Films I watched this week
Discussion
phazed said:
slk 32 said:
John Wick
Terrible, terrible film.
Watched it on netflix and suckered in as was convinced it had to get better. I was wrong.
My thoughts exactly.Terrible, terrible film.
Watched it on netflix and suckered in as was convinced it had to get better. I was wrong.
I watched most of it at double the speed convinced it must get better but sadly not.
It surely must rate with one of the worst films I've ever seen.
ajprice said:
ukaskew said:
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - 9/10
Wonderful understated film with a couple of fantastic performances (Rockwell and McDormand in particular). Dark but funny and nice to see an ending that absolutely hasn't been Hollywoodised.
Screen Unseen lastnight?Wonderful understated film with a couple of fantastic performances (Rockwell and McDormand in particular). Dark but funny and nice to see an ending that absolutely hasn't been Hollywoodised.
It was really good. Didn't know anything about it, and I avoided the chatter about the clues on Facebook/Twitter leading up to it.
One of my favourites of the year
O like, Life, best sci-fi horror for years.
SOlace, I watched it, it was OK, Hopkins can make anything watchable.
slk 32 said:
John Wick
Terrible, terrible film.
Watched it on netflix and suckered in as was convinced it had to get better. I was wrong.
Essentially someone kills Keanu Reeves dog and nicks his car. As a retired hitman he then goes on a revenge fuelled rampage killing everyone remotely involved.
I'm guessing he needed the money
Terrible, terrible film.
Watched it on netflix and suckered in as was convinced it had to get better. I was wrong.
Essentially someone kills Keanu Reeves dog and nicks his car. As a retired hitman he then goes on a revenge fuelled rampage killing everyone remotely involved.
I'm guessing he needed the money
phazed said:
My thoughts exactly.
I watched most of it at double the speed convinced it must get better but sadly not.
It surely must rate with one of the worst films I've ever seen.
wrong. John Wick is one of the greatest pieces of cinema to ever contribute to the zeitgeist.I watched most of it at double the speed convinced it must get better but sadly not.
It surely must rate with one of the worst films I've ever seen.
Daniel1 said:
phazed said:
slk 32 said:
John Wick
Terrible, terrible film.
Watched it on netflix and suckered in as was convinced it had to get better. I was wrong.
My thoughts exactly.Terrible, terrible film.
Watched it on netflix and suckered in as was convinced it had to get better. I was wrong.
I watched most of it at double the speed convinced it must get better but sadly not.
It surely must rate with one of the worst films I've ever seen.
With hindsight, Wonder Woman was a more realistic film.
I have never got Reeves as an actor but fair play to him, he's managed to fool most of the people most of the time.
phazed said:
Err, no actually. A few PHers on here had said what a good/great film it was so I settled down with an open mind.
With hindsight, Wonder Woman was a more realistic film.
I have never got Reeves as an actor but fair play to him, he's managed to fool most of the people most of the time.
If you were after realism and an oscar performance from reeves it was definitely the wrong film for you but that should have been obvious from the trailer :lol: With hindsight, Wonder Woman was a more realistic film.
I have never got Reeves as an actor but fair play to him, he's managed to fool most of the people most of the time.
Avoid number 2 because that is more of the same but worse
liner33 said:
John Wick is hardly "high art" but you could see how much time training he had put in for the fighting and weapon handling
Its up there with any martial art movie imo
Agreed but compare that to "Taken" and there is no comparison.Its up there with any martial art movie imo
"Taken", good storyline, plausible, (huge tongue in cheek) highly entertaining.
"Wick", way down the ladder in all respects apart from the killing choreography.
'nuff said from me, I need to work!
phazed said:
It surely must rate with one of the worst films I've ever seen.
If John Wick is one of the worst films you've seen you clearly been luckier than me with some of the total dross out there. I got dragged to see Jeepers Creepers in the cinema FFS 
I quite liked John Wick but I can easily see why some people don't, for example those people who think plot and dialogue are important
Jon Wick is an interesting one, yes it's plot is paper thin and Keanu has a very limited range, his flip from deadpan to shouty\angry is probably about the best you can hope for. However what Keannu does VERY well is physical action, he looks incredibly convincing and good when kicking 50 shades of crap out of people, something that is actually VERY hard to do. If you don't believe me, just try some Kung Fu moves in front of the mirror and see how good you look, even most proper martial artists don't look that convincing.
Those looking for character nuance or Oscar worthy performances are watching the wrong film\actor I'm afraid, Keanu's films usually follow a very simple character arc, in this one it's a simple revenge tail which he does really well as it essentially boils down to him getting angry and kicking people. As Russell Crowe once famously said after cutting his way through half a dozen people in Gladiator, "Are you not entertained?, I certainly was.
Those looking for character nuance or Oscar worthy performances are watching the wrong film\actor I'm afraid, Keanu's films usually follow a very simple character arc, in this one it's a simple revenge tail which he does really well as it essentially boils down to him getting angry and kicking people. As Russell Crowe once famously said after cutting his way through half a dozen people in Gladiator, "Are you not entertained?, I certainly was.
Finally got round to watching 'Baby Driver' - enjoyable, but maybe not as sharp as it could have been. Seemed like a lightweight version a Tarantino film, certainly had elements of 'True Romance' in it, and Jon Hamm's character was a rip-off of George Clooney's in 'From Dusk Til Dawn'. It needed to be a bit grittier really, and 'Baby' as a character was never that engaging.
Normally a big fan of Edgar Wright's so it's a 'not cross, just slightly disappointed' 6/10 from me.
Normally a big fan of Edgar Wright's so it's a 'not cross, just slightly disappointed' 6/10 from me.
Interesting comments and differing opinions regarding John Wick.
I watched it and was prepared to be horrified. To my surprise it was fantasically enjoyable if totally ridiculous - but the second was nowhere near as good. At least John Wick didn't have that gurning t
t Gerard Butler in it, whose flobby fat chops I imagine behave like this whenever he shakes his fat soft head...
Actually, in Keanu's defence, he was damned good in The Gift.
I watched it and was prepared to be horrified. To my surprise it was fantasically enjoyable if totally ridiculous - but the second was nowhere near as good. At least John Wick didn't have that gurning t
t Gerard Butler in it, whose flobby fat chops I imagine behave like this whenever he shakes his fat soft head...Actually, in Keanu's defence, he was damned good in The Gift.
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