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Post by simple on Apr 17, 2024 20:32:05 GMT
I do like that Daredevil is so of its time the trailer has Bodies by Drowning Pool *and* Bring Me To Life by Evanescence in it
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Post by Whizzo on Apr 17, 2024 20:41:22 GMT
First Class is going to look like a Best Picture winner after those two films.
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Post by simple on Apr 17, 2024 23:23:37 GMT
Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose (prime trial) This is a weird film. Everything about it suggests it should have been a comedy, and was possibly even written as one, but its directed and scored as a drama. Almost every scene feels really out of balance as a result. Its based on part of the true story of an alleged haunting in the 1930s and stars Simon Pegg, Christopher Lloyd, Minnie Driver and Paul Kaye. The ghost takes the form of a mongoose with human hands and long blonde hair called Gef (pronounced Jeff). It is voiced by Neil Gaiman. But instead of being a cosy independent British horror-comedy like all of that points to it takes itself very seriously. Even Pegg doing a dodgy Hungarian accent is played totally straight. This story deserved a better and more fun telling than this. You could probably even have given this exact cast and script to someone else and achieved just that. One to skip I think. You don’t actually see the mongoose in the film but I do know that description of him from reading a book about it. Although, for some reason, in the final shot of the film they reveal a cgi meerkat standing on a hilltop not a mongoose. Could at least have googled the right animal even if they weren’t going to do the hands.
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Post by Bill in the rain on Apr 18, 2024 1:29:49 GMT
I wasn't as hot on First Class as others seemed to be either.
I do have kinda a soft spot for Daredevil, though it suffered a lot for coming out soon after Spiderman 1 and being very similar, but just not as good in any area.
Watch the extended cut if you do watch it though. It's still not great, but it does polish it up a little.
Electra was terrible.
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Post by Lizard on Apr 18, 2024 4:16:16 GMT
I remember the editing gave the impression you were watching a highlights package of the actual film.
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Apr 18, 2024 7:57:53 GMT
Argylle - As literally everyone has said, Its far too long, has too many set pieces and at least one 'twist' too many.
Everything has to be 'freebird in church' now, so every action scene crashes the plot to a halt while somebody spins around in slow motion to Vaughns Spotify playlist. Not only does this drag the arse out of the film and pad the timing, I think the sheer amount of them spread the budget so thin that everything looks horrible. The effects are really bad, even background CGI of them standing by the water looks like a PS3 cut scene.
And the twists, Jesus Christ... there is one at the end which, unless Ive completely misunderstood it, renders the ENTIRE PLOT redundant.
And its a shame. BDH and Rockwell are great. I actually enjoyed it when they were on screen together, they are both really good in this. Its just a shame they are constantly crowded out by nonsense. I really don't think the world needs any more Kingsman/Kingsman adjacent product.
5/10
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Post by rawshark on Apr 18, 2024 11:17:40 GMT
Spinning off from the tangent in the Celeb Death Thread forum, Daredevil was the film we saw at Leisure World Southampton when a pipe burst in the Jumpin' Jaks... so we all got showered in shit that day.
Actually that's mean. Colin Farrel was a brilliant Bullseye. Michael Clarke Duncan would have been a great casting shout for Kingpin if he could actually move.
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Post by britesparc on Apr 19, 2024 12:38:40 GMT
Watched a few films with the fam this week so gonna do a quick round-up.
See How They Run (2022) ****
Less of a whodunnit, more of a knockabout farce, really; the central mystery isn't that interesting and the slow unpeeling of motives is a bit thin. Fortunately, it's very funny; the cast are great, especially Rockwell and Ronan as the leads, and it moves pretty briskly. A slight film, but a very enjoyable one.
(Disney+)
Murder on the Orient Express (2017) ****
I've never seen nor read a previous version of this story, so everything was new to me. As such, I don't know what fresh wrinkles Branagh added to it. But given its rather static location he manages to find a lot of scope and dynamism, and he's terrific in the lead role. Naturally, the mystery is more carefully wrought than in See How, and having no idea what was going to happen I found it pretty tense.
(Disney+)
Miss Potter (2006) ***
Saw this at the pics, not seen it since. It's incredibly slight; considering all she accomplished, very little actually happens, and despite there being (minor spoiler, but come on; it's history) some degree of tragedy to the tale, you don't get much impression that she suffered much hardship. Sunday afternoon telly sort of a film. Three stars might actually be a tiny bit generous.
