What film did you watch last night?
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Couldn't have put it better myself and I'd also rate it 4/10 (2 of that for Christoph Waltz alone). Great initial idea of "lets downsize" but then it didn't know what to do for the last 2/3's of the movie so chucked in a stereotypical "white man has to live as a poor minority to truly understand happiness" trope.
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You don't think it was a risk to make Thor Ragnarok an out and out comedy?
Also to the poster before - it wasn't a "saffie' accent it was a kiwi accent and he was played by the director.
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It would have worked better for me as a more serious undertaking.
It was an over the top farce that killed off some characters that had been there since the beginning in such an inept and care-free way.
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Ready Player One 9/10
Well worth a watch. Really enjoyed it.
Well worth a watch. Really enjoyed it.
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Bad Day for the Cut on Netflix. It's an Irish revenge thriller and was directed by an old school friend. I have to say I thought was well worth the watch but am obviously biased.
Amazing movie, was walking into this worried it won't match the hype. Absolutely brilliant 9/10.
Warning movie spoilers!!
Gundam sequence was amazing. They should definitely make a live action movie. Ps if he used his beam rifle it would been over in seconds.
Mute - Enjoyed the tone and world but it felt like several different plots merged into one film and the whole pedo plot started getting weird towards the end.
Justin Theroux played the part well and Skarsgard put across enough emoticon without saying anything.
Justin Theroux played the part well and Skarsgard put across enough emoticon without saying anything.
American Gangster - 8.5/10 - great film
The other night, Transformers: The Last Knight - 2/10. Seriously terrible, and i mildly enjoyed the first few films as well. It seemed to be a confused mash up of a million different ideas sprinkled with a load of cheesy and cliched lines. It also seemed to try and take the mickey out of itself so much that any sort of serious parts fell completely flat.
The other night, Transformers: The Last Knight - 2/10. Seriously terrible, and i mildly enjoyed the first few films as well. It seemed to be a confused mash up of a million different ideas sprinkled with a load of cheesy and cliched lines. It also seemed to try and take the mickey out of itself so much that any sort of serious parts fell completely flat.
Paddington - 7/10
Not really sure why I watched it, although Paddington is a childhood favourite, but I can see why this one is so popular. Heartwarming and an amazing recreation of the little bear, it is sure to become a Christmas favourite in years to come. I'm certainly up for the second film now, which by all accounts is better.
Not really sure why I watched it, although Paddington is a childhood favourite, but I can see why this one is so popular. Heartwarming and an amazing recreation of the little bear, it is sure to become a Christmas favourite in years to come. I'm certainly up for the second film now, which by all accounts is better.
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century - 4/10 (8/10 for the nostalgia) - Unbelievably cheesy 80's film hanging off the coat-tales of Battlestar Galactica etc but damn it brings back some nostalgia watching it again. As a film it's not great (to be kind) and looks more like an extended episode TV rather than a movie but the special effects are Battlestar levels of quality (pretty decent model work - dodgy rear-projection and green-screening) but the acting is just utter cheese-fest levels of bad, except for the awesome Twiki "Biddy Biddy Biddy Buck!".
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets - I was hoping for some shadows of The Fifth Element which were definitely there and it looked amazing but the story, characters and logic were seriously lacking. It really didn't help that the main star playing an interstellar major of some legendary experience looked about 17 (I liked him in other films playing teenagers but not in this). 3/5 but only because it looked so good.
Pretty much. All style and no substance.
Annihilation - 6.5/10.
I'm not too sure about this one. Having read a few reviews since, I think people are being overly harsh, but if you suspend your disbelief at some of the nonsensical aspects of the film, then it's pretty good. The imagery and ideas are really interesting. I can't say how accurate it is compared to the book though.
Looked lovely in 4K and Dolby Vision, but some of the effects looked a little on the low budget side at times.
I'm not too sure about this one. Having read a few reviews since, I think people are being overly harsh, but if you suspend your disbelief at some of the nonsensical aspects of the film, then it's pretty good. The imagery and ideas are really interesting. I can't say how accurate it is compared to the book though.
Looked lovely in 4K and Dolby Vision, but some of the effects looked a little on the low budget side at times.
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Same feelings here, looked great and whilst in general I enjoyed it I wasn't keen on the main lead.
Thor 3 (Ragnorak) - As a stand-alone film 7/10 - as part of the Thor trilogy 3/10 - My main issue with this film, despite liking parts of it, was the massive 180' tonal change between Thor 1-2 (serious films with some humour) and this film which is a sci-fi comedy styled on Guardians of the Galaxy. Moments which should have had emotional weight such as the loss of a home planet, the massacre of the people, the death of his friends etc have been either left out (far too serious) or made into comedy moments which is an absolute travesty and the sign that the director was an awful choice.
However, if this was film number 1 of the trilogy or even a one off film, then the film is a pretty good sci-fi comedy with some good laughs but the villains felt weak and the action on Asgard felt rushed.
However, if this was film number 1 of the trilogy or even a one off film, then the film is a pretty good sci-fi comedy with some good laughs but the villains felt weak and the action on Asgard felt rushed.