What film did you watch last night?
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It really is. Couldn't recommend it enough. Read it will be out for digital release on June. 2nd.
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Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows (both parts) 9/10
Watched the final 2 films today, not seen them for about 6-7 years now but still as good as I remember. One of the few film series where i actually read the books. It's not 100% accurate, but as the final book was split into 2 films, they didn't miss out too much major stuff.
I think I forgot how amazing Rickman is as Snape (In all of the films, not just the final ones). His death and flashback scenes had me welling up! TV series is gonna have a hard time topping these tbh, if they even make it as far as the final book before cancellation.
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Watched the final 2 films today, not seen them for about 6-7 years now but still as good as I remember. One of the few film series where i actually read the books. It's not 100% accurate, but as the final book was split into 2 films, they didn't miss out too much major stuff.
I think I forgot how amazing Rickman is as Snape (In all of the films, not just the final ones). His death and flashback scenes had me welling up! TV series is gonna have a hard time topping these tbh, if they even make it as far as the final book before cancellation.
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Dante's Peak (1997)
Basically it's Jaws with a volcano instead of a shark but nowhere near as good. In fact it's mostly awful and even for 1997 generic and derivative.
2/10
Basically it's Jaws with a volcano instead of a shark but nowhere near as good. In fact it's mostly awful and even for 1997 generic and derivative.
2/10
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The Mummy (1999) - 9/10
I love this film and I don't care who knows it. Think it is one of the best adventure films around and up there with (and ahead of a few of) the Indy films. Great mix of mystery, comedy and a bit of horror. Great set of characters and a fantastic bad guy. Effects still hold up surprisingly well.
I love this film and I don't care who knows it. Think it is one of the best adventure films around and up there with (and ahead of a few of) the Indy films. Great mix of mystery, comedy and a bit of horror. Great set of characters and a fantastic bad guy. Effects still hold up surprisingly well.
I turned it off within 30 minutes. Different actors may have kept my attention better.
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Lee Cronin's The Mummy 5.5/10
It was over 2 hours long and your basic possession and people making stupid decisions plot.
It was over 2 hours long and your basic possession and people making stupid decisions plot.
That was my impression too, it was an ok horror film but its link to The Mummy was pretty tenuous , frankly throughout it felt more like they wanted to do a reboot of The Exorcist but werent allowed the license so use The Mummy name instead but basically made the Exorcist film they wanted to make anyway
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For a Few Dollars More (1965) 8.5/10 and The Good the Bad and the Ugly (1966) 7/10
A couple more westerns, wrapping up the original Sergio Leone legacy.
Watching these again, I enjoyed both, but out of the trilogy, For a Few Dollars More is my favourite. Lee Van Cleef and Clint Eastwood with great on screen chemistry and just pure coolness. The story, a proper revenge tale, has a brilliant main protagonist Gian Maria Volonté (sadly missing in the Good, the Bad), and to top it off, the haunting pocket watch music.
As for The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, what's immediately obvious, the much bigger budget, which given the film popularity at the time, is no surprise, but on rewatch, it felt a bit drawn out, with a couple of scenes going on a bit. Still, there are some moments, for me, its the war graves cemetery scene when the score kicks in, but overall, For a Few Dollars More is the one I would pick from the three.
A couple more westerns, wrapping up the original Sergio Leone legacy.
Watching these again, I enjoyed both, but out of the trilogy, For a Few Dollars More is my favourite. Lee Van Cleef and Clint Eastwood with great on screen chemistry and just pure coolness. The story, a proper revenge tale, has a brilliant main protagonist Gian Maria Volonté (sadly missing in the Good, the Bad), and to top it off, the haunting pocket watch music.
As for The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, what's immediately obvious, the much bigger budget, which given the film popularity at the time, is no surprise, but on rewatch, it felt a bit drawn out, with a couple of scenes going on a bit. Still, there are some moments, for me, its the war graves cemetery scene when the score kicks in, but overall, For a Few Dollars More is the one I would pick from the three.
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Thats 1963, 1965 and 1966 covered then , got to move to 1968 and Once Upon A Time In The West and the iconic harmonica next surely !
