Films I watched this week (Vol 2)
Discussion
ukaskew said:
MYOB said:
I arrive at the allotted time simply not to inconvenience others by arriving when the film actually starts.
I...a) book aisle seats
b) more often than not go on Mondays, which is by far the quietest day
I've never had to 'excuse me' or walk in front of anyone in nearly 70 films so far this year (and I've never missed the start of a film either, usually settled 5 minutes before the BBFC card).
Invictus
had zero interest in this, saw the title, forgot what it was, flicked it on, caught a few minutes of good old Morgan, was hooked. Exemplary performance as usual.
the other yank was forgettable as normal, could have had anyone play the team captain, but overall a great rousing film.
had zero interest in this, saw the title, forgot what it was, flicked it on, caught a few minutes of good old Morgan, was hooked. Exemplary performance as usual.
the other yank was forgettable as normal, could have had anyone play the team captain, but overall a great rousing film.
Last night watched "Mile 22", the recent Walberg action vehicle.
Normally I quite enjoy Marky Mark's films, but absolutely hated this. Firstly, its another "funded-by, and geared-towards" Chinese market job, which means its mostly set in that region, half the cast are Asian, and there has to be a "lead-Asian" who is almost as cool/hardcore/sexy as our western movie star, and once or twice in the film manages to save our hero or at least do something better than he can do, to keep that section of the audience happy. See also, The Meg, Skyscraper, etc etc
Obligatory sassy female/feminist tech operators at mission control (see also the Meg)
John Malkovich plays John Malkovich, as he does in pretty much every film. He also does my pet movie hate which is wherever there is a team of CIA/NSA underlings in a room feverishly working on computers, the person in charge addresses them with "OK PEOPLE, we need to..." (See also the Bourne Identity films)
The biggest problem is Marky Marks character. I like anti-heroes, but his special-ops bloke is just 100% a
hole from start to finish, and they made the bizarre decision to give him some character depth by making a big deal of him having a type of OCD where he has to snap an elastic band on his wrist to help him concentrate. Not since old US show "Monk" have writers tried to shoehorn such a retarded trait in to make someone interesting/different. It gets tedious from about 8.75 minutes into the film.
In fact, his whole elite team are equally sized aholes, including the STRANG PAWARFAL WAMAN who is going through a child custody battle (who cares?) and most of the non-action scenes are just her and marky mark shouting at each other and virtually getting their respective balls out to see who has the biggest.
The dialogue throughout is absolutely retarded, and the biggest thing is it doesn't know whether it wants to be a serious action movie (say, Bourne Identity), or an action comedy. Towards the end Mark and the baddie are at opposite ends of a corridor having a lazy shoot-out and cracking jokes to each other: "I'm gonna shoot you" "no, I'm gonna shoot you" "actually I'm out of ammo, can borrow some?" "Yeah, have these *bang bang*"
Its woeful.
Positives? Its over soon - its only 1.5 hours long. There some nicely choreographed (and unrealistic/OTT) fights from the guy that starred in The Raid, and a bit of a plot twist at the end.
The end is left open for a sequel, but no way am I watching that. 3/10.
Normally I quite enjoy Marky Mark's films, but absolutely hated this. Firstly, its another "funded-by, and geared-towards" Chinese market job, which means its mostly set in that region, half the cast are Asian, and there has to be a "lead-Asian" who is almost as cool/hardcore/sexy as our western movie star, and once or twice in the film manages to save our hero or at least do something better than he can do, to keep that section of the audience happy. See also, The Meg, Skyscraper, etc etc
Obligatory sassy female/feminist tech operators at mission control (see also the Meg)
John Malkovich plays John Malkovich, as he does in pretty much every film. He also does my pet movie hate which is wherever there is a team of CIA/NSA underlings in a room feverishly working on computers, the person in charge addresses them with "OK PEOPLE, we need to..." (See also the Bourne Identity films)
The biggest problem is Marky Marks character. I like anti-heroes, but his special-ops bloke is just 100% a
hole from start to finish, and they made the bizarre decision to give him some character depth by making a big deal of him having a type of OCD where he has to snap an elastic band on his wrist to help him concentrate. Not since old US show "Monk" have writers tried to shoehorn such a retarded trait in to make someone interesting/different. It gets tedious from about 8.75 minutes into the film.In fact, his whole elite team are equally sized a
holes, including the STRANG PAWARFAL WAMAN who is going through a child custody battle (who cares?) and most of the non-action scenes are just her and marky mark shouting at each other and virtually getting their respective balls out to see who has the biggest.The dialogue throughout is absolutely retarded, and the biggest thing is it doesn't know whether it wants to be a serious action movie (say, Bourne Identity), or an action comedy. Towards the end Mark and the baddie are at opposite ends of a corridor having a lazy shoot-out and cracking jokes to each other: "I'm gonna shoot you" "no, I'm gonna shoot you" "actually I'm out of ammo, can borrow some?" "Yeah, have these *bang bang*"
Its woeful.
