Film Thread

[Dark Soldier]

A Dark Song

Tale of a woman hiring a guy to do a ritual so as to contact her dead son. Essentially two people locked in a house throughout, its really well done. Two superb leading performances, enough feeling of uncertainty to make you question the whole thing, which is however left with horror's greatest modern problem in that the ending is weak. Not terrible, just weak. Worth a watch, Steve Oram is superb again.

The Blackcoat's Daughter

Two girls left behind at their boarding school over winter and things go off. Really loved this, Kiernan Shipka is fantastically creepy and the plot is done to perfection in that it doesn't really tell anything, but there's enough there to make it believable. Real good atmosphere throughout.

[Spammer]

Pretty gutted to have missed on the new page here. Getting it nailed at the 3,000 posts mark would have been something to put on the CV

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I saw GOTG 2 earlier today. It takes itself a bit more seriously than the first which makes it an all round better film.

Baby Groot :cool:

[phonics]

When I went to see Fast, they had an ad for the new Aliens movie that I didn't know they were making. The whole time I was thinking 'Wow this looks like a shit version of Prometheus' Ridley Scott really is up for destroying his entire legacy isn't he?

[Dark Soldier]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7O7BtBnsG4

[Foe]

Donnie Brasco is yet another generic gangster movie.

Al Pacino appears to have been in them all.

[Shindig]

What's happening with Hollywood and North-East locations? Not content with grabbing Clayton Street for Fast and Furious, they've now locked down Durham Castle for the Avengers.

[Foe]

What's happening with Hollywood and North-East locations? Not content with grabbing Clayton Street for Fast and Furious, they've now locked down Durham Castle for the Avengers.

The pound collapsing and the North being a respective third world means they can pay robert downey jr a billion dollars and still come out in the black.

[Shindig]

I'm still wishing Adam Sandler bought a house up here. I hate the guy but the idea of worming my way into his inner circle, him thinking I was funny and then casting me in his films would've been a sure-fire way to millions of ill-gotten gains.

[Foe]

Watched a few things on Netflix recently.

One in a Billion was relatively interesting about the spread of the NBA into India via an absolute monster who's pretty shit at basketball.

Also, The seven five which was a documentary about corruption in the NY police department. Really enjoyed it.

[summsuccess]

I watched reservoir dogs for the first time a few nights ago
Quentin Tarantino is brilliant
I dont know how that film went under my radar
It was great
One of the best thrillers I have seen

[Henry]

There appears to be fuck all out at the moment that's worth watching. Anyone got a recommendation for tomorrow evening?

Seems my options are:
Gaurdians of the Galaxy 2. More marvel shite.
Fast & Furious 8. Sub Michael Bay shite.
Their Finest. Good reviews but seems a bit tame. I'd prefer something edgier.
Sleepless & Unlocked. Both looked like promising if generic action stuff but have awful reviews.

[phonics]

Sub Michael Bay shite. Get fucked Henry.

[Henry]

Am I wrong? I'm probably open to seeing it given the above. Firstly, can I just walk in and watch it without seeing the other seven? Secondly, is it just going to put me to sleep because it's about explosions and nothing else?

[phonics]

You'd be better off having seen 5 and 6. It loses something when you don't know 'the family'.

[wullie]

Gaurdians of the Galaxy 2. More marvel shite.


I don't go for all the endless comic book films but I loved the first GOTG, I wouldn't count it as more of the same if that helps at all.

[Henry]

Well, I went to GotG2 and it was shit.

I'm trying to define what it is about the Marvel series that I don't like. The plots are centred around a series of maguffins so we don't give a shit about those. But then there's also never any actual danger to the characters, so it;'s hard to give a fuck about them either so there's no tension. The action sequences require you to have, or attempt to induce ADHD. Far too much busy, ugly shit. No grace and no focus.
Come to think of it, all of this is probably what's wrong with comic books too.

[Magic]

There appears to be fuck all out at the moment that's worth watching. Anyone got a recommendation for tomorrow evening?

Seems my options are:
Gaurdians of the Galaxy 2. More marvel shite.
Fast & Furious 8. Sub Michael Bay shite.
Their Finest. Good reviews but seems a bit tame. I'd prefer something edgier.
Sleepless & Unlocked. Both looked like promising if generic action stuff but have awful reviews.

Sleepless sounds fucking shambolic.

[Magic]

Well, I went to GotG2 and it was shit.

I'm trying to define what it is about the Marvel series that I don't like. The plots are centred around a series of maguffins so we don't give a shit about those. But then there's also never any actual danger to the characters, so it;'s hard to give a fuck about them either so there's no tension. The action sequences require you to have, or attempt to induce ADHD. Far too much busy, ugly shit. No grace and no focus.
Come to think of it, all of this is probably what's wrong with comic books too.

Lol how was Tree of Life/Arrival m8

[John]

Arrival was shit hot. Tree of Life was embarrassing, incoherent nonsense though, so you're still coming out just about ahead on that jab.

I can't speak to GOTG2, but the first one was basically Star Wars with more jokes.

[Henry]

The chick who plays Nebula is hot, it must be said...

[randomlegend]

Gotg2 was great fun, you joyless bastard.

[Adamski]

Arrival was shit hot. Tree of Life was embarrassing, incoherent nonsense though, so you're still coming out just about ahead on that jab.

I can't speak to GOTG2, but the first one was basically Star Wars with more jokes.

Very surprised you enjoyed Arrival. I found it very weak, flimsy plot, terrible character development and a really weak ending.

[SvN]

I found is strong, with a firm plot, excellent character development with a pleasantly surprising ending.

[summsuccess]

Weak, flimsy and very weak are all but the same. What a critique Adamski just gave.
I found his critique to be feeble, frail around the edges and a bit decrepit.

[Dark Soldier]

Arrival was the second best film of last year. If you're don't agree you're a monumental fuckwit.

[Adamski]

What did you enjoy about it specifically?

I felt her 'cracking' the language was a little preposterous, just all of a sudden 'Oh, I know what you're saying now'. Perhaps it came from the physical contact with Abbot but that wasn't entirely explained so it felt like a bit of a reach to move the plot on.

Also, I'm fairly sure that following the explosion 'Abbot' actually referenced 'Costello' when talking about his injury. How would he know what he had been named when they couldn't communicate with each other? Seemed a bit bizarre but a relatively minor point.

With regards to the future plot twist, again that just felt a bit ropey, it's the main point of the film fair enough but just didn't do it for me.

