Films I watched this week (Vol 2)
Discussion
Ultraviolet
I'm not sure if the CGI and overproduction is deliberately naff as part of the aesthetic, or just naff.
It feels like really bad B-movie so far. I'm not sure if I'm going to make it to the end.
Edit: I gave up. It was that bad. I find it hard to believe that the writer/director is the same person who brought us Equilibrium.
I'm not sure if the CGI and overproduction is deliberately naff as part of the aesthetic, or just naff.
It feels like really bad B-movie so far. I'm not sure if I'm going to make it to the end.
Edit: I gave up. It was that bad. I find it hard to believe that the writer/director is the same person who brought us Equilibrium.
Edited by Clockwork Cupcake on Tuesday 13th August 19:51
Toy Story 4
Saw this at the cinema last night with the 9yo. It is brilliant, which was a relief.
Saw this at the cinema last night with the 9yo. It is brilliant, which was a relief.
waynedear said:
Dunkirk on prime, up early this morning so I thought I would watch it.
I’m still not sure I liked/disliked it, that could be a good thing as it is making me think which I rarely do with films.
I know I would not of liked being there.
I’m going 6.5 dive bombers out of 10
I thought Dunkirk was magnificent in the cinema but I tried to watch it on telly at home and ended up switching it off. I think it is a great cinema experience rather than a great film. And it bugs me how empty the beach is.I’m still not sure I liked/disliked it, that could be a good thing as it is making me think which I rarely do with films.
I know I would not of liked being there.
I’m going 6.5 dive bombers out of 10
durbster said:
I thought Dunkirk was magnificent in the cinema but I tried to watch it on telly at home and ended up switching it off. I think it is a great cinema experience rather than a great film. And it bugs me how empty the beach is.
Yup, even a standard cinema screen didn't do it justice given the format. I really enjoyed it but have no desire to watch it at home.Once upon a time in Hollywood
Starts out good, you feel it’s going somewhere. Then it introduces real historical characters so then you think it’s building up to a factual event.
You know what’s coming which means you don’t want to leave the bore fest early as surely Quentin will do it justice.
No.
3 hour of prologue with f
k all value as it follows a bullst back story then 120 seconds of violence. Film ends.
There’s a clever twist but most in the audience didn’t seem old enough to even recognise it.
Cinematically brilliant. Acting superb. Sets, stunning. Film, a turkey.
0 underage blowjobs / 10 Roman Polanski’s
Starts out good, you feel it’s going somewhere. Then it introduces real historical characters so then you think it’s building up to a factual event.
You know what’s coming which means you don’t want to leave the bore fest early as surely Quentin will do it justice.
No.
3 hour of prologue with f
k all value as it follows a bullst back story then 120 seconds of violence. Film ends. There’s a clever twist but most in the audience didn’t seem old enough to even recognise it.
Cinematically brilliant. Acting superb. Sets, stunning. Film, a turkey.
0 underage blowjobs / 10 Roman Polanski’s
Another one here for Once Upon/Hollywood. I think I liked it and it is definitely very Tarantino with the various interlinked characters, but not much seems to happen even when it could. The nostalgia was great and the soundtrack very pleasing but the story being told could have been anything.
Oh well, glad I booked the comfy seats as it's a lonnng movie but unfortunately not compelling enough to make me want to stay for the post credit cigarette scene.
Oh well, glad I booked the comfy seats as it's a lonnng movie but unfortunately not compelling enough to make me want to stay for the post credit cigarette scene.
zygalski said:
Pretty much every Bond film could easily lose 30-45 minutes and be far better off for it, imo.
As an aside, in David Brin's 1990 book "Earth" set in the near future (that is now our present), there was a thriving industry in taking old films and editing them down for the modern generation with a shorter attention span. It's quite amusing reading the book now, because Brin got a lot right but also a lot wrong. He correctly predicted the rise of email and social media, and the tailing off of postal mail, but he spectacularly failed to anticipate the uptake of URLs and search engines like Google - in his book, which was written before the WWW was invented, everyone has become adept with the gopher search protocol instead.
John Barnes had a similar idea in his 1994 book Mother of Storms.
Cold said:
Another one here for Once Upon/Hollywood. I think I liked it and it is definitely very Tarantino with the various interlinked characters, but not much seems to happen even when it could. The nostalgia was great and the soundtrack very pleasing but the story being told could have been anything.
Oh well, glad I booked the comfy seats as it's a lonnng movie but unfortunately not compelling enough to make me want to stay for the post credit cigarette scene.
I think I liked it but I’m not sure!Oh well, glad I booked the comfy seats as it's a lonnng movie but unfortunately not compelling enough to make me want to stay for the post credit cigarette scene.
Bruce Lee was epic, some fab bits but at the end of the film (after he leads you down “that” plot path) you leave thinking it was 3 hours of being lied to.
The historical cues were fabulous but this just left me feeling robbed.
Managed a free week of Sky movies so working my way through a few I'd missed.
Wreck it Ralf 2 - Entertaining for the whole family, good jokes and pretty strong for a sequel. 7.5/10
Sgt. Stubby - Cartoon about a Dog who was the mascot of the Yankee regiment in WW1. The boy wanted to watch this one. It was ok, script and voice acting strong but the animation was basic by modern standards. 6/10
Spiderman into the Spiderverse - Animation a world away from the two previous titles leaning towards comic book but going quite realistic for moment. The characters were all great and the story solid. Really enjoyed it, best spiderman film I've seen. 8.5/10
Lastly a live action cartoon in Antman and the Wasp. It's marvel, played a bit more for laughs than some of the other parts and better for it. entertaining. 7.5/10
Wreck it Ralf 2 - Entertaining for the whole family, good jokes and pretty strong for a sequel. 7.5/10
Sgt. Stubby - Cartoon about a Dog who was the mascot of the Yankee regiment in WW1. The boy wanted to watch this one. It was ok, script and voice acting strong but the animation was basic by modern standards. 6/10
Spiderman into the Spiderverse - Animation a world away from the two previous titles leaning towards comic book but going quite realistic for moment. The characters were all great and the story solid. Really enjoyed it, best spiderman film I've seen. 8.5/10
Lastly a live action cartoon in Antman and the Wasp. It's marvel, played a bit more for laughs than some of the other parts and better for it. entertaining. 7.5/10
Bullett said:
Spiderman into the Spiderverse - Animation a world away from the two previous titles leaning towards comic book but going quite realistic for moment. The characters were all great and the story solid. Really enjoyed it, best spiderman film I've seen. 8.5/10
Completely agree. I only went to see it when it was out at the cinema as something/anything to watch in air-conditioned comfort to get out of the heat. However I was very pleasantly surprised and thoroughly enjoyed it.Gassing Station | TV, Film, Video Streaming & Radio | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff