Really enjoyed this film and superman v daredevil actors were at it.Quote:
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Love the Neil Gaiman book on which it is based, the film was a pretty faithful adaptation. The kids loved Coraline (another Gaiman tale and apparently 'American Gods' which is an epic novel is a great TV adaptation. Would imagine @Batman being what Bill Hicks used to refer to in one of his routines as a 'bit of a reader' would have read some Gaiman.Have you read the 'Sandman' graphic novels /comics Master?Quote:
Originally Posted by MasterReally enjoyed this film and superman v daredevil actors were at it.Quote:
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Had to look up Sandman graphic novel, they are DC and I am strictly Marvel but characters sound fascinating.
The Bleeder - The Chuck Wepner movie with the Ali build up and the Rocky thing too. I enjoyed it, I/We are I guess predisposed to like boxing movies. I like Liev Schreiber anyway, he plays a hard bastard pretty good. His Wife and then new Mrs were also excellent but for me, and I dont know if it was intentional, but the guy playing Stallone just stole the show. I love the the little snippets from Rocky when they're shooting, Stallone's enthusiasm is infectious and the guy playing him captured it brilliantly.
I had no idea he was supposed to be in Rocky II. The Wepner film gives a nod to the fact that when he auditioned or read for the role, he was off his tits on anything he could lay his hands on at the time, but then kinda glosses over it by suggesting it was some sort of technical acting snag that put the breaks on. I reckon the truth is probably far more entertaining.
Watched Bird Box yesterday but fell asleep near the end.
The missus said it was 7/10 good but didn't rate the ending.
And its a huge yes from me that Sandra Bullock is infact Michael Jackson.
Definitely had her nose done and her skin doesn't actually look real.
I didn't think it was all that really, the nutjob who had all the zombie drawings suggested to me that it's gonna have a sequel.
After 8/10
This one is a nicely-written, original sci-fi thriller. It's well-made with good technical direction and competent acting despite the small budget.
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Eden Lake (2008 ) 4/10
The acting is very good, otherwise nothing positive about it. Anyone would need to be a sadistic psychopath to enjoy this movie. The story gradually deteriorates into torture porn, the second half is difficult to watch. Yet the critics liked it - it makes me wonder what kind of people become movie critics.
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The Evil Dead (1981) 3/10
This one is sickeningly bad. A later movie in the franchise, Army of Darkness 7/10, was much better with it's humour. But this first one was just pure horror and not at all enjoyable.
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The Theory of Everything (2014) 8/10
I've never seen better acting than Eddie Redmayne's in this movie, and Felicity Jones was exemplary too. The story has some flaws, it is not as historically accurate as it could have been, especially the second half. But that being said, the movie is very enjoyable with the great acting, excellent cinematography and beautiful score.
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i watched this last year for first time - complete shocker, one of the most horrific things I've seen on screen to be honest.Quote:
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But there's no denying it's a great film if you can get past that. Can see why many people simply cannot watch it mind
I watched Trainspotting 2 and found it to be a strangely affecting film. They even humanise Begbie a little by the end, though of course he will always be psychotic. Renton has stayed clean but has his health realization. Spud has had 2 decades of messing up. And Sick Boy has become increasingly hostile and bitter and quite dark with his activities. Renton goes back home after 20 years and it continues from there.
You sense a growth in all of the characters by the end and even Begbie will go back to prison and ponder it all in a way he had not before. I thought it was a very good film.
Watched Deadpool 2 and thought it would not be as good as the first because they have made it a 15, but it was equally as funny.
Really enjoyed it.
The Entitled (2011) 7.8/10
This is an above-average crime thriller. It's a unique story, not as predictable as most.
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The Blob (1988 ) 6.8/10
This is one of the few examples of a remake being a bit better than the original, mainly due to the fine performance by Shawnee Smith.
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Criminal (2016) 7/10
Some well-known actors in this one: Ryan Reynolds, Kevin Costner, and Gary Oldman. For anyone who likes espionage action thrillers, it's worth watching.
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Shelter (2010) 6.5/10
Not bad compared to most horror movies. The story is somewhat interesting.
