Films I watched this week (Vol 2)
Discussion
New blade runner.
Pleasantly surprised don’t think it needed to be made but was a good effort.
Enjoyable nexus 8 out 10 unicorns
If that tiny peace of wood makes him rich and the whole city of wherever deckard is hiding is full of wood and drink and well everything and radiation is normal then I’m pretty sure all the poor people living on top of each other would go robbing the place or just move in.
Or not I don’t know whatever still good.
Pleasantly surprised don’t think it needed to be made but was a good effort.
Enjoyable nexus 8 out 10 unicorns
If that tiny peace of wood makes him rich and the whole city of wherever deckard is hiding is full of wood and drink and well everything and radiation is normal then I’m pretty sure all the poor people living on top of each other would go robbing the place or just move in.
Or not I don’t know whatever still good.
Watched JW Fallen Kingdom yesterday, don't quite understand the hate for it. Feels like it's the fashion to hate anything new nowadays.
Anyway I really enjoyed it, as did my 9 year old son and my wife (who doesn't like most of the action films that we watch)
It's basically a reboot of Lost World, I feel like watching that again now so I can compare the two.
On refection it was exciting, funny, sad, interesting and had a couple of good jump scares too. Solid 7/10.
Anyway I really enjoyed it, as did my 9 year old son and my wife (who doesn't like most of the action films that we watch)
It's basically a reboot of Lost World, I feel like watching that again now so I can compare the two.
On refection it was exciting, funny, sad, interesting and had a couple of good jump scares too. Solid 7/10.
Big Trouble in Little China was on some obscure channel last night.
Haven't seen it in donkeys years and as the Nigeria match as sending me to sleep I decided to give it a go. Absolutely superb!
Daft in places, hilarious in others with a barmy plot, Russell and co nailed this one. Stands the test of time and doesn't feel too dated. Great fun.
Haven't seen it in donkeys years and as the Nigeria match as sending me to sleep I decided to give it a go. Absolutely superb!
Daft in places, hilarious in others with a barmy plot, Russell and co nailed this one. Stands the test of time and doesn't feel too dated. Great fun.
Halb said:
Watched Rocky II last night, and Rocky last week....damn they're good. I had forgotten how good they both are. JUst examples of a great simple story told very well. Easy to forget that Stallone was in some classics at the start of his career before he went all silly in the 80s.
Yes, they were excellent and very well acted as well. From Rocky 3 they went for a more action oriented take on the whole thing and to be fair that worked as well just a different kind of movie that's all.valiant said:
Big Trouble in Little China was on some obscure channel last night.
Haven't seen it in donkeys years and as the Nigeria match as sending me to sleep I decided to give it a go. Absolutely superb!
Daft in places, hilarious in others with a barmy plot, Russell and co nailed this one. Stands the test of time and doesn't feel too dated. Great fun.
Haven't seen it in donkeys years and as the Nigeria match as sending me to sleep I decided to give it a go. Absolutely superb!
Daft in places, hilarious in others with a barmy plot, Russell and co nailed this one. Stands the test of time and doesn't feel too dated. Great fun.
It remains as one of my fave 80s films, I don't think Carpenter's stuff dates too much.272BHP said:
Yes, they were excellent and very well acted as well. From Rocky 3 they went for a more action oriented take on the whole thing and to be fair that worked as well just a different kind of movie that's all.
Yes, I thought about Rocky 3 as I typed it (though Cobra and the rest were the silly ones I was thinking of), and while I don't dislike it (sly and Carl in tunny showing tank tops) it's not quite the film the first two was, I also enjoy Rocky 4, the only one I cannot rewatch is Rocky 5, utter bilge. And yet he came back 15 years later and made quite possibly the best, and for me, his best acting to date. I love Rocky Balboa, can watch that over.this mayinterestyou if you haven't already seen it.
How The Rocky Films Changed Over Time
https://youtu.be/mKTmkLvESI4popeyewhite said:
wjb said:
Watched JW Fallen Kingdom yesterday, don't quite understand the hate for it. Feels like it's the fashion to hate anything new nowadays.
No, actually it's not very good. And I'm a complete escapist who loved the last Jurassic movie.Clockwork Cupcake said:
ajprice said:
Iron Sky is on Horror Channel tonight at 9pm 
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Thanks for the heads up. I saw it when it came out but haven't seen it since. .
I'm not going to be too hard on it, because I know it was made on a tiny crowd-funded budget and was a labour of love for those involved but... well... it's a bit naff isn't it. Terrible (over)acting, very weak dialogue, and dodgy incidental music are its main shortcomings. The SFX is still reasonable considering the tiny budget, though, so I'm not going to knock that, although it's showing its age.
