What film did you watch last night?

steve5424 said:
I don't think she has. She is just aging. Nothing looks unusual.
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Mulan (2020) - 5/10

The story is just as strong and the more serious tone could have worked, but it lacks the Disney magic of the original.

It’s visually stunning with big production values, plenty of vibrant colours and oriental style but overall, it’s lacking in heart and soul.

The attempts at humour fall flat, the acting isn’t particularly great, the side characters are less distinctive and the subdued soundtrack and slow pacing makes it dull at times.

The fast and acrobatic fight scenes are great and entertaining but the snappy editing makes them feel rushed and whilst the villain was good, it lacked true menace due to the age rating.
 
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No Time To Die (Bond 25) - 3/10

I look forward to the day when AI is making Bond movies. They couldn't possibly make less sense than this.

Alternates between boring and nonsensical and just plain nonsensical.

It even manages to get worse, and worse, and worse, the longer it goes on. And it's 3 hours (ish) long. By the end it's a blessed relief that it's all over.
 
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Caught eddie the eagle film on TV tonight, its actually prety good, the guy doing eddie edwards does a great job. Would never in a million years pick this film to sit down and watch, but I turned it over and it was on and I really enjoyed it. You probably need to have experienced that eddie the eagle thing for real in 1992 or whenever it was to fully appreciate it.
 
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Caught eddie the eagle film on TV tonight, its actually prety good, the guy doing eddie edwards does a great job. Would never in a million years pick this film to sit down and watch, but I turned it over and it was on and I really enjoyed it. You probably need to have experienced that eddie the eagle thing for real in 1992 or whenever it was to fully appreciate it.
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It was Taron Egerton, of Kingsman, Rocketman and Terris fame.
 
Murder Mystery 2
5/10

It's another one of those typical Adam Sandler switch-off-your-brain movies, with forced humour here and there.

I liked the scenery and camera work though - very impressed.
 
Blackhat - 5.5/10

A hacker is released from prison to help find another criminal hacker. I actually watched it because a host of a tech podcast had watched it and wondered if it was given a raw deal (about 5/10 on IMDb) when actually it was one of the closer reflections of how hackers operate. While that may be, most hackers aren't hand to hand combat specialists, which I don't think was explained. It was also a little slow, but on the whole, not a terrible watch.
 
How to Blow Up a Pipeline (2022) - 7/10

A group of multicultural people become “eco-terrorists” and go after big oil for a variety of reasons.

It’s pretty light on depth, humour and tension but shows various human sides to the current global disaster and the lengths everyday people will go to fight it.

Good acting and visuals and the characters show a balanced view between extremism and reason, although no counter-view from the oil companies or similar is shown.

Interesting enough and whether you agree with their methods or not, you have to admire their ingenuity and conviction to their cause.
 
Mute (2017) - 4/10

A weird mix of ideas with an Amish lead, a cyberpunk setting and an a-hole of an American trying to get out of organized crime.

The sleazy and seedy sex trade underbelly of cyberpunk Berlin is very impressive to look at with plenty of details in the scenes and characters, but the story isn’t particularly deep or told well.

The lead characters are well acted and their struggles with communication and technology is realized, but the plot didn’t really seem to go anywhere.

It’s pretty dark and messed up at times, especially towards the ending, but overall felt jumbled rather than clear in its vision.
 
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