What film did you watch last night?
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I love that movie, yeah it is slow but the development of characters is the point.
And this scene still gives me a laugh
Another year is also very good with Jim broadbent. I love quirky British films
Tim spall is hilarious
Training Day - 8/10
This film completely pass me by - now almost 25 years old
Great film, Denzel on point as always. He plays any character so well, such a great actor.
I watched this in the cinema a few months back and it was fantastic on the big screen. Ethan Hawk was good but Denzel absolutely carried it.
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Red One...
Wife and Daughter dragged me to watch yesterday and my god is it terrible. I mean I knew it would be bad but holy moly...
And The Rock....just no...why he is so popular is beyond me when his characters on screen are fundamentally unlikeable....
The one good part was JD Simmons but he was in it for what felt like 5 minutes.
3/10 would absolutely not watch again. In fact even if it was on in the background while I was doing something else I'd still turn it off.
Wife and Daughter dragged me to watch yesterday and my god is it terrible. I mean I knew it would be bad but holy moly...
And The Rock....just no...why he is so popular is beyond me when his characters on screen are fundamentally unlikeable....
The one good part was JD Simmons but he was in it for what felt like 5 minutes.
3/10 would absolutely not watch again. In fact even if it was on in the background while I was doing something else I'd still turn it off.
Lol, oh dear. Not sure why someone of Simmons' caliber would sign up for this - I guess he needed that Xmas bonus like everyone else
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Well, that's one person's opinion, don't forget. I really enjoyed it and I think I gave it 7.5/10, someone else in the thread gave it 7/10 I think. The person I watched it with said probably a 7/10. IMDb has it at 6.9/10...Lol, oh dear. Not sure why someone of Simmons' caliber would sign up for this - I guess he needed that Xmas bonus like everyone else
It's a Wonderful Life https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038650/
I saw this mentioned a page or two back and realised that I hadn't yet seen it.
A number of people have suggested it to me over the years, but it's one I simply haven't got around to viewing.
Anyway, I can see why it's such a valued piece of movie history; a thoroughly enjoyable watch with a heart-warming ending.
I've no idea why I hadn't seen it until now, as James Stewart was an excellent actor (one of the greats).
I saw this mentioned a page or two back and realised that I hadn't yet seen it.
A number of people have suggested it to me over the years, but it's one I simply haven't got around to viewing.
Anyway, I can see why it's such a valued piece of movie history; a thoroughly enjoyable watch with a heart-warming ending.
I've no idea why I hadn't seen it until now, as James Stewart was an excellent actor (one of the greats).
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Nick Fury Agent of SHIELD
A YT video on my feed led me to seek this gem out. OK, it was made for TV but found it quite enjoyable for what it was. The 'Hoff' was in full 'Hoff' mode, utterly ridiculous plot, naff effects but I have seen worse.
I'm off now to grab some more pre-blockbuster Marvel projects. I think Corman's 'The Fantastic Four' will be next.
A YT video on my feed led me to seek this gem out. OK, it was made for TV but found it quite enjoyable for what it was. The 'Hoff' was in full 'Hoff' mode, utterly ridiculous plot, naff effects but I have seen worse.
I'm off now to grab some more pre-blockbuster Marvel projects. I think Corman's 'The Fantastic Four' will be next.
Just this clip makes me want to throw my telly out the window, it looks absolutely dog **** lol.
Late Night With The Devil
7/10
A horror film that takes place almost entirely on the set of a 1970's late night talk show. Some of the effects aren't the best and it's not particularly scary. But the story is good, the tension is gradually ratcheted up and it does keep you watching. They managed to capture the look and feel of the 1970's very well with lots of browns, oranges and 70's clothing. Worth a watch.
7/10
A horror film that takes place almost entirely on the set of a 1970's late night talk show. Some of the effects aren't the best and it's not particularly scary. But the story is good, the tension is gradually ratcheted up and it does keep you watching. They managed to capture the look and feel of the 1970's very well with lots of browns, oranges and 70's clothing. Worth a watch.
If you enjoyed it then I would also recommend A Matter of Life and Death and also Twelve Angry Men. They are both completely different films but also older films that are excellent.
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Elevation. Post-apocalyptic survivors find refuge in the Rocky Mountains to hide from giant, insect-like creatures
4/10
4/10
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Man of Honour
We really enjoyed 12 Angry Men when we watched it a year or so ago.
