Films I watched this week (NO SPOILERS) (Vol 3)
Discussion
quigonjay said:
grumbledoak said:
Mickey 17 (2025) at the Cinema. Robert Pattinson as "Mickey", who signs up for a space colonization job as an "expendable" to get off planet and evade debts. This involves not just being re-printed when he dies in dangerous circumstances, but actually being killed on purpose for dubious experiments. Until one time number 17 is left for dead but doesn't die.
Not so much "Show, don't tell" in this one. A lot - too much - is explained to us by a narrator with a dissapointing IQ. The "withering social critique at it's core" is all a bit lump hammer. And Mark Ruffalo chews all the furniture. Reminded me a lot of "Poor Things" without the naked Emma Stone. 6/10
Very much looking forward to this after just discovering it is a Bong Joon Ho filmNot so much "Show, don't tell" in this one. A lot - too much - is explained to us by a narrator with a dissapointing IQ. The "withering social critique at it's core" is all a bit lump hammer. And Mark Ruffalo chews all the furniture. Reminded me a lot of "Poor Things" without the naked Emma Stone. 6/10
C5_Steve said:
Oh I'm not saying I didn't enjoy the last few years (I enjoy EVERY year) but nothing you mentioned I would describe as a cinematic classic. And I LOVED several of the films you mentioned. But they've not changed the landscape not spawned any copies. Many of them clearly draw influence elsewhere.
My point was more around true innovation. But I guess as CC points out even things like The Matrix draw their ideas from elsewhere.
(Ps the fact you missed Dune Part 2 off that list for last year is an actual crime
)
Not discussing my opinion of both parts of Dune, CC will tell me off again My point was more around true innovation. But I guess as CC points out even things like The Matrix draw their ideas from elsewhere.
(Ps the fact you missed Dune Part 2 off that list for last year is an actual crime
)
. But now you mention it, Chalamet's performance is the crime regardless of what the film is. 
Not sure how you can claim innovation when you have Goldeneye (generic Bond in every way) and the third Die Hard of a series of very similar films (all good and With a Vengeance is possibly the best but it's not innovative). I will grant you that I had the seventh Alien and fifth Mad Max and Indiana Jones on my list
Gibson has even said Braveheart was inspired by Dancing With Wolves.
True innovation in cinema is rare now. Of your list, I'd only say that Toy Story was innovative.
As for not spawning any copies, it's a little early to say that none of them will do that
C5_Steve said:
quigonjay said:
grumbledoak said:
Mickey 17 (2025) at the Cinema. Robert Pattinson as "Mickey", who signs up for a space colonization job as an "expendable" to get off planet and evade debts. This involves not just being re-printed when he dies in dangerous circumstances, but actually being killed on purpose for dubious experiments. Until one time number 17 is left for dead but doesn't die.
Not so much "Show, don't tell" in this one. A lot - too much - is explained to us by a narrator with a dissapointing IQ. The "withering social critique at it's core" is all a bit lump hammer. And Mark Ruffalo chews all the furniture. Reminded me a lot of "Poor Things" without the naked Emma Stone. 6/10
Very much looking forward to this after just discovering it is a Bong Joon Ho filmNot so much "Show, don't tell" in this one. A lot - too much - is explained to us by a narrator with a dissapointing IQ. The "withering social critique at it's core" is all a bit lump hammer. And Mark Ruffalo chews all the furniture. Reminded me a lot of "Poor Things" without the naked Emma Stone. 6/10
toasty said:
A real pain - Kieran Culkin and Jesse Eisenberg play cousins on a trip to Poland. Both have issues. It entertains enough for the 90 mins. Jennifer Grey still looks lovely. 7/10
I can’t say I share your enthusiasm, it certainly lived up to its name ‘A Real Pain’ which I guess was the whole point; however, I just found it intensely annoying and rather boring, the whole mismatched brothers/cousins thing has been done to death.American actors seem to come with three vocal flavours, shouty, whinny effeminate and effeminate. Odd, America is a huge country, which no doubt fosters a wide range of diverse and interesting accents; ‘A real pain’ went for whinny effeminate.
macron said:
Platoon
1986 and still f
king brilliant. What a cast. What a story.
10/10.
I don't think Oliver Stone or Charlie Sheen have ever been better. Apparently there was a beautiful original score for the film by Georges Delereux that Stone left largely unused, opting for great chunks of Barber's Adagio for Strings instead.1986 and still f
king brilliant. What a cast. What a story. 10/10.
