What film did you watch last night?

Showboat said:
Arrival - watched this years ago and wasn't a huge fan.
Re-watch and thought it was amazing! Really good!
9/10
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I particularly like that there is the ‘obvious’ chronology, of the child being born before the alien encounter, but also the more subtle (and I think correct) chronology of the child being born after the alien encounter - which is hinted at by the ‘memory’ of the child drawing her mum and dad talking to animals (i.e. they were famous already for talking to the aliens).

At least, thats what I can remember - it’s been some time since I saw it :o :p
 
Bring Her Back (Cinema)

Two children’s lives are upheaved and strange ongoings occur in their new home.

It’s ok! Likeable child leads but a very testing antagonist - you’re not supposed to like that person, but I nevertheless wanted to jump into the film and punch them in the face :mad: just a bit too maddening for me :p

Some hard to watch gore scenes had me squirming in my seat, giving it a dark edge. Some might find it ‘too grizzly’.

Unfortunately, I found the foreshadowing and general direction of the film just far too obvious - there was almost no suspense as to what was ‘going on’, thus very low points for intrigue, although the film remained watchable through to the conclusion.

I mean, it’s in the title of the film… for goodness sake…

Overall a fair watch, but don’t expect many ‘twists and turns’.

6.5/10
 
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Lilo and Stitch (2025)

Another granddaughter sleepover and she picked this. I've never seen the traditionally animated original, but this was very watchable and made easier for an old duffer, with the predominantly Elvis soundtrack. The young actress playing Lilo was great and the CGI Stitch was very good.

6/10
 
Happy Gilmore 2, you know what yes its stupid, terrible acting, storyline written on back of a fag paper, special effects made by a 2y old, but i laughed, and that makes it ok in my book as made me forget about life for an hr or so
 
firstborn said:
Yet hardly any of the scoring in here makes any sense tbf.
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Scoring films in general doesn't help anyone, since someone's enjoyment of a film is purely subjective anyway. I've watched loads of films that are critically acclaimed and audiences have gushed over, but not enjoyed them.

For me 5/10 is average, watchable but adds nothing new or improves on anything I've seen before and I'll probably never watch it again.
 
Armour of God 2: Operation Condor 1991

Fun film. Typical Jackie chan comedy/action shenanigans with some really cool wind tunnel stunts.

Slightly iffy representation of Africans and Muslims.

The way the nazis are handled is interesting as well, they are mentioned without prejudice, ie they are not presented as evil. Eg there is a girl who wants to clear her grandfathers name. His supposed crime was to steal gold from his government, no exploration that he might be bad because he was a nazis!
 
~>Dg<~ said:
the thing is gauged across 100000 people you get the right score. across a few maybe so.
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The right score:P? Really!?

Reviews made up, by sad snobby wannabe home critiques, who slate everything that isn't currently trendy, LGBTQ+/woke propaganda or cast,or thinks it's edgy...
99% Of the community IMDB/RT is populated by 'reviewers' exactly like that, you only have to read the review to see this?

So I'd hardly call it an unbiased pure definition for ranking movies. It's about as biased as IGN is when they're being paid off for reviews! :cry:

But keep carrying this on, we get it, IMDB/RT outweighs having your own opinion, your right we're all wrong ;)
 
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deviation said:
The right score:P? Really!?

Reviews made up, by sad snobby wannabe home critiques, who slate everything that isn't currently trendy, LGBTQ+/woke propaganda or cast,or thinks it's edgy...
99% Of the community IMDB/RT is populated by 'reviewers' exactly like that, you only have to read the review to see this?

So I'd hardly call it an unbiased pure definition for ranking movies. It's about as biased as IGN is when they're being paid off for reviews! :cry:

But keep carrying this on, we get it, IMDB/RT outweighs having your own opinion, your right we're all wrong ;)
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over a small base i could agree. over 100000 people or more. come on. stop ! you will get a accurate overall score reading of if a film is good or bad. you still trying to defend giving literally a average film a oscar. it has mark wahlberg in ffs :p .im not saying it cant be enjoyable but 9 - 10 out of 10s are legendary films which are so good they get oscars or just you can remember for most of your life. we own the night was just a run of the mill semi okay acted film. i will remember this silly convo more than the actual film. i get people have personal preferences to certain actors or films but if you seriously think its a 9.5 out of 10 you must be off your meds or something.
 
