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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Jan 7, 2024 12:08:21 GMT
My most unfavourite Spielberg movie is probably Ready Player One. It just feels like a waste of his talents, like any old hack could have done a CGI version of a 45 year olds toy drawer. Yeah, so much of that movie is CGI that I don't really know what he's really bringing to the table. I liked it more than the book though.
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Post by kal on Jan 7, 2024 12:16:42 GMT
I tried to watch 1941 as part of my gap-filing that I did last year, and there’s a good reason why almost certainly none of you have seen it. It is absolute drivel. But it obviously played an important role in his career as his learning what not to do moment so for that at least we can be thankful.
But yeah he has that and a few other absolute stinkers in there. I’d rank BFG as his worst in relatively recent years. It like RPO was just a CGI nothing. Hugely wasted opportunity. Spielberg and Dahl doesn’t really mix tonally. Someone like Tim Buton or maybe Mel Gibson might have captured his spirit better.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2024 12:20:21 GMT
Really dislike Tim Burton outside of a few. He's made the same film about 50 times.
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Post by kal on Jan 7, 2024 12:33:36 GMT
Really dislike Tim Burton outside of a few. He's made the same film about 50 times. I like that there’s people like him around making films. I agree he’s very one note and I think has probably only made a handful (if that) of properly good films, but he is at least doing something nobody else is. I feel similarly about Guillermo del Toro.
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Jan 7, 2024 12:38:37 GMT
I think the BFG is probably technically worse than RPO but the source material saves it, I just like the story. RPO is absolute shite. I’ve never read the book but I’m assuming it is also interminable, pop-culture nonsense.
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Post by zagibu on Jan 7, 2024 12:38:42 GMT
My other half has proposed we find a top 100 films list and try to watch all of them, which is pretty cool given how she's rarely that into movies. Can anyone recommend a good list? IMDB Top 100 is pretty good. Maybe sort out the occasional newer movie that doesn't have enough ratings yet. They often enter high and drop down over the years.
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Jan 7, 2024 12:41:38 GMT
Really dislike Tim Burton outside of a few. He's made the same film about 50 times. I feel the opposite. Outside of one or two clunkers, his name in the door usually means a good time.
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Post by geefe on Jan 7, 2024 12:43:07 GMT
His early 2000s run holds up surprisingly well.
Minority Report, AI, Catch Me If You Can, The Terminal.
The big question is whether Indy 4 is worse than War of the Worlds
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2024 12:46:47 GMT
War of the World's is fine outside of the children. Actually pretty good, never understood the stick it got.
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Post by geefe on Jan 7, 2024 12:49:42 GMT
I will say it really does capture that "oh fuck" feeling. The Tim Robbins sequence is also great.
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Post by retro74 on Jan 7, 2024 13:11:23 GMT
I absolutely love the first half of The War of the Worlds, the set up and reveal of the aliens is amazing. Then it completely drops off a cliff and becomes almost unwatchable
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Jan 7, 2024 13:20:23 GMT
It always makes me laugh how they realise the son is dead weight half way through and just send him back to his home planet.
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Post by BeetrootBertie on Jan 7, 2024 13:33:15 GMT
Tetris 7/10 I knew pretty much nothing about the story behind this going in, apart from Alexey Pajitnov obviously getting shafted out of royalties due to communism. The Maxwell involvement was a new one to me. Well acted and a fascinating story. Egerton was surprisingly great seeing as I've only remembered him from the Kingsman films previously. I really enjoyed the Tetris film. I'm assuming some things were exaggerated for effect, but I found it a fun watch.
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Post by nazo on Jan 7, 2024 13:48:14 GMT
The Boy and The Heron
Visually stunning as you'd expect from Ghibli and some lovely set pieces, but I found the characterisation lacking and so the emotional core of the film felt a bit hollow. I feel it's probably closest to Howl, characters just kind of do things and stuff happens but you're never quite sure why or how or what anyone's motivation is. It all felt a bit overly familiar somehow too. Not their best work and I don't think it's close to being the masterpiece many critics have hailed it as, but definitely worth a watch.
7/10
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Post by Vortex on Jan 7, 2024 14:51:43 GMT
Ha! I have seen 1941, and fully agree it's pish.
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Post by Bill the kidding on Jan 7, 2024 14:55:04 GMT
Is that the one where the ferris wheel rolls through town? Or did I dream that?
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Post by clemfandango on Jan 7, 2024 15:14:34 GMT
The Creator Was really excited for this one and was disappointed to hear it got mixed reviews. Firstly it is visually stunning and the first 1/3 is pretty solid. It then just falls away and the plot is pretty bad. The writing is terrible and they really missed a good opportunity to make a classic. Ironically they probably should have got chatgpt to write the plot. I have no doubt it would have been better. Like a hole in the head / 10 I liked it a lot. Also it’s like citizen cane compared to rebel moon
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Post by technoish on Jan 7, 2024 15:23:59 GMT
I like Hook more than labyrinth and ET. I always found ET a bit annoying as a kid.
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Post by elstoof on Jan 7, 2024 15:27:50 GMT
I’ve been trying to figure out how the nomad space station works, it’s supposed to be in space but it flies overhead lower than an aeroplane would. Unless it’s actually the size of the country, but it didn’t look that big when they flew up to it. You think they’d have put more work into that bit of design
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Post by Tomo on Jan 7, 2024 18:13:27 GMT
Whisper it... I watched Saltburn again last night, this time with the other half. Enjoyed it even more second time round. It actually really helped knowing that it was going to go a bit silly. After the maze scene, there is quite a noticeable tonal shift and the final act is quite absurdist, whereas first time I watched I was annoyed at the implausibility of the family members being picked off gradually and Oliver slowly taking ownership. It starts almost like a mysterious thriller or whodunnit, especially with the flashbacks, and ends like a mad blood bath Shakespearean tragedy, which Oliver's party horns and Felix's party wings seem to foreshadow.
