Rds1983 Posted August 10, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted August 10, 2021 3 hours ago, Brumerican said: Marvel and DC could team up whilst signing John Wick in the January window and Dredd would still carve through them like butter. Pound for pound it's one of the best comic book adaptions ever made . I could genuinely watch it on repeat all day. I knew you'd say that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumerican Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 53 minutes ago, Rds1983 said: I knew you'd say that. That's from the worst comic book adaption sadly . Outside of "I am the law" Dredd doesn't really do catchphrases .As a 2000AD fanatic that film broke my heart . Even Broken Lizard's Club Dread is better than Judge Dredd. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted August 10, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted August 10, 2021 5 minutes ago, Brumerican said: That's from the worst comic book adaption sadly . Outside of "I am the law" Dredd doesn't really do catchphrases .As a 2000AD fanatic that film broke my heart . Even Broken Lizard's Club Dread is better than Judge Dredd. I'm looking forward to seeing what Duncan Jones can do with Rogue Trooper. So much potential. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumerican Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 Just now, Designer1 said: I'm looking forward to seeing what Duncan Jones can do with Rogue Trooper. So much potential. Big time. As does Strontium Dog but they have to be done right (As many 2000AD guys on board as possible and keep the suits out of it) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAZZAM Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 5 hours ago, stuart_75 said: Just watched The Suicide Squad, never seen the "original" so can't compare it against that. I thought it was just a bit crap, no laughs, and the characters were dull. The trailer looked good and I was looking forward to seeing it. Feel cheated now. It was just as bad as the first one. Not sure why DC get it wrong so often. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rds1983 Posted August 10, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted August 10, 2021 (edited) 52 minutes ago, Brumerican said: That's from the worst comic book adaption sadly . Outside of "I am the law" Dredd doesn't really do catchphrases .As a 2000AD fanatic that film broke my heart . Even Broken Lizard's Club Dread is better than Judge Dredd. Yeah, I know and agree, just couldn't resist and curious if anyone would pick up on it. Also... Spoiler Edited August 10, 2021 by Rds1983 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumerican Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 Just now, Rds1983 said: curious if anyone would pick up on it. Likewise with Club Dread which is basically Super Troopers does Scream on an island. That movie was more faithful to 2000AD than Stallone's atrocity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denaldinho Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 I had a Sci Fi binge over the weekend few films stuck out Man FROM EARTH(2007) UFO (2018) COSMOS (2019) CLARA (2018) low budget films but if your bored give one of them ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 Quite enjoyed Crawl on Netflix - a low budget creature feature where alligators plague a small town subject of a hurricane. Similar in feel to The Shallows, which was also ok. Don’t expect anything new but it’s easy ‘horror’ fodder! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 Wonder if we can start dreaming of a long awaited sequel to Gigli now that Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez are dating again? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ingram85 Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 Aquaman, as chindie says, is really silly but for me it’s by far DC’s best film. It’s daft, it’s silly and its great fun. Re: Dredd. I was hoping we would see something of the Mega City One show by now but I’m guessing it’ll never happen now which is a shame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 1 hour ago, sne said: Wonder if we can start dreaming of a long awaited sequel to Gigli now that Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez are dating again? He's overdue directing a film, gone baby gone, the town and argo were all excellent, live by night was a bit shit I'm sure Boston has some more gritty stories to tell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 On 09/08/2021 at 22:14, Chindie said: Man of Steel - good. BvS - the ultimate cut is deeply flawed but watchable Suicide Squad - crap Wonder Woman - good Justice League - a bit crap Aquaman - ludicrously silly, but it's Aquaman, of course it is. Decent. Shazam - very silly, but fun. Birds of Prey - ok Wonder Woman 1984 - apparently a bit of a mess (I've not seen it) Snyder Cut - decent The Suicide Squad - seems a bit marmite The issue isn't really that they've made bad movies on the whole, it's mostly that they've not made anything particularly brilliant. There's not much that they've done that's legitimately awful - the original Suicide Squad is the worst they've done, the other weak entries like BvS and the original JL suffer mostly for being messy, but they aren't awful. And the good stuff is solid Thats being pretty generous IMO. Man of Steel was poor. BvS - terrible Synder Cut - while improving the original version, brought it up from rubbish to pretty poor. Wonder Woman 1984 - poor. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted August 10, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted August 10, 2021 19 minutes ago, ender4 said: Thats being pretty generous IMO. Man of Steel was poor. BvS - terrible Synder Cut - while improving the original version, brought it up from rubbish to pretty poor. Wonder Woman 1984 - poor. I disagree. I'm not saying the film's are great - even the good ones are flawed. But the reaction to them head been completely overblown. Man of Steel is a totally solid film. It's biggest issues boil down to it being very self serious, having a take on Superman some people dislike, and the end is famously OTT. Beyond that it's got very good performance, great action, some great imagery and a lot of very effective emotion. BvS was made out as one of the worst movies ever. And it's simply not. It's not good, certainly not in the theatrical cut, but the whinging about it is absurd. It's riddled with problems, mostly from the script - it's paced badly, it tries to do the Dark Knight Returns, the Death of Superman, set up for the Justice League, a Batman origin and a semi sequel to Man of Steel in a single film, it's take on Luthor as Zuckerberg is marmite, it's revelation is silly comic book trivia dressed as weighty, and it has all of Snyder's tropes turned up to 11. But it's well shot, the cast is mostly good, it's filled with good imagery and had some great action. That's not enough to overcome it's problems, but the problems don't sink it completely. Snyder Cut is fine. It dials back the dourness of BvS, retains most of the good things Snyder's stuff has brought, ditches the rubbish Whedon crammed in, builds out the entire film. It's still flawed - the script is messy and it has bizarre tonal issues, and it's too long and self indulgent, and the basic plot is nothing earth shattering. But it's fine. It's decent superhero action fare with some great imagery. I'm not being generous there, I just really don't see what's so horrific about these films. None of them are great, all have varying degrees of flaws and Snyder's style isn't for everyone. But they aren't awful. Even the worst of these films, BvS, which isn't a good movie by any means, is still watchable for it's own sake. It's not the Room or Plan 9 or Zaat! It just has a bad script and it's tone and style are overblown. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 BvS is the same as JL, its so bad a film that I have problems with the music and the cinematography, the art style, the whole look and feel of the film before I even get in to the story script and action all of which then have further problems Spoiler The Martha thing is so bad the film cannot survive it Wonder Woman 1984 has loads of problems such as new powers just when she needs them Spoiler The running scene when she chases after a car in Egypt or where ever is one of the weirdest things I've ever seen, I'm not sure if they did it intentionally to take the piss out of the 80s but it's so shit whatever it is doesn't work 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 the WW scene that im on about what even is that? just awful 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Salad Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 Watched 'The Killing Fields' last night for the first time. Such a great film from the acting to the screenplay, emotional impact, etc. 10/10. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted August 12, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted August 12, 2021 Did a double bill the other night and luckily really enjoyed both movies. They're very different films, but both excellent and I'd recommend either of them. And Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 On 11/08/2021 at 07:49, villa4europe said: the WW scene that im on about what even is that? just awful This is meant to be funny right? It has to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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