Logan. Impressive film, but I was kind of thrown a little by Patrick Stewart's fuck infested dialogue, seemed out of character. However, I really enjoyed it and it was a fitting finale to the Wolverine. 7.5/10
The Prof has Alzheimer's or dementia, can't remember which, hence all the 'fucks'.
Allied ... very disappointing. Dull, dull, dull. 3/10
Rogue One ... I enjoy the Star Wars franchise but this did not meet expectations. 5/10
Snowden ... excellent depiction of a very important subject, stayed very close to the real story line and a terrific portrayal of Snowden by Joseph Gordon-Levitt. 9/10
Snowden was much better than the reviews suggested, although the final minutes nearly messed it all up.
The final minutes were too much about how important The Guardian/Rusbridger are rather than on how critical Snowden has been.
Exactly. And the transition into the real Snowden was stupid. It's good that Stone took this movie on, but his visual flourishes didn't do anything for it.
Yikes, that was poor. Derivative of every sifi film you've ever seen, packed with clichéd, wooden characters you couldn't care less about and cgi that made my eyes sore and gave me a migrane. I can see why the manga geeks hate it and not even Scarlett Johansson in a body suit can save it. Avoid like the plague unless you're a 14 your old boy.
I thought Johansson was one of the biggest problems. I'd have much preferred it if they'd cast someone unknown in the role.
The Anime style stuff was great. I enjoyed that. Some of the visuals were fantastic. The plot-heavy dialogue and rather lacklustre plot made it a far more basic film than I was expecting.
Just watched I, Daniel Blake. Bloody hell. A tough watch, but well worth it. Especially if, like me, you only have a dim idea what a foodbank is. Hats off to Mr Loach.
A doctor, disappointed with his lot post-Ceausescu Romania, is desperate for his very bright daughter to earn a scholarship to Oxbridge and what he perceives to be an altogether better future in the UK. When she suffers a traumatic and debilitating assault the day before a critical exam, he has to decide how just far he is prepared to go in order to ensure that she achieves the necessary grades, by fair means or foul. Director Cristian Mungiu examines the corrupt underbelly of Romanian society, in tandem with a study of parental obsession and a man under acute pressure on a number of fronts.
I found this an intense, engrossing and very intelligent film. It is (unsurprisingly) not at the level of Mungui's 2007 masterpiece, '4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days', but it is, in my view, very good and well worth seeing - 8/10.
Get Out - unusual, twisty plot with some really good jump out of your seat shocks at the same time as being a funny satire about black/white relationships.
I thought Johansson was one of the biggest problems. I'd have much preferred it if they'd cast someone unknown in the role.
The Anime style stuff was great. I enjoyed that. Some of the visuals were fantastic. The plot-heavy dialogue and rather lacklustre plot made it a far more basic film than I was expecting.
Fair enough, I'll concede that it looked quite pretty in patches and you can certainly appreciate the skill of the animator.
On the whole though I found the 'brasheness' of the visuals a bit over powering and as I said derivative. It was like "Okay drop a sequence from Bladerunner in here, then we stick in that bit from Minority Report followed by that bit in Predator where she can go invisible...". Just not keen myself on the overall effect and the weakness of the plot couldn't redeem it for me.
I thought Johansson was one of the biggest problems. I'd have much preferred it if they'd cast someone unknown in the role.
The Anime style stuff was great. I enjoyed that. Some of the visuals were fantastic. The plot-heavy dialogue and rather lacklustre plot made it a far more basic film than I was expecting.
Fair enough, I'll concede that it looked quite pretty in patches and you can certainly appreciate the skill of the animator.
On the whole though I found the 'brasheness' of the visuals a bit over powering and as I said derivative. It was like "Okay drop a sequence from Bladerunner in here, then we stick in that bit from Minority Report followed by that bit in Predator where she can go invisible...". Just not keen myself on the overall effect and the weakness of the plot couldn't redeem it for me.
This is disappointing, I thought it had a great trailer but I realise now that may have been more to do with the score....
I thought Ghost in the Shell was OK. I saw it last week. Knew almost nothing about it before going so didn't expect too much. Fairly entertaining. 7/10.
Saw Fast and Furious 8 last night and it was the worst film I've seen in a while. Never seen any of the previous seven films and I don't think I'll be interested in any more of the franchise. Everything in the film looks so pretentious. I didn't know what was happening and didn't care either. I simply couldn't wait for the film to end. Two hours wasted. 5/10.
I thought Johansson was one of the biggest problems. I'd have much preferred it if they'd cast someone unknown in the role.
The Anime style stuff was great. I enjoyed that. Some of the visuals were fantastic. The plot-heavy dialogue and rather lacklustre plot made it a far more basic film than I was expecting.
Fair enough, I'll concede that it looked quite pretty in patches and you can certainly appreciate the skill of the animator.
On the whole though I found the 'brasheness' of the visuals a bit over powering and as I said derivative. It was like "Okay drop a sequence from Bladerunner in here, then we stick in that bit from Minority Report followed by that bit in Predator where she can go invisible...". Just not keen myself on the overall effect and the weakness of the plot couldn't redeem it for me.
This is disappointing, I thought it had a great trailer but I realise now that may have been more to do with the score....
All about opinions isn't it, my mate enjoyed it...I couldn't wait for it to finish.
