ender4 Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 19 hours ago, Xela said: Bit late to the party... but Rogue One. Wow! What a great film. How about that ending! Both the new Star Wars movies have been great. Force Awakens better than Rogue One. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wazzap24 Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 49 minutes ago, ender4 said: Force Awakens better than Rogue One. That Vader scene at the end of RO though....... I'd argue it's one of the best bits in any of the films. Said it before, we need a stand alone Vader film. 2 hours of him rampaging through the Galaxy, set after ROTS and before RO. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted August 15, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted August 15, 2017 1 hour ago, ender4 said: Force Awakens better than Rogue One. By a mile. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 1 hour ago, ender4 said: Force Awakens better than Rogue One. Other way round for me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted August 15, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted August 15, 2017 Neither of them are that great. Rogue One has that exceptional ending and looks amazing. Force Awakens has... Er... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wazzap24 Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 18 minutes ago, Chindie said: Force Awakens has... Er... ...the bit where Han and Chewie board the Falcon, "Chewie, we're home" That moment alone makes it a 12/10 on the Pooligan/Lapal_fan rating scale! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 Its a tough one... not sure what i'd choose as my favourite. Probably RO at the moment but that may just be down to the fact its fresh in my mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted August 15, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted August 15, 2017 22 minutes ago, wazzap24 said: ...the bit where Han and Chewie board the Falcon, "Chewie, we're home" That moment alone makes it a 12/10 on the Pooligan/Lapal_fan rating scale! I was trying not to say nostalgia stuff. It's not really an example of the film being good. They could have had 2 hours of a panning shot of a turd punctuated the with old Han and Chewie going 'we're home', Leia walking into shot, Vader breathing and light sabers igniting and that would have nostalgia. The Force Awakens is just a well made rerun of a New Hope with mildly different furnishing. It's like a new setting of a Shakespeare. New cast and new background and costumes but it's still 'alas poor Yorick'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 Force awakens has a really poor scene at the start of the 2nd act rogue one has forest Whittaker that was about it for me on first viewing, after a couple more and a bit more thought in to it force awakens lost a bit more, rogue one remains excellent imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wazzap24 Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 8 minutes ago, Chindie said: I was trying not to say nostalgia stuff. It's not really an example of the film being good. They could have had 2 hours of a panning shot of a turd punctuated the with old Han and Chewie going 'we're home', Leia walking into shot, Vader breathing and light sabers igniting and that would have nostalgia. The Force Awakens is just a well made rerun of a New Hope with mildly different furnishing. It's like a new setting of a Shakespeare. New cast and new background and costumes but it's still 'alas poor Yorick'. I was joking TBF. I love it, but only really because of the nostalgia factor. You're absolutely right, it doesn't make it a 'good film' as such, but it was the film the franchise needed IMO and it ticked pretty much all the required boxes. I have a feeling the next one will be this generations 'Empire' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 I think they're going to purposefully stay away from the themes of empire after the comparisons to a new hope also think the new film comes off the back of 2 really well received SW films whereas force awakens came off a hiatus following 3 god awful ones, lot off expectations on this film, expecting it to be solid but unspectacular which could be labelled as mildly disappointing, then expecting the Han Solo film to be really disappointing that said I probably think the same about marvel films and they keep making enjoyable ones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 (edited) It drips nostalgia but I like that! I grew up watching Star Wars over and over again. The disappointment I had when I watched The Phantom Menace at New St Odeon lives with me to this day! I'm glad the new films are good. Edited August 15, 2017 by Xela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 Love these films. Watched this last night and was chuckling away 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCDAN Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 20 hours ago, Xela said: Love these films. Watched this last night and was chuckling away Its ok but not a patch on the first one, an absolute classic is that. "Evacuation com.....Evacuation com..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCDAN Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Finally watched A room for Romeo Brass yesterday. Shane meadows is so good at what he does, another excellent performance from Paddy Considine as well, that guy does unhinged far too well for my liking. Slightly weak ending i thought but a very solid debut film. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 21 hours ago, wazzap24 said: ...the bit where Han and Chewie board the Falcon, "Chewie, we're home" That moment alone makes it a 12/10 on the Pooligan/Lapal_fan rating scale! **** OFF HAVE ANY OF MY FILM REVIEWS GIVEN ANYTHING MORE THAN 9.5/10 (barring Jurassic Park). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted August 16, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted August 16, 2017 40 minutes ago, AVFCDAN said: Its ok but not a patch on the first one, an absolute classic is that. "Evacuation com.....Evacuation com..... Disagree. I think Goldmember is the best of the bunch. Hilarious film. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 I like the second one best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Austin Powers films go in a very symmetrical, and hence easy-to-remember, pattern: 1 - excellent 2 - average 3 - shite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenm Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 On 14/08/2017 at 20:03, villa4europe said: really enjoyable, took me ages to getting round to watch it and im not sure why, got a good mix of genuine belly laugh moments and just charming moments that brought a smile to my face, the kid is excellent, the director has gone on to the new Thor film which looks in good hands I assume you've seen: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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