beermonkey Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 Spectre Same old, same old. These baddies really should give him the John Charles de Menezes treatment when they catch him. Seriously, most times he just heads along when the baddies send for him. This time, as usual, he gets in the baddies car and is chauffeur driven straight to baddie HQ with his (usually doomed) f**k partner. As usual he willingly hands over his gun. This time the baddies at least knock him out and tie him up. Now, he should really get the Brazilian sparky treatment at this point. But no, as usual they let him escape and destroy another of their highly flammable HQs. Have the fuckers never heard of sprinklers and gas suppression systems? Still, it held my attention to the end. 7/10. I've not seen it but i could've told you all that. They've been regurgitating the same story for 40 years now, how folk still get wet with excitement when a new one comes along is a mystery to me. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 Think we're going to just have to agree to disagree on this one man. Aye, I'm just interested in people's motivations. I thought maybe your Da had been one of those Fathers 4 Justice guys 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Naitch Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 Inside Out - 7/10 Decent enough effort from the Pixar lads. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongue_tied_danny Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 High Rise Not too good, it just plodded along with not much in the way of character development or coherent plot. It did look quite smart but was mostly just style over substance. Scores a couple extra points because Sienna Miller looked incredibly hot... 5/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unconscious Objector Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 The Life of Brian..........again - still brilliant you lucky b*****ds 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussellAnderson Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Boring as Hell Justice 1/10 An appalling mess of a film. The acting of Ben Affleck was probably the best part of the film. It was that bad. The scenes seemed in the wrong order and jumped about from place to place. Characters turned up with no introduction, exchanged clunky conversations and fought for reasons which were kinda unclear. Seriously, the script was shocking, the score was overblown, the visuals were alright but monotonous. Character development was strange and all female characters were negated to damsels or annoyances. Eisenberg's Luthor was not menacing, merely a pissed off Michael Cera-esque VL. The mutant guy at the end was just a smashysmashy Hulk without any motivation. It tried to combine the dark styles of Nolan's Dark Knight with the ensemble action of the Marvel Universe. The problem is that the only reason we accept the mad, unbelievable stuff in Marvel is the fact that the whole tone of the movie is tongue in cheek, comic and light. It was a disaster of a movie IMO. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLip69 Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 Got Bridge of Spies DVD yesterday. Enjoyed it, but not as much as I thought I would. Slightly disappointed but no idea why. Weird. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raidernation Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 In the last couple of days watched two animated films from entirely different eras.The Jungle Book (1967) Walt Disney's last film he oversaw, loved this as a lad and still have the misty-eyed fondness. 8/10Big Hero 6 (2015) What a difference in animation, but still tells a story, loved it. 8/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
well fan for life Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Boring as Hell Justice 1/10 An appalling mess of a film. The acting of Ben Affleck was probably the best part of the film. It was that bad. The scenes seemed in the wrong order and jumped about from place to place. Characters turned up with no introduction, exchanged clunky conversations and fought for reasons which were kinda unclear. Seriously, the script was shocking, the score was overblown, the visuals were alright but monotonous. Character development was strange and all female characters were negated to damsels or annoyances. Eisenberg's Luthor was not menacing, merely a pissed off Michael Cera-esque VL. [\b]The mutant guy at the end was just a smashysmashy Hulk without any motivation. It tried to combine the dark styles of Nolan's Dark Knight with the ensemble action of the Marvel Universe. The problem is that the only reason we accept the mad, unbelievable stuff in Marvel is the fact that the whole tone of the movie is tongue in cheek, comic and light. It was a disaster of a movie IMO. I don't think the film is as bad as you make out. However you have absolutely nailed the reason why I hated Lex Luthor. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accies1874 Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 Watchmen: I don't quite know what to make of this. If they made a movie solely based on Rorschach then I'd be perfectly happy with that as he's by far the best character and has the movie's best moments. Nite Owl and Sally's romance wasn't interesting in the slightest and I don't think it held any purpose other than to impact Dr Manhattan (whose story also didn't really bother me). In fact, The Comedian was more interesting than the three others I just mentioned and he's barely in it. I think the movie did a good job of creating a completely bizarre world but keeping many of the character's emotions and some of their personalities very grounded. I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would given its 54 on Metacritic and 60-odd percent on Rotten Tomatoes and would like to see movies based on The Comedian and Rorschach (which I know will never happen) but I feel that it was a bit of a waste of such an interesting world. It didn't really drag either, in my opinion, which surprised me given the fact it was a 2 hour and 40 minute movie (its 3 and a half hour "Ultimate Edition" is a step too far, though). 7/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lichtie23 Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 Inside Out Watched this yesterday with my daughter. Didn't really enjoy it and spent most of the film being angered by sadness. Bang average effort in my opinion. 4/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdgarusQPFC Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 Watchmen: I don't quite know what to make of this. If they made a movie solely based on Rorschach then I'd be perfectly happy with that as he's by far the best character and has the movie's best moments. Nite Owl and Sally's romance wasn't interesting in the slightest and I don't think it held any purpose other than to impact Dr Manhattan (whose story also didn't really bother me). In fact, The Comedian was more interesting than the three others I just mentioned and he's barely in it. I think the movie did a good job of creating a completely bizarre world but keeping many of the character's emotions and some of their personalities very grounded. I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would given its 54 on Metacritic and 60-odd percent on Rotten Tomatoes and would like to see movies based on The Comedian and Rorschach (which I know will never happen) but I feel that it was a bit of a waste of such an interesting world. It didn't really drag either, in my opinion, which surprised me given the fact it was a 2 hour and 40 minute movie (its 3 and a half hour "Ultimate Edition" is a step too far, though). 7/10 One of my favorite films, the directors cut is marvelous 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lichtie23 Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 Still Alice Loved this story of a professor at Columbia University who was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's and her struggle to come to terms with the diagnosis and then her journey as the disease progresses. Julieanne Moore was superb as the lead. I very much recommend this. 9.5/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accies1874 Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 One of my favorite films, the directors cut is marvelousI've only seen Snyder's 3 attempts at Superhero movies and none of his other movies but I'm still not sure how I feel about him. I'm one of only around five people that liked Man of Steel, I liked Watchmen and I'm slowly beginning to dislike Batman v Superman as I think about it more. I still find it surprising that WB have placed this much trust in him considering how divisive he is as a film maker. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 Other than Sucker Punch, I think all his films have made large sums of cash, which is all you need to know about why WB are backing him. He's a damn sight better than Michael Bay. Faint praise, but praise nonetheless. And his version of Dawn of the Dead turned out far better than it had any right to. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.F.C Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 Star Wars - the force awakens Watchable remake of Star Wars. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Minertaur Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 (edited) Zootroplis - 8/10. Surprisingly enjoyed this. Amazing animation and a great film for kids while still enjoyable for adults. Loved the Breaking Bad reference as well. EDIT - forgot all about the DVLA scene. Think I laughed the loudest of everybody in the cinema Edited March 29, 2016 by The Minertaur 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11thHour Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 Man on Fire - 8/10. Denzeellllllllllll. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11thHour Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 10 Cloverfield Lane - 7/10. Had heard that the ending leaves a bit to be desired and it was true. Great up until that point. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamJags Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 Zootropolis - 4/10. All of the 4 points are for the DVLA scene, which was in the advert anyway. I know its a kids film, but that main rabbit character annoyed the f**k out of me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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