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Saw Captain Marvel there. Good fun, nothing outstanding. Lots of 90 references.

Watched Tokyo Story today, really should have watched that sooner, it is very good.

Saw "Us". Christ what a confused mess that was.

Elizabeth Moss and the little boy were OK and there were a few cheap laughs, other than that an absolute steaming pile of shite.

I honestly don't get the apeele of this guy. Thought Get Out was average. This was worse.

The wife booked Shazam for all the family over the weekend. I am not a super hero fan nor a comedy film fan, and this was both. Talk about being pleasantly surprised. Not a bad effort at all. 7/10.

RuggaBugga wrote:Saw "Us". Christ what a confused mess that was.

Elizabeth Moss and the little boy were OK and there were a few cheap laughs, other than that an absolute steaming pile of shite.

I honestly don't get the apeele of this guy. Thought Get Out was average. This was worse.

He's black at a time when Hollywood is having a particularly acute bout of navel-gazing on the topic of industry diversity. Critics are increasingly filling their reviews of films by or prominently featuring people of colour (which generally means black rather than Asian, Middle Eastern or Hispanic) with commentary on socio-political worth rather than quality of work.

Haven't seen this as I was underwhelmed by Get Out following the hype.

Avoid Pet Sematary.

Awful

Went to seeThe Sisters Brothers last night, dark comedic western with a strong cast. Well worth the 4/5 star rating its seems to be getting.

Says a lot about modern cinema that a film like thistle tanks at the box office though. Think it’s taken in about $10 million against its budget of $38 million.

sockwithaticket wrote:

RuggaBugga wrote:Saw "Us". Christ what a confused mess that was.

Elizabeth Moss and the little boy were OK and there were a few cheap laughs, other than that an absolute steaming pile of shite.

I honestly don't get the apeele of this guy. Thought Get Out was average. This was worse.

He's black at a time when Hollywood is having a particularly acute bout of navel-gazing on the topic of industry diversity. Critics are increasingly filling their reviews of films by or prominently featuring people of colour (which generally means black rather than Asian, Middle Eastern or Hispanic) with commentary on socio-political worth rather than quality of work.

Haven't seen this as I was underwhelmed by Get Out following the hype.

Load of old bollocks that.

alliswell wrote:

sockwithaticket wrote:

RuggaBugga wrote:Saw "Us". Christ what a confused mess that was.

Elizabeth Moss and the little boy were OK and there were a few cheap laughs, other than that an absolute steaming pile of shite.

I honestly don't get the apeele of this guy. Thought Get Out was average. This was worse.

He's black at a time when Hollywood is having a particularly acute bout of navel-gazing on the topic of industry diversity. Critics are increasingly filling their reviews of films by or prominently featuring people of colour (which generally means black rather than Asian, Middle Eastern or Hispanic) with commentary on socio-political worth rather than quality of work.

Haven't seen this as I was underwhelmed by Get Out following the hype.

Load of old bollocks that.

If you say so. I've certainly noticed it in my normal sources (Guardian, Total Film, Empire); reviews for certain films carry a lot less discussion of the film's merits in favour of broader cultural discussion.

If you don't think Hollywood is currently very focused on diversity in front of and behind the camera I don't know what to tell you.

sockwithaticket wrote:

RuggaBugga wrote:Saw "Us". Christ what a confused mess that was.

Elizabeth Moss and the little boy were OK and there were a few cheap laughs, other than that an absolute steaming pile of shite.

I honestly don't get the apeele of this guy. Thought Get Out was average. This was worse.

He's black at a time when Hollywood is having a particularly acute bout of navel-gazing on the topic of industry diversity. Critics are increasingly filling their reviews of films by or prominently featuring people of colour (which generally means black rather than Asian, Middle Eastern or Hispanic) with commentary on socio-political worth rather than quality of work.

Haven't seen this as I was underwhelmed by Get Out following the hype.

