Watchmen is brilliant imo. Yes you can argue everything was there from the novels but the look and feel of it was absolutely spot on. Sucker Punch I agree, terrible.
I went back and watched Man of Steel a couple of months back. Was much better than I remembered, sure it has holes but there are very few superhero/comic book films that don't.
I respect your opinion Jim, you're clearly very knowledgeable about film but I think (not saying you are) there are a lot out there who love sticking the boot in to Snyder for whatever reason. It's similar to Bay, people see their names attached to thing and it will be instantly written off. I think we'll just have to agree to disagree on this one.
300 and Watchmen were splendid films. One of those rare occasions where I had to watch Watchmen twice to get it. Man of Steel was OK but have steered clear of his other stuff relying on the reviews that things like Sucker Punch got. You go through times when you see so much shit that you end up reading or listening to a review and saying nah, lifes too short!
I watched Carol and Brooklyn last week. Thought Carol was a bit overrated. It lacked depth. Enjoyed Brooklyn much more and Saoirse Ronan.... how beautiful she was in that film! I almost had a girl crush on her. I thought she was an average-looking girl in Atonement (maybe it was partly because of the creepiness of her character) but since The Way Back she's become a very good-looking young actress and more importantly, she's quite talented. The storyline of Brooklyn is actually very simple but I think it's a film worth watching. 8/10
Can't believe there has not been a review of Grimsby on here. Unless I have missed it. There are a few scenes in that film that will haunt me until I am in my grave.
These Marvel films are growing on me. Now that they are diversifying and showing some of the lesser known Marvel characters other than the likes of the Hulk , Spiderman and Ironman of this other world , who I find quite boring we now get to see movies like Guardians of The Galaxy and now Deadpool. Having said that Deadpool isn't as good as GotG although I suspect it thinks it is. This is the story of Wade Wilson , who when he discovers he has terminal cancer , decides to participate in a top-secret experiment which cures his cancers but turns him into his alter ego , DeadPool. A Superhero that cannot die. This is absolutely ram packed full of jokes. Far to many to take in on the first viewing. Some very funny some not so. The action is excellent as you would expect and it's not too long so it doesn't outstay it's welcome. I love the fact that he teams up with a couple of X-Men but only the ones the film studio can afford ! It does have an air of smugness about it and tries far too hard at times to be funny but I enjoyed it and I did laugh quite a few times.
Just to clear something up Beds: Deadpool is a Fox movie character, not Marvel. Like the X-Men. None of those characters are part of the Marvel series, they were bought by Fox years ago when Marvel didn't have a studio or any idea what to do with their characters.
Deadpool might (but probably won't) feature in a future X-Men movie, but won't go anywhere near the Avengers. The only character to cross the ownership divide is Spider-Man, because Sony messed it up so badly they needed Marvel's help to start again.
Just to clear something up Beds: Deadpool is a Fox movie character, not Marvel. Like the X-Men. None of those characters are part of the Marvel series, they were bought by Fox years ago when Marvel didn't have a studio or any idea what to do with their characters.
Deadpool might (but probably won't) feature in a future X-Men movie, but won't go anywhere near the Avengers. The only character to cross the ownership divide is Spider-Man, because Sony messed it up so badly they needed Marvel's help to start again.
This infographic shows who owns what:
Thanks Jimmy. As you can probably gather it's not a genre I'm that knowledgeable about . My comic reading days involved The Beano and Whizzer & Chips. I was never into DC or Marvel
I thought that 300 was a awful but I couldn't be arsed to sit through the whole of the Lord of the Rings either and lots of people think that is great.
Just to clear something up Beds: Deadpool is a Fox movie character, not Marvel. Like the X-Men. None of those characters are part of the Marvel series, they were bought by Fox years ago when Marvel didn't have a studio or any idea what to do with their characters.
Deadpool might (but probably won't) feature in a future X-Men movie, but won't go anywhere near the Avengers. The only character to cross the ownership divide is Spider-Man, because Sony messed it up so badly they needed Marvel's help to start again.
This infographic shows who owns what:
Thanks Jimmy. As you can probably gather it's not a genre I'm that knowledgeable about . My comic reading days involved The Beano and Whizzer & Chips. I was never into DC or Marvel
Yeah me too. Roy of the Rovers all the way.
On a side note, Sony is a really interesting studio to pay attention to because they are floundering around trying to come up with a 'multi-verse' franchise that would allow them to make lots of films like the Marvel or Warners/ DC set up.
They tried it with Amazing Spider-Man. There was a sequence toward the end of the second (fifth) Spidey film setting up their stable of Spidey villains (which are the other Marvel characters they own, like Doc Ock and Rhino). But that cynicism was transparent, and along with their desperate attempts to sell Sony Vaio laptops and Blu Ray players, showed creativity was second to the marketing demands.
