What film did you watch last night?

Richeh said:
I did think
the motion sensor scene in the garden was really well done
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Yeah the old lights on lights off getting closer bit. Never noticed but apparently in the credits the music just stops and you hear Myers breathing. So setting it up for a sequel it would seem. Considering he was in a wooden basement i can't see him not being able to escape it.

Also enjoyed the nice little nods to the original, sometimes reversed :)
 
Saw Halloween 2018 last night too, better than I thought it would be.

There was also some guy dressed up walking around the cinema with fake knife and mask lol
 
Bone Tomahawk: recorded it a few weeks ago and... er... there's a scene in there which is now etched into my memory. I look forward to getting dementia now so I can forget it.

As for a score... well, er... it's a fairly brutal but slow paced western with at least one major plot point fail (IMO). But it's very watchable. And brutal. Did I mention brutal?

7/10... ish. Unless you don't like brutality. In which case, Ate/10.

Ok, so how come the cowboys were dragged up the hill into the cave when there was a back entrance a cripple could get in by? Can't help feeling something was cut to bring the film length down... or maybe I was too busy hiding behind my fingers and missed something earlier.
 
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Andrew_McP said:
Bone Tomahawk: recorded it a few weeks ago and... er... there's a scene in there which is now etched into my memory. I look forward to getting dementia now so I can forget it.

As for a score... well, er... it's a fairly brutal but slow paced western with at least one major plot point fail (IMO). But it's very watchable. And brutal. Did I mention brutal?

7/10... ish. Unless you don't like brutality. In which case, Ate/10.

Ok, so how come the cowboys were dragged up the hill into the cave when there was a back entrance a cripple could get in by? Can't help feeling something was cut to bring the film length down... or maybe I was too busy hiding behind my fingers and missed something earlier.
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Two scenes for me in that film. The pregnant woman and getting dinner ready
 
Se7en, first watch.

Lacked the tension everything was fairly predictable, not too sure why it's rated that highly. Perhaps the ending chapter, even if it was a little unplausible. The twist in the end play did round it off nicely.
 
First Man
7/10, a bit disjointed in places, and weird emphasis on secondary characters with none on some of the primary players. Great sound and music, good visuals, feels like you're in the cockpit half the time. Could have been done better but Armstrong is notoriously hard subject matter, worth a watch.
 
Evangelion said:
Hong Hai Xing Dong.
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AKA "Operation Red Sea" - 7/10 - At 2hrs 18mins long this Chinese modern war film is 2hrs of very well executed action footage and 18 mins of plot, so once the action starts it only ever breaks its frenetic pace for a few moments at a time when the Plot is advanced, moving the action between set pieces. This film borrows extremely heavily from the French film "Special Forces", both in tone and visuals, but still retains enough character to stand alone with some great use of practical effects over the more common "CGI-fest" films of modern times, reminding me of the practical action scenes "Battle LA" only replacing the CGI Aliens with terrorists. However the film, for me anyway, suffers from being a little obvious with its propaganda (not a dirty word!). Where Hollywood movies of the same type aren't so obviously "USA, USA We're Number 1" etc anymore this feels almost like a Team America style "China, **** Yeah!" is far too many places however those scenes are usually kept very short.

I watched the Chinese language version, rather than the dubbed, and the cast do a very good job of making you care about them from the start and they're shown bonding at the start with the obvious impact once they get hurt which is something Hollywood rarely gets right anymore. However some of the "look" of the film feels at times more like a episode of 24, The Unit or Ultimate Force but with a much better budget but for my first "Chinese War Film" it was better than I expected.
 
ianh said:
I watched the Chinese language version, rather than the dubbed
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Me too! Always go sub; never go dub.

and the cast do a very good job of making you care about them from the start and they're shown bonding at the start with the obvious impact once they get hurt which is something Hollywood rarely gets right anymore.
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Agreed.
 
Saw these two beauties last nite :):):)
FOTA has my absolute fav American actress in it, Sandie (for us fans :)) Bullock....she is REALLY the MOST versatile actress in showbiz today :)
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....and The Devil's Advocate, with two of the greatest actors ever in cinema, side by side......sensational storyline and great acting :)
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Halloween (2018) - Caught a Gallery viewing of it last night at the Odeon with the missus. Has a slow start, but once it gets going, its brutal and entertaining. Well worth a watch if your a fan of the original, but it doesn't quite have the simplicity or suspense that Carpenter created. Enjoyed it overall, but I wish they had cut a few bits out that were not necessary for the plot, I also think Michael was shown too much on screen throughout also.

7.5/10
 
Halloween (2018)

It had a promising start. The first scene and opening credits made me think it was going to get under my skin and creep me out on a psychological level. Excellent soundtrack.

But then after about the first third it became formulaic horror. It wasn't even scary or frightening though. The jump scares didn't work, and Michael Myers became increasingly cartoonish as the film went on. There were moments where I was directing it in my head thinking some scenes would have spooked me had they been done another way.

Jamie Lee Curtis was reduced to playing a one-dimensional crazy woman. There were a couple of characters who I would have liked to see more of. With that said I think the pacing was well done and it was an entertaining watch.

6/10
 
Operation Red Sea - 7/10

On Evangelions recommendation we watched this last night. Overall really enjoyed it for a switch the brain off action movie and probably enjoyed it more than if it was a western film of the same calibre. The main differences being you had the suspense of genuinely not knowing who, if anyone, was going to survive as they had no qualms about bumping off the protaganists and civilians with abandon.

Technically, it seemed quite a naive film, the plot mechanisms and delivery were very old school and there were so many scenes that seemed to be lifted from countless other films, some cheesy dialogue and delivery at times (maybe the subtitles don't help with that) but still, it worked...you cared about the characters and it had some great action and suspense scenes.

It was definitely made for 3D as well! :p
 
nicks3607 said:
My word, the teeth! Never seen anything like some of them :)
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I had this comment in mind whilst watching it tonight, certainly makes you appreciate modern dentistry!

As for the restoration of that historical footage to 'flesh it out', what can you say...Thanks for the incredible job you did there Peter.
 
Ready player one - was nice change over the usual films I've watched recently which were mission impossible and eye in the sky

Fully enjoyed the animation and story could have been a little less cheesier but not bad
 
Halloween (2018) - 6/10.

(Separate thread details the less than satisfactory cinema experience.)

Wasn't a bad movie but it seemed to go for body count over the suspense and build up of the original. Almost too much going on and sub-plots purely designed to set the character up to be offed, a few minutes later. Jamie Lee Curtis seemed to play her part as kind of a hybrid between Ripley from the Alien movies and Sarah Connor. More gore than the original, with the scene where a major character
gets their head squished by MM's boot
a bit too much even for me and probably why it was an 18 not a 15.
 
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