tongue_tied_danny Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 16 hours ago, wellinwigan said: Ghost in the shell 4/10 Bit meh to be honest saw it in 3d.Plus point for scarlett Yeah, I just saw that. It was visually stunning, the setting looked really good and Scarlett Johansson is always very watchable but the storyline was instantly forgettable. I'd give it 5/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boostin' Kev Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 On 26/03/2017 at 10:02, Christophe said: (69/70) The Nice Guys 9/10 I thought this was fucking brilliant. 70s pls solve a crime. That's it. Crowe and Gosling have never been better imo Evolution 8/10 A young boy living in some weird French seaside town discovers a dead body, but actually he doesn't and the only people in the town are young boys and female medics that do weird stuff at night. Gorgeous French film by the same woman that made Innocence. Utterly stunning and compelling Been meaning to watch Evolution for a while now. Going to give Nice Guys a try tonight. You post some good films on here. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Co.Down Hibee Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 Straightheads Revenge flick with Gillian Anderson and Danny Dyer, not actually that bad, the last 5 minutes are a bit of a jaw dropper, I'll go 5/10. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongue_tied_danny Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 Police Story Jackie Chan at his pus punching best. This has to be the greatest martial arts film of all time. It has everything from spectacular stunts to slapstick humour. 10/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 (edited) 12 hours ago, The Diabolical One said: Been meaning to watch Evolution for a while now. Going to give Nice Guys a try tonight. You post some good films on here. Let me know what you think on both! (74/75) Ellen 5/10 Fairly engaging film, Huppert was superb but by the end I was like "what was point", loads of just really arbitrary plot points. In conclusion not sure what the fuss was all about Personal Shopper 6/10 Disappointed because I loved this guys previous film 'Clouds of Sils Maria' and this one felt like it could be as good as that for a while but actually really similar to 'Elle' in that everything felt a bit arbitrary and contrived after a while. Bit better than 'Elle' though Edited April 3, 2017 by Christophe -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renton Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 Ghost in the Shell: 5/10 Looked great (Always appreciate a Clint Mansell soundtrack as well), and Johansson is a reliably good genre actor. However, the original anime was driven by an original and thought provoking philosophy, not just on individual identity but on how you define a human being. All of that was thrown away in favour of a reheat of Robocop, a diet Philip K. Dick story about memory, which, on it's own was interesting enough but it's no where near the brilliance of the stories the anime movies and series were telling. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BallochSonsFan Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 5 hours ago, renton said: Ghost in the Shell: 5/10 Looked great (Always appreciate a Clint Mansell soundtrack as well), and Johansson is a reliably good genre actor. However, the original anime was driven by an original and thought provoking philosophy, not just on individual identity but on how you define a human being. All of that was thrown away in favour of a reheat of Robocop, a diet Philip K. Dick story about memory, which, on it's own was interesting enough but it's no where near the brilliance of the stories the anime movies and series were telling. I'm going to see it tonight. My big worry is that as a fan of the original Masamune Shirow manga, the Mamoru Oshii anime and the subsequent series, it simply cannot match up to my love of the source material. I know I should judge it as a movie on its own merits. Hopefully I can but part of me knows that my view on the film will be influenced by my views of the source material. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Gaines Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 Personal Shopper is saved by a wonderful performance. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 Just watched 'An Inspector Calls' with David Thewlis for a second time. Fantastic screen interpretation of a brilliant play. A social commentary that sadly still has relevance. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BallochSonsFan Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 Alright. Ghost in the Shell. 7/10 It was always going to be a big ask to take a very well regarded original work and turn it into a big screen movie. The manga ran for several years and the first anime eventually became a series of movies and shows. My biggest problem with the live action movie is that it tries too hard to take bits from the anime but doesnt do them quite well enough. The sequence where we see the Major being created - it's almost (but not quite) the anime sequence but with an audio track that isnt anywhere near as good. The first action sequence where Major breaches the room through the external window? Another lift from the original anime movie but just not quite there. The sequence where she's fighting the bin lorry driver? Close but another near miss. Fighting the spider tank? Another close call but the anime did it better (and it's either a Fuchikoma or a Tachikoma. Not a spider tank). The sea diving sequence was a total lift from the anime. The best bits of the live action movie are the bits where they're brave enough to try to move away a little bit from the source material. I also dislike the way they shoehorned in the Major's name (not a spoiler since I'm not saying what it is and anybody who hasn't experienced the original source won't know). Casting is decent enough. Batou is pretty decent. Togusa is really good. The Major is fair enough. Aramaki is just wrong though. It feels like they shoehorned Takeshi "Beat" Kitano in there because he's Japanese. Having him speak Japanese when every other character speaks English is just a complete waste of time. He's in there to provide a recognised name for the Asian market and for no other reason. I also thought Juliette Binoche was really poor. I know I've just listed the things that I thought either fell a little bit short of the original source material or the things I flat out didn't like but that doesnt mean that I didn't enjoy it. As a stand alone movie it's actually really pretty good. It's just a shame that it's burdened by all the associations that the name carries and that the writers and director weren't brave enough to do their own thing a little bit more often. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul-r-cfc Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 Watched 'Hacksaw Ridge' on the plane just there and stereotypical depictions of the Japanese aside, it was a tremendous film. One of best war flicks for a long time. Also saw Rogue One. Enjoyable enough albeit with some iffy plot points and character development 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongue_tied_danny Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 3 hours ago, Randy Giles said: Personal Shopper is saved by a wonderful performance. Yeah, I'll agree with that. It was kinda dull but the lead actress held my attention. The scene on the train with the text messages just fucking dragged. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 (edited) (76) Knight of Cups 4/10 Beautifully shot as always with Malick but pretty much nothing if interest happens whatsoever Edited April 4, 2017 by Christophe -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinkle Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 SplitGarbage, just unadulterated garbage 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 (edited) (77) To The Wonder 3/10 Doing a catch up on more recent Malick's, this has Ben Affleck in and is tooooootal bol. He's lost it big time! Edited April 6, 2017 by Christophe -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilostmyself Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 Ghost in the ShellIt's baws, no other way to put it. In theory I should like it, sci-fi, scarjo, respected source material but it lacks any interesting characters or story whatsoever. Looks pretty but I was bored throughout. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludo*1 Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 Ghost in the Shell looks like an abomination purely from the trailers. It was one of the first anime I've seen (Can't say I'm a massive fan of anime) but that an Akira were the two best that I've seen. Typical Hollywood treatment by the looks of things. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 The Ladykillers (1955) Just about the most perfectly cast, acted and scripted film ever made. Alec Guinness, Herbert Lom and Katie Johnson give performances of a lifetime ably supported by Peter Sellars, Cecil Parker and Danny Green. Woefully remade by the Coen brothers who replaced Professor Marcus with Colonel Sanders and Mrs. Wilberforce with the big black mama from Tom and Jerry. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Gaines Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 It's really brilliant. I thought the Coens did not bad with it but the original is utter perfection. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 (78) Tree Of Life 3/10 Part 3 of my recent Malick's trashing. We walked out of this in favour of a beer when I seen this originally so thought I'd give it another spin. Errr...flawed to say the least. All of the whispering was a bit of an nightmare to my ravaged ears too. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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