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Nice one, I was wondering what to watch next, I've never seen Once Upon A Time In The West!Thats 1963, 1965 and 1966 covered then , got to move to 1968 and Once Upon A Time In The West and the iconic harmonica next surely !
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I’ve got these two to watch too. Picked up the 4K trilogy that Arrow released and I received it a month early for some reason and only just getting round to it! They’ve done a really good job on Fistful, so will be good to see these two
Got Tombstone to watch at some point too. Unforgiven is still my favourite western though.
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If you're staying down the rabbit hole, there's a documentary called Sad Hill Unearthered about the war graves cemetary from The Good, The Bad and the Ugly that's worth a watch.
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Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025)
For some reason my wife loves these films.
This was my punishment yesterday for watching the Indy 500 and the Canadian GP back to back.
Bear in mind I had to endure this at the cinema as well, I'm glad that for at least some of it I dropped off to sleep.
It's basically a rehash of the second film. With, what feels like, scenes, ideas and dialogue lifted from his own or other directors films.
There's literally nobody to care about in the story, Jake Sully is as dull as dishwasher, his children are whining brats, the new villain is as one dimensional as they come and the all the female character's are just cringe every time they do the cat snarl thing.
Hopefully $1.5 billion in box office was low enough for Disney to pull the plug. Which sounds ludicrous but that's the reality of the expectations versus the cost.
And my TV switched the picture setting to Game even though it's set to switch to Filmmaker Mode automatically. My score should be less than my original review, if it's not then knock a point or two off that.
3/10
For some reason my wife loves these films.
This was my punishment yesterday for watching the Indy 500 and the Canadian GP back to back.
Bear in mind I had to endure this at the cinema as well, I'm glad that for at least some of it I dropped off to sleep.
It's basically a rehash of the second film. With, what feels like, scenes, ideas and dialogue lifted from his own or other directors films.
There's literally nobody to care about in the story, Jake Sully is as dull as dishwasher, his children are whining brats, the new villain is as one dimensional as they come and the all the female character's are just cringe every time they do the cat snarl thing.
Hopefully $1.5 billion in box office was low enough for Disney to pull the plug. Which sounds ludicrous but that's the reality of the expectations versus the cost.
And my TV switched the picture setting to Game even though it's set to switch to Filmmaker Mode automatically. My score should be less than my original review, if it's not then knock a point or two off that.
3/10
I love this
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The Mummy Returns - 8/10
It's a really good attempt at a sequel, does a good job at bringing most of the characters back and giving them all things to do and actual character development. Great for people like Anck-su-namun and Ardeth to get more time on screen too. The effects are a big improvement on the already good effects (with the unfortunate exception of the scorpion king, just too uncanny valley, the technology was not there for a CGI human face yet) Some of the new characers are great. Lock Nah is a great foe for Ardeth and Izzy is a good comedy replacement for Benny. I think it does a good job on respecting the world of the first while creating a new adventure. It is a bit more adventure than horror compared to the first (although the jungle creatures still freak me out) Even the kid is not too bad.
Thank god they never tried to make a third one right?
It's a really good attempt at a sequel, does a good job at bringing most of the characters back and giving them all things to do and actual character development. Great for people like Anck-su-namun and Ardeth to get more time on screen too. The effects are a big improvement on the already good effects (with the unfortunate exception of the scorpion king, just too uncanny valley, the technology was not there for a CGI human face yet) Some of the new characers are great. Lock Nah is a great foe for Ardeth and Izzy is a good comedy replacement for Benny. I think it does a good job on respecting the world of the first while creating a new adventure. It is a bit more adventure than horror compared to the first (although the jungle creatures still freak me out) Even the kid is not too bad.
Thank god they never tried to make a third one right?
I wondered what that camera was doing in my shower
Normal - 7.5/10
Bob Odenkirk does some fun Bob Odenkirk-ing, much of the cast are clearly having a bunch of fun, there's very amusing violence and a moose.
It's not award bait, and it isn't trying to advance film making in any way. It's just some entertainingly blood-soaked fun.
Bob Odenkirk does some fun Bob Odenkirk-ing, much of the cast are clearly having a bunch of fun, there's very amusing violence and a moose.
It's not award bait, and it isn't trying to advance film making in any way. It's just some entertainingly blood-soaked fun.