Ingram85 Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 Also, where in the world is D1? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted November 16, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted November 16, 2017 6 minutes ago, Ingram85 said: Also, where in the world is D1? Still tweeting so it looks like he's giving VT the swerve at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BOF Posted November 16, 2017 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted November 16, 2017 2 minutes ago, choffer said: Still tweeting so it looks like he's giving VT the swerve at the moment. 12 Angry Men is a bad film. There. That should do it. 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted November 16, 2017 Share Posted November 16, 2017 9 minutes ago, BOF said: 12 Angry Men is a bad film. There. That should do it. Not as bad as Ichi The Killer! The main villain in that is awful. Terrible film! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Absolutely love this film. The acting, the story, the scenery. All fantastic.. 9/10 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 Watched Thor the other day. It wasn't bad and has helped set up Infinity War (kept on showing the Tesseract). But I do agree that they overplayed the comedy aspect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted November 17, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted November 17, 2017 They don't show the Tesseract much do they? Twice maybe? It definitely ties into Infinity War though - the SDCC trailer confirmed that, together with the mid credit scene. In other comic book movie talk, rumour has it with Affleck wanting out of Batman that Jake Gyllenhaal is in the running. He went for the role under Nolan. I'm not sure I can see him in the role to be honest. It will be interesting to see how they handle recasting. The universe is a mess anyway and recently was said they planned spinning out movies separate to the main universe, so they could have a solo Batman series of its own, but that does for Justice League films I guess. Or do they straight recast? Or play the trilogy as a prequel series and age him up for team ups? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pooligan Posted November 17, 2017 Share Posted November 17, 2017 The Land That Time Forgot (1974) I remember watching this when it was released in the 70s Must admit i had forgotten most of it,so it was almost like watching if for the first time .Decent film 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wazzap24 Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 I thought Justice League was decent. Crap villain, iffy banter, but it wasn't a train wreck IMO. Wonder Woman is distracting though. I know we aren't really supposed to say this kind of thing, but every time she's on screen, I just can't stop thinking about burying my face between her legs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickeyC_UTV Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 OMG.....from the director of San Andreas - Dwayne Johnson and a couple of helicopters... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 58 minutes ago, MickeyC_UTV said: OMG.....from the director of San Andreas - Dwayne Johnson and a couple of helicopters... An albino king kong! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 8 hours ago, wazzap24 said: I thought Justice League was decent. Crap villain, iffy banter, but it wasn't a train wreck IMO. Wonder Woman is distracting though. I know we aren't really supposed to say this kind of thing, but every time she's on screen, I just can't stop thinking about burying my face between her legs. Of course you can say these things. I would too. It's natural to think this as a man when looking at a member of the opposite sex that you are attracted too. It's how our brains work. Its nature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 (edited) I don't get all the critical love for Wonder Woman. Just watched it expecting a bit of mindless fun and thought it was a big noisy mess just like all the other recent DC movies. It had some of the absolute worst special effects I've ever seen - particularly the obvious (and very bad) animation during the terribly choreographed fight scenes. And that constant **** slow motion . Not to mention some cringe-worthy performances from the supporting cast, particularly Dawn from The Office who was excruciating. It was a struggle to finish it. All in all, it's probably fair to say that I wasn't a fan. Edited November 19, 2017 by JB 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 12 hours ago, JB said: I don't get all the critical love for Wonder Woman. I don't think the love is to do with the acting or storyline... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCDAN Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 29 minutes ago, Xela said: I don't think the love is to do with the acting or storyline... It’s the lighting and sound work right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted November 19, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted November 19, 2017 I don't really know where to start with Justice League. It's not completely hopeless? The was always going to be a messy film, a last minute director change, extensive reshoots, etc. But wow is it messy. It doesn't have pacing, at all, there's absolutely no sense of an act structure to the thing. The entire thing feels like it's in a rush to be over. In turn it seems to have no confidence in itself, it doesn't allow any scenes to breathe or have impact, preferring instead to smash through to the next seem less anyone notice it. I didn't think it was possible, but this might be first nervous movie I've seen. The plot concerns a villain wanting 3 things that will destroy the world, and Batman trying to put together a team to fight back. The are 'subplots' but a few of these last for literally a scene. Cyborg, for instance, is supposed to have a spin on the Frankenstein's monster thing, where he has to accept what he now is, but the movie literally bins this idea at birth. So you get this bizarre situation where he's supposed to be a sullen guy who wants to be left alone, to in the space of 1 conversation