Films I watched this week (NO SPOILERS) (Vol 3)
Discussion
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
No where near as good as the last one. The last one was brilliant at bringing ghostbusters back to life with the young actors bringing real fun to the screen. It also had a nice balance bring the original cast in near the end. This felt right and that they were handing over the reigns.
However in this I feel the original cast dominate, and it feels like any following film will have even more screen time for them.
They should have let the youngsters take the franchise forward alone, as for me their was far to many actors involved.
It was also telling that the brother character could have been cut completely and it would have had no effect on the film. He should be a key character and not someone with less screen time than the James Acaster character.
However credit to James he was OK, which surprised me as he can grate on me on most shows.
Overall very average.
No where near as good as the last one. The last one was brilliant at bringing ghostbusters back to life with the young actors bringing real fun to the screen. It also had a nice balance bring the original cast in near the end. This felt right and that they were handing over the reigns.
However in this I feel the original cast dominate, and it feels like any following film will have even more screen time for them.
They should have let the youngsters take the franchise forward alone, as for me their was far to many actors involved.
It was also telling that the brother character could have been cut completely and it would have had no effect on the film. He should be a key character and not someone with less screen time than the James Acaster character.
However credit to James he was OK, which surprised me as he can grate on me on most shows.
Overall very average.
mikebradford said:
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
No where near as good as the last one. The last one was brilliant at bringing ghostbusters back to life with the young actors bringing real fun to the screen. It also had a nice balance bring the original cast in near the end. This felt right and that they were handing over the reigns.
However in this I feel the original cast dominate, and it feels like any following film will have even more screen time for them.
They should have let the youngsters take the franchise forward alone, as for me their was far to many actors involved.
It was also telling that the brother character could have been cut completely and it would have had no effect on the film. He should be a key character and not someone with less screen time than the James Acaster character.
However credit to James he was OK, which surprised me as he can grate on me on most shows.
Overall very average.
Your experience is completely consistent with the few reviews I've read and also with Pitch MeetingNo where near as good as the last one. The last one was brilliant at bringing ghostbusters back to life with the young actors bringing real fun to the screen. It also had a nice balance bring the original cast in near the end. This felt right and that they were handing over the reigns.
However in this I feel the original cast dominate, and it feels like any following film will have even more screen time for them.
They should have let the youngsters take the franchise forward alone, as for me their was far to many actors involved.
It was also telling that the brother character could have been cut completely and it would have had no effect on the film. He should be a key character and not someone with less screen time than the James Acaster character.
However credit to James he was OK, which surprised me as he can grate on me on most shows.
Overall very average.
It's a shame because, as you say, Afterlife was superb.
Mortal Engines (2018) on Prime. Hugo Weaving seeks ancient tech weapons to lead a predatory London on wheels to spoils of conquest in a post apocalyptic future. It sounds a bit Terry Gilliam, but the cyberpunk world building is excellent. The hero and heroine journeys are good and their romance is okay. But there's too many characters and too much plot squeezed in to the 2h runtime leading to an unsatisfying finale that seems to drag. 6/10 and I'm going to go download the books.
mikebradford said:
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
No where near as good as the last one. The last one was brilliant at bringing ghostbusters back to life with the young actors bringing real fun to the screen. It also had a nice balance bring the original cast in near the end. This felt right and that they were handing over the reigns.
However in this I feel the original cast dominate, and it feels like any following film will have even more screen time for them.
They should have let the youngsters take the franchise forward alone, as for me their was far to many actors involved.
It was also telling that the brother character could have been cut completely and it would have had no effect on the film. He should be a key character and not someone with less screen time than the James Acaster character.
However credit to James he was OK, which surprised me as he can grate on me on most shows.
Overall very average.
Just got back from the cinema and totally agree. A film that I will never even think about watching again. I didnt hate it - but it was nothing more than something occupying my eyeballs for a couple of hours which is a shame as Afterlife gave it a bit of potential. Sadly the film was centred around the Phoebe character and shes a sh!tty person who I didnt feel a micron of empathy for wheras the brothers quite likeable.No where near as good as the last one. The last one was brilliant at bringing ghostbusters back to life with the young actors bringing real fun to the screen. It also had a nice balance bring the original cast in near the end. This felt right and that they were handing over the reigns.
However in this I feel the original cast dominate, and it feels like any following film will have even more screen time for them.
They should have let the youngsters take the franchise forward alone, as for me their was far to many actors involved.
It was also telling that the brother character could have been cut completely and it would have had no effect on the film. He should be a key character and not someone with less screen time than the James Acaster character.
However credit to James he was OK, which surprised me as he can grate on me on most shows.