DC are also showing, with BvS, that creating a franchise like Marvel's is much, much harder than they thought. Like Spidey 2, they crammed a sequence in to kickstart the other character movies (it actually plays out like one character watching a bunch of teaser trailers).
So aside from Spidey, Sony have looked at their properties and tried to do it elsewhere; Most notably with Ghostbusters. They hope that reboot/ sequel will allow a new world of Ghostbusters movies, but unless they learn the creative lesson, they'll keep making the same mistakes over and over again.
Daredevil was on last night. When I watched it the first time round I fell asleep, second time round I thought it was poor. Third time round it was OK, forgot Joey Pants and Kevin Smith were in it. Ben Affleck is good as DD and Jennifer Garner, not so good, as Elektra. Best line in the film is when Colin Farrels character, Bullseye, jumps out of Kingpins seat after being asked if he wants anything else after a successfull hit "Yeah, I want one of those outfits!".
Saw batman v superman yesterday at my wife's instigation. Two and a half hours of my life I won't get back. Absolute and utter shite. Plot makes no sense. Cliches abound. Just dreadful.
Saw batman v superman yesterday at my wife's instigation. Two and a half hours of my life I won't get back. Absolute and utter shite. Plot makes no sense. Cliches abound. Just dreadful.
Great. My kids are dragging me kicking and screaming to the cinema to see it tomorrow.
Decided to go for a film that had been slated recently to see how bad it really was. One of either Pixels or Entourage before shut eye on the plane home. Opted for Pixels. The sort of film you can enoy on a plane to kill some time where the comedy is dumb, the acting is dumb, the CGI is dumb and the plot is dumb ( same can be said for 99% of Adam Sandler films ). Laughed a few times and it was thankfully all wrapped within an hour and a half.
To say this is stupid is an understatement. Rarely have I seen a film with so much going on that makes very little sense. It's hard to review a film like Batman v Superman and pinpoint it's faults without giving spoilers away but what I will say is never has a Batman been so dumb. The whole premise of the film is a battle between Batman and Superman but the reason for the conflict make absolutely no sense. The opening scenes are confusing and final scenes are utterly pointless. It's as if they had an idea to base a film around and shelved it two thirds into the movie. My kids were asking me questions about what was going on throughout the film and try as I might I couldn't always give them answers. It's not absolutely terrible but it is a mess. Despite being an executive producer , Christopher Nolan must be laughing his socks off.
Batman v superman: totally cack. Ben Affleck playing batman??? My nan would be more menacing and she dead. superman is more super pussy. And If I was superman, who could have his pick of any woman on the planet, I wouldn't be in love with an ugly ginger bird. Don't get me started on Wonder Woman.....
Had a Disney presentation recently, and The Jungle Book looked great.
They also showed us Beauty and the Beast, which is going to be as big a hit as Cinderella (if you have a daughter or sister, this will be huge - it's a live action version with the same script/ songs as the cartoon).
They also said Captain America: Civil War would be called Avengers: Civil War or Avengers 2.5 if they were contractually allowed to do so. Again, it looked really good, especially compared to BvS.
They also showed us Zootropolis which has since come out, and I can't recommend it enough. Disney Animation are up there with Pixar now, thanks to John Lasseter really. A fantastically funny, beautiful-looking, standalone family film.
Went to see Anomalisa last night. It's stop-motion animation but very, very different to anything you'll see in a Wallace and Gromit film. David Thewlis is excellent as the voice of the main character in a funny story about a man who's very unhappy with his life.
Went to see Anomalisa last night. It's stop-motion animation but very, very different to anything you'll see in a Wallace and Gromit film. David Thewlis is excellent as the voice of the main character in a funny story about a man who's very unhappy with his life.
I'm sure it says more about me than the film but I found the sex scene quite disturbing.
Batman v superman: totally cack. Ben Affleck playing batman??? My nan would be more menacing and she dead. superman is more super pussy. And If I was superman, who could have his pick of any woman on the planet, I wouldn't be in love with an ugly ginger bird. Don't get me started on Wonder Woman.....
Went to see Anomalisa last night. It's stop-motion animation but very, very different to anything you'll see in a Wallace and Gromit film. David Thewlis is excellent as the voice of the main character in a funny story about a man who's very unhappy with his life.
Utterly enthralling. I couldn't stop thinking about it for days. Best film I've seen since 12 Years a Slave.
Was going to say it's the first film I've been to the cinema twice for in ages, but then remembered sneaking back to watch the latest Star Wars in 3D.
