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Post by rawshark on Mar 24, 2024 1:01:42 GMT
Old Dads - Netflix
I like Bill Burr. I too left it late to be a dad - so I can relate.
It’s not a good film. 3/10
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Post by baihu1983 on Mar 24, 2024 5:47:04 GMT
Road House (2024) 4/10
Tone is all over the place and the fight scenes feel like they should have been in a Fast and Furious movie with a combination of annoying camera work and bad CGI.
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Post by dfunked on Mar 24, 2024 7:52:50 GMT
Road House (2024) - 6/10
I didn't mind it as much as some here it seems. McGregor was fucking woeful of course, although it was pretty funny watching him walk around the place looking like he's got a stick up his bum.
It's a completely unchallenging brain-dead popcorn flick, which I guess I was in the mood for after a tough week.
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Post by baihu1983 on Mar 24, 2024 8:18:42 GMT
Conors scenes are a bit all over the place. Especially the one when he first arrives at the beach house and is clearly phoning the voice over recording in while he's character is walking around on cocaine.
Feels like he was added after a first test screening said it was too downbeat.
Rest of the film feels like it wants to be grounded then whenever he comes on screen it turns into a Marvel film.. only a Sony Marvel film.
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Post by askew on Mar 24, 2024 11:13:17 GMT
The Julie Hart(e) Trilogy
The Souvenir - 6/10. Found it hard to engage with as Tom Burke's character is clearly a cretin.
The Souvenir Part II - 7/10. Felt more substantial, and offers more of an emotional centre than the previous film. Cool to watch the film studies progress.
The Eternal Daughter - 7/10. Spooky ruminations with an older Julie Hart, now played by Tilda Swinton.
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Post by askew on Mar 24, 2024 11:17:00 GMT
All Of Us Strangers: 8/10. Oh my. Make sure you're in the right mood for this. I like toned-down Andrew Scott.
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Post by Bill in the rain on Mar 24, 2024 13:07:06 GMT
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Post by simple on Mar 24, 2024 22:52:51 GMT
Luca (disney+)
What an absolute delight this film is. I think I was a little down on it when I first saw it because its quite low key but every viewing since has put it up a level for me. Its probably climbed up to being my favourite recent Pixar film now. Its a different kind of film but its got that quality that films like Totoro and Kiki’s Delivery Service have where it feels like very little happens but you’re there with the characters the whole time and there’s such a great feel to it all.
Nomadland (disney+)
Interesting to revisit this having watched Florida Project and Red Rocket recently. Texturally and conceptually it feels like it exists in a very similar space to those films with all the fringes of society, precarious living situations of the characters. Plus filming with a mix of actors and amateurs and shooting it all quite naturally. The big difference is this feels like its really romanticising the idea of the freedom of living life on the road and outsider lifestyle in a way Baker never does in his films. I know its based on a nonfiction book but I’m not sure I fully buy that as much of this is a choice in the way the film portrays. It came off as a little cold on this viewing as a result. Although with such a transient community maybe that’s part of the point.
Its big strength, other than McDormand, is how good it looks. Those big skies are absolutely undeniable whatever else might be happening.
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Post by britesparc on Mar 25, 2024 10:11:02 GMT
X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) **
I hadn't seen this one since its cinema release, where I was bitterly disappointed. I'm sorry to report that, compared to the first two X-films, it still disappoints. There are two big problems: one is that it doesn't know what its story is; a mutant cure or the battle for Jean Grey's soul? The two plots don't gel together at all and supposedly impactful scenes feel tacked-on and unearned. Many characters are wasted - Scott, Rogue - and new ones not given enough to feel established. It does start out well enough, with the political and social ramifications of the cure outlined (Kelsey Grammar is, I have to say, a terrific addition to the cast), but all too quickly it degenerates into po-faced dialogue and some quite bland action scenes. I've tried not to throw too much praise at Bryan Singer, what with everything, but the first two X-Men films are incredibly well-directed with terrific action; this is so dull. There's no life or vitality to any shots, even the still ones; somehow it looks like a TV movie at times. And the final battle on Alcatraz Island is dreadful. Plus Brett Ratner, as a human being, is no better than Singer. I really wanted to give this one a second chance, I really hoped it was better than I remembered. But no. It's a bit rubbish. Sorry.
