villakram Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 (edited) Diego Maradona. Brilliant, and that intro... Perfect score, Fiat something or other growling and I thought 80s football was hard, and then there's Spanish 80s football. At least 1 ko with a knee to the head followed by assorted flying kicks. Maradona was the man. Edited December 2, 2019 by villakram Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wazzap24 Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 On 30/11/2019 at 10:48, Designer1 said: I thought the Irishman was outstanding. It’s an absolute masterpiece IMO. All the performances were unreal, but I thought Pacino was especially amazing as Jimmy Hoffa. I watched it in two sittings, but could have happily sat and watched it in one hit, despite the crazy runtime. An absolute triumph of a film and right up there with Scorsese’s best. Shoutout to the technology as well - that digital ageing thing was remarkable. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 Quite enjoyed this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Risso Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 On 29/11/2019 at 22:47, villa4europe said: Same Obvious comparison to casino and good fellas, not as good as either, feels painfully slow at times It has a lot of quality to it such as the aging stuff and the look and feel of it but at the same time I just didn't find it incredibly interesting if I'm honest Same here I'm afraid. Great acting, but far too long, far too slow, and the quality of the story telling was just a bit absent in my opinion. Scorsese-by-numbers. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 On 30/11/2019 at 18:31, villakram said: Alita: Battle Angle (Chronicles of McGuffin). Avoid. Watched this with my 13yr old, fearing the worst and it wasn't bad at all. Sure it's not going to win any awards but it was alright, with some very good bits. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuart_75 Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 1 hour ago, wazzap24 said: It’s an absolute masterpiece IMO. All the performances were unreal, but I thought Pacino was especially amazing as Jimmy Hoffa. I watched it in two sittings, but could have happily sat and watched it in one hit, despite the crazy runtime. An absolute triumph of a film and right up there with Scorsese’s best. Shoutout to the technology as well - that digital ageing thing was remarkable. Another vote for The Irishman here. Superb piece of story telling. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 1 hour ago, Risso said: Same here I'm afraid. Great acting, but far too long, far too slow, and the quality of the story telling was just a bit absent in my opinion. Scorsese-by-numbers. Was thinking about it at the weekend in the context of scorsese having a pop at marvel for not being cinema, it's not art, it does nothing surprising blah blah To be fair yeah the irishman is art, the acting is top notch, the look of is spot on, its moving history in front of your eyes... But cinema for me is also entertainment and enjoyment, where we they in the irishman? Both were sadly lacking for me 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Risso Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 Yes, watching it was a chore by the end. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 Freaks, was OK if nothing special. Solid 6/10 or something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 new Bond looks absolutely dreadful 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted December 4, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted December 4, 2019 1 minute ago, Zatman said: new Bond looks absolutely dreadful Just like every other one then... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LakotaDakota Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 Ana De Armas is in it so even if it is shite there will be something nice to look at 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 2 hours ago, Zatman said: new Bond looks absolutely dreadful I hope the new woke Bond doesn't try and assume any genders, mansplain to his 'brave' colleagues and he ensures his pronouns are correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 10 minutes ago, Xela said: I hope the new woke Bond doesn't try and assume any genders, mansplain to his 'brave' colleagues and he ensures his pronouns are correct. I’m expecting Bond to undergo gender realignment in the closing credits to re-emerge as Jane Bond for the next film. Almost guaranteed the next bond will be titled Snowflake 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 20 minutes ago, Xela said: I hope the new woke Bond doesn't try and assume any genders, mansplain to his 'brave' colleagues and he ensures his pronouns are correct. that still sounds a lot better than the entire Spectre movie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted December 5, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted December 5, 2019 I've got about a third of the way through the Irishman, not having the chance to just sit down and watch the whole thing. It's alright. It feels a bit like a last hurrah of a gangster film for everyone involved. The car cause a few issues though. De Niro as a younger man doesn't work. You have things like Pesci, looking for all the world like a man in his late 50s/60s (a feat in itself) calling De Niro, looking like he's 50 odd, 'kid'. It's silly. The worst moment thus far though is the shopkeeper scene. I'm not sure why that scene was filmed like that, but it's awful. A wide angle shot of an old man putting his leg near a guy who is screaming in agony like prime Adriano had took a penalty to his kidneys. De Niro can't sell a scene like that anymore, he's a pensioner. Later on he is supposed to beat a guy and the punch has nothing to it. I'd heard the issue with the de-aging was the inability to get the movement of a younger man, but just walking around it's not an issue really - people have their idiosyncrasies in their movement, I can buy that a younger man might walk like that. But when it comes to violence, to forceful stuff... Nah. It's not there. The facial stuff is good but unlike what we've seen from Marvel, it's not as uncanny - ultimately I suspect because the age of the guys here gives less to work with than the likes of Kurt Russell and Samuel L Jackson. Robert De Niro's face today is different to his face of 40 years ago, and there's only so much you can do to smooth wrinkles when your actor has a fundamentally old looking face now. I also feel like the film itself suffers from indulgence thus far. It's like it has the story it wants to tell but it needs to tell a couple of stories before that to get to where it wants to be. It takes about 50 minutes for the meat of the plot to start rolling, the first hour having more been an introduction to some key characters and how they found themselves in the position for the plot to begin in earnest. Outside of that, so far, it's good. It's Scorsese, with a quality cast in shining form. Of course it's good. It's just slow and requires you look past some of its more freakshow esque elements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 Trying to find the time to watch The Irishman, can't wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 On 04/12/2019 at 11:14, Zatman said: new Bond looks absolutely dreadful Remember when casino royale came out and took bond in a fresh new direction? Ironic with what's come after it... I like DC but his hit rate is 50/50 for me and I don't think this will tip the balance in his favour, if awful cgi and unrealistic set pieces killed brosnan then bad writing and the retiring come back old man bond bollocks is killing craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 Session on a plane Toy story 4 - didn't do enough to shake the thought that it wasn't needed, 3 offered a better ending, I liked the Canadian biker, not the bunny and duck and because I'm an old fashioned mans man I obviously didnt like the empowered Bo, more than anything to me it felt like they abandoned too many of the established characters, even buzz is a sideshow, Mr potato, hamm, rex etc might as well have been left at home Rocketman - exactly what I thought it would be, OK until a song starts and it becomes too stage showy for my taste, some of them are absolutely murdered, good film in there somewhere, edgerton is great, just didn't like the style Godzilla King of monsters - good daft fun film that you could drive a bus through but that bus would probably be upside down and on fire and screamingly loud All maybe 7/10 watchable but not great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 Ad Astra was a bit of a mess. Nice visuals but the script is horrible. Not even the Austin Powers movies would think of having a car chase on the moon. And there are only that many close ups of Brad Pitts face thinking hard a movie can hold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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