Film Thread

[Toby]

I loved The Lobster. It's complete nonsense but hilariously so. I thought it was starting to lose its way in the last third but it pulls it back for a very good ending.

[Henry]

Bridge of Spies and Ex Machina are both good, without setting the world on fire.

[Mazuuurk]

About to watch Mad Max. Heard both that it's amazing and that it's crap. Which one is it?

[phonics]

It's average.

[Lewis]

I saw Black Mass last night. It's good, but it felt longer than it was when it started dragging towards the end a bit.

The main point is lol at some of the reduced sentences his goons got for grassing him up. How desperate can you be to nail the one geezer?

[phonics]

High Fidelity is a Top 5 movie.

[Baz]

You mean Top 7.

[Bernanke]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgTh422WDEk

Pretty good Tarantino-interview from What the Flick.

[Lewis]

On the Old Board I said:


I think the advert looks good. Then again, eight people sitting around exchanging tired TARANTINO DIALOGUE... I think it's going to hinge on how long it is. Two hours (or less) and it might be tight enough to work. If it's pushing three then abandon ship.

167 minutes. What are the odds that some bits are brilliant, some bits are shit, and that it's half an hour too long?

[Boydy]

High Fidelity is a Top 5 movie.

I watched that the other day. I didn't think it was that great.

I watched The End of the Tour last night. It's got Jason Segel as David Foster Wallace and Jesse Eisenberg as David Lipsky who spent time on the road with him on his book tour for Infinite Jest interviewing him. It's seriously good. I really want to read Infinite Jest now.

[phonics]

I watched that the other day. I didn't think it was that great.

Really? It's got great pacing with a well presented internal dialogue that works in contrast to most book to film translations. There's not a bad performance in it. I adore it.

Also I think I like films about Music that aren't about music. Human Traffic being another one that pulls on my nostalgia strings even though I'm not sure it holds up.

[Baz]

DM ( :cool2: ) once said that Human Traffic was so bad, he'd pay me £10 to travel to his house and take the DVD from his collection.

The NICE ONE BRUVVA! bit gets quoted between me and Mike a fair bit.

[Yevrah]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fis-9Zqu2Ro

Affleck looks embarassed to be in it and as for Eisenberg. :D

[Dquincy]

What a pile of shit that looks.

[Reg]

Thought the same when I saw that. They really could serve up any pile of crap and there'd be people flooding in to see it. I think this run of super hero films has a lot of life in it still.

[Boydy]

Who is Eisenberg meant to be in that?

Also, are people meant to not know that Clark Kent is Superman? All he does is take off his glasses ffs. At least Batman wears a mask.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Who is Eisenberg meant to be in that?

Also, are people meant to not know that Clark Kent is Superman? All he does is take off his glasses ffs. At least Batman wears a mask.

People think it would be so ludicrous for Clark to be the ultimate superhero though, his bumbling nature is his disguise not the glasses.

[Bernanke]

Who is Eisenberg meant to be in that?

Lex. Yes, really.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Oh and Eisenberg is apparently Lex Luthor, after watching the trailer I thought it might be a slight spin on The Riddler.

[Boydy]

People think it would be so ludicrous for Clark to be the ultimate superhero though, his bumbling nature is his disguise not the glasses.

But you can see it's the same fucking person.

[Henry]

That trailer looks great. IIRC the conceit in Man of Steel was that very few have seen Superman's face, and nobody has a picture of it. Not sure if that will stand in the new movie, mind.

[Giggles]

Someone said similar when that photo of Deschanel without a fringe was floating about last week. The fact you wouldn't have a clue who she was makes me buy the Kent glasses thing easier.

[Manc]

I was quite excited for Batman v Superman, but that trailer gets more ridiculous by the second.

[simon]

Who is Eisenberg meant to be in that?

Also, are people meant to not know that Clark Kent is Superman? All he does is take off his glasses ffs. At least Batman wears a mask.


People think it would be so ludicrous for Clark to be the ultimate superhero though, his bumbling nature is his disguise not the glasses.


But you can see it's the same fucking person.

:D

I'm with Boydy on this one.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

To carry on, Clark has a completely different posture to Superman and his glasses also change his eye colour from a sparkling blue to a duller blue.

It's hard to comprehend but people see Superman as, effectively, a god amongst men. He is a completely different entity to the clumsy and nerdy Clark Kent (who also wears slightly larger suits so as not to show that he has a well toned body).

It's so farcical to people that Superman could be just a regular guy that they can't look at anyone and think 'Oh shit, he's actually Superman'.

It's a bit like change blindness:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3240508/How-good-paying-attention-test-reveals-just-bad-humans-noticing-obvious-changes.html

[Boydy]

Maybe they should work that shit into the film more and make Clark a proper hunchback because it's pretty fucking obvious.

Also, how do they not notice that that guy who looks exactly like Superman with his glasses off is never around when Superman is doing all his amazing shit too. You never see them in the same room together.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

They have appeared in the same room, at least in comics they have:

http://mightygodking.com/images/superscript/supermankennedy.jpg

I'm sure that I read that he also got Martian Manhunter to appear as Superman once too.

