Pike thinking she got away with her horrible crimes and then getting shot to death was beautiful
On what platform did you watch it? I tried to on 0123 but the sound was all fecked up.
I'm looking forward to seeing it especially with that cast.
Cinema. I have a membership at a local cinema that gives me free/discounted tickets. Go once a week by myself as at certain times it's usually empty/only 4 or 5 people there. Whole backrow to myself to relax.
Good for you. The best way to see a flick is solo.
I think that’s a bit harsh. He’s actually a great comic actor (see Parks and Rec) but Hollywood decided to turn him into a leading man action hero which he always seemed a bit forced at.
I didn't mind him in the first GOTG movie but since then, I'm a bit bored of him.
Ooooh can't wait for that.
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Black Lotus
I'm a sucker for action/ martial arts films, but wasn't expecting much from Rico Verhoeven. Rightly so. He's good at looking like a serious tough guy, which isn't that big of a surprise as he's a kickboxing world champion, but other than that. Yeaaaah, no.
6/10 (being generous)
Listened to a (Belgian) podcast with him on Monday and he seriously thinks this will leap him to the level of JCVD, Bruce Lee and others. He's 100% set on a Hollywood career. I'd suggest he sticks with kickboxing for now.
I kinda liked the twist before that in terms of creative writing (they team up on the con and go nationwide), and I agree that it's probably more real than I want to believe. The societal angle is covered within 30 min though, the rest of the film doesn't add to that. (Sure, she gets interviewed as a successful CEO, but from my perspective, she's no worse than oil executives, bankers, etc., who are all seen generally as respectable figures, so that doesn't 'shock' me.)
I have to say I actually disliked the ending. I thought it was a moral cop-out: I have to sit through everything else, and then they quickly make things 'right' by having her shot. It's cheap and anyway too late, as this won't end that new company.
Of course, most regular films are poor when you really start going into their details, so again, it's not really fair to don't to this one and not others. In a way, the makers might even be happy that it touched this kind of nerve with me. But yeah, it still pissed off with it.
I thought it was a terrible film. Bland characters and uninteresting story, poorly executed. Not even sure I watched it til the end.
If you like martial arts films, you should check out Shadow from 2018. Great movie.
You sir... Are a man of taste. Except the club you support.
Will check it out thanks!
Also Glass
Ah interesting. I never saw those after Unbreakable, I'll have to check them out.
This was a bad joke. ‘Martial’ Arts. Glass.
To be fair Split was good. Glass was decent but nowhere good as Unbreakable.
Ghosted
A new Apple TV original movie. Their original content has generally been very good, bordering on the superb, so I gave this a go despite the trailer looking shit. Well, it was even worse than the trailer suggested. First 20 minutes seemed like a slightly quirky rom com, and it then morphed into a painfully contrived, fish out of water, action spy thriller. Like a really shit version of Knight and Day. Ana de Armas is completely miscast for the role, and unfortunately seems to have had so much Botox that she can hardly move her face any more. Turned it off about 40 minutes in.
1/10
A new Apple TV original movie. Their original content has generally been very good, bordering on the superb, so I gave this a go despite the trailer looking shit. Well, it was even worse than the trailer suggested. First 20 minutes seemed like a slightly quirky rom com, and it then morphed into a painfully contrived, fish out of water, action spy thriller. Like a really shit version of Knight and Day. Ana de Armas is completely miscast for the role, and unfortunately seems to have had so much Botox that she can hardly move her face any more. Turned it off about 40 minutes in.
1/10
M3gan
Little to say, but it was quite fun. Had some really fun themes commenting on technology shaping children and its role in the family unit.
6/10
Little to say, but it was quite fun. Had some really fun themes commenting on technology shaping children and its role in the family unit.
6/10
The review I read liked this even less than you did.
Hellraiser (1984)
This is one that always evaded me, although I had seen the second and third part when younger. Liked the concept and the world building and was fairly imaginative but the human characters were awful. But I can see why this is a beloved character in the horror world 6/10
This is one that always evaded me, although I had seen the second and third part when younger. Liked the concept and the world building and was fairly imaginative but the human characters were awful. But I can see why this is a beloved character in the horror world 6/10
The idea and character design was always much stronger than the films really. Its not a great series.
Is the new one any good?
Its pretty close in quality really. Probably a better cast and production in general. Maybe slightly better than the old ones.