In terms of character development, maybe I'm being a bit harsh as the plot twist may have been the reason why it felt like they were keeping parts of Adams character back. Again, it felt like a bit of a reach for her to all of a sudden fall in love with Renner but perhaps I'm not picking up on some nuances there in regard to visions she had seen and how that may affect her.

It's a shame as I do really enjoy these films on the whole, but with this and Interstellar I haven't been able to enjoy them as much as I want to.

[Adamski]

Weak, flimsy and very weak are all but the same. What a critique Adamski just gave.
I found his critique to be feeble, frail around the edges and a bit decrepit.

Decrepit doesn't mean anywhere near the same as feeble/frail.

Thanks for playing though, champ.

[randomlegend]

Decrepit doesn't mean anywhere near the same as feeble/frail

Yes it does.

[summsuccess]

lol im just messing with you. I havent even seen it
Im trying to work out how to get it. I just downloaded utorrent but now i need a torrent for it?
where do I get these from?
The one i tried downloading was an exe file and Im not supposed to open them.

[John]

Decrepit is essentially just a more specific version of both those words.

[Adamski]

That's what I mean, it's not an interchangeable word for feeble/frail, it's more descriptive.

I'd link decrepit to a building or inanimate object whereas feeble/frail (i.e. Randrew) would be a person.

[summsuccess]

I actually meant it in that I found his critique to be old. He has a habit of going against the majority for the sake of going against the majority and its a tired act hence decrepit.

I dont think it actually mattered what film it was. If others liked it he wouldnt.

[randomlegend]

That's what I mean, it's not an interchangeable word for feeble/frail, it's more descriptive.

I'd link decrepit to a building or inanimate object whereas feeble/frail (i.e. Randrew) would be a person.

http://www.dictionary.com/browse/decrepit

[Adamski]

I actually meant it in that I found his critique to be old. He has a habit of going against the majority for the sake of going against the majority and its a tired act hence decrepit.

I dont think it actually mattered what film it was. If others liked it he wouldnt.

Could you pick up another example of where I've done that? Not particularly aware of any.

[summsuccess]

I found his critique to be feeble (weak), frail around the edges (flimsy as in insubstantial) and a bit decrepit (tiresome).

[Adamski]

http://www.dictionary.com/browse/decrepit

Two meanings as I said, cheers buddy.

[summsuccess]

Could you pick up another example of where I've done that? Not particularly aware of any.

Would take far too long, so do me a favour will you? Quote them all in one massive post for me but leave out some really relevant ones. Sound.

[randomlegend]

Two meanings as I said, cheers buddy.

That's not what you said.

[summsuccess]

Gauys how do I get the torrent file for Arrival?

[John]

That's what I mean, it's not an interchangeable word for feeble/frail, it's more descriptive.

I'd link decrepit to a building or inanimate object whereas feeble/frail (i.e. Randrew) would be a person.

It's untrue to say that it 'doesn't mean anywhere near the same' as those.

[randomlegend]

Especially as it means almost exactly the same as those.

[Adamski]

Jesus Christ, the Asperger twins are out in force today aren't they?

The film was shite, very shite and truly shite. Hope these descriptors help.

[randomlegend]

It's not my fault you can't cope with words having actual definitions and just want them to mean whatever you feel like they mean.

[summsuccess]

Jesus Christ, the Asperger twins are out in force today aren't they?

The film was shite, very shite and truly shite. Hope these descriptors help.

True story but if you just google 'shite' then the answer is staring you in the face.

"The word shite may refer to: A variation of shit, especially in Ireland and in Scotland."

lol

[Adamski]

It's not my fault you can't cope with words having actual definitions and just want them to mean whatever you feel like they mean.

:D Can't believe I'm playing but it's lunchtime

Similar yes, not the same. The exaggeration of it being nowhere near the same was incorrect, but they aren't the same word and don't have the exact same meaning.

[John]

Jesus Christ, the Asperger twins are out in force today aren't they?

The film was shite, very shite and truly shite. Hope these descriptors help.

Lol at this. Moaning about people taking you to task over semantics because you were wrong in your attempt to take someone to task over semantics.

[randomlegend]

What exactly is the difference?

Other than you 'feel like' one is more buildingy and one it more peopley (which is demonstrably wrong).

[summsuccess]

Just admit you cocked up Adamski and it stops I think

[Disco]

On the subject of frailty, weakness, and decrepitude I think we can all defer to RL.

[Adamski]

There is no difference, you win lads. Get it on the CV.

[summsuccess]

:drool:

dat backtracking.

Now seriously can someone tell me how to get an actual torrent. Im not meant to use the exe ones.

[randomlegend]

On the subject of frailty, weakness, and decrepitude I think we can all defer to RL.

"Ask the expert" as Hammer would say.

[Dark Soldier]

What did you enjoy about it specifically?

I felt her 'cracking' the language was a little preposterous, just all of a sudden 'Oh, I know what you're saying now'. Perhaps it came from the physical contact with Abbot but that wasn't entirely explained so it felt like a bit of a reach to move the plot on.

Also, I'm fairly sure that following the explosion 'Abbot' actually referenced 'Costello' when talking about his injury. How would he know what he had been named when they couldn't communicate with each other? Seemed a bit bizarre but a relatively minor point.

With regards to the future plot twist, again that just felt a bit ropey, it's the main point of the film fair enough but just didn't do it for me.

In terms of character development, maybe I'm being a bit harsh as the plot twist may have been the reason why it felt like they were keeping parts of Adams character back. Again, it felt like a bit of a reach for her to all of a sudden fall in love with Renner but perhaps I'm not picking up on some nuances there in regard to visions she had seen and how that may affect her.

It's a shame as I do really enjoy these films on the whole, but with this and Interstellar I haven't been able to enjoy them as much as I want to.

You've missed a fair chunk of the film's subtleties:

The entire basis of the plot and film is their perception of time. Abbott and Costello see time differently. They knew the bomb was there. They knew she'd fall for Renner. They knew what would happen. They knew an event they couldn't stop was going to end them so they came to Earth to pass on the universal language so as it can continue to exist, giving the humans plenty of time to get a grasp of it before said event happens. They retreated their ship after the explosion as a show, they were never going to leave, just waiting for Amy Adams to approach as they knew she would.

Of course Abbott and Costello communicate, hence "Abbott is in death process", Costello doesn't see him as dead as he's seeing him in the past, present and future all at once, so he's in the process of dying. To say he has died indicates time is linear, which it is not in the context of the film. Its mentioned that the aliens aren't communicating but that's within time and tech as we know it. They can communicate to future and past selves.