Disagree completely, Peele is in my view a legitimate director making superior horrors. Without the black subtext (or text) they would still be genuinely entertaining, disturbing films but that subtext does help deepen and expand the experience.

The over-the-top hype for something like Black Panther (which had a decent black director making an average movie) or Moonlight (just a standard coming-of-age queer flick without the black context) is arguably a product of the industry pushing diversity before quality, but I don’t think Get Out or Us are examples of that. To me they were good films that happened to be made by an African American director who is of course going to draw on the “black” experience just as, say, Scorsese draws on the Italian-American experience in his films. If that’s enough for some reviewers to praise them based on that alone, that’s their issue and not Peele’s.

Being able to blend actual humour with genuine unease is a rare skill that he pulls off in both movies. I can’t think of too many recent mainstream horrors with scenes as unsettling as that house maid losing it in Get Out, or that little girl just walking around a seaside attraction at the start of Us. The only problem with Us was overexplaining that 3rd act, it felt like a concession to dumbed-down audiences. I really enjoyed the rest of it.

Unfortunately his Twilight Zone seems a bit weak

naki wrote:

sockwithaticket wrote:

RuggaBugga wrote:Saw "Us". Christ what a confused mess that was.

Elizabeth Moss and the little boy were OK and there were a few cheap laughs, other than that an absolute steaming pile of shite.

I honestly don't get the apeele of this guy. Thought Get Out was average. This was worse.

He's black at a time when Hollywood is having a particularly acute bout of navel-gazing on the topic of industry diversity. Critics are increasingly filling their reviews of films by or prominently featuring people of colour (which generally means black rather than Asian, Middle Eastern or Hispanic) with commentary on socio-political worth rather than quality of work.

Haven't seen this as I was underwhelmed by Get Out following the hype.

Disagree completely, Peele is in my view a legitimate director making superior horrors. Without the black subtext (or text) they would still be genuinely entertaining, disturbing films but that subtext does help deepen and expand the experience.

The over-the-top hype for something like Black Panther (which had a decent black director making an average movie) or Moonlight (just a standard coming-of-age queer flick without the black context) is arguably a product of the industry pushing diversity before quality, but I don’t think Get Out or Us are examples of that. To me they were good films that happened to be made by an African American director who is of course going to draw on the “black” experience just as, say, Scorsese draws on the Italian-American experience in his films. If that’s enough for some reviewers to praise them based on that alone, that’s their issue and not Peele’s.

Being able to blend actual humour with genuine unease is a rare skill that he pulls off in both movies. I can’t think of too many recent mainstream horrors with scenes as unsettling as that house maid losing it in Get Out, or that little girl just walking around a seaside attraction at the start of Us. The only problem with Us was overexplaining that 3rd act, it felt like a concession to dumbed-down audiences. I really enjoyed the rest of it.

Unfortunately his Twilight Zone seems a bit weak

That and the driveway scene were the best parts, unfortunately it was all down hill from there.

He really overdoes the comedy elements imo and as such it ends up confusing the movie and diluting what could be genuinely suspenseful/scary scenes . It got so bad through the middle I begun to suspect he was merking us and it was a spoof before it disappeared back up its own arse.

Watched all these on American Airlines the past week or two:Creed 2 (2/10), Green Book (8/10), A Private War (7/10) and Free Solo (7/10).

For my next flight is Mary Queen of Scots or Stan & Ollie, time well spent?

Also looking at some older movies that I have not seen - 12 Years A Slave and Birdman. Are they as good as they say they are?

Watched The Curse of La Llorona, complete fart. Probably not the worst film I've seen this year but it's a close one.

LandOTurk wrote:Also looking at some older movies that I have not seen - 12 Years A Slave and Birdman. Are they as good as they say they are?

Yes, I enjoyed both of them very much.

Captain Marvel = total meh. So disappointing.