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Star Trek: First Contact - 7/10
Nnnggghhh...
Okay. So much of this film is great. The cast are all right on their game, including the guests - James Cromwell wasn't a good physical match for the Cochrane seen in TOS but as the Gene analogue that this story makes him into he was pitch perfect. Alfre Woodard, also brilliant.
And then we get to Alice Krige. And she too was fantastic...but she was playing a character whose very existence makes the Borg so much less. When the Borg were introduced in TNG's "Q Who" they were genuinely quite scary - they didn't give one half of a solitary **** about you, they just wanted your technology if it had something to offer and if you got between it and them then they simply would not stop until that state of affairs was rectified. But TV execs need a bad guy to spout threats, so then they gain a voice with which to demand you surrender. And then by "The Best Of Both Worlds" they want to turn you into one of them, so now they're space vampires but at least still with the collective consciousness.
But that falls apart here. Because now the Borg aren't a collective consciousness - they're puppets dancing to a tune whistled by one consciousness, the Borg Queen. Which might be more cinematic and definitely gives us a specific villain to root against, but to me it's so much less interesting.
It's a shame, because there's lots to like about this outing. Visually it's a huuuuuge upgrade on Generations in nearly all respects. The new-for-this-film Enterprise-E is striking, clearly still in the same 'navy' as the previous Enterprises but at the same time evolving starship design in ways that make sense for the Dominion War era. The themes going on are all very worthy, between Picard's quest for revenge, Data's continuing quest to become more human, the Borg Queen's quest for domination and humanity's quest to drag themselves from the ashes of Global Political Mess Up™ part three and Boldly Go Where No-one Has Gone Before.
I just wish it was still the implacable, remorseless Borg from the first half of "Q Who" and not what they became - a bunch of henchmen following the lead of an insane woman with a bunch of cables in the back of her head. At least we can be glad that they weren't as nerfed here as they became during Voyager, the villain decay there was dismaying to say the least...
It's still the best of the Next Gen films by some way - both Generations and Insurrection have issues, and Nemesis flat out sucks. But it's no Wrath of Khan or Undiscovered Country.
Nnnggghhh...
Okay. So much of this film is great. The cast are all right on their game, including the guests - James Cromwell wasn't a good physical match for the Cochrane seen in TOS but as the Gene analogue that this story makes him into he was pitch perfect. Alfre Woodard, also brilliant.
And then we get to Alice Krige. And she too was fantastic...but she was playing a character whose very existence makes the Borg so much less. When the Borg were introduced in TNG's "Q Who" they were genuinely quite scary - they didn't give one half of a solitary **** about you, they just wanted your technology if it had something to offer and if you got between it and them then they simply would not stop until that state of affairs was rectified. But TV execs need a bad guy to spout threats, so then they gain a voice with which to demand you surrender. And then by "The Best Of Both Worlds" they want to turn you into one of them, so now they're space vampires but at least still with the collective consciousness.
But that falls apart here. Because now the Borg aren't a collective consciousness - they're puppets dancing to a tune whistled by one consciousness, the Borg Queen. Which might be more cinematic and definitely gives us a specific villain to root against, but to me it's so much less interesting.
It's a shame, because there's lots to like about this outing. Visually it's a huuuuuge upgrade on Generations in nearly all respects. The new-for-this-film Enterprise-E is striking, clearly still in the same 'navy' as the previous Enterprises but at the same time evolving starship design in ways that make sense for the Dominion War era. The themes going on are all very worthy, between Picard's quest for revenge, Data's continuing quest to become more human, the Borg Queen's quest for domination and humanity's quest to drag themselves from the ashes of Global Political Mess Up™ part three and Boldly Go Where No-one Has Gone Before.
I just wish it was still the implacable, remorseless Borg from the first half of "Q Who" and not what they became - a bunch of henchmen following the lead of an insane woman with a bunch of cables in the back of her head. At least we can be glad that they weren't as nerfed here as they became during Voyager, the villain decay there was dismaying to say the least...
It's still the best of the Next Gen films by some way - both Generations and Insurrection have issues, and Nemesis flat out sucks. But it's no Wrath of Khan or Undiscovered Country.
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