Why do you think the ship left no footprint on arrival? They see time and all its branches and scope and as such can just plant themselves anywhere they desire. They also know everything the humans are saying, its not about us making a breakthrough, its about them making it with us.

The film is purposefully shown from a human angle for two reasons: We can relate, and so as to make the actual plot subtle and something to discover.

Read the short story its based on, too.

[Dark Soldier]

Also note:

As she slowly understands aspects of the universal language, so her visions become more frequent and stronger. The learning of the language hinges on here getting it bit by bit, then the visions help lead to the breakthrough.

[Adamski]

You've missed a fair chunk of the film's subtleties:

The entire basis of the plot and film is their perception of time. Abbott and Costello see time differently. They knew the bomb was there. They knew she'd fall for Renner. They knew what would happen. They knew an event they couldn't stop was going to end them so they came to Earth to pass on the universal language so as it can continue to exist, giving the humans plenty of time to get a grasp of it before said event happens. They retreated their ship after the explosion as a show, they were never going to leave, just waiting for Amy Adams to approach as they knew she would.

Of course Abbott and Costello communicate, hence "Abbott is in death process", Costello doesn't see him as dead as he's seeing him in the past, present and future all at once, so he's in the process of dying. To say he has died indicates time is linear, which it is not in the context of the film. Its mentioned that the aliens aren't communicating but that's within time and tech as we know it. They can communicate to future and past selves.

Why do you think the ship left no footprint on arrival? They see time and all its branches and scope and as such can just plant themselves anywhere they desire. They also know everything the humans are saying, its not about us making a breakthrough, its about them making it with us.

The film is purposefully shown from a human angle for two reasons: We can relate, and so as to make the actual plot subtle and something to discover.

Read the short story its based on, too.

Did you get all that from the watch of film? You watch a lot more than me so you probably did.

There's things in your reply that seem entirely plausible but I don't remember them being explained - or even hinted at - so if it's just to be left up to the viewer to come to that conclusion on their own then fair enough but it perhaps needs to be a bit more obvious or in depth to allow the casual viewer to get there.

The breakthrough just felt a bit rushed. She had to crack it desperately then all of a sudden it happened.

I'll give the short story a bash, it may be one of those films you need to rewatch once you know the twist to really appreciate it.

[SvN]

Yeah, let's make films shitter so the spastics can join in. Good call.

[Dark Soldier]

I've watched it twice, so it helped. Seeing it second time round confirmed a lot of what I thought might've been answers when watching it first time.

Yeah, its a film trusting the intelligence of the viewer, which is rare in modern times. Its one of the reasons I love it, not due to lol snobbery but the fact it gives you the bare bones and lets you fill in the blanks, its a similar concept I love in gaming, show don't tell. Haneke and a lot of Euro auteurs do this very well.

With regards to the breakthrough being rushed, I understand the complaints there, but I think its due to being a film. Studios will have a say in runtime etc, so rather than giving it half an hour where she slowly comes to complete terms with it, they just chucked a vision in and ta da. But knowing that Abbott and Costello knows she will learn it, I can let it go a bit.

Tbh I found the short story a bit dull as it is massively reliant on the science of the whole thing but it gives a couple of answers.

[summsuccess]

Ive figured out the torrent downloader so Im going to go watch it. Wheres the short story Dark Soldier?

I found the film on something called yify-torrent?

[Dark Soldier]

Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang. Its a solid book, some very good science-based short fiction in there.

[Magic]

Lol @ John messing with his alias.

[Pleb]

:drool:

dat backtracking.

Now seriously can someone tell me how to get an actual torrent. Im not meant to use the exe ones.
I hear Google is a good site for finding torrents.

[summsuccess]

Its not Pleb. Im supposed to download .torrent ones but its all .exe or warez places.

Ive got somewhere now though, i was just clicking the wrong thing.

http://mstorrents.com/download/arrival_torrent
Thats the one I was getting exe files with but the film should be bigger so i didnt open it.

[Adamski]

I've watched it twice, so it helped. Seeing it second time round confirmed a lot of what I thought might've been answers when watching it first time.

Yeah, its a film trusting the intelligence of the viewer, which is rare in modern times. Its one of the reasons I love it, not due to lol snobbery but the fact it gives you the bare bones and lets you fill in the blanks, its a similar concept I love in gaming, show don't tell. Haneke and a lot of Euro auteurs do this very well.

With regards to the breakthrough being rushed, I understand the complaints there, but I think its due to being a film. Studios will have a say in runtime etc, so rather than giving it half an hour where she slowly comes to complete terms with it, they just chucked a vision in and ta da. But knowing that Abbott and Costello knows she will learn it, I can let it go a bit.

Tbh I found the short story a bit dull as it is massively reliant on the science of the whole thing but it gives a couple of answers.

That's a fair assessment, makes a bit more sense now all in.

[Magic]

That's a fair assessment, makes a bit more sense now all in.

Translation: DS donned me and I was talking shit.

[summsuccess]

He dons everyone. He is the real don of the place. Not Pleb. Not Taz.

DS. Same now as it was back then. Only difference is hes liked these days.

[Adamski]

Translation: DS donned me and I was talking shit.

Not really as he agreed on some of my points. Get back to putting porridge in your dinner you absolute monster.

[Lewis]

Alien: Covenant is good, but, as with the last one, it could have done with another twenty minutes filling some things in. Without them most of it seems like an unnecessarily violent filler until the sequel[s].

You could also see the ending coming a mile off.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

Thought it was good but preferred Prometheus, daft scientists and all, especially the feel Prometheus had. I was more interested in the back story than something too directly familiar with an Alien film to be honest. Going the route of another Alien film makes things feel like a bit of a re-hash.

It's worth watching for Fassbender regardless.

Didn't think the ending was really trying to hide itself from the audience the moment it cut away from Walter and David fighting

[Dark Soldier]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C_0BsozUQAArOo8.jpg

:drool:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Hype.

[Dark Soldier]

Hounds of Love

Australia does it again. Bleak portrayal of a girl kidnapped and held by an insane couple. Think Snowtown, Wolf Creek and multiple others. Bleak, but a fantastic film within the genre.

[Henry]

Seen Alien: Covenant. Good but not great. The xenomorph was the least good thing about it. Fassbender's character is terrific.


Alien: Covenant is good, but, as with the last one, it could have done with another twenty minutes filling some things in. Without them most of it seems like an unnecessarily violent filler until the sequel[s].

What do you think needed filling in? I thought it explained itself fairly well, even though it left a lot (not all) of the questions left over from Prometheus unanswered.

