What film did you watch last night?

Evangelion said:
Good Kill. Warren Micklethwaite is at his steamy best in this knuckle-cracking drama about what happens when it all goes wrong in Vegas.

8/10.
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You got the right film? The only good kill I know is the one staring Ethan Hawke as drone pilot struggling to cope.
 
Nightcrawler - Lost my attention a few times but overall a pretty good watch. Gyllenhaal is down right creepy in places, well played. 7.5/10
 
FoxEye said:
For a start, the whole premise that the film revolves around does not make any sense.

When time is reset, all the things he did are undone. This includes the contact with the Alpha that gives him the 'magic power' of time travel anyhow. Although in actual fact this cannot be a power he has, because being dead he'd be unable to use it. So it must still be the boss alien using this power when he dies.

And why the aliens don't choose to stop resetting time after they've won the overwhelming, crushing victory on the beach? And why they can't tell the difference between one of their own dying and Tom Cruise dying? And why Cruise knows exactly what moves the aliens will make, but they don't know exactly what moves he will make? At several points they say "we can't do the same thing twice or they'll know about it the 2nd time." But Tom still memorises their attack patterns and they still do the exact same thing, meaning they aren't learning what he's doing.

And... well, it goes on. What I'm saying is, the plot is so "out there" that it really isn't worth holding up a magnifying glass to it. It will never make a shred of sense. You may as well spend your time arguing whether the moon has an inner core made of cheese.
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Something from the book that wasn't covered in the film is the fact that the creatures aren't the aliens, they're actually starfish that were genetically modified by a probe sent by the aliens, with that in mind they probably don't have any great intelligence.
 
Soaked in Bleach.

I don't like to jump to conclusions, but there's definitely something dodgy about the whole thing. Regardless of what happened, the police handled it in an unprofessional way, and the case needs to be reopened because of their sloppiness at the very least.

Interesting, anyway...
 
Ex Machina (2015) A great look into the eternal debate of what constitutes an artificial intelligence, how we percieve them and vice versa.
Pros: The movie kept all of the technology at arms length, never venturing into the hollywood trap of describing how the AI's firewall just ordered a pizzas for 300 in guatamala using a 14.4kbaud non paritied connection via the protagonists left shoe.
They allowed the stunning architecture and design to provide all of the movement on screen, I fnd it most annoying when they set up somewhere really out there only to find them dollying left and right every few seconds.
No gunshots, explosions, car chases or pointless sex scenes.
Cons: The downfall is very much old hat now, regardless of it's symbolism and sheer importance within the scene.

Overall, a great attempt to pick Sci-Fi up off the cutting floor and put it back in the reel.

7/10
 
FoxEye said:
For a start, the whole premise that the film revolves around does not make any sense.

When time is reset, all the things he did are undone. This includes the contact with the Alpha that gives him the 'magic power' of time travel anyhow. Although in actual fact this cannot be a power he has, because being dead he'd be unable to use it. So it must still be the boss alien using this power when he dies.

And why the aliens don't choose to stop resetting time after they've won the overwhelming, crushing victory on the beach? And why they can't tell the difference between one of their own dying and Tom Cruise dying? And why Cruise knows exactly what moves the aliens will make, but they don't know exactly what moves he will make? At several points they say "we can't do the same thing twice or they'll know about it the 2nd time." But Tom still memorises their attack patterns and they still do the exact same thing, meaning they aren't learning what he's doing.

And... well, it goes on. What I'm saying is, the plot is so "out there" that it really isn't worth holding up a magnifying glass to it. It will never make a shred of sense. You may as well spend your time arguing whether the moon has an inner core made of cheese.
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Hmmm I think I could absolve every single one of those points with this.. :D

First of all let me preface this as a fun debate since so many seem to have lost the notion and get heated rather easily. I just think it's fun ponder on making science fiction plots holes a possibility in that world.

The Alpha harnesses the power to reset time and if I remember correctly the death of an Alpha triggers the roll back to a predefined point of time.

If the notion of a time reset upon the event of an Alpha's death is acceptable then it's also acceptable that the death of a human, who has harnessed the Alpha's ability to reset time, can also reset time upon his death.

The ability doesn't necessarily need to activate through a conscious decision. Take hunting deer as an example; if you miss your shot and injure the animal then the adrenaline levels released by the animal actually spoil the meat, so the same levels of adrenaline in a human body could be the catalyst to trigger the ability.
 
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[ATC]BloodyL;28244330 said:
<ex-machina> never venturing into the hollywood trap of describing how the AI's firewall just ordered a pizzas for 300 in guatamala using a 14.4kbaud non paritied connection via the protagonists left shoe
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That was hilarious. Thank you!

I absolutely loved the film (9/10 for me) and it made me digress into how amazing it is that within the first twenty seconds of a movie if I get a gut feeling that I'll really enjoy the film then it's 99% accurate. The notion made me think of book called Blink by Malcolm Gladwell discussing the subconscious calculations a brain makes based on experience.

It could be the way a scene is shot, some impressive dialogue, a perfectly fitting score... but I can't spot a bad movie that fast unfortunately. This movie triggered my pleasure receptor immediately.
 
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Inside Out (8/10)

Generally like Pixar movies, although I didn't enjoy Cars 2 or The Incredibles. The kids loved it, and it is a good film.

Felt my eyes watering up near the end, but highly recommended.
 
The Railway Man. I tired very hard to get into this film but was just too tired to really engage which was a shame, even in while half paying attention I could tell it was a good film, so I will rewatch it some day when I feel fresher.
 
i've watched all six star wars films now over the past month or so in preparation for episode 7 this Christmas
watched 'return of the jedi' last night

I sort of struggled with the original 3, as amazing as they are, story , characters etc they are showing their age
the prequels are a rollercoaster, some great moments and some truly awful moments
 
Cruiser said:
i've watched all six star wars films now over the past month or so in preparation for episode 7 this Christmas
watched 'return of the jedi' last night

I sort of struggled with the original 3, as amazing as they are, story , characters etc they are showing their age
the prequels are a rollercoaster, some great moments and some truly awful moments
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There's a version of the prequels on Youtube that edits the first three films down to two hours of the pertinent story that concerns Anakin's rise to becoming Vader. From a quick glance, the first film is almost completely gone.
 
The Other Guys

Pretty funny, but then I do accept Will Ferrell movies for what they are.

6/10

The Duff

Whilst I was totally expecting the cliched USA high school type film, what I wasn't expecting was the jarring and forced nature of pop-culture referencing. Twitter, Tumblr, hashtags, etc.

Should have been called 'A duff film'.

3/10 purely for some of the sexy ladies and the odd joke.

Predestination

Really enjoyed this! Gf and I sat there trying to predict stuff, and were only right half of the time :D

7/10
 
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