(Disney+)
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Mar 25, 2024 10:15:26 GMT
Cliffhanger (on Prime)
Finnish man Renny Harlin directs Sly Stallone attempting to be a climber, versus John Lithgow attempting to be... European? I guess?
I know Eurotrash villains were in vogue at the time (see: Die Hard), but Alan Rickman had one over on Lithgow in terms of actually being European. Lithgow's accent is aaaaaaaall over the place, there's one line where he says "sue me" and he pronounces it like "see-yu me", which is... nobody pronounces it like that!
Anyway, it's a good bit of fun. It's the kind of thing that wouldn't get a cinema release these days, probably. Which is a shame imo, I've got quite a bit of affection for dumb junk like it.
7/10
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Mar 25, 2024 10:24:10 GMT
Sonic The Hedgehog - I was genuinely surprised how much I enjoyed this. A fun romp.
7/10
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Post by britesparc on Mar 25, 2024 10:27:41 GMT
Cliffhanger (on Prime) Finnish man Renny Harlin directs Sly Stallone attempting to be a climber, versus John Lithgow attempting to be... European? I guess? I know Eurotrash villains were in vogue at the time (see: Die Hard), but Alan Rickman had one over on Lithgow in terms of actually being European. Lithgow's accent is aaaaaaaall over the place, there's one line where he says "sue me" and he pronounces it like "see-yu me", which is... nobody pronounces it like that! Anyway, it's a good bit of fun. It's the kind of thing that wouldn't get a cinema release these days, probably. Which is a shame imo, I've got quite a bit of affection for dumb junk like it. 7/10 Ah, so good that's on Prime, I've wanted to rewatch it for years. Cheers! |
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Post by simple on Mar 25, 2024 10:29:04 GMT
The full true story of what Cliffhanger is based on is pretty wild too. There’s a whole thing with cover-ups and allegedly missing people but the basics of it are incredibly rad 1970s counter-culture
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Post by paulyboy81 on Mar 25, 2024 10:44:14 GMT
Road House (2024)
What a let down. Won't lie, I was looking forward to this. From the trailer to the half decent reviews and word of mouth this looked like it was going to be a riot.
Then about 2 minutes in I said to my myself "are they using CGI to make it look like Post Malone is actually hitting someone?"
Coupled with a dozen or so other similar moments and a wildly varying tone the whole thing is all over the place.
5/10
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Post by mrpon on Mar 25, 2024 11:00:12 GMT
Road House (2024 - Prime)
An absolute horror show. Jake grins his way through the whole movie. Conor is toe curling. No memorable tunes. Zero quotable lines.
Avoid!
4/10
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Mar 25, 2024 11:01:24 GMT
Ive got to watch it now just to give it a 3
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Post by kingbambino on Mar 25, 2024 11:12:01 GMT
Road House - 3/10
It was probably a 5 until McGregor roided it up
The Zone of Interest 8/10
Chilling and different twist on an Auschwitz story
Ghostbuster frozen empire 5/10
Really disappointed with this, seemed all over the place and didn’t flow like Afterlife did. The original cast added nothing either .
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Mar 25, 2024 11:13:49 GMT
phew, bullet dodged
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Post by Day on Mar 25, 2024 11:29:44 GMT
The Zone of Interest 8/10 Chilling and different twist on an Auschwitz story Might be of interest to others, article on The Guardian over the weekend with one of the actual daugthers:
Link from in the article was interesting too:
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Post by cristar on Mar 25, 2024 11:30:59 GMT
Kill List
Thought this was good. The two lead guys were good, was violent, and then got very weird towards the end with next to no explaination really. But yeah, was a good show.
7.8/10
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Mar 25, 2024 11:37:16 GMT
The end of Kill List is the best part imo. It's genuinely unhinged and unnerving.
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Mar 25, 2024 11:38:18 GMT
It's pretty funny that Ben Wheatley's latest movie is The Meg 2.