[Boydy]

Love that propaganda. :D

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Love that propaganda. :D

It's fucking glorious.

[Yevrah]

Are we really moaning about Clark Kent and Superman looking almost exactly the same?

Are we all 8 again?

[Lewis]

I bet JFK was straight on the phone to Rome as soon as he found that out.

[Reg]

his glasses also change his eye colour from a sparkling blue to a duller blue.
Ahhhhh, alright then, you should have said sooner.

:p

[Boydy]

Are we really moaning about Clark Kent and Superman looking almost exactly the same?

Are we all 8 again?

Yes. Yes we are.

[Boydy]

I bet JFK was straight on the phone to Rome as soon as he found that out.

:D

yeah

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Ahhhhh, alright then, you should have said sooner.

:p
It is a valid point though, it's often remarked (at least in the comics) that Superman's eyes are a dazzling shade of blue that cannot belong to a regular human.

Also, most of the rabble only see Superman from afar.

[Dquincy]

That trailer looks great. IIRC the conceit in Man of Steel was that very few have seen Superman's face, and nobody has a picture of it. Not sure if that will stand in the new movie, mind.

Are you being serious? :saywhat:

[Boydy]

I didn't think that trailer looked that bad, actually, and I generally don't like comic book films.

[Dquincy]

I didn't think that trailer looked that bad, actually, and I generally don't like comic book films.

The premise of the film makes absolutely no sense.

[Lewis]

Wonder Woman ruins the advert. Her just bowling up in the film in that scene would have been a lot better.

[Spoonsky]

I think most superhero movies look stupid but that takes the cake. It looks horrendous.

[Henry]

Are you being serious? :saywhat:

Yes. Did you see it? If so, maybe you can dispute what I've said.

[Manc]

Watched Reservoir Dogs last neet. Classic.

[Toby]

Bridge of Spies is draped head to toe in Stars 'n' Stripes propaganda, and it was probably watered down in places to make it a 12A, but it's pretty good besides that.

Just went back to see what others thought of it and had a good laugh at this:


Bridge of Spies is a masterpiece, and probably the best movie of the year. It hits every note perfectly. Far more balanced than the Martian, for instance. Tom Hanks is phenomenal but Mark Rylance takes the cake, I imagine he's a shoe-in for Best Supporting Actor. Every performance is great, though. Every shot is great. Damn.

[Henry]

I don't think it was propaganda. The justice system, the CIA and the whole McCarthyism thing got a bit of a going over.

[Toby]

There was a lot of juxtaposing the two systems, mostly with the intent of making the communists look cruel and incompetent. I don't doubt that it was accurate to have East Berlin look drab and miserable but the bit that got me most was:

The deliberate contrast between the two interrogations, where the Soviets were essentially torturing Powers and waking him regularly with bright lights and shouting, but the Americans were lovely and sweet with Abel, bumbling around while he got up at his own pace.

There was also the ending, where they made it look like Abel would be going back to be treated cruelly (or possibly executed).

[Henry]

Well, the "communist" system was more cruel and incompetent, so you can argue that that's just being accurate.

[Toby]

I'm sure in many ways it was accurate, but I definitely don't believe the bit I quoted would have been.

[Henry]

Yeah, not sure on that or what the documented evidence is (or if it can be trusted).

[Spoonsky]

There was a lot of juxtaposing the two systems, mostly with the intent of making the communists look cruel and incompetent. I don't doubt that it was accurate to have East Berlin look drab and miserable but the bit that got me most was:

The deliberate contrast between the two interrogations, where the Soviets were essentially torturing Powers and waking him regularly with bright lights and shouting, but the Americans were lovely and sweet with Abel, bumbling around while he got up at his own pace.

There was also the ending, where they made it look like Abel would be going back to be treated cruelly (or possibly executed).


The part at the end just seemed to be part of the story, leaving it more emotionally ambiguous for Tom Hanks, rather than a comment on the communists altogether. If you're looking for communism then surely you should point at the bit at the very end where he's looking out the train window, especially when he sees the kids jumping over a fence (and not getting shot like in Berlin).

I dislike this word but I would call it more patriotic than propagandic. What he says to the ginger spy about the power of the constitution seemed like patriotism in the best sense, celebrating the ideals of the country even when this contradicts the government at the time.

[Henry]

Spielberg could have left the fate of Abel ambiguous, and left it with him getting into a car. That would have been better.

But...he's determined to spoonfeed as he usually does.

[Toby]

Bridge of Spies stuff, couple more and it'll probably need a thread.



The part at the end just seemed to be part of the story, leaving it more emotionally ambiguous for Tom Hanks, rather than a comment on the communists altogether. If you're looking for communism then surely you should point at the bit at the very end where he's looking out the train window, especially when he sees the kids jumping over a fence (and not getting shot like in Berlin).

I dislike this word but I would call it more patriotic than propagandic. What he says to the ginger spy about the power of the constitution seemed like patriotism in the best sense, celebrating the ideals of the country even when this contradicts the government at the time.