Stand By Me
Not even 90 mins, guess it is a very long time since I've watched it! The whole voiceover thing is not my preference, but the story remains epic. Youth in small town America, Kiefer Sutherland, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, John Cusack, and based on a Stephen King novel that I won't name for giving a spoiler.
At least 9 leeches out of 10.
Not even 90 mins, guess it is a very long time since I've watched it! The whole voiceover thing is not my preference, but the story remains epic. Youth in small town America, Kiefer Sutherland, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, John Cusack, and based on a Stephen King novel that I won't name for giving a spoiler.
At least 9 leeches out of 10.
Captain america last orders. It bizarrely popped up on youtube yesterday.
Got bored halfway though and decided to stop . Its vanished today. Maybe I should have kept watching but was worried about the legality.
I guess you have to be 100% up to speed on previous films or the comics ,as there were bundles of characters I never even heard of.
Some old geezers fighting captain america looked really odd. Not even in a superhero swimsuit, just normal clothes.
Maybe its a fake.
Got bored halfway though and decided to stop . Its vanished today. Maybe I should have kept watching but was worried about the legality.
I guess you have to be 100% up to speed on previous films or the comics ,as there were bundles of characters I never even heard of.
Some old geezers fighting captain america looked really odd. Not even in a superhero swimsuit, just normal clothes.
Maybe its a fake.
hondajack85 said:
Captain america last orders. It bizarrely popped up on youtube yesterday.
Got bored halfway though and decided to stop . Its vanished today. Maybe I should have kept watching but was worried about the legality.
I guess you have to be 100% up to speed on previous films or the comics ,as there were bundles of characters I never even heard of.
Some old geezers fighting captain america looked really odd. Not even in a superhero swimsuit, just normal clothes.
Maybe its a fake.
Think I found clips of the version you saw :PGot bored halfway though and decided to stop . Its vanished today. Maybe I should have kept watching but was worried about the legality.
I guess you have to be 100% up to speed on previous films or the comics ,as there were bundles of characters I never even heard of.
Some old geezers fighting captain america looked really odd. Not even in a superhero swimsuit, just normal clothes.
Maybe its a fake.
I watched Borderlands so you don't have to.
I like the games.
The trailers made it appear that they got the look right.
I don't tend to follow reviews too closely.
They hadn't. It was awful.
Everyone phoned in the performances.
The characters were all wrong and even if you didn't know any lore they didn't really hang together with their motivations and actions.
Any reveals were pretty obvious.
The effects were very bad, some very shonky cgi.
The fight choreography was poor.
Costumes looked like they were put together at the last minute by a primary school drama department and the whole thing looked like a bad 90's straight to DVD film or even a Saturday afternoon action series.
For a film thats not much more than 90 minutes long it seemed to last forever.
Avoid.
I like the games.
The trailers made it appear that they got the look right.
I don't tend to follow reviews too closely.
They hadn't. It was awful.
Everyone phoned in the performances.
The characters were all wrong and even if you didn't know any lore they didn't really hang together with their motivations and actions.
Any reveals were pretty obvious.
The effects were very bad, some very shonky cgi.
The fight choreography was poor.
Costumes looked like they were put together at the last minute by a primary school drama department and the whole thing looked like a bad 90's straight to DVD film or even a Saturday afternoon action series.
For a film thats not much more than 90 minutes long it seemed to last forever.
Avoid.
Radec said:
hondajack85 said:
Captain america last orders. It bizarrely popped up on youtube yesterday.
Got bored halfway though and decided to stop . Its vanished today. Maybe I should have kept watching but was worried about the legality.
I guess you have to be 100% up to speed on previous films or the comics ,as there were bundles of characters I never even heard of.
Some old geezers fighting captain america looked really odd. Not even in a superhero swimsuit, just normal clothes.
Maybe its a fake.
Think I found clips of the version you saw :PGot bored halfway though and decided to stop . Its vanished today. Maybe I should have kept watching but was worried about the legality.
I guess you have to be 100% up to speed on previous films or the comics ,as there were bundles of characters I never even heard of.
Some old geezers fighting captain america looked really odd. Not even in a superhero swimsuit, just normal clothes.
Maybe its a fake.
Bullett said:
I watched Borderlands so you don't have to.
I like the games.
The trailers made it appear that they got the look right.
I don't tend to follow reviews too closely.