[Lewis]

I think mainly we could have done with knowing exactly (or even just more of) what David learned - about the Engineers, and also himself - on the ship. As it is he genocided an alien race because he didn't like Peter Weyland, and because he's just a bit of a cunt. Particularly so given that the implication that David created the xenomorph is at odds with what was seen in Prometheus, and the first film. Unless David is the 'Space Jockey', but then that would be a bit lame.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

The Prologue trailer does hint at getting more from that.

This from Ridley Scott is somewhat disappointing too-

https://youtu.be/Qo30bZc10D0?t=182

I like to think someone of his calibre would have a story he wants to tell and stick with it, not change the film based on some fucking fanbois on social media moaning about the lack of aliens.

[Henry]

Yeah, fair point Lewis.

Although Prometheus was written by Lindlehof or whatever the fuck he's called. He clearly doesn't think through anything he writes, so there's all sorts of stuff in that that won't ever be reconciled with the rest of the series.

I remember thinking that was great when it came out. And it kind of isn't really.

[phonics]

I was on the Prometheus is wank train extremely early :cool:

[Ian]

Saw Covenant today and enjoyed it. I didn't hate Prometheus despite it's many flaws but this is way better.

Not perfect. It shares flaws with Prometheus and has some classic horror-film-idiocy in there but I enjoyed it very much.

Saw it on a Cineworld "superscreen"... not sure what I'm supposed to have gained by doing so.

[Pleb]

Is it worth watching the first four Alien films first before I go balls deep in Covenant?

[Henry]

Is it worth watching the first four Alien films first before I go balls deep in Covenant?

Yes, and that's the case even if you're not going to watch Covenant.

[Ian]

Definitely watch Alien and Aliens. I'd say Alien 3 as well, but there's no consensus on that front.

They're not required viewing to know what's going on. They're just films you've missed out on, Plob.

Prometheus would be more relevant but if you can't be arsed a read of the synopsis would probably do.

Definitely watch Alien and Aliens though.

[Dark Soldier]

Logan

Its not bad for comic book silliness. The whole claims of OMG so dark are a bit lol, there's some gore in it, that's it. Solid Last of Us story let down by the daftness and trite plot points.

[Henry]

So, a major plot hole.

Since David was lying about the ship having crashed, why do the Covenant crew find it having crashed?

[Lewis]

Alien 3 is alright as a standalone film, but I would only bother with the first two as far as the canon goes. I don't know if he has ever said so outright, but Ridley Scott has hinted enough times that he wished he had had it stopped after the second one.

[Lewis]

So, a major plot hole.

Since David was lying about the ship having crashed, why do the Covenant crew find it having crashed?

I took it that he just ditched it, presumably after their bigger ship that he was docking with fell out of the sky once they all died.

[John]

They should have stopped after the first one.

[Henry]

I took it that he just ditched it, presumably after their bigger ship that he was docking with fell out of the sky once they all died.

Marooning himself doesn't sound like a sensible thing to do.

See also the lack of biohazard procedures and checking of who's who.

[Lewis]

I should have spoilered that. Edit it in please.

I suppose you could say he figured humanity would come nearby eventually (not like he dies or anything), giving him a better chance of doing whatever he decided to do beyond killing the Engineers (this sort of thing could have been explored more) in a secure environment for him. If he came back to Earth they would have just de-briefed and melted him.

[Dark Soldier]

Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau

Account of the making of Richard Stanley's Dr. Moreau adaption. Some wonderful stories of a batshit production, and as with most tales about him, Val Kilmer comes across as an absolute bell, with Brando not far behind.

Tickled

New Zealand journalist stumbles across clips of a mysterious tickling competition online, and looks into it. Holy shit the whole thing is insane. Do not read anything else about it, its a fantastic documentary and a highly odd and interesting story. Recommended.

And one I watched a while back but realised I never mentioned it:

Alleluia

Fabrice Du Welz's (Calvaire) latest. Loosely based on real life duo The Lonely Hearts Killers, its a descent into obsession, tortured love and horror. Not as odd/fucked up as Calvaire but it has some strong scenes, some stunning cinematography in places, and a powerful performance from*Lola Dueñas. Not for everyone, but any fan of horror/serial killer cinema, go for it.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I've heard that a lot about Tickled, I really need to watch it.

I'm still reeling over the insanity that was Finder's Keepers though.

[Dark Soldier]

I'm looking forward to that one, got it on the backlist, which is about 30 titles deep right now.

[Foe]

Watched an old film called Quiz Show today which was great. Ralph Fiennes has done some really good stuff. Unfortunately, he'll probably be known as Voldemort for the rest of his days.

[Dark Soldier]

Even better when you know its a true story, Foe.

[Mellberg]

Ralph Fiennes known only as Voldermort? He was picking off prisoners of war from his balcony about 20 years before Harry Potter.

[Dark Soldier]

Trainspotting 2

Good fun, a solid carry on of the original despite it being bit too heavy on the nod's to the first.

[Baz]

Trainspotting 2

Good fun, a solid carry on of the original despite it being bit too heavy on the nod's to the first.Didn't know it was out. Cheers. :thbup:

[Foe]

The Insider was also great. Quite enjoying this foray into old award nominated films. Didn't even realise these films existed and they're great.

[Yevrah]

I've seen some films over the weekend.

The Accountant - It has actors in I like, so I ultimately went with it, but as I was watching it it quickly became apparent that it was yet another film with an appalling narrative. Honestly, I've had enough now. How hard is it to write a good script for a two hour movie and/or film and edit it coherently? While this was the latest (and possibly worst example), it was just ridiculous. Nothing hung together well, scenes just found themselves on screen in no particular order and there's a whole third part of the film that would have been served as well had it been bolted on to any other movie for all the relevance it had.

Star Wars - Rogue Squadron - I was bored. Once the absolutely fantastic characters from the original trilogy have gone there's absolutely nothing to sustain this franchise for as long as it has been. The Empire being up to no good is dull, new characters have all been dull (although Forest Whitaker looking as ludicrous as he did raised a smile) and both this and the last one are the same as what we had 40 years ago just in a different skin.

[Cheddar]

I'm drying to see Alien Covenent but my girlfriend won't go and non of my mates are keen. I might have to wait till there's a good copy to stream, I don't think I can bring myself to go the pictures alone.

[John Arne]

Is Alien Covenant the sequel to Prometheus? I'm not an Alien nut....

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Why not?

The cinema is the least social 'social' thing there is.

[Yevrah]

Nothing wrong with hitting the cinema on your own.

The bigger problem is that Alien Covenant sounds like absolute bobbins.

[Yevrah]

Why not?

The cinema is the least social 'social' thing there is.