Had I mentioned three scenes instead of two I would have added the train one, yes. Donovan's speeches about "our values" again just seemed like more of the USA USA USA chest-thumping to me. Yes, it shows his patriotism and the patriotism of others, but we still have it juxtaposed with dishonest Soviets torturing people.

[Boydy]

To break this annoying spoilerfest - I just watched Obvious Child. It's quite a nice little comedy and Jenny Slate is adorable.

[Spoonsky]

Bridge of Spies stuff, couple more and it'll probably need a thread.



Had I mentioned three scenes instead of two I would have added the train one, yes. Donovan's speeches about "our values" again just seemed like more of the USA USA USA chest-thumping to me. Yes, it shows his patriotism and the patriotism of others, but we still have it juxtaposed with dishonest Soviets torturing people.

See, I think you took the torture scene worse than I did. I just saw it as an unpleasant inevitability of the Cold War rather than anything particularly damning about the Soviets. If the conditions were slightly worse it wouldn't exactly be surprising. A scene of Abel being interrogated would've helped, I agree, though the film didn't feel like it needed it.

[Toby]

See, I think you took the torture scene worse than I did. I just saw it as an unpleasant inevitability of the Cold War rather than anything particularly damning about the Soviets. If the conditions were slightly worse it wouldn't exactly be surprising. A scene of Abel being interrogated would've helped, I agree, though the film didn't feel like it needed it.


There's a difference between not showing Abel being interrogated because the film doesn't really need it, and showing a very deliberate juxtaposition as they did.

[Magic]

Just watched The Big Lebowski. What an excellent film, it's so 90s. The Dude is a cool guy, not a jobsworth, welfare claiming, waster cunt. Some good laughs and the harmony between Candy, Buscemi and Bridges was great. A great trio.

"Is this your homework Larry? Have you ever heard of Vietnam?"

:D

[Lewis]

The ending was a bit too Spielberg, Bridge of Spies was right up my street.

[phonics]

The 'The BFG' trailer, now that's a nostalgia trip I can enjoy.

[Yevrah]

I've bought my 6 year old nephew a box set of Dahl books for Christmas. I'm not sure he's read any of them before, the lucky bastard.

[Lewis]

The Equalizer. :cool:

[Spammer]

The Fighter

Aye it was good.

[Henry]

Black Mass is excellent. Best I've seen in months. Depp is a scary fucker.

[Baz]

In the first Hangover film, why does Bradley Cooper's character go to hospital?

[Shindig]

Because all his mates are there?

[Manc]

Couldn't stick with Apocalypse Now. Oh well.

[Giggles]

http://www.theverge.com/2015/12/13/10034926/independence-day-resurgence-trailer-jeff-goldblum

:drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool:

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

Please don't be a complete let-down.

[Yevrah]

Looks like your standard humans vs. aliens shooty fare, the first one had so much more about it.

And I must have mentioned this a million times already since it was announced, but if Will Smith is going to stick to risk free middle-of-the-road stuff for his entire career, then he's a monstrous twat for not doing it.

[Manc]

Sticking with the majority of the same cast is a nice touch. Will can get teh fuck.

[Baz]

And I must have mentioned this a million times already since it was announced, but if Will Smith is going to stick to risk free middle-of-the-road stuff for his entire career, then he's a monstrous twat for not doing it.He's working on his music instead. :drool:

[Magic]

Awesome, can't wait for a CGI wankfest sequel of a breathtakingly average film! Woohoo better book my tickets four months in advance!!

[Giggles]

Awesome, can't wait for a CGI wankfest sequel of a breathtakingly average film! Woohoo better book my tickets four months in advance!!

Or you could just watch it on the TV like most of the rest of us and stop being a drama queen.

[Yevrah]

The CGI did look a bit shit in parts.

[Ian]

That Pullman speech. :drool:

[John]

It's some speech but it makes no sense in the context of a second invasion. You already said the fourth of July won't just be an American holiday, mate. Get some new patter.

I'm fairly sure when that alien was telling him the plan via telepathy he said that they took their whole civilisation from planet to planet, so this film retroactively makes him a bluffing twat.

[Spammer]

Couldn't stick with Apocalypse Now. Oh well.

Yup. I finished it but it was mostly stubbornness and the feeling that it must end up alright if it's so highly regarded. Nope. Thought it was shite and boring.

[Giggles]

Isn't the speech just lifted straight from the first film for the purposes of the trailer?

[Spammer]

Yeah that's what I thought.

[Jeet]

That extra in the first film when the president did his speech :drool: Big time patriotic

[John]

Of course it will be. It would be poor writing and mark him as a shitty president if they just rehashed the original speech in the film itself. It still doesn't work.

[Mazuuurk]

The CGI did look a bit shit in parts.

Yeah that's what I thought as well. It seems to suffer the more and more common GCI fate in films of doing everything really Fuzzy, Dark, Smoky & a (only a little) Fiery [MASSIVE] scenes - presumably of the same reasons they stick a sepia filter on all videogames (it makes it easier to animate or something).

The first (new) Superman film is one of the best (worst) examples of this horrible trend. The Superman vs Batman one looks like it's much the same. Thor - The Dark world is another. Just having watched the X-Men Apocalypse trailer, I can see it happening there as well. There are surely more that I can't think of now though.