Watched Eddie The Eagle last night. Considering it's about a loser, who gave up having got famous and therefore there is no happy ending or ongoing story, it's bloody brilliant and a very good feel good movie. For light entertainment, it's what British film does best. RECOMMENDED!
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I went back and watched Man of Steel a couple of months back. Was much better than I remembered, sure it has holes but there are very few superhero/comic book films that don't.
I respect your opinion Jim, you're clearly very knowledgeable about film but I think (not saying you are) there are a lot out there who love sticking the boot in to Snyder for whatever reason. It's similar to Bay, people see their names attached to thing and it will be instantly written off. I think we'll just have to agree to disagree on this one.
I mean, McG, Joel Schumacher, Michael Bay... how often are you going to be wrong by not seeing it?
On the other hand, the guy who directed the execrable Gigli also made Midnight Run, one of my absolute all time favourites.
There must be a bundle of other 'how did that guy make that film?' examples, I suppose.
These Marvel films are growing on me. Now that they are diversifying and showing some of the lesser known Marvel characters other than the likes of the Hulk , Spiderman and Ironman of this
otherworld , who I find quite boring we now get to see movies like Guardians of The Galaxy and now Deadpool.Having said that Deadpool isn't as good as GotG although I suspect it thinks it is.
This is the story of Wade Wilson , who when he discovers he has terminal cancer , decides to participate in a top-secret experiment which cures his cancers but turns him into his alter ego , DeadPool. A Superhero that cannot die.
This is absolutely ram packed full of jokes. Far to many to take in on the first viewing. Some very funny some not so.
The action is excellent as you would expect and it's not too long so it doesn't outstay it's welcome. I love the fact that he teams up with a couple of X-Men but only the ones the film studio can afford !
It does have an air of smugness about it and tries far too hard at times to be funny but I enjoyed it and I did laugh quite a few times.
7 out of 10
Deadpool might (but probably won't) feature in a future X-Men movie, but won't go anywhere near the Avengers. The only character to cross the ownership divide is Spider-Man, because Sony messed it up so badly they needed Marvel's help to start again.
This infographic shows who owns what:
He first appeared in 1991 in the comic books.
On a side note, Sony is a really interesting studio to pay attention to because they are floundering around trying to come up with a 'multi-verse' franchise that would allow them to make lots of films like the Marvel or Warners/ DC set up.
They tried it with Amazing Spider-Man. There was a sequence toward the end of the second (fifth) Spidey film setting up their stable of Spidey villains (which are the other Marvel characters they own, like Doc Ock and Rhino). But that cynicism was transparent, and along with their desperate attempts to sell Sony Vaio laptops and Blu Ray players, showed creativity was second to the marketing demands.
DC are also showing, with BvS, that creating a franchise like Marvel's is much, much harder than they thought. Like Spidey 2, they crammed a sequence in to kickstart the other character movies (it actually plays out like one character watching a bunch of teaser trailers).
So aside from Spidey, Sony have looked at their properties and tried to do it elsewhere; Most notably with Ghostbusters. They hope that reboot/ sequel will allow a new world of Ghostbusters movies, but unless they learn the creative lesson, they'll keep making the same mistakes over and over again.
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
To say this is stupid is an understatement. Rarely have I seen a film with so much going on that makes very little sense.
It's hard to review a film like Batman v Superman and pinpoint it's faults without giving spoilers away but what I will say is never has a Batman been so dumb. The whole premise of the film is a battle between Batman and Superman but the reason for the conflict make absolutely no sense. The opening scenes are confusing and final scenes are utterly pointless. It's as if they had an idea to base a film around and shelved it two thirds into the movie.
My kids were asking me questions about what was going on throughout the film and try as I might I couldn't always give them answers.
It's not absolutely terrible but it is a mess.
Despite being an executive producer , Christopher Nolan must be laughing his socks off.
5 out of 10
superman is more super pussy. And If I was superman, who could have his pick of any woman on the planet, I wouldn't be in love with an ugly ginger bird.
Don't get me started on Wonder Woman.....
They also showed us Beauty and the Beast, which is going to be as big a hit as Cinderella (if you have a daughter or sister, this will be huge - it's a live action version with the same script/ songs as the cartoon).
They also said Captain America: Civil War would be called Avengers: Civil War or Avengers 2.5 if they were contractually allowed to do so. Again, it looked really good, especially compared to BvS.
They also showed us Zootropolis which has since come out, and I can't recommend it enough. Disney Animation are up there with Pixar now, thanks to John Lasseter really. A fantastically funny, beautiful-looking, standalone family film.
It had too many messages and didn't know which it wanted to deliver first.
Was going to say it's the first film I've been to the cinema twice for in ages, but then remembered sneaking back to watch the latest Star Wars in 3D.