Just rattled through all three of them, fantastic way to spend a cold afternoon
"he's beginning to believe"
What film did you watch last night?
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Just rattled through all three of them, fantastic way to spend a cold afternoon
"he's beginning to believe"
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Still one of my favourite film sets of all time. Definite 10/10 for me as I have not seen anything with that kind of story, delivery and effect since.
Must watch them once or twice every year and still thoroughly enjoy them all.
I've yet to enjoy them on my new OLED so it's looking like it's about time to watch them again
Blade Runner 2049 - 8/10
Enjoyed this. Story was decent enough for a sequel, but the visuals are what I really loved. Like the Vegas part with the bright orange sky, or the neon advertisements that take me back to the original. I'm really into that sort of cyberpunk/dystopian city theme lately, and this didn't disappoint.
The scene where the AI woman and the real one merged was really cool too. Ana de Armas is perfection.
Enjoyed this. Story was decent enough for a sequel, but the visuals are what I really loved. Like the Vegas part with the bright orange sky, or the neon advertisements that take me back to the original. I'm really into that sort of cyberpunk/dystopian city theme lately, and this didn't disappoint.
The scene where the AI woman and the real one merged was really cool too. Ana de Armas is perfection.
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Have to agree there somewhat, it is fairly unique in certain ways! Good news, it's coming to UHD Blu-ray too
http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-Matrix-4K-Blu-ray/198328/
Be nice on an OLED
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Thor Ragnorak
It was worth a one off watch I'd say. The humor felt forced in places and almost cringe level
5/10
It was worth a one off watch I'd say. The humor felt forced in places and almost cringe level
5/10
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Self/Less - 3/10 - Dire film in almost every way with an awful "twist" that you see a million miles away. WTF are A list stars doing making crap like this, it's B-movie tripe at best!
Valerian and the city of the thousand planets - 6/10 - I love most of Luc Besson's films, especially his Sci-Fi stuff like 5th Element, Lucy (I know!) etc and this is visually just as good as 5th Element for me, with great world building, great story and great CGI etc but his casting is awful in this with Dane "zero acting ability" DeHaan being acted off the screen by a Model who is at least OK-ish at best. That one actor literally ruins the film as they've taken the late 20's early 30's "square jawed super soldier/spy" original and replaced him with, for want of a better word, a teenage looking effeminate kid desperately trying to lower the tone of his voice to sound more gravelly and grown-up, which is an absurd casting choice.
Outside of the casting however I really liked the film quite a lot and would have rated it a 8/10 if it had a better lead.
Valerian and the city of the thousand planets - 6/10 - I love most of Luc Besson's films, especially his Sci-Fi stuff like 5th Element, Lucy (I know!) etc and this is visually just as good as 5th Element for me, with great world building, great story and great CGI etc but his casting is awful in this with Dane "zero acting ability" DeHaan being acted off the screen by a Model who is at least OK-ish at best. That one actor literally ruins the film as they've taken the late 20's early 30's "square jawed super soldier/spy" original and replaced him with, for want of a better word, a teenage looking effeminate kid desperately trying to lower the tone of his voice to sound more gravelly and grown-up, which is an absurd casting choice.
Outside of the casting however I really liked the film quite a lot and would have rated it a 8/10 if it had a better lead.
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The Shape Of Water, endearing film worthy of a watch but all to predictable storyline.
Well, she's been dating Noah Baumbach since 2011 so that might have something to do with it
I actually feel that the more time goes on, the more I've grown to like Lady Bird. Myprediction is that they never go for the real frontrunner to win, whch in this case is Three Billboards. Therefore I think Lady Bird has a good shot. I just watched The Shape of Water this afternoon and thought it was gash. Well-made gash, but boring nonetheless. Not a patch on his other work. 5/10.
Ahhh right, I didn't know that! And YES! Get it watched!
Yeah I agree there, feel a lot more positive about it now then I did leaving the cinema. But whilst I preferred it to most of the other nominees (bar Call Me By You Name), I don't think it's got as much going for it film wise. The script and performances are outstanding, but the screenplay and cinematography are merely vessels used to tell the story.
I dunno, I think it's quite a tight year in the running for best picture. There doesn't seem to be an obvious winner this time round, despite the bookies backing Three Billboards.
Caporegime
Game night 8.5/10
Surprisingly well made comedy compared to the mediocre junk churned out the last few years. Was entertaining throughout some solid characters
Surprisingly well made comedy compared to the mediocre junk churned out the last few years. Was entertaining throughout some solid characters
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Red Sparrow. I enjoyed it.
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The post. (IMDB-7.3)
Boring and disappointing. How it's got 7.3 on IMDB is beyond me.
Boring and disappointing. How it's got 7.3 on IMDB is beyond me.
Only the Brave
Put this on my second monitor when I was grinding some D3 rifts and it very quickly took my attention off the game. I really got into this film and felt for the characters in a way that not many films have made me do. Others may nitpick and find things wrong with it but for me this is a definite 10/10.
Put this on my second monitor when I was grinding some D3 rifts and it very quickly took my attention off the game. I really got into this film and felt for the characters in a way that not many films have made me do. Others may nitpick and find things wrong with it but for me this is a definite 10/10.
Ghost in the Shell 5/10
I think I have a very uncertain relationship with the whole GitS franchise. After seeing the film I feel it kind of amplifies what I feel about the whole thing, anime inclusive although to a lesser extent as it's generally a better experience - Ghost in the Shell tries to be about the bigger picture of the human condition and what it means, but for one reason or another it never quite gets there. The film, despite trying to shoehorn in the anime checklist, doesn't feel very interesting and doesn't really explain it's world very well. I stuck through it, but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone unless they had 2 hours of time to waste.
I think I have a very uncertain relationship with the whole GitS franchise. After seeing the film I feel it kind of amplifies what I feel about the whole thing, anime inclusive although to a lesser extent as it's generally a better experience - Ghost in the Shell tries to be about the bigger picture of the human condition and what it means, but for one reason or another it never quite gets there. The film, despite trying to shoehorn in the anime checklist, doesn't feel very interesting and doesn't really explain it's world very well. I stuck through it, but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone unless they had 2 hours of time to waste.
Soldato
Shape of water 7/10
Nice film, good acting all round, good story if a little predictable.
Nice film, good acting all round, good story if a little predictable.