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Just checked it out, looks solid.
I'm not surprised.
Just checked it out, looks solid.
I'm not surprised.
I don't know whether she'd look like that given I've only ever seen here in the professional context, but one's mind can wander.Le Croque's colleague:
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That's a nice swimming pool. I can understand why he wanted to make a film about it.
I'm not surprised.
Critics dubbed it "The hardest thing since Jason Statham"
Calvary - very good film with a great conceit, Brendan Gleeson is fantastic. Probably tried a bit too much at the end and there were too many characters. Aiden Gillen seems to actually have the stupid accent he uses in Game of Thrones, good to see Dylan Moran in something again. Really enjoyed, good companion to The Guard.
Agree with you. Really enjoyed it, the acting itself of the lead characters was pretty decent.Just watched Edge of Tomorrow. One of the better summer blockbusters in the last few years. It's entertaining, smart, well made and doesn't pretend to be more than it is - a quality action flick, more than anything else. Really liked it.
Transformers: Age of Extinction
This film is 2 hours and 45 minutes long... 2 hours and 45 fecking minutes! Jesus christ... why is this film so sodding long? Thats not an actual question, because there is no reasonable answer. It's so sodding long, it's ridiclous. This film could easily be half that length - and would be infinitely better for it. The hilarious thing is though, this film is that long, and yet we get DinoBots - who are introduced in the most half-arsed, lazy way, it makes their entire appearance feel tacked on and a bit pointless.
Anyway, on the actual film... Is Michael Bay parodying himself now? I mean, sure - at this point - with a Transformers film... you get what you expect, and what you expect is crap... but i'm not even sure the bloke is even trying any more.
I lost count of the number of cars that flip over. I'm fairly certain thats what action is to Bay now... cars flipping over. The action here is so undistinct and uninventive, I saw the film yesterday and can't really remember one impressive action beat or set-peice. I can however tell you all about the wing-suits or the giant robot pulling down a building from Transformers 3... because - whislt that film had many, many, flaws - at least Bay was trying to do his action thing... something which I think he really can't be arsed with here.
Nor can he be arsed with dialogue, or a coherant story (seriously - this plot is so unnecessarily convaluted, you'll probably give up trying to keep track of whats going on about an hour in) - but then when has he ever been bothered with these things when doing Transformers? Even the product placement in this film is so lazy, it's not even done with any modicum of subtelty - the the point where again, it must be a parody of how these films are - at this point - purely about money-making, as opposed to having an interesting story to tell or cool visuals/techniques/ideas to show the world.
Instead he focuses on visual masturbation for an 18 year old actress (who is meant to be 17 in the film) - but it's cool to masturbate over her, because of Romeo and Juliet... or something.
It's not all terrible, Stanley Tucci is easily the best thing about this film, he got rid of Shia (and Marky Mark is somewhat of an upgrade) and you can actually, finally, tell the difference between the robots!! He even attempts to give some of them personalities... shame that none of them are especially interesting, nor do they have anything interesting to do - but still, criticisms of the first films addressed... somewhat.
So basically, if you're going to see this, it'll come in lower than your expectations (whatever they are) and take a cushion.
Transformers: Age of Extinction
This film is 2 hours and 45 minutes long... 2 hours and 45 fecking minutes! Jesus christ... why is this film so sodding long? Thats not an actual question, because there is no reasonable answer. It's so sodding long, it's ridiclous. This film could easily be half that length - and would be infinitely better for it. The hilarious thing is though, this film is that long, and yet we get DinoBots for about 10 minutes - who are introduced in the most half-arsed, lazy way, it makes their entire appearance feel tacked on and a bit pointless.
I've got two films to pick between -
O Brother Where Art Thou (watched about a decade ago, remember nothing but liking it/ the soundtrack) and The Hunt. This is my first chance in ages to chill and watch a film, help me pick right.
I've got two films to pick between -
O Brother Where Art Thou (watched about a decade ago, remember nothing but liking it/ the soundtrack) and The Hunt. This is my first chance in ages to chill and watch a film, help me pick right.
Don't think you'd want to chill out to The Hunt, it's supposed to be grim.
Yep, great film - Malle seems to be neglected these days, possibly due to some late turkeys, eg Damage.Lacombe, Lucien - Probably the greatest film I've seen about the banality of evil. A very perceptive and understated take on how people act during wartime, how a French farm boy and likely resistance fighter can end up working for the Nazis in the dying months of WWII and enjoy it. Sorely underrated film.
That was a grim film. Great though.Maria Full of Grace (2004) - great little Colombian/American film about a 17 year old one day deciding to quit her job in a rose-stripping factory and becoming a drug mule, travelling to New Jersey with a load of heroin in her stomach and everything that comes with that. Very naturalistic and the lead actress - Catalina Moreno - is fantastic. Highly recommended.
He's very hard to pin down, maybe that's why he's become neglected. I just watched Murmur of the Heart and really enjoyed that one too, gonna watch the The Fire Within next.Yep, great film - Malle seems to be neglected these days, possibly due to some late turkeys, eg Damage.
The Hunt - More great stuff from the Dane's, an extremely powerful and at times sad film, but also brilliant. The little girl who plays Klara is superb. 9/10
Transformers: Age of Extinction
This film is 2 hours and 45 minutes long... 2 hours and 45 fecking minutes! Jesus christ... why is this film so sodding long? Thats not an actual question, because there is no reasonable answer. It's so sodding long, it's ridiclous. This film could easily be half that length - and would be infinitely better for it. The hilarious thing is though, this film is that long, and yet we get DinoBots for about 10 minutes - who are introduced in the most half-arsed, lazy way, it makes their entire appearance feel tacked on and a bit pointless.
Anyway, on the actual film... Is Michael Bay parodying himself now? I mean, sure - at this point - with a Transformers film... you get what you expect, and what you expect is crap... but i'm not even sure the bloke is even trying any more.
I lost count of the number of cars that flip over. I'm fairly certain thats what action is to Bay now... cars flipping over. The action here is so undistinct and uninventive, I saw the film yesterday and can't really remember one impressive action beat or set-peice. I can however tell you all about the wing-suits or the giant robot pulling down a building from Transformers 3... because - whislt that film had many, many, flaws - at least Bay was trying to do his action thing... something which I think he really can't be arsed with here.
Nor can he be arsed with dialogue, or a coherant story (seriously - this plot is so unnecessarily convaluted, you'll probably give up trying to keep track of whats going on about an hour in) - but then when has he ever been bothered with these things when doing Transformers? Even the product placement in this film is so lazy, it's not even done with any modicum of subtelty - the the point where again, it must be a parody of how these films are - at this point - purely about money-making, as opposed to having an interesting story to tell or cool visuals/techniques/ideas to show the world.
Instead he focuses on visual masturbation for an 18 year old actress (who is meant to be 17 in the film) - but it's cool to masturbate over her, because of Romeo and Juliet... or something.
It's not all terrible, Stanley Tucci is easily the best thing about this film, he got rid of Shia (and Marky Mark is somewhat of an upgrade) and you can actually, finally, tell the difference between the robots!! He even attempts to give some of them personalities... shame that none of them are especially interesting, nor do they have anything interesting to do - but still, criticisms of the first films addressed... somewhat.
So basically, if you're going to see this, it'll come in lower than your expectations (whatever they are) and take a cushion.