What film did you watch last night?
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You hoped a film would improve with age?
If you were talking about wine, then I could understand. A film though, doesn't normally change over the years. Unless of course it's made by George Lucas, who thought he could improve his most famous films by adding more stuff. A fine wine matures with age though, unlike Mr. Lucas, who went the other way. His most famous films ended up with too many additives.
Didn't realise the brat child in the TDtESS remake was the spawn of Willard Smith. No wonder it was a vacuous hole of a film. Any film with Jaden in it, is automatically devoid of anything positive.
Back in Time (Back to the future documentary 30 years on) 7/10
Great little documentary about the BTTF trilogy, with the actors and props and behind the scenes look, BTTF trilogy is probably my favourite films of all time, absolute masterpiece.
Michael J Fox interviews were heartbreaking to watch him slurring and jittering about due to his parkinsons
I saw this. Very good and as mentioned heartbreaking. I did feel they were clutching a bit at a few of the stories being BTTF related but it was all nicely done.
I always felt QoS was decent if watched immediately after Casino Royale like a continuation but doesn't stand up on it's own.
Watched Man From U.N.C.L.E - 8/10
Reviews weren't brilliant but I really enjoyed it, not a huge amount of substance but went at a brisk pace and a decent mix of humour and seriousness. Cavill was good but thought Hammer stole the show.
Spectre. Craig's Bond once again manages to lose his gun and then has to slug through every fight by luck, blow stuff up, destroy flash cars, and shag women, whilst looking ever more like Sid James. Right from the beginning it feels like a goodbye from Mendes and Craig. There seems to be so many Bond tropes, it's almost a tribute movie. It may be the case that we've seen Bond do everything, so everything seems to have been done before. Much was made of Bellucci's "Bond Woman", but she's a throwaway character in some nice clothes. Seydoux is pitched as being independent and strong, but in the end she's nothing more than another forgettable Bond love interest, and not a patch on MI's Isla Frost. Even the baddie is a revamped version of an old favourite brought a bit up to date.
I feel that we're seeing the end of this iteration of Bond (or at least of Craig in the role), and that he's going to get another reboot, unless someone can come up with something a bit new, different and fresh to do with him. Luckily, Mendes has avoided the temptation to make Bond a clownish parody of himself (as per previous "end of Bond eras"), and that's all for the good.
I feel that we're seeing the end of this iteration of Bond (or at least of Craig in the role), and that he's going to get another reboot, unless someone can come up with something a bit new, different and fresh to do with him. Luckily, Mendes has avoided the temptation to make Bond a clownish parody of himself (as per previous "end of Bond eras"), and that's all for the good.
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Why would you ever need to reboot Bond? The actors change, Casino Royale has been made 3 times, but other than that, what would constitute a reboot here?
Do you mean literally remaking older films like Goldfinger, or do you just mean new cast?
Do you mean literally remaking older films like Goldfinger, or do you just mean new cast?
When Craig came in, they changed the style, the stories, went back and started with Bond just getting his 00 number, etc.
Harsh Times. David H. Ayer's gritty crime drama took years to achieve mainstream acceptance, but today it is seen as a pioneering analysis of macho culture in the notoriously misogynistic Latino community.
Christian Bale plays the traumatised manches with a bad case of PTSD and a scrawny Mexican girlfriend who won't let him do her in the puerto. Freddy Rodríguez is the baby-faced cabron who boasts about the size of his tienes but can't get it up for a bit of güey with his woman.
If you're a short, angry pollo with an inferiority complex who's attracted to skinny, breastless women built like string beans wearing two peas beneath an optimistically padded AA training bra, this could be the movie for you.
8/10.
Plenty of films gain greater respect over time.
Christian Bale plays the traumatised manches with a bad case of PTSD and a scrawny Mexican girlfriend who won't let him do her in the puerto. Freddy Rodríguez is the baby-faced cabron who boasts about the size of his tienes but can't get it up for a bit of güey with his woman.
If you're a short, angry pollo with an inferiority complex who's attracted to skinny, breastless women built like string beans wearing two peas beneath an optimistically padded AA training bra, this could be the movie for you.
8/10.
Plenty of films gain greater respect over time.
Yes, but that has nothing to do with the actual film changing over time. Unless the film in question has been altered, it's the same film just as it was when it was released. It's people's attitudes towards the film that changes.
I just think it's an odd thing to say when talking about something that does not change.
I just think it's an odd thing to say when talking about something that does not change.
It's just an expression. Obviously the film doesn't literally change, but the perception of it does.
That's like saying you don't consider the Nolan Batman films to be a reboot/reinterpretation compared to the Tim Burton ones. Or that the Abrams Star Treks are the same as the first four Trek movies. It the same core, but very different.
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Page Eight. Bill F. Nighy kicks arse and takes names in this controversial spy thriller that also stars screen legend Michael Gambon, and a sultry Rachel Weisz looking bloody amazing at 41! 
Judy Davis turns up for the lulz, and delivers a surprisingly competent performance that genuinely impressed me.
8/10.
Judy Davis turns up for the lulz, and delivers a surprisingly competent performance that genuinely impressed me.
8/10.
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Chernobyl Diaries - 6/10
I get a boner for anything Pripyat/Chernobyl related but heard bad things about this film so put off watching it for a while. Overall it wasn't too bad.
Bad points: The annoying American actors, the fact that the 'monsters' made absolutely no sense, the ending made no sense, random bits like an encounter with some Ukrainian 'lads' and some weird fish inclusion that never went anywhere.
Good points: The locations where pretty cool (though I know it's not actually shot there). The cinematography was good, and the pacing of the story was good. It was an alright plot, but it's a really a very basic idea, difficult to execute badly. Oh and I couldn't take my eyes off the blonde lady riding in the van.
I get a boner for anything Pripyat/Chernobyl related but heard bad things about this film so put off watching it for a while. Overall it wasn't too bad.
Bad points: The annoying American actors, the fact that the 'monsters' made absolutely no sense, the ending made no sense, random bits like an encounter with some Ukrainian 'lads' and some weird fish inclusion that never went anywhere.
Good points: The locations where pretty cool (though I know it's not actually shot there). The cinematography was good, and the pacing of the story was good. It was an alright plot, but it's a really a very basic idea, difficult to execute badly. Oh and I couldn't take my eyes off the blonde lady riding in the van.
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