Film Thread

[Dark Soldier]

Jawbone is really good. Terrific performance by Johnny Harris.

Yeah I watched that a while back. Its the stock boxing story for the majority of it but Harris carries it and Winstone is surprisingly subdued.

[Dan]

Just got back from seeing On Chesil Beach. It can basically be summed up by one phrase:

'In the 1960s, two newlyweds have their lives forever altered by awkward British sex'.

It's pretty good. Certainly better than Book Club, the only other thing on we hadn't already seen, would have been. Saoirse Ronan has had a nice few months with this & Ladybird.

[Giggles]

There's far too much action in Octopussy.

[Lewis]

I liked Deadpool 2 better than the first one. I don't know why. It seemed to be less annoying than last time out, but Randrew thinks they went more that way, so I don't know. Maybe it was just a better story.

[Magic]

Hereditary looks utterly horrifying.

Getting amazing reviews. :drool:

[Dan]

Just seen it. It’s real fucking good :drool:

[Dark Soldier]

Ghost Stories was fucking amazing

[John]

Rampage is great fun. It's one of the dumbest films you'll ever see, but it's well aware of that.

[randomlegend]

Has anyone seen the new Jurassic World? Wanted to go to the cinema tonight with the girlfriend, but looks like there's nothing particularly good on so wondered if that was at least an entertaining way to turn off the brain for a few hours.

[Dan]

Saw it when it came out. It’s pretty good - imagine the last Jurassic World if you smashed a 90s disaster movie like Volcano into it.

[Dark Soldier]

Lads, Calibre on Netflix is really fucking good. Keeps the tension throughout. The two leads carry it well, and has that whole backwater, Highlands vibe throughout.


https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6218358/

[Foe]

New stars wars was miles better than the last Jedi.

Not sure I like the yearly Star Wars updates though.

[randomlegend]

The new Jurassic World is absolutely stark raving bonkers from start to finish.

[Dark Soldier]

Ghostland (aka the film that disfigured an actress):

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6195094/

Laugier's best since Martyrs. That's not to say its anything beyond serviceable as Martyrs is the first masterpiece of the genre since Angst. Mother and her two daughters move into the property left by their dead aunt only to be attacked the night they move in. Many years later the daughters reunite at the house and shit goes weird.

Some wonderful brutality in places, two very good central performances, but in general it tries a bit too hard and never really hits any great heights. It was okay.

[Dark Soldier]

Finally got around to watching The Godfather. Its not half bad is it.

[Baz]

Second one is even better.

[Yevrah]

I'm watching The Equalizer, which I've seen before and it isn't terrible, but it must have more scenes where an un-armed man confronts gun-toting hoodlums and emerges victorious than any other film ever.

[Max Power]

Lads, Calibre on Netflix is really fucking good. Keeps the tension throughout. The two leads carry it well, and has that whole backwater, Highlands vibe throughout.


https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6218358/

Yeah this is great. Tense and dark. Few little twists on the classic 'city slickers go to the sticks and it's all a bit weird' film. Some nice scenery as well.

[John]

James Gunn has been sacked from the third Guardians of the Galaxy film because someone dug up some old tweets in which he made a couple of off colour jokes.

The bloke wrote and directed a film in which a character is pretty much sexually assaulted and it's played entirely for laughs. His sense of humour is no secret.

[Shindig]

Finally got around to watching The Godfather. Its not half bad is it.

I need to revisit it to see if the wedding drags like I felt it did the first time. I loved it but I feel like that scene took the first 45 minutes.

[Dark Soldier]

Nah it doesn't drag anywhere near as much, and its quite a pivotal scene in establishing Brando.

[Giggles]

30 years. Jesus.

https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/die-hard-at-30-how-bruce-willis-led-to-quentin-tarantino-george-clooney-and-jennifer-aniston-1.3568963?mode=amp

[Lewis]

James Gunn has been sacked from the third Guardians of the Galaxy film because someone dug up some old tweets in which he made a couple of off colour jokes.

The bloke wrote and directed a film in which a character is pretty much sexually assaulted and it's played entirely for laughs. His sense of humour is no secret.

On a more practical level, those films - whether you like them or not (I do) - have a pretty unique look and feel amongst the others, so the next person will either have to just rip them off or risk ballsing it up.

[Dark Soldier]

A Ghost Story is the absolute fucking worst example of indulgent arthouse cinema in a very long while and I fucking despise it so much.

[Dan]

Just flicked on Phantom Menace as there's nothing much on & I can't remember which of that trilogy I've seen. It's not very good, is it? :D

Nobody can deliver a line or choreograph a fight scene convincingly, and of course there's JarJar, although at the minute there's an Italian/Iranian fly who's actually managing to be even more grating.

[Giggles]

You're on the worst Star Wars and I'm on the worst Bond. I always forget how bad Die Another Day is.

