The guy that played the inmate they were chasing died last year as well.
Flashback sequences were well done and the kills were very well done, the whole mob thing with a slogan to shout was pretty eye roll worthy.
What film did you watch last night?
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The guy that played the inmate they were chasing died last year as well.
Flashback sequences were well done and the kills were very well done, the whole mob thing with a slogan to shout was pretty eye roll worthy.
Venom - let there be carnage 5.5/10
I don’t know if critics have gone soft or are just trying to give cinema a boost post Covid but this is the second sequel to a poorly received first film that has had good reviews and been arguably worse than the first.
The second suicide squad was pretty poor imo yet the critics gave it great reviews after a weak reception to the first.
I don’t know if critics have gone soft or are just trying to give cinema a boost post Covid but this is the second sequel to a poorly received first film that has had good reviews and been arguably worse than the first.
The second suicide squad was pretty poor imo yet the critics gave it great reviews after a weak reception to the first.
No Time to Die - 4/10
Not particularly a Bond fan tbh, though will have seen most of them over the years. I thought Casino Royale was superb when I saw it on release and then every other DC one has been awful. This unfortunately continued the trend.
Not particularly a Bond fan tbh, though will have seen most of them over the years. I thought Casino Royale was superb when I saw it on release and then every other DC one has been awful. This unfortunately continued the trend.
There's so many styles of horror though, from psychological ones where you don't see much and it's all suspense and imagination through to jump scare monster movies, so it depends on what you like tbh.
A few of the top of my head that would cover the above styles would be
The Conjuring
Rec.
Host
All 3 are great 'scary' movies in their own way.
Thanks for the suggestions guys, I'll check them out.
My small experience of modern horrors (like IT), is that they're just not scary. Lots of gore and effects but just not the atmosphere of some of the films I'd watch as a kid.... That or the fact I was a kid meant I found them scarier  I'll try some of the above out now.
My small experience of modern horrors (like IT), is that they're just not scary. Lots of gore and effects but just not the atmosphere of some of the films I'd watch as a kid.... That or the fact I was a kid meant I found them scarier  I'll try some of the above out now.
Totally agree. I tend to re watch it every few years. Really brought things home when I went to Krakow and visited his factory as well as the death camps.
I can't imagine what that experience must have been like.
I think everybody should go visit Auschwitz-Birkenau at least once in their lives. Once you have been inside the room full of peoples whole head of hair and read the plaque about how many people's hair is in the room and then read the books recording how many tonnes of hair was shipped from the camp each year to make uniforms do you start are realise the full horror of the extermination.
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The Kentucky Fried Movie
A lot funnier than I remembered although one section was a bit boring.
A lot funnier than I remembered although one section was a bit boring.
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Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021) - 3/10
A poor movie which rushes through its simple story with overly familiar themes and apart from the post-credit scene, has no surprises.
A lot of the numerous jokes fall flat, the switching between emotional drama and comedy is jarring and the lack of gore and gratuitous violence in the action scenes makes it very tame to watch.
The creature effects looked great, but the final fight between the 2 monsters was underwhelming with a lot of the backgrounds being blurry.
The acting was ok, but I was mostly bored by it.
A poor movie which rushes through its simple story with overly familiar themes and apart from the post-credit scene, has no surprises.
A lot of the numerous jokes fall flat, the switching between emotional drama and comedy is jarring and the lack of gore and gratuitous violence in the action scenes makes it very tame to watch.
The creature effects looked great, but the final fight between the 2 monsters was underwhelming with a lot of the backgrounds being blurry.
The acting was ok, but I was mostly bored by it.
I finally watched the Joker on Amazon Prime, finally a movie I wanted to watch after getting some scant value from movie Prime for months.
As a long time Batman comic fan I both liked and disliked it, but both by quite a lot, I really liked parts of it and really disliked others, which was possibly Todd Phillip's intent. He didn't do it the way I wanted it to be, but I did still really respect his vision and he clearly gets the Batman and Joker mythos better than a lot of others have in the movie industry.
