Films I watched this week (NO SPOILERS) (Vol 3)
Discussion
LuS1fer said:
cuprabob said:
Firestarter
Saw this at the cinema this afternoon. It was OK but I wouldn't pay to see it. Wait until it's available for streaming, which should be soon. 5/10
Very linear. Not much of a plot and suddenly it ends and you think "Is that it?"Saw this at the cinema this afternoon. It was OK but I wouldn't pay to see it. Wait until it's available for streaming, which should be soon. 5/10
pquinn said:
LuS1fer said:
cuprabob said:
Firestarter
Saw this at the cinema this afternoon. It was OK but I wouldn't pay to see it. Wait until it's available for streaming, which should be soon. 5/10
Very linear. Not much of a plot and suddenly it ends and you think "Is that it?"Saw this at the cinema this afternoon. It was OK but I wouldn't pay to see it. Wait until it's available for streaming, which should be soon. 5/10
LuS1fer said:
ajprice said:
Everything Everywhere All At Once
A fun one, and I think it had better multiverses than Dr Strange. It was good to see Data from The Goonies too.
8 hot dog fingers/10 laundromats.
I thought it was dire. Gobbledygook nonsense that I lost interest in after about half an hour of trying to work out where I'd seen the Chinese father. Once I had worked it was Cassandra's father in Wayne's World 2, it was off.A fun one, and I think it had better multiverses than Dr Strange. It was good to see Data from The Goonies too.
8 hot dog fingers/10 laundromats.
The husband was of course ShortRound in Raiders too.Apparently Jackie Chan was offered the role but turned it down.
Anyway, I liked it. Weird, bonkers, funny, sad, thoughtful, with a 'wouldn't it be good if we were all just a bit nicer' core message.
I give it the same score as above, except with extra mustard.
mooseracer said:
pquinn said:
LuS1fer said:
cuprabob said:
Firestarter
Saw this at the cinema this afternoon. It was OK but I wouldn't pay to see it. Wait until it's available for streaming, which should be soon. 5/10
Very linear. Not much of a plot and suddenly it ends and you think "Is that it?"Saw this at the cinema this afternoon. It was OK but I wouldn't pay to see it. Wait until it's available for streaming, which should be soon. 5/10
Didn't realise it was Zac as the lead actor for most of the film.
Overall it got me out of the house and it wasn't a Marvel superhero film.
On TV at home this week? Fantasy Island (2020) on Netflix.
My wife put it on for some bizarre reason. I was prepared to be disappointed from the off, and checking the ratings IMDb have it as 4.5/10 and Rotten Tomatoes average audience rating is 53%. BUT. It was a pretty decent waste of a couple of hours before bed if I'm honest. Fantasy/horror nonsense, yes, but as such there was no need to worry about explaining away discrepancies, and I could just get on with enjoying it for what it was. It looked good, the cast were OK, no-one particularly stood out as "wooden" and it was wholly better than any of the conveyor belt romcoms/Christmas movies that plague services like Netflix. My wife dozed off while watching it, but when she re-watched it one morning before I woke up she said she enjoyed it too. I'd give it a 6, maybe 6.5 nightmares out of 10 fantasies.
At the cinema? Downton Abbey - A New Era (2022) at The Regent Centre, Christchurch.
Downton Abbey is definitely NOT "my thing". So again I went in with low expectations. It is what it is really. We all know what to expect from it - a masterclass in viewing the ball-achingly twee through rose tinted spectacles. I only really went because my wife asked me to go. And it was great. Really enjoyed it. Dame Maggie Smith stole every scene she was in, as per usual, with some excellent lines. Michelle Dockery did "that thing" again where she looks far more attractive in character than she ever does out of it. The two separate elements of the plot could have made two films to be honest. Certainly the villa scenes were very beautifully shot. The humour was mildly amusing for me, but some of the oldies in the cinema found it laugh-out-loud funny, so I guess the script was more tuned toward the "target audience" of TV series regulars than the likes of me who just watches the movie version. IMDb said 7.7/10, Rotten Toms said 85%. 7.5 is probably about right really. I certainly enjoyed it far more than I'd been expecting to.
My wife put it on for some bizarre reason. I was prepared to be disappointed from the off, and checking the ratings IMDb have it as 4.5/10 and Rotten Tomatoes average audience rating is 53%. BUT. It was a pretty decent waste of a couple of hours before bed if I'm honest. Fantasy/horror nonsense, yes, but as such there was no need to worry about explaining away discrepancies, and I could just get on with enjoying it for what it was. It looked good, the cast were OK, no-one particularly stood out as "wooden" and it was wholly better than any of the conveyor belt romcoms/Christmas movies that plague services like Netflix. My wife dozed off while watching it, but when she re-watched it one morning before I woke up she said she enjoyed it too. I'd give it a 6, maybe 6.5 nightmares out of 10 fantasies.
At the cinema? Downton Abbey - A New Era (2022) at The Regent Centre, Christchurch.
Downton Abbey is definitely NOT "my thing". So again I went in with low expectations. It is what it is really. We all know what to expect from it - a masterclass in viewing the ball-achingly twee through rose tinted spectacles. I only really went because my wife asked me to go. And it was great. Really enjoyed it. Dame Maggie Smith stole every scene she was in, as per usual, with some excellent lines. Michelle Dockery did "that thing" again where she looks far more attractive in character than she ever does out of it. The two separate elements of the plot could have made two films to be honest. Certainly the villa scenes were very beautifully shot. The humour was mildly amusing for me, but some of the oldies in the cinema found it laugh-out-loud funny, so I guess the script was more tuned toward the "target audience" of TV series regulars than the likes of me who just watches the movie version. IMDb said 7.7/10, Rotten Toms said 85%. 7.5 is probably about right really. I certainly enjoyed it far more than I'd been expecting to.
king awfulajprice said:
RoboCop is in cinemas this week for its 35th anniversary too.
Thanks for this. Just came back from watching. Found a list of cinemas showing in the UK https://parkcircus.com/film/102716-Robocop
Four Prime Directives out of four.
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