Back To The Future last night. Hadn't seen it since I was a kid - still original today.
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Back To The Future last night. Hadn't seen it since I was a kid - still original today.
The trailer looks good, but these days it's hard to judge the quality of the movie from them. I do like that it isn't full of spoilers.
I watched Sicario last night, which was good in some ways, but it all felt a bit shallow.
The Walk is a pretty good Hollywood version of Petit and his walk between the twin towers, but obviously the actual documentary is so much better.
The Patriot for us tonight.
Unless I go "Oh fuck this shit" and go to sleep it appears I might be about to watch Resident Evil: Afterlife. As much as the first one was a woeful adaptation of the games I actually thought it was an okay film so it's a shame it just became a way for Paul WS Anderson and Milla Jovovich (I'm not sure which was most responsible) to stay in work.
This is already shitter than I expected. And yet I'm not switching off. I hope that's because I have more cheapo beer stocked in the minibar. Not sure what to think otherwise.
It's getting worse as well. For fuck's sake.
EDIT': Have any of you lot seen this before? Is it actually "worse film ever" material? Christ almighty.
Are these even zombie films any more? Or even in any way related to the games?
I dunno how many I've missed between the second film and this one but I've watched this whole film and genuinely don't have a fucking clue what's meant to be going on. And I don't think that's all beer-related/
I just can''t do with films which don't grab me any more. I used to just whatch them through no matter what but I'm increasingly finding myself giving up after 45 minutes in many cases.
If I wasn't drinking this awful beer and hoping to indulge myself with an actual lie-in (I'm not sure it counts if you've forced yourself to stay up until 3 to achieve it) I'd have sacked this shit off.
I hope.
Drinking minibar Beer while watching Resident Evil: Afterlife is why these these travelling sales execs charge so much. Last time I was in a hotel for an extended period of time I got hammered off the miniatures while watching an NBA game where the Milkwaukee Bucks were the best team and having an argument with a minor celebrity on Twitter. The places drive you mad.
Having just checked the trailer, I think I might have seen that in 3D when it came out. It's the only film I've seen in 3D. It wasn't good but I don't think it was the worst film ever or anything.
I railed against 3D for years before finally getting dragged to Prometheus which was absolute shite and I couldn't see the 3d properly (when I watch 3D I see both plains seperately on top of each other). I felt so vindicated. And yet so ripped off.
Yeah, the 3D was a shitty gimmick and I'm quite glad I didn't waste a good film on confirming that.
Just watched local hero for the first time.
What a film.
So, Spectre...
It's better than Quantum (it would be hard not to) and it's pretty close between Skyfall but I found myself thinking 'What's the point' quite a bit, I just felt like it was lacking in soul. About halfway through I started not to care but I was brought back in by the end. It's a good film but I just wasn't gripped as much as I feel I should have been, I do understand the reviews it's been getting however. A few Hollywood action scenes decided that instead of bordering on the ridiculous they would border on the absolutely mental line.
I think part of the problem is the running length, 148 minutes? Ugh.
7.1 on IMDB? Proper film this. The unnecessary 'comedy' in it knocks it down to an 8 for me and possibly some of the extremely unlikely scenes (sharpshooting with a fucking pellet gun on a horse, for example, and taking out entire batallions of fully trained soldiers).Quote:
Originally Posted by Magic
I really enjoyed it though, would recommend.
Anyone seen 'Unforgiven'?
It sounds incredible.
The Eastwood (sort of) western?
It's good, yeah.
If I can stay awake (I'm knackered) it'll be Inside Out for me tonight.
I just tried Hot Tub Time Machine 2 as the first was watchable shit, this was unbearable shit though.
After 2 minutes I was wondering why I had subjected myself to this, I'm surprised I lasted 43 minutes.
I saw Jurassic World the other night and I thought it wasn't bad. The kids were annoying, but probably less so than the original ones.
I wasn't a fan. It could have been a lot better.
Given that you can't really make a film where hundreds of punters get killed, and that we're probably over dinosaurs as a point of interest, it was about as good as 'something goes wrong somewhere' can get. The action was alright, the military subplot was believable, it had some nice nods to the original... How would you have improved it?
It could have been improved by not being much better than it was. It was shit. Jeff Goldblum made the first 2 and the supporting cast had some redeemable qualities, basically saying what the audience were thinking regarding the moral dilemma - there is no likable characters in this film. None. No suspense at all, either. Just a litany of people getting eaten, many of whom you knew nothing about. Character development was non-existent, and the only ones you knew something about were so unlikable (but not in an interesting way, like the fat cunt in the first one or the hunter) that you didn't care if they got chomped in half.