The full Joker gear is a superb costume design, they totally nailed the transformation and unlike the pathetic Leto Joker, Phoenix looks cool and dangerous; they did really well in that aspect. But I didn't like the "society creates monsters" or "you get what you deserve" theme, just being honest, I thought that was trite and almost made for too much of an anti-hero feel to the point of him being a hero, maybe even a little irresponsibly so in light of that nutcase in a cinema a few years back.
It's also somewhat of a meshing of Taxi Driver and the King of Comedy, with Phillips not trying to hide with that fact casting De Niro, who I really liked in this for the first time in years. Both those movies are well worth watching as direct influences to Joker if you haven't seen them before.
Even so, this movie is great in areas and highly watchable, they did do a decent job of trying to explain how someone could descend into madness. I was extremely surprised to even choke up at a scene for a couple of seconds totally out of the blue. Overall a good, complex movie especially for a supervillain movie that did a better job than I thought it would.
I think Ledger is still a slicker action movie Joker, but I think Phoenix is a deeper character study, both good in their own way.
However, I still prefer the Killing Joke comic book Joker to both, precisely because he really didn't deserve what he got. The message of that book is that no one ever, really, truly gets what they deserve, life is much more cruel and random - and that's the real joke.
As a long time Batman comic fan I both liked and disliked it, but both by quite a lot, I really liked parts of it and really disliked others, which was possibly Todd Phillip's intent. He didn't do it the way I wanted it to be, but I did still really respect his vision and he clearly gets the Batman and Joker mythos better than a lot of others have in the movie industry.
The full Joker gear is a superb costume design, they totally nailed the transformation and unlike the pathetic Leto Joker, Phoenix looks cool and dangerous; they did really well in that aspect. But I didn't like the "society creates monsters" or "you get what you deserve" theme, just being honest, I thought that was trite and almost made for too much of an anti-hero feel to the point of him being a hero, maybe even a little irresponsibly so in light of that nutcase in a cinema a few years back.
It's also somewhat of a meshing of Taxi Driver and the King of Comedy, with Phillips not trying to hide with that fact casting De Niro, who I really liked in this for the first time in years. Both those movies are well worth watching as direct influences to Joker if you haven't seen them before.
Even so, this movie is great in areas and highly watchable, they did do a decent job of trying to explain how someone could descend into madness. I was extremely surprised to even choke up at a scene for a couple of seconds totally out of the blue. Overall a good, complex movie especially for a supervillain movie that did a better job than I thought it would.
I think Ledger is still a slicker action movie Joker, but I think Phoenix is a deeper character study, both good in their own way.
However, I still prefer the Killing Joke comic book Joker to both, precisely because he really didn't deserve what he got. The message of that book is that no one ever, really, truly gets what they deserve, life is much more cruel and random - and that's the real joke.
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Dune 8.5/10
Just back from an insider preview showing at the cinema and I have to say it's as good a version of dune as could have been hoped for. Another masterpiece from Denis Villeneuve.
Just back from an insider preview showing at the cinema and I have to say it's as good a version of dune as could have been hoped for. Another masterpiece from Denis Villeneuve.
Agreed, I went to Dachau and cried like a baby. It was the most moving place I've ever visited.
I've got lots to say about it but it's late, just got back myself but your score is about right. It got almost everything right and I have very minor quibbles.
Definitely felt more faithful to the book than lynchs version and think some folk may find that jarring.
If we don't get part 2 I'll be a very sad person.
As someone who hasn't read the books and I couldn't even tell you if I've seen any other movie versions... will I enjoy it as a stand alone movie?
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Yes, a few minor quibbles definitely, but overall it's a visually stunning, well paced, deep, action packed, well cast and acted film. Feels really authentic to the original vision. Definitely my film of the year, although not too much competition it has to be said
Just praying it does well enough for part two to happen.
I think there are certain elements that won't be as immediately apparent having not read the book or seen a previous adaption but I imagine this is deliberate with a view to be expanded in part 2. It is firmly part 1 and as such does not have a final conclusion, I would also emphasise to go and watch at the cinema, this needs good revenue to get part 2 greenlit.