Positives? Its over soon - its only 1.5 hours long. There some nicely choreographed (and unrealistic/OTT) fights from the guy that starred in The Raid, and a bit of a plot twist at the end.
The end is left open for a sequel, but no way am I watching that. 3/10.
Clockwork Cupcake said:
daddy cool said:
half the cast are Asian, and there has to be a "lead-Asian" who is almost as cool/hardcore/sexy as our western movie star
Good heavens! Really? How awful! We can't have those slitty-eyed Asians challenging white supremacy, can we? 
Clockwork Cupcake said:
Good heavens! Really? How awful! We can't have those slitty-eyed Asians challenging white supremacy, can we?
Somebody posted an almost word for word complaint about The Meg (which is set in Asia) a few months back. Such a bizarre thing to complain about.The Star Wars films have mostly been predominantly shot in the UK, HOW DARE THET FLESH OUT THE CAST WITH A SIGNIFICANT PROPORTION OF UK ACTORS!!! Particularly troublesome considering Star Wars box office is traditionally and these days unusually heavily weighted in favour of the US.
The Last Jedi - Late to the party with this one as I'd heard nothing good about it but, hey, it's Star Wars. Not expecting much, I quite enjoyed it, much more so than Rogue One which I only managed to get halfway through. The main down point was those damn children at the end. Kids in SW films are just annoying. I'll give it a 7/10.
MYOB said:
Just that personally, I like to arrive on time and get settled in my seat at the start.
When I was a less frequent visitor I loved the experience of the trailers and so on. But with nearly 70 visits this year that would be sitting through 35 hours of (usually awful) adverts that aren't changed that often, and the terrible trend of trailers where they interview the cast intercut with scenes. I also don't think cinemas understand that showing another advert when they specifically said that's the end of the ads is extremely annoying!Even arriving mid-trailers I think I saw a good 20 minutes of Bohemian Rhapsody in the past few months, one trailer was 6 minutes long (I counted!)
Pre-bookable allocated seats is my saving grace.
Odeon Screen Unseen is a wonderful slice of how good it could be, 3 trailers at the advertised start time then straight into the film.
David Brent: Life on the Road.
As a big Office fan, have to say I was disappointed. Felt too forced and lost that sparkle which made The Office great. Cringe levels turned up to 11 but humour levels dropped to 5. After a really enjoyable (and IMO heartfelt) Christmas special this adds nothing further.
6/10 at best tbh.
As a big Office fan, have to say I was disappointed. Felt too forced and lost that sparkle which made The Office great. Cringe levels turned up to 11 but humour levels dropped to 5. After a really enjoyable (and IMO heartfelt) Christmas special this adds nothing further.
6/10 at best tbh.
Fantastic Beasts 2 4/10
Fell asleep a few times which almost never happens to me. They seem to be setting up the story for further films but I have no idea WTF is going on and you'd have to be a serious Potter geek to know who all the various people are.
Not worth paying for, wait until it's on TV.
Fell asleep a few times which almost never happens to me. They seem to be setting up the story for further films but I have no idea WTF is going on and you'd have to be a serious Potter geek to know who all the various people are.
Not worth paying for, wait until it's on TV.
Allanv said:
I liked this but very formulaic brain out entertainment.Spoiler alert...
Normal person sees husband/child etc murdered by stereotypical Mexican drug dealer scum bags with tattoos, gang affiliation and terrible moustaches.
Survivor goes off grid for a while and turns from housewife into a ninja weapons expert.
Comes back and kills baddies in various ways whilst local police with one bent and one good cop just a few steps behind.
All baddies eliminated and bad cop dies, good cop helps hero evade justice to allow follow on film a couple of years later...
For the next film see above, but with more relatives killed, a different bad cop, same good cop and probably asian or eastern european villains..
Edited by peterperkins on Wednesday 5th December 06:54
Venom
Not great, but not awful either, I'm not sure what else they could've done with it but it lacked something special.
Tom Hardy's Eddie/venom interactions were funny, and Riz Ahmed was decent as always.
6.5/10
On a side note, I randomly watched the Rock, Birth of the Dragon and Venom this weekend.
Who can tell me what they've got in common?
Not great, but not awful either, I'm not sure what else they could've done with it but it lacked something special.
Tom Hardy's Eddie/venom interactions were funny, and Riz Ahmed was decent as always.
6.5/10
On a side note, I randomly watched the Rock, Birth of the Dragon and Venom this weekend.
Who can tell me what they've got in common?
poing said:
Fantastic Beasts 2 4/10
Fell asleep a few times which almost never happens to me. They seem to be setting up the story for further films but I have no idea WTF is going on and you'd have to be a serious Potter geek to know who all the various people are.
Not worth paying for, wait until it's on TV.
You might find this amusing:Fell asleep a few times which almost never happens to me. They seem to be setting up the story for further films but I have no idea WTF is going on and you'd have to be a serious Potter geek to know who all the various people are.
Not worth paying for, wait until it's on TV.
https://youtu.be/QM6c99aaQhs
It you haven't watched any of the 'Pitch Meeting' series then I'd recommend them - they're very funny and surprisingly incisive.
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