What film did you watch last night?

Wizzfizz said:
Red Notice 6.5/10

Was entertaining and kept me amused for a couple of hours
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I'd give it a 5. Agree with the comment, although we both fell asleep for some of it :o Entertaining enough... just. I don't really expect much from Netflix's feature films nowadays, they're really just turning into the sausage factory of studios.
 
The Eternals - While still fairly fun to watch it's the worst Marvel film for me so far. Even the not so great ones I've thought were brilliant, this one not so much.

It spent 3/4's of the film introducing each character (for a second time), none of which I particularly liked, then once it started to get going it ended.

5-6/10
 
Red Notice 5/10

- Jeez Ryan Reynolds is getting "dry" i mean i still laughed at his stupid comments but are they scripted or him just adlibbing for 2h??
- The Rock is the Rock....
- Gal Gadot is terrible but honestly every scene with here i just perved at her and ignored everything else.

- 200 million dollars well spent netflix :rolleyes: on the most generic action film that seems to be a rehash of every similar film of the genera ever produced.
 
Red Notice

5.7/10

Entertaining but really nothing special, a throwaway watch.

Reynolds whilst amusing, is quickly on he path to becoming a predictable and samey character on screen. I can't stand The Rock but tolerated him. Gal... yeah.. :D

For the money spent the CGI scenes are poor and there's a lot of them. Hilarious animal motion being a highlight.

The cast carried the movie. I won't be watching it again.
 
Red Notice (2021)

Agree entirely with the above two comments, apart from the Gal Godot perving :-) She's nice but I'm not that bothered.

It's quite frightening how much money Netflix can spend on some of the most generic and mediocre films ever. Not just this one, but almost everything they produce.

5/10
 
I'd give it about the same rating. Reynolds is starting to grate on me, I love his sarcasm in the likes of Deadpool but it's getting a bit tiresome seeing it in every role he plays.

Gal is an awful actress but all you need is the looks for those types of roles.
 
Titane - 6/10 - a weird semi gender bending body horror.

Billed as one of the most ****** up movies you'll see, etc, etc - did well at Cannes apparently and can understand why but it just wasn't that good outside of an arty film festival.

It was certainly very uncomfortable viewing across multiple scenes and did keep me intrigued until the end so it gets points for that. It has moments of sharp punctuated violence that were surprising but obviously signposted in retrospect.

I'd say any curious horror fan should check it out and persevere until the end.
 
barmyllama said:
Red Notice (2021)

Agree entirely with the above two comments, apart from the Gal Godot perving :) She's nice but I'm not that bothered.

It's quite frightening how much money Netflix can spend on some of the most generic and mediocre films ever. Not just this one, but almost everything they produce.

5/10
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I've never really got the love for Netflix. I've been a subscriber for a time.

The best thing I ever saw on it was Rick and Morty, which was genuinely brilliant. But that's not a Netflix own show anyhow, that's Adult Swim (as everybody knows).

The stuff that was Netflix-branded was generally as you say, very mediocre, filling up a space in the line-up where they needed "generic xxx genre content." Made to order, rather than made with passion. I got that vibe a lot from their own stuff. "We need a thing, who can we get to make us a thing, so we've got more thing in our library." It doesn't have to be all that great, they just need more of it to keep their subscribers.

I guess that's the nature of their business.
 
FoxEye said:
I've never really got the love for Netflix. I've been a subscriber for a time.

The best thing I ever saw on it was Rick and Morty, which was genuinely brilliant. But that's not a Netflix own show anyhow, that's Adult Swim (as everybody knows).

The stuff that was Netflix-branded was generally as you say, very mediocre, filling up a space in the line-up where they needed "generic xxx genre content." Made to order, rather than made with passion. I got that vibe a lot from their own stuff. "We need a thing, who can we get to make us a thing, so we've got more thing in our library." It doesn't have to be all that great, they just need more of it to keep their subscribers.

