Film The Redcafe Movie review thread

I will do soon, chief. It's hard to leave behind the 'vision' one has of the books' characters (and the movies' portrayal of the same) but it'll be very interesting to see a different take on Graham, Crawford, Lecter et al.
 
SteveJ said:
I will do soon, chief. It's hard to leave behind the 'vision' one has of the books' characters (and the movies' portrayal of the same) but it'll be very interesting to see a different take on Graham, Crawford, Lecter et al.
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Its overly pretentious at times though. The worst criticism of it.

I mean really badly overly pretentious.
 
Gol123 said:
Its overly pretentious at times though. The worst criticism of it.

I mean really badly overly pretentious.
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Agree. Still a great show but the more it went on the more flashy it became. Slow-mos of smashing cups etc.

Or maybe it was always like that and just started to grate on me after a while.
 
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies - a lot better than I was expecting. That sounds like I'm damning it with faint praise, but I really did enjoy it. Matt Smith is very good in it. 7/10.
 
Kung Fu Panda 3

Just OK. Has some laughs, but certainly far behind the previous movies. The plot seems contrived, action scenes are not as gripping, forced humour, artificial sentiments and a shitty climax. The movie lacks the originality and real feel that set it's predecessors apart.

Rating: 6/10
 
So I saw Tommy Wiseau's The Room for the first time on Friday where he was also there introducing it. Possibly the craziest, most surreal viewing experience I've ever had. Hilariously bad and the fan interaction ("hi Denny!") throughout was amazing. I wouldn't recommend watching this film in the house but if you get a chance to see a viewing at the theatre I'd absolutely go... SPOON!!!
 
phonics_tid said:
So I saw Tommy Wiseau's The Room for the first time on Friday where he was also there introducing it. Possibly the craziest, most surreal viewing experience I've ever had. Hilariously bad and the fan interaction ("hi Denny!") throughout was amazing. I wouldn't recommend watching this film in the house but if you get a chance to see a viewing at the theatre I'd absolutely go... SPOON!!!
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With friends and alcohol, it's very good as well.

You got to see the Great Man himself, you're so lucky.
 
Rooney in Paris said:
With friends and alcohol, it's very good as well.

You got to see the Great Man himself, you're so lucky.
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I got to touch the great man and didn't even have to pay.

Unfortunately I was driving but it's coming back to the Fringe in August so plenty of alcohol then. The sex scenes were possibly the most awkward I've ever seen.
 
phonics_tid said:
I got to touch the great man and didn't even have to pay.

Unfortunately I was driving but it's coming back to the Fringe in August so plenty of alcohol then. The sex scenes were possibly the most awkward I've ever seen.
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Sex with a belly button, the best type of sex.

Anyway phonics hows your sex life?
 
Deadpool - What a surprise, expected this to be mediocre but it was genuinely very funny and entertaining. One of the better superhero movies in a while, 8.8/10 for me.
 
Room- the best of the films up for the Oscar in my opinion, nearly wrote I really enjoyed it but that's certainly not the right way to put it, but it had a big impact, the acting is great and I would have happily watched if the film was a lot longer 9/10

Spotlight- good cast, delicately deals with an important topic but for me there was no suspense as we all know what happened in real life and the actors weren't really pushed, there was not a lot of emotionally charged scenes, which there really could have been, very very slow paced 7/10

Lobster- One of the most unique films I have ever seen, absolutely hysterical and intriguing until the end, definitely a film many people will completely hate. 8.5/10
 
Deadpool - went in expecting to hate but first half was pretty damn funny except when it fell into that lazy Apatow-improv-humour. Ryan Reynolds was fecking irritating, the bad guy (if your name is Ed Skrein, get it changed) was rubbish and the showdown undercooked (fairly certain this didn't have an Avengers size budget). Still recommend it for the good lines it got in and the violence.

In the Mood for Love - beautiful, glacial paced (sort of) romance from Wong Kar-Wai. Lacked the humour of some of his other stuff which made it seem longer. Tony Leung and Maggie Cheung have great chemistry. Not sure how I feel about this one. Not as instantly loveable as Chungking Express.
 
Pride and Prejudice and Zombie (Yes, Zombies!)

