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Post by retro74 on Oct 20, 2024 20:43:55 GMT
I watched The Wild Robot at the cinema today too, thought it was absolutely fantastic. The animation is amazing, someone said it’s like a moving painting and it’s exactly that
Thought it was a slightly better movie overall than Wall-E, which I love too
9 out of 10
Also watched a movie called It’s What’s Inside (Netflix), which has a truly brilliant and intriguing premise and could have been something special with good actors. Still worth watching though
6.5 out of 10
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Post by mikeck on Oct 20, 2024 21:32:19 GMT
Yeah we saw The Wild Robot today too and loved it. Great animation, lovely story and not too proud to admit that some onions were being cut in the cinema too.
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Post by otto on Oct 20, 2024 22:23:47 GMT
I wish I had liked it more, it is absolutely beautiful to look at. The story didn’t grab me at all though. My 6yo found it upsetting and made me take him out half way through. My mrs and 16yo & 12yo stayed and came out in floods of tears, they loved it. Perhaps it picked up in the second half.
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Post by Derblington on Oct 20, 2024 22:35:24 GMT
I am strongly contemplating buying The Wild Robot to watch this week.
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Post by simple on Oct 20, 2024 22:50:52 GMT
I think in my screening from the moment Brightbill learnt to fly there was at least one person crying at all times for the rest of the film. My boy spent most of the last third cuddled in with me same as first time The Sign episode of Bluey really hit him. There were two families walked out midway with upset younger children as well though. One girl in the row in front of us only looked about three and was telling her parents she was scared from very early on. |
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Post by retro74 on Oct 20, 2024 23:01:14 GMT
It’s an incredibly emotional movie, I was genuinely surprised how moved I was watching it
If you watched it with young kids I think you’d find it more stressful than enjoyable to be honest
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Post by peacemaker on Oct 20, 2024 23:13:42 GMT
I must be dead inside then. As I said last page I found it dull where all the characters had been done before and better before. I find most dreamworks efforts are poor versions of the best Pixar have done in the past.
I really cared in soul, nemo, wall-e etc but I found all the characters in wild robot to be just a bit cliche and felt it was one for the kids. Plus the nice robot learning things has been done four times or more off the top of my head.
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Post by simple on Oct 21, 2024 0:11:41 GMT
Dune Part 2
Spectacular and epic of course. I liked the way characters like Feyd and Irulan were given more time and introduced as proper characters in this one. The whole film felt a lot more character driven than the first part. It obviously had to do a huge amount of world building and cramming in important events but this one managing to do over almost two hours what Lynch had to more or less cram into a montage.
It really is very impressive how these films are both so alien as to be essentially fantasy, yet everything in them looks weighty, lived in, real and believable. Even compared to having just watched Romulus which takes so much from the ultimate lived-in sci-fi film this looks like everything exists and was physically on set.
And speaking of design after watching Jodorowski’s Dune and Prometheus recentishly, it was interesting to see how much of Higer’s Harkonnen ideas appeared to be present.
Hopefully they’re doing the next book as well now. It’ll be interesting to see how general audiences respond to how things go from here.
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Post by Binky on Oct 21, 2024 8:03:02 GMT
The Sixth Sense
Watched this with the kids and it went down quite well. Neither of them spotted the twist and we got an audible “ooohhhh, is he… oohhhhh” from them at the end.
I enjoyed it more on this repeat viewing, having sussed the twist the first time around by the time the restaurant scene came around in one of the early scenes. I was trying to work out why I thought it was so obvious (other than the signposting) but I think it was probably due to seeing Fight Club at the cinema before seeing this on video. The Tyler Durden effect maybe.
Anyway, it’s well put together and Haley Joel Osment really does deliver a great performance. Shout out to Toni Collette as well - she’s bloody great isn’t she!
Perhaps a touch too spooky for a 10 year old but no repercussions thankfully.
8/10
Brothers
John Brolin and Peter Dinklage are Danny Devito and Arnold Schwarzenegger almost in an unfunny comedy from the guy that made Palm Springs. I expected a lot more considering his last movie. Also Etan Cohen (writer) is no Ethan Coen.
2 criminal brothers reunite to steal back what was once stolen and go on a mini road trip…
It’s over quite quickly and Marisa Tomei makes an appearance, so that’s always nice.
4/10
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Post by zisssou on Oct 21, 2024 8:56:12 GMT
Re-watched IT Chapter 1 & 2. I'm surprised I enjoyed 2 more than 1 this time around. I always considered 2 to be somewhat weaker. It is still probably 30 minutes too long, but the tokens/flashbacks were cleverly done.