[Dan]

I gave up & flicked aimlessly through Netflix for 45mins while my housemate had dinner. Probably didn’t miss out on much.

[Bernanke]

https://youtu.be/vi6wxNivpu4

This looks incredible. Brosnan's accent. :D

[igor_balis]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXcgt6l_LcA
what a guy

[wullie]

Watched Patriot's Day yesterday. It's all really good and shows what happened from the viewpoints of the various real people involved, but then goes a bit mad as Mark Wahlberg's fictional character stops with all the wicked frickin pissa muddafucka Boston police stuff and launches a soliloquy about love conquering hate and that which takes you completely out of the story.

[Dark Soldier]

First Reformed is a masterful study of faith, the corrosion of belief, and hope.

[randomlegend]

Lol gay

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Saw Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom the other week and whilst I did find it a bit more entertaining than the first, the 'plot' is a worse.

Also went to see Incredibles 2 yesterday and again, I do feel the plot was better than the first (the antagonist is crap really) but it was a more entertaining film. I'd imagine that quite a few would disagree because most of that is because of the Jack Jack. If the humour in the baby isn't for you I'd imagine you'd dislike the film as a whole.

I also liked the short before the film and I really don't get how some people didn't understand what was happening, it wasn't hard to follow at all.

[phonics]

High Fidelity, still fucking brilliant. Absolutely timeless as long as you're born before 1990. I'm not normally a big Zeta-Jones person but I'm rock solid every moment she's on screen in that.

I mean really now:
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/0c/af/fa/0caffa78362e7a39fec33f2246de6672.jpg

[Mazuuurk]

Watched Unlocked yesterday which was kind of alright. Very odd film.

It was like it was trying to be a proper Spy film, Political commentary (sort of à la Homeland) and Jason Bourne all at once. Because in the end it seemed to lean more towards the latter, they should have just embraced being a Spy action film and done away with the more serious scenes of Kids dying and what not, as it all felt a a tad out of place and maybe tasteless juxtaposed to the fairly entertaining action.

Noomi Rapace really is quite hit and miss these days. Her English somehow got worse.


Also the plot twist/device used was ludicrous. The whole thing would have been better if they didn't go with the crazed paternal-figure-turned-villain thing and just had been about chasing some damn terrorists. Or at least made the villain a proper terrorist instead of having some washy political agenda.


Anyway, for all this it was still quite decent.

[Dark Soldier]

Anyone who enjoys Haneke, particularly Amour, should watch Happy End. Its in essence a sequel.

[Ian]

I enjoyed Incredibles 2. Could have done without the villain being given away the moment you hear their name but it was largely very good fun.

[Browning]

Agreed, I thought it was decent. Still trying to work out what the fuck that short at the start was though.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I thought it was pretty simple.

The dumpling was an allegory of her relationship with her son and how badly she took him achieving independence as she wasn't prepared to let him go.

[Browning]

I got that part, but

Her eating it, along with random dogs trying to eat it etc was just fucking weird.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I think the eating bit was just a way to really show her badly she handled the situation without taking up more time. For the dogs and other shit, I think just humour.

[SincereTheRebel]

I watched Ready Player One last night and I was surprised. I found it enjoyable. I thought it would be awful like Tron

[Mazuuurk]

I think the eating bit was just a way to really show her badly she handled the situation without taking up more time. For the dogs and other shit, I think just humour.

Isn't this a film made for 7-year-olds primarily?

How can it be that complicated to understand.

[Henry]

First Reformed is a masterful study of faith, the corrosion of belief, and hope.

I watched Silence yesterday and might apply that exact description to it as well.

[John]

The Oscars are bringing in a second best picture category, this one named 'Best Popular Film' and presumably about picking which is the best of the five highest grossing films that year.

Lol.

[Jimmy Floyd]

They should have just called it 'Best Film aimed at Plebs' and been done with it.

[Lewis]

'And now, presenting the award for Best Film About Contemporary Political Concerns and/or Minorities That Isn't Artistically Good, please welcome...'

[phonics]

The Oscars are bringing in a second best picture category, this one named 'Best Popular Film' and presumably about picking which is the best of the five highest grossing films that year.

Lol.

Yeah, The Avengers doesn't get enough attention as it is.

[John]

They're not doing it to bring more attention to The Avengers. They're doing it to bring more attention to The Oscars.

You could probably take the last ten best picture winners combined and they won't have made as much money as The Avengers. That's a problem for the Academy and this is their solution.

[phonics]

The new Spike Lee movie is getting good reviews but Spike Lee hasn't made a good movie since the early 2000s so I'm struggling to believe them.

[Shindig]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRQv9xMQ3E0

Stop it, Michael.

[John]

That looks like fun. I'll watch it just to see what the fighty bloke is about.

[Shindig]

He's probably still angry Michael implied 9/11 was an inside job because those kids weren't told about the towers being hit.

