What film did you watch last night?
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I guess that just leaves Crystal Skull now
Hell, no! Once was enough!
See i'm ever so slightly compulsive about these things and if i'd started, i'd have to watch them all again, regardless of how bad the 4th movie is.
The Falling (2014)
Harks back very much to films like "If" and "Picnic at hanging rock". It's set in 1969 and based loosely on a true story of a hysteria and fainting epidemic that struck a British all girls school.
It's beautifully filmed with many dark and mysterious layers to it but it's also an uncomfortable watch and far from mainstream. If you like "If" then it is worth checking out.
Deadpool (2015)
Yep pretty much what I expected after all the hype. Very well done, excellent writing from the team who put it together. The cameo from Stan Lee was perfect.
Harks back very much to films like "If" and "Picnic at hanging rock". It's set in 1969 and based loosely on a true story of a hysteria and fainting epidemic that struck a British all girls school.
It's beautifully filmed with many dark and mysterious layers to it but it's also an uncomfortable watch and far from mainstream. If you like "If" then it is worth checking out.
Deadpool (2015)
Yep pretty much what I expected after all the hype. Very well done, excellent writing from the team who put it together. The cameo from Stan Lee was perfect.
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Que? No, I don't think it works like that. I rate a film based on its own merits, not how it compares to other films.
Fair enough, but one should at least be able to compare a film to any of it's siblings/related stuff.
The Harry Potters are all comparable to eachother, as are Star Wars, Fast & Furious, etc.
The fact that I have seen 8.5 and 9 out of 10s for X-Men: Apocalypse (which I consider to not only be a terrible movie, but a terrible X-Men movie too) makes me wonder what rankings the far superior other X-Men films would have garnered.
I gave Deadpool a 9. It matched the comic book depictions of Wade perfectly, was crude, silly, violent, and most of all hilariously entertaining. Just as he is in the comics.
Now comparing it to other comic book films isn't really fair, as there are very few R-rated ones out there, however comparing to something in a similar vein, such as the Kick-Ass series is completely fair.
TL;DR:
I am very peeved at how they ruined the rebooted X-Men franchise, and thus am unreasonably agitated by other forum members rating it so highly.
TL;DR:
I am very peeved at how they ruined the rebooted X-Men franchise, and thus am unreasonably agitated by other forum members rating it so highly.
Said it before, will repeat it, Vaughn's First Class was the pinnacle of the 'X' movies, it's been downhill since then.
TL;DR:
I am very peeved at how they ruined the rebooted X-Men franchise, and thus am unreasonably agitated by other forum members rating it so highly.
It seems odd that you would be annoyed at others enjoying something, just because you didn't?
Everyone will have different tastes.
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Absolutely nailed that review.
I could not wait for it to end. The moment where they decided to turn round and go back was a particular low-point, I should have turned it off there and then really.
The girls were the only redeeming feature of this stinking pile of faeces.
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Errrrrrr, I am sure this is a good movie, and I am sure it is very smart and witty but I must admit Jane Austin is not my thing and only went to watch it due to Mark Kermode said its one of the best film of the year.
Not sure what rating I can give it because I feel like I am unqualified to judge it...there was a woman who laughijg constantly and I am sitting there feeling stupid for either missing the joke or just don't have a sense of humour. In terms of enjoyment however, I must say I enjoyed Batman v Superman more......but I guess the film do make more sense than BvS and Kate Beckingsale is lovely as ever.
Errrrrrr, I am sure this is a good movie, and I am sure it is very smart and witty but I must admit Jane Austin is not my thing and only went to watch it due to Mark Kermode said its one of the best film of the year.
Not sure what rating I can give it because I feel like I am unqualified to judge it...there was a woman who laughijg constantly and I am sitting there feeling stupid for either missing the joke or just don't have a sense of humour. In terms of enjoyment however, I must say I enjoyed Batman v Superman more......but I guess the film do make more sense than BvS and Kate Beckingsale is lovely as ever.
A ream marmite movie, I absolutely loved it and it was my favourite film of 2015 by a mile.
I know a lot of people though that think I am talking out of my bottom. 'It Follows' tends to cause a similar reaction as well.
Also 6/10 for me (ex player).
Went in with very low expectations and was pleasantly surprised.
Risen. Kind of interesting even if you don't buy into the Christ-Myth or like me a bit of an agnostic. Kind of a CSI-AD0033 told from the Roman POV who were trying to get to the bottom of why and how his body had vanished.
Quite slow paced in places and nowhere near as brutal as Passion, nevertheless a very down to earth view of the place and period. Reading between the lines (perhaps a bit too much) very much some ambiguous implications vis. the closely bonded male group, just how much "love" was actually going on. The appearance and disappearance of the risen Christ kind of made me think - holographic projection and of course the Ascension, which had more than a nod to alien abduction or a UFO taking off.
The other food for thought was the "Peace, Love, Dope" (well maybe not the last bit) message projected by whoever this person was, just a few centuries later and for 100's of years thereafter was corrupted into summary burnings for witchcraft or heresy, the Crusades, the Spanish Inquisition and the well funded closely guarded upper echelons of the Catholic Church. Not to mention two millennia of war and slaughter generally throughout the wider world. Yet not once has anyone come back to say, "Hoy, you really pee'ed it up the wall, stop!" Ergo, the agnostic.
Quite slow paced in places and nowhere near as brutal as Passion, nevertheless a very down to earth view of the place and period. Reading between the lines (perhaps a bit too much) very much some ambiguous implications vis. the closely bonded male group, just how much "love" was actually going on. The appearance and disappearance of the risen Christ kind of made me think - holographic projection and of course the Ascension, which had more than a nod to alien abduction or a UFO taking off.
The other food for thought was the "Peace, Love, Dope" (well maybe not the last bit) message projected by whoever this person was, just a few centuries later and for 100's of years thereafter was corrupted into summary burnings for witchcraft or heresy, the Crusades, the Spanish Inquisition and the well funded closely guarded upper echelons of the Catholic Church. Not to mention two millennia of war and slaughter generally throughout the wider world. Yet not once has anyone come back to say, "Hoy, you really pee'ed it up the wall, stop!" Ergo, the agnostic.