What film did you watch last night?

[drunkenmaster]

John Wick 2.

Really loved the first film (8/10), so I have been looking forward to watching the second instalment. But this one just seemed over the top where the fight scenes were getting long and boring as it's so repetitive. Story was weak too.

5.5/10

You know what John Wick 3 is going to be like now. . .

Well following the trend we have another Matrix.... Revolutions our hand? Is that the third one, or was it reloaded, I try to not remember those two and pretend only the first one existed.

It's kind of hilarious how similar the change in plot and action has been with Keanu in both. Even stranger is how much people **** on films like the sequels to The Matrix yet still make the same mistakes when it comes to sequels. The Matrix universe had so much room for more films but the third was so poor no one wanted any more. I feel like Wick is going the same way.

As I said before, I'm just surprised people liked it when the plot was far worse, made far less sense and the action was just stupid long scenes that made absolutely no sense, particularly when the first film was praised for the realism of the fights. Again this is basically exactly the same as The Matrix, except there the first film was praised for how the fights were shot, with complex camera setups and lots of real stuntwork where the follow up was longer and all CGI horsecrap.

 

[Chojin]

Chico and Rita

Visually striking, with good music and authentic depiction of Havana life. I didn't find the love story very convincing however. For me it was more a 90 minute animated music video.

6/10

 

[scorza]

Hell or High Water

Modern western set in West Texas with themes of consumer debt crisis, out of control banks and US gun culture. Some great comic relief in there, and plenty of food for thought.

8/10.

 

[BillHicksRIP]

Hell or High Water

Modern western set in West Texas with themes of consumer debt crisis, out of control banks and US gun culture. Some great comic relief in there, and plenty of food for thought.

8/10.

Chris Pine can knock it out of the park with the right role. That porch scene at the end was genuinely intimitading.

 

[jsmoke]

Same here, watched it last night & while it was ok, it certianly wasn't a patch on the original.

Yep,T2 was disappointing, it's just not relevant anymore, tough times in the 80's in that part of the world but not so much anymore.

 

[scorza]

Chris Pine can knock it out of the park with the right role. That porch scene at the end was genuinely intimitading.

Holy smokes - this post made me look up who Chris Pine was. Had no idea the guy I was watching last night was young James T. Kirk

 

[=XDC=FluphyBunny]

Lego Batman

Just awful. I guess I am not the target audience. Silly but no laughs and often so stupid it was irritating.

2/10

 

[Beer_MonsterUK]

Lego Batman

Just awful. I guess I am not the target audience. Silly but no laughs and often so stupid it was irritating.

2/10

You "guess" You're not their target audience? Let me confirm it, you're not!

 

[=XDC=FluphyBunny]

You "guess" You're not their target audience? Let me confirm it, you're not!

Hey, I'm a young 41 year old

I thought there would be at least a few laughs for example Zootopia/Big Hero 9 both awesome films.

 

[Vonhelmet]

Lego Batman

Just awful. I guess I am not the target audience. Silly but no laughs and often so stupid it was irritating.

2/10

Pah, I'm 35 and thought it was pretty funny.

 

[neil_g]

Logan - dark, gritty. Everything the wolverine films should've been from the start. Predictable in places but still solid. 8/10

Hacksaw Ridge - it's an amazing story of Desmond Doss and how he went through the struggle of training to achieve such a feat in battle. Watchable and will kill 2 hours but I felt the film was a little rushed and shallow. 6/10

 

[Captain]

Inglourious ********. Christopher waltz steals the show, he's just fantastic.

 

[Vern1961]

Hacksaw Ridge last night.

Mixed feelings - undoubtedly the main character was a hero and deserved some sort of movie recognition. However I must agree with some comments elsewhere that the pacing in the first half was a bit off and Vince Vaughan just didn't really gel as the drill sergeant nor Sam Worthington as the CO. As regards the battle scenes, well at times it felt like a live action version of COD. Not for those with a weak stomach although I'm of the view that some of the gore and viscera was a bit exaggerated for effect. Obviously a modern war movie isn't going to have Audie Murphy or Richard Widmark take a bullet to the arm, pause to light a cigarette then carry on but then neither were they using explosive tipped bullets. And the scene with

Spoiler

half a torso being used as a human shield seemed to be sheer fantasy

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So overall I'd say 7/10. a good watch but not a classic like Saving Private Ryan or BoB.

 

[Destination]

Logan.
It was alright. a 6 or 7 maybe.
Didn't affect me as much as others seemed to get 'the feelz' on this thread.
Just a decent passable movie that turning into random crap in the final scene.

Kids running not using powers, men not shooting kids, the entire contrived gubbins which didn't stand to even the slightest 'wtf are they doing' thoughts.
Best wolverine movie, but that doesn't say much.

First class and days of future past still better than this, as were the fassbender 'new origin' scenes in apocalypse.

All in all x-men is very disappointing, vastly behind Marvels heros/avengers series of movies, which while not great, at least follow a slightly better plot form.

 

[TheVoice]

I watched Passengers the other night. 6/10 I guess. Considering there's been some pretty good space/sci-fi films out the past year or so I had high hopes, but it really wasn't anything remarkable at all. Felt like it was ticking a lot of boxes (romance, comedy, action, peril) without any real purpose to the story line.

 

[qqg3]

The Perfect Storm 4/5
A classic, always enjoyable.

War Machine 4/5
Solid, going to pick up the book its based on too. Didn't think Pitt was right for the role but he was still great with what he was given.

Logan 3/5
Yawn, not for me I guess, although I haven't liked many of these "super-hero" movies (GOTG aside) for a long time now, all too generic and formulaic.

 

[glenimp617]

La La Land 10/10

Didn't think I'd like it so had put off watching it. Absolutely brilliant. First film I have rated a straight 10.

 

[v0n]

Alien: Covenant - 5/10 - Alien movie by numbers. The whole magical "pollen" creates even more problems in alien life cycle than magical "goo" of Prometheus. Couldn't care less about the main heroine. I wish they just stopped wrecking old franchises.

Boss Baby - 4/10 - meh

 

[EddScott]

Logan - 7/10 enjoyed it a lot.

Spoiler

Missed a trick not bringing in Liev Schreiber - a clone of Sabretooth maybe - rather than a cloned Wolverine - with a really poor half sentence explanation. Would have reinforced Logan's wish to be finally at peace having killed his brother

 

[gettothechopper]

War Machine 4/5
Solid, going to pick up the book its based on too. Didn't think Pitt was right for the role but he was still great with what he was given.

I thought it was really great

Spoiler

explains well the complexities of the Afghan war and also the specific events of Mcchrystals "adventures"
After years of reading books, documentries, films and even myself being part of the Afghan war, this film has me thinking a lot - I cant decide if Mcmahon/Mcchrystal was 100% right (and just didnt have the support / politics he needed) or just another general in a long line who repeat the same mistakes.

I feel bad for it though as casual viewers wont find it action packed or funny enough

The book is very good as well (the operators) shame the author died so young
The film presents it intrestingly that did Michael Hastings bring down a "runaway general" or scupper the chances of the one man who could have won?