Films of 2016 - A Bad Year?

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generationx

6,642 posts

104 months

Saturday 21st January 2017
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V8covin said:
All these recommendations for Arrival,we managed 30 minutes last night and were bored to tears so watched Ghostbusters instead.
Does it get better ?
I hope for your sake it was the original Ghostbusters.

Arrival is great - spoilers: you need to watch it.

Yipper

5,964 posts

89 months

Saturday 21st January 2017
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Looks like struggling Sony is about to sell up and get out of the movie biz.

http://fortune.com/2017/01/20/sony-pictures-sale/

Halb

53,012 posts

182 months

Saturday 21st January 2017
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Yipper said:
Looks like struggling Sony is about to sell up and get out of the movie biz.

http://fortune.com/2017/01/20/sony-pictures-sale/
bounceOh please please let this happen.

V8covin

7,212 posts

192 months

Saturday 21st January 2017
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generationx said:
I hope for your sake it was the original Ghostbusters.

Arrival is great - spoilers: you need to watch it.
No it was the new one.It wasn't that bad lol

manwithbeard

69 posts

164 months

Saturday 21st January 2017
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Nice Guys!
It was surprisingly entertaining.
Dr Strange I didnt enjoy.
Amongst other short comings, Cumberbunks american accent was awful.

V8covin

7,212 posts

192 months

Saturday 21st January 2017
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manwithbeard said:
Nice Guys!
It was surprisingly entertaining.
Dr Strange I didnt enjoy.
Amongst other short comings, Cumberbunks american accent was awful.
Yeh Nice guys is good

Adam B

27,142 posts

253 months

Sunday 22nd January 2017
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V8covin said:
No it was the new one.It wasn't that bad lol
So you found Arrival boring and preferred the new Gbostbusters - wow

V8covin

7,212 posts

192 months

Sunday 22nd January 2017
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Adam B said:
So you found Arrival boring and preferred the new Gbostbusters - wow
Eh up,here we go.I said I watched the first 30 minutes and asked if it got any better.Yes it was boring,2 of us watched it and we both agreed.
You obviously enjoyed it. wow
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Halb

53,012 posts

182 months

Sunday 22nd January 2017
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RLM's Half in the Bag ponders hows awful 2016 was, and how the money box office adds up...or rather...doesn't....the death of the summer blockbuster?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLk2LBGkMd4

P-Jay

10,551 posts

190 months

Monday 23rd January 2017
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MiniMan64 said:
I'm talking the "big stuff", I'm sure there's plenty of smaller less well known films I've missed that were good but I feel like it's been a really sure year for the big blockbusters, am I wrong? I've been catching up on some stuff i missed recently.

Civil War was good if a little paint by Marvel numbers.
Liked Deadpool a lot.
Was pleasantly suprised by Star Trek Beyond.

Everything else was tosh!

BvS was a mess
ID:Resurgence was like a bad B-movie remake
Suicide Squad was a good movie chopped to pieces in the edit
Seen bits of Ghostbusters, none of them good
Started X-Men Apocalypse and gave up after 1/2 hour
Bourne was a boring rehashed cash in.

What else did I miss?

And will 2017 be any better?
Maybe you're just bored of Super Hero films, I know I am, I was bored to death of them 5+ years ago.

At first it was a rough old time being a film lover who is turned off by about 70% of all 'Blockbusters' because they invariably include some tit in tights.

Deadpool was a sort of break from that, saw it once, laughed at the silly humour, enjoyed it - watched it a second time at home, really once you've heard the punchlines the rest of it is just the same as all the others, nonsense. Mass Murderer seeks moral high ground. Watched Suicide Squad on the strength of a great trailer, but it was crap.

So I stopped choosing films based on how 'big' they were.

Highlights for me:

Hell or High Water.
Grimsby
Sully
Hateful 8
Magnificent 7
The Big Short
Creed
Rogue One


I haven't seen Arrvial yet, I hope it comes to iTunes soon.

Adam B

27,142 posts

253 months

Monday 23rd January 2017
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V8covin said:
Eh up,here we go.I said I watched the first 30 minutes and asked if it got any better.Yes it was boring,2 of us watched it and we both agreed.
You obviously enjoyed it. wow
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My surprise was not at you enjoying Arrival (I did but tastes differ), more that you enjoyed Ghostbusters - didn't know tastes differ that much! beer

ReallyReallyGood

1,620 posts

129 months

Monday 23rd January 2017
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I'll be honest, I really enjoyed the new Ghostbusters. Ending was a bit naff, but found myself chuckling throughout much of it. Definitely does not deserve the hate it's got.

Adam B

27,142 posts

253 months

Monday 23rd January 2017
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P-Jay said:
Highlights for me:

Hell or High Water.
Grimsby
Sully
Hateful 8
Magnificent 7
The Big Short
Creed
Rogue One

I haven't seen Arrvial yet, I hope it comes to iTunes soon.
Note a bad list, mine would be (roughly in order):

The Nice Guys
The Big Short
Hell or High Water
Everyone Wants Some
Revenant
Deadpool
Room
Green Room
Spotlight

V8covin

7,212 posts

192 months

Monday 23rd January 2017
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Adam B said:
My surprise was not at you enjoying Arrival (I did but tastes differ), more that you enjoyed Ghostbusters - didn't know tastes differ that much! beer
At no point did I say I enjoyed Gostbusters smile I've seen plenty worse films

Adam B

27,142 posts

253 months

Monday 23rd January 2017
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V8covin said:
At no point did I say I enjoyed Gostbusters smile I've seen plenty worse films
Fair point - you win the internet on a technicality smile

V8covin

7,212 posts

192 months

Tuesday 24th January 2017
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Adam B said:
Fair point - you win the internet on a technicality smile
Is that until Trump shuts it down wink