Chindie Posted October 26, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted October 26, 2017 DC seem to now be making a Deathstroke movie with Gareth Evans (he of the Raid fame) helming, apparently. If true, at least they'd be hiring someone who can shoot a fight scene, at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 Thor was fun. Opening was not encouraging, with some very naff humour that made me worry but after those 10 minutes it picked up and was good fun, Certainly as good as it's predecessors at any rate. Definitely think some of the scenes shouldn't have gone in the trailer. The Hulk's arrival would have been far more fun then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 Happy Death Day last night bit of a Scooby doo type villain moment in the reveal , .. could have done with it being a bit scarier and in light of part of the story involving living with no consequences a bit more action involving a tube of KY gel and the other girls in the house ... but it was Inoffensive enough and good fun ....I've seen worse this year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pooligan Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 The Winslow Boy (1948) Only God knows how long ago it is when i last watched this film .Still a great film mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenm Posted October 28, 2017 Share Posted October 28, 2017 Thor Ragnarok Oh yeah, believe the hype Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 The cure for wellness. A nice and kooky film about a swiss retreat where rich business folk go for treatment but no one leaves. A little like stonehurst asylum, with shades of both the shining and stepford wives it had a decent concept, and whilst not scary it was very enjoyable and worth a watch. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 (edited) Cracking french film on BBC2 last night - so, available on iPlayer: Edited October 31, 2017 by snowychap 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Chindie Posted October 29, 2017 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted October 29, 2017 Thor: Ragnarok The most derided Avenger returns! Thor's third solo outing attempts to reverse a trend with the character. 2011's Thor, directed by Kenneth Branner, isn't many people's favourite MCU entry, but was a fun and silly fish out of water story smashed into a superhero origin with some coming of age tropes and introduced us to one of the stranger Marvel heroes. After the returning in the Avengers, where Whedon didn't really know what to do with the character beyond one good action scene and some gags, the Odinson's next entry, Thor: The Dark World, generally props up most best MCU lists, with an underwritten and used villain, odd Star Wars meets LOTR design choices, and too much whacky humour (I actually still kinda like the Dark World, but I'm very much in the minority). Thor then got sidelined in Avengers Age of Ultron, as again Whedon had no idea what to do with him and turned him into the tacked on catalyst for the Infinity Stone arc. A less than stellar run for the Asgardian God of Thunder. Marvel announced his next entry would deal with the Ragnarok storyline, and fans soon discovered this would be a heavily 80s tinged, Jack Kirby inspired road movie, with Hulk thrown in, hints of the Planet Hulk storyline... it sounded epic. Then they hired Taika Waititi to direct. Waititi has a fantastic record, most well known for What We Do in the Shadows being a top tier mockumentary with inspired gags, and the Hunt for the Wilderpeople a fantastic comedy with heart. But Thor had already dabbled with comedy with varying degrees of success, and only Loki had come from the franchise with any high praise, but with less box office draw Marvel could take risks with Thor. Thor Ragnarok opens with Thor captured in a hellish cage, recapping how he got there after Age of Ultron, a throwaway line explaining he'd travelled the universe looking for, and ultimately failed to find, the Infinity Stones. Soon he is faced with old Thor adversary Surtur, a fire demon destined to destroy Asgard, who reveals to Thor that his father, Odin, is no longer in Asgard. Soon, Thor returns to Asgard, to discover things have changed in his absence - Heimdall is gone, there are statues of Loki, and Odin seems quite different... This sparks events that will return Hela, the Goddess of Death, to Asgard, and throw Thor across the universe to a junk planet where he must fight to get back to save his home. It's important going into Thor Ragnarok to know it is a comedy. If you expect your more usual superhero action melodrama with some gags, you will be disappointed. There certainly is a dramatic plot, there certainly is action, we do get the bombastic effects and there are the usual one liners, but the film grounds itself in jokes. The opening with Surtur is punctuated with gags of all sorts - more or less the first gag is exactly who Thor is explaining his journey to get to his cage is, swiftly followed by Thor puncturing grandiose comic origin exposition with what verges of slapstick. An early cameo with Dr Strange could be pulled from the movie entirely, but for the fact it's a chance to play for some laughs of all sorts. This extends through every character, more or less, no better seen than in Korg, a rock alien (played by Waititi himself) who provides some fantastic moments of comedy (look out for a moment where he reacts to an appearance of Loki for one of the best lines in the movie). This is a genuinely funny movie, and while not everything hits it isn't afraid to keep pushing things - Korg and Thor have a nice moment that includes a surprisingly dirty joke for a Marvel movie for example. It's also important to note that, for comic fans, this isn't Planet Hulk. Sure, it steals a few small ideas, Gladiator Hulk mostly, but this is a Thor movie, dealing with Thor's journey. That isn't to say the Hulk is sidelined, he steals a few scenes when he eventually arrives in the plot, and has some great individual moments, but do not expect a Hulk movie. Hulk is a supporting cast member. Adding the Hulk the film takes the opportunity to expand the Thor movies' horizions. We add in new characters, change up the established order - we've already mentioned Korg, but also of note is Tessa Thompson's Valkyrie, who immediately slots nicely into Thor mythos. Immediately introduced as a somewhat broken person with little left to care about, Valkyrie ends up being one of the film's great successes and gets enough badass moments to cement her as a formidable presence for the likes of Thor to be concerned about. Other new faces include Hela, played with 100% scenery chewing ham by Blanchett, who if nothing else is having a good time being evil and looks bizarrely good for her age, Karl Urban as minor Thor nemesis Skurge, and Jeff Goldblum as the Grandmaster, played as Jeff Goldblum without a filter. The rest of the cast is on top form. Hemsworth has the chance to show again he's a good comedic performer, and plays Thor throughout as a heroic lummox, with less of the grandeur of earlier portrayals, for the better. Hiddleston can do Loki in his sleep at this point but seems to relish a slightly more slapstick take - numerous gags make fun of Loki's near pomposity, and predictably untrustworthy nature. Ruffalo