[Spammer]

Yeah that's what I thought as well. It seems to suffer the more and more common GCI fate in films of doing everything really Fuzzy, Dark, Smoky & a (only a little) Fiery [MASSIVE] scenes - presumably of the same reasons they stick a sepia filter on all videogames (it makes it easier to animate or something).

In fairness, it seems appropriate for a global disaster movie.

[Mazuuurk]

No it's not that, it's that they make everything basically really hard to make out.

Look at this pic:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CWMGRZRWsAAlCF7.jpg

then look at these:

Godzilla (2014):
http://assets1.ignimgs.com/vid/thumbnails/user/2014/05/03/GodzillaFaceOff.jpg

Man of Steel:
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/0WYgu6Xa-_U/maxresdefault.jpg


I can go on, but I can't be bothered to hunt down screenshots. You get the idea, right?

The point is the CGI in films all look the same these days, it's just a blurred, dark, smoky mess with some hints of fire here and there. It get's really boring visually. The latest film with some decent CGI that didn't quite do this that I can remember was Cloud Atlas. Avatar was also a little different in it's style.

[phonics]

I spent 6 months messing with AfterEffects. The people doing that CGI stuff are gods among men. That shit is ridiculously hard.

[Pepe]

It is but that does not make it look any better.

[Henry]

The new Star Wars seems to have done CGI right, judging from the trailers and so forth.

[Kikó]

Which ties nicely into I've booked tickets to watch that [Star Wars] in 3D (not that it will make it better) on the 28th of December at the DCA. £8.60 a ticket is pretty swish compared to London prices.

[Magic]

Acting/plot/script > CGI.

CGI should be used where it is simply impossible to replicate in real life, and serve only as a very slight compliment.

At the start of Spectre, there's a CGI crow. A fucking crow!

[Lewis]

I don't see a lot wrong with the first two pictures, and the Superman one is clearly designed to focus attention on Superman.

[Spoonsky]

The problem with the Superman picture is that it's mega desaturated, as the whole film was:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wP8sMb7ZA0

[Pepe]

Many more problems with those films that the shit 'CGI' though. Main one being that they are complete shite (not that I've watched any of them, mind.)

[Mazuuurk]

Spoonsky has it right. It just is a little boring to watch all these dark CGI-heavy films now. It feels like they all have the same art director or whoever is in charge of how shit is supposed to generally look in a film.

[Yevrah]

4 days of work left, 4 pints in, so it can only be (given the discussion last night) time for the original Independence Day. :drool:

[Mazuuurk]

Enjoy :nodd:

[Yevrah]

As for CGI, it's absolutely fine when it's done well and there's a reason to do it, but far more often than not (as Maz's post above and countless other examples aptly demonstrate) it's just done badly.

I think the second Matrix films and all those shit Neo's probably broke the floodgates for that one.

[Yevrah]

Over 20 twenty minutes in and Will Smith's still in bed. :drool:

[Spoonsky]

Many more problems with those films that the shit 'CGI' though. Main one being that they are complete shite (not that I've watched any of them, mind.)

Oh, without a doubt, but if these films accomplish one thing it should be to be entertaining and fun (like, you know, comic books). That's one thing that the Marvel folks got right, whereas Man of Steel completely didn't.

[Giggles]

Looks a bit meh.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRVD32rnzOw

[John Arne]

Looks like every other explosion-heavy, fighting crazy action film. Bilge.

[John]

Lol at the '2 Star 2 Trek' comment on that video. It's a shame the Fast and Furious films are so financially successful, because Justin Lin is not a good director but he'll keep getting work as long as there's money coming in. That will make a fucking fortune.

The look of Man of Steel was a bit irritating, and I imagine it was near unwatchable in 3D, but the eleventy thousand times they broke their own rules were a much bigger problem.

[Spammer]

I enjoyed Man of Steel. It's Superman ffs.

[Henry]

That new Star Trek trailer is fucking awful.

[Henry]

Also, some people have apparently seen The Force Awakens. This (https://twitter.com/devincf) dude says that it's good fun but that the plot is a bit shallow and very derivative of the old SW movies.

[Spammer]

I imagine it would be quite derivative of previous films in the same series.

[John]

I enjoyed Man of Steel. It's Superman ffs.

That's not a defense against violating your own internal logic and constantly breaking rules the moment they're established. It's a fucking mess, even by the standards of superhero films.

[Henry]

I can't remember it that well. What rules does it break?

[Spammer]

I remember there was something about Zod making him unable to breathe by fucking about with the air in the spaceship...and yet at one point he's flying through space without any issues. Generally though, it's about a dude from another planet who can save everything. I'm taking the whole thing with a pinch of salt to begin with. I just kinda turn my brain off when I'm watching that kinda thing so I don't even really notice it. That breathing thing I only considered once someone pointed it out to me.

[Dark Soldier]

The Lobster has leaked. Life is good.

[John]

Interesting that it's the same two people picking me up on it as it was when I first made the point about two years ago.


I can't remember it that well. What rules does it break?


