MickeyC_UTV Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 1 hour ago, Chindie said: Rewatched Logan today. I don't think I'd seen it since seeing it at the cinema, but it really stands up. Everyone in it is fantastic, the action sequences are all great, it looks brilliant, the plot is simple but let's the film play with Western tropes to great effect. About the only thing I can criticise is the choice of adversary in the final act, but you can even see why they did that. Really, really great stuff. It's no shock the screenplay got an Oscar nod. Have you watched it ‘noir’? puts a whole new feel to an amazing movie IMO of course 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted March 23, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted March 23, 2018 8 hours ago, Chindie said: Merchant, with his gangly looks and protruding eyes "- he's over there, mate" 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCDAN Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 41 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: "- he's over there, mate" Das Freaken Goggle-eye. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 Just watched the foreigner its got Jackie Chan in a more serious role. Also has a aging pierce brosman in it. Was actually a decent film 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 Fantastic film 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted March 23, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted March 23, 2018 32 minutes ago, Xela said: Fantastic film Not even those tiresome video memes can spoil it (well maybe just a bit). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wazzap24 Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 On 20/03/2018 at 08:38, Designer1 said: I thought Annihilation was a very decent sci-fi. Nothing groundbreaking, and certainly many elements that have been seen before, but it held my attention for the duration and was well acted (nice to see Portman give a good performance) and very well shot indeed with some great sequences in 'The Shimmer'. I really, really liked the bit where: Reveal hidden contents The bear had incorporated Cass's vocal chords / voice All in all, not Garland's best work by a long way but not too shabby either. I thought it was decent too. Visually, it reminded me a little bit of Avatar and the pacing reminded me of Monsters from a few years back. All in all, I thought it was pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted March 25, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted March 25, 2018 I thought Justice League was bad when I saw it at the cinema. A rewatch at home and I think I can say I was wrong. It's **** dreadful. I can't believe they thought the CGI was good enough. And you can spot the reshoots a mile away - Affleck has dozens of scenes where he looks like they dragged him onto set after a month long bender. The dialogue is hopeless, a lot of the acting is crap (Gal Gadot is not a good actress), the plot is rubbish, and tone snaps is neck from one extreme to the next (I still can't believe they thought a montage of the world doing to shit should include some oranges being kicked over followed by schoolchildren about to be executed. And the grave digging scene I swear was in there for a joke). It's a complete **** mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LakotaDakota Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 Just in time for Isle of Dogs.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted March 28, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted March 28, 2018 Rather good. I won’t be able to hear “smoke gets in your eyes” again without thinking of this film now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pooligan Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 Buddy Boy (1999) A decent film which i watched last night .Worth a look Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Insane last night not meh but not great either , slightly redeemed by the shoehorned scene of 2 girls snogging but all in all nothing new and we should have watched tomb raider instead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepyvillian Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 8 hours ago, tonyh29 said: Insane last night not meh but not great either , slightly redeemed by the shoehorned scene of 2 girls snogging but all in all nothing new and we should have watched tomb raider instead 2 girls snogging ? Jesus, that's par for the course these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepyvillian Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Watched One flew over the Cuckoo's nest for the thousandth time and still loved every minute . It has to be, for me, in the top ten films of all time. I really wish old Randall would of choked the life out of that witch, Nurse Ratchet, what a dreadful piece of work she was. Some great actors in their early days, Danny Devito, Christopher Lloyd and that good looking guy from Ghost, who yelled, " get off my train " . "Play the game, play the game, play the game". Love that part, Christopher Lloyd is a hoot. The film was actually set in a real mental institution. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 I watched Secret In Their Eyes (I think that's what it's called) last night. Decent cast for what was a pretty average murder/crime film. I guessed the twist quite early which didn't help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted March 29, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted March 29, 2018 11 minutes ago, sharkyvilla said: I watched Secret In Their Eyes (I think that's what it's called) last night. Decent cast for what was a pretty average murder/crime film. I guessed the twist quite early which didn't help. Original version (one of my favourite films ever) or shite Julia Roberts remake? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted March 29, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted March 29, 2018 The other night, for the first time since I was a pretty young kid, I watched the Dark Crystal. I adored it as a kid, to the extent I still recalled 'Trial by Stone!' and the yammering of the Chamberlain, but I can't have seen it in at least 20 years. It's still great. Yes it has that odd overwrought fantasy bend to it, and it has its hokey elements, and a feeling you're watching a half realised dream of someone who had a vision but didn't quite get it successfully onto the screen, with the feeling you're missing things and so on. And it's very clearly a children's film, if a fairly dark one. But **** me, it's magical still. There's something about puppetry, and especially Henson's stuff, that transcends the seams. I mean your main character has a face so stiff it's seemingly been filled stuffed with Viagra, and you can't literally see the legs of the performers in the crab henchmen costumes, straining under the weight, and the plot is ludicrously thin, but it's filled with life and a sense of wonderment to it all. And the slight dark edge to it gives it that element of fear great kids films sometimes have (perhaps need), with creepy villains, tense moments and a slight nastiness to it all. It's aged superbly. Brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 41 minutes ago, Designer1 said: Original version (one of my favourite films ever) or shite Julia Roberts remake? Julia Roberts one. Didn't know it was a remake, but then everything is nowadays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 43 minutes ago, sharkyvilla said: Julia Roberts one. Didn't know it was a remake, but then everything is nowadays. Shame you watched that one instead of the original 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Tomb Raider was the best video game adaptation I can think of, off the top of my head - though that is set against a hugely low bar, and it has flaws - a flisy, underdeveloped plot, an under developed antagonist and Dom West as the father hams it up, however Vikander is excellent as Lara Craft, and her story is well done, and it was good to feel a proper sense of physical stress / pain in some of the action sequences. 6/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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