Still think the TV movie trumps it, mostly because of it following the book structure.
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Post by rftp on Oct 21, 2024 9:18:03 GMT
I watched the fan edit (M4?) of The Hobbit this weekend.
For anyone who doesn't know, it's designed to follow the plot of the book (although it takes its own liberties, too - Bilbo's comment to Elrond about not asking elves for advice is made by Frodo in FOTR to Gildor), using the special editions (presumably as there's stuff I hadn't seen before) and removing all the extraneous stuff that Jackson added to make it into a theme-parkable blockbuster triology.
No Radagast getting high from Gandalf's pipe. No silly interspecies romance. In fact, no Tauriel at all. No Legolas doing theatrical acrobatic trick shots. Still four and a half hours long.
Better for it all, though. The presentation and editing is very good and the story suffers not one jot from not having all the extra fluff added and it flows much better this way.
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Post by peacemaker on Oct 21, 2024 9:26:50 GMT
What’s wrong with interspecies romance?
I enjoyed the hobbit movies but yeah they were nothing on tlotr and should never have been 3 movies. 2 would have worked great.
Considering the mess that was pre production and how it was rushed and pieced together it’s a miracle they came out in the shape they did.
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Post by rftp on Oct 21, 2024 9:30:42 GMT
What’s wrong with interspecies romance? I enjoyed the hobbit movies but yeah they were nothing on tlotr and should never have been 3 movies. 2 would have worked great. Considering the mess that was pre production and how it was rushed and pieced together it’s a miracle they came out in the shape they did. From a personal point of view, I have no general objections to interspecies romance. If a fish and a frog love each other, that's up to them. Don't need a movie within a movie about it for the sake of cinematic audiences needing a love story, though. Definitely worth a watch of this edit, though. |
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Post by Bill in the rain on Oct 21, 2024 9:36:13 GMT
I watched a fan edit of The Hobbit a few years back that did something similar. I forget which one though, as there are quite a few. (Maple Edit, maybe..?)
The fan edit itself was well done, and it was certainly better than sitting through 3 bad movies.
But in the end, I still kinda wondered if it was worth it. It cuts out most of the junk they added, but a fair number of the key scenes aren't exactly amazing. Whole thing is still like a 6/10.
Which is a big step up from three 2/10 movies, but still not that great for a 4 hr movie.
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Post by simple on Oct 21, 2024 9:44:50 GMT
And fan edits are always going to lumbered by the horrible cinematography and rubber limbed CGI that the Hobbit films are plagued by
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Post by rftp on Oct 21, 2024 9:50:44 GMT
Yeah, so if you don't like the films anyway, this is not going to change your mind as is probably not for you.
But for fans who lived with the book for over half a century, it was cool.
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Post by dfunked on Oct 21, 2024 9:51:42 GMT
Allow me to get this thread back on track...
Alien Romulus - 6.5/10
Starts off really well with everything feeling like it belongs perfectly in the Alien universe, but just spectacularly shits the bed. Updated personal ranking below: (fight me!)
Aliens > Alien > Alien³ > Romulus > Resurrection
My Penguin Friend - 6/10
Jean Reno waddles around like a constipated penguin, and he also has a penguin friend. Fairly schmaltzy nonsense, but not terrible.
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice - 7.5/10
Going in it felt like yet another pointless sequel or reboot of an 80s film, but it's surprisingly enjoyable stuff.
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Post by Tomo on Oct 21, 2024 14:44:10 GMT
You missed off Prometheus... presumably because it's on a higher plane than any other film ever. thread: I'm sorry |
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Post by askew on Oct 21, 2024 20:11:07 GMT
Twisters: alright I guess. Pretty much a retread of the first. Shame about the Vaseline CGI.
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Post by Dougs on Oct 21, 2024 20:23:09 GMT
Haha, I assumed that was the hooky copy I tried!
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Post by 😎 on Oct 21, 2024 21:12:15 GMT
I watched the first two Terrifier films as they’re apparently all the rage now.
They were shit. Just random gore with nothing discerning a plot that I could figure out. Or nothing that I gave a shit about.
