What film did you watch last night?
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Missed the first 20 minutes as walked in while the wife was watching it. Found it decent enough.
Watched The Informer last night, well worth a watch.
Watched a few films over the past few days
The Boy Who Would Be King - nothing special
Angel Has Fallen - Enjoyable enough action
Ford vs Ferrari - Loved it
ZombieLand Double Tap - Entertaining watch
And then during Christmas itself I re-watched Its a Wonderful Life - What an amazing film even after all this time - and it still makes me well up
The Boy Who Would Be King - nothing special
Angel Has Fallen - Enjoyable enough action
Ford vs Ferrari - Loved it
ZombieLand Double Tap - Entertaining watch
And then during Christmas itself I re-watched Its a Wonderful Life - What an amazing film even after all this time - and it still makes me well up
Cliffhanger (the 90s Stallone vehicle)
A real mixed bag this one but mostly fun. The most notable thing about it is the ‘civilian deaths’ - these are absolutely brutal! Jesus!
The famous opening is particularly horrible and somehow it seems far more shocking now that it was when I first saw it. Would they make a death scene like that now in a modern commercial action film? Blergh far too ‘real’ with all the close up looks of terror.
There is perhaps also one of the most excellent deaths in any film ever
Otherwise, as I said, plenty of fun. John Lithgow’s character is delightfully cheesy and ridiculously evil, almost like a Mel Gibson ‘British bad guy’. Stallone is likeable. Forgot it had a decent plane scene too.
The films suffers by being ‘weirdly edited’. When the villains meet Stallone suddenly it all seems to speed up to 1000mph and many scenes and stunts seem strung together like they had ‘lots of footage’ and jumbled the story together afterwards. So after starting really strong it slightly outstays it’s welcome, unfortunately.
7/10
A real mixed bag this one but mostly fun. The most notable thing about it is the ‘civilian deaths’ - these are absolutely brutal! Jesus!
The famous opening is particularly horrible and somehow it seems far more shocking now that it was when I first saw it. Would they make a death scene like that now in a modern commercial action film? Blergh far too ‘real’ with all the close up looks of terror.There is perhaps also one of the most excellent deaths in any film ever
When Stallone overhead presses the dude up into a giant spike - awesome!!!
Otherwise, as I said, plenty of fun. John Lithgow’s character is delightfully cheesy and ridiculously evil, almost like a Mel Gibson ‘British bad guy’. Stallone is likeable. Forgot it had a decent plane scene too.
The films suffers by being ‘weirdly edited’. When the villains meet Stallone suddenly it all seems to speed up to 1000mph and many scenes and stunts seem strung together like they had ‘lots of footage’ and jumbled the story together afterwards. So after starting really strong it slightly outstays it’s welcome, unfortunately.
7/10
Rise of Skywalker
Not really sure what to give this one. There's a lot to like and a lot of misses. It certainly isn't close to being as good as The Last Jedi but it does deliver a reasonable end to the arc of the nine movies and there's plenty of spectacle. I still can't believe they launched a series of three movies without substantially plotting them out in advance and that flaw, as well as the sad loss of Carrie Fischer, runs through everything.
Maybe 7.5/10? I need to see it again to judge properly I think.
Not really sure what to give this one. There's a lot to like and a lot of misses. It certainly isn't close to being as good as The Last Jedi but it does deliver a reasonable end to the arc of the nine movies and there's plenty of spectacle. I still can't believe they launched a series of three movies without substantially plotting them out in advance and that flaw, as well as the sad loss of Carrie Fischer, runs through everything.
Maybe 7.5/10? I need to see it again to judge properly I think.
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Not close to being as good as the last jedi? Well that's pretty damning right there.
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Hellboy (2019)
Got some bad reviews by critics and the public but I thought it was great.
Got some bad reviews by critics and the public but I thought it was great.
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Jojo Rabbit (2019) - 7/10
Although the subject matter won’t be to everyone’s taste, this coming of age drama with humourous moments gives a realistic and bleak depiction of both the fanaticism and anti-hate ideas in Germany during the end of World War II.
It’s very smart about what it achieves, but I would have liked to see more humour and outlandishness as it is a bit slow in parts.
Great acting from Jojo as the lead and strong performances from the rest of the cast, and good use of music too.
Although the subject matter won’t be to everyone’s taste, this coming of age drama with humourous moments gives a realistic and bleak depiction of both the fanaticism and anti-hate ideas in Germany during the end of World War II.
It’s very smart about what it achieves, but I would have liked to see more humour and outlandishness as it is a bit slow in parts.
Great acting from Jojo as the lead and strong performances from the rest of the cast, and good use of music too.
Just watched this too and also thought it was great!
I found the first Perlman Hellboy pretty boring (didn't watch the 2nd), but this was good fun.
Absolutely agree with this, for his acting debut I thought the kid who played Jojo was superb. Could be one to keep an eye on for the future.
Great film. It's rather strange to think that 25 years have passed since it was released, and it was 25 years prior to then that the actual mission took place.