Also, it didn't know whether it was a B-movie parody, a comedy, or a serious sci-fi film with a dash of humour, so it rather failed to be any of them. It should have perhaps decided what it wanted to be and then tried to nail that.
Edit: Having done a little research, and discovering that it was made for €7.5 million, I'm not sure whether my description of the budget as "tiny" is accurate now. Perhaps "modest" would be more appropriate.
Edited by Clockwork Cupcake on Monday 18th June 22:25
All is lost caught last night late.
Robert Redford in a boat.
No speaking, no score. Just wind and wave noise. ( did make a radio call but that was it)
He didn’t even swear when everything went wrong.
Had to turn it off as early start in the morning and there seemed no end in sight and no end to what would go wrong next.
Drew me in probably because of the silence. Need to watch the end.
7-10 for different.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=no1rl9Gvx-s#dialog
Robert Redford in a boat.
No speaking, no score. Just wind and wave noise. ( did make a radio call but that was it)
He didn’t even swear when everything went wrong.
Had to turn it off as early start in the morning and there seemed no end in sight and no end to what would go wrong next.
Drew me in probably because of the silence. Need to watch the end.
7-10 for different.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=no1rl9Gvx-s#dialog
Edited by Pesty on Monday 18th June 18:59
ukaskew said:
Hereditary
Struggling to process that, 1 hour and 55 minutes of absolute dread in my stomach (for me it out tensioned A Quiet Place in that respect), but then 5 minutes of absolute meh.
I love that it did something different and had zero reliance on jump scares, there are some moments that I'm sure will stay with me for weeks.
10/10 for 98% of the movie running time.
Have to admit, that I disagree with a lot of this. The first half is really good, and sets out something different, but the second is by numbers poltergeist rubbish. A couple of parts made me laugh out. Struggling to process that, 1 hour and 55 minutes of absolute dread in my stomach (for me it out tensioned A Quiet Place in that respect), but then 5 minutes of absolute meh.
I love that it did something different and had zero reliance on jump scares, there are some moments that I'm sure will stay with me for weeks.
10/10 for 98% of the movie running time.
toastyhamster said:
ajprice said:
The Greasy Strangler, I've set this to record. It's on Film 4 on Saturday night. From what I've read about it (not watching any trailers) it's a very wrong comedy horror film, a bit Vic and Bob in style.
You're in for a treat. Heard about this from a mate with similar tastes and loved it.
. Yes it's very weird, and I understand why it was on so late now 
. Bits of that are going to stay with me for a while, maybe even a few quotes 'You're a bulls
t artist!'Deadsnow 2
Remember the first as mad and Funny in places
Came across no 2 flicking through the box and was hooked. Dead nazis coming back stealing a tiger tank then having a dust up with some dead Russians yes please. Gets kinda dark in places but just fun and entertaining.
Knows that it is! No less no more.
Remember the first as mad and Funny in places
Came across no 2 flicking through the box and was hooked. Dead nazis coming back stealing a tiger tank then having a dust up with some dead Russians yes please. Gets kinda dark in places but just fun and entertaining.
Knows that it is! No less no more.
Rewatched Ghostbusters (the good one, not the pile of st excuse for a film remake), and actually noticed new things. Janine is such a great character and played subtly. It's a story told extremely well, not an excuse to have trev and simon jokes constantly
Plus, Siggy is beautiful.
some vids
6mins
12mins by GRS
t excuse for a film remake), and actually noticed new things. Janine is such a great character and played subtly. It's a story told extremely well, not an excuse to have trev and simon jokes constantlyPlus, Siggy is beautiful.
some vids
Kermode Uncut: Great Films You Don’t Like
https://youtu.be/6z5MVbQxRRI6mins
When Movie Twists Fail
https://youtu.be/csNQ17Npcko12mins by GRS
"The Hundred Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared" [2013]
Exactly as it says on the tin really! On his 100th b-day, this confused old chap elopes from his nursing home and ends up going on a zany adventure with some oddball characters he meets along the way, whilst simultaneously recounting his life story. Its like a violent black comedy version of Forrest Gump, and takes in drug dealers, Franco, Stalin, an elephant, a cockney gangster, cold-war espionage, and Albert Einstein's retarded brother.
Pretty funny (despite having to read the subtitles at the same time as watching the slapstick humour), worth a watch. 7/10.
Exactly as it says on the tin really! On his 100th b-day, this confused old chap elopes from his nursing home and ends up going on a zany adventure with some oddball characters he meets along the way, whilst simultaneously recounting his life story. Its like a violent black comedy version of Forrest Gump, and takes in drug dealers, Franco, Stalin, an elephant, a cockney gangster, cold-war espionage, and Albert Einstein's retarded brother.
Pretty funny (despite having to read the subtitles at the same time as watching the slapstick humour), worth a watch. 7/10.
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