What film did you watch last night?

Twister (1996)

I think I've only seen it once back in the VHS days, may even have been on TV.

Mostly it stands the test of time and it's only really the dialogue that's a bit ridiculous, particularly when there's any action on screen and characters just say the most stupid things.

The CGI is still surprisingly convincing and the sound design is excellent.

7/10
 
barmyllama said:
Twister (1996)

I think I've only seen it once back in the VHS days, may even have been on TV.

Mostly it stands the test of time and it's only really the dialogue that's a bit ridiculous, particularly when there's any action on screen and characters just say the most stupid things.

The CGI is still surprisingly convincing and the sound design is excellent.

7/10
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I was about to post the same.
Recently remastered in 4K and it looked good and sounded superb.

Good story and execution. Hold up very well by today's standard and bests most overall.
 
A Quiet Place: Day One.

Pleasantly surprised actually. Was expecting quiet quiet BANG, and although that does obviously happen, the story is told very well as well, and the characters are explored a lot better than I was expecting. Always nice when a film catches you off guard in a good way.
 
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In the Land of Saints and Sinners - 7/10

Solid enough Neeson film. Doesn't go anywhere you don't expect it to go but the cast is good and the setting feels well realised.
 
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Seen 2 yesterday

The Mummy (1999) 6.5/10
Was decent cheesy action, not seen it in maybe 20 years. Some of the special effects starting to show their age especially the groups of mummies, main one was fine.

Horizon: An American Sage: Chapter: One: 5/10
Landscapes looked lovely, messy story with time jumps or not. Afterwards I could name 1 or maybe 2 characters as no one was really introduced properly, not even 100% sure of Kevin Costner's characters name.
Should really of been 3 episodes of a TV show. Probably will see Chapter 2 as I have Unlimited card.
 
Ghost in the Shell (2016) - 7/10 now I'm a Cyberpunk 2077 fan - Having rewatched this for the first time since I got heavily immersed into CP2077, I think I appreciate this film a lot more now than I did on initial release (see my initial review below). Some of the negative points I had on first viewing way back in 2017 just make sense to me now as I have a better understanding of the world, even down to SJ's acting choice to be very robotic where I didn't appreciate just how how much effort she put into her movement/expressions before but now can appreciate it better. I still think "The Corporate Bad Guy" is utterly paper thin and a negative and I still think that Batou is one of the best characters but I think overall I've just a better grip on how the film was intended to be now I've expanded my knowledge vs my previous "its just a pale imitation of the anime".

Definitely something I'm really glad I've rewatched since playing CP2077!

ianh said:
Ghost in the Shell (2016) - 5/10 - Not especially good or bad, just average. Once you get past distraction caused by the "nude-ish look" skin tight body suit Scarlett Johansson (aka The Major) wears in some scenes (difficult I know) you find a film that's a very pale imitation of the original anime on which it's based. The plot has been seen before (corporations removing peoples rights) and the character of the main "bad guy" is so paper thin it's no surprise the actor playing him had nowhere to go but to ham it up.

In fact the acting/script was pretty poor all around. The only actors who I felt came out well, had sufficient back story and felt well acted and fleshed out people not just actors, were Juliette Binoche's "Dr Frankenstein" style inventor/doctor and Pilou Asbæk who played Batou, the Majors friend/work partner. In fact Pilou Asbæk (also known as Euron Greyjoy in GoT) was the best character in the film for me, as the top billed A-List star Scarlett Johansson was pretty bland TBH, almost "Lucy" bland. I really don't know whether that was a deliberate choice (to make her seem more robotic that human) or just a poor acting choice, because even in the most "what does it mean to be human" scenes there is no believable engagement between the character and the actor.

As for the rest, the CGI is extremely good in most places with only a few dodgy parts. The world felt real enough, almost like a cleaner/lighter BladeRunner and visually the film was a winner but it all, felt let down by poor acting choices & a "seen it all before" script, which is a big problem when you're remaking a film 20 years later.
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Just put The Batman on since it looked to be free on Prime Video. It doesn't seem to want to play any higher than HD though. It's advertised as being UHD HDR10+. Other UHD upscales fine.

Anyone else tried it?
 
BillHicksRIP said:
Drive. 9/10. A rewatch and still holds up. The opening getaway is still one of the most gripping intros I've ever seen and I stand by that still.
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Some people hate this movie, it's in my top 10 for sure, what made it even better is when I first saw it, I knew nothing about it and thought it would be some dumb popcorn action movie, was most pleasantly surprised and have seen it at least half a dozen times now.
 
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