[John]

Given the two snippets of him I'd imagine he's saying he'll take anyone outside and batter them but it doesn't make him smarter or better than them.

Would be a surprisingly enlightened viewpoint for someone who looks and sounds like him, but then there must be a reason he's in there.

[Yevrah]

You can't have Trump saying "I hate some of these people, but I wouldn't kill them", followed by a KKK meet.

[SincereTheRebel]

Any decent movies worth watching that are prison-based? I watched Shot Caller recently and thought it was good. Felon was another good one

[John]

Starred Up.

[Dark Soldier]

Shot Caller, although its more about the aftermath of prison at points.

[Boydy]

You can't have Trump saying "I hate some of these people, but I wouldn't kill them", followed by a KKK meet.

Why not?

[Bernanke]

Any decent movies worth watching that are prison-based? I watched Shot Caller recently and thought it was good. Felon was another good one

A Prophet and Cell 211.

[Yevrah]

Why not?

Because he’s heavily implying that he’s as bad as the KKK.

I watch The Founder again last night. Love it.

[Baz]

Any decent movies worth watching that are prison-based? I watched Shot Caller recently and thought it was good. Felon was another good one


Shot Caller, although its more about the aftermath of prison at points.:rosebud:

[SincereTheRebel]

Starred Up.

It was good


A Prophet and Cell 211.

I'll put these on the list. I watched Brawl in Cell Block 99 and it was a strange prison comedy type of movie. The reviews are great, for some reason. I couldn't figour out why.

[SvN]

I watched Unsane last night. An interesting premise, and was pretty good for the first 60% of the film. Then it went to shit.

[John]

Could you tell it was filmed entirely on an iPhone?

[Dark Soldier]

Upgrade is pretty damn decent, as is Utoya 22 juli, although the subs are shite, not that they're really needed.

[John]

I was looking at both of those last night. I'll wait for the latter though, the only available file was huge.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

Cell 211 is brilliant.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

I was only recently looking at the Hitler's Henchmen documentary on Adolf Eichmann and thought the mission to capture him would make a great film.

Now just stumbled across this-


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGBNA7l9K8E

The comments could make your eyes bleed though, good grief.

On that note, see also-


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LANyo2O40lM

:sick:

[Boydy]

I was only recently looking at the Hitler's Henchmen documentary on Adolf Eichmann and thought the mission to capture him would make a great film.

Now just stumbled across this-


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGBNA7l9K8E

The comments could make your eyes bleed though, good grief.

On that note, see also-


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LANyo2O40lM

:sick:

What's the :sick: about?

That Eichmann one looks great but I think I'll struggle to take Nick Kroll seriously.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

The comments about Jews.

[Boydy]

Ah, didn't see the line about the comments.

I thought you were saying the second film looked bad which I was confused by because I thought it looked pretty good.

[Dark Soldier]

Hereditary

There's some fantastic moments in there:

The scene with the son in class headbutting the desk especially. The father being set on fire I felt was especially poorly done. The ending is laughable shit

But it really throws away that opening hour of dread and unease. It slips way too easily into some horror tropes after that, the cut off point of it declining rapidly for me was:

The meeting of her 'friend'/the seance

I'd have the section up to that as up there with the greatest Western horror.

[Spoonsky]

Sorry To Bother You is brilliant. Very different but it reminded me of Snowpiercer in its degree of absurdity and allegory.

[SincereTheRebel]

A Prophet and Cell 211.

Badman movies these where. Especially A Prophet. Cant say anything bad about either one.

[Pleb]

So Disney's Christopher Robin is actually quite good.

[Boydy]

I watched Mudbound last night. It's really good. Quite horrible at times though.

[Pepe]

Snowpiercer. :sick:

[Dan]

So Disney's Christopher Robin is actually quite good.

Agreed. Really endearing film.

[Dark Soldier]

BlackKklansman was fucking awesome, if a little too on the nose at points.

[Dark Soldier]

Badman movies these where. Especially A Prophet. Cant say anything bad about either one.

Watch A Prayer Before Dawn, sincere

[Baz]

Snowpiercer. :sick:
Is that the train one? I really enjoyed it.

[SincereTheRebel]

Watch A Prayer Before Dawn, sincere

Added to the list.

[Yevrah]

I watched Dunkirk last night. It was bang average.

[randomlegend]

I hated Dunkirk, it was boring as fuck.

[Yevrah]

I can see entirely why, too.

Nolan needs to make a properly good film again.

[Shindig]

Give him Star Wars.

[SincereTheRebel]

Watch A Prayer Before Dawn, sincere

It was OK. 5/10. Usually TTH comes through with good recommendations but this was one of the average ones

[Dark Soldier]

You're a fucking mentalist lad.

[Shindig]

Caught a trailer for First Man this morning. They edit in problems from two other NASA launches to imply drama. Also, still hate Ryan Gosling.