Jeff Goldblum annoys me, so I consider Pete Postlethwaite to have been the least crap thing about the second film, with its tedious parenting (to a suspiciously black daughter) sub-plot and crappy San Diego finale. Yeah, lads. Just stick them where you like.
I didn't like the second one nearly as much as the first, but it still at least has a moral element to it regarding playing God, making it better than this paper-thin, plotless car crash. The one thing I didn't like about the first first was the overly intelligent raptors, and we see them even more intelligent in this one.
Started to watch 50 Shades Of Grey but turned it off after less than 20 minutes. Didn't even see any sex but the characters and dialogue was too lame to bear.
I watched Spring last night. It's a kinda weird sci-fi/horror/romance mash-up but it works and it's really quite good.
The Frighteners is SHIT.
That is all.
I'm only going off the poster but Youth looks disgusting.
I've got a can of some shitty Egyptian beer and Arnie's The Last Stand on telly. I'm winning at life and I don't care who knows it.
Unforgiven was awesome, by the way. Clint Eastwood going from feared, meanest in the land murderer to loving family man and back again despite being much older really was a joy to behold. He is the fucking man.
I love two things about Unforgiven (I mean, it's a great film but two things in particular.) Firstly that it's all, "There are no legendary gunslingers. Just men with guns. Sometimes dudes get killed. Oh well other than Clint, obvs, that guy is an epic badass."
Also:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31Da168KXzU
"Yeah."
Not enough :drool:s.
Indeed. Also English Bob is just about my favourite shit baddy of all time. Some of the scenes were hardcore tense, and I thought every single actor was absolutely superb in their role. It was so fucking good, actually.
It's an actual classic. And once I saw it I thought I should be watching more Westerns.
And then totally didn't. I remember reading the remake of True Grit was ace. As well as all the famous Clint ones, obviously.
I liked True Grit. My favorite is still Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid I think.
EDIT: Wait no, my favorite is Maverick.
1. High Noon
2. The Searchers
3. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
4. Shane
5. Red River
Start there.
The classic spaghetti trio is where to start.
Until I watched Butch Cassidy I had no idea that there was such a light-hearted, comedic element through much of the film. It was ace.
I should definitely watch True Grit but I should also watch the Dollars trilogy.
I haven't seen that many but High Noon is by some distance the best of what I have.
Arnie barges through a door and headshots a man while tackling him off a roof. What a man.
From the little I've seen, it's Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
The Snapper is on TV tonight, haven't seen it in years. The acting is terrible but it's still pretty funny.
Georgie Burgess is slightly ruined now though as I can't see anything other than Pat Mustard.
Westerns :drool:
The best western is a Leone shootout between Once Upon a Time in the West and The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. You should also get on some Sam Peckinpah.
Generally speaking, most of the earlier John Wayne/John Ford style westerns are dated and a bit poo with some notable exceptions (I'll allow The Searchers, The Magnificent Seven and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance with a few others). A rule that generally holds is that if it's about cowboys v Indians, it'll probably be shit.
Revisionist westerns from the sixties onwards are where it's at.
So The Last Stand was balls but who cares because Arnie :cool:
Now I'm watching Gamer, and it's proper wank. I won't bother finishing it, I don't think.
Saw Spectre today. Bit disappointing to be honest. Definitely nowhere near as good as Skyfall.
Suffragette
Was alright. A bit heavy handed but I didn't feel like a mug for having gone. Watched it in a little independent cinema in the student area of Leeds and people started clapping at the end.
I'd agree with that, Boydy; good, but not as good as I wanted it to be and not as good as all the reviews had made it out to be.
In terms of the Daniel Craig Bonds:
Skyfall - 8/10
Casino Royale - 7.5/10
Spectre - 7/10
Quantum of Solace - who cares
Yeah, I'd put them in that order too although I've not seen Quantum of Solace. Although if those are general film ranking scores rather than Bond-specific ones, I'd knock them all down a bit.
It was entertaining enough, just painfully up it's own arse. Even when they did crack the odd joke it felt a bit, "yeah we're all moody and dark but hey look at our funny side!"
Even if we take as deadly serious stuff from the days before they were, that cold open is among the stupidest things they've ever done as well.
Thought you might have more to say watching it the second time in a week.