Having never seen them before I made the interesting choice of watching The Da-Vinci code and Angels and Demons back to back.. yeah, madness, yeah I was tired, no I won't be heading to the cinema to watch Inferno...
latest film/ dvd you have seen
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Absolutely love Step Brothers! Boats and ho's! :lol: Also a big fan of The Other Guys- a very under rated film.
Last night I saw The Accountant at the cinema.
I was pretty much forcibly taken to see it, I have no love for Mr Affleck and it just seemed on the surface to be utter bobbins, BUT, it was actually really, really good! It was clever, funny, well acted, full of great references to other films of the genre. It sympathetically and responsibly (to some degree) covered the Autism issues of the character and the family dynamic around him. I left in shock actually at how good it really was... even Afleck was decent and oddly believable.
I was pretty much forcibly taken to see it, I have no love for Mr Affleck and it just seemed on the surface to be utter bobbins, BUT, it was actually really, really good! It was clever, funny, well acted, full of great references to other films of the genre. It sympathetically and responsibly (to some degree) covered the Autism issues of the character and the family dynamic around him. I left in shock actually at how good it really was... even Afleck was decent and oddly believable.
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scott82 said:
Seriously that is great advice! just wish I had read it before watching it, what a total & utter pile of crapola
Deadpool was ace & I enjoyed suicide squad.
Sausage Party was good for a giggle too
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A trip to Hong Kong meant catching up on stuff I'd missed.
Let's start with the best thing I watched - Zootropolis. Amazeballs. Up there with The Incredibles, Finding Nemo, Inside Out. Totally nailed the plot, story, voices, deals with very contemporary issues, and that very last scene (when the car window goes down) made me laugh out loud on the crowded plane.'
Batman vs Superman. Admittedly not as horrendous as I thought it was gonna be, but still massive step backwards for Batman after Nolan.
The Nice Guys. Started off with promise, but felt like there was too much improv going on that they kept in, and got sillier as the movie went along. Not terrible though.
Independence Day 2 was a serious let down. I was hoping it was going to be so bad it was good like the first, but it just totally missed the mark. Where the first was just the right side of things moving too fast, this felt like it was trying to cram too much into a short space. Not having Will Smith definitely hurt it too.
Let's start with the best thing I watched - Zootropolis. Amazeballs. Up there with The Incredibles, Finding Nemo, Inside Out. Totally nailed the plot, story, voices, deals with very contemporary issues, and that very last scene (when the car window goes down) made me laugh out loud on the crowded plane.'
Batman vs Superman. Admittedly not as horrendous as I thought it was gonna be, but still massive step backwards for Batman after Nolan.
The Nice Guys. Started off with promise, but felt like there was too much improv going on that they kept in, and got sillier as the movie went along. Not terrible though.
Independence Day 2 was a serious let down. I was hoping it was going to be so bad it was good like the first, but it just totally missed the mark. Where the first was just the right side of things moving too fast, this felt like it was trying to cram too much into a short space. Not having Will Smith definitely hurt it too.
Just seen the Arrival. Pretty good. Quite different. One of those you need to think about. I came out of it and would have happily gone back in to watch it again. Sounds a bit weird but i reckon you'd understand it more if you watched it twice, not that it's massively complex. It's just one of those films.
Just (yes I woke early and nothing on TV) watched:
- The Intern
Its a pretty sugar sweet feel good(ish) movie... staring Robert De Nero and Anne Hathaway. I'd seen it on the SKY planner for months and pretty much avoided it, because I expected it to be part cringe, part throw up in my own mouth due to the expected sickly sweet content, but actually it was a pretty heart warming, softly told tale of nothing more complex than life.
- The Intern
Its a pretty sugar sweet feel good(ish) movie... staring Robert De Nero and Anne Hathaway. I'd seen it on the SKY planner for months and pretty much avoided it, because I expected it to be part cringe, part throw up in my own mouth due to the expected sickly sweet content, but actually it was a pretty heart warming, softly told tale of nothing more complex than life.
Hmmm.. wasn't going to mention this but got round to watching Ghostbusters - Answer The Call the other day.... (runs for cover)
TBH, I thought it wasn't bad. A nice nod to the originals with 99% of the cast making a cameo, some of the effects were good, but the humour just wasn't fully there.... seemed like they tried to overdo it a bit and it just didn't work.
TBH, I thought it wasn't bad. A nice nod to the originals with 99% of the cast making a cameo, some of the effects were good, but the humour just wasn't fully there.... seemed like they tried to overdo it a bit and it just didn't work.
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Guess Who's Coming To Dinner
1967 starring Sidney Poitier. Never heard of it before, and amazed this sort of film was made way back then.
He plays a top specialist Doctor who falls in love with a white woman. She is from a very well off and liberal family. Although liberal it stills catches them off guard. The film is set over about several hours as it builds up to them and both sets of parents coming together for dinner. Astounding film. I'm now gonna get all of Sidney Poitier's back catalogue.
Katherine Hepburn, Spencer Tracey
1967 starring Sidney Poitier. Never heard of it before, and amazed this sort of film was made way back then.
He plays a top specialist Doctor who falls in love with a white woman. She is from a very well off and liberal family. Although liberal it stills catches them off guard. The film is set over about several hours as it builds up to them and both sets of parents coming together for dinner. Astounding film. I'm now gonna get all of Sidney Poitier's back catalogue.
Katherine Hepburn, Spencer Tracey
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There are loads of older films I've been tempted by but always go for the safe option of something more modern. This seems a good recommendation.
On my kodi it has lists of imdb top 150 or whatever and a lot are older flicks like Metropolis or Hitchcock stuff like Strangers on a Train. Are they any good though?
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I know exactly where you're coming from here. I feel the same with older films. I'm 38. I have tried many "classics" as I feel pressure to have seen them, but really struggled with them. I started North By Northwest recently, watched half on a plane trip, but have still not finished it. It's a mixture of stiff filming styles, harsh lighting with unrealistic colours, stiff acting, fake fights, and language that is too "careful"..... among other things.
I rewatched "Sneakers" the other day, a real favourite of mine, and reminded me what a presence Sidney Poitier was, so I got onto my Lovefilm account to order some of his films.
This is a truly epic film. The speech his character gives to his Dad, then the speech Spencer Tracey gives near the end, had both my wife and I in tears. Spencer died 17 days after making it. It was known he was this sick while being filmed.
Post race today, I popped over to the VUE cinema and saw Allied, pretty good overall, a bit 'potted history' of Britain at war in the UK based element, but the story is great (based on a true story) and both Bratt Pitt and his leading lady are very good in it, though they don't gel overly well. Possibly a DVD/SKY Movies rather than rush to the cinema, but a good watch either way.
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Really good (I was surprised), it has, the to be expected, Harry Potter world references in it, which actually made me smile rather than cringe and Eddie Redmayn was excellent throughout.
If you had any interest in the Potter series, give it a go!
Really good (I was surprised), it has, the to be expected, Harry Potter world references in it, which actually made me smile rather than cringe and Eddie Redmayn was excellent throughout.
If you had any interest in the Potter series, give it a go!