[SincereTheRebel]

Sci-fi worth watching?

[Lewis]

Sometimes.

[SincereTheRebel]

Fucking knob.

[randomlegend]

Sometimes.

:D

[Yevrah]

I missed that Boyle had left the next Bond film. What on earth happened there and isn't it meant to be out in about a year?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

It was meant to.

They've pushed it to 2020 and the official line is 'creative differences'.

[Yevrah]

Interesting that Daniel Craig's name was used in the announcement that Boyle had quit.

[Lewis]

Why do they always feel the need to link big name directors to Bond? As long as the script is decent, how hard can it be to direct one? I couldn't tell you who directed Casino Royale without looking it up, but it was an infinitely better film than the last one with super director Sam Mendes at the helm.

[Yevrah]

I'd imagine they're harder than most films to direct simply because of the sheer amount going on in them.

Compare a Bond film to say, Trainspotting 2, for example, which you can basically film on a sink estate with about 12 people and it's no contest.

I'd give it to Michael Bay for shits and giggles.

[Yevrah]

And having scoured the internet it seems that someone wanted to kill Bond off (probably Boyle, but there are conflicting reports on that one) and the other party said no.

There was also an issue with Boyle insisting he and his own man did the script, ahead of the usual writers.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

They'll give it to Kathryn Bigelow.

[Ian]

Why do they always feel the need to link big name directors to Bond? As long as the script is decent, how hard can it be to direct one? I couldn't tell you who directed Casino Royale without looking it up, but it was an infinitely better film than the last one with super director Sam Mendes at the helm.

Same director as Goldeneye. :drool:

[Jimmy Floyd]

I'm more liberal on Bond things than most people, but surely the whole point of him is that he doesn't get killed off.

[Boydy]

Who cares what they do with Bond? Just make an entertaining action film. Who gives a shit about continuity or if he's black or whatever.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Kill him off, it's only a code name.

[John]

Kill him off, it's only a code name.

It was until Skyfall, when they went to the Bond family home.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Forgot that it was the BOND family house.

[Giggles]

Who cares what they do with Bond? Just make an entertaining action film. Who gives a shit about continuity or if he's black or whatever.

Bond is a white man from day one. Make a different film with a black actor or a woman but not everything needs to be snowflaked

[Yevrah]

But what difference does it make? It’s not as if the casting of a black actor means he’ll swap his Martini for a KFC.

Is that what you’re worried about?

[Lewis]

Other than the fact his old man wasn't around, his background as described in the books would make it very difficult to be black.

[Pepe]

Make they a Chinese lesbian.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

How true are the films to the books though? Isn't it pretty loose?

[Lewis]

Regardless, the character is the character. Why not make him American?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Because Americans suck.

[SincereTheRebel]

Arrival was a good watch. 7/10 from. Next on the list is Gravity.

[Spikey M]

Bond is a white man from day one. Make a different film with a black actor or a woman but not everything needs to be snowflaked

He frequently changes age, hair colour, eye colour, accent and style. Is skin colour an issue where those things are not? I can’t even imagine caring.

[Giggles]

But what difference does it make? It’s not as if the casting of a black actor means he’ll swap his Martini for a KFC.

Is that what you’re worried about?

No. It's mainly just the principle that not everything needs to be snowflaked.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Ant-Man and The Wasp is good fun.

[phonics]

I love how hiring one of the most famous actors on the planet = 'being snowflaked'.

Bond has to be cool, suave, handsome and badass so it's basically between him and Statham at this point.

Definitely not judging the whole thing on the color of his skin though. Nothing to do with that.

[Lewis]

James Bond isn't black, so yes, what else would it be based on?

[SincereTheRebel]

We live in world of pure fuckery. Outrage for an alleged black james bond. Actresses can't play a character who is a lesbian in a movie if she has been laid down by a man before in real life.

[Bernanke]

De-aged Samuel L Jackson for the Captain Marvel-movie is some mind-bending shit:


https://ewedit.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/dbr1520_cmp_v710-1032.jpg

[Shindig]

Pretty soon, Carrie Fisher will have appeared in more films posthumously than she ever did alive.

[Yevrah]

Haven’t they just died his hair?

[Guybrush]

No, it's still alive.

[SincereTheRebel]

:D

[phonics]

James Bond isn't black, so yes, what else would it be based on?

Well considering his age and looks seem to work like he should be driving a Tardis rather than a DB9, I'm not sure why the skin color matters.

[Lewis]

Because James Bond isn't black. They've been making Bond films for sixty years, and, apart from some of them being a bit camp, the character has had clearly defined personality traits and habits (but never a DB9) through all of them. He is effectively 'real' from a casting point of view, and he happens to be white.

[Yevrah]

Presumably that defined character wasn't Scottish either?

[phonics]

or Australian or Irish.

