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Spiral 6/10
What film did you watch last night?
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Those Who Wish Me Dead (2021) - 7/10
A completely run of the mill action thriller with enough action, drama, special effects and suspense to help you overlook the weak story.
The plot is poor, predictable and nothing new but the film does what it sets out to do and does it relatively well.
There’s a good cast with good acting and character development, but it is the setting, spectacular scenery and realistic special effects that really steal the show.
A completely run of the mill action thriller with enough action, drama, special effects and suspense to help you overlook the weak story.
The plot is poor, predictable and nothing new but the film does what it sets out to do and does it relatively well.
There’s a good cast with good acting and character development, but it is the setting, spectacular scenery and realistic special effects that really steal the show.
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They live 6/10
Very much of its time, but an interesting idea and watchable enough.
The stanford prison experiment 7/10
Hadn't heard of this before reading about it in this thread. Good film.
Very much of its time, but an interesting idea and watchable enough.
The stanford prison experiment 7/10
Hadn't heard of this before reading about it in this thread. Good film.
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I'm just going to sit and watch Shrek for a laugh, I've only seen it the once when it came out.
I watched this last night for the first time. It was pretty entertaining and nice to see some classic actors, sheen and Douglas. Pretty cool story line once it got going.
The UHD Bluray was pretty grainy but overall a decent picture.
L.A. Confidential
Sublime film. What happens when every component of the film is done exceptionally well.
The 90s set a really high standard for cop films, having this film and Heat released within a couple of years of each other. I don't think anything has come close since.
9/10
Sublime film. What happens when every component of the film is done exceptionally well.
The 90s set a really high standard for cop films, having this film and Heat released within a couple of years of each other. I don't think anything has come close since.
9/10
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Hounds of Love (2016)
A couple who kidnap and terrorise a young woman in the suburbs of Perth, and was loosely based upon the crimes of David and Catherine Birnie.
Came across this film on the Arrow Video website when buying Thief (1981)
Pretty intense in places, uncomfortably so at times. All in all, well worth a watch.
7.5/10
A couple who kidnap and terrorise a young woman in the suburbs of Perth, and was loosely based upon the crimes of David and Catherine Birnie.
Came across this film on the Arrow Video website when buying Thief (1981)
Pretty intense in places, uncomfortably so at times. All in all, well worth a watch.
7.5/10
Trawling through the thread to note down some films to line up. He was a guest speaker at one of our weekly Zoom briefs by the CEO (Great Ormond Street Hospital). Hilarious! Told some pretty funny stories/anecdotes forgetting we're a children's hospital - definitely a potty mouthI've met Jason Isaacs. He's quite scary (tall, loud, posh) although maybe that's because I spent the whole conversation trying to say how I work with a friend of his and thought I should just say "hello" (if you know, you know..)
I love the buffet line
. The CEO looked like his heart dropped a couple of times.Heh yeah I guess he is a bit of a potty mouth but I was at a private party so not an issue (woo get me). Did anyone say "hello" to him?Trawling through the thread to note down some films to line up. He was a guest speaker at one of our weekly Zoom briefs by the CEO (Great Ormond Street Hospital). Hilarious! Told some pretty funny stories/anecdotes forgetting we're a children's hospital - definitely a potty mouth
Is this out on Netflix etc now? I had high hopes but reviews have been poor
Yep, completely agree with this:
Those Who Wish Me Dead 7/10
Decent enough, and a bonus point for tugging at the heart strings, but nothing particularly original.
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Bad Times at the El Royale
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Army of the Dead (2021)
It was ok.
I didn't really care enough about any of the characters to be bothered if they got picked off by a zombie or not. So there wasn't any tension for me during any of the fights and battles. You could easily predict who was going to get picked off and when and the ending was pretty much a given from the off.
Wasn't a fan of the narrow/short focus lens used in a lot of shots either. Or the run time. It could've easily been cut down to two hours or less without sacrificing anything.
I also felt the tone of the film was a mixed bag and couldn't make up its mind if it was serious or not. It was like they tried to mix Zombieland with The Walking Dead.
Worth a watch, but a doubt I'd ever rewatch it.
6/10
It was ok.
I didn't really care enough about any of the characters to be bothered if they got picked off by a zombie or not. So there wasn't any tension for me during any of the fights and battles. You could easily predict who was going to get picked off and when and the ending was pretty much a given from the off.
