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Total Recall. So much fun and still looks great all these years later. 9/10
What film did you watch last night?
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Does it actually pick up well then for the third movie?
I surprisingly really enjoyed the first then couldn't even finish the second as it was so dull.
Yeah the 3rd picks up quite a bit. When the action starts in the second half it gets really enjoyable.
AndKate BeckinsaleSharon Stone is always worth watching
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Casino, 8/10.
Having recently watched Goodfellas and The Irishman (in the cinema!), I was craving some Casino. Another one that has been a long time. It's so good, so well paced another movie where I didn't feel like it was three hours long.
Oh and Sharon Stone!
Having recently watched Goodfellas and The Irishman (in the cinema!), I was craving some Casino. Another one that has been a long time. It's so good, so well paced another movie where I didn't feel like it was three hours long.
Oh and Sharon Stone!
And we found out that in earnest last night.
Yeah it's a real 180 from the second. Makes me wish the 2nd one wasn't so bad as it would be regarded as an enjoyable trilogy that i would watch again.
I own a prop from Aien 3. One of the coats that the inmates wore.
Dr Strange
My wife said it looked a demo for a CGI company. I can't say I disagree. Which would be fine if the actual film was better. It takes almost an hour to drag through the introduction, during which a bad thing happens to our hero, Dr Strange, and he goes and learns to be a badass wizard as a result. The trouble is that when the bad thing happens we're not given much reason to care about him, or remotely like him, and the bad thing is entirely his fault anyway so it doesn't exactly have any dramatic tension. The rest of the time, the film struggles to deliver impactful action scenes because you're never given any sense of where the limits of their capabilities lie. It's got some cleverness to it, it's funny in places, and all that CGI sure can be pretty, but without anything much to make your care it's an utterly forgetful CGI fest.
Not Marvel's finest hour: 4/10
My wife said it looked a demo for a CGI company. I can't say I disagree. Which would be fine if the actual film was better. It takes almost an hour to drag through the introduction, during which a bad thing happens to our hero, Dr Strange, and he goes and learns to be a badass wizard as a result. The trouble is that when the bad thing happens we're not given much reason to care about him, or remotely like him, and the bad thing is entirely his fault anyway so it doesn't exactly have any dramatic tension. The rest of the time, the film struggles to deliver impactful action scenes because you're never given any sense of where the limits of their capabilities lie. It's got some cleverness to it, it's funny in places, and all that CGI sure can be pretty, but without anything much to make your care it's an utterly forgetful CGI fest.
Not Marvel's finest hour: 4/10
More Ghibli films:
Whisper of the Heart - 8/10. Strange this in that it felt very ‘real life’ for most of the film and then became twee in the very final scene, which I found a little jarring. Otherwise, great!
The Cat Returns - 4/10. This didn’t really seem to have a point at all... it didn’t feel very whimsical / charming. Pretty disappointed and definitely one of the weaker films.
Whisper of the Heart - 8/10. Strange this in that it felt very ‘real life’ for most of the film and then became twee in the very final scene, which I found a little jarring. Otherwise, great!
The Cat Returns - 4/10. This didn’t really seem to have a point at all... it didn’t feel very whimsical / charming. Pretty disappointed and definitely one of the weaker films.
Knives Out
What is it with Rian Johnson making utterly **** films which critics seem to love? First he kills star wars then makes this, which admittedly isn't as bad as TLJ but is almost singled handedly ruined by Daniel Craig's ridiculous southern accent. Plotline is tedious, overuse of current political buzz words is cringe worthy and given the amazing cast is just... Well confusing how it could be so bad.
3/10
What is it with Rian Johnson making utterly **** films which critics seem to love? First he kills star wars then makes this, which admittedly isn't as bad as TLJ but is almost singled handedly ruined by Daniel Craig's ridiculous southern accent. Plotline is tedious, overuse of current political buzz words is cringe worthy and given the amazing cast is just... Well confusing how it could be so bad.
3/10