Films I watched this week (Vol 2)

[anonymous-user]

Ready player one was definitely over hyped, it was a bit st,forgettable.

[Pericoloso]

There are not enough superlatives to describe how good the film on Bruce McLaren is.
Shown on ITV4 late last night.
11\10.
Dusty eye ending though.

[toasty]

Russian Troll Bot said:

Shin Godzilla - made purely for a Japanese audience and is 90% politicians and scientists sitting around talking. Sounds insanely dull but was actually really good, moving at a fast pace and focusing on the squabbles and confusion that would actually take place should a giant monster show up and start destroying the city. Godzilla himself looks a bit comical in his initial form, but grows to be suitable menacing by the end. I still prefer the recent American version, but this was a good companion to it.

I caught this at the cinema. One woman was in fits of hysterical laughter when the sock puppet young Godzilla came on screen. Some parts were good but the effects were terrible making a mockery of any serious intentions.

[RBH58]

The Wife

Behind any great man, there’s always a greater woman. Joan Castleman (Glenn Close) has spent forty years sacrificing her own talent, dreams and ambition to support her charismatic, philandering husband Joe (Jonathan Pryce) and his brilliant literary career. Their faithful pact reaches breaking point on the eve of his being awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Excellent performances all round. Great to see Christian Slater in a small but important role again too.

Really enjoyed this. 8.5/10

Edited by RBH58 on Saturday 11th August 12:46

[Pesty]

Kingsman golden circle

Not sure why all the poor reviews perfectly watchable.

Entertained all the way through if a little sill in places.

6.5/10

[V8mate]

Tag

Well cast silliness... a reminder for all of us from the Porky's generation that fun used to be a real thing that we were allowed to do. The closing credits more than make up for some of the less satisfying scenes in the film itself.

Brain out TV.

3.2 brain cells short of a picnic (i.e. 6.8)

[DSLiverpool]

Big up to the incredibles2 when elastic girl got her electric bike and explained it was very torquey! Big down as it then sped away with the sound of an angry straight 4 revving it’s nuts off.
Good film with the kids

[Black can man]

Pesty said:

Kingsman golden circle

Not sure why all the poor reviews perfectly watchable.

Entertained all the way through if a little sill in places.

6.5/10

We watched this last night ....Bloody awful i thought.

At least we got to see Julianne Moore.

[Black can man]

Daz68 said:

ajprice said:

Just watched Train to Busan, the Korean zombie film, it's been mentioned many times already.

Brilliant film. Up there as one of my favourites just from seeing it once .

Thanks for the heads up. Just watched it and thought it was fabulous. Loved it.

Terrific isn't it.

[anonymous-user]

RBH58 said:

The Wife

Behind any great man, there’s always a greater woman. Joan Castleman (Glenn Close) has spent forty years sacrificing her own talent, dreams and ambition to support her charismatic, philandering husband Joe (Jonathan Pryce) and his brilliant literary career. Their faithful pact reaches breaking point on the eve of his being awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Excellent performances all round. Great to see Christian Slater in a small but important role again too.

Really enjoyed this. 8.5/10

Edited by RBH58 on Saturday 11th August 12:46

Sounds good. Added to the list.

I caught Isle of dogs on a flight last week. Thought it was a great way to pass the time at 35,000 ft.

[Clockwork Cupcake]

Slightly off-topic inasmuch as it is not a film I have watched, but the retrospective of Howard the Duck on Den of Geek actually makes me want to watch it.

Since I don't have Netflix, I'll have to wait for it to show up on Amazon Prime Video.

[anonymous-user]

Antman and the wasp. Went on bit too many product placements and bit tedious in middle, not as good as the first one but worth a watch.

7/10

[ukaskew]

Thesprucegoose said:

Antman and the wasp...too many product placements

Intrigued, which ones specifically bothered you?

I know they had a deal with Dell but it was barely noticeable in the movie, the only obvious one to me was Hyundai, but the fact that a cartoonish Hot Wheels car happened to have the H logo on it didn't bother me, despite it being quite in your face. Pez (if indeed that was traditional product placement) worked naturally in the context of the movie.

[irocfan]

Clockwork Cupcake said:

Slightly off-topic inasmuch as it is not a film I have watched, but the retrospective of Howard the Duck on Den of Geek actually makes me want to watch it.

Since I don't have Netflix, I'll have to wait for it to show up on Amazon Prime Video.

gotta be honest it wasn't good then and time has not been kind! Lea Thompson though

[anonymous-user]

infinity wars

good stuff

9/10

[George Smiley]

Caught Heat on Dave, never seen it before but what a film - certainly the gun battle post robbery set the surround sound off like a good un! Proper wow factor.

[Halb]

Clockwork Cupcake said:

Slightly off-topic inasmuch as it is not a film I have watched, but the retrospective of Howard the Duck on Den of Geek actually makes me want to watch it.

Since I don't have Netflix, I'll have to wait for it to show up on Amazon Prime Video.

I wonder if they'll retcon it into the mcu.

[anonymous-user]

George Smiley said:

Caught Heat on Dave, never seen it before but what a film - certainly the gun battle post robbery set the surround sound off like a good un! Proper wow factor.

Based on a true story and Andy Mcnab helped with gun training.

[Jonesy23]

Halb said:

Clockwork Cupcake said:

Slightly off-topic inasmuch as it is not a film I have watched, but the retrospective of Howard the Duck on Den of Geek actually makes me want to watch it.

Since I don't have Netflix, I'll have to wait for it to show up on Amazon Prime Video.

I wonder if they'll retcon it into the mcu.

They already did into GotG didn't they?

[belleair302]

Just watched Eye in the sky, with Helen Mirren and Alan Rickman...his last film role along with Aaron Paul. Great movie showing the inability of politicians to make real world decisions.