(Netflix)
The kids liked them. Eldest preferred the first film, youngest preferred the last one.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2024 12:39:56 GMT
Don't watch Death on the Nile. The Cgi everything is fucking horrible.
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Post by Vandelay on Apr 19, 2024 12:48:28 GMT
If you liked Orient Express then A Haunting in Venice is worth a watch. A step in the right direction after Death on the Nile being pants. For some reason, DotN felt the need to give us a tash origin story, as well as the already mentioned atrocious CGI.
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Apr 19, 2024 12:58:43 GMT
I watched 'Evil Under The Sun' over easter (a Ustinov one) and I am absolutely convinced Mark Grufflo based his character in Poor Things on James Mason in this. He sounds *exactly* the same.
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Post by rhaegyr on Apr 19, 2024 13:03:59 GMT
Watch the 1974 Sidney Lumet version of Orient Express if you liked the Branagh one.
It's a stone cold classic and I much preferred it to Branagh's version (despite it being decent).
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Post by Bill in the rain on Apr 19, 2024 13:13:42 GMT
I watched 'Evil Under The Sun' over easter (a Ustinov one) and I am absolutely convinced Mark Grufflo based his character in Poor Things on James Mason in this. He sounds *exactly* the same. Maybe he based it on Eddie Izzard |
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Apr 19, 2024 13:15:51 GMT
For me, the impact of all of those adaptations is lessened because, having read most Agatha Christie, I know whodunit. I know there are performances and such that you can still enjoy, but personally I can't fully enjoy a mystery if I know how it's going to end.
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Post by britesparc on Apr 19, 2024 13:21:27 GMT
When I was watching See How They Run, I was terrified they were going to spoil The Mousetrap, because despite having been to see the play I don't remember anything about it whatsoever.
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Post by dmukgr on Apr 19, 2024 13:23:48 GMT
Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose (prime trial) This is a weird film. Everything about it suggests it should have been a comedy, and was possibly even written as one, but its directed and scored as a drama. Almost every scene feels really out of balance as a result. Its based on part of the true story of an alleged haunting in the 1930s and stars Simon Pegg, Christopher Lloyd, Minnie Driver and Paul Kaye. The ghost takes the form of a mongoose with human hands and long blonde hair called Gef (pronounced Jeff). It is voiced by Neil Gaiman. But instead of being a cosy independent British horror-comedy like all of that points to it takes itself very seriously. Even Pegg doing a dodgy Hungarian accent is played totally straight. This story deserved a better and more fun telling than this. You could probably even have given this exact cast and script to someone else and achieved just that. One to skip I think. You don’t actually see the mongoose in the film but I do know that description of him from reading a book about it. Although, for some reason, in the final shot of the film they reveal a cgi meerkat standing on a hilltop not a mongoose. Could at least have googled the right animal even if they weren’t going to do the hands. That sounds ace and just up my street. Well, apart from it being shit that is. |
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Post by dmukgr on Apr 19, 2024 13:28:45 GMT
When I was watching See How They Run, I was terrified they were going to spoil The Mousetrap, because despite having been to see the play I don't remember anything about it whatsoever. My memory is so bad that I have seen it twice and the second time through I couldn't remember who the killer is until right at the end. |
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Post by simple on Apr 19, 2024 13:39:10 GMT
Nandor Fodor and the Talking Mongoose (prime trial) This is a weird film. Everything about it suggests it should have been a comedy, and was possibly even written as one, but its directed and scored as a drama. Almost every scene feels really out of balance as a result. Its based on part of the true story of an alleged haunting in the 1930s and stars Simon Pegg, Christopher Lloyd, Minnie Driver and Paul Kaye. The ghost takes the form of a mongoose with human hands and long blonde hair called Gef (pronounced Jeff). It is voiced by Neil Gaiman. But instead of being a cosy independent British horror-comedy like all of that points to it takes itself very seriously. Even Pegg doing a dodgy Hungarian accent is played totally straight. This story deserved a better and more fun telling than this. You could probably even have given this exact cast and script to someone else and achieved just that. One to skip I think. You don’t actually see the mongoose in the film but I do know that description of him from reading a book about it. Although, for some reason, in the final shot of the film they reveal a cgi meerkat standing on a hilltop not a mongoose. Could at least have googled the right animal even if they weren’t going to do the hands. That sounds ace and just up my street. Well, apart from it being shit that is. I’d love to hear a second opinion from someone on here on it. The IMDB user reviews are never any use and they all sound like they watched different films to one another. And I am very into the idea of this film. |
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Post by britesparc on Apr 19, 2024 13:50:03 GMT
When I was watching See How They Run, I was terrified they were going to spoil The Mousetrap, because despite having been to see the play I don't remember anything about it whatsoever. My memory is so bad that I have seen it twice and the second time through I couldn't remember who the killer is until right at the end. I'm usually really good at remembering this stuff, but I do like it when every once in a while I totally forget something. I was watching The Firm a few years ago, not 100% certain if I'd seen it before, and about one second before every new scene I remembered what the next scene was. It was really weird. Felt like I'd been huffing spice and could see the future. |
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Post by Lukus on Apr 19, 2024 14:00:28 GMT
I didn't get along with See How They Run at all. It lacked the charm it needed to be a fun farce and it lacked the intrigue needed to be an interesting mystery. It was just very meh in general.