Overall very average.
grumbledoak said:
Mortal Engines (2018) on Prime. Hugo Weaving seeks ancient tech weapons to lead a predatory London on wheels to spoils of conquest in a post apocalyptic future. It sounds a bit Terry Gilliam, but the cyberpunk world building is excellent. The hero and heroine journeys are good and their romance is okay. But there's too many characters and too much plot squeezed in to the 2h runtime leading to an unsatisfying finale that seems to drag. 6/10 and I'm going to go download the books.
I watched some of its special features and the cast were dropping catchphrases from the film with a wink, whatever the hell they were, clearly expecting them to become embedded in the cultural zeitgiest. I felt a bit sad for those lost expectations.
The main female is a far more interesting and complex character in the books, of course most them are, and the whole series is a real journey.
It's an amazing film to look at. The actual tale could've done with plenty more fiddling and focus.
Watched these two recently. They both follow the same premise a man goes back to his hometown that is now overrun with crime and single-handedly takes justice into his own hands. I didn't notice the dates before I watched the Kevin Sorbo film and assumed it was the earlier of the two. The 2004 film the picture was cleaner, colours brighter and just seemed the more up to date film, the 2007 version had a much more grittier, dirtier, sepia colour palet, seemingly trying to emulate the original 1973 version..
Walking Tall 2004 Dwayne Johnson
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0351977/?ref_=nv_sr_s...
Walking Tall: The Payback 2007 Kevin Sorbo
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0804550/?ref_=nv_sr_s...
The Dwayne Johnson film gets the higher rating at 6.3/10 on IMDB but neither are going to be oscar winners. Good brain out action, few explosions, fist fights and gun fights etc.
Walking Tall 2004 Dwayne Johnson
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0351977/?ref_=nv_sr_s...
Walking Tall: The Payback 2007 Kevin Sorbo
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0804550/?ref_=nv_sr_s...
The Dwayne Johnson film gets the higher rating at 6.3/10 on IMDB but neither are going to be oscar winners. Good brain out action, few explosions, fist fights and gun fights etc.
Godzilla v Kong
Nothing much else on that we hadn't seen so gave this a punt on the Odeon Limitless. Dear God...
I guess that it might have some entertainment value to a 6 year old, but dodgy CGI, a nonsensical story, characters which were completely incidental to proceedings and endless fights for little apparent reason did wear thin after a while.
Nothing much else on that we hadn't seen so gave this a punt on the Odeon Limitless. Dear God...
I guess that it might have some entertainment value to a 6 year old, but dodgy CGI, a nonsensical story, characters which were completely incidental to proceedings and endless fights for little apparent reason did wear thin after a while.
Roadhouse
Never seen the original, so I've nothing to measure it against. That said, my GF who's a bit of a Swayze fan has seen the original and she said it's not much cop. She also really enjoyed this one!
I enjoyed this allot more than Godzilla x Kong which sounds like no high bar but it's a very watchable old school action film done in the paint by numbers style. That said, I had some genuine laughs with this. The middle dragged but it gets back on track soon enough.
6.5/10
(I did also go and see Dune Part 2 for the third time
love a long weekend)
Never seen the original, so I've nothing to measure it against. That said, my GF who's a bit of a Swayze fan has seen the original and she said it's not much cop. She also really enjoyed this one!
I enjoyed this allot more than Godzilla x Kong which sounds like no high bar but it's a very watchable old school action film done in the paint by numbers style. That said, I had some genuine laughs with this. The middle dragged but it gets back on track soon enough.
6.5/10
(I did also go and see Dune Part 2 for the third time
love a long weekend)smn159 said:
Godzilla v Kong
Nothing much else on that we hadn't seen so gave this a punt on the Odeon Limitless. Dear God...
I guess that it might have some entertainment value to a 6 year old, but dodgy CGI, a nonsensical story, characters which were completely incidental to proceedings and endless fights for little apparent reason did wear thin after a while.
I like the new gidzilla movie so went in to watch this with a negative attitude.Nothing much else on that we hadn't seen so gave this a punt on the Odeon Limitless. Dear God...
I guess that it might have some entertainment value to a 6 year old, but dodgy CGI, a nonsensical story, characters which were completely incidental to proceedings and endless fights for little apparent reason did wear thin after a while.
I don't like the scale of the monsters, and feel Gidzilla should dwarf Kong.
However as a brain out film I ended up liking it.
A couple of moments were cheesy when the monsters became bros and teamed up.
What was unnecessary was the marvel esq jumping round in zero gravity. Just keep the fighting on the ground.
C5_Steve said:
Walk Of Shame
Can't remember if someone on here of the Amazon thread recommended this, I really like Elizabeth Banks so gave it a go. It's exactly what you'd expect, bang average comedy with Ms Banks and James Marsden. Elizabeth Banks is very underrated when it comes to comedy IMO and she's the highlight of this film, no where near as funny as her parts in Pitch Perfect etc but it passed the time. Some genuine chuckles but otherwise inoffensive.
