Good films I watched this weekend (Vol 2)
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Fury
Came out this week on blu-ray/DVD. Big fan of David Ayer: Training Day, Harsh Times, End of Watch etc. and was really interested to see what he'd make of something that is not an LA police crime/corruption drama.
Brad Pitt leads a WWII tank team into Germany in 1945 against the odds against more and better German tanks. The side story is that the fresh replacement he has to operate the machine gun has an aversion to killing people.
Well shot, well written, good effects, and some really gritty stuff. Seeming 'real' is David Ayer's skill - it did that.
That said, there was a couple of thing that made me go 'errr...' which was jarring like:
When the nasty bully dude of the team overnight has an epiphany and is now not an idiot and is nice to the young kid. Also, in the fight at the end where during a real time sequence it goes from daylight to darkness in ten seconds. It looked nice everything on fire at night, but it just looked like an error, where they could have written in a gap to make it look natural.
There's also the fact that just like in Sabotage, where the main character is Arnie, Brad Pitt is just the wrong age to fill the role, and it feels like they were hired to be the 'star' as oppose to being the right person for the role.
That's a minor gripe though, as I enjoyed it. I didn't have the same connection with the characters or as gripped to the story as some of his other films, and that knocks a point off for me, but giving it anything less than 7/10 would be a travesty when you compare it to a lot of the dross out there.
Came out this week on blu-ray/DVD. Big fan of David Ayer: Training Day, Harsh Times, End of Watch etc. and was really interested to see what he'd make of something that is not an LA police crime/corruption drama.
Brad Pitt leads a WWII tank team into Germany in 1945 against the odds against more and better German tanks. The side story is that the fresh replacement he has to operate the machine gun has an aversion to killing people.
Well shot, well written, good effects, and some really gritty stuff. Seeming 'real' is David Ayer's skill - it did that.
That said, there was a couple of thing that made me go 'errr...' which was jarring like:
When the nasty bully dude of the team overnight has an epiphany and is now not an idiot and is nice to the young kid. Also, in the fight at the end where during a real time sequence it goes from daylight to darkness in ten seconds. It looked nice everything on fire at night, but it just looked like an error, where they could have written in a gap to make it look natural.
There's also the fact that just like in Sabotage, where the main character is Arnie, Brad Pitt is just the wrong age to fill the role, and it feels like they were hired to be the 'star' as oppose to being the right person for the role.
That's a minor gripe though, as I enjoyed it. I didn't have the same connection with the characters or as gripped to the story as some of his other films, and that knocks a point off for me, but giving it anything less than 7/10 would be a travesty when you compare it to a lot of the dross out there.
JustinP1 said:
Fury
Came out this week on blu-ray/DVD. Big fan of David Ayer: Training Day, Harsh Times, End of Watch etc. and was really interested to see what he'd make of something that is not an LA police crime/corruption drama.
Brad Pitt leads a WWII tank team into Germany in 1945 against the odds against more and better German tanks. The side story is that the fresh replacement he has to operate the machine gun has an aversion to killing people.
Well shot, well written, good effects, and some really gritty stuff. Seeming 'real' is David Ayer's skill - it did that.
That said, there was a couple of thing that made me go 'errr...' which was jarring like:
When the nasty bully dude of the team overnight has an epiphany and is now not an idiot and is nice to the young kid. Also, in the fight at the end where during a real time sequence it goes from daylight to darkness in ten seconds. It looked nice everything on fire at night, but it just looked like an error, where they could have written in a gap to make it look natural.
There's also the fact that just like in Sabotage, where the main character is Arnie, Brad Pitt is just the wrong age to fill the role, and it feels like they were hired to be the 'star' as oppose to being the right person for the role.
That's a minor gripe though, as I enjoyed it. I didn't have the same connection with the characters or as gripped to the story as some of his other films, and that knocks a point off for me, but giving it anything less than 7/10 would be a travesty when you compare it to a lot of the dross out there.
Littered with stupid, stupid, stupid errors. but some great footage.Came out this week on blu-ray/DVD. Big fan of David Ayer: Training Day, Harsh Times, End of Watch etc. and was really interested to see what he'd make of something that is not an LA police crime/corruption drama.
Brad Pitt leads a WWII tank team into Germany in 1945 against the odds against more and better German tanks. The side story is that the fresh replacement he has to operate the machine gun has an aversion to killing people.
Well shot, well written, good effects, and some really gritty stuff. Seeming 'real' is David Ayer's skill - it did that.
That said, there was a couple of thing that made me go 'errr...' which was jarring like:
When the nasty bully dude of the team overnight has an epiphany and is now not an idiot and is nice to the young kid. Also, in the fight at the end where during a real time sequence it goes from daylight to darkness in ten seconds. It looked nice everything on fire at night, but it just looked like an error, where they could have written in a gap to make it look natural.
There's also the fact that just like in Sabotage, where the main character is Arnie, Brad Pitt is just the wrong age to fill the role, and it feels like they were hired to be the 'star' as oppose to being the right person for the role.