Is the second one good from your memory? I remember thinking it was ok but I was also like 8 years old
The first came out a little after 84. I think was 86-87. But the first one was the only one I thought was really good. The 2nd and subsequent ones I felt got too comical, go downhill really fast and just played up how people thought the cenobites were "cool" monsters but that first one, which, IIRC, closely follows Barker's original story was good for me. The one in space was just absurd, can't even imagining watching that series after that one.
Ah. Hah, I'm slow and didn't catch that. I'll check out Split when its free on streaming, not sure I want to spend money to rent it yet.
Its fine. More of the same. Most of the elaboration isn't as interesting or strong as the initial idea so its just kind of disappointing. I haven't watched them in a decade but the 3rd was just crappy and i didn't go past that one.Is the second one good from your memory? I remember thinking it was ok but I was also like 8 years old
I'd watch the first 2 and the new one. There might be some so bad its good gold elsewhere but way too much shit to go looking for it.
Evil dead rise
I quite enjoyed this as a horror movie. Took me a while to realise this was linked to the whole Bruce Campbell evil dead franchise despite the evil dead name Doh.
Idiot
Anyway it's a lot of fun. I normally hate a lot of "horror movie" endings because they are always stupid or don't make sense. This one was done well imo
I quite enjoyed this as a horror movie. Took me a while to realise this was linked to the whole Bruce Campbell evil dead franchise despite the evil dead name Doh.
Idiot
Anyway it's a lot of fun. I normally hate a lot of "horror movie" endings because they are always stupid or don't make sense. This one was done well imo
Barbarian (2022) 7/10
As a horror suspense movie. The first 45 minutes is a 9/10. I didn’t know where the movie was going, who or what was the danger. The buildup, tension and suspense was amongst the best I’ve seen and left me on the edge of my seat in anticipation of what was going to happen.
45 minutes in there’s the climax/reveal after that it becomes a different movie and allows for more humour. Still pretty good but a beaten path.
As a horror suspense movie. The first 45 minutes is a 9/10. I didn’t know where the movie was going, who or what was the danger. The buildup, tension and suspense was amongst the best I’ve seen and left me on the edge of my seat in anticipation of what was going to happen.
45 minutes in there’s the climax/reveal after that it becomes a different movie and allows for more humour. Still pretty good but a beaten path.
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Yves Saint Laurent The Last Collections
Interesting documentary about the decline and the final show of designer Yves Saint Laurent.
7/10
Interesting documentary about the decline and the final show of designer Yves Saint Laurent.
7/10
1917. Very good. It's a bit of a tour of the world in and around the trenches without the actual warfare, with the tension of the story added on - although I feel that was a bit secondary to the experience. (The death of Blake therefore also didn't hit me very much - it anyway happened in what seemed like a rather random and, basically, dumb series of events.)
But to me, it's mainly the filming that's breathtaking. Not just how impressive the appearance of the film being one long oner is (I read that the longest shot is actually 'only' 8.5 min), but along with that, it looks great. As 'Scho' moves through the landscape, you get completely different visual languages, from the colourful liveliness of his 'home' trench, to the grimness of the first part (barbed wire, corpses everywhere), the dull grimness of the empty landscape with dead trees, the almost homely familiarity around the farm and company he meets, and the silhouetted darkness of the destroyed city - it's an amazing sequence of approaches.
It's not an absolute masterpiece to me: as I said, the story and overall emotionality felt a little wooden to me, and I have to say the tracking-camera approach sometimes didn't work that great, with certain transitions or how they're using blocking (if that's the right word). But very good. 4/5
But to me, it's mainly the filming that's breathtaking. Not just how impressive the appearance of the film being one long oner is (I read that the longest shot is actually 'only' 8.5 min), but along with that, it looks great. As 'Scho' moves through the landscape, you get completely different visual languages, from the colourful liveliness of his 'home' trench, to the grimness of the first part (barbed wire, corpses everywhere), the dull grimness of the empty landscape with dead trees, the almost homely familiarity around the farm and company he meets, and the silhouetted darkness of the destroyed city - it's an amazing sequence of approaches.
It's not an absolute masterpiece to me: as I said, the story and overall emotionality felt a little wooden to me, and I have to say the tracking-camera approach sometimes didn't work that great, with certain transitions or how they're using blocking (if that's the right word). But very good. 4/5
Do they explain why the feck YSL went from premium brand to bring sold in Sports Direct?
A cracking film that I always enjoy rewatching. Also had a great score by Thomas Newman. Funnily enough the last film I went to see in the cinema also before Covid made me way too lazy to go.