6/10
Godzilla x Kong
Not typing the whole title
I really enjoyed GVK, as well as all the previous iterations. To me, this was the weakest of all of them. There are some good bits, but by focusing on the monsters for the whole film you lose all sense of scale. Coming off the back of Minus One, it's just really front and centre.
More so than any of the others, the humans are all a waste of time. I didn't care about any of them at all and their dialogue was totally one dimensional.
Take the kids if they want huge monsters, the action does look cool but even Godzilla was underused for me. I was sat next to a kid about 10 years old and he loved it.
Oh and one last thing, there were portions where the background appeared overly blurred for some reason. Not sure if that was due to the 3D conversion (I saw it in 2D so not sure why that would be?) but it was very noticeable in parts.
6/10
Off to watch something guaranteed to be a banger as I'm disappointed (it might be Dune 2 again! )
Thanks, watched Walk of Shame last night. Just what I needed and the crack den scene had me laughing out loud Can't remember if someone on here of the Amazon thread recommended this, I really like Elizabeth Banks so gave it a go. It's exactly what you'd expect, bang average comedy with Ms Banks and James Marsden. Elizabeth Banks is very underrated when it comes to comedy IMO and she's the highlight of this film, no where near as funny as her parts in Pitch Perfect etc but it passed the time. Some genuine chuckles but otherwise inoffensive.
6/10
Godzilla x Kong
Not typing the whole title
I really enjoyed GVK, as well as all the previous iterations. To me, this was the weakest of all of them. There are some good bits, but by focusing on the monsters for the whole film you lose all sense of scale. Coming off the back of Minus One, it's just really front and centre.
More so than any of the others, the humans are all a waste of time. I didn't care about any of them at all and their dialogue was totally one dimensional.
Take the kids if they want huge monsters, the action does look cool but even Godzilla was underused for me. I was sat next to a kid about 10 years old and he loved it.
Oh and one last thing, there were portions where the background appeared overly blurred for some reason. Not sure if that was due to the 3D conversion (I saw it in 2D so not sure why that would be?) but it was very noticeable in parts.
6/10
Off to watch something guaranteed to be a banger as I'm disappointed (it might be Dune 2 again!
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And Miss Bank is absolutely gorgeous
I think the only other film I've seen her in she plays a character thrown in jail for a murder she didn't commit. So quite a serious part.
croyde said:
Thanks, watched Walk of Shame last night. Just what I needed and the crack den scene had me laughing out loud
And Miss Bank is absolutely gorgeous
I think the only other film I've seen her in she plays a character thrown in jail for a murder she didn't commit. So quite a serious part.
She's only a supporting actor in Pitch Perfect (she plays one of the commentators but produced the original and follow-ups and directed the second) but they're all good films and worth watching. Very Bring it On in terms of tone. Much bigger part in Zack and Miri Make a Porno where she co-stars with Seth Rogan (a Kevin Smith film so you can gauge the humour, I thought it was very funny). And Miss Bank is absolutely gorgeous
I think the only other film I've seen her in she plays a character thrown in jail for a murder she didn't commit. So quite a serious part.
A bit left field but she was also very good as Rita in the last Power Rangers film, another underrated film IMO. I think she's got excellent range as she nailed the villain role.
JagLover said:
Re-watched Deep Impact as it is out in 4K.
Watchable but less emotionally engaging than I remember. The effects do not hold up in 4K as well. Morgan Freeman makes a good president.
yeah the kids are annoying - remove Bilbo and the others and it moves at a much better pace ;-)Watchable but less emotionally engaging than I remember. The effects do not hold up in 4K as well. Morgan Freeman makes a good president.
C5_Steve said:
croyde said:
Thanks, watched Walk of Shame last night. Just what I needed and the crack den scene had me laughing out loud
And Miss Bank is absolutely gorgeous
I think the only other film I've seen her in she plays a character thrown in jail for a murder she didn't commit. So quite a serious part.
She's only a supporting actor in Pitch Perfect (she plays one of the commentators but produced the original and follow-ups and directed the second) but they're all good films and worth watching. Very Bring it On in terms of tone. Much bigger part in Zack and Miri Make a Porno where she co-stars with Seth Rogan (a Kevin Smith film so you can gauge the humour, I thought it was very funny). And Miss Bank is absolutely gorgeous
I think the only other film I've seen her in she plays a character thrown in jail for a murder she didn't commit. So quite a serious part.
A bit left field but she was also very good as Rita in the last Power Rangers film, another underrated film IMO. I think she's got excellent range as she nailed the villain role.
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