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over a small base i could agree. over 100000 people or more. come on. stop ! you will get a accurate overall score reading of if a film is good or bad. you still trying to defend giving literally a average film a oscar. it has mark wahlberg in ffs :p .im not saying it cant be enjoyable but 9 - 10 out of 10s are legendary films which are so good they get oscars or just you can remember for most of your life. we own the night was just a run of the mill semi okay acted film. i will remember this silly convo more than the actual film. i get people have personal preferences to certain actors or films but if you seriously think its a 9.5 out of 10 you must be off your meds or something.
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100,000 People really isn't a lot considering the global population that frequent that site and are members/reviewers.
That 'scene' is heavily biased and is mostly made up of either trolls destroying ratings that have people they dislike in, be it actor/director/producer, they do it all the time - You must know this? For a quick example, just look at what they did for example with Will Smith recently and any film he was in, past or present.
When they're not doing that kind of behaviour, they're being bias in other ways, be it upvoting wrongly films because XYZ stars/writes/produces it, or because it's 'edgy' or is a topic the far left/right favour, or the LGBTQ+ or woke community are backing, it really is a heavily corrupt community.

Again "it has Mark Wahlberg in ffs" that says it all, and he's barely in it, again showing your bias.
It was a nice welcomed hidden gem with a massive cast of people, that rarely are seen together, and it worked, it has some nicely shot scenes, like the finale, and wasn't dragged out or too long, for a first viewing, it was great. Less is more sometimes, and being that I knew nothing about it, bar the cast, it was nice to have no external influence, and just make my own opinion.
It might not be as good the second time, but for a first time viewing, I liked it.
It's that simple, and no downvoting trolls on 2 biased review sites are going to change my opinion.

As aforementioned, it is as fake/biased of a review as some IGN reviewer taking a payoff, or looking to slate something they haven't been paid off for, and usually not even played!

I don't want to keep going over and over this, you keep raking this back up after days.

It's a chilled Sunday afternoon, lets just leave it now ;):)
 
Sinners - 9/10

I seriously loved everything about this film! Not sure it would be everyone's cup of tea, especially if you go into it with some preconceived ideas about it's subject matter. For me though, everything about it just clicked. The soundtrack is particularly good but if you have any interest in blues, then you can dial that up a few notches as well.

Easily my favourite 2025 film so far
 
deviation said:
100,000 People really isn't a lot considering the global population that frequent that site and are members/reviewers.
That 'scene' is heavily biased and is mostly made up of either trolls destroying ratings that have people they dislike in, be it actor/director/producer, they do it all the time - You must know this? For a quick example, just look at what they did for example with Will Smith recently and any film he was in, past or present.
When they're not doing that kind of behaviour, they're being bias in other ways, be it upvoting wrongly films because XYZ stars/writes/produces it, or because it's 'edgy' or is a topic the far left/right favour, or the LGBTQ+ or woke community are backing, it really is a heavily corrupt community.

Again "it has Mark Wahlberg in ffs" that says it all, and he's barely in it, again showing your bias.
It was a nice welcomed hidden gem with a massive cast of people, that rarely are seen together, and it worked, it has some nicely shot scenes, like the finale, and wasn't dragged out or too long, for a first viewing, it was great. Less is more sometimes, and being that I knew nothing about it, bar the cast, it was nice to have no external influence, and just make my own opinion.
It might not be as good the second time, but for a first time viewing, I liked it.
It's that simple, and no downvoting trolls on 2 biased review sites are going to change my opinion.

As aforementioned, it is as fake/biased of a review as some IGN reviewer taking a payoff, or looking to slate something they haven't been paid off for, and usually not even played!