They hadn't. It was awful.
Everyone phoned in the performances.
The characters were all wrong and even if you didn't know any lore they didn't really hang together with their motivations and actions.
Any reveals were pretty obvious.
The effects were very bad, some very shonky cgi.
The fight choreography was poor.
Costumes looked like they were put together at the last minute by a primary school drama department and the whole thing looked like a bad 90's straight to DVD film or even a Saturday afternoon action series.
For a film thats not much more than 90 minutes long it seemed to last forever.
Avoid.
If it will cheer you up after your sacrifice they did a Pitch meeting for it. I like the games.
The trailers made it appear that they got the look right.
I don't tend to follow reviews too closely.
They hadn't. It was awful.
Everyone phoned in the performances.
The characters were all wrong and even if you didn't know any lore they didn't really hang together with their motivations and actions.
Any reveals were pretty obvious.
The effects were very bad, some very shonky cgi.
The fight choreography was poor.
Costumes looked like they were put together at the last minute by a primary school drama department and the whole thing looked like a bad 90's straight to DVD film or even a Saturday afternoon action series.
For a film thats not much more than 90 minutes long it seemed to last forever.
Avoid.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCLaUkZxtJ4&t=...
JagLover said:
Bullett said:
I watched Borderlands so you don't have to.
I like the games.
The trailers made it appear that they got the look right.
I don't tend to follow reviews too closely.
They hadn't. It was awful.
Everyone phoned in the performances.
The characters were all wrong and even if you didn't know any lore they didn't really hang together with their motivations and actions.
Any reveals were pretty obvious.
The effects were very bad, some very shonky cgi.
The fight choreography was poor.
Costumes looked like they were put together at the last minute by a primary school drama department and the whole thing looked like a bad 90's straight to DVD film or even a Saturday afternoon action series.
For a film thats not much more than 90 minutes long it seemed to last forever.
Avoid.
If it will cheer you up after your sacrifice they did a Pitch meeting for it. I like the games.
The trailers made it appear that they got the look right.
I don't tend to follow reviews too closely.
They hadn't. It was awful.
Everyone phoned in the performances.
The characters were all wrong and even if you didn't know any lore they didn't really hang together with their motivations and actions.
Any reveals were pretty obvious.
The effects were very bad, some very shonky cgi.
The fight choreography was poor.
Costumes looked like they were put together at the last minute by a primary school drama department and the whole thing looked like a bad 90's straight to DVD film or even a Saturday afternoon action series.
For a film thats not much more than 90 minutes long it seemed to last forever.
Avoid.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCLaUkZxtJ4&t=...
Seriously though, it's a good way of seeing a bad film in 10 minutes instead of 2 hours, and it's funnier. I did Madame Web, Borderlands, Megalopolis and Red One that way
. Canary Black Amazon Prime
Kate Beckinsale (protagonist), Rupert Friend (husband), Ray Stevenson (mentor).
Yeah, ok. You've seen this before. Exceptional spy-person carries out assignment, their boss is their mentor, they go home to a 'normal' life with a naïve partner.
Tragedy! happens and they must go 'rouge' except the mentor knows what's going on.
So nothing new at all there at all. The opening set piece is pretty good. Kate looks amazing and the action felt just believable enough for me to invest.
There's no real plot building and you can guess how it's going but the action scenes are just a bit better than I expected so I was happy to keep watching. There are some dodgy over dubbings for some reason.
There is a tiny twist at the end which I enjoyed and the final bit is ok.
I liked it, but maybe not enough to rush back any time soon.
6.5 platinum wigs/ 10 Bouncing Bettys.
Kate Beckinsale (protagonist), Rupert Friend (husband), Ray Stevenson (mentor).
Yeah, ok. You've seen this before. Exceptional spy-person carries out assignment, their boss is their mentor, they go home to a 'normal' life with a naïve partner.
Tragedy! happens and they must go 'rouge' except the mentor knows what's going on.
So nothing new at all there at all. The opening set piece is pretty good. Kate looks amazing and the action felt just believable enough for me to invest.
There's no real plot building and you can guess how it's going but the action scenes are just a bit better than I expected so I was happy to keep watching. There are some dodgy over dubbings for some reason.
There is a tiny twist at the end which I enjoyed and the final bit is ok.
I liked it, but maybe not enough to rush back any time soon.
6.5 platinum wigs/ 10 Bouncing Bettys.
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