What film did you watch last night?

Tummy said:
You should have attended a lecture I had last year :D, one academic (who specialises in Hollywood / Blockbusters (among other things)) gave a lecture to us on the birth of Blockbusters in Hollywood (rising from the ashes of the 'New Hollywood') and explained how Star Wars (George Lucas, 1977) was (in his opinion) the perfect blockbuster, and a near perfect film.

Gave a fantastic and engaging lecture on it, only at the end for another professor to exclaim that Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (Irvin Kershner, 1980) was better :D. Original lecturer agreed to say they were both perfect blockbusters haha.
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I thought most academics agreed that Jaws (1975) was the birth of the blockbuster... :p
 
I've really enjoyed the last few pages, back and forth with genuinely insightful thoughts, opinions and counter-points!

Personally I loved the latest Star Wars, great effects and the casting of Cumberbatch as Khan was spot on! :p
 
Point Break 3D (2015) 3/10

Pre screening. Awful. Like a long go Pro advert inter spaced with awful dialogue and beards.

Save your money.
 
Crimson Peak

5.75/10

Good beginning, the rest of the film was meh...

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Ant Man

6.75/10

Another marvel film...
 
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The Force Awakens - 5/10

JJ Abrams reboots Star Wars, with more noise, more explosions, and 3D.

If this film wasn't an official SW film, people would say they'd ripped off A New Hope and RotJ and kind of mashed them together. Basically they've retold an old story.

Because that's what they've done. This film has no significant originality. It actually made me appreciate the fact that the prequels had original elements.

I never really was a massive SW fan, but I appreciate why the original trilogy was great for adults and kids alike. They were well constructed films, with strong characters and good cohesion.

I'm afraid this new film is, for me, a pale imitation of an older, better film. The people who like it most amongst the people I've spoken to are the ones who never saw Ep4 - Ep7.

Oh, and to cap it all off, I will ask a question to SW buffs.
Has there ever been a Jedi who mastered the force, without training, in a couple days? In any of the books? Sufficient to defeat a trained Sith?
 
FoxEye said:
The Force Awakens - 5/10

JJ Abrams reboots Star Wars, with more noise, more explosions, and 3D.

If this film wasn't an official SW film, people would say they'd ripped off A New Hope and RotJ and kind of mashed them together. Basically they've retold an old story.

Because that's what they've done. This film has no significant originality. It actually made me appreciate the fact that the prequels had original elements.

I never really was a massive SW fan, but I appreciate why the original trilogy was great for adults and kids alike. They were well constructed films, with strong characters and good cohesion.

I'm afraid this new film is, for me, a pale imitation of an older, better film. The people who like it most amongst the people I've spoken to are the ones who never saw Ep4 - Ep7.

Oh, and to cap it all off, I will ask a question to SW buffs.
Has there ever been a Jedi who mastered the force, without training, in a couple days? In any of the books? Sufficient to defeat a trained Sith?
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To be fair he was damaged by chewies bowcaster which was significantly pointed out in the film how powerful it was, plus Finn damaged Ren as well. Rens training wasn't fully complete either as it was pointed out at the end by Snoke.
 
FoxEye said:
Oh, and to cap it all off, I will ask a question to SW buffs.
Has there ever been a Jedi who mastered the force, without training, in a couple days? In any of the books? Sufficient to defeat a trained Sith?
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She didn't master the Force, and he isn't a trained Sith.

She picked up a light saber and did a mind trick. Her skills in combat over a weakened and poorly trained Dark Lord who's mind trick don't work on her and lacks discipline are what won her that fight.

The film does completely lack originality though, that's undeniable. It was an interesting story with good characters somewhat overshadowed by obviously rehashed scenes.

On your last point though, about those who enjoyed it the most being those who haven't seen (or don't care much about) the original trillogy, that's kind of the point. There's no money in just targetting a film at your existing fans, you have to bring in new ones. And it does that well. I've not heard anyone who hasn't seen or doesn't care about the other films say a single bad thing about Episode 7. My GF loved it, and she's only seen the originals once, if that.

All the complaints about 7 are from people who are fans of 4, because the major complaint is its just a rehash. Obviously this isn't an issue if you haven't seen 4 :). Much like Jar Jar was a hillarious fool to 10 year old kids, the films are designed to target different people, not the same nerdy kids from the 70s over and over again.
 
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FoxEye said:
Oh, and to cap it all off, I will ask a question to SW buffs.
Has there ever been a Jedi who mastered the force, without training, in a couple days? In any of the books? Sufficient to defeat a trained Sith?
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Kylo's not trained, he's not Sith, and he's emotional, conflicted, injured by Chebacca's big bowcaster, and been told to bring Rey in alive and he's a bit scared of her. Rey is tough, lucky, hugely naturally talented in the force, and the force is operating through her, governing her actions to an extent.
 
Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse

Well it has been a while since we've had zombie film that wasn't shot on a shoe string budget with awful production values. Those two are just about two decent things about the film, pretty much a cliché ridden affair of both teen and zombie films with nothing new brought to the table.

For zombie fans only 6/10
 
Tummy said:
You should have attended a lecture I had last year :D, one academic (who specialises in Hollywood / Blockbusters (among other things)) gave a lecture to us on the birth of Blockbusters in Hollywood (rising from the ashes of the 'New Hollywood') and explained how Star Wars (George Lucas, 1977) was (in his opinion) the perfect blockbuster, and a near perfect film.

Gave a fantastic and engaging lecture on it, only at the end for another professor to exclaim that Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (Irvin Kershner, 1980) was better :D. Original lecturer agreed to say they were both perfect blockbusters haha.
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Raymond Lin said:
I thought most academics agreed that Jaws (1975) was the birth of the blockbuster... :p
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Eh, I did not say anything about Star Wars being the single 'first' blockbuster :confused:, I said it rose from the ashes of the 'New Hollywood', and was (in his opinion) a perfect film.

Jaws (Spielberg, 1975) was an excellent film and one of the first 'blockbusters' that emerged out of the 'New Hollywood' too. Wrote a paper on it last year.
 
neoboy said:
Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse

Well it has been a while since we've had zombie film that wasn't shot on a shoe string budget with awful production values. Those two are just about two decent things about the film, pretty much a cliché ridden affair of both teen and zombie films with nothing new brought to the table.

For zombie fans only 6/10
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I guess that's what I was expecting so I'll watch it anyway but won't be so disappointed now :)
 
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