What film did you watch last night?
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A few remakes fro me recently:-
Godzilla - with Brian Cranston, was better than the older film but still not a very good film. 3/5
Robocop - good cast but again not a good film. 2/5 (would probably get more if the original wasn't so good)
Edge of Tomorrow - action packed remake of Groundhog Day starring Tom Cruise was pretty good. 4/5
Self/Less - sort of a remake of the old body swap films from the 80's but trying to be a bit cleverer and not really being clever. 3/5
Godzilla - with Brian Cranston, was better than the older film but still not a very good film. 3/5
Robocop - good cast but again not a good film. 2/5 (would probably get more if the original wasn't so good)
Edge of Tomorrow - action packed remake of Groundhog Day starring Tom Cruise was pretty good. 4/5
Self/Less - sort of a remake of the old body swap films from the 80's but trying to be a bit cleverer and not really being clever. 3/5
Took them four attempts to get it right.
She's not in the colony?
Isn't it called the nice guys ?
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Yeah 2 different films..
Confusing...my mate said seen the colony with Emma Watson?
I said no isn't laurance fishburne in it ?
Training Day (2001) - 8/10
Classic film with superb acting from Denzel. Oscar well deserved. I'm also starting to quite like Ethan Hawke; I never really thought much of him for some reason but he's actually been decent in quite a few big films.
Classic film with superb acting from Denzel. Oscar well deserved. I'm also starting to quite like Ethan Hawke; I never really thought much of him for some reason but he's actually been decent in quite a few big films.
The Martian.
It was ok.
I read the first 1/3 of the book earlier this year and really didn't like it at all(which I was surprised at as I read a lot of Sci-fi over the years and it seemed right up my street), but I had the feeling that a film version might be a lot better. I enjoyed it overall.
7/10
It was ok.
I read the first 1/3 of the book earlier this year and really didn't like it at all(which I was surprised at as I read a lot of Sci-fi over the years and it seemed right up my street), but I had the feeling that a film version might be a lot better. I enjoyed it overall.
7/10
Prisoners 8/10
Really enjoyed this, the tension and gaps in-between the tense bits was just right. Excellent acting from both Hugh Jackman and Jake Gillenhallalalalall - shame you don't see him in more stuff these days.
Long film at 2hrs 30...but it didn't feel long. You didn't get bored at any point. It sets the story very quickly. Well worth a watch!
Really enjoyed this, the tension and gaps in-between the tense bits was just right. Excellent acting from both Hugh Jackman and Jake Gillenhallalalalall - shame you don't see him in more stuff these days.
Long film at 2hrs 30...but it didn't feel long. You didn't get bored at any point. It sets the story very quickly. Well worth a watch!
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The Man Who Knew Infinity -- 5/10
It's hard to turn great mathematics into great drama; this film doesn't entirely fail but it found it hard to carry on.
Portrayals of Hardy, Ramanujan and Littlewood were decent; although, regrettably, the art and science of mathematics was portrayed once again as a deeply mystical activity, inaccessible to but a few, and replete with sudden leaps of inspiration ab nihilo. The time dilation effect of film made this worse: the savage speed; failure almost absent; straight line from insight, argument to proof; and so on. The field does boast some magnificent and computationally adept characters, but neither Hardy nor Ramanujan were that superhuman.
Ramanujan's early life in Madras and more human aspects of the film felt forced, brief and forgettable. And it's fair to say that the film doesn't really pick up until you get to the Trinity College scenes and onwards.
Overall: a nice leisurely watch.
Thankfully, good biographies do exist, just as with Turing and Nash's films.
It's hard to turn great mathematics into great drama; this film doesn't entirely fail but it found it hard to carry on.
Portrayals of Hardy, Ramanujan and Littlewood were decent; although, regrettably, the art and science of mathematics was portrayed once again as a deeply mystical activity, inaccessible to but a few, and replete with sudden leaps of inspiration ab nihilo. The time dilation effect of film made this worse: the savage speed; failure almost absent; straight line from insight, argument to proof; and so on. The field does boast some magnificent and computationally adept characters, but neither Hardy nor Ramanujan were that superhuman.
Ramanujan's early life in Madras and more human aspects of the film felt forced, brief and forgettable. And it's fair to say that the film doesn't really pick up until you get to the Trinity College scenes and onwards.
Overall: a nice leisurely watch.
Thankfully, good biographies do exist, just as with Turing and Nash's films.
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Pete's Dragon (2016) - 6/10
A traditional Disney live action film with a heart-warming story about family.
The dragon looks great and entertains every time he is on screen with his amusing, playful nature, but the film is slow to start and because it doesn’t even attempt to innovate, can be boring at times.
Characters are stereotypical, but like the plot, fill their roles admirably.
A traditional Disney live action film with a heart-warming story about family.
The dragon looks great and entertains every time he is on screen with his amusing, playful nature, but the film is slow to start and because it doesn’t even attempt to innovate, can be boring at times.
Characters are stereotypical, but like the plot, fill their roles admirably.