with Wonder Woman is joining up with the rest of the team. The dialogue is awful. There's so many horrible exposition scenes, so many scenes with people saying things in a manner nobody in the entire history of humanity has ever said. Introducing us to Cyborg's dad, a cleaner suddenly drops a ton of dialogue lead with 'Good night Silas. By the way, I didn't have chance to say, sorry about your son'. The opening has a criminal just caught by Batman basically fill the role of the opening crawl of a Star Wars movie, but written by someone with a lobotomy. Aquaman has a truly hopeless scene with Mera, played by Amber Heard, who brings to the role the ability to fit into a skin tight suit, but not the ability to sell explaining a character's backstory to that character, without it sounding like it was sledgehammered into the plot on pain of death. This scene also reveals that they need to have some imaginative ways to make sure the characters in his solo movie can speak to each other, because boy is the solution here bad. Then there's the obvious Whedon scenes thrown in, all of which you can spot from different timezones, which are riddled with awful banter and particularly poor jokes (there are 3 decent gags in the entire thing). If you think Marvel's stuff isn't funny, you'll think this is as funny as bad trip to the dentist. The CGI is astonishingly bad for a film that cost as much as this did. Steppenwolf, a bad villain to start with, looks worse than some videogame cutscenes, with dreadful design work to go along with it (and he's barely a character. He's bad. The end). But then you have stuff like a few shots of the Batmobile in action scenes that almost look unfinished, and best of all, Henry Cavill's moustache. You can see his weird plastic looking top lip in loads of scenes where they've thrown some pixel makeup over his 'tache, and it's hilariously bad. And it's tone deaf. This is a movie that contains a scene where, trying to establish the world has gone to pot, decides to show a couple of guys booting over a crate of oranges in slowmo, followed shortly afterwards by a scene of school children about to be executed by terrorists. I literally laughed at the scene of a coffin being dug up by moonlight, a truly bizarre scene that feels like a parody straight of a bad sketch show. Even the action is bad. There's hints of better stuff (there's a few very very brief moments of them 'getting' Batman but nothing to touch the warehouse fight from the last film for instance) and one decent sequence, but largely it's really dull by the numbers stuff thats completely outshone by nearly all of its peers. Most obviously they do nothing with the Flash that the X-Men take on Quicksilver hasn't completely blown away. Pretty much the only thing they do in any Flash moment that stands out isn't even done by the Flash. The film doesn't know what to do with the characters. Batman pretty much sticks to vehicles, Aquaman doesn't do much beyond what we've seen in the trailers, Wonder Woman has a couple 'hero' scenes, the first on which is so daft looking you can't take it seriously even if you wanted to. Superman does... Well, what can you say really? It's... It's bad. There's barely a plot, the villain is awful, it looks ropey as ****, it's all over the place in tone, the script is dreadful... It's a mess. It could have been worse, underneath it's largely competent, it's major flaws, bar CGI, all come from errors in the writing, the cast is mostly fine working with the rubbish they've been given, it lasts 2 hours and literally buggers off at speed. With low expectations you could enjoy it, it requires no effort to engage with it on any level, a few scenes are pretty enough. But wow... BvS is arguably more successful in many ways. Less messy for a start. It's a damn shame they **** this up. There's stuff to like about the DCCU. Afflecks Batman has potential for a more comic true take, they understand how to make him move and act correctly. We finally have a nod towards a good comic Superman. Wonder Woman isn't a great actress but it just about works. Aquaman might be fun. Occasionally it looks right. But they've **** it. They gave the wrong man too much control, they didn't have the studio controlling where things went, they obviously had no arc planned, they've wasted storylines and misused them, got the tone wrong, built the universe wrongly desperate to catch up, and messed up all the planning. And we get this. And all the other mad ideas they have allegedly on where to go. What a mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wazzap24 Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 @Chindie spot on about the CGI. Steppenwolf looked like something from an unfinished version of 'Beowolf' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LakotaDakota Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 (edited) On 18/11/2017 at 12:10, MickeyC_UTV said: OMG.....from the director of San Andreas - Dwayne Johnson and a couple of helicopters... Not sure how they have managed to make a "hollywood blockbuster" out of an 80's arcade machine but i guess we shouldn't be surprised after this Expect to see hungry hippos & connect 4 heading to a cinema near you in 2020. Having said that, I will watch Rampage, I like the rock & i like cheesy over the top action flicks (probably as a result of being a kid/teenager in the 80's) Edited November 19, 2017 by LakotaDakota 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 I enjoyed Justice League but mainly as my expectations were so low after BvsS. Miles off the quality of a marvel movie but better than expected Think they wasted Aquaman that it could have been Vinnie Chase playing him, Ciaran Hinds as well though I am sure he got a nice payday for it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 Geostorm It's a tacky B-movie plot with a blockbuster budget. If you liked 2012, The Day after Tomorrow, Deep Impact, Armageddon, The Core... you might like this one. It is basically the same film but a bit worse. Gerard Butler sure has made some crappy movies. Ed Harris plays the exact role he always does Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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