I've never been on my own as I love a good debrief over a pint afterwards. Nowt wrong with going on your own if that doesn't bother you though.

[SvN]

I've been a couple of times. The only hassle is having to take your coat with you if you need to go for a piss.

[Lewis]

I thought you never took it off.

[Cheddar]

I don't know, it's just one of them things I couldn't really do. I'd prefer going with people and like to talk about it with people after it.

[Henry]

A cinema should have toilets located directly beside each screen. It pisses me off (haha) that it takes so long to go to the loo and get back in.

[Yevrah]

Another thing to hate on Superhero movies for.

When you have ninety billion screens showing 'man-child her0 wank 4' it's going to be difficult to have enough toilets in close proximity.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Just hold it in.

[phonics]

I've only ever seen two movies in a cinema on my own; Wolf of Wall Street and Fast 7. Think both of them would have been worse with other people tbh.

[randomlegend]

I've been a couple of times. The only hassle is having to take your coat with you if you need to go for a piss.


I thought you never took it off.

I dunno what my obsession with Boom is lately, but that's just made me think.

Imagine him rocking up next to you at a urinal and undoing his two zips one after the other. People must have actually been subjected to that experience.

[SvN]

Boom is of those that hangs around for 10 minutes waiting for a cubicle, so it's never an issue.

[Magic]

Nothing wrong with that.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I have to wait :(

I get pee shy.

[Dark Soldier]

Raw

I've not had a reaction to a horror movie like that since Martyrs. Its a far slower burn, building up the situation and the horror. It feels hostile, it feels off. For those wondering, yes there's moments of gore but they are a necessity to the film as a whole. The ending left me open mouthed.*The way its about identity and self and belonging, the alienation of university and slowly finding yourself as an outcast.

Will take something special for it not to be my film of the year.

[Yevrah]

Thought Trainspotting 2 was really poor, again due to a non-existent script.

[Byron]

Watched Suicide Squad.

Usually a fan of superhero movies but this really was a piece of shit on the scale of Batman vs Superman. Non existent plot, no real character development barring Deadshot and Diablo (and even his was done very poorly) and no real climax or crescendo to the action.

In short, you watch this for Will Smith as he's genuinely the only person who comes out of this movie with any credibility.

[Giggles]

Never even knew he was in it.

[Byron]

He plays Deadshot and to be fair to the other actors, Smith shines because his character is the only one that gets any room to breathe, you can tell he was allowed to have a little flexibility. Otherwise you have;

Diablo - Token Mexican bandito, gets a little bit of development towards the end but very poorly done.
Harley Quinn - Token bimbo (which is an absolute travesty because she is so much more 3 dimensional in the comics she's in, she's one of the most interesting characters DC have and they really ruined her here)
Katana - Token silent serious killer. Japanese Samurai so something we've obviously NEVER seen before.
Captain Boomerang - Token drunken Aussie. In fact he's so pointless in the movie you could have taken him out and nothing would have changed.
Killer Croc - Token feral type (again, he's one of DC's more fleshed out and interesting villains so it's a shame here)
Rick Flag - ALL AMERICAN HERO YES SIR, PLEASE OBEY THE RULES SIR.

And unfortunately the scripting means that even if you had a hybrid of the best actors ever, you'd struggle to do much with the roles.

[Bernanke]

I saw the directors cut of BvS this weekend. Didn't really think it deserves all the hate it gets. It's plodding, and Eisenberg is terrible in it, but I appreciate the overall ambition.

They should've skipped adding the final villain.

[Henry]

Watched Casino Jack. Spacey is good in it, unfortunately it's a bit boring.

[Mazuuurk]

Is La La Land any good?

[Giggles]

Is La La Land any good?

From the couple​ of clips I've seen, and the fact that it's a musical, I could safely say it's turd.

[Mazuuurk]

Well thats helpfull in hell, seeing as YOU HAVE SEEN THE FUCKING FILM SO MUCH YOU TWAT.

Anyway,I don't mind a musical if it's good. I love most Disney films.

[Giggles]

Well thats helpfull in hell, seeing as YOU HAVE SEEN THE FUCKING FILM SO MUCH YOU TWAT.

Anyway,I don't mind a musical if it's good. I love most Disney films.

The first part of that doesn't make any sense to read.

[Yevrah]

I haven't seen it either, but it's pretty obvious what it'll be like from having seen only a minuscule number of clips.

[Adamski]

The first part of that doesn't make any sense to read.

I was the same, it's usually spelled helpful not helpfull.

[Foe]

fantastic beasts and where to find them is total shit.

[Yevrah]

That Maz post really is a corker. :D

[Giggles]

I don't get 'helpful(l) in hell'. And that's only for a start.

Did he mean helpful intel?

[Mazuuurk]

OK then you little fucker I will explain shit to you bitch.

What I mean is that you are not being helpful.

As for the linguistics, being "[whatever the fuck] in hell" is just how some rednecks speak in the US sometimes and it's fun to paraphrase.

[Dark Soldier]

He's cute when he's angry.

[Mazuuurk]

Damn right.

[Magic]

A cinema should have toilets located directly beside each screen. It pisses me off (haha) that it takes so long to go to the loo and get back in.

Omg the Odeon in Ayr does. Weirdest thing ever!

[Magic]

I really enjoyed the French musical one. Is it like LaLa Land?

[Adamski]

Went to see Guardians of The Galaxy 2 today. Absolutely loved it, far and away my favourite Marvel films.

They're a lot less sterile and more slapstick than the others. Some of the dialogue was hilarious.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I went to see the new Pirates film today.

It was better than the last one but still a pile of steaming turd.

Just over 2 hours but it felt like 3 hours. They could have cut out almost half of the whole film and it would have been so much better.

[Adamski]

They could have cut out the full thing and it would have been perfect.

[Yevrah]

Kermode's Pirates recap and subsequent review was great. :D

[Adamski]

Scathing, I imagine? Missed the last few pods.

[Yevrah]

It goes without saying he wasn't a fan, but due to even those that are in it not being arsed with the film there was no studio guest to interview to promote it, so they took a trip down memory lane with clips of the last 4 films and reviews (well, all except the first as they don't have it any more - they should have asked me).

[Reg]

Rolling Stone slaughtered it.

Did you spot Paul McCartney, Mahow?

[Lewis]

The critics always try to out-do each other hammering these sorts of films, seemingly forgetting that they're aimed at eleven year olds. Speaking of which, the advert for the new Transformers suggests that not much shite doesn't get blown up. :drool:

[Dark Soldier]

It looks so fucking good :drool:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Rolling Stone slaughtered it.