I remember there was something about Zod making him unable to breathe by fucking about with the air in the spaceship...and yet at one point he's flying through space without any issues. Generally though, it's about a dude from another planet who can save everything. I'm taking the whole thing with a pinch of salt to begin with. I just kinda turn my brain off when I'm watching that kinda thing so I don't even really notice it. That breathing thing I only considered once someone pointed it out to me.

Yeah, me.


It's largely to do with the atmospheres and why Superman is strong.

In the preamble Russell Crowe says that Kal-El will be stronger because he'll have grown up with the extra nourishment of earth's atmosphere and our younger sun. This is promptly rubbished when the goon platoon turn up and are immediately as strong as him, despite having never been to earth before, and wearing suits at all times which shield them from both our atmosphere and our sun.

When Superman boards the spaceship he starts coughing up blood because of the different oxygen composition in their atmosphere, and when he gets close to that bastard machine he begins to lose his strength, yet he has no problem breathing in space.

[John]

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

Ben Wheatley's new thing, based on a JG Ballard book. :drool:

[Manc]

That looks a bit good. What a film Kill list is btw.

[Henry]

Locke, which might as well be called (Tom) Hardy is immersive and well done.

[Dark Soldier]

First DVDScreener of the Oscar season is out, Room by Lenny Abrahamson:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3170832/

[Dark Soldier]

Room is astonishing, first time in ages I've cried like a fanny at cinema. Devastating.

[Vim]

Got tickets for Star Wars, going on Saturday. In the meanwhile, I've downloaded a Chrome extension that warns me whenever there's a potential spoiler on a page I visit. :D

[Henry]

I've hear of those. How the hell do they work?

[SvN]

I've installed one and it's dogshit. Warns me on about 40% of pages I visit, including my email inbox.

[Vim]

I've hear of those. How the hell do they work?

I'm pretty sure it just scans the page for any instances of "Star, "Wars", "Fuck you George Lucas" and other relevant words.

[SvN]

Just got a warning for this page :D

[Vim]

Yep, the TTH front page also gets a warning because of the thread about the movie. I guess it's very cautious in that it warns you about every single page that has the title on it.

[simon]

I reckon I'd rather have the spoilers.

[SvN]

Just watched The Lobster based on DS' recommendation. I thought it was great, although the first half was definitely better, and it dragged a bit during the middle. Good ending, though.

[Dark Soldier]

Just watched The Lobster based on DS' recommendation. I thought it was great, although the first half was definitely better, and it dragged a bit during the middle. Good ending, though.

Watch Room if you can, deserves to win all the awards.

[Dark Soldier]

Straight Outta Compton and Brooklyn dvdscreeners leaked. John/How/SvN you know where.

[John]

Straight Outta Compton couldn't interest me any less, but I'll grab Brooklyn.

I'm all over Room. My internet is horrific so it'll take four hours to get here, but I'm all over it.

Hopefully these are the opening trickles before the dam breaks. I think we got eight on one day around this time last year. :drool:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Shame they are in DVD5/Iso format, hopefully they'll have mkv files or something similar soon.

[Sam]

Straight Outta Compton was actually surprisingly good to be fair, girlfriend loved Brooklyn though so will be on that.

[Baz]

Cheers for the heads up, DS. Room and Brooklyn have arrived.

[Dark Soldier]

Martian has leaked too, dvdscr, but iTunes should be up Tuesday so just wait.

[Dark Soldier]

And now Peanuts Movie dvdscr

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Swish.

I always love these few days.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Room is incredibly powerful.

I'll be watching it again at the cinema.

[Spammer]

Watched Die Hard. Its officially Christmas.

[Dark Soldier]

Room is incredibly powerful.

I'll be watching it again at the cinema.

My man, the young lad is insanely good. He was 7 when it was filmed.

[Bernanke]

About to watch Star Wars on my own, I'm psyched. :drool: Never gone solo before.

First time in an Imax as well. :drool:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Is Imax just a fancier 3D?

You still need the glasses right?

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

You know IMAX isn't 3D only, right?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I do now.

Hopefully they'll be showing 2D IMAX of Star Wars near the end of the run round here.

[John Arne]

My man, the young lad is insanely good. He was 7 when it was filmed.

A great performance by the kid, but I felt the film was missing something. The first chapter should have been a little shorter (though it dragging did help to set the scene), and the second half should have focused more on his mum. The final scene was quality, though.

[Dark Soldier]

Carol.2015.DVDSCR.x264.AAC-P2P

[John Arne]

Carol.2015.DVDSCR.x264.AAC-P2P

Have you seen Brooklyn yet?

[Dark Soldier]

Have you seen Brooklyn yet?

Its not my kinda film so its way down the list to watch.

[Dark Soldier]

Lol that Carol screener is sourced from Vimeo, some lunatic uploaded it there seven hours ago, its still on there.

[Dark Soldier]

The Revenant DVDscreener in surprisingly good quality.

[Yevrah]

Cheers DS.

I'm all over that.

[John]

All the Star Wars shit over the last few days put me in the mood to watch the original for the first time in years. I knew going in the effects were shoddy and there was some laughable model work involved, but what the fuck were they up to with this.

http://i68.tinypic.com/rvis07.png

At least with the effects and models they were trying to portray something they couldn't reasonably create, but just fucking bring in a few more guys in hats.