Recently seen:

Shazam: Extremely good coming of age super hero romp. Surprisingly tender given it's source material. 8/10

Lego Movie 2: Seemed like some exec said "People loved X, Y and Z in the first move, so lets have more of that!", and although that jarred for the first 1/3rd of the film, the story finally managed to overcome itself and make a path without referencing/riffing off the previous movie. 7/10

Jeff the Bear wrote:Recently seen:

Shazam: Extremely good coming of age super hero romp. Surprisingly tender given it's source material. 8/10

Saw it there recently.
Thought it was pretty good for what it was, but did start to drag a good deal in the last third.
Could've done with losing 20 mins and wouldn't have lost anything.

Saw Dragged Across Concrete, cops/heist gone wrong film.

Better than I thought it was going to be. It isn’t Heat, but what is?

It is ridiculously overlong at 2hrs 40mins and my heart sank when I looked up the length but it generally held my attention throughout.

Lots of dialogue, lots of violence but not as overblown as Tarantino.

Floppykid wrote:

Jeff the Bear wrote:Recently seen:

Shazam: Extremely good coming of age super hero romp. Surprisingly tender given it's source material. 8/10

Saw it there recently.
Thought it was pretty good for what it was, but did start to drag a good deal in the last third.
Could've done with losing 20 mins and wouldn't have lost anything.

Yep. Didn't need the whole 'everyone is a super hero now' stuff.

Jeff the Bear wrote:

Floppykid wrote:

Jeff the Bear wrote:Recently seen:

Shazam: Extremely good coming of age super hero romp. Surprisingly tender given it's source material. 8/10

Saw it there recently.
Thought it was pretty good for what it was, but did start to drag a good deal in the last third.
Could've done with losing 20 mins and wouldn't have lost anything.

Yep. Didn't need the whole 'everyone is a super hero now' stuff.

Quite surprised they had Mr Mind at the end.

so avengers endgame is getting some pretty good reviews, anyone going this week ?

Akkerman wrote:so avengers endgame is getting some pretty good reviews, anyone going this week ?

Off tomorrow lunchtime.

Akkerman wrote:so avengers endgame is getting some pretty good reviews, anyone going this week ?

I have tickets for a midnight showing tonight

Taking the kids to see it tomorrow. Public holiday and had to check 4 different cinemas to find tickets.

bessantj wrote:

Akkerman wrote:so avengers endgame is getting some pretty good reviews, anyone going this week ?

I have tickets for a midnight showing tonight

Apparently it's 3+ hours. You won't be back in bed until 4 in the morning!

I've heard of some back to back screenings with the previous one, which means about 6 hours of film watching. They need to bring back intermissions if a film's going to stretch significantly beyond the 2 hour mark.

sockwithaticket wrote:I've heard of some back to back screenings with the previous one, which means about 6 hours of film watching. They need to bring back intermissions if a film's going to stretch significantly beyond the 2 hour mark.

When the LotR movies came out we used to go watch them as a family in one of the bigger old cinemas in Dublin. They had intermissions. Don't think I've seen it for any other films.

Nolanator wrote:

sockwithaticket wrote:I've heard of some back to back screenings with the previous one, which means about 6 hours of film watching. They need to bring back intermissions if a film's going to stretch significantly beyond the 2 hour mark.

When the LotR movies came out we used to go watch them as a family in one of the bigger old cinemas in Dublin. They had intermissions. Don't think I've seen it for any other films.

Since it'd be an opportunity for audiences to go grab more over-priced drinks and snacks, I am surprised that intermissions aren't a thing in general. I suppose they reckon they make more money from maintaining speedy screen turnaround. and not hiring the additional staff that might be required.

bessantj wrote:

Akkerman wrote:so avengers endgame is getting some pretty good reviews, anyone going this week ?

I have tickets for a midnight showing tonight

+1

Jeff the Bear wrote:

bessantj wrote:

Akkerman wrote:so avengers endgame is getting some pretty good reviews, anyone going this week ?

I have tickets for a midnight showing tonight

Apparently it's 3+ hours. You won't be back in bed until 4 in the morning!