Did you spot Paul McCartney, Mahow?
Yeah, I didn't get the cameo (why did he agree to it?) but liked it.

[Bernanke]

Wonder Woman at 96% on RT. :|

https://media.giphy.com/media/3og0IV6nOWyZmMUxUI/giphy.gif

[Henry]

Gal Gadot :drool:

[Foe]

Gal Gadot :drool:

Went to see Wonder Woman last night. She's wonderful, but it was a distinctly average film at best.

Also watched in the bedroom which was a bit more drawn out than it needed to be but solid and Gravity which was pretty crap.

Not a great trio of films so far this weekend.

[Foe]

Finished the weekend off with Hacksaw Ridge which was much better than the others.

Probably got enough juice for one more before the end of the weekend. Work. :(

[Raoul Duke]

Watched John Wick the other night - plot was an absolute load of horse cock, but the man sure does love headshots.

[John]

Watched John Wick the other night - plot was an absolute load of horse cock, but the man sure does love headshots.

I thought it was quite self aware when it comes to the plot. Half the characters in the film look perplexed when they find out why he's on a rampage. It's directed by a stuntman, so it's little surprise there's more focus on shooting and jumping than storytelling.

The real nonsensical plot will come into play in the TV show, which is being written by the stuntman.

[Ian]

I suppose I'd better spoiler this in case anybody's planning to watch it soon with the sequel coming out:

John Wick is a hoot but it's like somebody watched Shooter, saw Marky Mark say "You don't understand, these boys killed my dog." and went, "What if that was the entire plot?"

I bet the sequel suffers for being a bit more straight-laced.

[Dark Soldier]

Has nobody else watched Raw yet?

Lads.

[John]

They nicked his car too, remember. By the way, that must be the smallest ever role taken on by a fairly big name actress for Bridget Moynahan. She has one line and never actually appears onscreen.

I watched the first ten minutes of the sequel and it seems every bit as bonkers. It has a rehash of the 'HE'S JOHN FUCKIN' WICK' speech delivered with maximum scenery consumption by Peter Stormare

[SvN]

Has nobody else watched Raw yet?

Lads.

I haven't, but I watched Hounds of Love the other day on your recommendation. I thought it was great, it felt real and gritty, without being over the top. The main guy was superb, he played the part to perfection.

[Dark Soldier]

I haven't, but I watched Hounds of Love the other day on your recommendation. I thought it was great, it felt real and gritty, without being over the top. The main guy was superb, he played the part to perfection.

A particular scene:

the dog

hit me harder than everything else. I've always found it odd how

animal torture/death hits me more than the rape/abuse of humans in film

[randomlegend]

Is "Get Out" good?

Dunno how to search the thread for reviews cus the words are too short.

[Dark Soldier]

Overhyped, serviceable guff.

[John Arne]

Just watching Life. Fucking stupid shit.

Don't enter the quarantined room - that's all you have to avoid - don't go in the quarantined room".
Two seconds later, the stupid cunt opens the door to the room.
Why do all space films have such incompetent, stupid crew (gravity/prometheus/life)

[John]

I'm torn on The Hippopotamus. On the one hand it's based on a book written by Stephen Fry about a poet turned theatre critic, so it's likely to have the highest concentration of smug and pretentious nonsense ever found in the DNA of a film. On the other it has Roger Allam doing a bit of swearing, and in general I'd go to a warzone to watch that.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

I'm torn on The Hippopotamus. On the one hand it's based on a book written by Stephen Fry about a poet turned theatre critic, so it's likely to have the highest concentration of smug and pretentious nonsense ever found in the DNA of a film. On the other it has Roger Allam doing a bit of swearing, and in general I'd go to a warzone to watch that.

Looks decent from the trailer. When I watch Roger Allam, all I see is Peter Mannion MP, although that's no bad thing, he's class.

[Reg]

Saw Wonder Woman tonight. Wouldn't have been my choice - not a massive superhero film fan - but fun enough overall. However:

The final 30 minutes or so knocked a few points off, for me. I kind of zone out whenever a Marvel/DC film becomes too much about super powers. There's also something every film should try to avoid: a monologue that suddenly sums up the film and unravels whatever mystery there might be. "Oops, we've run out of credible plot devices, have some crap dialogue for a couple minutes." Up until that point the connection with the war and some of the jokes about her not knowing everyday etiquette/objects were quite clever. And I even enjoyed the bit in no man's land which was verging on too silly but at least a little more 'relatable' than the daft last half hour.

The acting was actually decent. The leads are good.

[Dark Soldier]

Marvel/DC fans don't understand nuance in cinema, just a checklist of woop yeah I know this reference moments, hence your spoiler.

[SvN]

I watched The Secret in their Eyes last night and thought it was great, although perhaps not as good as I was hoping. I'm not one for usually watching subtitled films, but those I do watch are usually outstanding. I'd say this one was just "good".

I will say that the absolutely TERRIBLE aging makeup they used was horribly distracting. I'm pretty sure I could've done a better job with some paper mache.

[Henry]

Watched Serpico, as part of my occasional quest to watch older films with big reputations. It's pretty good. Early Pacino is the best thing about it, he was a magnificent actor back in the 70s.
Is there a Jesus thing going on with him or am I imagining that? He gets progressively more Jesus-looking as the film goes on.

[Shindig]

Nah, he just gets more San Francisco. Pacino before his voice went to shit is peak Pacino.

[John]

The Brendan Gleeson interview from yesterday's Kermode and Mayo is delightful.

[SvN]

Serpico is brilliant, my favourite Pacino film after the Godfathers. He really was a truly magnificent actor in the 70s. He was still excellent through to the 90s even after his voice went, but it's been over a decade since he put in a truly great performance. If this Irishman film ends up happening, it's probably his last chance.

One of his most underrated early performances is in Scarecrow with Gene Hackman - worth a watch.

[Henry]

Can't decide if his best was Godfather Part 2 or Scarface. You would barely believe those are the same man.

[Foe]

Watched The Danish Girl a couple of days ago which was a little disappointing. Saw far too much penis, and nowehere near enough of the beautiful Alicia Vilkander :wub:

[Dark Soldier]

Daniel Day Lewis to retire from acting:

http://variety.com/2017/film/news/daniel-day-lewis-quits-acting-oscar-winner-1202472766/

An all time great, jah bless sir.

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[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Didn't realise he was 60.

Wonder if he has some sort of health issues or something.

[Dark Soldier]

Probably just loaded, and has the self respect to retire before he becomes like De Niro.

