What film did you watch last night?

[the shadow]

Dangerous Waters (2023) -7/10

On a sailing holiday a girl suspects her mothers new boyfriend isn't who he says he is.

Not bad, worth a watch.

Not even the trailer is worth a watch

 

[arc@css]

Alien Resurrection https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118583/

I'm pretty tolerant if something isn't up to standard when compared to previous entries in a film series,
but, oh my, I thought this was poor. I think I watched part of it quite a while ago, and didn't think too badly of it at the time,
but that's not what I think now.

I couldn't be bothered to finish it. Laughable at times, though maybe they were trying to add a degree of humour into it/lower budget,
I don't know…

 

[Alice In Wonderland]

Alien Resurrection https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118583/

I'm pretty tolerant if something isn't up to standard when compared to previous entries in a film series,
but, oh my, I thought this was poor. I think I watched part of it quite a while ago, and didn't think too badly of it at the time,
but that's not what I think now.

I couldn't be bothered to finish it. Laughable at times, though maybe they were trying to add a degree of humour into it/lower budget,
I don't know…

I don't think it was as bad as prometheus or the others following that.

Definitely the first 2 and kinda the 3rd can't be perfected or ever reach those heights of class.

 

[Alice In Wonderland]

The Towering Inferno (1974)

Technically impressive for it's time and neither of us fell asleep, considering it's near three hours run time. So it must have had something going for it. According to my wife, Steve McQueen is more handsome than Paul Newman.

7/10

Mystic River (2003)

A film I've avoided over the years thinking it would be too harrowing to watch.

Spoiler

I thought the film was about a young child being abducted and possibly murdered and the film centered around the parents anguish and the child's suffering.

Well deserving of the praise and awards it received at the time and I'm glad I've now watched it.

8/10

Mystic River is a film I've not seen in years and absolutely fantastic but very, very dark.

 

[arc@css]

I don't think it was as bad as prometheus or the others following that.

Definitely the first 2 and kinda the 3rd can't be perfected or ever reach those heights of class.

I liked Prometheus more.

I did quite like Alien 3, but yeah, I still prefer the first two (especially #1).

 

[Alice In Wonderland]

I liked Prometheus more.

I did quite like Alien 3, but yeah, I still prefer the first two (especially #1).

You liked prometheus?

Oh dear

 

[Alice In Wonderland]

I liked Prometheus more.

I did quite like Alien 3, but yeah, I still prefer the first two (especially #1).

Same for alien. Number 1 is the beast of them all!

Think I'm influenced by the 3rd being the first one I watched out of the trilogy.

Took me years to not have to run out of the room when the dog dies

 

[A2Z]

Freelance - 7/10

Typical cheesy John Cena hero film, made me laugh a few times and was entertaining, perfect for a lazy evening on the sofa.

 

[TonTom]

Mortal Engines - Worth a watch I guess.

 

[Jonesiani]

Team America - Still hilarious, i cant believe its 20 years old this year! 7/10

 

[VincentHanna]

Alien Resurrection https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118583/


I couldn't be bothered to finish it. Laughable at times, though maybe they were trying to add a degree of humour into it/lower budget,
I don't know…

It's budget was $70 million.

For comparison sake Aliens 3 was $50 million (5 years earlier) and Aliens was $18.5 million (11 years earlier.)

It was not a low budget movie by any stretch of the imagination.

 

[Nitefly]

Mortal Engines - Worth a watch I guess.

I thought this one was no worse than any of the many other ‘aimed at children / dark fantasy’ series like the Hunger Games etc, but wow did it get a negative critical response and make a huuuge loss.

Maybe people were just bored of ‘epic stories’ at this point and found it derivative? I don’t know - probably more likely that my blinkers were on having read the book as a child.

Wife said it was ‘meh’ after watching at the cinema… we went on the basis that I thought it was the sort of thing she would like.

 

[Armageus]

Freelance - 7/10

Typical cheesy John Cena hero film, made me laugh a few times and was entertaining, perfect for a lazy evening on the sofa.

We watched this over the weekend - and pretty much the same opinion, nice easy family viewing, couple of great laughs, and seemed to fly by.

7/10

 

[barmyllama]

Narc (2002)

Decent independent film with great performances from both Jason Patric and Ray Liotta. Starts with a bang and doesn't meander or plod through it's relatively short runtime.

7.5/10

 

[Eddie]

Napoleon, very good, 8/10.

 

[JRS]

Green Lantern - 4/10

Just occasionally there's a really good or funny line that pops up out of nowhere, before it all settles back into mediocrity. The CGI is pretty shonky in places for 2011 as well. But Ryan Reynolds does his absolute best with the material.

And it's not as bad as The Great Wall.

 

[keyser van someone]

Saltburn - 8/10

New genre; cringe horror

Great quotes and performances, recommend to watch with partner/friends, maybe not with parents

 

[Shamikebab]

Green Lantern - 4/10

Just occasionally there's a really good or funny line that pops up out of nowhere, before it all settles back into mediocrity. The CGI is pretty shonky in places for 2011 as well. But Ryan Reynolds does his absolute best with the material.

And it's not as bad as The Great Wall.

This is a pretty generous review tbh

 

[JRS]

This is a pretty generous review tbh

Well, I'm a pretty generous guy to any film that isn't The Great Wall

 

[Infidelus]

I actually didn't mind Green Lantern but maybe it's because I do find Ryan Reynolds amusing.

As for The Great Wall, pile of doggy doo doo