Films I watched this week
Discussion
Star Trek : Into Darkness, going to see Beyond tomorrow and thought I'd better watch Darkness first. Good stuff, Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto have got Kirk and Spock nailed IMO. Yes it's a re do of Wrath of Khan but it didn't matter. I'm looking forward to Beyond now, reviews of it seem pretty good.
Just watched the last half hour of The Valley of Gwangi (again 
) . Cowboys vs Ray Harryhausen dinosaurs, similar story to King Kong (both originally the idea of Willis O'Brien who made the models and animation for the 1933 KK, Harryhausen worked under O'Brien and took on the idea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willis_H._O%27Brien ).
It's cheese, but it's one of those that I'll happily watch whenever it's on.
) . Cowboys vs Ray Harryhausen dinosaurs, similar story to King Kong (both originally the idea of Willis O'Brien who made the models and animation for the 1933 KK, Harryhausen worked under O'Brien and took on the idea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willis_H._O%27Brien ).It's cheese, but it's one of those that I'll happily watch whenever it's on.
Ant-Man.
Watched last night, it being the only MCU film I've not watched in order.
What a fantastic, fun, film. Pace was great, Paul Rudd very good and Micheal Pena superb for some light relief. Good casting throughout tbh.
Can't really think of anything negative to say. Both myself and the wife loved it.
Solid 9/10 for me.
Watched last night, it being the only MCU film I've not watched in order.
What a fantastic, fun, film. Pace was great, Paul Rudd very good and Micheal Pena superb for some light relief. Good casting throughout tbh.
Can't really think of anything negative to say. Both myself and the wife loved it.
Solid 9/10 for me.
Star Trek Beyond. Good sci-fi adventure flickin the JJ reboot series with some lovely nods to ST the original series. A few things were not really well explained (or didn't bear much serious scrutiny) and do not watch this on your TV in the day time (when it comes out on home release) as there are considerable portions shot in darkness (a la GoT).
Score? Set phasers to stun
Score? Set phasers to stun
Johnny said:
Ant-Man.
Watched last night, it being the only MCU film I've not watched in order.
What a fantastic, fun, film. Pace was great, Paul Rudd very good and Micheal Pena superb for some light relief. Good casting throughout tbh.
Can't really think of anything negative to say. Both myself and the wife loved it.
Solid 9/10 for me.
Recorded that the other night, looking forward to it. Watched last night, it being the only MCU film I've not watched in order.
What a fantastic, fun, film. Pace was great, Paul Rudd very good and Micheal Pena superb for some light relief. Good casting throughout tbh.
Can't really think of anything negative to say. Both myself and the wife loved it.
Solid 9/10 for me.
Star Trek beyond.
Or generic science fantasy action film 3 (gsfaf3)
There's good and bad here.
The good:
Production design, pacing, acting and directing is consistently good throughout and the films zips along very nicely. The two hours goes by really quickly and you won't be bored.
The bad:
Terrible villan completely lacks motivation until the final act reveal and as per into darkness doesn't really make any sense. There isn't enough for the main cast to do. This means the plot for one character is shared between two. This means that they are all constantly running around in pairs. Also a lot of the film is too dark. The sets are excellent, but you feel you are missing all the hard work put in by the production crew.
It's better than into darkness, but nowhere near as good as the first movie (which remains a 9/10 film for me)
The truth is these movies have a lot more in common with Star Wars than Star Trek on anything but the most superficial level. Unfortunately if they made a proper trek film no one would go and see it.
The fact that this film was written by a supposed genre fan boy Simon pegg is very disappointing.
A good action movie.
7/10 as an action movie.
4/10 as a Star Trek movie.
Or generic science fantasy action film 3 (gsfaf3)
There's good and bad here.
The good:
Production design, pacing, acting and directing is consistently good throughout and the films zips along very nicely. The two hours goes by really quickly and you won't be bored.
