Films I watched this week (NO SPOILERS) (Vol 3)
Discussion
tardelli said:
Schmed said:
Davie_GLA said:
entropy said:
Layer Cake
Boring and uninteresting. What makes it worse is that Daniel Craig's accent isn't just plain dodgy, it's atrocious beyond watchable.
It's not terrible. Decent sound track at least.Boring and uninteresting. What makes it worse is that Daniel Craig's accent isn't just plain dodgy, it's atrocious beyond watchable.
I've always liked that film TBH. The various beeps of the Range Rover give me horrible flashbacks of P38 ownership though 
Radec said:
Seven Pounds - 2008
8 out if 10.
Yes, its not a film I had heard of and i also gave it a chance, although not my usual choice. Quite touching to see the lengths a good guy might go to when he holds those inner feelings and love.8 out if 10.
Will Smith is excellent so another 8/10 from me too.
DoubleTime said:
Which reminds me, need to have an Aliens binge soon enough.
I may have to suggest that once we finish the Terminator series. Although the Aliens series does go downhill after the first 2 IMO, and where do you stop, Promethius, AVP...?entropy said:
What makes it worse is that Daniel Craig's accent isn't just plain dodgy, it's atrocious beyond watchable.
I'm guessing you haven't seen Knives Out 
The Arrival (1996
Not the excellent "Arrival" (2016).
A sci-fi tale starring a be-goateed Charlie Sheen as a scientist whose SETI work is being closed down by factions unknown. It turns out to be aliens who are going to terraform the Earth to make it their home.
Someone in production decided in 1996 that if George Lucas was building up to it with Jar Jar Binks (already three years later) then they could, on much less a budget, go full CG with their aliens. They were wrong.
Quite a good tale, heavily let down by the SFX, but with a couple of nice twists.
Not the excellent "Arrival" (2016).
A sci-fi tale starring a be-goateed Charlie Sheen as a scientist whose SETI work is being closed down by factions unknown. It turns out to be aliens who are going to terraform the Earth to make it their home.
Someone in production decided in 1996 that if George Lucas was building up to it with Jar Jar Binks (already three years later) then they could, on much less a budget, go full CG with their aliens. They were wrong.
Quite a good tale, heavily let down by the SFX, but with a couple of nice twists.
generationx said:
The Arrival (1996
Not the excellent "Arrival" (2016).
A sci-fi tale starring a be-goateed Charlie Sheen as a scientist whose SETI work is being closed down by factions unknown. It turns out to be aliens who are going to terraform the Earth to make it their home.
Someone in production decided in 1996 that if George Lucas was building up to it with Jar Jar Binks (already three years later) then they could, on much less a budget, go full CG with their aliens. They were wrong.
Quite a good tale, heavily let down by the SFX, but with a couple of nice twists.
I haven't seen Arrival but amongst the garbage there's a few lesser known Charlie Sheen films that are quite good IMO - No Man's Land & Terminal Velocity in particular. Not the excellent "Arrival" (2016).
A sci-fi tale starring a be-goateed Charlie Sheen as a scientist whose SETI work is being closed down by factions unknown. It turns out to be aliens who are going to terraform the Earth to make it their home.
Someone in production decided in 1996 that if George Lucas was building up to it with Jar Jar Binks (already three years later) then they could, on much less a budget, go full CG with their aliens. They were wrong.
Quite a good tale, heavily let down by the SFX, but with a couple of nice twists.
TCEvo said:
generationx said:
The Arrival (1996
Not the excellent "Arrival" (2016).
A sci-fi tale starring a be-goateed Charlie Sheen as a scientist whose SETI work is being closed down by factions unknown. It turns out to be aliens who are going to terraform the Earth to make it their home.
Someone in production decided in 1996 that if George Lucas was building up to it with Jar Jar Binks (already three years later) then they could, on much less a budget, go full CG with their aliens. They were wrong.
Quite a good tale, heavily let down by the SFX, but with a couple of nice twists.