[Chrissy]

Yeah, never before have so many critics been so wrong.

It's absolute shite.

EDIT: Well I say never before, not since Mad Max is probably more true.

Absolutely bang on here. It is a turd of a film.

[Chrissy]

About to watch Star Wars on my own, I'm psyched. :drool: Never gone solo before.

First time in an Imax as well. :drool:



Don't think you will go solo again :) Great film.

[Yevrah]

Absolutely bang on here. It is a turd of a film.

What film was I talking about there Chrissy?

[John]

Spy.

[Yevrah]

Ah, yes. God that was shit.

[Magic]

It wasn't that bad.

[Yevrah]

The Revenant's 156 minutes long.

If it's good. :drool:

[Yevrah]

I wonder how long it will take for the wider world to realise that Tom Hardy can't act.

[Dark Soldier]

The Revenant's 156 minutes long.

If it's good. :drool:

I'm 2 hours in now, stopped to make a brew. It's fucking great.

[Dark Soldier]

I wonder how long it will take for the wider world to realise that Tom Hardy can't act.

Probably won't considering he clearly can.

[Yevrah]

I'm really not a fan, but appreciate I'm in a minority.

[Lewis]

I don't get it either. He was good in Bronson, and I haven't seen that Krays film, but everything else is pretty standard fare.

[Bernanke]

He was immense in Locke.

[SvN]

I thought he was good in Tinker Tailor and Warrior, too. He wasn't bad in Inception, but not really a standout.

[Sam]

Was sensational in Krays to be honest.

[Dark Soldier]

He's superb in The Revenant, which has just finished and is pretty much a masterpiece. Gonna have to go see it in the cinema.

[Manc]

The last hour of Django makes the film worthwhile. Di Caprio felt a little try hard.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

Sicario was right up my street. The scene at the border crossing. :drool:

[Magic]

Thought it was a bit long. Didn't take to any of the characters apart from Del Toro who was great as per.

[Dark Soldier]

Hateful Eight and Creed out now too.

[Bernanke]

Apparently people are reuploading the leaked screeners with Star Wars spoilers watermarked in. :D

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Hateful Eight screener missing some scenes apparently.

Gay.

[Dark Soldier]

It's due to having to remove watermarks, that and the fact it's not the three hour long 70mm release. It's missing seconds, really.

[Giggles]

Apparently people are reuploading the leaked screeners with Star Wars spoilers watermarked in. :D

What's the spoilers thing about? Is it watchable if I found it?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I had forgotten just how good Toy Story 3 is.

What a film.

[Pepe]

August: Osage County: Very good. I noticed it is based off a screenplay, I can see how that would be excellent as a play. Strong performances from the usual suspects. 7/10

Jurassic World: It is complete and utter nonsense. It, however, succeeds at not taking itself seriously and be entertaining enough to not be a waste of time. 5/10

[Yevrah]

The Revenant is good, with some amazing cinematography and a very good performance by Di Caprio. That scene must be one of the most visceral I've seen.

On the downside, the film suffers a bit from always building to a climax that you know is coming, Tom Hardy is rubbish and the story itself doesn't justify a 156 minute runtime.

[Dark Soldier]

Ach its a masterpiece and Hardy is superb.

[Sam]

Hardy was brilliant, can't understand how someone can knock his acting ability as he can seriously do it, and do it quite well.

[Giggles]

What's the spoilers thing about? Is it watchable if I found it?

Anyone?

[John]

What are you asking? You were responding to someone saying people had watermarked Star Wars spoilers into other films, so the question makes little sense.

[Giggles]

What are you asking? You were responding to someone saying people had watermarked Star Wars spoilers into other films, so the question makes little sense.

I thought they had watermarked Star Wars spoilers over the Star Wars screener upload, like basically to ruin it for anyone that downloaded and watched it, and was wondering was it not worth looking for then.

[Dark Soldier]

I thought they had watermarked Star Wars spoilers over the Star Wars screener upload, like basically to ruin it for anyone that downloaded and watched it, and was wondering was it not worth looking for then.

There's no Star Wars screener, anything labelled as such is fake. Its just sad twats putting Star Wars spoilers in other films.

[Giggles]

There's no Star Wars screener, anything labelled as such is fake. Its just sad twats putting Star Wars spoilers in other films.

Ah right. Is there not one floating about somewhere though or would they have kept it that well under wraps?

[Dark Soldier]

Ah right. Is there not one floating about somewhere though or would they have kept it that well under wraps?

Disney haven't sent screeners out yet due to potential early spoilers. They may do yet though.

[SvN]

Fucking hell Giggles

[Giggles]

Fucking hell Giggles

I don't know what happens with these watermarks or anything :sorry: There's very few films I'd download before the DVD release anyway so I'm not too up on the subject.

[Dark Soldier]

Steve Jobs was absolute fucking shite, despite the typically snappy Sorkin script. Although already disliking the guy would lead me to that conclusion so there we go.

[Yevrah]

Hardy was brilliant, can't understand how someone can knock his acting ability as he can seriously do it, and do it quite well.

