Mfahey79 Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 30 minutes ago, Peter Capaldi Fan said: But, but, but....... Peter Capaldi is in it All too briefly. But with a very Doctorish speech 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicky Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 On 8/18/2021 at 8:35 AM, natedammit said: That doesn't exactly sound like an unbiased perspective. Actually, yes, you're right. I just remembered there is a clip of private footage where he jokes to the camera about the film's director, "he can shout 'action' and 'cut' all day long but it won't make him a director." And there is also footage of a suppressed/subtle heated exchange between the two. But he doesn't address it in his new narration is what I meant, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 The Night House was an average horror film. The movie started promisingly and had a some scary moments with good tension. Yet it somehow lost it's way towards the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raylenth Posted August 29, 2021 Author Share Posted August 29, 2021 The Current War: Not a whole lot to say about this film, it was good and an interesting watch but nothing terribly special. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot: I wouldn't usually watch a war film as they aren't my thing but it's got Martin Freeman in it. I've had this a while and have finally watched it and enjoyed it. It's an interesting record of what it was like to be in Afghanistan in the early years if the war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 Candyman (2021) was a good remake/sequel. I enjoyed the original although I didn't find it very scary. This wasn't particularly scary either but I did think a slight improvement on the original. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raylenth Posted September 10, 2021 Author Share Posted September 10, 2021 Chaos Walking. Not the best film ever and the plot had a lot of holes in it and some of the plot points didn't make a whole lot of sense but it was OK and not as bad as I thought it would be. Not something I'm going to be too fussed about watching again but it was OK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted September 11, 2021 Share Posted September 11, 2021 (edited) Malignant was disappointing. The film started very promisingly and had a creepy start, but about 40 minutes in became simply ridiculous. Edited September 11, 2021 by Daniel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted September 11, 2021 Share Posted September 11, 2021 Respect (the Aretha Franklin biopic) was very impressive. It certainly gave a fascinating insight into her life with stories I'd never heard. A brilliant performance from Jennifer Hudson. If you are an Aretha fan you'll certainly like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maegurwen Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 Finally got round to life of Pi. Found it quite interesting, not sure if in places it was being intentionally funny but it came across that way. Appart from that I enjoyed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maegurwen Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 Just now, maegurwen said: Finally got round to life of Pi. Found it quite interesting, not sure if in places it was being intentionally funny but it came across that way.(or it may just be my sense of humor possibly.) Appart from that I enjoyed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings was very good. It some very funny moments and amazing fight scene effects. Another worthy addition to the Marvel Universe. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicky Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 (edited) DON'T BREATHE 2 (2021) 3/5 (No spoilers) My expectations were high since producer Sam Raimi said a few years ago, "this is only the best idea for a sequel I've ever heard. No kidding." He must've been talking out of his ass or drunk. Opinions of the first film were split mostly cos viewers were expected to root for petty thieves. If that was you, you'll hate the sequel even more cos this time the villain is the hero. The sequel takes place 8 years later so we could assume The Blind Man (Stephen Lang) has learned to regret his evil ways but for the most part he's still the same character with the same motives. If you can get past the villain-hero switch, the film is actually quite enjoyable with some great tense moments...at least for the first half BUT once the villains' motives are revealed it just gets dumber. I found the first death unnecessary and it left me confused while there was some obvious exposition and no sign of the emergency services whatsoever. The writing is fairly clunky with ideas strung together with not much substance to back them up (there's plenty gaps that need filling). Yes, its a dumb film yet still manages to be enjoyable up to a certain point Edited September 25, 2021 by nicky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 No Time To Die was a good addition to the franchise with enough action and Bond moments to please fans. It was much more drawn out than it needed to be but a good finale from Daniel Craig. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted October 17, 2021 Share Posted October 17, 2021 Venom: Let There be Carnage was a good fun sequel with some great comedy and action scenes. It did feel inferior to the original though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 Halloween Kills (Halloween 10 or Halloween 3 depending on how you look at it) was the usual Halloween film. It did have some reasonable character development but didn't seem to stand out from the others in the franchise. Fans won't be disappointed though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurdamoni Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 DUNE I very much enjoyed Dune, great cinematography, beautiful music(Hans Zimmer duh) and great story line. Well done filming, mister Villeneuve. Great acting and also some surprise actors who showed up. Let's hope they're not making 8 movies though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurdamoni Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 NO TIME TO DIE Speaking as a true Bond fan; I loved it. It had all the wit and suave you'd expect from a Bond movie, bur also great actions sequences. I loved the personal journey Craig's Bond has taken these past years. A worthy finish of the Daniel Craig era. And once again, great music, cool tribute to 'On Her Majesties Secret Service'. I didn't see that coming. Well done again mister Zimmer. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurdamoni Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS It was a cool movie, great actions sequences (as we expect from Marvel movies). Great new actors and actresses were introduced to the wider world. It felt a lot like a fantasy movie and not really a superhero movie though. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicky Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 (edited) HALLOWEEN KILLS (2021) 3/5 (No spoilers) There's very little difference in each of the HALLOWEEN films (except the 3rd one without Micheal) but this new sequel does have an interesting take with the addition of a lynch mob set on hunting our killer. However, the tone of the film is quite a shift from previous entries and has divided fans. There's a lot of characters, of which some are brought back from the original but they are totally wasted apart from Anthony Micheal Hall whereas Charles Cyphers as the original's Sheriff Brackett (and Carpenter regular) is reduced to nothing but a pointless extended cameo. Jamie Lee Curtis takes a huge backseat in this film and does practically nothing - I wish the same could be said for her family in the film cos they came across as just boring and annoying. The film seems to verge on action-horror with its glossy style of film-making; it's not very scary and seems more concerned about gore, flashy kills and making Micheal look cool (eg. Micheal vs the firemen). The story also relies VERY heavily on the events of the original film and inserts 'new' flashbacks leaving this new story in the 1978 film's shadow instead of making a fresh new plot of its own. Furthermore the back-and-forth of flashbacks to the present (in addition to all the different characters within) seems quite jarring and makes for bad editing. They even retconned the end of the first film too, probably the most sacrilegious thing a reboot-sequel could do to a CLASSIC. Silly things happen in the film of course; there's a questionable absence of the police, people shooting Micheal when they should just LEAVE, some dodgy exposition and the lynch mob shouting "EVIL DIES TONIGHT!" as if they're protesting at some political campaign. Its a guilty pleasure; I liked the gorey kills but didn't like the use of characters. Edited October 28, 2021 by nicky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 Dune was a fantastically made sci fi action movie. The effects and set designs were amazing and it was certainly entertaining. My only complaint was not enough character development and it did seem longer than necessary. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raylenth Posted October 30, 2021 Author Share Posted October 30, 2021 On 10/28/2021 at 11:25 PM, Daniel said: Dune was a fantastically made sci fi action movie. The effects and set designs were amazing and it was certainly entertaining. My only complaint was not enough character development and it did seem longer than necessary. I liked it very much but didn't find the length an issue. I did however have a problem hearing what they were saying a few times, and as a lot of the colour palette is dark, when they switched to bright sun scenes, a couple of times it was a bit blinding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faerie Tanith Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 I've watched a number of Clint Eastwood films for the first time this year. Better late than never I suppose. So far I've downed the Dollars trilogy (Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, and The Good The Bad & The Ugly), Dirty Harry, and Coogan's Bluff. Interesting to see what was basically the blueprint for a lot of cinematic tropes today. I also finally got around to watching Halloween. I'm a fake horror fan, I know. I watched the 70s one and the 2018 one. Also watched Us, which left me shook and confused. All in all a good week for movies. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 Spencer was a very well done movie about Princess Diana (the last 15 minutes certainly reminded me why she was my favourite royal). It was certainly not easy to watch at times but had a perfect performance from Kristen Stewart. I really hope this proves to any critics it's time to take her seriously as an actress. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted November 21, 2021 Share Posted November 21, 2021 Eternals was a good superhero film but felt much longer than necessary. Visually impressive with some good characters just felt a little slow at times. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mfahey79 Posted November 21, 2021 Share Posted November 21, 2021 Managed to watch Ghostbusters: Afterlife whilst I was away. Went in with high hopes and really didn't want to be disappointed. And I wasnt, it was a cracking film and i really enjoyed it. Yes it threw a lot of little nostalgic nods in there, but they wasn't over indulgent. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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