I haven't seen Arrival but amongst the garbage there's a few lesser known Charlie Sheen films that are quite good IMO - No Man's Land & Terminal Velocity in particular. Not the excellent "Arrival" (2016).
A sci-fi tale starring a be-goateed Charlie Sheen as a scientist whose SETI work is being closed down by factions unknown. It turns out to be aliens who are going to terraform the Earth to make it their home.
Someone in production decided in 1996 that if George Lucas was building up to it with Jar Jar Binks (already three years later) then they could, on much less a budget, go full CG with their aliens. They were wrong.
Quite a good tale, heavily let down by the SFX, but with a couple of nice twists.
rider73 said:
TCEvo said:
generationx said:
The Arrival (1996
Not the excellent "Arrival" (2016).
A sci-fi tale starring a be-goateed Charlie Sheen as a scientist whose SETI work is being closed down by factions unknown. It turns out to be aliens who are going to terraform the Earth to make it their home.
Someone in production decided in 1996 that if George Lucas was building up to it with Jar Jar Binks (already three years later) then they could, on much less a budget, go full CG with their aliens. They were wrong.
Quite a good tale, heavily let down by the SFX, but with a couple of nice twists.
I haven't seen Arrival but amongst the garbage there's a few lesser known Charlie Sheen films that are quite good IMO - No Man's Land & Terminal Velocity in particular. Not the excellent "Arrival" (2016).
A sci-fi tale starring a be-goateed Charlie Sheen as a scientist whose SETI work is being closed down by factions unknown. It turns out to be aliens who are going to terraform the Earth to make it their home.
Someone in production decided in 1996 that if George Lucas was building up to it with Jar Jar Binks (already three years later) then they could, on much less a budget, go full CG with their aliens. They were wrong.
Quite a good tale, heavily let down by the SFX, but with a couple of nice twists.
rider73 said:
TCEvo said:
generationx said:
The Arrival (1996
Not the excellent "Arrival" (2016).
A sci-fi tale starring a be-goateed Charlie Sheen as a scientist whose SETI work is being closed down by factions unknown. It turns out to be aliens who are going to terraform the Earth to make it their home.
Someone in production decided in 1996 that if George Lucas was building up to it with Jar Jar Binks (already three years later) then they could, on much less a budget, go full CG with their aliens. They were wrong.
Quite a good tale, heavily let down by the SFX, but with a couple of nice twists.
I haven't seen Arrival but amongst the garbage there's a few lesser known Charlie Sheen films that are quite good IMO - No Man's Land & Terminal Velocity in particular. Not the excellent "Arrival" (2016).
A sci-fi tale starring a be-goateed Charlie Sheen as a scientist whose SETI work is being closed down by factions unknown. It turns out to be aliens who are going to terraform the Earth to make it their home.
Someone in production decided in 1996 that if George Lucas was building up to it with Jar Jar Binks (already three years later) then they could, on much less a budget, go full CG with their aliens. They were wrong.
Quite a good tale, heavily let down by the SFX, but with a couple of nice twists.
I also enjoyed The Hunt, but this week I thought I’d try one of Robert Forster’s last films, ‘The Wolf of Snow Hollow’ (2020).
A bit odd, perhaps a lesson in why it is probably never a good idea for one person to write, direct and also play the lead role(!), some parts of this film were so bad they reminded me of an undergraduate film student’s first project.
But there was something that kept me watching as this car crash of a film unfolded, perhaps the great cinematography in parts and the atmospheric setting helped.
All in all I quite liked it. Not great but watchable, a solid 6/10, so bad it’s actually good ?
A bit odd, perhaps a lesson in why it is probably never a good idea for one person to write, direct and also play the lead role(!), some parts of this film were so bad they reminded me of an undergraduate film student’s first project.
But there was something that kept me watching as this car crash of a film unfolded, perhaps the great cinematography in parts and the atmospheric setting helped.
All in all I quite liked it. Not great but watchable, a solid 6/10, so bad it’s actually good ?
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