drakesmoke
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Post by drakesmoke on Sept 8, 2024 14:49:46 GMT
Apart from Schindler's List, Neeson is a big pile of dog wank in everything he's ever done. * wrong thread? Probably the unpopular opinion thread is the one for me Phantom Menace was pretty good.
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Post by rawshark on Sept 8, 2024 14:49:54 GMT
Challengers
Glad I didn't waste my time and money seeing this at the cinema (was dating someone and the next showing after dinner was imax and heard some mixed reviews) The bad reviews are spot on, the 3 main characters are unlikeable, you really don't give a shit about them as they act like spoilt arsehats, although Zendaya in tennis outfit....... The tennis action is good and they do some first person shots to avoid to keep doing from a distance or cutting back and forth.
Its a long film and it has constant flashbacks, which get old. Of course peter the wanker from the guardian loved it (and so does the peter wannabe from CP where I get 4k rentals)
3/10
Was in agreement with this until I realised I was thinking of the movie Passengers. Only realised my mistake with the mention of Zendaya.
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Post by rawshark on Sept 8, 2024 14:54:02 GMT
Apart from Schindler's List, Neeson is a big pile of dog wank in everything he's ever done. * wrong thread? Probably the unpopular opinion thread is the one for me Phantom Menace was pretty good. I liked him in Family Guy. “Your story thread in Love, Actually was the second worst.”
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Post by Bill the kidding on Sept 8, 2024 14:54:35 GMT
He was ok in Derry Girls
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Post by Trowel 🏴 on Sept 8, 2024 16:11:53 GMT
Accidental Hero - 8/10
I've always enjoyed this as a comedy to switch off for, but each time I forget just how unnecessarily deep the cast is - Hoffmann, Davis and Garcia are great as the leads, and then floating around them in minor roles you have Tom Arnold, Joan Cusak, Stephen Tobolowsky, plus Chevy Chase playing it pretty straight faced as the single minded director. I even noticed Fisher Stevens (Hugo from Succession) for the first time, when he pops up for 10 seconds.
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Post by peacemaker on Sept 8, 2024 16:12:20 GMT
Beetlejuice x2
Pretty good laugh. Pretty surprised it’s a 12 and lots of parents had brought very young kids along. Thought the actors did their jobs and had fun and had one or two fun musical numbers.
Maybe a nice 7 out of 10.
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Post by clemfandango on Sept 8, 2024 16:21:10 GMT
The wicker man (Final Cut) - 9/10
I’m ashamed to say I’ve never seen this all the way through before. It’s a classic alright, very dated but still a classic, I watched the Final Cut and it obviously has some degraded quality scenes added in which stand out massively, but they are great scenes non the less.
Didn’t realise it was so music heavy, it has an almost a dreamlike quality to it in parts.
Woodward is incredible in it, as are the rest of the cast.
Deduct a point as some bits don’t make sense and its plot falls apart if you really think about it. I.e. why was britt ekland trying to sleep with him if he needed to be a virgin…
Really glad i watched it at last 😊
Witchfinder general is next on the list
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Post by Vandelay on Sept 8, 2024 16:34:10 GMT
Beetlejuice x1 (Netflix)
I liked this quite a bit... except the bits where Michael Keaton is a sex pest. I particularly disliked the bits where he was a sex pest to a barely legal Winona Ryder.
Yes, he is obviously a bad dead person, but it very much felt like we were meant to be having our cake and gorging on it at the same time. The sequences in which he cops a feel off Barbara or he gives eyes to Lydia are played for laughs. Wouldn't be too bad if it was just one scene, but it is most of the time he appears.
Fortunately, he isn't actually on the screen that much, even if he is he titular character. The central idea of rooting for the haunters instead of the hauntees is a really good one and the depiction of death is very Tim Burton. Plenty of good use of stop motion and it is all gross in a just about (older) family friendly way.
