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Couple worth a watch with the latter a must watch IMO:

T.A.P.S
A Tom Cruise and Sean Penn vehicle from way back in 1981! I'd never seen it and I'm surprised its not been on my radar before now. Its not amazing, but its a good flick that is definitely worth watching.

IMPERIUM
Daniel Radcliffe stars as an FBI agent thrown headlong into an undercover role with the White Supremacist movement. At first look I thought what the hell is Harry Potter going to be like as a Nazi sympathisers poster boy, no way he can pull it off.. BUT, he does and some. I mean you'll never wash away his overly earnest manner, but he plays it well and the content is quite frankly shocking... ever more so as it has touch too much truth in the story to ever feel comfortable. I'd ad this to any must watch list personally.
 
Watched Arrival last night, very disappointed. I was hoping for some Independence Day style action, it's just a bloody boring soppy love film. It's also guilty of one of my movie pet-hates, a completely unsuitable home audio mix. You know, the films where you need the volume on 100 to hear what the hell anybody is saying and then BANG an explosion (or in this films case the aliens talking) that breaks your TVs speakers and shakes the house down. Sod off, I just want to watch a film at one volume.
 
I thought it was quite good, a different take on the alien thing. Though I did watch it in the cinema so no issue with noise levels.
 
Yes I've seen a lot of good reviews, it's my own fault for expecting a space battle movie, should have read the description first :lol:
 
Watched Logan with a couple of mates last night.
Finally a film that gives him some credit.
Very violent in a Deadpool kind of way but incredibly grim.
 
Demolition
Jake Gyllenhaal stars in this borderline art film. The opening minutes sees him lose his wife in a car crash and his privelidged life is turned upside down as he explores what life means and how to deal internally and externally with grief and the lack of it.
Recommended if you like an Arty flick, avoid if you don't have that sentiment
 
Get a Job
Terrible (unsurprisingly), supposed to be a comedy, not sure I even smiled... Almost became a gross out teen flick for a minute then gave up and I don't know what it was. Sad to see that Bryan Cranston was tangled up in it - avoid
 
I watched this last night:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3219604/

One of the best space documentaries I've ever seen. Lots of footage I haven't seen before, and although it's CGI they have very realistically remade some scenes that there is no video of like being on the surface of the moon (in high definition) and the Service/Lunar module docking from a distance.
 
Gold - pretty good story, apparently the original true story was added to for audiences but a gruelly tale of the ups and down of one man trying to succeed.

John Wick Chapter 2 - if you liked the original you'll like this. Lots of gunplay and violence. Keanu Reeves is great as this character...even better that Neo

The Founder - another good one, shows how one man took a small business and expanded then stole it. Your view of McDonald's may change after watching it
 
tobedesu said:
Watched Logan with a couple of mates last night.
Finally a film that gives him some credit.
Very violent in a Deadpool kind of way but incredibly grim.
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Saw it yesteray. Grim is right. Good film, NOT a typical super hero movie. It could probably have lost 20-25 mins for me, but definitely worth watching. I'm not a superhero movie fan and I thought it was good. **** me it's dark though.


SAVORY100 said:
watched Platoon to recover! :lol:
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What a film. Not seen that in years, must stick it on.


"I think now, looking back, we did not fight the enemy, we fought ourselves. The enemy was in us.The war is over for me now, but it will always be there, the rest of my days as I'm sure Elias will be, fighting with Barnes for what Rhah called possession of my soul...."

Absolute cinematic masterpiece.
 
Kong - Skull Island

First off the last Kong film (made by the hobbit) was utter toilet, so I must admit I approached this with some caution...
Then you have Samuel L Jackson... he can make great choices (Pulp Fiction, Jurassic Park) and he can of course make VERY bad choices (Snakes on a Plane... need I say more)...
Anyway, for a big screen, big action film, filled with effects and explosions its a winner for me. Decent story, decent acting, Special effects are somewhere between brilliant and just a little mental at times, but hey, that seems to be the modern way of making films, often throwing in an extra creature/scene just to showcase some special effect they've developed (in this one look out for the squid).
I'd recommend watching it and doing so at the cinema, the scale helps massively.
 
SAVORY100 said:
Kong - Skull IslandDecent story
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Really? I'd heard the story line/plot was abysmally bad.
I will say the reviews I've seen have all said the special effects are absolutely amazing though.
 
weasel said:
SAVORY100 said:
Kong - Skull IslandDecent story
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Really? I'd heard the story line/plot was abysmally bad.
I will say the reviews I've seen have all said the special effects are absolutely amazing though.
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haha! Well... its a film about a giant Ape living on a never seen before or known to exist island that is forever hidden from the world by a storm that covers it from any satellite imagery or mapping... so the plot is off to a difficult start :lol: But, I think given its not serious piece of film making it makes sense within the context of itself.
 
Lol, sounds totally plausible. Whoever said the plot was runbish was clealry talking crap lol

They should stick to realkstic stuff like space battles, aliens and magic powers :wink:
 
GET OUT
Saw this at the cinema last night and I really can't make out what it was meant to be. It's listed as a horror, a genre I literally never watch as in my experience they're always either over the top violence or supernatural nonsense that is never believable (and therefore not scary)... It is neither of these. I mean the concept is relatively horrific or horrible, but its not a horror film. I think I'd have to put it a a thriller maybe.