I know and I've just found out I'll be watching the 5:20pm showing with two friends later in the day!

Saw BlacKKKlansman last night - what a load of rubbish. Fairly interesting real story turned into a shite film.

Nolanator wrote:

sockwithaticket wrote:I've heard of some back to back screenings with the previous one, which means about 6 hours of film watching. They need to bring back intermissions if a film's going to stretch significantly beyond the 2 hour mark.

When the LotR movies came out we used to go watch them as a family in one of the bigger old cinemas in Dublin. They had intermissions. Don't think I've seen it for any other films.

The Kenneth Branagh Hamlet film had an intermission. Just as well given it was over 4 hours long.

Ulsters Red Hand wrote:

bessantj wrote:

Akkerman wrote:so avengers endgame is getting some pretty good reviews, anyone going this week ?

I have tickets for a midnight showing tonight

+1

You're going together?

Avengers: Endgame - Dragged for the first 15-20 minutes as they attempted to put some pathos into the picture, but as soon as they had a plan, and the action begun, it was a rip-roaring success. A bit of the ol' gender brow beating at the end was a bit on the nose, as was the constant lingering on the Audi's (I thoroughly despise anything that takes my attention out of a movie), but they managed to finish out 20+ film saga with aplomb. 8/10, maybe 9/10 for the sheer audacity of the overall project.

Jeff the Bear wrote:Avengers: Endgame - Dragged for the first 15-20 minutes as they attempted to put some pathos into the picture, but as soon as they had a plan, and the action begun, it was a rip-roaring success. A bit of the ol' gender brow beating at the end was a bit on the nose, as was the constant lingering on the Audi's (I thoroughly despise anything that takes my attention out of a movie), but they managed to finish out 20+ film saga with aplomb. 8/10, maybe 9/10 for the sheer audacity of the overall project.

I agree on the gender politics scenes, but there was only really two scenes with Audi's (that I noticed anyway) which were both pretty early on. Not much of a complaint there for me

I feel like they could have done without one or two scenes if they wanted to cut down the run time, but other than that it was excellent, i'd give it 9/10

Jeff the Bear wrote:Avengers: Endgame - Dragged for the first 15-20 minutes as they attempted to put some pathos into the picture, but as soon as they had a plan, and the action begun, it was a rip-roaring success. A bit of the ol' gender brow beating at the end was a bit on the nose, as was the constant lingering on the Audi's (I thoroughly despise anything that takes my attention out of a movie), but they managed to finish out 20+ film saga with aplomb. 8/10, maybe 9/10 for the sheer audacity of the overall project.

I 100% don't give a shit about cars so had no idea they were Audis.

In non superheros news I watched Greta and Red Joan. Greta was a good idea badly executed, Red Joan was mostly decent but could have been much better.

Watching one of my rainy day off comfort films, Clear and Present Danger ... and got to thinking about that awesome high school production of Alien that was shared recently. I reckon I could adapt the Clancy story to the stage for a school production!

I'd have to tone down the shootouts, but the political drama is quite good. I reckon I could leave the ambush scene and just have Ryan's SUV reacting to and hearing two-way reports of all the carnage...

Lots of good lines in it too ... https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109444/qu ... =tt_trv_qu

Watched Red October recently. Damn, that dialogue was good. Yeah, yeah, Sean Connery's accent was rough but that was it. Really strikes me how bad dialogue is in movies now a days are tough. All CGI, fight scenes all the time now.

Your favourite fight scene from back in the day? Hard to beat They Live. "Either put on these glasses or start eating that trashcan" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-MVMbm6c0k
But I also liked this from Lethal Weapon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcdLD17vA-E

alliswell wrote:Your favourite fight scene from back in the day? Hard to beat They Live. "Either put on these glasses or start eating that trashcan" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-MVMbm6c0k
But I also liked this from Lethal Weapon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcdLD17vA-E

They Live is a great one. Indy v the Mechanic is always a crowd pleaser. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jW1CeAVPhVg