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What film did you watch last night?
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Director's Edition) - 8/10
The halfway-intelligent one of 1977's two sci-fi blockbusters. It really holds up, in the main. Yeah, the story goes on screenwriter safari part-way through and that makes it rival a certain other sci-fi film of the time for pacing issues. But much like that film the visuals are stunning. Which makes sense, given the cross-pollination in effects people - Doug Trumbull, Richard Yuricich, Greg Jein, etc.
Aforementioned safari aside the story builds, and builds, and builds to this final act where the human team manage to make genuine, tangible contact with the alien ship. It's done so well that you can honestly forget the occasional silliness, and the extra half-hour it took to get here.
Spielberg touches abound. A fantastic score from John Williams. Great work from a lot of the cast (even the young kid is pretty decent).
The halfway-intelligent one of 1977's two sci-fi blockbusters. It really holds up, in the main. Yeah, the story goes on screenwriter safari part-way through and that makes it rival a certain other sci-fi film of the time for pacing issues. But much like that film the visuals are stunning. Which makes sense, given the cross-pollination in effects people - Doug Trumbull, Richard Yuricich, Greg Jein, etc.
Aforementioned safari aside the story builds, and builds, and builds to this final act where the human team manage to make genuine, tangible contact with the alien ship. It's done so well that you can honestly forget the occasional silliness, and the extra half-hour it took to get here.
Spielberg touches abound. A fantastic score from John Williams. Great work from a lot of the cast (even the young kid is pretty decent).
I'd agree now, went back and watched Gangs of New York and Blood Diamond after seeing The Departed and they just cemented my 'newer' opinion of him at the time. I remember trying to watch catch me if you can when it was released and he just irked me. Strange how one role can change how an actor is viewed.
Dang, have this ready to watch - really not worth it?
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I really liked it, so did a few other people here.
There were some good bits but overall it wasn't for me.
I wouldn't say it was that bad, it certainly wasn't great but it had a decent atmosphere and felt reasonably authentic to the time period it's set in. However I never felt any real threat or sense of danger throughout and when the credits rolled, I felt decidedly 'meh' about the movie.
It's a shame, the story was written by Stephen Kings son who's done some decent novels and I expected better.
Gangs of New York was the movie that made me really sit up and take notice of him, i'd dismissed him prior to that but everything he did afterwards, I was keen to watch.
Caporegime
Buying a TV licence?
The Chamber (1996). 5/10
Read nearly all the Grisham legal thrillers when I was younger and recently decided to rewatch all the film adaptations. This is the worst, probably by a fair bit. Would not watch again. Probably enjoyed it when I saw it in the 90s but just seems below average now, especially as all the other Grisham films have aged better.
rp2000
Read nearly all the Grisham legal thrillers when I was younger and recently decided to rewatch all the film adaptations. This is the worst, probably by a fair bit. Would not watch again. Probably enjoyed it when I saw it in the 90s but just seems below average now, especially as all the other Grisham films have aged better.
rp2000
My kid loves it, I hate it - the whole puberty/period analogy is a bit on the nose but i'm not the target audience
Caporegime
This seems to be happening more and more unfortunately. People have pointed at Pixar/Disney for years and said "they are childrens films" when the reality has always been that children loved them and adults loved them just as much because the humour worked on many levels. Shrek is a classic example of a film that appeals to all.
More and more they seem to be missing the mark with that broad appeal. Its a shame.
My kid loves it, I hate it - the whole puberty/period analogy is a bit on the nose but i'm not the target audience
Indeed. I can see how kids would enjoy it, but normally i have liked most of the Pixar films as well as they have a sort of universal appeal/humour.
This was very different, and rather disappointing.
Pixar is now Disney Pixar, and it's not the same company.
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Johnny English Reborn (2011) - 2/10
A silly and humorous spy movie that fails to ever actually be funny.
His smugness whilst being an incompetent buffoon is mildly amusing and entertaining, but overall, it’s all a bit too slow and dull.
The plot is nonsense, the jokes are terrible (the visual gags aren’t much better), the special effects are cheap and the talent involved is completely wasted.
A silly and humorous spy movie that fails to ever actually be funny.
His smugness whilst being an incompetent buffoon is mildly amusing and entertaining, but overall, it’s all a bit too slow and dull.
The plot is nonsense, the jokes are terrible (the visual gags aren’t much better), the special effects are cheap and the talent involved is completely wasted.
Same here, it drives me bonkers.