I guess that's the nature of their business.
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Their business model is unsustainable. They've borrowed billions of dollars to produce and license content. Now they've decided they've borrowed enough and will now attempt to pay the debt back while still increasing subscriber numbers. I can't see them being able to do that, when Disney, Amazon and other film studios have now launched their own streaming platforms and have far more money to attract subscribers away from Netflix.
 
barmyllama said:
Their business model is unsustainable. They've borrowed billions of dollars to produce and license content. Now they've decided they've borrowed enough and will now attempt to pay the debt back while still increasing subscriber numbers. I can't see them being able to do that, when Disney, Amazon and other film studios have now launched their own streaming platforms and have far more money to attract subscribers away from Netflix.
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I think they have circa 200 million subs and around $16billion debt, it's not inconceivable they could pay this off if they ease off on making new content - it is just the mcdonalds of content though, occasionally something great but mostly run of the mill tosh.

Disney are aiming for 240 - 260 million subs by end of 2024 - https://www.darkhorizons.com/disney-has-slowest-growth-quarter/

EDIT: Seems Disney has over $40b of debt and will continue to spend over around $10b a year on content. - https://simplywall.st/stocks/us/med...t-disney-nysedis-has-a-meaningful-debt-burden
 
SixTwoSix said:
I think they have circa 200 million subs and around $16billion debt, it's not inconceivable they could pay this off if they ease off on making new content - it is just the mcdonalds of content though, occasionally something great but mostly run of the mill tosh.

Disney are aiming for 240 - 260 million subs by end of 2024 - https://www.darkhorizons.com/disney-has-slowest-growth-quarter/

EDIT: Seems Disney has over $40b of debt and will continue to spend over around $10b a year on content. - https://simplywall.st/stocks/us/med...t-disney-nysedis-has-a-meaningful-debt-burden
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Disney has a lot of established and very popular properties that will attract new subscribers plus their own, as well a Fox's back catalogue.

We shall see.
 
barmyllama said:
Disney has a lot of established and very popular properties that will attract new subscribers plus their own, as well a Fox's back catalogue.

We shall see.
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For sure and I was in agreement with your original post, just did some digging on the Disney side around debt/expenditure. They seem to be taking their sweet time adding the Fox content though - i've paused my sub until they have a lot more. I'm not overly bothered about the Marvel content as the quality of the MCU shows is ropey at best.

Might start it back up for Boba Fett though :)
 
Reminiscence (2021)

Starts slow, doesn't really build any tension or pace throughout. Not surprising when it's by the same people who produced the TV show Westworld ( I tried twice to get in to that show)

Reminded me of Minority Report in the way it solves a mystery by using visual memories, just nowhere near as good.

Hugh Jackman's and Rebecca Ferguson's performances were good, just a shame the film was so bang average.

5/10
 
barmyllama said:
It's quite frightening how much money Netflix can spend on some of the most generic and mediocre films ever. Not just this one, but almost everything they produce.
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I think Universal were interested, but at one point decided to pass. You have to remember not-only does Netflix release some of it's own-produced titles, but it also buys the ones passed on by the main studios for theatrical release. Often, like Red Notice, it shows :o

SixTwoSix said:
Titane - 6/10 - a weird semi gender bending body horror.
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Same director as RAW? That was stunning. Is it only in cinemas currently?
 
Scam said:
I think Universal were interested, but at one point decided to pass. You have to remember not-only does Netflix release some of it's own-produced titles, but it also buys the ones passed on by the main studios for theatrical release. Often, like Red Notice, it shows :o

Same director as RAW? That was stunning. Is it only in cinemas currently?
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I believe Red Notice was subject to a bidding war before it went in to production. I bet some of the big studios that lost that one are breathing a sigh of relief.
 
Last Night in Soho 8.9/10

Damn i really liked this.... Its fairly slow burn and straight forward with some "weirdness." but when it comes to the final act
lol.... o!k! lets go! dialing up the bonkers and creepiness.
Is it predictable? Maybe, but i didn't "get it"

Deffo has a cool factor for me being a Londoner, that might have helped a ton....

Dr who was fairly good in it too..
 
barmyllama said:
Reminiscence (2021)

Starts slow, doesn't really build any tension or pace throughout. Not surprising when it's by the same people who produced the TV show Westworld ( I tried twice to get in to that show)

Reminded me of Minority Report in the way it solves a mystery by using visual memories, just nowhere near as good.

Hugh Jackman's and Rebecca Ferguson's performances were good, just a shame the film was so bang average.

5/10
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We actually didn't finish this film and that rarely happens. Total bore fest.
 
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