[SincereTheRebel]

David Beckham for the next bond @5000/1

[Lewis]

Ian Fleming made him Scottish (and half-Swiss) to incorporate aspects of how Sean Connery played him, and that background is a plot point in GoldenEye, so he can't have been Double O'Seven in that. Lads you're contesting facts here. What's the point?

[Dark Soldier]

https://i.imgur.com/JbNWFca.gif

[Jimmy Floyd]

I get that James Bond has to be a certain way (which rules out women, I think), I just don't get how black skin interferes with any of it.

What about Sanjeev Bhaskar as a desi Bond? 'Miss Moneypenny, you're just my cup of tea.'

[Yevrah]

Watched Alien Covenant tonight, it was alright.

[SincereTheRebel]

Gravity was ok. 6/10.

Ive added all of the superhero movies to the watchlist. Besides Batman, I never gave a fuck to watch any other superhero movie. They are even teaming superheroes together. I just don't have the energy for it.

[John]

I assume you're watching films on the laptop while trying to complete that absurd Gran Turismo challenge? Superhero films are absolutely perfect for that.

I did the first season of 24 in one sitting while getting through the endurance races on GT3.

[SincereTheRebel]

I assume you're watching films on the laptop while trying to complete that absurd Gran Turismo challenge? Superhero films are absolutely perfect for that.

I did the first season of 24 in one sitting while getting through the endurance races on GT3.

No, im watching movies while in bed and because I keep falling to sleep. It takes about 3 days to cover 30 minutes.

I don't watch superhero movies besides the Batman solo franchise. Looking through IMDB there are so many superheroes movies now. They dont interest me at all but ive got them on list to watch.

[SincereTheRebel]

I still haven't watched a single episode of

Breaking bad
24
Sons of anarchy
The one with the dragons and white hair

People around me talk about them all the time. Im not excited to watch movies or TV shows at all. If its not gaming or sports. I have very little interest.

[Lewis]

Watched Alien Covenant tonight, it was alright.

How did you watch it? Because it turns out (like the other one) that the Blu-ray had a load of stuff that should have made the film and would have explained things.

[SincereTheRebel]

I can't remember which one I watched now but it was either Alien Covenant or Prometheus. I was confused throughout the whole movie. Then i immediately watched the other movie and one of the characters from either Alien Covenant or Prometheus was also in Alien Covenant or Prometheus. I turned it off within 5 minutes and didnt make it to the second movie.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

Watched Alien Covenant tonight, it was alright.
For all its flaws Prometheus was much better. Scott caved a bit much to fans wanting more of the Alien in it, not to mention it had bugger all originality to it. I'd say I still liked it a bit but that's probably more to do with happily watching Fassbender.

Was a pity as this prologue gave me the horn-


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


Gravity was ok. 6/10.


Definitely one to have seen at the cinema in 3D. That was my peak cinematic experience. Just me and my mate in the biggest screen in cineworld.

[Boydy]

Just watched A Most Violent Year. Why is it so highly rated? It's really dull.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Probably because it's really dull.

[Dark Soldier]

I had no idea that was highly rated, heard from most its a bit average.

Watched Searching today, that's a well done thriller.

Also watched the new Mission Impossible the other week and its fucking brilliant.

And Oslo, August 31st in a hipster coffee cafe on Tuesday with the missus which was well shot and massively depressing.

Watching Yardie on Sunday, mainly excited for Stephen Graham + patois.

[Boydy]

It's got 89% on RT.

[Dark Soldier]

Critics are cunts, they rate Blade Runner ffs

[Yevrah]

How did you watch it? Because it turns out (like the other one) that the Blu-ray had a load of stuff that should have made the film and would have explained things.

Blu-ray, but was just the movie as presented, I didn't select the extended edition (if there is one).

[SincereTheRebel]

Avengers: Infinity War has super high IMDB reviewes. Ill try and watch it at some stage over the weekend.

[Baz]

Don’t just dive in there!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Cinematic_Universe. (Feature films)

[phonics]

Avengers: Infinity War has super high IMDB reviewes. Ill try and watch it at some stage over the weekend.

Guardians of the Galaxy has an 8.1 out of 10 and it's fucking garbage so I wouldn't trust IMDB and comic book movies.

[SincereTheRebel]

Please tell me I dont need to watch 18 movies Marvel movies before I get to Avengers: Infinity?

[phonics]

Do what I did and watch the first coule then dismiss the rest as shit.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Guardians of the Galaxy has an 8.1 out of 10 and it's fucking garbage so I wouldn't trust IMDB and comic book movies.

You're a disgrace.

[phonics]

Name three good jokes in its 2 hour run-time.

[Limoutsonik]

Guardians ain't supposed to be an all-out comedy bub. It's a space opera interlaced with jokes and funny situations. Don't tell me you walked into this movie expecting jokes left and right surely?

[phonics]

Fine, name one good joke.

[Baz]

Just sack off Marvel Universe rubbish and watch Spiderman Homecoming.

