What film did you watch last night?

Tek81 · 25 Feb 2020 at 14:53

Dark Fate - 5/10

Better than the other post T2 sequels. Although, that's not really saying much. Same formulaic approach, some fairly good action scenes and reasonable acting.

Ad Astra - 5/10

Although I really liked the visual style of the film as well as the soundtrack, I found the story to be utterly flat. Also, the faux / pseudo psychological approach to how it was presented, made the film feel pretentious.

Jokester · 25 Feb 2020 at 17:57

Birds of Prey - 5/10
Four oppressed women fight back against the patriarchy to protect a girl from the patriarchy. The subtle wokeness isn't really a problem, it's just not that great a film and Margot Robbie's performance/accent is all over the place, though her fight scenes are good with some imaginitive bits as well.

sbweightman · 25 Feb 2020 at 20:22

Call of the Wild (2020) - 9/10

A moving story of a dog’s journey of hardships and adventure through the Yukon during the gold rush era.

The presentation is probably too idyllic, but the stunning vistas, great special effects and good pacing make it a thoroughly enjoyable movie to watch.

It’s heartwarming with subtle humour and has good acting and good pacing, although the humanized dog is a bit distracting at times and the villain sub-plot felt unnecessary.

arc@css · 26 Feb 2020 at 02:29

Terminator: Dark Fate. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6450804/?ref_=ttfc_fc_tt

Pretty good and better than I was anticipating. I enjoyed this more than the last couple anyway.

b00merang69 · 26 Feb 2020 at 03:09

sbweightman said:
Call of the Wild (2020) - 9/10

A moving story of a dog’s journey of hardships and adventure through the Yukon during the gold rush era.

The presentation is probably too idyllic, but the stunning vistas, great special effects and good pacing make it a thoroughly enjoyable movie to watch.

It’s heartwarming with subtle humour and has good acting and good pacing, although the humanized dog is a bit distracting at times and the villain sub-plot felt unnecessary.

Apart from the dog and animals are CGI (I did not know before hand), not sure WTF they were thinking, he looks more like a robot dog so I had to give up.

FlyingScotsman · 26 Feb 2020 at 10:44

Watched Midway last night, good war movie, loads of action 7/10

beachBOYken · 26 Feb 2020 at 11:11

tek81 said:
Dark Fate - 5/10

Better than the other post T2 sequels. Although, that's not really saying much. Same formulaic approach, some fairly good action scenes and reasonable acting.

Ad Astra - 5/10

Although I really liked the visual style of the film as well as the soundtrack, I found the story to be utterly flat. Also, the faux / pseudo psychological approach to how it was presented, made the film feel pretentious.

I watched Ad Astra the other night as well, I do like space movies so that kept me watching till the end, but I agree, the story was pretty poor, reminded me slightly of a movie called Solaris that I thought was extremely boring.

SixTwoSix · 26 Feb 2020 at 11:33

I enjoyed Ad Astra, kept me intrigued and entertained throughout but with little pay off at the end. The message was a bit ham fisted too.

I think it's something i'd like to rewatch when i ever get a 4k TV.

sbweightman · 26 Feb 2020 at 17:51

6 Underground (2019) - 5/10

Mostly fast paced crazy carnage with a silly sense of humour about it, although there is a sequence in the middle with a serious tone and subject matter which is quite jarring.

Impressive set pieces and special effects but it’s definitely a case of style over substance with the mediocre plot lacking cohesion and the blatant product placement spoiling the overall experience.

The oddball cast do work well together and within the premise, but it also feels a bit of an ego stroking exercise for Reynolds.

AndyCr15 · 26 Feb 2020 at 19:32

Terminator Dark Fate - 6½/10

I could even push a 7 rating, I quite enjoyed it. Yes, you felt like you'd seen it before, but it was still a pretty good film. A little cheesy by the end mind.

