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Post by elstoof on Dec 11, 2023 12:48:35 GMT
B&B Merry, a close second to Catering Christmas so far.
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Post by clemfandango on Dec 11, 2023 14:55:12 GMT
The Hard 2; The HarderThe best sequel and a good example of a sequel that does a similar thing but not quite the same. About 75% as good as the first. Better than Ghostbusters 2, not as interesting as Back to the Future 2 but still enjoyable. 7/10 Presume you mean Die Hard 2? Its a 9/10 for me, the perfect action movie sequel. Violent Night (reviewed by Kal above) riffs on a lot of Die Hard 2 (more so than 1), you should give it a watch.
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Post by kal on Dec 11, 2023 15:18:26 GMT
Oh I also watched 8-Bit Christmas following the recommendation the other day.
Similar to Violent Night really. It does exactly what you’d expect more or less. I was a bit disappointed that it didn’t lean a bit more heavily into late 80s nostalgia but I guess it’s got at least one eye on kids of today. It probably gets the balance about right but it could have been more fun for adults that are exactly that age (as I am).
6/10
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Post by gamingdave on Dec 11, 2023 15:20:27 GMT
Violent Night This was ok I guess. It doesn’t do much wrong (although it’s far too long for something like this) but it also doesn’t do anything unexpected at all, and it didn’t seem to quite know how seriously to take itself. But yeah. Does the job but it’s not replacing Die Hard. 6/10 Watched it last night, as I normally do out of 100, I'd go 65. It's an interesting setup (even if it's borrowing from a lot of other films) and we generally enjoyed it. Was laugh our loud funny at times and some of the violence got a big reaction. I thought they pitched the tone right - being daft/ridiculous - but agree it went on a tad too long. It hit some solid xmas movie beats, and despite having read the synopsis when it was released last year had missed that it was actually the real Santa, I just thought it was a hired one Other xmas viewing was Home Alone 2 with the kids - it's an 80/100 for me. The original is more iconic, but this has plenty of laughs, oozes charm and xmas spirit, and is very lovingly put together.
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Post by rhaegyr on Dec 11, 2023 15:23:06 GMT
Tim Curry is fantastic in it too.
Iconic delivery of the word 'peet-zah' and phrase 'have a lovely day'.
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Post by mrpon on Dec 11, 2023 15:24:32 GMT
Took one for the team, Candy Cane Lane (Netflix). Not great, too long, a background movie if there ever was one.
5/10
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Post by elstoof on Dec 11, 2023 15:39:46 GMT
All the promos for that claimed that it was Eddie Murphy’s first Christmas film, but they must be sleeping on Trading Places
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Post by geefe on Dec 11, 2023 15:55:27 GMT
Tim Curry is fantastic in it too. Iconic delivery of the word 'peet-zah' and phrase 'have a lovely day'. What kind of idiots do you have working here? THE FINEST IN NEW YORK
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Post by robthehermit on Dec 11, 2023 17:14:29 GMT
Genie
It's inoffensive. Not Curtis's best work.
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Post by Lukus on Dec 11, 2023 17:17:56 GMT
Leave the World Behind (Netflix)
It's kind of hard to talk about without potential spoilers, but this felt very much like an M. Night Shyamalan movie (but isn't) and not in a bad way. There's an ongoing creepy sense of dread and foreboding that I liked and I found the concept pretty scary, mainly as it really doesn't seem that unlikely after the last few years. There were definitely some lulls throughout where I lost interest a bit, and it's longer than it probably needed to be, but overall it was surprisingly decent and I found myself thinking about it today.
7/10 recomedndnenddned
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Post by technoish on Dec 11, 2023 20:25:37 GMT
Genie It's inoffensive. Not Curtis's best work. Dear Lord it was terrible.
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Post by rawshark on Dec 11, 2023 21:42:20 GMT
I do remember the original it was based on, with Lenny Henry and Alan Cumming. Fairly fond memories of that.
But I’ve said it a hundred times - when Melissa McCarthy makes a film, the gods toss a coin.
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Post by Tomo on Dec 11, 2023 21:47:35 GMT
Come True - 7/10
Low budget sci-fi psychological horror type thing about seeing into people's dreams. The imagery is great, almost Cronenberg with its chunky, old fashioned sci-fi computers and costumes. It oozes atmosphere, punching above its budget. The journey is better than the destination, however. Worth a watch though - on Prime.
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Post by Syrette on Dec 11, 2023 21:52:50 GMT
Surprisingly little love for Muppets Christmas carol. Which seems to be in 4k on Disney+!!! Whacking that on at the weekend. Miracle on 34th Street remake already watched. Next step is to convince Mrs S that Die Hard *is* a Christmas movie.
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Post by dfunked on Dec 11, 2023 21:54:42 GMT
Haha, I've finally won that argument after almost 15 years. Lethal Weapon is the next one I need to convince her about.
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Post by Lukus on Dec 11, 2023 22:11:37 GMT
Or you could just watch some Christmas movies.
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Post by Whizzo on Dec 11, 2023 22:58:31 GMT
Godzilla Minus One
A fighter pilot lands on an incredibly badly damaged airfield as his plane is faulty and he needs repairs, cue mechanics pouring over it while he goes off and tries to collect his thought, seeing some weird looking fish bobbing to the surface as he stares at the sea. It becomes quite clear why as the chief mechanic says there's nothing wrong with the plane and he shouldn't be there, he's a kamikaze pilot who doesn't quite want to do his task but before the mechanics can do much about it, wouldn't you know who pops up? A huge fucking lizard! Godzilla, whose arrival is always signalled by it pulling along a lot of deep sea fauna up when it rises to the surface according to the locals of Odo Island, hence the weird fish. Things go from bad to worse for our main protagonist Shikishima very quickly...