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I am re-watching the Harry Potter movies which are on TV now and they are starting to make sense. After the first one they were nonsense.
Now it is magical nonsense with a decent storyline.
I've never seen or read anything to do with Harry Potter but the other week someone was talking about it at work and I said I've never watched it because it is just a watered down kids version of Lord of the Rings, fuck me they didn't like that, they went ape shit at me.Quote:
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I know it's not like Lord of the Rings but I know it boils people's piss when I say it is
That is very offensive to Pot Heads they take this far too seriously.Quote:
Originally Posted by BatmanI've never seen or read anything to do with Harry Potter but the other week someone was talking about it at work and I said I've never watched it because it is just a watered down kids version of Lord of the Rings, fuck me they didn't like that, they went ape shit at me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Master
I know it's not like Lord of the Rings but I know it boils people's piss when I say it is
Taking Lives (2004) 7/10
This is a serial killer thriller. The story is interesting enough but it has some slight inconsistencies. Angelina Jolie was at her best at that time and she makes it well worth watching.
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The Factory (2012) 7.5/10
This is a unique, above-average crime thriller with an unexpected twist. Definitely worth watching.
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Punisher S.2 premier...what was that???. Are they going to make this a buddy travel season. Felt like I watched Roadhouse all over again.
Retreat (2011) 5/10
There's nothing I like less in a movie than seeing people behaving stupidly, especially in difficult or dangerous situations. Despite having two good actors (Cillian Murphy and Jamie Bell) and some nice cinematography, this one is annoyingly bad.
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Joy Ride (2001) 6/10
This is another movie with a good cast but not as well written as it should have been. The older brother is a toxic loser and behaves so foolishly it's annoying to see. His character is very unsympathetic for a protagonist and his stupidity should have been toned down a bit.
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Britannia (Season One) 2018 5/10
This could have been a great series. I liked the idea of making a series about the Roman invasion of Britain and they came up with a decent cast. But the series fell short, mainly due to poor screenwriting and directing.
The acting was overall very good. Stanley Weber, David Morrissey, Liana Cornell and especially Eleanor Worthington-Cox performed well, despite often having poorly-written dialogue.
As many reviewers have mentioned, it is too politically correct. There are too many weak, insane and/or pathetic male characters, most of them cowards. The only strong ones are Aulus (who is portrayed as an evil, heartless demonic man) and the two black soldiers (who are portrayed as honorable men). The only other strong characters in the series (including a few honorable and likable ones) are all female.
Of course it isn't historically accurate, I didn't expect it to be completely so. However, there are some things that are annoying and misleading. For example, Julius Caesar didn't leave Britain because of a fear of the druids, he left because he had more important things to deal with on the mainland. And the series is also degrading to ancient Celtic culture. The real druids could not have been anything like the half-insane despicable creatures shown in the series.
And where is Vespasian? He's supposed to be in 9 episodes. I see a Roman centurion being killed with arrows through the throat early in the series, was that supposed to be Vespasian? But in real history he lived to become emperor 26 years later. And at the time of the invasion of Britain, he was a young man of 33, yet according to the credits he's played by Fortunato Cerlino who is close to age 50.
The idea of Phelan having diarrhea when travelling may have been funny to a few people, but it was unnecessary and disgusting to me. That entire episode was the very worst of the nine.
There's too much foul, disgusting language in the dialogue. Although it might be expected from some rougher characters, it shouldn't be constantly coming from the mouths of queens, princes, real historical people like Aulus, and especially not from little girls like Cait.
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Watched The Sand Pebbles again, one of Pops favs. Someone sent me a season of the Good Doctor ? and still trying to make sense of it.
I watched - HOW IT ENDS, last night and its turd.
I've watched quite a few recently.
I would recommend Overlord. A NAZI/ zombie type film.
Saw Aquaman, it was ok.
I watched Capricorn 1 again, I would recommend this to anyone questioning why or how the moon landings could be faked.
I watched The Prospect, kind of a space type prospecting film, quite slow.
Watched The Cloverfield Paradox, didn't really like it. The very end was cool tho.