I don't want to keep going over and over this, you keep raking this back up after days.

It's a chilled Sunday afternoon, lets just leave it now ;):)
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its okay i get you dont agree. it is a chilled afternoon im just trying to point out the obvious which you cant seem to grasp yet you try to do such detailed reviews of films but miss even the basics.

100000 people over your one review. which is more valid as a average score ? you cant seem to grasp it shows how ludicrous your score is.

mark wahlberg is what id class as a run of the mill sheep actor for the masses. hes popular and isnt that good at acting. he has about four different facial expressions.but the masses like him. thats why hes in this like all his other films. its for the dumbed down masses who dont know class acting or need to understand what class is. its a no brainer basically.

not going to say anymore on the subject enjoy your films. i doubt it will alter your opinion i can see that and what is percieved as a great film,that alone speaks volumes.have a happy sunday :D
 
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~>Dg<~ said:
its okay i get you dont agree. it is a chilled afternoon im just trying to point out the obvious which you cant seem to grasp yet you try to do such detailed reviews of films but miss even the basics.

100000 people over your one review. which is more valid as a average score ? you cant seem to grasp it shows how ludicrous your score is.

mark wahlberg is what id class as a run of the mill sheep actor for the masses. hes popular and isnt that good at acting. he has about four different facial expressions.but the masses like him. thats why hes in this like all his other films. its for the dumbed down masses who dont know class acting or need to understand what class is. its a no brainer basically.

not going to say anymore on the subject enjoy your films. i doubt it will alter your opinion i can see that and what is percieved as a great film,that alone speaks volumes.have a happy sunday :D
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I would always take friends opinions over an army of biased trolls on a community that's sole purpose is to be biased and promote whatever they're getting a kickback for, then up and downvote whatever they're biased to.
Those people must be pretty sad to populate those communities purely to troll people and rant, which is sadly what they see to use the IMDB/RT for...

It's like hanging around with scum, and expecting loyalty/honesty.
Not my cup of tea to use for opinions. But that's just me I guess.

I don't know why you're so fixated on MW? From the start, I've emphasised I love the relationship that builds up with Phoenix and Duvall, and how Phoenix becomes who he should have been all along, morally, family wise. MW was barely in it, as I've said many times.

Regarding MW's acting though, it is well regarded that in The Departed he was decent. I'd say that is the best acting that he's ever done, and it isn't all about him, just like it wasn't in this film ;)

Did you also disagree with my opinion on True Romance? I can see I wasn't alone on that one at least :)
 
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~>Dg<~ said:
its okay i get you dont agree. it is a chilled afternoon im just trying to point out the obvious which you cant seem to grasp yet you try to do such detailed reviews of films but miss even the basics.

100000 people over your one review. which is more valid as a average score ? you cant seem to grasp it shows how ludicrous your score is.

mark wahlberg is what id class as a run of the mill sheep actor for the masses. hes popular and isnt that good at acting. he has about four different facial expressions.but the masses like him. thats why hes in this like all his other films. its for the dumbed down masses who dont know class acting or need to understand what class is. its a no brainer basically.

not going to say anymore on the subject enjoy your films. i doubt it will alter your opinion i can see that and what is percieved as a great film,that alone speaks volumes.have a happy sunday :D
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Reviews are just personal opinion. So yeah we can rate say Superman 8/10 if we enjoyed it and would watch it again.
 
People can also mean different things with their scoring.

X/10 from me means: this is the extent of my recommendation.

It aligns with how I typically watch films: emotively, which is generally how I think all art is best enjoyed, rather than through a technical or critical lens (with prescriptive ‘rules’ and ‘weighting’).

It also avoids perfectionism and opens up 10/10 as something I think is an essential to watch, even if there are flaws or caveats that can be distracting.
 
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I regularly have arguments with friends about the x/10 system

To me, 7/10 is just above average but some use 5/10 to mean average. I understand both points of view.

I've switched to x/5 to avoid the same discussions
 
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