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

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Sunday 22nd January 2017

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

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Monday 23rd January 2017

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

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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
smile

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

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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

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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

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Monday 23rd January 2017

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

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