The story is kinda OK at best and that's the issue, its very two dimensional, I'd worked out the whole plot within maybe 25 minutes.

The acting is pretty good, it after all has Bradley Whitford in for starters... and the lead is a stand out, but the rest are 'just there', they add little to nothing. It's beautifully shot and well directed, but although the story works, there is no twist, one jump early on, that if you blink you'll miss and it and no real gore; its a 15 I suppose.

The weird thing is that its received massive critical acclaim... It could be down to the same sickly sweet positive racism that the film itself mocks I suppose; the film even laughs openly at 'that guy' who tells a black guy that "if I could I would've voted for Obama a third time"... oh and "Tiger Woods is my favourite Golfer".... :roll: Maybe 'that guy' wrote the reviews?

I'm not saying don't watch it, but more proceed with caution and don't believe the hype.
 
Girl on a train - bit of a head mess up, good watch though. Not to long and kept me interested, a solid 7/10.

Watched 50 shades of grey as well. :? :shock: Thought it was an explicit rom com! Diden't realise it was like it was, besides all the bondage thought it was alright actually 8/10. :lol: Wont be watching 50 shades darker though. :oops:
 
Fantastic Beasts. Oh dear. Really like the HP films, but this was a bit of a mess. Didn't care about the characters at all and the CGI was really OTT and pretty shoddy in places. Disappointing!
 
Watched GoTG2 last night. Really enjoyed it- very funny- they really went for the comedy this time. Thought the story was a touch weak though and the FX at times were really over the top and almost unwatchable (like Transformers). That said, thoroughly enjoyable. Shame there was no Star Wars trailer though...
 
Guardians of the Galaxy 2.

If you liked the first one you'll like this one. Pretty easy going film that doesn't take itself too seriously. A few genuinely funny bits. Plot has a few big holes in it but it easily kills two hours.
 
edd_jedi said:
Watched Arrival last night, very disappointed. I was hoping for some Independence Day style action, it's just a bloody boring soppy love film. It's also guilty of one of my movie pet-hates, a completely unsuitable home audio mix. You know, the films where you need the volume on 100 to hear what the hell anybody is saying and then BANG an explosion (or in this films case the aliens talking) that breaks your TVs speakers and shakes the house down. Sod off, I just want to watch a film at one volume.
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Hi Edd,
Totally agree, bought this as a limited steelbook, watched it on the Friday night, sold it on ebay the following Friday fir the same price I paid for it.
Really poor, could have been so much better.
PS: good to meet you on Sunday at ff.
 
PASSENGERS
I think that pedestrian would have been a better title.
Pretty to look at, took ages to get going, and when it did it was over, very thin on story.
Oh well my wife enjoyed it, possibly for Chris Pratt!?!
 
Alien Covenant,

It's a bit hard to say what I made of it, at least without giving away too much of the plot. It's a dam sight better than Prometheus. It's more of a return to the suspense "Alien" type film than the shoot 'em up that was "Aliens". There are, obviously, violent deaths but the film trades more on the edge of your seat factor than the 'OMG look what happened to him/her". It makes a lot more sense than Prometheus as well, although the characters are all a bit one dimensional. Maybe that's harsh, it's just that there are 15 of them and the vast majority I couldn't even tell you the names of and I watched the film 12 hours ago. A few less characters and bit more depth to each might have been better.
There are a few plot holes and bits where people just do daft things seemingly so they can put themselves in a position to be killed, but then with this sort of film that's probably to be expected. The original score is used and i'd forgotten just how good it was. Some of the CHI, especially of the ship is absolutely superb, though they xenomorph does look a bit weedy to me, and there is one part where I swear he does a baby Groot.

All in all though, it's definitely worth watching if you want 2 hours of a decent Alien film. It's not in the same league as the original two but it is a lot better than Alien 3 and Prometheus.

Anyone else seen it? Thoughts?
 
Independence Day - Resurgence

From memory this was panned by the critics, so I avoided it, but having a lazy Saturday morning and thought, why not....
I was pleasantly surprised, I mean, its is terrible, not a patch on ID4, but c'man, its a silly lighthearted movie that has a ton of aliens in a completely unbelievable scenario with the forces of earth (USA) attempting to save the planet. taking it at face value it filled a couple of hours, I laughed at bits and even my 13 year old daughter really enjoyed it too.
 
I watched rings it was ok, I thought the first ring movie
'the ring' was something different and found it entertaining. But I think they are starting to drag it out a bit now.
Avoiding anything to do with 'Covenant' hope to watch it next wk. Hopefully it lives up to my expectations because I really enjoyed Prometheus.
 
Watched Alien Covenant last night. Was totally engrossed and on the edge of my seat throughout, but the story was a bit of a mess. As Weas said above, some of the characters were a little bit throwaway- definitely too many of them. Also agree about the score- was a mash up of the best bits from the original Alien and Prometheus- worked really well. There were some fantastic bits- loved Walter and David and the new Neomorphs were absolutely foul 8) As for the giving it a 15- what does a film have to do to be an 18 these days? Parts were absolutely horrifying and ridiculously violent- my mate had his face in his hands for most of it :lol: Should be an 18 every day of the week IMHO.

Liked it, but preferred Prometheus, which I think is a very underrated film.
 

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