Film Thread

[Boydy]

Nah. Can't find it.

[Spammer]

Boogie Nights

Yeah, enjoyed that.

[Magic]

Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie 1/10.

Atrocious piece of shit. I never watched it as a kid so didn't get half of the bullshit references and complete lack of character building (presumably this would have come had you watched the shoes) OH LOL HE CAN'T FLY A KITE OR SUMART LOL.

Fuck off you American piece of cunt. I'd rather watch Mahow take a 40 minute shit than sit through that insufferable pile of wank again.

[Mellberg]

The Gift's pretty decent. Never really taken to Jason Bateman before, but he's good when srs.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie 1/10.

Atrocious piece of shit. I never watched it as a kid so didn't get half of the bullshit references and complete lack of character building (presumably this would have come had you watched the shoes) OH LOL HE CAN'T FLY A KITE OR SUMART LOL.

Fuck off you American piece of cunt. I'd rather watch Mahow take a 40 minute shit than sit through that insufferable pile of wank again.

I watched it last night too, although I fared a bit better with it because I did watch some Peanuts as a child.

The bad thing about the film is that they don't really include anything for adults apart from 'nostalgia m8, it's brill' which you don't normally see in films these days. It's really forgettable and it's purely aimed at children or those who absolutely loved it as a kid.

[John]

I stuck Kingsman on as background noise while I was doing my WDYTOE, and it's not bad, isn't it? Similar to Kick-Ass in that it's mixing two genres that don't usually get near eachother, which gives it a sort of originality that was quite nice.

[Toby]

People keep telling me it's good (or at least alright) and yet everything about it looks utterly hateful.

[SvN]

It was excellent. It's well worth a watch for its originality alone, I'd say. The church scene is one of my favourite things of the last few years.

[John]

It's Kick-Ass as a spy film, with all that entails.

[Boydy]

People keep telling me it's good (or at least alright) and yet everything about it looks utterly hateful.

I keep seeing it when I'm looking for something to watch but I keep thinking this too.

[Yevrah]

Kingsman is really good.

It's basically comic book wank, but with actual violence and Colin Firth donning the shit out of proceedings in quite unexpected fashion.

[Dark Soldier]

The Big Short and Anomalisa are out as dvdscreeners. So fucking hyped for Anomalisa.

[John]

:drool:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

All over Anomalisa.

[John Arne]

The Big Short is great. Very informative, with enough lighter segments to prevent it being too much hard work. Carrell is great and Bale does a weird thing with his lips.

8.5/10

[Lewis]

I saw Exodus: Gods and Kings last night and thought it was alright. It's obviously not Gladiator good, but it's a true story apparently, and the lad who plays Ramesses/Multi does a great old-fashioned villain turn.

[Foe]

The man who shot Liberty Valance was surprisingly entertaining.

That being said, James Stewart seems to have an epic catalogue of films. I really enjoyed him in Rear Window and Harvey. Such a good actor.

[Dark Soldier]

The Big Short is great. Very informative, with enough lighter segments to prevent it being too much hard work. Carrell is great and Bale does a weird thing with his lips.

8.5/10

Just watched it. Agree with what you say, its quality and way more entertaining than it has any right to be.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

The Gift is brilliant but at times it just toes the line and it would have been nice had it stepped boldly across.

Cracking directorial debut though.

[Yevrah]

In depth breakdown on the Oscars, which are apparently more open than they've been for a long time, well bar Di Caprio who's apparently a shoe in.

http://www.indiewire.com/article/2016-oscar-predictions-20150312

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Creed in Oscar discussions? Fucking hell.

I'm probably going to be so disappointed when I watch it, it's getting hyped to fuck.

[Yevrah]

Is it basically just Rocky redone with Stallone as the trainer?

If so, there's surely only so good that can be.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Is it basically just Rocky redone with Stallone as the trainer?

If so, there's surely only so good that can be.

That's what I thought but the reviews are really fucking good, it's even getting mentions in a lot of 'Top 10 of 2015' lists.

Oh and the best documentary according to that link is Amy? Fucking hell. If a documentary on Amy fucking Winehouse is the best this year it's been a shocker.

[Yevrah]

Haven't seen Amy, but apparently it's a very good and moving film.

[Dark Soldier]

Yeah Amy is genuinely good. The Big Short or Spotlight will win the major awards I think, although The Revenant is the best of the contenders I've seen. Desperate for Son of Saul.

[Spoonsky]

I too am desperate for Son of Saul. The rest of the vaunted movies barely interest me at all for whatever reason (with a few exceptions like the Revenant).

[Toby]

Oh and the best documentary according to that link is Amy? Fucking hell. If a documentary on Amy fucking Winehouse is the best this year it's been a shocker.

This is a remarkably stupid outlook on documentaries.

[John Arne]

So, Anomalisa... I must be missing something. I mean, it was ok - but nowhere near as good as the critical reception it has received. I found the story quite ponderous, and completely predictable, and whilst the stop-motion was interesting, it didn't serve to add anything to the film (not that it would). Very underwhelmed. 4/10

[Magic]

That's what I thought but the reviews are really fucking good, it's even getting mentions in a lot of 'Top 10 of 2015' lists.

Oh and the best documentary according to that link is Amy? Fucking hell. If a documentary on Amy fucking Winehouse is the best this year it's been a shocker.

Could you be any more wrong?

[Foe]

The Theory of Everything was bloody brilliant too.

[Adamski]

Just fired Bridge of Spies on.

[Bernanke]

I don't normally get worked up over... anything, but that scene with the S&P-lady in Big Short. :panda:

[Pepe]

I still can't convince myself to go watch The Big Short after that dogshit trailer. That's why I usually avoid trailers at all costs.

[Bartholomert]

Just watched Once Upon A Time In America; pretty dece, but clumsy forced Hollywood ending (that I shamelessly enjoyed).

[Yevrah]

http://www.digitalspy.com/tech/news/a778477/the-hateful-eight-pirates-apologise-for-leaking-film-but-insist-theyve-done-the-studio-a-favour/

That's quite interesting to me, in that why would they get drawn into a discussion over it, let alone apologise? Assuming the comments are legit.

[Reg]

I watched She's Funny That Way to pass some time and chill after the football. It has some funny bits and a kind of charm to it which let's you mostly forget it doesn't have much of a plot. I have a feeling the writers were aiming for something great to match classics similar to it, but in the end it's just a bit of fun.