That's a minor gripe though, as I enjoyed it. I didn't have the same connection with the characters or as gripped to the story as some of his other films, and that knocks a point off for me, but giving it anything less than 7/10 would be a travesty when you compare it to a lot of the dross out there.
GetCarter said:
JustinP1 said:
Fury
Came out this week on blu-ray/DVD. Big fan of David Ayer: Training Day, Harsh Times, End of Watch etc. and was really interested to see what he'd make of something that is not an LA police crime/corruption drama.
Brad Pitt leads a WWII tank team into Germany in 1945 against the odds against more and better German tanks. The side story is that the fresh replacement he has to operate the machine gun has an aversion to killing people.
Well shot, well written, good effects, and some really gritty stuff. Seeming 'real' is David Ayer's skill - it did that.
That said, there was a couple of thing that made me go 'errr...' which was jarring like:
When the nasty bully dude of the team overnight has an epiphany and is now not an idiot and is nice to the young kid. Also, in the fight at the end where during a real time sequence it goes from daylight to darkness in ten seconds. It looked nice everything on fire at night, but it just looked like an error, where they could have written in a gap to make it look natural.
There's also the fact that just like in Sabotage, where the main character is Arnie, Brad Pitt is just the wrong age to fill the role, and it feels like they were hired to be the 'star' as oppose to being the right person for the role.
That's a minor gripe though, as I enjoyed it. I didn't have the same connection with the characters or as gripped to the story as some of his other films, and that knocks a point off for me, but giving it anything less than 7/10 would be a travesty when you compare it to a lot of the dross out there.
Littered with stupid, stupid, stupid errors. but some great footage.Came out this week on blu-ray/DVD. Big fan of David Ayer: Training Day, Harsh Times, End of Watch etc. and was really interested to see what he'd make of something that is not an LA police crime/corruption drama.
Brad Pitt leads a WWII tank team into Germany in 1945 against the odds against more and better German tanks. The side story is that the fresh replacement he has to operate the machine gun has an aversion to killing people.
Well shot, well written, good effects, and some really gritty stuff. Seeming 'real' is David Ayer's skill - it did that.
That said, there was a couple of thing that made me go 'errr...' which was jarring like:
When the nasty bully dude of the team overnight has an epiphany and is now not an idiot and is nice to the young kid. Also, in the fight at the end where during a real time sequence it goes from daylight to darkness in ten seconds. It looked nice everything on fire at night, but it just looked like an error, where they could have written in a gap to make it look natural.
There's also the fact that just like in Sabotage, where the main character is Arnie, Brad Pitt is just the wrong age to fill the role, and it feels like they were hired to be the 'star' as oppose to being the right person for the role.
That's a minor gripe though, as I enjoyed it. I didn't have the same connection with the characters or as gripped to the story as some of his other films, and that knocks a point off for me, but giving it anything less than 7/10 would be a travesty when you compare it to a lot of the dross out there.
overall a good film but some really annoying crap every so often...
could happily lose 10 mins of the film cutting irrelevant crap out, then add another 10 mins back in to cover the gaps/errors...
Not a Pitt fan, and this film does nothing to change that.
You're right about the mistakes GetCarter. I'm a 'suspension of disbelief' type and can overlook most things for the art of it, but this stuff even made me wince.
Personally, after that I think David Ayer should stick to what he knows and do some more LA corrupt cop stories, as he's the best at that. Those are very real, and don't have the 'jarring points'.
His next venture is DC Comics 'Suicide Squad' with the Joker, Harley Quinn et al. I can see why they chose him to bring some gusty realism to it, but I guess it could go one of two ways...
Personally, after that I think David Ayer should stick to what he knows and do some more LA corrupt cop stories, as he's the best at that. Those are very real, and don't have the 'jarring points'.
His next venture is DC Comics 'Suicide Squad' with the Joker, Harley Quinn et al. I can see why they chose him to bring some gusty realism to it, but I guess it could go one of two ways...
i watched fury yesterday and half again today.
i though there were some really good elements to it, the production was top notch, the tank scenes were superbly shot but i didn't really get teh sense of claustraphopbia as in das boot - it could have been more oppressive and tighter if that makes sense.
i didn't think brad was a bad lead and his age didn't bother me as it was consistent with the other tank captains what irked me was his initial treatment of his team in the opening scene, would he really kick his own engineer like that and the "initiation" scene felt hackneyed and not that credible. juxtapose that with his love for his environemnt but his tears and compassion to the women in the house felt misplaced. i couldn't connect with the man they were trying to portray but i connected with the tank captain if that makes sense?
the female house scene was way too long and the crew collective felt "too deliberately" varied, a religious man, a noob, an ethnic and a good ole farm boy...cliched.
having said all that it was a very good effort and some very solid performances brad included. 7/10 for me...
i though there were some really good elements to it, the production was top notch, the tank scenes were superbly shot but i didn't really get teh sense of claustraphopbia as in das boot - it could have been more oppressive and tighter if that makes sense.
i didn't think brad was a bad lead and his age didn't bother me as it was consistent with the other tank captains what irked me was his initial treatment of his team in the opening scene, would he really kick his own engineer like that and the "initiation" scene felt hackneyed and not that credible. juxtapose that with his love for his environemnt but his tears and compassion to the women in the house felt misplaced. i couldn't connect with the man they were trying to portray but i connected with the tank captain if that makes sense?
the female house scene was way too long and the crew collective felt "too deliberately" varied, a religious man, a noob, an ethnic and a good ole farm boy...cliched.
having said all that it was a very good effort and some very solid performances brad included. 7/10 for me...