Rannoch · 26 Feb 2020 at 19:37

Danny75 said:
Dreamcatcher (2003). One of my faves that I re-watch every few years.

I forgot about that movie. The loo scene is class.

SixTwoSix · 26 Feb 2020 at 19:53

AndyCr15 said:
Terminator Dark Fate - 6½/10

I could even push a 7 rating, I quite enjoyed it. Yes, you felt like you'd seen it before, but it was still a pretty good film. A little cheesy by the end mind.

I don't think it's remotely as bad as everyone decided it was from the trailers before even seeing it

Enjoyed it more than Genesys and T3 but less than Salvation.

wiiija · 26 Feb 2020 at 23:32

AndyCr15 said:
Terminator Dark Fate - 6½/10

I could even push a 7 rating, I quite enjoyed it. Yes, you felt like you'd seen it before, but it was still a pretty good film. A little cheesy by the end mind.

I'd give it a solid 7, I thoroughly enjoyed it!

VincentHanna · 26 Feb 2020 at 23:34

Greed

It was really quite awful.

Not funny at all considering the calibre of people (Coogan, Mitchell, Tim Key etc) and some of the actors had nothing to do, such as Shirley Henderson playing an elderly mother.

3/10

Maccy · 27 Feb 2020 at 09:13

VincentHanna said:
Greed

It was really quite awful.

Not funny at all considering the calibre of people (Coogan, Mitchell, Tim Key etc) and some of the actors had nothing to do, such as Shirley Henderson playing an elderly mother.

3/10

Oh man that's disappointing, was really looking forward to seeing this

Tek81 · 27 Feb 2020 at 10:35

IT Chapter 2 - 5/10

Neither parts were as good as the original TV version, however I found Chapter 2 to be especially disappointing. Plot holes aside...the ending was a complete mess.

SixTwoSix · 27 Feb 2020 at 10:38

tek81 said:
IT Chapter 2 - 5/10

Neither parts were as good as the original TV version, however I found Chapter 2 to be especially disappointing. Plot holes aside...the ending was a complete mess.

How recently have you rewatched the TV version? It's painfully dated now and i was of the same opinion as you until watching it again a year or two back.

I agree on IT Chapter 2 though, on my initial watch I really liked it but on a subsequent rewatch, I think it's a very poor sequel. The most horrific part is the attack on the gay guy at the start, virtually everything after pales and there is no real threat from Pennywise throughout.

Tek81 · 27 Feb 2020 at 11:01

SixTwoSix said:
How recently have you rewatched the TV version? It's painfully dated now and i was of the same opinion as you until watching it again a year or two back.

I agree on IT Chapter 2 though, on my initial watch I really liked it but on a subsequent rewatch, I think it's a very poor sequel. The most horrific part is the attack on the gay guy at the start, virtually everything after pales and there is no real threat from Pennywise throughout.

I watched it about three years ago. It is very dated by todays standards, however I preferred Tim Currys rendition of Pennywise, the lack of CGI and the general "feel" of the original. Some of that likely comes down to nostalgia though, because it was one of my favourite films as a child.

SixTwoSix · 27 Feb 2020 at 11:14

tek81 said:
I watched it about three years ago. It is very dated by todays standards, however I preferred Tim Currys rendition of Pennywise, the lack of CGI and the general "feel" of the original. Some of that likely comes down to nostalgia though, because it was one of my favourite films as a child.

That's a fair point, I too have a soft spot for the mini-series due to nostalgia and scaring the living poop out of me as a kid.

AndyCr15 · 27 Feb 2020 at 21:07

JoJo Rabbit - 8½/10

Really enjoyed this. Great humour, good story, fantastic characters.

iamtheoneneo said:
JoJo Rabbit is great, I just hate that they marketed it as a comedy.
It has comedic undertones but its actually a pretty serious film for most of it.

I personally disagree, definitely a comedy. It might be about something that was dark, evil and sinister, but that it was still a comedy about it IMO.