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Post by kingbambino on Mar 25, 2024 12:08:28 GMT
The Zone of Interest 8/10 Chilling and different twist on an Auschwitz story Might be of interest to others, article on The Guardian over the weekend with one of the actual daugthers:
Link from in the article was interesting too:
Thank you that was a good read. To me it seems that believing her parents were good people is just a denial coping mechanism and easier than accepting they were evil monsters |
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Post by simple on Mar 25, 2024 12:10:15 GMT
That run though of Kill List, Sightseers and Field in England was very exciting to see. I’m glad he went back to that sort of thing with In The Earth because he’s so good at getting real texture into those kinds of films that just isn’t there in his Hollywood stuff.
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead is on iplayer as a good indie drama from him that has a similar feel too.
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Post by rawshark on Mar 25, 2024 12:25:55 GMT
X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) ** As I’ve said before I’m more forgiving of it than most but I doubt time will have been kind to it. It’s mad that you can have an IP that’s a proven success like this and really fail to capitalise on it. I feel like they were a bit hamstrung because so few people wanted to commit to the film - Marsden, Paquin et al had other projects and/or weren’t really up for it given their experiences on prior films. I think there’s some good things in there but it’s a waste more than anything. But still better than Dark Phoenix, which ironically had a lot of the same issues with cast not wanting to return. |
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Post by wunty on Mar 25, 2024 12:35:59 GMT
That run though of Kill List, Sightseers and Field in England was very exciting to see. I’m glad he went back to that sort of thing with In The Earth because he’s so good at getting real texture into those kinds of films that just isn’t there in his Hollywood stuff. Happy New Year, Colin Burstead is on iplayer as a good indie drama from him that has a similar feel too. Kill List and A Field in England are probably two of my favourite films. In The Earth was decent as well (Clint Mansell's score is phenomenal for this). I have to confess to never having seen Sightseers though, or Happy Birthday Colin Burstead. I'll need to get them watched. |
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Post by simple on Mar 25, 2024 12:48:54 GMT
Definitely do Sightseers next if you like those two. Its more of a comedy because Alice Lowe wrote it but its properly brilliant.
And relatedly her next film Prevenge is good too.
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Post by Day on Mar 25, 2024 12:52:28 GMT
Thank you that was a good read. To me it seems that believing her parents were good people is just a denial coping mechanism and easier than accepting they were evil monsters Yup, completely agree with that! |
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Post by gamingdave on Mar 25, 2024 13:23:40 GMT
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024) - 60/100 - Took the kids at the weekend, and we all enjoyed it, the kids more than me tough (they have seen the original, and the last one) which was about what I expected. There's nothing wrong with any of it really, it's got some lovely nods back to the originals, and it's great seeing Aykroyd in particular back in the role. There's just a bit too much going on and too many characters who then essentially do nothing of any importance - Finn Wolfhard may as well not be in it at all. It (for the most part) looks and feels like a Ghostbusters film, but I won't be in a hurry to rewatch it.
Con Air (1997) - 80/100 - It's ridiculous and completely over the top, but it knows it and delivers a wonderful package of over the top fun. The cast list is absolutely stacked, the practical effects are glorious, it's oozing 90s action style, and Cage doesn't hold back with the cheese. The sort of film you might call a guilty pleasure, but I feel no guilt in loving it.
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Post by clemfandango on Mar 25, 2024 14:04:45 GMT
The Rock - 9.5/10
This would be a 10 if it wasn't for my hatred of modern Michael Bay stuff and this film reminding me of it.
Though he really was a master of his craft in the 90's.
Cage, Connery, Harris, Biehn, Forsythe all at the top of their game and its just absolute top tier 90s action.
Escape from LA - 8/10
Nowhere near as bad as I remembered it and its a good camp action romp with quite a bit of subdued satire.
Some great actors too (Hello Bruce Campbell as a twisted plastic surgeon).
Its also got the worst use of CGI I've seen in any movie, which is an achievement in itself.
Roadhouse (the new one) - 7.5/10
Yeah I'm one of those that liked it, it's got its faults and its tonally weird but even the shocking acting by Connor Mcgregor kind of adds to the fun. I also thought the fight scenes were great.
I would recommend a watch as it seems a very marmite movie, but bear in mind I've been watching a lot of 80's/90's action movies recently so my view may be a bit biased.
Finally please ban user Molaram, Cliffhanger is a 10/10 every day of the week and twice on Sundays...
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