Nom de ploom said:
i watched fury yesterday and half again today.
i though there were some really good elements to it, the production was top notch, the tank scenes were superbly shot but i didn't really get teh sense of claustraphopbia as in das boot - it could have been more oppressive and tighter if that makes sense.
I missed my usual 'If you liked this, then watch...' from my Fury precis. i though there were some really good elements to it, the production was top notch, the tank scenes were superbly shot but i didn't really get teh sense of claustraphopbia as in das boot - it could have been more oppressive and tighter if that makes sense.
"Lebanon". Lone tank by themselves. Much lower budget, but much more Das Bootness. In Lebanon. Obviously... In the 1980's.
JustinP1 said:
Nom de ploom said:
i watched fury yesterday and half again today.
i though there were some really good elements to it, the production was top notch, the tank scenes were superbly shot but i didn't really get teh sense of claustraphopbia as in das boot - it could have been more oppressive and tighter if that makes sense.
I missed my usual 'If you liked this, then watch...' from my Fury precis. i though there were some really good elements to it, the production was top notch, the tank scenes were superbly shot but i didn't really get teh sense of claustraphopbia as in das boot - it could have been more oppressive and tighter if that makes sense.
"Lebanon". Lone tank by themselves. Much lower budget, but much more Das Bootness. In Lebanon. Obviously... In the 1980's.
This
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094716/?ref_=nm_flmg_...
coopedup said:
God Bless America
Completely non pc film about a guy who thinks he is dying and goes on a killing spree with a teenage girl. Brilliantly funny in parts and just so wrong in others, also in a funny way
7.5/10
I thought it was sCompletely non pc film about a guy who thinks he is dying and goes on a killing spree with a teenage girl. Brilliantly funny in parts and just so wrong in others, also in a funny way
7.5/10
t. Or at least I think I did. It musta been I can't remember much about it. Airplane 10/10 I've seen this film loads of times but each time I find new hidden gems.
irocfan said:
errrmmmmm can I say Star Wars? (though I'll agree that it could be viewed as fantasy, it has rockets & lasers therefore it's scifi)
Yes. It's sci-fi, it's officially classed as Space Opera which is a sub-genre.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_opera
coopedup said:
God Bless America
Completely non pc film about a guy who thinks he is dying and goes on a killing spree with a teenage girl. Brilliantly funny in parts and just so wrong in others, also in a funny way
7.5/10
I watched it when I saw that it was on.Completely non pc film about a guy who thinks he is dying and goes on a killing spree with a teenage girl. Brilliantly funny in parts and just so wrong in others, also in a funny way
7.5/10
Based on something I read on here ages ago.
It was decent.
I notice the Studio Ghibli season has started on Film4 again..some ace films being shown. Spirited Away was on today.
JustinP1 said:
You're right about the mistakes GetCarter. I'm a 'suspension of disbelief' type and can overlook most things for the art of it, but this stuff even made me wince..
FuryLike the part where the German army is marching towards the stranded tank with 1/2 of them carrying panzerfaust anti tank weapons which they lose on the way there
Spanna said:
I really enjoyed Edge of Tomorrow. I hit rewind for ending just to try to get my head round how or why it happened that particular way, but I'm still not 100%.
Really? Dont watch Interstellar then, might be too much for ya. Watch Primer (2004) instead, that'll make your head explodeI've seen Primer, very good and completely understandable.
Cruise killed an Alpha and the Omega in the water, as he was dying he absorbed blood, so was that the Alpha or Omega? What I didn't get was how, when he went back after the Omega had been destroyed, were events before that determined so that when he awoke the war had been won?
Surely he had been returned to a point in time where the Omega still existed.
Cruise killed an Alpha and the Omega in the water, as he was dying he absorbed blood, so was that the Alpha or Omega? What I didn't get was how, when he went back after the Omega had been destroyed, were events before that determined so that when he awoke the war had been won?
Surely he had been returned to a point in time where the Omega still existed.
2010 - The Year We Make Contact. Sequel to 2001 and IMHO, much better than the original. Written by Arthur C. Clarke at a time when it was thought there would still be a Soviet Union and a Cold War. Much of the science is believable. That laptop in the film is very chunky.
The film stars Jon Lithgow (Shrek, Memphis Belle), Roy Schieder (Jaws) and the original HAL and Dave Bowman. Check out the Russian-speaking actress Ilyena Mironova.
The film stars Jon Lithgow (Shrek, Memphis Belle), Roy Schieder (Jaws) and the original HAL and Dave Bowman. Check out the Russian-speaking actress Ilyena Mironova.
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