Popular Post HanoiVillan Posted March 17, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 17, 2018 Re-watched 'Dr Strangelove' for the umpteenth time last night (it's leaving Muvi soon). What was weird is that felt fresher and more relevant than the last time I saw it about half a decade ago. Something about how nuclear weapons are always in the news at the moment, and listening to General Ripper dribbling his nonsense about fluoridation that he's learned from a Richard Viguerie mailer or wherever it was impossible to avoid a comparison to Donald Trump holed up in his absurd bedroom reading Infowars and watching 'Fox and Friends'. Anyway, great movie, definitely one of my top ten. Always worth a re-watch. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wazzap24 Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 8 minutes ago, villa4europe said: Originally thats what i thought, thanos wins, cap or iron man kiss and make up before one of them dies, maybe a couple more die...miss marvel set in the 90s in between introduces her before she comes in to part 2 i can understand...but where do you pitch ant man 2? It doesnt fit According to one report I read, AM2 is set after Cap 3 and before Infinity Wars, even though it comes out after. Its apparently 'very connected' to the Avengers films, so maybe something happens in IW, that's then explained in AM2? It's Marvel, I'm sure whatever happens, it'll be ace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted March 17, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted March 17, 2018 10 minutes ago, villa4europe said: Originally thats what i thought, thanos wins, cap or iron man kiss and make up before one of them dies, maybe a couple more die...miss marvel set in the 90s in between introduces her before she comes in to part 2 i can understand...but where do you pitch ant man 2? It doesnt fit Infinity War is supposedly a bit of a time jump forward so it's possible Ant-Man 2 is set before it. My suspicion is we're going have a bit of cull of supporting characters. War Machine, Vision (who basically has to die or somehow be massively depowered - he has one of the Stones in his head, and Corvus Glaive seems to get it off him in Edinburgh), Hawkeye (who is nowhere to be seen in the trailers and I don't think there's a trick arrow for Thanos)... I think Loki is a goner as well. Of the main cast, Cap is the most fitting death. But more or less any of them make sense to go, they're all out of contract and the recent films have been carefully setting up replacements - Dr Strange is effectively Stark with magic for instance. I've long held a suspicion that the sequel will be something like New Avengers or whatever. My big worry is that they might use Doctor Strange as a get out of jail free card and undermine the entire threat. They need to get the Time stone off him as fast as possible, and establish that he can't just dimension hop people out of danger - presumably Ebony Maw puts him out of action ASAP. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 Watched "The Disaster Artist" last night. Before that I'd never heard of Tommy Wiseau. James Franco absolutely nailed the part, very good movie overall. Of course I just had to watch "The Room" afterwards...so breathtakingly bad it was brilliant The blonde had decent raspberries as well. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 I’ll hold my hand up in shame and admit to liking a Michael bay film (other than The Rock) Revisited Pain & Gain last night, a cracking film based on the true events of three bodybuilders who kidnap a client to extort his assets from him. very funny and surprising how dumb people really are (in the name of living the American dream!) Mark Wahlberg, the Rock and Anthony Mackie were all very good. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepyvillian Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 Had a go with Annihilation last night, some Alien film on Netflix, and to be frank, I've been more entertained by the test card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 Watched IT really good remark I must say barring the georgie scene that was so badly done it looked utter fake. Finally on spiderman homecoming so far its abit lame 40 mins in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 (edited) Watched Canadian Indie flick Les Affamés (Ravenous) It's sadly pretty much your standard low budget zombie movie and I was a bit disappointed as I had higher hopes for it. It's been getting some good reviews but even thou it is a bit different it's nothing special. Not terrible, but probably only for those who like me love this genre. Edit: The sound in the movie is pretty good thou which helps create atmosphere Edited March 18, 2018 by sne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 the new Joaquin Phoenix movie is one of worst things I have seen at the cinema. Awful plot and characters. I think he actually based his character on Roy Keane even down to the beard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 12 hours ago, sne said: Watched Canadian Indie flick Les Affamés (Ravenous) It's sadly pretty much your standard low budget zombie movie and I was a bit disappointed as I had higher hopes for it. It's been getting some good reviews but even thou it is a bit different it's nothing special. Not terrible, but probably only for those who like me love this genre. Edit: The sound in the movie is pretty good thou which helps create atmosphere Yeah I switched it off after I noticed I was checking my phone more and the film had become background noise. Very boring and just felt like any random episode of season 2 of Walking Dead. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 Spiderman homecoming was garbage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCDAN Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 (edited) 32 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: Spiderman homecoming was garbage Hardly surprising considering its the 6th iteration within 15 years, did they really have anything to say in this film? Edited March 19, 2018 by AVFCDAN 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 4 minutes ago, AVFCDAN said: Hardly surprising considering its the 6th iteration within 15 years, did they really have anything to say in this film? It was nothing new just had a bit of iron man in it. I preferred the toby Maguire ones. This one seemed too goofy and child like for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Chindie Posted March 19, 2018 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted March 19, 2018 It's the best Spider-Man film imo. Previously it was Spider-Man 2, which is still a great comic book movie with a great villain, but Raimi's films weren't that close to the character's source - Maguire too old, his Peter too much of a wet blanket, the lack of web shooters, his Spider-Man too much of a brawler... Whereas this is very close to the comic character, Holland closer to the right age, played right, has Spider-Man act like Spider-Man, has a really good villain, plays with the idea that both Parker and Spider-Man are still beginners, has fun with the high school stuff... About the only things to dislike are the tech suit and perhaps some character changes. Maybe Ned if you don't like goofy sidekick tropes. Top end MCU for me. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCDAN Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 (edited) 14 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: It was nothing new just had a bit of iron man in it. I preferred the toby Maguire ones. This one seemed too goofy and child like for me. I guess this was just Marvel bringing the younger Spiderman into their universe, hard not to see it as a cynical cash grab though really. Edited March 19, 2018 by AVFCDAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted March 19, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted March 19, 2018 19 minutes ago, Chindie said: Top end MCU for me. Yep totally agree. And Keaton made for one of the more interesting villains by adding a little bit of actual depth and colour to his Vulture. He was superb in it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted March 19, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted March 19, 2018 4 minutes ago, Designer1 said: Yep totally agree. And Keaton made for one of the more interesting villains by adding a little bit of actual depth and colour to his Vulture. He was superb in it. I've said before that Keaton's best scene, and basically the best scene in the film, is a conversation. He's fantastic, a very low key villain but brilliantly menacing when needed and the film gives him depth within just a few scenes that few others come close to. Easily one of the best MCU villains, only behind Loki. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 (edited) Yeah, was very surprised by it - in a good way. Also looking forward to Ant Man and Wasp as well, another low key ( well by Marvel standards ) ( Ant Man ) that turned out to be great fun. Re-watched Hail Caesar for the first time since it's release. Such a funny homage to that period of film making. One of my favourite Coen pics for me. Clooney explaining communism to Brolin's Maenix always cracks me up ( not to mention the attempted mirthless chuckle ) Edited March 19, 2018 by Rodders Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omariqy Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 Talking of Keaton, anyone seen The Founder? I really enjoyed it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pooligan Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 Daylight Robbery (2008) A really good film i thought. I really enjoyed watching it 8 out 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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