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Post by retro74 on Oct 21, 2024 21:18:11 GMT
I watched the first two Terrifier films as they’re apparently all the rage now. They were shit. Just random gore with nothing discerning a plot that I could figure out. Or nothing that I gave a shit about. I’m glad you did this so I don’t have to was considering watching them, despite the fact that I know they will be shit |
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Post by 😎 on Oct 21, 2024 21:27:48 GMT
You might as well just watch the kills on YouTube or something. I know slashers/torture porn aren’t exactly filled with story but I expected something there. The first one especially is just “clown murders some random people”
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Post by Whizzo on Oct 21, 2024 21:28:18 GMT
Woman of the Hour - Netflix
Anna Kendrick stars in and directs a film largely about a failing actress in the seventies who ends up on The Dating Game on the recommendation of her agent to get her seen. Unfortunately one of the male contestants is a serial killer, as it's Kendrick it's obviously a comedy and played for laughs. Well not really, it's based on an actual event and a real killer and it's not easy to watch at times. None of the violence is done gratuitously and Kendrick being director is probably a factor in that but it isn't pleasant.
To say much more would be spoilers, even for historical events I doubt many people know about Rodney Alcala and his many crimes, but it's worth watching with a very good cast.
The text at the end is rather shocking in how many probable victims he had. Maybe if a lot of people had done their fucking jobs, as one character points out, it would have been a lot lower.
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Post by simple on Oct 21, 2024 22:21:25 GMT
I Saw The TV GlowI think this went over my head or it was so far from what I expected it to be I was adrift for long spells. So is it about the lead guy telling the story of his alienation, into depression, then psychosis and eventually a “failed” suicide attempt before ending on him just being trapped in his now shitty adult life unable to escape via tv? Like he had that one friend who taped Pink Opaque for him and she died and he was haunted by it for years before snapping when his safe place stopped working and trying to go the same way?
I’m guessing he was in the closet because his dad (Fred Durst!) was such a malignant masculine presence he was trapped by. Apart from those nights he watched that Buffy style show with his lesbian(?) friend from school. Maybe if I was 17-25 I’d be all over this, its got a similar bleak energy to Donnie Darko and a soundtrack of stuff like Broken Social Scene and Smashing Pumpkins covers, Phoebe Bridgers and King Woman. Seems like an ideal cult movie if it hits you at the right age. Instead I’m left thinking it seemed good but not *feeling it*
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Post by Tomo on Oct 21, 2024 22:32:25 GMT
Yep, it totally lost me for long stretches too. I kinda hated it tbh.
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Post by simple on Oct 22, 2024 0:00:04 GMT
I’m giving it the benefit of the doubt but I can’t see myself going back to it anytime soon
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Post by skalpadda on Oct 22, 2024 0:03:56 GMT
I watched the fan edit (M4?) of The Hobbit this weekend. For anyone who doesn't know, it's designed to follow the plot of the book (although it takes its own liberties, too - Bilbo's comment to Elrond about not asking elves for advice is made by Frodo in FOTR to Gildor), using the special editions (presumably as there's stuff I hadn't seen before) and removing all the extraneous stuff that Jackson added to make it into a theme-parkable blockbuster triology. No Radagast getting high from Gandalf's pipe. No silly interspecies romance. In fact, no Tauriel at all. No Legolas doing theatrical acrobatic trick shots. Still four and a half hours long. Better for it all, though. The presentation and editing is very good and the story suffers not one jot from not having all the extra fluff added and it flows much better this way. Don't know if it was that one I watched (years ago), seems similar things were cut at least, but a lot of the necessary bits still have problems. I thought it was much better paced and more cohesive, but still not all that good. It's a real shame because I'm fond of the book and there's a bunch of good stuff buried in the movies (some great performances in particular), just not enough. |
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Post by harrypalmer on Oct 22, 2024 8:32:34 GMT
The Iron Claw (Prime) - 4/5
Knew nothing about the story going in, and it's one of the rare occasions where the true story is even more shocking than the film.
Somehow manages to have its cake and eat it, in that it's funny, uplifting and crushingly sad. The cast do a great job, and Zac Efron holds it all together, a really good performance, even if he does look disturbingly like Lou Ferrigno.
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Post by otto on Oct 22, 2024 9:39:56 GMT
I watched the fan edit (M4?) of The Hobbit this weekend. For anyone who doesn't know, it's designed to follow the plot of the book (although it takes its own liberties, too - Bilbo's comment to Elrond about not asking elves for advice is made by Frodo in FOTR to Gildor), using the special editions (presumably as there's stuff I hadn't seen before) and removing all the extraneous stuff that Jackson added to make it into a theme-parkable blockbuster triology. No Radagast getting high from Gandalf's pipe. No silly interspecies romance. In fact, no Tauriel at all. No Legolas doing theatrical acrobatic trick shots. Still four and a half hours long. Better for it all, though. The presentation and editing is very good and the story suffers not one jot from not having all the extra fluff added and it flows much better this way. Yeah the fan edit (at least the one I saw) is actually surprisingly good, just shows what might have been achieved had Jackson been kept in line by a better producer also in LOTR. |
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