Films I watched this week
Discussion
Halb said:
It's 20 mill in the red, so hopefully that will have finished off any further excursions. By Ridley Lucas.
We can but hope. His seemingly ridiculous obsession with the monsters creation and how it reflects on mans relationship with God is just bizarre and has clearly blinded him to all the terrible plotting/bizarre character behaviour when all we want to see is lots of horribly gooey terror involving a selection of normal space travellers who aren't as thick as a bag of mince.Hopefully that's what we might get at some point.
The Hypno-Toad said:
We can but hope. His seemingly ridiculous obsession with the monsters creation and how it reflects on mans relationship with God is just bizarre and has clearly blinded him to all the terrible plotting/bizarre character behaviour when all we want to see is lots of horribly gooey terror involving a selection of normal space travellers who aren't as thick as a bag of mince.
Hopefully that's what we might get at some point.
Booooo - https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/may/02/ridle...Hopefully that's what we might get at some point.
Several months worth of viewing.
LaLaLand - total crap. they can't sing, they can't dance, Oscars must be jobs for the boys. Terrible.
Moonlight - another dull film.
The Martian - like double maths on a Monday but far less exciting.
Brother Bear 2 (kids) - pretty good for a sequel and as good as the original.
Ted 2 - bloody hilarious - better than Ted IMHO, which tailed off halfway through. This one has some great lines.
Sausage party - totally cringeworthy and as far from PC as you can get but I laughed...
Fury - a bit slow, more than unrealistic but pretty watchable.
Hacksaw Ridge - good film, very watchable, underlines the grisly horror of war.
Passengers - really good film, thoroughly enjoyed the moral issues.
Life - Alien but even more annoying. I swear they used the same spacecraft as in The Martian.
Arrival - pretty dire.
Sing (kids) - X factor in cartoon form.
LaLaLand - total crap. they can't sing, they can't dance, Oscars must be jobs for the boys. Terrible.
Moonlight - another dull film.
The Martian - like double maths on a Monday but far less exciting.
Brother Bear 2 (kids) - pretty good for a sequel and as good as the original.
Ted 2 - bloody hilarious - better than Ted IMHO, which tailed off halfway through. This one has some great lines.
Sausage party - totally cringeworthy and as far from PC as you can get but I laughed...
Fury - a bit slow, more than unrealistic but pretty watchable.
Hacksaw Ridge - good film, very watchable, underlines the grisly horror of war.
Passengers - really good film, thoroughly enjoyed the moral issues.
Life - Alien but even more annoying. I swear they used the same spacecraft as in The Martian.
Arrival - pretty dire.
Sing (kids) - X factor in cartoon form.
RizzoTheRat said:
Bay watch.
Complete piss take and quite funny, a lot better than I was expecting, 6.5/10
I have to say I really enjoyed this. Quite juvenile at times but I laughed out loud many times. Taint!Complete piss take and quite funny, a lot better than I was expecting, 6.5/10
Also say Wonder Woman tonight and really enjoyed it. Miles and miles better than anything DC on the screen since The Dark Knight. I agree with hypno toad above. Gal Gadot is wondrous. Those thighs.....
I caught the last 40-odd minutes of the original "Gone in 60 seconds" the other night, on movies4men or somewhere like that. It was terrible. Basically all the car chases clichés - police cars inches off the bumper of the fleeing yellow Mustang but unable to catch him, road blocks that always inexplicably have a Mustang-sized gap in them, no Policeman able to shoot out a tyre even though the Mustang was stopped often. Lots of just driving round and round on a dusty bit of waste land.
droopsnoot said:
I caught the last 40-odd minutes of the original "Gone in 60 seconds" the other night, on movies4men or somewhere like that. It was terrible. Basically all the car chases clichés - police cars inches off the bumper of the fleeing yellow Mustang but unable to catch him, road blocks that always inexplicably have a Mustang-sized gap in them, no Policeman able to shoot out a tyre even though the Mustang was stopped often. Lots of just driving round and round on a dusty bit of waste land.
It's entertainment for the mainstream. With Nicolas Cage.Leave brain at door, grab a snack and enjoy.
Good film.
Watched a few this week.
Mechanic on Film 4 - although seen it before had forgotten most of it. Obviously fairly brain out viewing but enjoyed it - 6/10
Mechanic Resurrection - only cost £5, was ok but fairly OTT. Not as good as the first one - 4/10
John Wick 2 - Really enjoyed it, again not as good as the first one and hopefully they dont make any more (Taken got worse) - 7/10
Clear and present danger / Patriot games / Sum of all Fears - Harrison Ford ones brilliant, have watched them many many times - 8/10
Absolutely Fabulous - Garbage, even asked the missus if it was supposed to be a comedy - 0/10
Thelma and Louise - Never seen / wanted to but was on in the background last night, was fairly enjoyable - 6/10
Mechanic on Film 4 - although seen it before had forgotten most of it. Obviously fairly brain out viewing but enjoyed it - 6/10
Mechanic Resurrection - only cost £5, was ok but fairly OTT. Not as good as the first one - 4/10
John Wick 2 - Really enjoyed it, again not as good as the first one and hopefully they dont make any more (Taken got worse) - 7/10
Clear and present danger / Patriot games / Sum of all Fears - Harrison Ford ones brilliant, have watched them many many times - 8/10
Absolutely Fabulous - Garbage, even asked the missus if it was supposed to be a comedy - 0/10
Thelma and Louise - Never seen / wanted to but was on in the background last night, was fairly enjoyable - 6/10
Watched Mark Kermodes best film of 2016 Under The Shadow, was good but I was hoping for more. Comparisons can be made with The Babadook, effectively single parent struggling with troubled child/ghost/mental illness. Babadook was scarier imo.
I saw "Life" with very low expectations which makes all the difference, I imagine it's been slated on here earlier, plenty to pick holes in but really enjoyed it cliches, stupid decisions, plot holes et al.
I saw "Life" with very low expectations which makes all the difference, I imagine it's been slated on here earlier, plenty to pick holes in but really enjoyed it cliches, stupid decisions, plot holes et al.
Just watched Hacksaw Ridge. I was expecting a better movie, the writeups and coverage it has had, but it is basically another 'who can do the goriest graphics' fest.
And why didn't the Japs do the bloody obvious thing and cut down that f
king net???
I know it was based on a true story, but I don't think the true story was quite like the movie, not by a long, long way.
And why didn't the Japs do the bloody obvious thing and cut down that f
king net??? I know it was based on a true story, but I don't think the true story was quite like the movie, not by a long, long way.
addsvrs said:
John Wick 2 - Really enjoyed it, again not as good as the first one and hopefully they dont make any more (Taken got worse) - 7/10
Third film coming and possible TV series, "The Continental", set in the same world.http://nerdapproved.com/news/a-john-wick-tv-show-i...
jammy-git said:
hyphen said:
It's entertainment for the mainstream. With Nicolas Cage.Leave brain at door, grab a snack and enjoy.
Good film.
There is a fairly amusing interview with the director of the original Gone in 60 Seconds, he freely admits that the whole thing was just an excuse to film a massive car chase (which IIRC is something like 40 minutes long) and the rest of the movie was squeezed in around that. Explains a lot really!
GravelBen said:
There is a fairly amusing interview with the director of the original Gone in 60 Seconds, he freely admits that the whole thing was just an excuse to film a massive car chase (which IIRC is something like 40 minutes long) and the rest of the movie was squeezed in around that. Explains a lot really!
To be honest the bits that don't involve car chases are virtually unwatchable. It's well worth it for those 40 minutes thoughGassing Station | TV, Film, Video Streaming & Radio | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff