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Post by clemfandango on Jan 22, 2024 13:14:19 GMT
In conclusion fuck Paul WS Anderson, even if he did make Mortal Kombat and Event Horizon. I maintain that Resident Evil is a good movie. Just not a good Resident Evil movie as it has next to nothing to do with the source material. VHS 85 Another fairly rubbish entry into the series. A couple stories that were decent, one where a group were getting taken out on lake was gory and good effects, but overall not that good. 5/10 Possessor Decent, but could have been better I think. Obviously it is a bit strange as it is Brandon Cronenberg, but a bit half baked over I thought. Could have done with a bit longer run time. Strange future hitman stuff is certainly interesting. Think I prefered Infinity Pool though. Some very gory parts and some graphic nudity. 6.5/10 I really enjoyed VHS85, the lake story was the highlight and I like the way it tied it up at the house party later on. Proper good low budget horror that you don't see much of anymore.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2024 13:15:31 GMT
Still haven't gotten through the final season of Gomorrah because of something inexplicable they did that went against the whole "realistic" take.
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Post by rawshark on Jan 22, 2024 13:20:12 GMT
I think there is a certain amount of irony in expecting Resident Evil films, especially those based on the early games, to be decent. Those early games were standard bearers for the PsOne generation and brought a new level of cinematic horror to games that weren’t there before, but even at the time if you were scoring them by their story and scripting they were deeply in the B-movie “so bad it’s good” category. And as a fan that adds to the series charm for me, but it was never going to transfer well into film.
Even with RE4, can you imagine them doing a film with Leon getting chased down by a giant statue of a dwarf? Or that “ballistic missiles” scene?
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Post by clemfandango on Jan 22, 2024 13:21:22 GMT
Still haven't gotten through the final season of Gomorrah because of something inexplicable they did that went against the whole "realistic" take. Loved it at first but I kind of just stopped watching it after the Ciro stuff. Not even sure if I ever got to the last season.
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Post by kal on Jan 22, 2024 13:21:24 GMT
Still haven't gotten through the final season of Gomorrah because of something inexplicable they did that went against the whole "realistic" take. Yeah and the whole final season feels very crowbarred and rushed building on that moment of ridiculousness.
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Post by geefe on Jan 22, 2024 13:25:04 GMT
TV in the films thread Nobody saying where they watched it No dead celebrities
You're making Freddie sad, guys
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2024 13:32:49 GMT
Still haven't gotten through the final season of Gomorrah because of something inexplicable they did that went against the whole "realistic" take. Yeah and the whole final season feels very crowbarred and rushed building on that moment of ridiculousness. Shame because it was so brave with everything before that. That moment just absolutely destroyed any interest for me.
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Post by kal on Jan 22, 2024 13:35:01 GMT
Even at its worst it’s probably still better than Top Boy which took all the same ideas but executed them in a much more predictable and cliched way.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2024 13:36:37 GMT
Yeah, I tried Top Boy, felt a bit Aldi take on it.
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Post by simple on Jan 22, 2024 13:38:07 GMT
I think there is a certain amount of irony in expecting Resident Evil films, especially those based on the early games, to be decent. Those early games were standard bearers for the PsOne generation and brought a new level of cinematic horror to games that weren’t there before, but even at the time if you were scoring them by their story and scripting they were deeply in the B-movie “so bad it’s good” category. And as a fan that adds to the series charm for me, but it was never going to transfer well into film. Even with RE4, can you imagine them doing a film with Leon getting chased down by a giant statue of a dwarf? Or that “ballistic missiles” scene? A live action version of 4 would need to be bordering on Sam Raimi territory or do it as an anime. It already had a lot of the ingredients of one. I’m surprised it hasn’t happened already but since the cgi films used 6 as their jumping on board point it got missed out. I think the first Anderson, to an extent the second, and WTRC make decent enough goes at turning the first three games into entertaining films. RE being the more competently made film, WTRC the more faithful adaptation, Apocalypse being a silly cartoon version of the third game. With a premise like Resident Evil you’re never going to make Great Cinema but you can do a lot better than Anderson did with those last four films if you at least try and have proper characters, decent action and effects, and any kind of consistency of in-universe logic.
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Post by clemfandango on Jan 22, 2024 13:47:36 GMT
Yeah, I tried Top Boy, felt a bit Aldi take on it. Yet it was released 3 years before it...
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Post by kal on Jan 22, 2024 13:56:54 GMT
Yeah but it was the Netflix ones that really went there.