The missus made me watch a movie called Polar, it wasn't that good, a bit of T&A and violence, but pretty basic.
I think there were a few more but can't recall of the top of my head.
Just started watching The Passage, the books were fucking amazing, I loved each one of them, the series is doing my nut in though.
Everyone who was white is now black or Hispanic, everyone who was a man is now a woman, why do they feel the need to fuck with shit like this.
Especially Amy (the lead character) in the book she is a white, blonde haired 6 year old girl who barely speaks, now she's an arrogant black 10 year old girl.
I watched The Mule.
Damn..... is Clint Eastwood OLD. :o
Gonna miss him when he's gone.
Watched Aquaman and thought what is going on. It has bits of flash gordon, Thor 3, how to train a dragon 2, it was all over the place.
I've heard that Aquaman is supposed to be quite good for a DC film, yeah the standard isn't very high but I heard it was decentQuote:
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The plot was sort of Wonder Woman-ish too, I think.
For a DC movie it is better than most except wonder woman.Quote:
Originally Posted by BatmanI've heard that Aquaman is supposed to be quite good for a DC film, yeah the standard isn't very high but I heard it was decentQuote:
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Watched I Have Kids which is a comedy about a life-long bachelor who surprised to find he has a 13-year-old son who located him through the help of a psychic. They try to find his biological mother, but nobody knows who the woman might be. Ok to pass the time.
The Great Wall - Chinese army's fight off monsters at the great wall every 60 odd years or summat. It's all going tits up until an (I think) Irish Matt Damon turns up and fucks shit up. Damon is magnificent as you can imagine and saves the day.
Polar - I voluntarily watched this, I'm not going to pretend my Mrs forced me to watch it like @Alpha ;D An ageing hit man is on the verge of retiring and with that comes a big payday. They went into a little too much detail on this and started talking about pension pots, no need. Anyway, rather than pay out the big bonus, the boss man (Matt Lucas WTF!!) has the retiring bod bumped off. Lots of killing, a bit of eye candy, it serves it's purpose. There's something endearing about the ageing hit man type. Mads Mikkelson in this, Jean Reno in Leon etc.
Trainspotting 2 - The gang reunite to a degree to make a bit of quick money to solve all sorts of problems. Begbie gets out of nick (the knitting needle scene creased me up) and makes a bee line for Renton who he wants to kill for taking the money. I'm a little bit meh with these films. Great soundtracks, great nostalgia trip, but not the must watch solid gold that they are for some, not for me. I should like Begbie. An all out nutter with no filter. I hate him though.
Watched London Has Fallen where Gerard Butler again tries to save the president being assassinated. It tries to pull the heartstrings with him having a baby and wanting to retire with wanting to make the terrorists pay by violence.
There is an excellently filmed cinematic shooting scene which is exceptional and makes it as if you are there yourself ot at least PS4 game.
Watched Ant Man and the Wasp finally. For Marvel it was different and pretty damn funny. Also ended up watching a marathon of Cannon and Miami Vice with my sisters at midnight. For whatever reason.
I had never heard of Polar, I think one of my partners work friends might have mentioned it to her, when I downloaded it I saw the cover had the guy from Hannibal on it, so thought it might be ok. Nice lil cameo from Johnny Noxville at the beginning.Quote:
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I watched The man who killed Hitler and the bigfoot. Not that good.
Also rewatched Mortal Kombat rebirth, and Legacy I and II. These were well done. Pity we never got a 3rd season. I still have fingers crossed for a decent movie.
Gonna watch Creed 2 and possession of Hannah Grace today.
Might also stick child's play on as well
I really liked Creed 2. Forgot to say Drago and Willem Defoe are in Aquaman.Quote:
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Creed II is a load of sentimental claptrap, typical Rocky film, wasn't bad, it was about what was expected
Just put on the possession of Hannah Grace...opening scene she crucifies a priest quite funny, been a while since a decent exorcism film, lets see how it pans out
well that was extremely badQuote:
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fuck sake, I recorded Prom Night the other week on the Horror Channel it says that it is the 1980 version, is it fuck, its the 2008 version, fucking rubbish, gunna have to find something else to watch now