[John]

The method master once learned Czech to play a philandering doctor in “The Unbearable Lightness of Being,” listened to Eminem records to channel rage in “Gangs of New York,” and confined himself to a wheelchair for “My Left Foot” to play Brown, who had cerebral palsy.

:D One of these things is not like the others.

He's worth a quarter of a billion apparently, so he's set himself up to have a lovely retirement.

[Lewis]

Issuing a statement seems a bit out of character, when you could just stop making films and go out without the fuss. He's probably ill.

[Spoonsky]

My Cousin Rachel was enjoyable enough. Rachel Weisz is lovely.

[Henry]

Wonder Woman is not as good as advertised. The writing in particular, is genuinely shite.

[John]

Misogynist.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Issuing a statement seems a bit out of character, when you could just stop making films and go out without the fuss. He's probably ill.

When I saw it I thought it was a 'dead tomorrow' sort of statement.

[Dark Soldier]

Contratiemo, aka The Invisible Guest.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4857264/

Spanish Agatha Christie style mystery. Fucking loved every second of this, a proper whodunnit, twist, plausible. One of the best I've seen this year.

[Spammer]

What's the phrase you use to refer to those times in films when it gets a bit unrealistic but you go with it anyway? Where you stay within the reality of it?

I can't think of it and its pissing me off.

Maintain your....
Withdraw your...

I can't remember.

[Boydy]

Suspend your disbelief.

[Spammer]

Suspend your disbelief.

Boydy :cool:

[Henry]

Cardboard Gangsters is fucking excellent. Just escalates and escalates. :drool:

Might be a bit hard to find unfortunately.

[Foe]

Carol was total shit.

Also, turned off hook half way through. Think I missed the boat with that one.

[Lewis]

Michael Bay has surpassed himself with this latest Transformers.

[Foe]

Still Alice was absolutely great. Difficult to watch if you've got a personal connection to Alzheimer's or dementia though.

[Ian]

Catching up on some shit I've had sitting about on my Sky box. The Guard is good and Gleason is bloody excellent.

Paddington was alright. I seem to recall it being very popular when it came out but even bearing in mind I'm not exactly the target audience I just thought it was a bit... meh.

[Yevrah]

I thought the same on Paddington. Not the target audience either obviously, but when fully grown adults are wetting themselves over it you'd expect there to be something there. There wasn't.

[Ian]

I thought I'd at least get that comfortable, "good family film is happening" feeling throughout but the best I can say for most of it is that I wasn't quite bored.

[Dark Soldier]

Transformers: Something or the Other

Absolute fucking brilliance. It is shit, its Transformers, all you sad, sad hater fucks will still dislike it. But its on you, live your lives like that. Story is class, makes zero sense. CGI IN EVERY SCENE pretty much. Marky Mark on top form, some new bad ass robots. Top notch humour. New woman called Stockton Wembley or something had a proper dominatrix look going on when she was first introduced. Sexy as all hell.

Proper cliche emotional moments which suits this film fine, Hopkins dialling it in, fucking robot dinosaur going off big time.

Second on my FOTY list so far.

[Lewis]

Yes lad. :cool:

[Cord]

Baby Driver is a good film. The right sort of style over substance.

[John]

Wonder Woman is not as good as advertised. The writing in particular, is genuinely shite.

What about the writing did you think was that bad? Obviously you have to grade on a curve, but for a comic book movie I thought it was quite well written. Dawn from The Office being twenty five stone now took me by complete surprise, so it even had less predictability than the average comic book movie.

[Reg]

Say whaaat? I'd have never have guessed that was her.

[Henry]

What about the writing did you think was that bad?

Well, let's start with the villain. It's Dr. Poison (who was actually fairly interesting) until it's not. Then it's Ludendorff, until it's not. And then just because they need a boss fight, it arbitrarily becomes Sir Patrick for about ten minutes at the end. And said boss fight resolves itself like something out of Doom 3.

I mean, it's not a terrible movie, and this kind of thing is an issue with a lot of superhero stories, but the hype that it's getting left me disappointed.

[John]

Well, let's start with the villain. It's Dr. Poison (who was actually fairly interesting) until it's not. Then it's Ludendorff, until it's not. And then just because they need a boss fight, it arbitrarily becomes Sir Patrick for about ten minutes at the end. And said boss fight resolves itself like something out of Doom 3.

I mean, it's not a terrible movie, and this kind of thing is an issue with a lot of superhero stories, but the hype that it's getting left me disappointed.

The villain situation is a bit messy, but again, it's not as bad as that. It's Poison and Ludendorff together for most of the film, until it's Ares, who the whole film has been conditioning you to expect at some point, and who was obviously going to be played by David Thewlis the moment he appeared on screen. I think it would have been a more interesting film if they'd done without a superpowered enemy completely, or took the Captain America comparisons on the chin and had Ares be Himmel or something, but I don't think the way they went was 'genuinely shite'.

Now that we've started there, what else was that bad?

Tunnel, a Korean film about a tunnel collapse, is a strange beast. It seems to be trying to make about five hundred points at once, and has a few slapstick interludes which have come from a completely different film and brought their jaunty piano soundtrack with them, but when it throws that stuff off and just goes straight drama it's incredibly effective.

[Mazuuurk]

Kingsman: Secret Service was fucking ace. Best action I've seen in a long time. I heard before it's a bit surprisingly violent etc, but was still a bit surprised still.

[SvN]

Great, isn't it? I hope they don't fuck it up with the sequel. I'm already a tad nervous due to them bringing back Colin Firth.

[Mazuuurk]

They are? How the fuck is that going to work :D

Nah, I had plate armour operated in my forehead mate! No sorry I meant a force field coming out of my glasses!

In fairness, he was badass, so.

[Foe]

Driving Miss Daisy was a solid Sunday film to watch. Working my way through some classics at the moment.

[Giggles]

Are they starting Spiderman off again? Fuck sake.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Are they starting Spiderman off again? Fuck sake.

Well they started it back up during the last Avengers.

I saw it today, it's brilliant.

Tom Holland and Michael Keaton :cool:

[bruhnaldo]

I saw Baby Driver last weekend and it was pretty good.

[Foe]

Lion was pretty darn awesome.


However, the guy should just contacted me - because I just googled a few variations of "ganeshdalay" and found his hometown in about 4 minutes - would have saved him a few years (that said, I guess his hometown is now only appearing on Google because of similar searches, but we'll ignore that for now).


Not much chat about this film in here which is a shame as it's absolutely fantastic. So much so I'm pretty annoyed I didn't go see it at the cinema.

Lion is brilliant.

