What film did you watch last night?

Arcadian 6/10

Bit weird. Very odd creature design that was certainly intriguing. The leads were all good although Cage was a bit underused. The film was so dark and the camera work so shaky that it was really hard to tell what was going on at times though. I had to go back and rewatch a few scenes to understand what the hell actually happened.
 
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Cooper ends up at a space station, straight after leaving the Tesseract. After being found by space rangers, that sequence of events left me a bit puzzled. Space is a big place, exponentially bigger than your needle in a haystack. Drifting in space with only oxygen from his suit.

The main reason I rewatched the movie was because I came across a theory suggesting that Cooper was actually dead from the beginning. According to this theory, the dream he had at the start was real, and everything else was just his imagination.
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I think the wormhole near Saturn and the tesseract were created by the same individuals aka us in the future. When the tesseract dismantled he fell out of the wormhole near Saturn in the present, but many years had passed because of the time slippage. Saturn station had been constructed and that's how the rangers found him.

seen this recently at the BFI imax. Blows your ears off
 
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Venom - Last Stand. Well i enjoed it at least. Better than 2. Lots of plot holes but it was just fun. Not sure where they are going with the after credits thing but ive enjoyed the Tom and Venom double act. 7/10
 
FlamBango said:
Venom - Last Stand. Well i enjoed it at least. Better than 2. Lots of plot holes but it was just fun. Not sure where they are going with the after credits thing but ive enjoyed the Tom and Venom double act. 7/10
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I'm just in the mood for some brainless fun, and it kind of came down to a choice of venom or a fast and the furious film (I still haven't watched the last one)
 
Dead Poets Society (1989)

Another film I thought I should get around to watching.

Even allowing for when it was made, I don't think it's as good as it's critical acclaim would have you believe.

Robin Williams isn't really in it that much and his improvisations feel a bit out of place.

Other than the, slightly unbelievable, tragedy that occurs near the end, there's very little drama to speak of. It's just a bunch of uptight adults getting their knickers in a twist over very minor incidents. Mixed in with a load of privileged private school boys getting all gooey over poetry, apart from one boy who gets gooey over a girl from another school.

Not worth the two hours or so I invested. I also think I'd have the same option back in 1989.

If you're in the mood for a Peter Weir film, I'd recommend Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. They should made more of these

4/10
 
Mortal Engines.
Jokester said:
Mortal Engines - 6/10
Odd film, but enough to keep me engaged in it. Clearly must have cut a lot from the book as there seemed to be hints of a bit of deeper story.
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I got a similar impression from my viewing last night. It would have benefitted from being produced as a series to cater toward more character depth and world building. It reminded me of The Wheel of Time in terms of its presentation.
 
Xmas movie night where we all got to pick a movie:

Gremlins: 9/10
It's still great, and the newbies loved it.

It's a Wonderful Life: 8/10
I can understand why it is considered a classic, but the pacing is a bit weird.

Love Actually: -10/10
I hate this insufferable movie. Others feel it is one of the greatest Xmas movies ever. Go figure.
 
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Heretic 6.5/10

Interesting start and thought all 3 actors were good but it kind of lost it's way and thought the final act was pretty boring.
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I was considering watching this. Haven't seen the trailer or anything, just read the description. I dunno why but I thought it might be a bit like Speak no Evil, which I really enjoyed.


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Shamikebab said:
I feel like most of the hype is just because Hugh Grant is in it and he isn't usually in this sort of film.
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I mean tbh, that sums up a large reason I was gonna watch it in a sentence, albeit i've not seen any hype, it just popped up on some websites the other day!

Be honest, delete or watch, if you could choose again?

(I have no shortage of other content to watch!)


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I quite like horror films, and I've probably watched more than my fair share of not particularly good ones (like the Saw marathon I did earlier this year lol). It's definitely not bad, I think the feel of unease in the first half is well done and I like the evil Jonathan Creek feel of Grant's character. Just felt the resolution was very 'oh crap how do we finish this"

Now I watched The Descent last night having not seen that for ages, now that is a class film throughout.
 
Shamikebab said:
I quite like horror films, and I've probably watched more than my fair share of not particularly good ones (like the Saw marathon I did earlier this year lol). It's definitely not bad, I think the feel of unease in the first half is well done and I like the evil Jonathan Creek feel of Grant's character. Just felt the resolution was very 'oh crap how do we finish this"

Now I watched The Descent last night having not seen that for ages, now that is a class film throughout.
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OK, I'll give it a reprieve and watch it soon. I don't watch many horror films tbh, but i've seen my fair share of films that are great for about 2/3rds and then the ending doesn't go the way I expected/hoped etc. :cry:


rp2000
 
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