7/10 for the good bits 2/10 for the dated pervy bits
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Post by LegendaryApe on Sept 8, 2024 17:18:25 GMT
I liked him in The Grey
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Post by clemfandango on Sept 8, 2024 19:56:56 GMT
Second part of my folk horror double bill
Witchfinder General - 9/10
I’m so glad this was filmed in the 60s on a shoestring budget with red paint used for blood, it’s relentless in its brutality and must have been really hard to watch at the time. A harrowing tale of sadistic evil people making money out of misery in the name of god, so quite a few parallels to modern day still.
All the acting is good for the time, but it’s a bit hammy. Price is fantastic. The relentless screaming of women being murdered is very disturbing.
The fact this stuff used to happen makes it even more engaging.
Highly recommended
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Post by Zomoniac on Sept 8, 2024 21:15:09 GMT
Disclaimer: I’m not really a superhero film person, apart from a strong love of the Dark Knight trilogy. The only MCU films I’ve seen are Iron Man 1 and 2 and Thor (all good), Iron Man 3 and the first Avengers (not good). Prior to last month I’d never seen a Spider-Man film, but them all being re-released and an underused Odeon membership got me watching them, and I’ve now seen the first six.
Maguire is perfect for the role, fully sells the awkward dweeb character. The first two of his were great fun, the third was a mess but tolerable.
Garfield is good but too attractive, he can’t sell the awkward nerd aspect. Also the lizard CGI in the first Amazing is distractingly bad. I really enjoyed Amazing 2 though, it’s totally stupid but works anyway.
I’ve just watched Homecoming, which is where the disclaimer comes in, because it’s very well reviewed so I feel like I’m missing something. It’s fucking terrible, and appears to exist for the sole purpose of crowbarring Spider-Man into the wider MCU. There’s zero origin, personality, character, Holland has the charm of an amoeba. Does this require a Marvel investment to enjoy or am I just missing something? And is there any point persevering with the Holland films if I felt this way about the first one?
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Post by rawshark on Sept 8, 2024 21:26:39 GMT
Disclaimer: I’m not really a superhero film person, apart from a strong love of the Dark Knight trilogy. The only MCU films I’ve seen are Iron Man 1 and 2 and Thor (all good), Iron Man 3 and the first Avengers (not good). Prior to last month I’d never seen a Spider-Man film, but them all being re-released and an underused Odeon membership got me watching them, and I’ve now seen the first six. Maguire is perfect for the role, fully sells the awkward dweeb character. The first two of his were great fun, the third was a mess but tolerable. Garfield is good but too attractive, he can’t sell the awkward nerd aspect. Also the lizard CGI in the first Amazing is distractingly bad. I really enjoyed Amazing 2 though, it’s totally stupid but works anyway. I’ve just watched Homecoming, which is where the disclaimer comes in, because it’s very well reviewed so I feel like I’m missing something. It’s fucking terrible, and appears to exist for the sole purpose of crowbarring Spider-Man into the wider MCU. There’s zero origin, personality, character, Holland has the charm of an amoeba. Does this require a Marvel investment to enjoy or am I just missing something? And is there any point persevering with the Holland films if I felt this way about the first one? I would. If you’ve seen all the spidermens then No Way Home is good fun.
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Post by Vandelay on Sept 8, 2024 21:43:15 GMT
You might like No Way Home, but Far From Home will likely be a massive chore if you didn't like Homecoming. It is easily the weakest of Holland's films.
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Post by rawshark on Sept 8, 2024 21:47:36 GMT
To be fair, we’d been given the origin already. Twice.
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Post by peacemaker on Sept 8, 2024 21:58:59 GMT
I thought to Tom Holland Spider-Man’s were vastly superior to both of the other earlier. Really enjoyed all three, especially the first one.
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Post by rawshark on Sept 8, 2024 23:59:01 GMT
I do think it’s a bit odd to have all the spider-men re-released like this. No one deserves to have to re-watch Spider-Man 3.
Pretty sure no one is being challenged to watch Superman 4 or Batman and Robin.
Let’s get some Green Lantern and Spawn reissues in, while we’re game.