Knew nothing about it before I went but I since understand it has got some mixed reviews.
So the new Pirates film will be subtitled Dead Men Tell No Tales in the US and Salazar's Revenge in the UK, Australia, and Europe.
There have been other prominent examples of this in recent years. Anyone know why the title will change across English speaking countries? I can perhaps understand why it is given a different name in non-English speaking countries but can't see why the name would change between the UK and the US (besides perhaps some focus group research determined the titles would be better localised)?
So the new Pirates film will be subtitled Dead Men Tell No Tales in the US and Salazar's Revenge in the UK, Australia, and Europe.
There have been other prominent examples of this in recent years. Anyone know why the title will change across English speaking countries? I can perhaps understand why it is given a different name in non-English speaking countries but can't see why the name would change between the UK and the US (besides perhaps some focus group research determined the titles would be better localised)?
The Madness of King George was titled George III (3rd) until the Americans asked where the other 2 films in the series were............or so I read somewhere.
So the new Pirates film will be subtitled Dead Men Tell No Tales in the US and Salazar's Revenge in the UK, Australia, and Europe.
There have been other prominent examples of this in recent years. Anyone know why the title will change across English speaking countries? I can perhaps understand why it is given a different name in non-English speaking countries but can't see why the name would change between the UK and the US (besides perhaps some focus group research determined the titles would be better localised)?
The first Harry Potter film was called "Sorcerer's"Stone in the States as apparently they wouldn't understand what a "Philosopher's" Stone was.
I thought Ghost in the Shell was OK. I saw it last week. Knew almost nothing about it before going so didn't expect too much. Fairly entertaining. 7/10.
Saw Fast and Furious 8 last night and it was the worst film I've seen in a while. Never seen any of the previous seven films and I don't think I'll be interested in any more of the franchise. Everything in the film looks so pretentious. I didn't know what was happening and didn't care either. I simply couldn't wait for the film to end. Two hours wasted. 5/10.
5 sounds extraordinarily generous, Jessie.youll never get that time back.
I thought Ghost in the Shell was OK. I saw it last week. Knew almost nothing about it before going so didn't expect too much. Fairly entertaining. 7/10.
Saw Fast and Furious 8 last night and it was the worst film I've seen in a while. Never seen any of the previous seven films and I don't think I'll be interested in any more of the franchise. Everything in the film looks so pretentious. I didn't know what was happening and didn't care either. I simply couldn't wait for the film to end. Two hours wasted. 5/10.
5 sounds extraordinarily generous, Jessie.youll never get that time back.
Jessie, relax and watch them from the start. The first one was a bit of a game changer the next 2 are good fun but suffer from missing some main characters from 4 onwards they are wonderful action movies to be embraced
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I get what he does and thought the film was hilarious and fairly touching as well. I also see how people don't get what he does
Rogue One ... I enjoy the Star Wars franchise but this did not meet expectations. 5/10
Snowden ... excellent depiction of a very important subject, stayed very close to the real story line and a terrific portrayal of Snowden by Joseph Gordon-Levitt. 9/10
Snowden was much better than the reviews suggested, although the final minutes nearly messed it all up.
Yikes, that was poor. Derivative of every sifi film you've ever seen, packed with clichéd, wooden characters you couldn't care less about and cgi that made my eyes sore and gave me a migrane. I can see why the manga geeks hate it and not even Scarlett Johansson in a body suit can save it. Avoid like the plague unless you're a 14 your old boy.
The Anime style stuff was great. I enjoyed that. Some of the visuals were fantastic. The plot-heavy dialogue and rather lacklustre plot made it a far more basic film than I was expecting.
A doctor, disappointed with his lot post-Ceausescu Romania, is desperate for his very bright daughter to earn a scholarship to Oxbridge and what he perceives to be an altogether better future in the UK. When she suffers a traumatic and debilitating assault the day before a critical exam, he has to decide how just far he is prepared to go in order to ensure that she achieves the necessary grades, by fair means or foul. Director Cristian Mungiu examines the corrupt underbelly of Romanian society, in tandem with a study of parental obsession and a man under acute pressure on a number of fronts.
I found this an intense, engrossing and very intelligent film. It is (unsurprisingly) not at the level of Mungui's 2007 masterpiece, '4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days', but it is, in my view, very good and well worth seeing - 8/10.
On the whole though I found the 'brasheness' of the visuals a bit over powering and as I said derivative. It was like "Okay drop a sequence from Bladerunner in here, then we stick in that bit from Minority Report followed by that bit in Predator where she can go invisible...". Just not keen myself on the overall effect and the weakness of the plot couldn't redeem it for me.
Saw Fast and Furious 8 last night and it was the worst film I've seen in a while. Never seen any of the previous seven films and I don't think I'll be interested in any more of the franchise. Everything in the film looks so pretentious. I didn't know what was happening and didn't care either. I simply couldn't wait for the film to end. Two hours wasted. 5/10.
Knew nothing about it before I went but I since understand it has got some mixed reviews.
There have been other prominent examples of this in recent years. Anyone know why the title will change across English speaking countries? I can perhaps understand why it is given a different name in non-English speaking countries but can't see why the name would change between the UK and the US (besides perhaps some focus group research determined the titles would be better localised)?
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