[Lewis]

The prison break in the second one is the best scene in the entire Marvel compendium.

[Pleb]

...or just watch the Avengers trilogy :sherlock:

[Boydy]

Just grow up and don't watch superhero films full stop.

[Lewis]

Yeah you just play your golf you sad old fag.

[Browning]

I enjoyed infinity war having only seen GOTG 1 and 2 before it. I hadn’t even seen the other avengers movies. You definitely don’t need to watch them all.

[Boydy]

Yeah you just play your golf you sad old fag.

:happycry:

[Pepe]

Just grow up and don't watch superhero films full stop.

+1

[Pepe]

Yeah you just play your golf you sad old fag.

+1

[Limoutsonik]

If the guys here that dismiss MCU movies,watch Captain America: The Winter Soldier and you don't like it,you should never be allowed to offer an opinion on movies,ever. My fanboy-ism might be seeping out but dismissing all MCU movies as rubbish is wrong and mis-placed. Winter soldier is not a superhero movie,is a political,cold war-ish thriller with superhero undertones. Ant-Man,is a heist movie. Guardians 1+2 are space operas. Infinity War might be the first superhero movie that's focused on the villain. I could go all night long about those movies.

[SincereTheRebel]

Don’t just dive in there!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Cinematic_Universe. (Feature films)

I watched Iron Man


Fucking shit. Batman is levels above. Ive seen The Incredible Hulk which was good. I enjoyed it. This Marvel rampage isn't going to get very far if Iron Man is the first example.

[SincereTheRebel]

Im going to bed. Fuck this. You lot made me watch this mess. Fucked up my flow for the evening.

[Lewis]

I have never read a 'comic book' (comic) in my life, nor will I ever because I am not a turbo-nerd, but there are some mega films in there.

[Boydy]

You like the fucking Transformers films too though.

[Lewis]

They're lol because shite gets blown up, but they aren't actually good films. These are.

[Pepe]

Doubt it.

Actually, there is one good superhero movie: Birdman

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Birdman :sick:

[phonics]

Doubt it.

Actually, there is one good superhero movie: Birdman

Correction, Fast & Furious 5+6.

[Giggles]

I liked the first Avengers, first Iron Man, and first Thor. Sequels were bloated muck.

[Baz]

Im going to bed. Fuck this. You lot made me watch this mess. Fucked up my flow for the evening.I did not. I advised you probably shouldn’t dive in so late in the “timeline” but I’d never recommend anyone to watch any of those films. Wait til you get to the ultraturd Iron Man 3, jeez louise. :sick:

[SincereTheRebel]

So give me an acceptable path timeline then? Im not watching all from the list you posted, but give me the unmissables at least.

[Limoutsonik]

Unmissables: Iron Man 1,Captain America:The Winter Soldier,Guardians 1,The Avengers 1,Avengers:Infinity War,Thor:Ragnarok,Black Panther,Captain America:Civil War,Spiderman:Homecoming. At least 5 of them sort of stand alone and do not need watching the others to understand what's happening.

[Shindig]

I thought The Watchmen was alright, even if there's a giant CGI cock in it.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

The comic is a hell of a lot better though.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

So the director of Predator hired his friend to have a small part in the film (and has done so in Iron Man 3 and The Nice Guys) despite knowing he had been jailed for attempting to lure a 14 year old (who is a distant relative).

http://www.pajiba.com/film_reviews/why-does-shane-black-keep-casting-steven-wilder-striegel-a-registered-sex-offender.php

His scene was cut after Munn found out and she told the studio.

What the fuck is the director doing? He apparently told no one and judging by those excerpts the guy in question should have been locked up for longer. Even if he was only charged for the things in the email he's a fucking disgusting twat.

[phonics]

Considering all the other stars of the film are refusing to do the press tours with her for having the chutzpah to do anything about it, he was probably thinking 'Who cares? I can do what I want'.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Cavill is out as Superman and apparently they're going to replace him with Michael B. Jordan.

I'm all for that. Getting rid of the cardboard cutout for someone who can actually act.

[Lewis]

Can he act white?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Can he act white?

Doesn't need to. There are about a billionty different versions of Superman.

He'd likely play Val-Zod (http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Val-Zod_(Earth_2)):

https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/marvel_dc/images/5/55/Earth_2_Society_Vol_1_20_Textless.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20170112211710

[John]

They can't be happy that they spent half the last film bringing him back to life only to now have to write him out.

Shazam looks like decent fun. Basically Big but with superheroes.

[Lewis]

Oh yeah. I forgot they have been turned half of them into women and coloureds. Isn't Iron Man a teenage black girl?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Oh yeah. I forgot they have been turned half of them into women and coloureds. Isn't Iron Man a teenage black girl?

No, she's called Ironheart.

Although when you're big into the MULTIVERSE you can do anything and get away with it.