Time passes and the film turns into a slightly less grim "Grave of the Fireflies"!
I won't say too much more because there's actually quite a lot of non-monster movie action, a fair amount of criticism of how Japan was back then (and probably still is) and it needs to change. Not something you'd expect from a Toho film, what you may expect is a bloke in a rubber suit and that's absent, the films special effects are really rather good and considering the film had a rumoured budget of $15M but was actually closer to $13M it's amazing how well it's done.
There's fucktons of destruction, very little English dialogue (all in a film reel) so you'll be doing some reading, some rather predictable bits towards the end and quite possibly the most insane idea to kill a giant radioactive lizard you'll ever see but it actually makes some sort of sense.
I thought it was great (big fucking lizard)/10.
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Dec 11, 2023 23:04:02 GMT
The political stuff doesn't really surprise me, a good chunk of Shin Godzilla was satire about Japanese bureaucracy.
But yeah, looking forward to Minus One. I was going to go last night but was too tired.
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Post by sport✅ on Dec 11, 2023 23:34:26 GMT
Why are there so many bloody Godzilla movies?!?! They just keep coming... like the lizard himself. I don't get the obsession.
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Post by Bill the kidding on Dec 11, 2023 23:55:27 GMT
Godzilla Minus One
A fighter pilot lands on an incredibly badly damaged airfield as his plane is faulty and he needs repairs, cue mechanics pouring over it while he goes off and tries to collect his thought, seeing some weird looking fish bobbing to the surface as he stares at the sea. It becomes quite clear why as the chief mechanic says there's nothing wrong with the plane and he shouldn't be there, he's a kamikaze pilot who doesn't quite want to do his task but before the mechanics can do much about it, wouldn't you know who pops up? A huge fucking lizard! Godzilla, whose arrival is always signalled by it pulling along a lot of deep sea fauna up when it rises to the surface according to the locals of Odo Island, hence the weird fish. Things go from bad to worse for our main protagonist Shikishima very quickly...
Time passes and the film turns into a slightly less grim "Grave of the Fireflies"!
I won't say too much more because there's actually quite a lot of non-monster movie action, a fair amount of criticism of how Japan was back then (and probably still is) and it needs to change. Not something you'd expect from a Toho film, what you may expect is a bloke in a rubber suit and that's absent, the films special effects are really rather good and considering the film had a rumoured budget of $15M but was actually closer to $13M it's amazing how well it's done.
There's fucktons of destruction, very little English dialogue (all in a film reel) so you'll be doing some reading, some rather predictable bits towards the end and quite possibly the most insane idea to kill a giant radioactive lizard you'll ever see but it actually makes some sort of sense.
I thought it was great (big fucking lizard)/10.
Godzilla attack incoming
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Post by Whizzo on Dec 11, 2023 23:56:30 GMT
Oh no!
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Post by jimnastics on Dec 12, 2023 9:53:50 GMT
Surprisingly little love for Muppets Christmas carol. Which seems to be in 4k on Disney+!!! Our little local indie cinema shows it every Christmas Eve, it's a converted 1930s theatre which still has 4 boxes at the back, we make sure to grab one of the boxes as soon as tickets go on sale! The kids absolutely love it, thinking we're all posh when actually the tickets cost the same per seat as the normal ones ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png)
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Post by kal on Dec 12, 2023 10:17:46 GMT
Muppets Christmas has never really done it for me. I find it kind of boring and none of the songs are particularly memorable.
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Post by geefe on Dec 12, 2023 10:20:28 GMT
Objectively, Treasure Island is way more fun. Tim Curry absolutely loves being Long John Silver and Kevin Bishop shows no signs of being the Kevin Bishop we all hate.
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Post by gamingdave on Dec 12, 2023 10:24:28 GMT
8-Bit Christmas (2021) - 60/100 - Raised a few laughs and has a sentimental ending, but it dragged a bit in places.
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Post by simple on Dec 12, 2023 10:37:00 GMT
Troll Hunter Norwegian found footage. I thought I would have liked this more. It was fine, though I was expecting more of a Cloverfield in Scandinavian wilderness vibe. But they very quickly show the ridiculous looking trolls, which I did not expect. A bit boring at times. 5.8/10 I really liked Troll Hunter. There’s a different more conventional troll kaiju film on Netflix called Troll that was good fun.
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Post by Bill the kidding on Dec 12, 2023 11:12:58 GMT
Troll Hunter Norwegian found footage. I thought I would have liked this more. It was fine, though I was expecting more of a Cloverfield in Scandinavian wilderness vibe. But they very quickly show the ridiculous looking trolls, which I did not expect. A bit boring at times. 5.8/10 I really liked Troll Hunter. There’s a different more conventional troll kaiju film on Netflix called Troll that was good fun. This one?
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Post by mrpon on Dec 12, 2023 11:37:22 GMT
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Post by Lukus on Dec 12, 2023 11:44:55 GMT
So meta
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Post by rawshark on Dec 12, 2023 13:10:57 GMT
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