An entertaining take on boobs, jane Austen's classic, and zombies. My only gripe with this movie is that there's not enough nudity and action, and probably throw in abit of knickers shot and more cleavage. A right balance of Action/Comedy/Romance/Zombies. The ending is too shallow, no fights, no climax, no showdown, they forget that people are coming to this movies to see cleavage, zombies, hot chicks + zombies, who cares about the actual romance between Mr. Darceeeeeeh and Lizzy. I wish someone made a parody of this movie with boobiezombie on steroid, and probably throw in some hot chick and zombie sex. Certainly better than those killer wheels movie

6/10
 
Just watched Kubrick's The Killing, which was excellent (Tarantino is shameless!), on the DVD are extras featuring these interviews with Sterling Hayden. The guy is amazing and I'm seeking out his autobiography after watching this.



 
Football Italia/Weekly's James Richardson said everything I wanted to say about Spotlight in a much clearer (and funnier) way

 
The Revenant
Finally got round to watching this. Looked superb, very cinematic, had great sound effects and an excellent score. The acting was amazing, especially Tom Hardy, who in my opinion stole the show so not sure why Leo is the one grabbing all the limelight. Having said all that, the narrative was very linear and stretched over 2.5 hours, became quite tiresome and boring if I put it bluntly. It started off being immensely powerful but ended with a whimper. The film was like receiving a present that is packaged brilliantly and when you open it, the contents were a bit meh 6.5/10

The Challenger
A down on his luck guy who has a dead end job and a sick mother trains with a once famous coach to become a professional boxer and have a crack at the heavyweight title. Full of cliches and cheesy dialogue. Acted quite well, mainly by the late Michael Clarke Duncan, had an excellent soundtrack. There absolutely nothing new here and if this film were a burger, it would definitely be a double cheese burger. And I like double cheese burgers! 7/10

The Chosen
A girl is possesed by a demon and her mother and uncle must sacrifice 6 members in the blood line to free her. The idea was decent and there were a couple of scary moments but overall it felt very cheap, with bad acting and no real suspense. Yawned through it 3/10
 
Foxcatcher - 8/10. Really good Biopic, the slightly disturbing performance from Steve Carell was totally unexpected but excellent. Really good supporting role for Mark Ruffalo.

Paul Blart: Mall Cop - It really is quite poor. But was ideal for that kind of night when you have zero concentration and want a bit of brain out nothingness with a bit of slapstick! 5/10

Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 - Needed another brain out night after a shattering day - worse than the first one by quite some way. It is what it is. At leats it doesn't ry and take itself seriously. It's just a dumb low end comedy - 4/10

Enemy of the State - 8/10 - not watched this for a few years until last week. It's such a Tony Scott movie in every way (R.I.P). Overall a really good action paranoia romp-fest. Plus it was also one of Gene Hackman's last good movies.

Poltergeist (remake) - Pretty rubbish. 5/10
 
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Annihilate Now! said:
Football Italia/Weekly's James Richardson said everything I wanted to say about Spotlight in a much clearer (and funnier) way

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Yeah 100% agree with his review, might have a look at some of his others just in case he's a reviewer with the exact same taste which would be the dream.
 
Pan - I had to put up with this monstrosity of a film for Valentine's Day. It was going terribly and then briefly featured Cara Delevigne so I thought I was going to at least get some reward for my hour long boredom prior to her on screen arrival. Then she never came back on. There wasn't even sign of Rufio either in this pathetic Hook-inspired waste of time.

I hope Hugh Jackman got a shed load of money for selling out and featuring in that.

Never want to watch again. Avoid at all costs. 0/10.
 
Deadpool

I'm not usually a big fan of superhero movies, but this was good fun. It's self-aware (maybe too much so at times), and often feels like more of a comedy than action movie...even though it does go for plenty of all-out action too.

I'd say the villain is probably the main weakness. While most of the other characters are quite strong because they mostly have that aspect of self-awareness and parody about them, the villain only has the British thing going for him...and once that's past, his scenes are where it goes from funny comedy to action superhero movie. Still entertaining though...and it's good to see a Marvel movie with some blood. Makes the whole thing feel more authentic.