Wasn't a fan of the narrow/short focus lens used in a lot of shots either. Or the run time. It could've easily been cut down to two hours or less without sacrificing anything.
I also felt the tone of the film was a mixed bag and couldn't make up its mind if it was serious or not. It was like they tried to mix Zombieland with The Walking Dead.
Worth a watch, but a doubt I'd ever rewatch it.
6/10
Nice! Didn't know it was out yet. I'll be watching this tonight too.
I attempted to watch the Jay and Silent Bob Reboot from 2019 just put on Amazon Prime or Netflix.
Wow...
Damn...
With Bob being silent, the Jay and Silent Bob act puts a HUGE burden on Jason Mewes to do his little acts and gimmicks and play up for the camera and try to be all juvenile and funny - something he could just about still pull off in Jay and Silent Bob movie in the year 2000 or so when he was about 30.
The problem is he's now pushing 50 and decades of hard drug abuse have turned him into a thoroughly creepy looking, drug ravaged individual, complete with gaunt face, meth mouth and giant set of ridiculously fake choppers that just serve to enhance his meth mouth. Mewes claims to have been drug free for a decade - I don't believe him based on this performance, he looks all dry mouthed and pharmaceutical drug high through the whole thing. He now has all the star quality of a homeless spice head plucked from the streets of Manchester.
It makes even more a mockery of the friendly stoner vibe of the movie when one them is clearly ravaged from the effects of much harder drugs. (Mewes was an opitate addict, not meth, but still got the bigtime meth mouth.) Both Cheech and Chong have more natural joy in their eyes in their 80s than Jay does here as a much younger man. You can see the very sad after effects of hard drug abuse in Jay.
It's worth turning off within seconds of it starting when Mewes goes almost nude with another skit that might have been funny when he was 20, but is just gross and sad at his age and the terrible shape he's in, but I made it half an hour until Kev introduces his annoying, untalented kid into the movie. She doesn't have any star quality at all, but gets a big role in this movie pure nepotism. I skipped all through the rest in about 10 mins, it's 2 hours long as well. Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back from 2000 had its own problems but it's so much better than this, it's actually sad comparing the two.
I've watched and enjoyed some of Kevin Smith's films before, going all the way back to Clerks, I know all the in jokes and lore, I was ready to give it a real chance. This reboot is utterly terrible, worse than Jersey Girl, Kevin Smith has made some terrible movies and some pretty OK ones, this is truly terrible, maybe his worst ever. Truly risible and depressing to see what happened to Jay.
Wow...
Damn...
With Bob being silent, the Jay and Silent Bob act puts a HUGE burden on Jason Mewes to do his little acts and gimmicks and play up for the camera and try to be all juvenile and funny - something he could just about still pull off in Jay and Silent Bob movie in the year 2000 or so when he was about 30.
The problem is he's now pushing 50 and decades of hard drug abuse have turned him into a thoroughly creepy looking, drug ravaged individual, complete with gaunt face, meth mouth and giant set of ridiculously fake choppers that just serve to enhance his meth mouth. Mewes claims to have been drug free for a decade - I don't believe him based on this performance, he looks all dry mouthed and pharmaceutical drug high through the whole thing. He now has all the star quality of a homeless spice head plucked from the streets of Manchester.
It makes even more a mockery of the friendly stoner vibe of the movie when one them is clearly ravaged from the effects of much harder drugs. (Mewes was an opitate addict, not meth, but still got the bigtime meth mouth.) Both Cheech and Chong have more natural joy in their eyes in their 80s than Jay does here as a much younger man. You can see the very sad after effects of hard drug abuse in Jay.
It's worth turning off within seconds of it starting when Mewes goes almost nude with another skit that might have been funny when he was 20, but is just gross and sad at his age and the terrible shape he's in, but I made it half an hour until Kev introduces his annoying, untalented kid into the movie. She doesn't have any star quality at all, but gets a big role in this movie pure nepotism. I skipped all through the rest in about 10 mins, it's 2 hours long as well. Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back from 2000 had its own problems but it's so much better than this, it's actually sad comparing the two.
I've watched and enjoyed some of Kevin Smith's films before, going all the way back to Clerks, I know all the in jokes and lore, I was ready to give it a real chance. This reboot is utterly terrible, worse than Jersey Girl, Kevin Smith has made some terrible movies and some pretty OK ones, this is truly terrible, maybe his worst ever. Truly risible and depressing to see what happened to Jay.