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Post by Lukus on Apr 19, 2024 14:01:34 GMT
I didn't get along with See How They Run at all. It lacked the charm it needed to be a fun farce and it lacked the intrigue needed to be an interesting mystery. It was just very meh in general. But for context, I know nothing about the Mouse Trap so it's possible all the good things went completely over my head. |
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Post by brokenkey on Apr 19, 2024 20:54:21 GMT
When I was watching See How They Run, I was terrified they were going to spoil The Mousetrap, because despite having been to see the play I don't remember anything about it whatsoever. The butler did it |
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Post by rawshark on Apr 19, 2024 21:08:38 GMT
Oppenheimer
I can’t give this a score as watched it over three non-consecutive nights and it lost all rhythm. If Christopher Nolan knew he’d punch me right in the cock.
But it got me thinking how I’d actually like a Christopher Nolan limited series and this might have been the subject to go for if he wanted to do it.
Hard ask for him to give back all those Oscars and do it again, but you never know, he might be receptive.
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Post by starchildhypocrethes on Apr 19, 2024 21:15:29 GMT
The Flash - 7.5/10
Quite enjoyed that, was just a lot of fun. Shame Miller turned out to be such a creepy nutjob as he was pretty good in it.
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Post by Whizzo on Apr 19, 2024 21:41:13 GMT
Rebel Moon Part 2 - The Scargiver (the first 48 minutes at home on a TV)
It's more of the same shite, if you thought the first film was set up to something big happening in this film well there's even more set up and it's so boring I was struggling not to fall asleep and it's quite possible I did drift off while the "heroes" drone on about how they got into this situation with the Empire. When it got to the bloke who was doing shite with a griffin in the first movie and he's walking with his mum with a big griffin behind him I thought I'd stop for the evening. For a movie that's "only" two hours long it feels so much longer.
edit: oh and the best bit so far is the utter gibberish Knight of the Realm Sir Anthony Hopkins spouts at the start to catch everyone up, Star Wars uses the text crawl, the hack that wrote and directed this garbage got one of the most respected actors in the business to sound like he's reading random entries from the phone book, badly.
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Apr 20, 2024 10:19:33 GMT
Collateral (2004)
Michael Mann directs Jamie Foxx driving Tom Cruise around to kill people in LA. I hadn't seen it in ages, so thought I'd hit it up again.
This is not a new observation about Cruise, but... fucking hell, the guy just *radiates* likeability and charisma. Like even if he's a sociopathic contract killer I'd be like "sure thing, I'd let that guy in my cab".
It's genuinely astounding. I don't think there's a modern actor quite like him.
Anyway, the movie aside from that is pretty good for a thriller kind of thing. The move from film to digital does make it look a bit weird, but that's just what many movies were like at the time (Miami Vice had a lot of it too)
So it's a good watch, definitely worth revisiting if you haven't in a while.
8/10
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Post by askew on Apr 20, 2024 12:11:21 GMT
(2004)
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Apr 20, 2024 12:11:59 GMT
I have no idea what you're talking about
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Post by Jambowayoh on Apr 20, 2024 12:17:56 GMT
WHERE DID YOU WATCH IT YOU RUDE BASTARD!
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Apr 20, 2024 12:19:24 GMT
I watched it on Binge. Do you guys have Binge?
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