gets to do with Hulk than ever, and also gets to play straight man in a few scenes against Hemsworth. Hopkins, who last time out as Odin looked like he couldn't be arsed, this time gets to do next to nothing, whilst also getting to have his own few moments of slicing through the sheer silliness of the role (and gets to deliver one of the best 'Oh shit' esque lines in blockbuster history I suspect). Whilst this is at heart a comedy, we get some good action through, the opening sequence deciding to do some vintage Thor action better than any film beforehand, and later one giving us everything from an over the top gladiator bout to a space ship chase. These sequences don't the same weight as Marvel's very best, there is nothing here to touch the airport sequence of the Avengers' big set pieces, but they work well in what is, again, a comedy at heart. The choreography isn't going to blow you away, there is nothing you haven't seen before when boil things right down, but all is done with a sense of glee that drags you through it and fits in perfectly. Together with that the effects are, one or 2 exceptions aside, brilliant once again. The worlds of Sakaar and Asgard are brought to life fantastically, CGI characters look good, the Hulk is given a slight redesign to be a little more human (looking to me a little more like the latest version in the comics), lasers pop with neon streaks... Good stuff. The exceptions come from a couple of dodgy post production scene changes - the scene where Hela meets Thor was originally in a much different setting and you can really tell, in that 'obviously been 'shopped' way around the edges of things, and some of the backgrounds in the Grandmasters arena look a little ropey strangely. This is still a great looking movie however and there are more than a few arresting images, which I'm always a sucker for. There are a couple of shots you could, without a tongue in cheek, frame quite happily. This is by far the best Thor movie. It's shot with confidence, the comedy slots in perfectly, it's genuinely funny, it's a movie with consequences for the MCU (something nothing Thor has done could be said about so far), it has iconic moments for the series, and importantly carries it's own heart now. The earlier movies felt a little paint by numbers, anyone could make them. This is firmly a Waititi movie, even without his hand in the writing his style of humour is throughout and works exceptionally well. This a thoroughly entertaining movie and I think will slot in very high in my MCU ranking. As is usual now there are 2 post credit scenes. 1 is a tie into Infinity War that will baffle most watchers not invested in the series, the second is a gag that isn't really worth waiting (it's actually probably one of the weakest credit stingers we've had, and almost isn't worth waiting for). Theres an argument neither are, really. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCDAN Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 Finally caught IT last night, as expected i really enjoyed it. It's quite weird watching alongside Stranger Things which it definitely seems to have borrowed a few things from. Its as much a coming of age story as a horror film, for me i would have slightly ramped up the horror aspect of it but then again i am a fan of the horror genre and with so many films missing the mark these days this film was so close to being a horror classic but i can;t mark it down for that as it was clearly intended that way. After the also impressive Mama this is a director to watch and I'm already anticipating the 2nd part due in 2019. 8/10 for me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 Also watched IT (2017) last night, not a bad movie at all. More funny moments than scary moments. They didn't quite manage to get the atmosphere 100% right but a few effective jump scares. Think the casting was very good. I have to re-watch the original movie, but from memory IT was scarier. Then again I was a kid when I first saw IT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 Death of Stalin - Ianucci is on form again, with the absurdist comedy full of scheming plotters. The trailer is a bit disingenuous as it's not as funny as In the Loop, as it tries to balance the comic with the dark more finely and largely I think it does do that well, though Jason Isaacs has the best lines. Cast are universally superb from Paddy Considine's terrified theatre bod through to the (particularly) repellent Baria - (Simon Russell Beale). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenm Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 Just in case there's anyone anywhere who hasn't seen the brilliant What We Do In The Shadows yet, it's on iPlayer now. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted October 30, 2017 Share Posted October 30, 2017 Quite enjoyed Free Fire, a one location shoot em up free for all following a gun deal going wrong. good cast, well shot and some awesome outfits and Hair! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepyvillian Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 ,The Poltergeist remake has to go down has one of the worst remakes ever . I don't know how Sam Rockwell kept a straight face , I know I didn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 Hardly any scary type films on TV tonight :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 10 minutes ago, Ingram85 said: Hardly any scary type films on TV tonight :/ Just watched jigsaw. as a big fan of the saw series have to say this was not the best effort Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 Death of Stalin for me tonight as well as a film I enjoyed it , kinda as rodders said a few posts above but the history buff in my sorta dislikes some of the liberties taken Zhukov wasn’t head of the army etc ... yeah I know it’s a comedy first and foremost but it still niggles enjoyable film though all said and done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted October 31, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted October 31, 2017 37 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: Just watched jigsaw. as a big fan of the saw series have to say this was not the best effort The first Saw was great. They were all shit after that. I say all, I only watched up to 3 but I can’t imagine they got any better after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted November 1, 2017 Share Posted November 1, 2017 7 hours ago, Stevo985 said: The first Saw was great. They were all shit after that. I say all, I only watched up to 3 but I can’t imagine they got any better after that. Agreed about the first, 2 and 3 were ok, 4 and 5 were shit. 6 was ok. 7 was great and probably should have ended there as this one was disappointing and no where near as good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted November 1, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted November 1, 2017 1 hour ago, Demitri_C said: Agreed about the first, 2 and 3 were ok, 4 and 5 were shit. 6 was ok. 7 was great and probably should have ended there as this one was disappointing and no where near as good. 2 is up there with one of the shittest horror films I've ever seen. It was dreadful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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