Daniel Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 The King's Man was a very exciting action drama. It certainly contained enough historic and action scenes to satisfy fans of both genres. A great performance from Gemma Arterton too. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raylenth Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 Don't Look Up. Mildly amusing in places, but I found it over all depressing. An impressive cast list and an interesting take on what would happen with a world ending disaster with Trump's America, it's a long, but reasonably watchable film. If you do watch it, it has mid/post credit scenes, 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maegurwen Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 Homes and Watson. Did find it amusing for a while the my brain decided it was getting bored about halfway in. Not been well recently so that might be why I stopped watching. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natedammit Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 Another Round - 4 Danish men attempt to cope with their mid-life malaise via an unconventional method, with mixed results. Ends with the main character dancing joyously. A very good film. Dogs Don't Wear Pants - A Finnish man attempts to cope with grief via an unconventional method, with mixed results. Ends with the main character dancing joyously. A very good film. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted January 8, 2022 Author Share Posted January 8, 2022 The Matrix Ressurections was good but didn't do enough to warrant a fourth movie. I like the Matrix but not to the extent some do but this did little to improve my opinion. Not enough Christina Ricci either. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted January 8, 2022 Author Share Posted January 8, 2022 The 355 was an entertaining action film with some humouress moments. It had been done before but still an enjoyable film. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natedammit Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 Black Widow - The best superhero film I've watched in ages. Ok, it's the first I've watched in ages, but I enjoyed it a lot. A good balance between the family dynamic and blowing up stuff. Also, Ray Winstone doing a Russian accent was better than I had imagined. Obviously Florence Pugh was great because Florence Pugh is great. Birds of Prey (and the Fantablah blah blah whatever) - I was under the impression that this was supposed to be a mediocre film with a good / great central performance. I found it to be a tedious film with Margot Robbie being incredibly excruciatingly offensively annoying. It's impressive that it was able to both bore me and make me want to destroy my eyes and ears in equal measure. I only made it to the half hour mark (I tried to stick with it to see if the other characters were going to be given any kind of personality), but had to give up before I jumped out of my bedroom window. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maegurwen Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 The singing detective-wasn't to sure what was going on and adult scene near the front caught me off guard. Maybe I need to find and watch the BBC series to make sense of it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicky Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 (edited) On 1/8/2022 at 2:12 PM, Daniel said: The Matrix Ressurections was good but didn't do enough to warrant a fourth movie. I like the Matrix but not to the extent some do but this did little to improve my opinion. Not enough Christina Ricci either. I thought it was horrible, unnecessary and way too complicated - whenever they tried to explain the plot it was just very clunky and drawn-out (the scene when Bugs first meets Morpheus). Wachowski herself didn't even want to make the film and seems to have sabotaged it just to get back at Warner Bros for making her do it hence the cringey comedy and post-credits scene. The film looks nice but that's about it. Weaving, Fishburne and even Yeun Wo Ping (fight choreographer) are sorely missed and the kung-fu is pretty meh and mostly replaced with Neo just using 'The Force'. The cute little robots were stupid too, it was becoming Transformers at that point. Even the end titles song, a throwback to the first film's end credits, was an assault on the ears. Edited January 15, 2022 by nicky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted January 13, 2022 Author Share Posted January 13, 2022 Finally saw the new West Side Story. The sets, music and dance routines were very good but it was not my sort of film. If you are a fan of the play though you'll most likely enjoy it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted January 16, 2022 Author Share Posted January 16, 2022 Scream (5) was a brilliant requel (don't ask). It had some great tributes to the original trilogy and kept its humourous side to the horror film genre (and movies in general). There are many more horrors now than in 1996 but try to be impartial if you see it. Fans shouldn't be disappointed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted January 19, 2022 Author Share Posted January 19, 2022 Licorice Pizza was a good comedy/drama. It was slightly longer than necessary but some of the humour and the characters were good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted January 26, 2022 Author Share Posted January 26, 2022 Belfast was a good movie which was certainly difficult to watch at times. I do think it has been a little overrated though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted January 29, 2022 Author Share Posted January 29, 2022 Nightmare Alley was terrible, apart from the first 20-30 minutes (which explains why they used those scenes in most of the trailer). The remaining two hours were just boring and didn't explain the characters at all. When the movie reached the finale I was well passed caring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicky Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 (edited) GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE (2021) 2.5/5 (No spoilers) I was expecting this to be good from what I'd heard but was VERY disappointed. For a start it wasn't funny at all (I don't think it even tried) and it was sorely missing the fun from the first two films, even the cameos weren't funny. Even worse the characters were so dull which made the film's set-up even slower - it's about an hour into the film until the first ghost is busted. If you're gonna resurrect a franchise with a new Ghostbusters team then at least give the team-members a reason to be there - the only one that had anything to do was the daughter, everyone else was just filler including