BFTD Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 Tenet - a secret agent is tasked with a mission to prevent World War III, uncovering a variety of mind-bending technologies and revelations along the way. I've been a Chris Nolan fanboy since Memento, and got a pretty good handle on some of the films that seem to have given people difficulty, but he lost me on this one. I got the rough idea, but ended up losing track of the aim of entire scenes, and sometimes even why characters were in a certain place. I'm sure the much-commented-upon problems with dialogue had a hand in this - there's a whole long scene at sea where I literally could not understand a word that was being said - but the film also grabs the audience by the collar and yanks us along for the ride quite regularly. It's hard to say whether Nolan's greatly overestimated our (or just my) ability to keep up with a twisty storyline that bends and folds its narrative for fun, or if the aim was always to leave the audience confused and primed for repeat viewings. Nevertheless, it was still a fun watch; "Bond goes sci-fi" has been a popular take, and it does have that feel. A good film, despite the eventual antagonist's motives being disappointingly mundane, an overarching Big Bad being frustratingly (if necessarily) nebulous, and a few plot elements seeming a tad trite on reflection. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 What’s the deal with Nolan movies having bad audio mixing ? ETA: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongue_tied_danny Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 (edited) Joker I saw this at the cinema when it first came out last year and I enjoyed it, watched it again last last night and I enjoyed it even more. There's loads of little things that didn't notice first time round. I'm not into Marvel or DC stuff at all but this is completely different. My only minor gripe is that it wears it's influences on its sleeve a bit too obviously. A near perfect film. 10/10 Edited September 6, 2020 by tongue_tied_danny 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 On 31/08/2020 at 14:46, Bully Wee Villa said: How are people watching Bill and Ted 3? Time travel obviously. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19QOS19 Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Palm Springs Basically a modern day Groundhog Day. Guy wakes up at a wedding every single day. He gets a girl to join him and you know where that goes. Still, quite a few chuckles throughout without any belly laughs. Not sure if it's what the film makers intended but throughout the film I was thinking if I would enjoy that loop and what I would do every day. JK Simmons has a smallish part and is as ever, very good. Easy 90 minute viewing. If you decide to watch it, leave the credits running. There is a piece in there which I wasn't aware of until someone else who watched it told me about it a couple of days later. 6/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSU Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 1 hour ago, 19QOS19 said: Palm Springs Basically a modern day Groundhog Day. Guy wakes up at a wedding every single day. He gets a girl to join him and you know where that goes. Still, quite a few chuckles throughout without any belly laughs. Not sure if it's what the film makers intended but throughout the film I was thinking if I would enjoy that loop and what I would do every day. JK Simmons has a smallish part and is as ever, very good. Easy 90 minute viewing. If you decide to watch it, leave the credits running. There is a piece in there which I wasn't aware of until someone else who watched it told me about it a couple of days later. 6/10 6/10 was fair for this. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theroadlesstravelled Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 Three men and a baby (1987) Directed by Spock, Three men and a baby get up to various 80s style antics. Their apartment is absurd. Both in layout and affordability. They have a film room, a games room, a drawing room, a conservatory and a garden area on CPW. A fantastic movie. The montages are outstanding. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 Quite liked Nolan’s Batman films (DKR at the cinema was pretty special, and that’s as someone who liked Batman and Robin in their tights in the tv show, rather than a big action/comic fan). He just strikes me as a dinosaur though. Like the forgotten member of Pink Floyd or Top Gear. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 9 minutes ago, Shandön Par said: Quite liked Nolan’s Batman films (DKR at the cinema was pretty special, and that’s as someone who liked Batman and Robin in their tights in the tv show, rather than a big action/comic fan). He just strikes me as a dinosaur though. Like the forgotten member of Pink Floyd or Top Gear. Who? Nolan? His movies are generally pretty hollow but all the bells and whistles make for an entertaining enough cinema experience. The veneration of him is mind numbing though and he's apparently a really weird old Tory. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 8 minutes ago, NotThePars said: Who? Nolan? His movies are generally pretty hollow but all the bells and whistles make for an entertaining enough cinema experience. The veneration of him is mind numbing though and he's apparently a really weird old Tory. Yes, Nolan, not Adam West, strikes me as one of those very blokey public schoolboys. I bet his wife hates him and mainlines gin all day. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteRoseKillie Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 I've just gone and watched the first two Bill and Teds in preparation for completing the trilogy. Very much of their time, I mostly remembered why I found them amusing first time around rather than laughing like a loon thirty years (!) later. The "game with Death" scene still cracks me up, mind. Party on, Dudes! Station! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accies1874 Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 Quite liked Nolan’s Batman films (DKR at the cinema was pretty special, and that’s as someone who liked Batman and Robin in their tights in the tv show, rather than a big action/comic fan). He just strikes me as a dinosaur though. Like the forgotten member of Pink Floyd or Top Gear. I find it impressive that just his name* draws in a big audience - there aren't many directors around who can still do that. Tarantino's supposedly only doing one more film (I don't know if that's still the case now he's given up on Star Trek) and Scorsese and Spielberg are ancient. *I suppose his CRAAAAZY premises help too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 1 hour ago, WhiteRoseKillie said: I've just gone and watched the first two Bill and Teds in preparation for completing the trilogy. Very much of their time, I mostly remembered why I found them amusing first time around rather than laughing like a loon thirty years (!) later. The "game with Death" scene still cracks me up, mind. Party on, Dudes! Station! So-crates still gets me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 1 minute ago, accies1874 said: I find it impressive that just his name* draws in a big audience - there aren't many directors around who can still do that. Tarantino's supposedly only doing one more film (I don't know if that's still the case now he's given up on Star Trek) and Scorsese and Spielberg are ancient. *I suppose his CRAAAAZY premises help too. I liked Interstellar but the effects/plot were secondary to the human story in it. Inception left me cold as it just felt like it was all about him being clever. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteRoseKillie Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 2 hours ago, Shandön Par said: I liked Interstellar but the effects/plot were secondary to the human story in it. Inception left me cold as it just felt like it was all about him being clever. The best description I heard of Inception was, "what thick people think a clever film looks like." 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaboz Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 Aquaman 4/10 Amber Heard as the Little Mermaid is the highlight of this. Nothing wrong with any of the acting, but the story was fucking garbage. The arc of Jason Mamoa's character is flimsy and I'm not buying that a ship of pirates taking out a Russian crew are suddenly shitting themselves at this guy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 32 minutes ago, Stellaboz said: Aquaman 4/10 Amber Heard as the Little Mermaid is the highlight of this. Nothing wrong with any of the acting, but the story was fucking garbage. The arc of Jason Mamoa's character is flimsy and I'm not buying that a ship of pirates taking out a Russian crew are suddenly shitting themselves at this guy. You must have hated the scenes that featured your ex... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaboz Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 1 minute ago, DA Baracus said: You must have hated the scenes that featured your ex... ^^^jealous he can't communicate via sonar. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 Just now, Stellaboz said: ^^^jealous he can't communicate via sonar. It's been my life goal 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highlandcowden Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 "All the kings men",B&W version,off of sony classics.decent 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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