[Spoonsky]

I've hardly done anything but watch movies the past week and a half, so here we go.

Le Bonheur is another film by Agnes Varda and like her other films it's quite strange and delightful, and somewhat unsettling. She should be better-known as a director. That said I started watching another film of hers, La Pointe-Courte, and got bored after half an hour.

Tokyo Olympiad is the three-hour long documentary of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, in the spirit of Olympia. It's quite impossible to get your hands on (goes for like $200 on eBay) but for some reason the local dvd rental store had a copy. I watched it over two days and while it can wear on at times, on the whole it's well worth watching and there were a few scenes that were just brilliant (like the 50km walking race, who knew that existed?). Definitely worthwhile for any fans of the Olympics, or fans of filmmaking in general.

Brooklyn is a good story told very well, and anchored by a couple of brilliant performances. It doesn't try to be ground-breaking or anything more than it is, which is both a good and a bad thing. Saoirse Ronan definitely deserves the hype but the film as a whole probably doesn't quite deserve a nomination, though it was still very enjoyable.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is fucking good. Just really lovely. It also has the strangest amount of famous-ish actors playing very small or un-glamorous roles, Elijah Wood being the highlight.

Jafar Panahi's Taxi is very interesting. He's banned from making movies in Iran and so made this one from a camera in a fake taxi he was driving. It walks the line nicely between fiction and documentary which in a provocative way given the circumstances the film was made in. Definitely worth watching, if only to stick it to them Muslims.

The 400 Blows was good. It seemed more like a novel than a film, but it definitely grew on me as it went on and it will probably stick with me more than the other films will. The soundtrack is fantastic as well.

[John]

You've just brought Taz back with the mention of 'fake taxi'.

Grand Budapest Hotel has probably the most recognisable actors in small roles, but Eternal Sunshine definitely has plenty.

[Spoonsky]

Yeah, that came to mind when I wrote the sentence, but those seemed more like gimmicky cameos fitting with the general overabundance of the film. It's odd in Eternal Sunshine because of how sparse the whole film is.

[mugbull]

I don't like many movies so this might just be me, but I watched The Physician and by God that was the most pathetic attempt at a historical epic I've ever seen. Such an awful movie in every sense. Ben Kingsley is a good man but i bet he looks on that movie like one looks on fucking a 2 the morning after. A 2 with a dick. And HIV.

[John]

A cough that would sound concerning coming out of someone on a hundred a day and the resultant sore head and chest meant I abandoned my plan to watch some quality films yesterday and ended up doing the three Star Wars prequels instead, each of them for the first time since they were released.

The first one is just a laughable mess. The kid simply cannot act, and it should be considered an act of gross incompetence on the part of the entire crew that he was allowed to do so. His mother isn't much better, but at least she's obviously foreign so the stilted delivery can be looked upon as someone speaking a second language in the film aswell as the actress herself doing so. The plot is nonsense, there's nowhere near enough Darth Maul, and Jar-Jar Binks is a war crime.

The second one is a bit better. The big climactic battle was good fun but other than that it's basically just spinning its wheels.

The third is comfortably the best of the bunch, and actually not far away from the original trilogy in places. The 'Order 66' sequence is excellent for what it is, Anakin's 'fall' was well plotted, even as it was undermined by more incompetent acting, and the two big fights were reasonably well realised.

Obviously they're all guff, but the third at least was solidly entertaining guff. I'm about ready for that fucking screener of the new one to appear now.

[Yevrah]

I had 1 as better than 2, but that's probably because I saw the latter in the cinema and therefore couldn't escape.

[Yevrah]

Oh and think of this as a late Christmas present.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_04IQI2uY8

[John]

We talked about that on the old board I'm sure. The impression is fucking uncanny.

[Yevrah]

You and I did yes, others might not have seen it.

As you said at the time, Mayo's interjection makes it.

[Adamski]

I had 1 as better than 2, but that's probably because I saw the latter in the cinema and therefore couldn't escape.

Definitely one better than two for me but I agree with John that 3 is decent.

[Yevrah]

I forgot just how rubbish Iron Man 3 was.

[Foe]

amour really isn't a great Saturday evening film.

It's a really good, if a little troubling, film. But Jesus.

:moop:

[Magic]

Munich for me tonight.

[Adamski]

Batman begins over here. Wanted to watch The Dark Knight but hate not watching things in sequence. Probably won't fancy TDK tomorrow now.

C'est la vie

[Sam]

So, The Lobster, perhaps being rather dense but I didn't get it. Intriguing, it was, but I generally come out of that not knowing what just occurred or why.

[John Arne]

So, Anomalisa... I must be missing something. I mean, it was ok - but nowhere near as good as the critical reception it has received. I found the story quite ponderous, and completely predictable, and whilst the stop-motion was interesting, it didn't serve to add anything to the film (not that it would). Very underwhelmed. 4/10

Has anybody else watched this yet? I'm intrigued to hear other people's thoughts...

[Toby]

So, The Lobster, perhaps being rather dense but I didn't get it. Intriguing, it was, but I generally come out of that not knowing what just occurred or why.

What didn't you get?

[Dark Soldier]

Subsequent watches of The Lobster makes me realise just how much it trails off once:

David leaves the hotel

Not quite the brilliance I felt on first watch, but its worth it for a while.

[Spoonsky]

The Lobster will be released here in March, if it makes those of you complaining about Anomalisa coming to the UK so late feel any better.

[Foe]

Philomena was a better watch than I was expecting. It's a bit odd seeing Steve coogan in a relatively serious role but there you go.

[Sam]

What didn't you get?

I get that it's just meant to be rather weird and a comedy, just wandering if there was anything else actually behind it, the whole need to have two things in common in order to match was it just like some point at society being shit or something?

Generally probably reading into it too much, spent a good hour after with girlfriend discussing the merits of what animal to be. I chose Crocodile for what it's worth.

[Toby]

I get that it's just meant to be rather weird and a comedy, just wandering if there was anything else actually behind it, the whole need to have two things in common in order to match was it just like some point at society being shit or something?

Generally probably reading into it too much, spent a good hour after with girlfriend discussing the merits of what animal to be. I chose Crocodile for what it's worth.

Yeah I just took it as satire of society, in that they clearly loved each other but apparently needed something superficial "in common" before they were allowed to be together. I'm sure you could read lots into what they were trying to say with all of it but for the main part I thought it was a film better enjoyed as a simple comedy.

[Sam]

Yeah I just took it as satire of society, in that they clearly loved each other but apparently needed something superficial "in common" before they were allowed to be together. I'm sure you could read lots into what they were trying to say with all of it but for the main part I thought it was a film better enjoyed as a simple comedy.

Hmm true, overthought probably then, interesting and enjoyable film nevertheless.

[Vim]

Just saw The Big Short, and it was quite mindblowing. I knew next to nothing about the background of the crisis or any of the terms for that matter, but I thought they explained it in a very clever way using

those celebrity cameos. Never seen anything like that, it was great.

Also Steve Carell. :drool:

[Henry]

Slow West is quite good.

[Adamski]

The Revenant was decent but wouldn't say it was Oscar worthy, even for Di Caprio's performance.

A solid 7/10 for me.

[John]

The Martian is great.

[Toby]

Glad to hear you enjoyed it.

[Spoonsky]

I really liked the Martian but I seem to like it less and less in retrospect. It was very good but it definitely didn't have a lasting impact on me like some films do.

[Pepe]

Ultimately it is just entertaining and nothing more.

[Yevrah]

I watched it again over Christmas when the 1080 copy was leaked and it definitely wasn't good second time.

Still 8/10 stuff, but the second half of the film definitely isn't as good as the first and that was far more apparent on a second viewing.

Also watched Spectre again (as my brother hadn't seen it). Oh dear. It's Quantum of Solace bad/average.

[Magic]

Re-watching films. :sick:

[Yevrah]

What's wrong with doing that?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I watched it again over Christmas when the 1080 copy was leaked and it definitely wasn't good second time.

Still 8/10 stuff, but the second half of the film definitely isn't as good as the first and that was far more apparent on a second viewing.

Also watched Spectre again (as my brother hadn't seen it). Oh dear. It's Quantum of Solace bad/average.

I did that too and felt it held up really well.

[Magic]

What's wrong with doing that?

What's the point in it? You've seen it once, move on. Like those weirdos that go back to the same holiday destination for like, 20 years in a row. There's more out there. Come on.

[Pepe]

:nod:

[DickButkis]

I liked the Martian but hated how upbeat he was throughout.

By the time the Iron Man joke came I was hoping he didn't make it.

[Sam]

What's the point in it? You've seen it once, move on. Like those weirdos that go back to the same holiday destination for like, 20 years in a row. There's more out there. Come on.

Some films take more then one viewing to get them as well as getting a different perspective that you are able to pick up on things you missed first time around (e.g. Inception, Shutter Island etc).

That and are you stating you don't re-watch ANY film?

[Magic]

No.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I re-watched Back to the Future.

It was shit.

A liar who is completely wrong.

[John]

Anomalisa is a strange beast.

It looks great, but there are stylistic touches that don't make a lot of sense and only one of which is explained in the narrative. The narrative itself is fairly straight with the exception of one utterly bizarre detour that contains the only moment of overt comedy in the piece, but it feels like every scene is dripping with symbolism and concealed double and triple meanings.

I absolutely loved it.

[Spoonsky]

What's the point in it? You've seen it once, move on. Like those weirdos that go back to the same holiday destination for like, 20 years in a row. There's more out there. Come on.

People forget things really quickly. If I watch a good movie a year after I've seen it it will often be just as valuable to me, because what I've lost in novelty I've gained in a deeper understanding of the film's nuances.

That said, I'm not a great fan of re-watching something within weeks or months of seeing it as Yevrah has done. I did it recently for Bridge of Spies because I wanted my friends to see it, and that was just about tolerable, but I normally wouldn't. I rewatched the Great Beauty I think two days after seeing it, but that's because it was the most pleasurable experience I'd ever had in a theater.

[Vim]

I remember I watched the first Avengers movie twice in theaters. Here in DK it's too expensive to see movies once let alone twice.

I've rewatched a lot of the movies I've seen at home though, I enjoy rewatching things. I must have seen Mamma Mia about five times because my mum always watches it. :moop:

[Mazuuurk]

Watched The Intern yesterday, now that I'm finished with MaM. Really, really lovely film. It's nice with these feelgood films that don't necessarily follow the classic romcom format. Anne Hathaway :wub:

[Spoonsky]

The Hateful Eight is magnificent. :D I enjoyed it much more than Django Unchained, because it doesn't take itself half as seriously. It's seriously entertaining, and I think it takes the violence in Tarantino's other films to its logical conclusion, to the point where you wonder what he does from here. Great film. All the performances are good but Samuel L Jackson is fantastic.

[Mazuuurk]

Is the violence in it more realistic and crude (that's the impression I have), or is it the more common comic-book style of the Kill Bills?

[Spammer]

Is there a good version of it online?

[Chrissy]

The Hateful Eight is magnificent. :D I enjoyed it much more than Django Unchained, because it doesn't take itself half as seriously. It's seriously entertaining, and I think it takes the violence in Tarantino's other films to its logical conclusion, to the point where you wonder what he does from here. Great film. All the performances are good but Samuel L Jackson is fantastic.

Looking forward to seeing this now. Thanks for the review.

[Mazuuurk]

Anomalisa is a strange beast.

It looks great, but there are stylistic touches that don't make a lot of sense and only one of which is explained in the narrative. The narrative itself is fairly straight with the exception of one utterly bizarre detour that contains the only moment of overt comedy in the piece, but it feels like every scene is dripping with symbolism and concealed double and triple meanings.

I absolutely loved it.

Watched the trailer of this and it just looked.... bizzarre. Like a mixture between Wallace & Gromit, that trippy half animated film Keanu Reeves is in, and Bladerunner. Or something.

[Lewis]

Not re-watching films is seriously strange. It would suggest you don't really like them in the first place.

[Giggles]

Any leaks of Star Wars yet? PM if anyone has spotted anything, even a cam one.

[Mazuuurk]

You can always find cams, I saw a torrent for one on kat, but are you prepared to sink that low?

[Giggles]

You can always find cams, I saw a torrent for one on kat, but are you prepared to sink that low?

I most certainly am. I pirate very little now but I've waited to see this for years.
All I could find on kat was one marked Hindi and one that stopped at 77% though.

[Mazuuurk]

Ah right, hmm. Can't help you then sorry :sorry:

[Giggles]

Not to worry. Can't be that much longer anyway.

[Vim]

Isn't it still out in cinemas?

[Mazuuurk]

It is. It's only been out for about 3 weeks, hasn't it? Considering it's breaking a new record every day it seems, I'm guessing it'll stay in the cinema for quite a while.

[Josh]

Best copy is called: Star Wars The Force Awakens 2015 HDTS XviD-INFERNO

Look for that Giggles. I'm at work so don't want to link.

Although if you really want to see it, I would go to the cinema or wait for a decent copy. I couldn't watch anything at that quality.

[Giggles]

Best copy is called: Star Wars The Force Awakens 2015 HDTS XviD-INFERNO

Look for that Giggles. I'm at work so don't want to link.

Although if you really want to see it, I would go to the cinema or wait for a decent copy. I couldn't watch anything at that quality.

Cheers, I'll have a look and weigh it up based on what the quality is like. It won't be enough to make me go to a cinema but it might force me to hold off for official releases (or a leak of a DVD release for download).

[Josh]

Unlikely to be a dvd screener out as I dont think they sent them out so you'll be waiting quite a while I would imagine.

[Manc]

Contributing to the film industry tonight watching The Hateful Eight. The trailer didn't bowl me over, but it's Tarantino.

[Reg]

Think it was the Telegraph, Independent and the Guardian that all called it "a masterpiece".

[Giggles]

I'd heard it was worth watching but now that I know it's Tarantino there's no chance. It'll be gruesome as fuck for no reason other than his obsession with trying to shock.

[Lewis]

Think it was the Telegraph, Independent and the Guardian that all called it "a masterpiece".

There was another Guardian piece calling it a shithouse tribute to his own work (http://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2016/jan/04/quentin-tarantino-inner-movie-nerd-the-hateful-eight).

[Reg]

Oof. Hmm, I guess that's always a danger when you're as deliberate (for lack of a better word) a writer as he is.

Oh well, I thought Django was fun so I'll still be giving this a go.

[Lewis]

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

I reckon that will cover it.

[Manc]

The Hateful Eight. 6/10

It's essentially a Tarantino wankfest and one you'll either embrace or tolerate. All the usual players feature, some pointless (Madden, Roth) some brilliant (Jackson, Goggins). The one liners land without consistentcy and the score doesnt quite fit. Disappointed.

[Spoonsky]

I'm not sure I'd call it a tribute to his own work, but it was the most indulgently Tarantino-esque film ever, just like Grand Budapest Hotel was the most indulgently Wes Anderson-esque film ever. Just imagine it as a graphic novel and it's great.

[Alex]

The Hateful Eight is pretty good I suppose. Too long really, but the payoff in the last hour or so makes it just about worthwhile. I liked it more than Django, which I thought was hugely overrated.

I can't claim to have seen absolutely everything he's done in his career but it's the best performance I've seen Samuel L. give in I don't even know how long. He's fantastic in it.

Also, and I know this is nothing new, but Tarantino's fascination with the n-word really is beyond tiresome at this point. He needs to reign it in.

[Yevrah]

I wonder where that stems from.

[Dquincy]

Just watched Titanic. :( Jack didn't make it. :(

[John Arne]

"I'll never let go of you, Jack..."

[Lets go of Jack]

ZING.

[Dquincy]

"I'll never let go of you, Jack"

[Let's go of Jack]

ZING.

:D What a bitch.

Fun facts:

The film Titanic was going to be called 'Planet Ice' before a name change.

Also, the stuntmen in the engine room scenes were only about 5 feet tall to make the engine room look bigger.

[Magic]

Billy Zane typecast himself as evil in that film.

[Manc]

Waking up on a Saturday and watching Titanic. Unconventional.

[Dquincy]

Waking up on a Saturday and watching Titanic. Unconventional.

I'm unwell :( so there's nothing like watching a film that has the greatest love story of all time merged with one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters.

[Dquincy]

Billy Zane typecast himself as evil in that film.

He was great in Three.

http://91.207.61.14/m/uploads/v_p_images/2005/11/12482_9_screenshot.png

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Just watched Titanic. :( Jack didn't make it. :(

He didn't even need to die:

http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--l8YnDhXr--/181qc6945m6anjpg.jpg

[Yevrah]

So much wrong in so few posts. Sigh.

Planet Ice was the working title to avoid news of the film leaking in its early stages, it was never going to be called that.
Billy Zane isn't even in that picture.
That Mythbusters thing only worked if you tied a life vest to the bottom of the bit of ship, and who, in conditions like that is going to take their life jacket off?

I love Titanic.

[Magic]

Billy Zane was in Titanic.

[Baz]

Billy Zane isn't even in that picture.
:D

[Yevrah]

He was, but Dquincy's picture is of Kelly Brook and some randomer, not Billy Zane, as the words above it imply.

[Magic]

Ah I thought you meant picture as in Titanic.

I tend to avoid dquicy's posts as I'd rather my brain didn't haemorrhage trying to comprehend them.

[Dquincy]

:D Love these posts, especially Yev's polite frustration.

But Zane was in Three.

http://s27.postimg.org/fw8rv75kz/1e8595cc3a66609980c689c0a7780154.jpg

[Yevrah]

I know Zane was in Three - why do you insist on posting pictures of him not being in it though? :mad:

[Magic]

Fucking hell what a shambles.

[Boydy]

Yev smash!

[Yevrah]

Fucking hell what a shambles.

Quite. Billy Zane was in both Three and Kelly Brook, there are literally hundreds of pictures of the two together available.

[Yevrah]

Billy Zane in Three:

http://www.hotflick.net/flicks/2005_Three/005TRE_Billy_Zane_024.jpg

Not Billy Zane in Three:

http://www.hotflick.net/flicks/2005_Three/005TRE_Juan_Pablo_Di_Pace_010.jpg

Does that clear things up?

[Magic]

Billy Zane in Three:

http://www.hotflick.net/flicks/2005_Three/005TRE_Billy_Zane_024.jpg


Does that clear things up?

That's Jason Lee you clown.

[Yevrah]

Magic, behave. :moop:

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

I don't know what's worse, the fact that the argument is happening or the fact so much is even known about a likely shit film.

[Dquincy]

Thanks Yevrah.

I'm now watching Alpha Papa. Will let you know how it goes...

http://s29.postimg.org/3uvpwmqav/kelly_brook_topless_three_2.jpg

[Dquincy]

Alpha Papa isn't very good is it. Not a touch on his TV series.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

Still worth a watch. I liked the first half a lot more though, felt like it had more of the humour the series had.

[John Arne]

Yeah, I enjoyed Alpha Papa.

[Lewis]

Billy Zane is the best thing in Titanic (other than the engine room) by miles. Why has his career been shit since?

[Giggles]

I can't imagine Alpha Papa being up to much. Some things just work at half an hour.

I also can't remember any engine room in Titanic.

[Dquincy]

I can't imagine Alpha Papa being up to much. Some things just work at half an hour.

I also can't remember any engine room in Titanic.

Gigs, are you maaad?

http://www.paullee.com/titanic/jc1997goof_pics/stoke_furnaces.jpg

[Giggles]

I've only seen it once in fairness, maybe I've never actually seen it all. That photo doesn't ring a bell anyway.

[Dquincy]

Just watched Girl House. A thought provoking horror which assesses the affect internet chat rooms has on the modern man. :sherlock:

[Yevrah]

Lucas really should let it go...

http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/star-wars/news/a779461/star-wars-fan-misses-george-lucas-so-much-hes-started-a-petition-to-bring-him-back-for-episode-8/

[Yevrah]

Spotlight is exactly the sort of thing the Academy and people who don't watch many films will absolutely love, but for the rest of us it's pretty average and has a distinctly televisual feel to it.

There's also nothing in it that should come as a surprise to anyone who's lived the last 15-20 years with their eyes open, which doesn't help with the dramatic impact of the piece.

[Magic]

Star Wars 7 was good, but it wasn't 3 months ticket bookings in advance good. It really was no different from any of the other reasonably good films JJA has done.

[Manc]

I'm looking forward to watching Spotlight. Ruffalo. :drool:

[Yevrah]

He just mumbles a bit, as per.

[Yevrah]

The Big Short is ultimately crap, which is a real shame.

It starts well and I was very much with it for the first 30-45 minutes, but it quite quickly becomes boring and then starts to actively annoy. From the (albeit initially novel, but ultimately patronising) way the film explains the concepts at hand, to a number of key characters having fucking annoying mannerisms, to the pervading WORTHY whiff the film has, it just really started to piss me off. It's also half an hour too long and I've really had enough of that in films now - the number that suffer from it is getting ridiculous.

Inside Job is much much better.

[Dark Soldier]

Its a fucking superb film lad, give that head a wobble. As for the mannerisms, its based on real people, if it wasn't authentic you'd be complaining that way. Jaysus.

EDIT: Misread part of your comment.

[Dark Soldier]

Bale, Gosling (yes you hate him we know) and Carell are all superb, I felt it went pretty quick. And aye, I've watched it twice.

[Magic]

Saddo.

:youpi:

[Yevrah]

Gosling was alright as it happens. Carrell's good too, but Bale was a bit weak I thought.

[Pepe]

It's also half an hour too long and I've really had enough of that in films now - the number that suffer from it is getting ridiculous.

I have been actively avoiding films over 2 hours long lately, unless I know they're top quality. It really is an annoying trend and I still don' quite get what is causing it.

[phonics]

Watched Bridge of Spies and enjoyed it. Mostly because of how boss James Donovan is though.

[Lewis]

In the Heart of the Sea is boring, and Chris Hemsworth just plays Thor again. He's in the crap actor bin if he does it in another serious film.

[Raoul Duke]

He's got no range. Fine for playing meatheads, but not much else happening.

I watched Men In Black 3 yesterday. It was bobbins, although it tied things together quite nicely in terms of how the two characters meet. Watchable, but nothing amazing. The bird at the start had a great rack as well :thbup:

[Henry]

Exodus: Gods & Kings is the worst film I've seen in a long time.

It's not only boring (I've seen plenty of those) but it also pissed me off in several different ways. What's the point of making a movie about an event that's as ahistorical as the Exodus if you're going to strip it of all associated fantastical elements and present it as ambiguous but realist history rather than mythology? Who is it for? It is left open to the viewer to decide that all of the plagues, visions and apparent miracles are "coincidences", but if one decides otherwise, it's not clear that "Jehovah" is supposed to be a jealous (or even malicious) tribal deity of limited means or actually the omnipotent creator that we all know. A fucking mess - and don't get me started on the CGI.

Aronofsky had a better approach to this kind of material with Noah.

[Yevrah]

The thing that surprised me the most about it (and I haven't seen it) is the unbelievably low profile release it got, given the cast, crew and cost involved.

[Toby]

Joy lays it on pretty thick with the ALL HAIL THE AMERICAN DREAM message, but it's an interesting enough story to be carried by another good performance from Jennifer Lawrence.

[Henry]

The thing that surprised me the most about it (and I haven't seen it) is the unbelievably low profile release it got, given the cast, crew and cost involved.

The cast is another issue, one that was controversial. Apparently ancient Egypt was populated exclusively by white people.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I've been re-watching the Star Wars series in the machete order (I still have episode 6 to watch) in preparation for the Force Awakens, and not only is Jar Jar the worst character ever but he is one of the main reasons everything went to shit.

Palpatine and his goons needed a patsy and Jar Jar obliged in only a way he could, dellow felegates indeed.

[Toby]

With nothing better to do tonight I've watched films. Zombieland was as solidly entertaining as I'd been told, but the pleasant surprise of the two was Obvious Child, which is excellent. It reminded me a lot of Master of None. I guess that both follow around New York "millennial" types is a big factor there but they also feel like they're shot in a similar style. Jenny Slate, who I normally can't stand, is really good in a more toned down role.

[John]

James Richardson, he of Football Weekly and Football Italia, has started doing film reviews on YouTube. I have no idea why, but he appears to have been doing them for a while for no reward. He reckons The Martian was crap because Matt Damon didn't have much of a cry when he found out he'd been left behind, which is a bit Henry, and it appears he'll forego an actual review if there's a pun to be had, describing San Andreas as 'ironically hard to find a fault in.'

He's shite at them, but pure bemusement that he's actually bothering has got me through four so far.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo1Uqueql7hxXklZZTj1Ycw

[Boydy]

Is he struggling for work these days?

[John]

He's doing Football Weekly, from which he seems to be off about twice a month to host something else, and hosting European football coverage for BT Sport, so no.

It's bizarre.

He's commented on the 'Sisters' video to tell someone where he bought the shoes he's wearing. This has to be some Joaquin Phoenix style performance art.

[Mazuuurk]

I've been re-watching the Star Wars series in the machete order (I still have episode 6 to watch) in preparation for the Force Awakens, and not only is Jar Jar the worst character ever but he is one of the main reasons everything went to shit.

Palpatine and his goons needed a patsy and Jar Jar obliged in only a way he could, dellow felegates indeed.

You know there were some serious theories for a while that Jar Jar was the actual Sith Lord behind Palpatine, right (Darth Plagueis or whatever he's supposed to be called)? Which I think is a little ridiculous.

Anyway, have you managed to avoid spoilers? I started out fine, but we seem to be way past that invisible gentlemans agreement line now, and I've basically had the whole film spoiled for me already :moop:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

You know there were some serious theories for a while that Jar Jar was the actual Sith Lord behind Palpatine, right (Darth Plagueis or whatever he's supposed to be called)? Which I think is a little ridiculous.

Anyway, have you managed to avoid spoilers? I started out fine, but we seem to be way past that invisible gentlemans agreement line now, and I've basically had the whole film spoiled for me already :moop:
Seriously? :D

I'm not sure how it could be anything other than tongue in cheek though, especially with the Sith rule of two.

I had one thing spoiled to me (some dickhead on Rocket League had his name as a spoiler and Ian confirmed it without realising I still hadn't watched it) but other than that I've managed it. Which is some feat considering my oldest brother is incredible at spoiling a film as well as a nephew.

[John]

What does he do to the nephew?

[Mazuuurk]

He puts the lotion on his skin.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

:D

[Reg]

I think Jimbo is mainly doing it as a fun hobby, and quietly fancies himself as a serious film critic but doesn't want to put too much effort in. That way he can get away with people laughing it off if they think it's a bit crap.

[SvN]

I went to see Star Wars on Tuesday and went into it spoiler free, somehow. It was alright, a 7/10 I'd say.

[Foe]

I went to see Star Wars on Tuesday and went into it spoiler free, somehow. It was alright, a 7/10 I'd say.

I'd like to echo this point in its entirety. Except it was today.

There was a feeling if deja vu in bits mind.

[Baz]

The Reid, the biggest Star Wars nerd in St. Helens, moaned that it was just the same plot as Episode IVand that the villain could stop some beams shot at him but couldn't pick up a lightsaber before some woman which didn't make sense.

Or summat. I've not seen it. How valid are his criticisms?

[Lewis]

Creed is really good.

[Yevrah]

Surprisingly so?

[Alex]

Creed is really good.

It is good. Do you not think people are going a bit over the top with the high praise/Oscar buzz for Stallone though?

I mean he's good in it and everything, but it's just him playing the character again in essentially the same way that he always has. There's nothing wrong with that (I'm all for the continued existence of Rocky as a character) but that's really all it is. Do you think he's any better in this one than he has been in any previous outing as Rocky Balboa?

[Lewis]

Surprisingly so?

I suppose so, given that it could easily have been lame, but I had heard it was getting good reviews.


It is good. Do you not think people are going a bit over the top with the high praise/Oscar buzz for Stallone though?

I mean he's good in it and everything, but it's just him playing the character again in essentially the same way that he always has. There's nothing wrong with that (I'm all for the continued existence of Rocky as a character) but that's really all it is. Do you think he's any better in this one than he has been in any previous outing as Rocky Balboa?

It's a classic character and he plays it really well, so maybe him being in the background and not having the fights and doing the cliched bits (albeit cliches thanks to the franchise) himself makes people more aware of that fact. You aren't going to win an award for playing a sixty year old boxer; but you might for playing a seventy year old trainer. It's more 'real' isn't it?

Or it could just be NARRATIVE and a bit of a lean year. The only other nominated performance I've seen is Mark Rylance in Bridge of Spies, and that is nothing special.

[John Arne]

Well, Creed was disappointing. I had heard some good reviews, so was expecting a lot more.

Michael B. Jackson puts in a decent performance, as does Stallone, however, as you would expect the two professional boxers (Bellew and Ward) were completely wooden. The scenes that you would expect to pump you up, such as the famous steps scene, were just missing - there was no "C'mon Rocky!!" moment.
The story is completely thin, and you feel no connection with Jackson, so in the end you don't care if he wins or not.

Finally, the fights scenes were awful. First of all the choreography was crap - I don't know why they don't just get the two guys to almost have proper fight (film it last or whatever), you could see that punches weren't landing, and when they were supposed to have landed, the guy just stood their and took it on the chin. The CGI was absolutely terrible, it looks like a computer game - the final fight has everyone is a tiny ring (why so, so tiny) glowing in the foreground, with the crowd CGI'd in at a later date.

I have no idea how this is rating so highly on IMDB at the moment.

[simon]

Michael B. Jackson. :D

[John Arne]

Michael B. Jackson. :D

Fuck :D

I'll leave it.

[John Arne]

Creed is really good.

What did the think of the fight scenes?

[Lewis]

They were good, because boxing scenes in films aren't meant to be realistic.

[John Arne]

Hmmm, ok.

[CJay]

I haven't seen The Revenant yet. Hoping to next Friday, but...

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jan/17/revenant-leonardo-dicaprio-violent-meaningless-glorification-pain

That seems like a rather large jump. :cab:

[Yevrah]

Oh for fuck's sake.

I've only read the first line of that and :mad:

[Yevrah]

Has she even seen the film?



The film is based on a true story of the American frontier from 1823 and I’ll summarise the plot for you: man seeks revenge, man gets revenge. That’s it


I'm not its biggest fan (I wish I'd seen it in the cinema), but even I can see that there's far more to it than that.

I'm out.

[SvN]

I saw it a few days ago and thought it was pretty good. The cinematography was probably some of the best I've ever seen. Every shot was like a photograph, if that makes any sense at all. I had no idea what it was about beforehand, so I was shocked to discover it was a (mostly) true story.

[Toby]

Vicious savagery justified by medieval notions of retribution.

It's a 'based on real life' story set in the 'Wild West' of 1823, what does she expect?

[Yevrah]

It's a 'based on real life' story set in the 'Wild West' of 1823, what does she expect?

It's also not really like that. Which if she'd actually bothered watching it, she'd know.

[CJay]

Figured that would get torn into. :D

Really looking forward to seeing it.

[Toby]

It's also not really like that. Which if she'd actually bothered watching it, she'd know.

I haven't really bothered to read beyond that. Partly because I don't want to see any potential spoilers, having yet to see it, but mostly because the opening paragraph suggests she just wants some soft entertainment, rosy world fluff and believes that films shouldn't be in any way challenging to watch.

[Yevrah]

Having read it, she's just being a boring troll and it takes quite a lot for me to accuse someone of that.

[Henry]

I haven't seen it yet either, but it seems like a valid point of view, no matter how good The Revenant is.

[Yevrah]

I haven't seen it yet either, but it seems like a valid point of view, no matter how good The Revenant is.

How good it is is surely completely irrelevant to her point.

As I said above, I didn't think it was that great, but I sure as shit didn't see the film she describes.

[Boydy]

It's a bullshit thinkpiece. They're all the same.

[Lewis]

The Hateful Eight is so bad. It's not that it's full of 'Trademark Tarantino' pish or anything; it's just unbelievably boring and wooden.

When he popped up as the narrator... Fuck off.

[Spammer]

Annie Hall

There were a few lines that made me laugh out loud but I found Woody Allen's character neurotic and annoying. I know him being neurotic is the point and to be honest it might have been alright if it wasn't just him talking for the whole time.

[Yevrah]

Woody Allen's always struck me as the sort of comedian that you really needed to be about at the time to properly appreciate.

[Toby]

This Headhunters thing on BBC 1 has just had a scene that makes the Shawshank Redemption's tunnel bit look relatively appealing.

[Yevrah]

Saw a couple of films today.

Room is about as good as it could be. The acting is phenomenal and it had me welling up on occasion, but after a certain point there's only so far it can go.

If I had kids it would probably have ruined me.

The Voices is an odd Ryan Reynolds vehicle that veers between seemingly trying to be a black comedy and making a serious point about mental illness. Ultimately it fails at both and is a bit crap.

[Waffdon]

The Hateful Eight is so bad. It's not that it's full of 'Trademark Tarantino' pish or anything; it's just unbelievably boring and wooden.

When he popped up as the narrator... Fuck off.

English folk use that word? :o

[Lewis]

I use it to honour The Pongo.

[Waffdon]

He sounds like a Unionist.

[John]

Spotlight is exactly the sort of thing the Academy and people who don't watch many films will absolutely love, but for the rest of us it's pretty average and has a distinctly televisual feel to it.

There's also nothing in it that should come as a surprise to anyone who's lived the last 15-20 years with their eyes open, which doesn't help with the dramatic impact of the piece.

I thought it was really good. You're right that there's no real dramatic impact coming from the abuse stuff, but there's some good stuff in the 'survivor' interviews and it's a film about investigative journalism so that's to be expected. It's like criticising All The President's Men for having nothing new to say about Watergate.

That said, I'm a bit of a sucker for films about investigative journalism, and it's a good one of those, so I'm sort of predisposed to like it. The 9/11 stuff felt a bit bolted on, as though it would be sacrilege to make a film based around that time without acknowledging it, but I suppose it did impact the timeline of the film in a minor way so there's some justification for it being there. In terms of acting it's probably the easiest money any of those people will ever make, with only Mark Ruffalo expected to do anything more taxing than look stern and breathily mumble 'Jesus Christ' now and then.

It does have a bit of a televisual feel to it, but I reckon that's the case with anything largely set in office buildings and the like. Looking cinematic is all about being unique, I reckon, and it's probably very difficult to make a newsroom look completely unique without being disingenuous.

[Bob Sacamano]

Just watched Mr Nobody, excellent, its rare I can sit through a movie on my own in one sitting but this kept me glued, although it could have been condensed a little.

About to watch The Prestige for the first time.

[Henry]

The Prestige is great.

[Pepe]

About to watch The Prestige for the first time.

:drool:

[John]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQy-ANhnUpE

Well, that's intriguing.

[CJay]

Yeah I saw the trailer for that last week. Is that a UK release date or US?

[Magic]

Anyone else think the #OscarsSoWhite thing is a bit #RooneyRule?

[Lewis]

It's like when the FA put that racist panel together. Which black people should have been nominated, and which nominees should have missed out? Name names you whinging cunts.

[Magic]

Its like that news that came out today about Mi6 being the best employer of tick boxes. All fine and well until we have to send a non-binary queer mong to assassinate a head of state.

[Magic]

The best black films I've seem this year were on Liveleak. :harold:

[John]

Jada Pinkett is obviously pissed off because she reckons Will Smith should have got in for that film about brain injuries. Hopefully she takes this Oscar boycott a bit further and boycotts the industry as a whole. That would be lovely.

[Ian]

I've seen a couple of different trailers for Dirty Grandpa now and I haven't had some much as a near-smirk. Looks dreadful.

[Toby]

Its like that news that came out today about Mi6 being the best employer of tick boxes. All fine and well until we have to send a non-binary queer mong to assassinate a head of state.

That's not at all surprising given a second nationality is almost an entry requirement.

[Bernanke]

Got an hour left of Spectre and I'm really considering not watching the rest.

[phonics]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjEusWO6VPg

[Lewis]

I've only seen their stuff on YouTube (which must be their best stuff), but Key & Peele. :cool:

[Spoonsky]

Carol is the best movie of the year, probably.

[Dark Soldier]

The remake of Martyrs is, as expected, absolute fucking shite. Everyone involved, including Laugier, should be shot.

[Yevrah]

It's 'out' is it DS?

[CJay]

The Revenant is great, but oh my the scenery and the soundtrack is absolutely breathtaking. The main motif (is that the right word) throughout is so good. :drool:

And Tom Hardy's accent wasn't as strange as I was expecting from what people were saying.

[Dark Soldier]

It's 'out' is it DS?

Yeah :)

[Yevrah]

I absolutely loved the original, so I think I'll give it a miss.

Sometimes one has to take a stand.

[Dark Soldier]

Its worth watching just to see how butchered it is. Everything that makes it great is stripped back.

Its still about an abused girl getting revenge and becoming a Martyr, but the whole subtlety, introduction of plot, creepiness and horror is essentially gone. Hell, at the end it turns into a fucking action sequence for 15 minutes. The woman discovered in the basement is a 14yo girl with barely a mark on her to the point where there was zero need for that character, she adds absolutely nothing to the plot. Mademoiselle is a dull washed out presence with zero menace, and the opening shot of her escaping from her torture at about age 10 feels like something out of a 12A horror or some shit. It doesn't feel horrific.

Its an empty husk of a film.

[Baz]

This is boss:

http://i.imgur.com/m6GZTaz.jpg

[Magic]

Lol @ the obvious Rooney Rule casting.

[Toby]

Chef starts out well - and it's good overall if you don't take it too seriously - but Jesus it's filled with some cheesy and/or unoriginal shit at times.

[TG09]

Watched The Last Witch Hunter last night, I didn't really like it too much. 2/5 stars.

Vin Diesel is...well Vin Diesel. Lots of CGI, story was ok..films like this I like to call time wasters if you have nothing else to watch.

[TG09]

This is boss:

http://i.imgur.com/m6GZTaz.jpg

That is cool

[Spoonsky]

Chef starts out well - and it's good overall if you don't take it too seriously - but Jesus it's filled with some cheesy and/or unoriginal shit at times.

Agreed, but...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duLNX-AaHUU

:drool:

[Toby]

I guess having heard that long before seeing the film removed it as a highlight.

But you made me discover their Wiki page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_8_Brass_Band) has a subtitle of "Violent deaths of group members", so thanks I guess.

[Reg]

:cool: The soundtrack to that film is pretty damn good. It's just a really effective feel-good film.

[Magic]

If you could sum up Chef with a smiley it would be:

:)

[Toby]

It's no Little Miss Sunshine.

[Henry]

The Thirteenth Floor was quite good.

What was it about 1999 and making movies about the world not being real? The Matrix. Dark City. The Truman Show. This...

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

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

Oh my :drool:

[John]

Bilge.

Margot Robbie looked good in that role because up until now it's just been her oversized grin, the costume, and the occasional giggle. Based on that trailer though she isn't convincingly mental, and that's a problem.

[Magic]

That looks like complete bollocks, another bag of shit to add the ever growing nerdy shite comic pile. Fuck off, really. Make some fucking decent, thought provoking films instead of squandering money on this.

[Toby]

Good films still get made. Probably more than ever before.

[John]

The bigger studios are more likely to take a risk on something they mightn't otherwise if they've got a reliable moneymaker around too, so the fact that Avengers and anyrhing connected to it is making billions will actually help the 'thought provoking' films get made.

[Magic]

Rank
Title
Studio
Worldwide gross


1
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens)
Lucasfilm (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucasfilm)
$1,946,770,736


2
Jurassic World (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurassic_World)
Universal Pictures (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Studios)
$1,668,984,926


3
Furious 7 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furious_7)
$1,515,047,671


4
Avengers: Age of Ultron (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avengers:_Age_of_Ultron)
Marvel Studios (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Studios)
$1,405,035,767


5
Minions (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minions_(film))
Universal Pictures / Illumination Entertainment (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illumination_Entertainment)
$1,157,275,017


6
Spectre (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectre_(2015_film))
MGM (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) / Columbia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_Pictures)
$877,485,272


7
Inside Out (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inside_Out_(2015_film))
Walt Disney Pictures (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Disney_Pictures) / Pixar (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixar)
$856,130,132


8
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission:_Impossible_%E2%80%93_Rogue_Nation)
Paramount Pictures (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures)
$682,330,139


9
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hunger_Games:_Mockingjay_%E2%80%93_Part_2)
Lionsgate Films (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionsgate_Films)
$651,201,332


10
The Martian (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Martian_(film))
20th Century Fox (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_Century_Fox)
$598,193,524

[Magic]

The best one is at the bottom, second best at number 7. My word we don't half like to consume some utter shite. Minions at 5? Fuck me.

[John]

What point are you trying to make with that chart? That big, loud films tend to make more money? Well fuck me. What a revelation.

[Magic]

Why don't you just shut up and let me come out with ill thought out statements?

[ItalAussie]

Rank
Title
Studio
Worldwide gross


1
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens)
Lucasfilm (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucasfilm)
$1,946,770,736


2
Jurassic World (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurassic_World)
Universal Pictures (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Studios)
$1,668,984,926


3
Furious 7 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furious_7)
$1,515,047,671


4
Avengers: Age of Ultron (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avengers:_Age_of_Ultron)
Marvel Studios (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Studios)
$1,405,035,767


5
Minions (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minions_(film))
Universal Pictures / Illumination Entertainment (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illumination_Entertainment)
$1,157,275,017


6
Spectre (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectre_(2015_film))
MGM (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) / Columbia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_Pictures)
$877,485,272


7
Inside Out (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inside_Out_(2015_film))
Walt Disney Pictures (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Disney_Pictures) / Pixar (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixar)
$856,130,132


8
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission:_Impossible_%E2%80%93_Rogue_Nation)
Paramount Pictures (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures)
$682,330,139


9
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hunger_Games:_Mockingjay_%E2%80%93_Part_2)
Lionsgate Films (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionsgate_Films)
$651,201,332


10
The Martian (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Martian_(film))
20th Century Fox (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_Century_Fox)
$598,193,524


The real worry isn't the big loud explodiness noted by John, it's this:

Sequel
Sequel
Sequel
Sequel
Sequel
Sequel
Original Property
Sequel
Sequel
Adapted Property

If you want a vision of the future, imagine a slightly-updated boot sequel stamping on a human face - forever.

[Magic]

The real worry isn't the explodiness noted by Yev, it's this:

Sequel
Sequel
Sequel
Sequel
Sequel
Sequel
Original Property
Sequel
Sequel
Adapted Property

https://thechive.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/shit-happens1.gif?w=320&h=291

[Magic]

Also can you really class a Bond film as a sequel?

The fact that the 7th, and worst of the lot, F&F was the third highest ranking film in 2015 says it all for me.

[ItalAussie]

The Thirteenth Floor was quite good.

What was it about 1999 and making movies about the world not being real? The Matrix. Dark City. The Truman Show. This...

I liked every film you mention, including the Thirteenth Floor. Perhaps it was the whole turn of the millenium thing?

[ItalAussie]

https://thechive.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/shit-happens1.gif?w=320&h=291

Fixed that, but you're too quick. :D

Although it's quite possible that there has never in history been a more appropriate illustration gif, so it was worth it.

[Magic]

It's saved me from looking like an idiot again, I really do have to be quick given the frequency of these occurrences.

[ItalAussie]

Also can you really class a Bond film as a sequel?

I'd class it as a sequel because it directly ties into the plot of the previous Daniel Craig ones.

[Toby]

Also can you really class a Bond film as a sequel?

Of course you can, especially Spectre given there's a clear follow on from the previous Daniel Craig films.