the Stranger Things kid who served absolutely no purpose except drive. The plot tries to insert serious drama by having the 'single-mom bitter at her dad while having to deal with difficult kids' trope which does nothing but hamper the 'comedic' tone of the film - is it meant to be a comedy or not? The other sub-plots (the son's crush/his age) went nowhere as did the 'science' teacher's love for screening 80s horror videos to his classes - what was the point of this? Furthermore, it's a stupid plot because the whole reason they end-up having to battle ghosts in the first place is because they do something stupid KNOWING what the dangers are. The 3rd act is basically a retread of the first film too. This is a less-than-average film and a 'one-time watch and forget' experience. Is it worse than Paul Fieg's 2016 version? I'd say they're about the same but that at least wasn't boring or slow. Edited January 29, 2022 by nicky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natedammit Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 On 1/29/2022 at 11:12 PM, nicky said: GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE (2021) 2.5/5 (No spoilers) I was expecting this to be good from what I'd heard but was VERY disappointed. For a start it wasn't funny at all (I don't think it even tried) and it was sorely missing the fun from the first two films, even the cameos weren't funny. Even worse the characters were so dull which made the film's set-up even slower - it's about an hour into the film until the first ghost is busted. If you're gonna resurrect a franchise with a new Ghostbusters team then at least give the team-members a reason to be there - the only one that had anything to do was the daughter, everyone else was just filler including the Stranger Things kid who served absolutely no purpose except drive. The plot tries to insert serious drama by having the 'single-mom bitter at her dad while having to deal with difficult kids' trope which does nothing but hamper the 'comedic' tone of the film - is it meant to be a comedy or not? The other sub-plots (the son's crush/his age) went nowhere as did the 'science' teacher's love for screening 80s horror videos to his classes - what was the point of this? Furthermore, it's a stupid plot because the whole reason they end-up having to battle ghosts in the first place is because they do something stupid KNOWING what the dangers are. The 3rd act is basically a retread of the first film too. This is a less-than-average film and a 'one-time watch and forget' experience. Is it worse than Paul Fieg's 2016 version? I'd say they're about the same but that at least wasn't boring or slow. I agree with every single word. (I haven't seen it, obvs, I'm just trying to annoy a certain someone.) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrong Name Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 1 hour ago, natedammit said: I agree with every single word. (I haven't seen it, obvs, I'm just trying to annoy a certain someone.) For this to annoy someone, they’d have to care about your opinion, so I have no idea who you’re talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Daniel Posted February 6, 2022 Author Share Posted February 6, 2022 Moonfall was a brilliant science fiction blockbuster. The special effects were fantastic and the story was quite original with good performances. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faerie Tanith Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 Just finished Encanto. I get the hype! It's cute, the animation is some of the best I've seen from Disney in years and the songs are sweet and catchy. However, kind of disappointed that these two things seemed to overshadow one very important detail- an actual plotline. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faerie Tanith Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 (edited) I've been watching a lot of new movies lately- both actually new and some old ones I just never got around to. I've tried to list these from newest to oldest. Texas Chainsaw Massacre I Want You Back Sweet Girl Don't Look Up There's Someone Inside Your House Afterlife Of The Party Yakuza Princess Incision Run Ammonite Inheritance The Invisible Man The Final Girls Love Rosie Scream 4 Gran Torino White Chicks Whipped Joy House Purple Noon Edited February 23, 2022 by Faerie Tanith typo 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natedammit Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 10 hours ago, Faerie Tanith said: Gran Torino White Chicks That's quite the juxtaposition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faerie Tanith Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 11 hours ago, natedammit said: That's quite the juxtaposition. It's what Clint Eastwood would want 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maegurwen Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 (edited) I got round to watching passenger. To be honest I went in with low expectations and came out plesently surprised. The ending gave me mixed feelings though. I give it a 4/5 Edited February 26, 2022 by maegurwen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicky Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 (edited) DON'T LOOK UP (2021) 3.5/5 (No spoilers) A very clever, political and funny satire with an all-star cast that has it's cheek firmly in place. It's the kind of film the Oscars love to nominate because of its social commentary but it won't win Best Picture because it's 'too entertaining'. But maybe Best Screenplay.At first I thought the planet-killing meteorite plot was an allegory for Covid-19 but it is in fact an allegory for climate change. Whoops! It's also a parody (inadvertently) of typical disaster movies eg. INDEPENDENCE DAY (1996) and of course ARMAGEDDON (1998) but with a focus on how the media and government responds much like Oliver Stone's NATURAL BORN KILLERS (1995).Script-wise what ought to be a serious drama is actually quite quirky (in a P.T. Anderson way) which is surprising because you're more used to seeing director Adam McKay (ANCHORMAN, STEP BROTHERS, THE OTHER GUYS) making something much more simple and accessible and not at all provocative or smart.Everyone in the cast is great and it's so different (almost distracting) seeing Meryl Streep playing so dumb but I wish we saw more of Jonah Hill. Mark Rylance as the Elon Musk-type CEO seemed more like a cross between a child-like Steve Coogan and Andy Warhol. The ending is great and a refreshingly brave change from the usual disaster flicks but then again this isn't your usual disaster film at all. Edited March 14, 2022 by nicky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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