[Jimmy Floyd]

It's all cynical marketing isn't it? Getting positive PR around the film.

[Max Power]

He'll always be Wallace to me.

"Where's the boy String..."

[Pleb]

Speaking of which ,whose the best Spiderman at the moment? Maguire, Holland or Garfield?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Maguire was shit and Garfield was alright but a bit too much brooding.

Holland is pretty much the perfect Spider-Man, who is meant to be like a PG Deadpool.

[Pleb]

Never seen the Garfield films so wouldn't comment. Maguire is alright and Holland is accurate to the comic books.

[igor_balis]

superhero films are brainrot

[Lewis]

He says, sat in the pub talking about how actually great The Room is in a louder than normal voice to draw bystanders into the conversation.

[Shindig]

And he recites the three lines he knows, expecting people to join in.

[Giggles]

Speaking of which ,whose the best Spiderman at the moment? Maguire, Holland or Garfield?

When you say at the moment, are they still making them with all 3? I lost track when they just kept going back to the start.

[John]

No.

[Giggles]

I don't think I seen the Maguire one with the black Spiderman or anything after that. Was that his third one?

[John]

That was the third and last Maguire film, which was abysmal. Probably the worst Marvel film so far.

They've gone 'back to the start' once, incidentally.

[Giggles]

Yeah the latest isn't standalone, just Spiderman in with some other superheroes is it?

[John]

There's still been a standalone film, but he'd already been in another MCU film before it and Iron Man still turned up in his film. They also haven't bothered with the origin stuff this time, which is a great decision.

[Yevrah]

I watched Jigsaw the other day.

It was alright and I could watch Tobin bell in that role all day long.

[Lewis]

Those early Spider Men had good villains (or at least good actors acting good), but you watch them now and they are laughably dated.

[Ian]

Yeah I saw a bit of one recently and thought that. Still love the action in Spider-Man 2 and specifically the train fight.

[Yevrah]

Are there any good websites that allow you to browse what films are on Netflix in a (much) better way than their shity interface does?

[Giggles]

Are there any good websites that allow you to browse what films are on Netflix in a (much) better way than their shity interface does?

If you find one, post it. Badly needed.

[Pepe]

It really is amazing how such a popular service can have such a terrible interface.

[Mike]

Watched Mandy tonight. Ummm yeah...it’s good!


Second half is some Cage at his most Cage!

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

Sicario: Day of the Soldado didn't disappoint.

Not as good as the first but still some great, tense scenes. Benicio Del Toro is the man. :cool2:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Cold War is a quality foreign film.

Really enjoyable drama about love during the Cold War.

The two leads perform really well, especially Joanna Kulig.

Can easily see it winning the Foreign film Oscar.

[Dark Soldier]

Watched Mandy tonight. Ummm yeah...it’s good!


Second half is some Cage at his most Cage!

Best film of the year imo. Ticks all my boxes.


Cold War is a quality foreign film.

Really enjoyable drama about love during the Cold War.

The two leads perform really well, especially Joanna Kulig.

Can easily see it winning the Foreign film Oscar.

That cinematography though :drool:

[Foe]

Finally watched Rudy. Really odd story.

[SincereTheRebel]

So I finally got around to Alien Convenient. I watched Prometheus earlier this year and then directly after, I was recommended Alien Convenient so I decided to watch earlier this year but I didn't get far.


I didn't know they were directly linked so went I turned on Alien Convenient the first time and saw the same synthetic. It threw me and I turned off the movie before the first scene finished. I wasn't prepared for the link between the two movies.

6 months later, I finally got around to it and I thought it was excellent. The gore level was good, especially when the alien ripped out the back of the man's chest the first time.

[John]

The latest Jurassic World film. Fuck me, it's bad. Really bad.

It's so bad it almost becomes a twisted commentary on itself. It's genuinely reprehensible that they've taken the DNA of Jurassic Park, a masterpiece, and made that hateful nonsense.

[Dan]

The latest Jurassic World film. Fuck me, it's bad. Really bad.

It's so bad it almost becomes a twisted commentary on itself. It's genuinely reprehensible that they've taken the DNA of Jurassic Park, a masterpiece, and made that hateful nonsense.

I particularly liked the bit where the evil corporation made a one of a kind military super predator & sold it for the equivalent of Neymar’s ballsack.

The bit where it looked like the aforementioned dinosaur was about to creep in the window & rape a child, and the random brachiosaurus getting an overly dramatic death scene were also up there.

[randomlegend]

Went and saw a simple favour tonight.

What a fucking weird film.

[igor_balis]

He says, sat in the pub talking about how actually great The Room is in a louder than normal voice to draw bystanders into the conversation.

Fuck just seen this :D

I'm such a cliche. Superhero films ARE shit though.