It's absolutely beautifully shot throughout too. Some gorgeous use of colour and contrast.
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Post by brokenkey on Jan 7, 2024 21:34:25 GMT
The Towering Inferno (1974), on ITV4.
A difficult screening for the broadcasters since 9/11and Grenfell, inevitably what they do show is cut to ribbons. 2 hours and 44 minutes in it's uncut format, it's needlessly long - the electrical fire that starts the whole thing takes an hour to get going despite starting in a room chick full of containers marked "highly flammable".
Still, lots of fire safety tips, an all star cast and Paul Newman doing his own stunts. Can't really go wrong.
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Post by clemfandango on Jan 7, 2024 21:47:09 GMT
Next of Kin - 8/10
Patrick Swayze, liam neeson, bill Paxton, Helen hunt, ben stiller, Adam Baldwin. It was on my 80s/90s list and I’d actually never seen it before. It’s good, brothers get killed, hillbillies want revenge, swayze and his snake hips just sex the place up as per usual.
Great stuff
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Post by Mark1412 on Jan 7, 2024 23:19:17 GMT
I don't know why I hadn't watched The Batman sooner as he's my "superhero" of choice. Can imagine it splits opinion but I'm absolutely there for Bats' emo phase. Loved the mood and the atmosphere more than anything, my favourite Gotham, the soundtrack/score, cast, the way R Pats let his fringe cover his eyes as a visual indicator to the viewer that he was at his absolute nadir. Great cast, looked incredible.
Not too sure on the ending. Felt a bit basic after all the build up but guess serving up Cat Woman's head in a box might have been a bit too dark even for this version of Batman.
A strong, my teen angst has a body count, 8/10.
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Post by Tomo on Jan 8, 2024 9:00:53 GMT
Barbarian – 8.5/10
Genuinely quite scary horror about an Airbnb rental which goes somewhat awry. The first act is tense as fuck. Watched it with headphones on in a darkened room, which I don't normally do, but I was properly on edge. It continues to be strong pretty much all the way to the end. Some lovely red herrings and use of character/location switching. Best horror I've seen in a good while.
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Post by geefe on Jan 8, 2024 10:14:07 GMT
Barbarian is really good up until they kind of reveal everything and it's a bit flat for the ending. The bit in the past is absolutely spectacular though and Skarsgard really is showing his range.
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Post by rawshark on Jan 8, 2024 10:55:58 GMT
Might want to spoiler tag that...
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Post by harrypalmer on Jan 8, 2024 11:23:30 GMT
The Fugitive - 4/5
Andrew Davis follows Under Siege with another banger. I don't think I've seen this since it came out and the opening escape sequence is fucking mind-blowing, it's no nice to see big physical stunts - they actually crashed a train. It weirdly never really tops that and doesn't build to a big action finale like you would expect, but it's compelling throughout. There is a lot of people walking briskly and and issuing commands with their hands. It's really solid and confident, and much more Hitchcockian than I remember.
Not quite as good as Under Siege. Trying to imagine Harrison Ford in the Steven Segal role and I don't know which I prefer. Similarly imagining Steven Segal in the Harrison Ford role as Richard Kimble is quite fun.
The new 4k disk is really nice.
The Rules of Attraction - 3.5/5
I'm a huge Bret Easton Ellis fan and although American Psycho is the better film, this gets the tone of the novel down more successfully, for better or worse.
It's a tough watch in places as it's suitably depraved, but also hilariously funny - the 5 minute European interlude is magnificent.
It's extremely late 90s/early 00s which I love, and incredibly derivative of Pulp Fiction (which Avary co-wrote) but does have some unique tricksy bits.
Overall it doesn't hang together as a film but works really well as a kind of mood time capsule.
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Post by skalpadda on Jan 8, 2024 11:31:46 GMT
War of the World's is fine outside of the children. Actually pretty good, never understood the stick it got. I was entranced by the Jeff Wayne musical as a kid, so nothing is ever going to compare. Not a terrible movie, but very bland and setting it in modern day US certainly didn't help it stand out at all.
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Jan 8, 2024 11:36:41 GMT
I watched the version with Jason Donovan and Ricky off The Kaiser Chiefs last year and its fair to say Jeff Wayne has been dining out on that one for quite a while.
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Post by clemfandango on Jan 8, 2024 12:10:24 GMT
Okay I need your help fellow font geekers.
You may have noticed I have been trying to relive my youth and have been watching 80s'/90's action classics I've not seen for 20 years. Below is my list of films still to watch, am I missing anything obvious? Bear in mind I've done all the classic Lethal Weapons, Die Hards, Verhoeven, Cameron, Woo etc. movies in the last year or so.
Also I'm not really interested in the crap straight to video stuff of the time, unless its a gem.
Beverley Hills Cop 1 – 3
48 Hours 1 – 2
Action Jackson
Tango and Cash
Under Seige
The Fugitive
US Marshalls
Hard Target
Universal Soldier
Demolition Man
Terminal Velocity
Drop Zone
Executive Decision
Air Force One
Passenger 57
Rising Sun
Black Rain
No escape
Fortress
Escape from New York
Escape from LA
Soldier
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