Films I watched this week
Discussion
daddy cool said:
Bond takes down a helicopter with a pistol from 1/4 mile away while bouncing around on a speedboat. Oh f
k off. And thats an Mi6 speedboat that for some reason was left in the basement of the building even though they had all moved out of the building pending demolition (lucky that!)
with .380 dont forget.k off. And thats an Mi6 speedboat that for some reason was left in the basement of the building even though they had all moved out of the building pending demolition (lucky that!)JonRB said:
Scuffers said:
Chappie
Awful, started ok, had some promise, but then just turned to cramp.
3/10
It's certainly starting to look like Neill Blomkamp only had one film in him, and that film was District 9. Awful, started ok, had some promise, but then just turned to cramp.
3/10
I 'appreciated' some parts of it, but then the reality kicked in:
Chappie the robot is physically the b
d child of Robocop and 'Johnny Five' from Short Circuit. As soon as I'd noted that I realised that the film itself was actually the b
d child of the themes of those two films too...Pesty said:
daddy cool said:
Bond takes down a helicopter with a pistol from 1/4 mile away while bouncing around on a speedboat. Oh fk off. And thats an Mi6 speedboat that for some reason was left in the basement of the building even though they had all moved out of the building pending demolition (lucky that!)
with .380 dont forget.k off. And thats an Mi6 speedboat that for some reason was left in the basement of the building even though they had all moved out of the building pending demolition (lucky that!)As previously mentioned the film is rubbish. Watch the latest Mission Impossible. Its far better.
John Wick - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2911666
This should have been called Keanu Reeves Action Movie
Basically action happens, there are various scenes of action that happen throughout which are broken up via different scenes of action.
Action continues until the credits roll.
The whole film is complete bks, that said I quite enjoyed it.
6.5/10
Reeves drives a very tasteful Mustang so it gets a bonus .5
This should have been called Keanu Reeves Action Movie
Basically action happens, there are various scenes of action that happen throughout which are broken up via different scenes of action.
Action continues until the credits roll.
The whole film is complete b
ks, that said I quite enjoyed it.6.5/10
Reeves drives a very tasteful Mustang so it gets a bonus .5
Scuffers said:
Watchman said:
Ant-Man (finally)
Very good - restored my faith in Marvel after the mediocre Age of Ultron. This had some of the feel of the excellent Daredevil series although it was more family-friendly.
My 10yo son picked-apart the science behind the tech as soon as he went sub-atomic which shows how little thought goes into continuity but overall we thought it was really good. The little girls is *so* like my own daughter too (different accent) which we all thought was fun.
Especially loved Michael Peña's character, and the way he needs to be reminded to focus when telling a story. I know someone just like this and it's just as hilarious trying to steer him towards the point.
This film warrants repeated watching.
995/1000
watched this last night, and would give it a 9/10.Very good - restored my faith in Marvel after the mediocre Age of Ultron. This had some of the feel of the excellent Daredevil series although it was more family-friendly.
My 10yo son picked-apart the science behind the tech as soon as he went sub-atomic which shows how little thought goes into continuity but overall we thought it was really good. The little girls is *so* like my own daughter too (different accent) which we all thought was fun.
Especially loved Michael Peña's character, and the way he needs to be reminded to focus when telling a story. I know someone just like this and it's just as hilarious trying to steer him towards the point.
This film warrants repeated watching.
995/1000
Decent plot, not too 'out-there', etc.
be interesting to see where this goes (in the world of Marvel)
Yup, did John Wick last weekend. Good enough to watch from start to finish and was what it said on the tin so no complaints really. Fair 6.5/10.
Also took in Terminator Genisys. Read a bit about it before hand on imdb etc and have to agree with most that it has a few holes and in the end I just gave up trying to make good of the plot and watched it because I had to pay for it. I liked a few nods to the original terminator but I think enough is enough now. 6/10
So, last and probably least of the weekends action fest, Jurassic World. Done to death now, script written by a 12 year old and not a good one. 4/10 at best.
Also took in Terminator Genisys. Read a bit about it before hand on imdb etc and have to agree with most that it has a few holes and in the end I just gave up trying to make good of the plot and watched it because I had to pay for it. I liked a few nods to the original terminator but I think enough is enough now. 6/10
So, last and probably least of the weekends action fest, Jurassic World. Done to death now, script written by a 12 year old and not a good one. 4/10 at best.
Pesty said:
Heads up lockout about to start on C4
Pretty decent film under rated, take out brain watch the action type thing.
Basically Guy Pearce plays snake plisken might as well have called it escape from space or something.
fPretty decent film under rated, take out brain watch the action type thing.
Basically Guy Pearce plays snake plisken might as well have called it escape from space or something.
king brilliant. Guy is one of my fave actors, but I was gonna give it a miss as it sounded generic and ste. But Pearce saved it, he was, as normal, fking ace. And I can forgive the hideous cgi at the start and the overplayed baddies, just for all the dialogue twixt Pearce and the blonde. 
Halb said:
Then American. Nice lil modern spy thriller. Nice lil type of it's genre, not mind blowing, it lags a little in the middle, but overall a nice experience. I think modern Bond films could learn a little from it.
Do you mean "The American"? The George Clooney movie? If so, I love that film, but its the polar opposite of Bond!(the girl in it is stunning)
daddy cool said:
Halb said:
Then American. Nice lil modern spy thriller. Nice lil type of it's genre, not mind blowing, it lags a little in the middle, but overall a nice experience. I think modern Bond films could learn a little from it.
Do you mean "The American"? The George Clooney movie? If so, I love that film, but its the polar opposite of Bond!(the girl in it is stunning)
Hardly any buzz about it, small cast, just a great little film where you get drawn into the character and the situation in a much more realistic and empathic way than you do for say a Bond film.
If you vaguely recognise the woman from it, she's actually the daughter and spitting image of the Italian actress who played Al Pacino's squeeze when he was also the 'american' hiding out in Italy in The Godfather.
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