Yep, mid-day during the week is the best.
Although I had some prick in a row or two in front me turn on his phone throughout a certain scene in The Force Awakens. I should have lamped him but I was too busy quietly seething instead.
I love going to the Bond crew screening though, they confiscate all phones so there's absolutely no chance of some prick ruining the film.
I'm sure he would have been terrified if you'd lamped him.
the hunt for the wilder people was great. Just, really great.
The Fate of the Furious has raced to the top of the box office chart - breaking an international record in the process.
The eighth film in the action thriller franchise took an estimated $532.5m (£424.7m) globally over Easter weekend.
The figure makes it the strongest worldwide debut ever - marginally overtaking the $529m (£421.8m) taken by Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Lol. That trailer must have really sold it...
Enjoyable nonsense popcorn flick does well at the cinema. No real surprise.
Someone gimme a good recent comedy film.
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I think you might be under playing it with 'does well'.
So, I just finished watching the documentary Finders Keepers.
I think it was well shot and followed the right strings but I can't get over the absolutely mental 'Only in America' story, it's just utterly bizarre.
Logan is decent fun, but I'm not sure how it wound up with a fifteen certificate. Every third word is 'fuck' and there are severed heads all over the place. I suppose the fact there's never even the merest hint of sexual violence helped it out, but still.
About to stick on the latest Kim Jee-Woon film, The Age of Shadows. Perfect score on RT.
@Dark Soldier you seen it?
Nah but a mate has, said its defo a film, very very stylish but lacked substance for him.
I didn't think it lacked substance at all, it just doesn't have a great deal of exposition. There's plenty of nuance to think about.
He's right that it's incredibly stylish though.
Get Out is now out.
I might watch Get Out tonight. I thought the trailer was awful, but obviously it's getting some good reviews.
Hardcoded subs - I think I'll wait a bit.
Blu Ray/DVD is still a month out. I stop noticing hardcorded subs after about five minutes so I'll be grabbing that.
Yeah the only time I ever found hardcoded subs an issue was a few years back when some rip had Arabic ones that took up 75% of the screen.
The subtitles on my copy of Age of Shadows were the most annoying I've encountered in a while, but they were nowhere near as bad as most of the screen being taken up. The film itself has basically no opening credits, so the brainbox who put the subs together added the actor names into the file and had them run over a scene with dialogue. A lot of dialogue. So the lines were constantly bouncing around the bottom of the screen as they were being compressed to allow an actor name to appear, or going from two lines to one as an actor name disappeared.
I've been looking forward to watching it for a while, so I can wait another month. If it's a random film I'll usually just make do, but I want a full 1080p version for films I'm eagerly anticipating.
Get Out, then.
I don't get the hype. There's a couple of freaky moments early doors, the lead gives a great performance as does Catherine Keener as the girlfriend's mother. The rest I'll spoiler as it touches on the social commentary and other things:
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If Shyamalan had made this it'd be laughed out the park.
Seen it too. Agree with everything in your post.
I can't be doing with Caleb Landry Jones, the girlfriend's brother in Get Out, at all.
Thor was a good bit better than I expected it to be.
Yeah, Thor's one of the best superhero films I've seen. Unexpectedly funny.
Watched Man from UNCLE.
Was a bloody enjoyable film.
http://variety.com/2017/film/news/je...el-1202395895/
Need new underwear.
Moana was much like any Disney film. A little bit different in the character dynamic and the lack of prince-charming narrative, which was quite refreshing. Also, stunning art style IMO. Quirky, weird singing. Jermaine from Flight of the Concords stole the show.
Generally pretty great Disney film, probably the best to come out for a few years.
Paterson was pretty good. It's nothing special, just following a guy from Monday to Sunday in his every day life. In that sense it's kind of weird because you're always expecting something to happen, or the 'big bang' and a nice ending, but it never does. Just him doin' his thang. Weird. I enjoyed it, but at the same time I was bored.
The Wailing
Exactly how a horror should be. Slow build up, moments of madness, some solid humour. Fantastic film.
Rings
Fuck off and die Hollywood.
Finally seen Moonlight. Good show, very affecting.
The Fate of the Furious is so fucking stupid
The Great Wall is complete and utter nonsense, but it's enjoyable enough while it's there. Matt Damon puts on an incredibly stilted, strange voice that at times sounds like an attempt at a Scottish accent, and at times sounds like Russell Crowe doing Robin Hood.
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Channel-flicking before I get into my pit and put on Attack the Block, as I remember it being enjoyable fluff.
Fucking John Boyega's in it. That caught me off-guard.
EDIT: And a dude from Legends of Tomorrow.
Boyega and 'Jax'? Damn.
Fast & Furious 8... hmmm. I have so many things to say but I can't quite put my finger on them. For now all I'll say is
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Jason Statham was good but I think that's helped by me not seeing anything he's been in since the last one so the charm hasn't worn off.
Ghost was bloody brilliant.
Casino Royale.
https://www.facebook.com/Tribeca/vid...5341025099758/
The Godfather 45th Anniversary panel with Pacino, DeNiro, Coppola, Caan, Duvall, Shire, Keaton.
The Swayze one?
Yep. No idea why it's taken me this long to watch it.
It's been a long long while but I remember really liking it at the time.
Showing my age a bit here, but I watched that in the cinema with my Mum.
I've been avoiding all Alien: Covenant trailers so far but this prologue one is giving me the horn-
Anyone seen Split?
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Watched Burnt this weekend. It was very odd. Kind of OK, but just seemed like a very pointless film. Like there wasn't really any plot, just Bradley Cooper faffing around in kitchens being a dick. Felt more like an episode of Chefs Table than a film at times. But also had a bit of an adult version of Ratatouille about it.
Still, for some reason I quite enjoyed it. Possibly because I was quite drunk.
Really, really enjoyed Man From UNCLE. Hope it gets a sequel despite its poor performance. Both Cavill and Hammer are really stiff, but I think it works in this context.
Oh, and Alicia Vikander.
Colossal is an incredibly strange thing. The premise is fundamentally childish, but the film is about alcoholism and has plenty of swearing in it.
I'd love to read the foundation of the lawsuit the Godzilla people tried to bring against it, because other than containing a monster and a very loose stylistic similarity the two films have literally nothing in common.
Ya Ghost in't Shell is out and Life should be within a day or two
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