For me, I watched the film and looked at every actor as their character and believed and bought into that character, until it came to Hardy, who just came across as Tom Hardy doing a silly voice.

As I said upthread, that may be my fault as opposed to his as I seem to be in a minority.

[Serj]

I thought overall it was a pretty good movie, but I also thought that Hardy and his voice felt a bit out of place. Almost like a parody of something.

[Yevrah]

I thought overall it was a pretty good movie, but I also thought that Hardy and his voice felt a bit out of place. Almost like a parody of something.

That's exactly it.

It's what happens when someone who can't act, tries to when the role demands it.

[Serj]

Granted, I also didn't really buy his croaking in Mad Max while most people I talked to didn't have any problem with it. :sorry:

EDIT: Just to clarify, otherwise I don't really have a problem with him as an actor, not even with the squealing in the third Batman.

[Spammer]

I thought his voice was a bit weird in Mad Max. I'm a massive Mad Max fanboy in general though so I didn't let it ruin my enjoyment :drool:

[ItalAussie]

Steve Jobs was absolute fucking shite, despite the typically snappy Sorkin script. Although already disliking the guy would lead me to that conclusion so there we go.
It looked like it would be. Was his story interesting enough to justify a movie (multiple movies!), if you take out his particular cult of personality?

[Pepe]

Absolutely not. Then again, some people liked The Social Network.

[Baz]

Is The Danish Girl "out" yet?

[Henry]

There's a Tom Hardy backlash now? Kewl.

But he's still great.

[Yevrah]

I wouldn't say it's a backlash, I've never been a massive fan.

He's very good at grunt style roles, but he doesn't appear (to me at least) to have handled the move into ACTING roles particularly well.

[Toby]

I've yet to see Locke but I've been told he's excellent in that.

[Henry]

He is.

[Dark Soldier]

It looked like it would be. Was his story interesting enough to justify a movie (multiple movies!), if you take out his particular cult of personality?

It literally just covers his 84, 88 and 98 unveils of technology. There's fuck all substance to it.

[phonics]

I got up to Chapter 3 of The Hateful Eight before giving up for the night. It's a rip-off of Canterbury Tales, isn't it? I preferred the Chaucer dialogue if I'm honest.

[Sam]

For me, I watched the film and looked at every actor as their character and believed and bought into that character, until it came to Hardy, who just came across as Tom Hardy doing a silly voice.

As I said upthread, that may be my fault as opposed to his as I seem to be in a minority.

Hmm, had no issue here. Stated the character was from Texas and had the accent that suited the area so found it believable. Played it quite well for me.

The movie itself was pretty stunning though, I'm with DS in this one, masterpiece.

[Sam]

For Hardy 'acting' roles, Locke and the Krays movie are arguably the best I've seen him in. The only reason to watch that Krays movie was simply how good Hardy was at portraying both of them.

[ItalAussie]

It literally just covers his 84, 88 and 98 unveils of technology. There's fuck all substance to it.

How do you even cobble together a story out of that?

[Dark Soldier]

How do you even cobble together a story out of that?

Just Jobs pissing and moaning while looking at his relationship with his daughter, ex-missus and Woz really, that's it.

[Henry]

Glad I didn't go see that, then.

[phonics]

How do you even cobble together a story out of that?

Basically it's all the people he had issues with and confronting them moments before he has to go on stage. It's dumb and a massive reach as Sorkin himself admits.

[Sam]

Just Jobs pissing and moaning while looking at his relationship with his daughter, ex-missus and Woz really, that's it.

Fassbender portrayed him as an absolute dick quite well though.

[Bernanke]

Just saw a review for 45 years. That looks amazing.

[John]

Why the fuck are we getting Anomalisa three months after the US? We're a month behind Sweden and two behind fucking Greece.

[Boydy]

Yeah, I saw that it's really late to come out here when I was checking release dates to see if there might be a watchable copy online yet. It sounds great.

[Dark Soldier]

Why the fuck are we getting Anomalisa three months after the US? We're a month behind Sweden and two behind fucking Greece.

There'll be a screener, don't panic.

[Giggles]

I see The Martian is on Google Play in the US to buy but not here yet. Is Europe still behind the US for the big blockbuster releases? I thought the cinema and DVD, etc releases were all in sync these days.

[Dark Soldier]

The Danish Girl has leaked, for all your Oscar bait transgender needs!

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35161380

Marky Mark :cool:

Oh and isn't Depp near the top almost every single year? He's a shambles.

[Foe]

kingsman - secret service is an extremely odd (but entertaining) film. It is not the sort of film I expected Colin firth to be starring in either.

[Bernanke]

Sicario is like what Zero Dark Thirty would've been if it was actually good. Minor quibbles with it, but overall, really great.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1MHXYx2820

So stupid and yet it always makes me feel in a better mood for Christmas.

[Foe]

So Akira was absolute trash, but that was to be expected.

On the other end of the scale I thoroughly enjoyed american sniper. Such a deep, emotional film. Disappointed I didn't see it at the cinema.

[SvN]

So I watched Wild Tales and loved it. A really refreshingly different film. I liked the last story the best, I think, but also loved the hit and run story.