[Foe]

Pretty disappointed by Moonlight. Took a long while to get going, had a spurt where it looked like it'd turn great and then pettered out.

Shame.

[Dark Soldier]

You're a fucking shambles Foe.

[Foe]

You're a fucking shambles Foe.

No doubt. I've only seen three of the Best Picture nominees for this year, but I'd go:

Lion > Hacksaw Ridge > Moonlight

A bit like the IMDB list (which is now far too full of bollywood shite for me) I've been working my way through the best picture nominees. Might create a thread on it at some point.

[Dark Soldier]

I still love ya though, you thicc son

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Moonlight is brilliant.

I've also seen Swiss Army Man, The Lobster and The Adjustment Bureau in the last couple of weeks.

All three were enjoyable but the first two were really weird, especially Swiss Army Man.

The third had the most potential but the weak ending seriously let it down.

[Magic]

Rewatched The Departed. :drool:

Also didn't realise it was based on a Chinese film called Internal Affairs. Any good?

[Giggles]

No. It's in Chinese.

[Magic]

So is 7om but he's still pretty good.

[Dark Soldier]

Yeah it is, Magic.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

Infernal Affairs is quality and I'd say has a better ending.

[randomlegend]

Recommendation for something decent and easy watching?

Had a load of exams this week and need to switch the brain off for a bit.

[phonics]

My two favorites for that are High Fidelity and Human Traffic but I've abandoned the latter as it's aged terribly. High Fidelity is still an absolute banger though.

[randomlegend]

Thanks blud.

[Browning]

Just got back from War for the Planet of the Apes. Really enjoyed it but I feel like the second one was better, but I probably need to re-watch the second one to confirm that.

[Foe]

Mississippi Burning was absolutely great. Young(er) willem defoe was slightly unnerving.

[Foe]

Star Wars: Rogue One was pretty shit. Hopefully whatever I fire on later makes up for it.

[Foe]

La La Land was brilliant. Really enjoyed that, Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling are such likeable actors of our generation.

3inarow.

[Adamski]

Those two posts man. Unreal.

[Magic]

Generally every single Foe post in here is weird. Not shit, just weird. What do we expect from someone who eats lettuce at the cinema.

[Foe]

Just spunked £35 on a La La Land poster and frame to go on my wall.

My boyfriend will love it.

[Yevrah]

I haven't seen La La Land (it'll be shit), but Foe's on the money with Rogue One.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

The first two thirds are disappointing but I absolutely loved the end to it.

[Dark Soldier]

I watched The Circle. It is amazingly bad.

[Baz]

King Arthur is astoundingly bad. If it wasn't for Jax Teller :cool: I wouldn't have made it to the end. There'll definitely won't be a sequel, right?

[Shindig]

Seen that Churchill trailer. Oldman's not got the voice for it.

[Henry]

I haven't seen La La Land (it'll be shit), but Foe's on the money with Rogue One.

I watched it for the second time recently. It was even more awesome. The final sequence is the best thing that happened anywhere ever. Fuck you, Yevrah.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Does your husband like it too, Henry?

[Lewis]

Seen that Churchill trailer. Oldman's not got the voice for it.

He just sounds like Gary Oldman having a stroke.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

Das Boot, best watched as the theatrical release, director's cut or miniseries?

[phonics]

George Romero has died :(

[Magic]

Apart from the night of the living dead he looks responsible for some of the most shite attempts at horror films ever. Fuck him.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

Dawn of the Dead was cracking too.

[John]

The Crazies is quality.

The original, not the recent shitshow with Seth Bullock in it.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Went to see War for the Planet of the Apes today and thought it was better than the previous ones.

Serkis and Harrelson donned it.

Quite a few nods to Apocalypse Now for some reason which was a bit strange.

[SvN]

Dunkirk is getting extraordinary reviews. I cannot wait.

[Magic]

Dunkirk is getting extraordinary reviews. I cannot wait.

I knew it would. :drool:

[Magic]

Wait a minute...Harry Styles? :D

What the...

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Dunkirk is getting extraordinary reviews. I cannot wait.

I'm going to go to an imax showing, it should be immense.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Wait a minute...Harry Styles? :D

What the...

It's the new 'thing'.

See one half of Rizzle Kicks in Rogue One or Beckham in King Arthur.

[CJay]

Went to see the new Planet of the Apes tonight. It was good, but not on par with the first two. The comic relief character was too forced and the plot was entirely predictable. Still thoroughly enjoyable fare. Andy Serkis is so good. I wonder is there another one planned.

Also looking forward to Dunkirk. :drool:

[Browning]

Pretty much summed up what I thought, though I found the comic relief character much needed to lift the mood at points.

Supposedly he is also there to hint at more films, because he proves that there are other apes that Caeser didn't know about. So I think they may well make more, but probably a completely different side of the story, rather than another sequel.

[CJay]

Pretty much summed up what I thought, though I found the comic relief character much needed to lift the mood at points.

Supposedly he is also there to hint at more films, because he proves that there are other apes that Caeser didn't know about. So I think they may well make more, but probably a completely different side of the story, rather than another sequel.

The comedy was needed, but not to the extent that they did it. His facial expressions and general behaviour was funny enough, they didn't need to make him such a clown in the way he spoke.

There's a feminist on Twitter, Brianna Wu, complaining that there were no female characters with dialogue in the film. Ignoring the fact that there are several females with a lot of sign language dialogue, that there are like four speaking roles in the entire film, and that Nova is one of the main characters in the film. I don't know if I can link tweets on mobile.

[ItalAussie]

Planet of the Apes:

As soon as you realised that Harrelson was channeling Marlon Brando, it was obvious that the army from across the border was coming for him, so it was a pretty signposted twist. It would have been a far better twist if the army that was coming for him was humans and apes teaming up together. Now that would have been an ending.

Rather than a magically convenient avalanche/the valley from Land Before Time/a wound that kills the lead, but only after complete resolution of the plot.

Those complaints aside, it was still a very enjoyable film.

Also, at what point can we start giving Andy Serkis acting awards. Because he completely deserves them.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Saw two films yesterday.

First up was Training Day which I absolutely loved, Denzel and Hawke were brilliant.

Next was Jurassic World, I was expecting absolute dog shit as I had heard a lot of bad things but I didn't think it was that bad. Kids were absolutely fucking shit though, especially the younger one.

[John]

I watched a short film called Resignation today, and I'd be very interested in seeing it turned into a feature. Even watching on my phone and in less than ideal conditions, on a train on a fairly bright day, it looked fucking gorgeous. It's thirteen minutes long, seek it out.