The bad:
Terrible villan completely lacks motivation until the final act reveal and as per into darkness doesn't really make any sense. There isn't enough for the main cast to do. This means the plot for one character is shared between two. This means that they are all constantly running around in pairs. Also a lot of the film is too dark. The sets are excellent, but you feel you are missing all the hard work put in by the production crew.
It's better than into darkness, but nowhere near as good as the first movie (which remains a 9/10 film for me)
The truth is these movies have a lot more in common with Star Wars than Star Trek on anything but the most superficial level. Unfortunately if they made a proper trek film no one would go and see it.
The fact that this film was written by a supposed genre fan boy Simon pegg is very disappointing.
A good action movie.
7/10 as an action movie.
4/10 as a Star Trek movie.
smn159 said:
renmure said:
London can fall over the weekend
I predict that you'll be disappointed
I missed any hype about either Olympus or London has Fallen and was chuffed that I found a double bluray with both on it.
As above, I actually enjoyed Olympus has Fallen. It was perhaps an unexpectedly good yarn.
Unfortunately having just watched London has Fallen with a bit of trepidation after that comment.. well... it really was fairly naff.
robemcdonald said:
Star Trek beyond.
Or generic science fantasy action film 3 (gsfaf3)
The fact that this film was written by a supposed genre fan boy Simon pegg is very disappointing.
A good action movie.
7/10 as an action movie.
4/10 as a Star Trek movie.
The plot was already written before it was given to Pegg. The studio wanted him to de-Star Trek it Or generic science fantasy action film 3 (gsfaf3)
The fact that this film was written by a supposed genre fan boy Simon pegg is very disappointing.
A good action movie.
7/10 as an action movie.
4/10 as a Star Trek movie.
http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Apparently-Simon-Pe...
Halb said:
DervVW said:
Not felt much Star Trek since the new ones.
Its making it 'cool' but it is kind of missing the origonal vision. Stil I've enjoyed them. You are right, if they made them too Star Trek no one would watch.
How could they make them more Trek? And how are they not really Trek?Its making it 'cool' but it is kind of missing the origonal vision. Stil I've enjoyed them. You are right, if they made them too Star Trek no one would watch.
I read that link from above. It's quite depressing that the moronic suits see Guardians made a tonne of cash, and just command, 'make this like Guardians.'
I like Star Trek in a kitsch way, and I do like the films, as I grew up with them, I don't care for anything post 1990. But I'd like to see more stuff as you describe it.
Star Wars wasn't about action originally, it was about the relationship between the key characters, that sort of changed in the third film and then was utterly forgotten in everything since.
I like Star Trek in a kitsch way, and I do like the films, as I grew up with them, I don't care for anything post 1990. But I'd like to see more stuff as you describe it.
Star Wars wasn't about action originally, it was about the relationship between the key characters, that sort of changed in the third film and then was utterly forgotten in everything since.
The comparison with Star Wars is that they are both science fantasy , not science fiction.
Star Trek was always science fiction in the past and care and attention was paid to how and why things work. It inspired a generation of scientists and engineers. I am typing this on an iPad, the design of which was inspired by trek.
Although it sounds it I'm not really a Trekker, personally I always preferred Star Wars. I do believe that current movie makings biggest problem is trying to make one thing fit the mould of something else. I hadn't read that article linked above. I'm not sure it makes me feel better or worse that Simon pegg agreed to do it.
It's still a good, enjoyable film. So from that point of view it's much, much, much better than ghostbusters.
Star Trek was always science fiction in the past and care and attention was paid to how and why things work. It inspired a generation of scientists and engineers. I am typing this on an iPad, the design of which was inspired by trek.
Although it sounds it I'm not really a Trekker, personally I always preferred Star Wars. I do believe that current movie makings biggest problem is trying to make one thing fit the mould of something else. I hadn't read that article linked above. I'm not sure it makes me feel better or worse that Simon pegg agreed to do it.
It's still a good, enjoyable film. So from that point of view it's much, much, much better than ghostbusters.
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