Can't recommend it enough to anyone.

[Boom-Boom]

What's the best James Bond film out there?

I watched 'Casino Royale' last night and really enjoyed it, believe it or not it was the first Bond film I've ever seen. Think I'll watch another this evening.

[Boom-Boom]

Sicario is like what Zero Dark Thirty would've been if it was actually good. Minor quibbles with it, but overall, really great.

Sicario is a really good film in my eyes. Wish I saw it in a cinema.

[Shindig]

So Akira was absolute trash, but that was to be expected.

Why? Granted, I haven't revisited it as a card-carrying adult.

[Boydy]

I'd like to watch something nice and uplifting at the minute. Recommendations please.

[phonics]

High Fidelity.

Hateful eight is much better than the first 30 minutes makes you believe.

[Reg]

I'd like to watch something nice and uplifting at the minute. Recommendations please.
Begin Again
Chef
School of Rock

[Giggles]

So I watched Wild Tales and loved it. A really refreshingly different film. I liked the last story the best, I think, but also loved the hit and run story.

Can't recommend it enough to anyone.

Dr. No or Goldeneye.

[Yevrah]

I'd suspect that anyone starting with Casino Royale is going to have a hard time with all of the older Bond films.

[Boydy]

High Fidelity.

Hateful eight is much better than the first 30 minutes makes you believe.

We talked about that recently. I said it wasn't that good.

[Magic]

So I watched Wild Tales and loved it. A really refreshingly different film. I liked the last story the best, I think, but also loved the hit and run story.

Can't recommend it enough to anyone.

:nodd:

#inb4pepe

[Pepe]

So I watched Wild Tales and loved it. A really refreshingly different film. I liked the last story the best, I think, but also loved the hit and run story.

Can't recommend it enough to anyone.


:nodd:

#inb4pepe

:nod:


What's the best James Bond film out there?

Casino Royale.

[phonics]

We talked about that recently. I said it wasn't that good.

Watch it again and realize you're wrong.

[Foe]

Wild tales is brilliant.

Boydy - adventureland?

[Magic]

Guys at the risk of sounding pretentious here its Relatos Salvajes. Please can we refer to it properly.

[Giggles]

Guys at the risk of sounding pretentious here its Relatos Salvajes. Please can we refer to it properly.

How long did that copy and paste take you?

[Magic]

I've memorised it because I had to show off to the wife. No wonder she thinks I'm a cunt.

[John]

I like how often you flag up your own shittery these days, Magic. You're like a self cleaning oven.

[Magic]

Its probably worse that I'm aware now.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

New Deadpool trailer:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIM1HydF9UA

Merry fucking Christmas :drool:

[Foe]

I'm about an hour into Mad Max Fury Road and it is absolutely mental.

Absolute dross.

[Pleb]

What's the best James Bond film out there?

I watched 'Casino Royale' last night and really enjoyed it, believe it or not it was the first Bond film I've ever seen. Think I'll watch another this evening.
Skyfall.

[Reg]

Radiohead have released a Spectre theme song. It's as boring as the one that was used, but without annoying falsetto.

http://pitchfork.com/news/62666-radiohead-share-unreleased-bond-theme-spectre/

[Spammer]

Bad Boy Bubby

Strange one, this. Not particularly boring, but wouldn't exactly recommend it either. Meant to be an 'insightful take on the human condition', which it is, I guess.

[Spoonsky]

Youth is more than just disappointing, as I'd predicted, but actually bewilderingly terrible. I'm somewhat astonished. I've never seen anything as far up its own ass. Sorrentino has somehow gone from making the best film I've ever seen to one of the worst, in the space of two years. I just... I feel like I've been trolled.

[AE]

New Deadpool trailer:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIM1HydF9UA

Merry fucking Christmas :drool:

I just came :drool:

[Baz]

Spectre's out.

I've never bothered with James Bond. All the fuss over Skyfall makes me think I'll at least watch that one one day, but I'm still not overly enthused.

[Manc]

Christmas films under my belt this year:

Elf
Scrooged
Home Alone 1 & 2

[phonics]

Youth is more than just disappointing, as I'd predicted, but actually bewilderingly terrible. I'm somewhat astonished. I've never seen anything as far up its own ass. Sorrentino has somehow gone from making the best film I've ever seen to one of the worst, in the space of two years. I just... I feel like I've been trolled.

You should have been able to tell that from the absolutely disgusting poster.

[Boydy]

I started watching the original Rambo last night and I thought it just seemed shit. I turned it off.

[Raoul Duke]

Deadpool looks awesome.

I was extremely surprised they managed to get a 13-rated trailer ahead of Star Wars when I saw it yesterday.

[Lewis]

Big Hero 6 is so good. :cool:

[Magic]

I'm looking for The Weight of Chains 1+2, so far I can only find a shit hardly seeded version of 1. Anyone else find them and upload them to Dropbox or something and I'll give you rep aye?

[Boydy]

This? - http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/weight-chains/

[Magic]

Can you find the 2nd one? Apparently they're both just Serb propoganda films but it would be nice to see another angle.