[Dan]

You know what? A Star Is Born was outstanding, and showcases the emotive power of music in a way that I can only remember La La Land doing before. Almost all the songs were original compositions (mostly written by Bradley & Gaga), and every one has so much extra depth with the background of the story on top of it. Bradley Cooper donned it, and Gaga was great as well - if she didn't sing in it you'd probably believe she was an actor by trade, but then she does sing & you're reminded that her voice is unbelievable.

I'm going to have Shallows in my head for days too. It was bad enough after seeing the trailer, but now I'm just utterly doomed.

[Ian]

I liked Blackkklansman a lot.

Suicide Squad, which I watched yesterday, barely has a redeeming feature.

[randomlegend]

What possessed you to watch suicide squad, given it's universal condemnation?

[Magic]

I liked Blackkklansman a lot.

Suicide Squad, which I watched yesterday, barely has a redeeming feature.

Same. Watching it in an old school Hungarian cinema was itself very interesting.

[John]

Sicario 2 has its moments but it isn't a patch on the original, and fuck me what an unsatisfying ending.

[Dark Soldier]

Three Identical Strangers is a fantastic documentary. Don't watch the trailer.

[Yevrah]

At the other end of scale, I have Hard to Kill on while doing SBC's in FIFA.

[Ian]

I was confused when I Googled that before realising I was thinking of Hard Target.

"Mason Storm" is such a Seagal character name.

[Yevrah]

It is indeed.

I assume he would have revisited the character had a pornstar not misappropriated the name.

[Kikó]

I watched "Hold the dark" last night. Really well shot, great vistas and the dialogue sounded like it could be scary. The only problem was it was all complete bollocks and made no sense.

[SvN]

Three Identical Strangers is a fantastic documentary. Don't watch the trailer.
I've been trying to find it, as the reviews are outstanding. Hope it doesn't disappoint.

[Dark Soldier]

I've been trying to find it, as the reviews are outstanding. Hope it doesn't disappoint.

If you can't, lemme know and I can dropbox it, or PM you the filename at least

[Pleb]

The Tom Hardy love train on Facebook is in full swing I see.

The Venom trailer doesn't feel me with confidence and I REALLY want the Dark Phoenix film to be incredible.

[Lewis]

Tom Hardy is crap. FACT.

[Yevrah]

Yep. I've been banging that drum for a long time.

[Dark Soldier]

One of the best actors around when he's on point.

The Revenant, Legend, The Drop, Locke, Warrior and Bronson - the man's legit. Also decent in W Delta Z.

Its a tired debate we've done though.

[Yevrah]

I've been watching the Saw films again, and while mostly fluff, the ending of Saw V is properly good.

[SvN]

In preparation for the new one, I've been watching the Halloween series over last few weeks. Number 3 gets a bad rap rather unfairly I think. It's a bit ridiculous and camp, but it's not as bad as reviews make out. I think people hated it because it wasn't a Michael Myers film. Great ending, though.

H20 hasn't aged well. I loved it when I was a kid, but it's generic 90s crap really.

4 was better than I remember. I'd actually say it's better than 2. About to watch 5 in a while.

[Dark Soldier]

I thought Mandy was going to be the most insane film I've seen all year but Await Further Instructions tops it, and its cracking fun.

[John]

In preparation for the new one, I've been watching the Halloween series over last few weeks. Number 3 gets a bad rap rather unfairly I think. It's a bit ridiculous and camp, but it's not as bad as reviews make out. I think people hated it because it wasn't a Michael Myers film. Great ending, though.

H20 hasn't aged well. I loved it when I was a kid, but it's generic 90s crap really.

4 was better than I remember. I'd actually say it's better than 2. About to watch 5 in a while.

Isn't the new one completely ignoring everything since the original?

[SvN]

Yeah, this new one represents the fourth timeline of the entire franchise.

[igor_balis]

I really enjoyed a star is born, lady gaga is great.

[John]

Solo really isn't much good. That's five Star Wars prequel films they've made now and only one has been a genuinely good film. The constant need to explain things fucks their whole canon up the same way giving xenomorphs a history retroactively fucks Alien up.

Of course Han Solo plays a massive role in the beginning of the rebellion, and of course there's a huge wink to camera when the bird says she hopes he'll join in future.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

Which was the good one so I don't need to sift through the rest?

[John]

Rogue One.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jO3GsRQO0dM

Never would have thought of Christian Bale as Dick Cheney.

[Lewis]

It's mad how much he looks like him. Whoever saw that has got a spectacular eye.

[Boydy]

That looks good. Steve Carell in a serious role? Hook that shit up to my veins.

[John]

The most lol thing about that is Tyler Perry as Colin Powell. He probably doesn't even know who Colin Powell is.

[John Arne]

Looks a bit like Chevvy Chase in the still above.

[Ian]

I watched Green Room last night and it was pretty solid. Nothing amazing and I doubt I'll revisit it and I think Patrick Stewart was a bit wasted on it but I enjoyed it all the same.