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Post by Jambowayoh on Sept 9, 2024 1:29:27 GMT
Disclaimer: I’m not really a superhero film person, apart from a strong love of the Dark Knight trilogy. The only MCU films I’ve seen are Iron Man 1 and 2 and Thor (all good), Iron Man 3 and the first Avengers (not good). Prior to last month I’d never seen a Spider-Man film, but them all being re-released and an underused Odeon membership got me watching them, and I’ve now seen the first six. Maguire is perfect for the role, fully sells the awkward dweeb character. The first two of his were great fun, the third was a mess but tolerable. Garfield is good but too attractive, he can’t sell the awkward nerd aspect. Also the lizard CGI in the first Amazing is distractingly bad. I really enjoyed Amazing 2 though, it’s totally stupid but works anyway. I’ve just watched Homecoming, which is where the disclaimer comes in, because it’s very well reviewed so I feel like I’m missing something. It’s fucking terrible, and appears to exist for the sole purpose of crowbarring Spider-Man into the wider MCU. There’s zero origin, personality, character, Holland has the charm of an amoeba. Does this require a Marvel investment to enjoy or am I just missing something? And is there any point persevering with the Holland films if I felt this way about the first one? How strange. I think Holland has bags of personality in the role. He really is quite endearing. No I disagree about ASM2 which I found to be terrible on all levels.
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Post by Bill the kidding on Sept 9, 2024 1:35:06 GMT
It was intentional not to do *another* origin story so soon after the last one. Which I think was a good choice. (Plus he'd already been introduced in Civil War) Holland's Spiderman has grown on me, and he's probably closest to the comic book one. Though the fact that he won't ever shut the fuck up in action scenes still annoys the hell out of me (as some of the Avengers commented the first time they met him. Comic book accurate though. Homecoming is a pretty lightweight movie, but I think that was intentional. They wanted to differentiate from the previous ones and all the MCU ones and make it more of a highschool movie. Plus, whatever you want to say about the flaws of Homecoming, Michael Keaton is a great bad guy. (We skipped Amazing 2 as everyone here said it was too long and not great. Watched a 10 min youtube recap instead ) PS/ (Maybe after No Way Home and then a short break from the spider mens) You should definitely watch Into the Spiderverse.
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Post by Jambowayoh on Sept 9, 2024 1:37:09 GMT
Yeah they made the right call with not having another origin story. By now everyone knows how he became Spider-Man.
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Post by Bill the kidding on Sept 9, 2024 6:34:09 GMT
Alien (DVD) Watched this with my eldest (12). I've seen it a number of times before, including not so long ago, but it still looks gorgeous. The sets and style are really nice and tactile and that's led to it mostly looking really good these days, and not aging as much as a lot of 70s sci-fi. Other than a couple of shots of the alien that are clearly a guy in a suit, and a couple of spaceship shots that look a bit composited, it still looks amazing. I think I enjoyed it more this time for some reason. Trying to avoid mentioning the brats, but given the recent Prometheus discussion: They thought the crew were all total idiots. They haven't really watched any horror films other than Jaws and maybe Jurassic Park, so I thought they might not be as influenced by everything that's followed on from Alien. But clearly not. They spent most of the movie going "Why are they doing that? That's so dumb!", predicted every jump scare or event before it happened, and declared the movie "pretty boring because it was so obvious what was going to happen". They also thought Ripley was a moron for going back for the cat. So I guess Prometheus was pretty on-brand after all
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Post by simple on Sept 9, 2024 6:37:13 GMT
I liked Homecoming ok but it is very much the latest ‘episode’ of the MCU*. I can totally understand not getting it if you haven’t seen the movies it directly references and is a sequel to.
*this is generally slightly less of an issue pre-Endgame but is an endemic one for everything since.
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Post by Zomoniac on Sept 9, 2024 7:24:56 GMT
I liked Homecoming ok but it is very much the latest ‘episode’ of the MCU*. I can totally understand not getting it if you haven’t seen the movies it directly references and is a sequel to. *this is generally slightly less of an issue pre-Endgame but is an endemic one for everything since. This is basically my issue. I didn’t need another hour of the spider bite and uncle Ben origin, but I don’t know how Stark found out he was Spider-Man, why he’s being mentored by him, why there’s a big Avengers tower in New York, who Jon Favreau is and why he seems to be everywhere all the time. There’s definitely an assumption that people already know all this, whereas I thought it was just another stand-alone trilogy.