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Post by Aunt Alison on Jan 22, 2024 14:00:15 GMT
I think there is a certain amount of irony in expecting Resident Evil films, especially those based on the early games, to be decent. Those early games were standard bearers for the PsOne generation and brought a new level of cinematic horror to games that weren’t there before, but even at the time if you were scoring them by their story and scripting they were deeply in the B-movie “so bad it’s good” category. And as a fan that adds to the series charm for me, but it was never going to transfer well into film. Even with RE4, can you imagine them doing a film with Leon getting chased down by a giant statue of a dwarf? Or that “ballistic missiles” scene? The remake already successfully jettisoned that stuff
Resident Evil is the epitome of video games for me - the silly stories, characters, rule of cool, etc but solid enough to get invested in. What makes great games doesn't really translate to film in my opinion, and when games try to be cinematic, they're usually less good as games
Just let games be games
There's already tonnes of zombie films out there - I don't think Resident Evil does anything particularly novel outside of being a game about them. The lore is silly and fun but there's nothing clever or deep about it. Although I do appreciate that they just call them zombies. There seems to be some kind of rule in zombie films/shows that you can't call them zombies
If I saw a dead person shuffling about moaning about brains, I'd think 'that's a zombie'
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Post by rawshark on Jan 22, 2024 14:22:02 GMT
Just a footnote that the statue chase scene in RE4 might actually be my all time favourite video game moment. Just because I could not stop laughing after it. I haven’t played the remake and I probably never will because the original is exactly the game I want it to be.
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Post by Aunt Alison on Jan 22, 2024 14:23:17 GMT
It's gone entirely I'm afraid
I think the best scene is when Leon throws the knife and pins his hand to the wall (also gone)
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Post by rawshark on Jan 22, 2024 14:24:55 GMT
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Post by Vortex on Jan 22, 2024 15:38:55 GMT
Still haven't gotten through the final season of Gomorrah because of something inexplicable they did that went against the whole "realistic" take. One of my favourite shows of recent years and even *I* haven't started the last series. I do have the blu ray ready to ewatch it though, should probably get on that while the darker nights are still here- Gomorrah is not really summer viewing!
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Post by Dougs on Jan 22, 2024 15:55:42 GMT
I don't think I even finished the season before last. The bleakness just wore me down.
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Post by kal on Jan 22, 2024 16:01:43 GMT
Honestly Season 3 is where it should have ended. Four is ok but not the same level and then five is really stupid.
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Post by loto on Jan 22, 2024 20:40:27 GMT
Agree about Gomorrah. I finished S5 but it was a bit of a slog and kind of ruined by the COVID restrictions and weaker scripts. Lots of scenes in abandoned apartment blocks and car parks. Shame really
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Post by drhickman1983 on Jan 22, 2024 21:41:21 GMT
I think there is a certain amount of irony in expecting Resident Evil films, especially those based on the early games, to be decent. Those early games were standard bearers for the PsOne generation and brought a new level of cinematic horror to games that weren’t there before, but even at the time if you were scoring them by their story and scripting they were deeply in the B-movie “so bad it’s good” category. And as a fan that adds to the series charm for me, but it was never going to transfer well into film. Even with RE4, can you imagine them doing a film with Leon getting chased down by a giant statue of a dwarf? Or that “ballistic missiles” scene? Not RE4, but from 5 - I'd love to see a live action version of Chris punching the boulder in the volcano.
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Post by Reviewer on Jan 22, 2024 22:00:22 GMT
Killers of the flower moon 7/10
I probably wasn’t in quite the right mood to fully enjoy this. I’d have probably got more out of it splitting it into a couple of watches. It’s good just very very long.
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Post by brokenkey on Jan 22, 2024 22:11:28 GMT
American Fiction. 9/10
Clever,funny.
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Post by Whizzo on Jan 22, 2024 22:40:31 GMT
American Fiction was very good, Jeffrey Wright on his usual fine form and has to be as the film is all on him.
Funny, sad and nicely scathing about its targets.
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Post by Dougs on Jan 23, 2024 6:57:39 GMT
The Fablemans 7/10. Perfect Sunday evening fodder that. Had a nice tone to it throughout and the leads were all good. Some really nice touches, showing classic Spielberg shots/techniques too.
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Post by mikeck on Jan 23, 2024 13:36:49 GMT
Just came out of The Holdovers, very warmhearted film, with great characters, and very funny in places. Also featured one of the best put downs I've heard in recent years masterfully delivered by Giamatti (who was sublime in this role).
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Post by Bill the kidding on Jan 23, 2024 13:51:46 GMT
Triangle (I forget which streaming service) Not a bad low/medium budget horror-adjacent movie. Not particularly scary, but reasonably interesting. One really cool shot. where the other lady crawls around the corner into the pile of dead...
The tension that it was trying to build was slightly undermined by Melissa George's cleavage being center stage at all times. I get that that's a horror movie trope, but it's more fitting for a fun cheesy slasher movie than something that's trying to build tension.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2024 13:53:33 GMT
Think that part says more about you then the film you pervert.
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Post by Bill the kidding on Jan 23, 2024 13:56:06 GMT
I was hardly even looking.
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Post by simple on Jan 23, 2024 14:28:04 GMT
Matrix Resurrections (Prime)
I enjoyed this but it feels oddly lightweight plotwise. Its a bit baggy in the middle too.
I like all three original films so its nice to return to the universe. All the meta-commentary about franchises and sequels was indulgent but a nice way back in. It feels like there was more thought put into that than the in-Matrix story which was a bit generically ‘some more Matrix’ rather than being particularly grand itself.
I think its a one and done but it really feels like its the part one set up for a sequel where the real story will go down.
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