7.5/10
 
FC Ronaldo said:
Pan - I had to put up with this monstrosity of a film for Valentine's Day. It was going terribly and then briefly featured Cara Delevigne so I thought I was going to at least get some reward for my hour long boredom prior to her on screen arrival. Then she never came back on. There wasn't even sign of Rufio either in this pathetic Hook-inspired waste of time.

I hope Hugh Jackman got a shed load of money for selling out and featuring in that.

Never want to watch again. Avoid at all costs. 0/10.
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@Mockney's favorite film
 
Solace
Two FBI agents (Abbie Cornish and poor-man's-Javier-Bardem) enlist the help of a psychic (Anthony Hopkins) to stop a serial killer (Colin Farrell). I heard this was a re-write of a rejected script intended to be a sequel to Se7en? It certainly had that feel about it and as I was watching the film, I felt that it had taken inspiration from Se7en before knowing this information. The film was ok, enjoyed the atmosphere of the film, decent acting and scene stealing moments from Anthony Hopkins. His scenes with Colin Farrell were also done well. However, Abbie Cornish's character was as thick as a shit that blocks the toilet, really made me angry at times. The editing was bizarre, with some awful crash zooms and in the end, it was a thriller that's fun at points but instantly forgettable 6/10
 
FC Ronaldo said:
Pan - I had to put up with this monstrosity of a film for Valentine's Day. It was going terribly and then briefly featured Cara Delevigne so I thought I was going to at least get some reward for my hour long boredom prior to her on screen arrival. Then she never came back on. There wasn't even sign of Rufio either in this pathetic Hook-inspired waste of time.

I hope Hugh Jackman got a shed load of money for selling out and featuring in that.

Never want to watch again. Avoid at all costs. 0/10.
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Peter panned.
 
Archie Leach said:
Ghost in the Shell - beautifully animated, great score. Loved it but it ended so suddenly. I was expecting a third act that never came. Seemed seriously incomplete.
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There's a loose sequel, which I can't remember much of though in fairness, but the TV series is really good, even though it's a stand alone thing.
 
CassiusClaymore said:
Old news. Tarantino is a known thief. I read that the hateful eight was ripped off from some old western show.
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The Hateful Eight is a rip off of Reservoir Dogs.

He is shameless in his stealing of great cinematic moments. Jules bible speech was stolen from a movie, the beginning of Jackie Brown when she is on the moving escalator is stolen from The Graduate and the yellow jumpsuit in Kill Bill stolen from Bruce Lee.

There are so many as well. Literally every iconic moment of his films are stolen from other iconic moments in films.
 
CassiusClaymore said:
Old news. Tarantino is a known thief. I read that the hateful eight was ripped off from some old western show.
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Oh yeah I didn't it was anything new(The video does'nt mention that the ear scene is nicked from the original Django) . Surprised he doesn't get more shit for it as well, Reservoir Dogs is still a great film but it don't half take some of the shine off when most of it's been essentially nicked.
 
Sweet Square said:
Oh yeah I didn't it was anything new(The video does'nt mention that the ear scene is nicked from the original Django) . Surprised he doesn't get more shit for it as well, Reservoir Dogs is still a great film but it don't half take some of the shine off when most of it's been essentially nicked.
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He doesn't get more shit for it because the stuff he rips off generally isn't very well known. He basically plunders niche movie and TV for ideas like a hip hop producer sources samples from old records. He's the J Dilla of cinema. And he'd probably love that title too.
 
The Big Short

The film was made in such a way that it made something seemingly complicated and boring, simple and entertaining whilst also being dramatic and quite funny too. Christian Bale and Steve Carrell are brilliant with many solid performances all throughout the film.

8/10
 
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Carpenter's The Thing is a remake of Howard Hawks' The Thing....or Christian Nyby if one wants to be pedantic.
 
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Gol123 said:
The Hateful Eight is a rip off of Reservoir Dogs.

He is shameless in his stealing of great cinematic moments. Jules bible speech was stolen from a movie, the beginning of Jackie Brown when she is on the moving escalator is stolen from The Graduate and the yellow jumpsuit in Kill Bill stolen from Bruce Lee.

There are so many as well. Literally every iconic moment of his films are stolen from other iconic moments in films.
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That's a homeage, everyone and their dog knows it's Bruce Lee's homage, he even admitted so.

Besides, most movies are stealing something from other movies
 
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