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Post by Zomoniac on Sept 9, 2024 7:27:40 GMT
I do think it’s a bit odd to have all the spider-men re-released like this. No one deserves to have to re-watch Spider-Man 3. Pretty sure no one is being challenged to watch Superman 4 or Batman and Robin. Let’s get some Green Lantern and Spawn reissues in, while we’re game. My Odeon is showing Batman Forever and Batman & Robin this week, both are pretty much sold out. I was tempted, but the Limitless only lets you have four advanced booking and I’ve got tickets to all three of the TDK trilogy next weekend.
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Post by Bill the kidding on Sept 9, 2024 7:33:10 GMT
I liked Homecoming ok but it is very much the latest ‘episode’ of the MCU*. I can totally understand not getting it if you haven’t seen the movies it directly references and is a sequel to. *this is generally slightly less of an issue pre-Endgame but is an endemic one for everything since. This is basically my issue. I didn’t need another hour of the spider bite and uncle Ben origin, but I don’t know how Stark found out he was Spider-Man, why he’s being mentored by him, why there’s a big Avengers tower in New York, who Jon Favreau is and why he seems to be everywhere all the time. There’s definitely an assumption that people already know all this, whereas I thought it was just another stand-alone trilogy. Tbf, I don't think any of that is really explained in the other 20 movies either. Except that Jon Favreau is Tony Stark's Driver/Assistant/ComedySidekick. There's a big Avengers Tower in NY because there is. It's been there since Iron Man iirc, but definitely since Avengers 1. Tony's Mentoring him because he's young, but mainly because his aunt is hot. They never really bothered explaining how Tony knew about him. It never really came up.
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Binky
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Post by Binky on Sept 9, 2024 8:19:45 GMT
Pretty sure Fury hands Stark a file on Parker in one of the other movies as a bit of an aside.
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Post by zisssou on Sept 9, 2024 8:25:13 GMT
The Suicide Squad
This has been on my list for a while, as I read it's supposed to be a decent DC film, with humour, action, exploding bodies etc. Anyway, I thought it was fairly average. The first 20-30 minutes I was entertained, but then there wasn't enough to keep me heavily invested. Again, that's my fault for reading up on it and assuming it was supposed to be a very good superhero film, but honestly it's just a worse Guardians film.
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Bongo Heracles
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Sept 9, 2024 10:03:33 GMT
Rebel Ridge - A decent Netflix movie. Its the guy who did The Green Room so its got some pedigree and he manages to do something relatively interesting with the well worn 'Special Forces guy finds himself in hick town' story. Its too long, obviously, but it is cool when it gets going and the main guy is great. Apparently its a British guy who took the role after John Boyega bailed and, honestly, he could be The Next Action Star. Good for him.
high 6/low 7/10
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Post by technoish on Sept 9, 2024 10:20:38 GMT
Agree the actor did a great job. He could have been a good Reacher imo... (Imagine the anti woke backlash). The actual premise of the film of legal but extremely dodgy forfeiture of funds by local police from people traveling through (including cash from veterans...) is also actually very much real life... This is happening every day in the US. It was a bit refreshing he stayed non lethal but I kind of wanted him to just blast them all
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Post by clemfandango on Sept 9, 2024 12:23:58 GMT
Okay Font Geek team, I will be watching 'The blood on satan's claw' later and completing the unholy trinity of folk horror classics.
As I'm now truly down the rabbit hole, I'll then be up for watching loads more, all recommendations old and new are welcome :-)
I've watched the below in the last few years, so don't need to watch them. Kill List The Ritual A field in England Midsummer Apostle The VVitch
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wunty
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Post by wunty on Sept 9, 2024 12:26:35 GMT
Okay Font Geek team, I will be watching 'The blood on satan's claw' later and completing the unholy trinity of folk horror classics. As I'm now truly down the rabbit hole, I'll then be up for watching loads more, all recommendations old and new are welcome :-) I've watched the below in the last few years, so don't need to watch them. Kill List The Ritual A field in England Midsummer Apostle The VVitch Have you heard of The Moor? I’ve not got round to it yet but it’s on my own to watch list.
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