Last Film You Watched

[Nymzee]

Interested to know what you think of it. I didn’t think it’s bad, would probably give it a 7. Maybe I hyped it up too much

Well you mentioned it was really dark and that is my jam. I also would give Joker 10/10 if that helps you with perspective.

 

[BNJ1878]

Well you mentioned it was really dark and that is my jam. I also would give Joker 10/10 if that helps you with perspective.

The trailer I have seen has been moidily lit and it feels like your peering into the gloom trying to see who's on screen.

Maybe that's the darkness being talked about

 

[bebo86]

Rewatched Rocky (the seventies original one). Still absolutely love it, top ten of all time for my personal film list. 9.2

 

[Nymzee]

The trailer I have seen has been moidily lit and it feels like your peering into the gloom trying to see who's on screen.

Maybe that's the darkness being talked about

If it's that that's the issue then I have no issues as I can't agree with it from trailers. One thing I am worried about isn't even the film it's my cinema which has strange lighting inside.

 

[BNJ1878]

I shall report back on Thursday

Gloomy or not I'm still going in.

 

[Wizard]

The trailer I have seen has been moidily lit and it feels like your peering into the gloom trying to see who's on screen.

Maybe that's the darkness being talked about

Was talking about the tone of the film, not the actual lighting. Although that is pretty dark too

 

[Nymzee]

Was talking about the tone of the film, not the actual lighting. Although that is pretty dark too

Read so many polarizing reviews this morning for it lol

Loads of 10/10, a few 1/5 stars, holding a 9+ rating on IMDb for now (my usual go to). I'm really excited for it - love how long it is as well. Read some reports the last third is a bit of a slog though.

 

[ClausThomsen]

Terminator: Salvation (2009)

Yes, I'm very late to the party with this one.


Man, what a mess.

They could have made a brilliant future-war epic that closed the circle of the whole story by showing how the time-travel element of the first two pictures came about (I'm deliberately ignoring the terrible third film by the way, it ain't even worth discussion). I wanted to see a bloody epic future fight between man and machines, ending with Skynet being destroyed, just after the protagonists of the first two films were sent back in time to create the events of the (undeniably) brilliant James Cameron efforts.

Instead they threw out something that looked like a cheap MTV video promo, with characters you couldn't care about and action scenes that looked like a Sega Megadrive game. The story was limp, the clichés were abundant and the future just didn't look as hellish and unforgiving as it did in the original pictures.

The reason the first film works is because Arnold was truly frightening - nothing could stop him. Punks, cops, shotguns, explosives, trucks, you name it - he shrugged them off and continued his deadly assassin mission.
There was a dark sense of humour to it as well - when he is in his seedy cheap motel, repairing his wounds - he actually stops for a moment to adjust his hair and fix his shades. It showed that even a supposedly emotionless killing machine could absorb information and adapt to it's environment.

The second picture is a template for cool action cinema - fast-paced, strong characters (Sarah Connor is almost a Terminator herself), an intelligent script that fills the gaps and Arnold again being a total badass. Plus the T-1000 was a brilliantly designed adversary that was truly a more advanced machine than Arnold - a worthy opponent.

Such a shame the franchise has deteriorated so badly. Haven't even bothered with Genisys or Dark Fate. I'll maybe catch 20 minutes of them late night on ITV 4 when I'm bevvied after skipping another Match of the day when Everton embarrass me yet again....

I quite liked that one. Didn't expect to and started watching it in a very cynical mood but got up to the bit with the big giant robot (About 48 secs into the trailer) and realised I was enjoying it. Take it away from the first two and treat it as a big daft Terminator themed movie and it's entertaining enough. It was ultimately chopped from the timeline but I guess that's kind of necessary with time travel movies being a mess of plot holes so a franchise of them just becomes irredeemably stupid.

Whisper it but I even enjoyed Genesys on the same level. Neither's in the same league as the first two but take away that direct comparison and they aren't as bad as they're made out to be. Not in the category of truly awful.

 

[evilwebby]

Flight Plan (2005)

Jodie Foster is undoubtedly one of the finest actresses of the last 30 years and puts in another top performance in this psychological thriller, which may push the envelope of believability at times, but is smart enough to just about get away with it.

A solid 7/10.

 

[Toast]

 

[Daz1878]

Went to see Studio 666 - enjoyably stupid stuff. Dave Grohl & the other Foo Fighters don't take their acting abilities too seriously, and with good reason. The gore is both funny and well done, plus it has a theme tune by John Carpenter, so overall I thought it was a pretty good way to waste a couple of hours.

 

[ClausThomsen]

Moneyball.

Who'd have thought a story about baseball statistics, finance and surly overweight pensioners grumbling about alternative methods would make for an entertaining 2 hours or so. Even with John Henry popping up at the end I still really enjoyed it. Flew by.

 

[4737carlin]

Went to see Studio 666 - enjoyably stupid stuff. Dave Grohl & the other Foo Fighters don't take their acting abilities too seriously, and with good reason. The gore is both funny and well done, plus it has a theme tune by John Carpenter, so overall I thought it was a pretty good way to waste a couple of hours.

I thought it was ok but the gore wasnt for me, the Lionel Richie cameo was the best bit !!

 

[4737carlin]

Moneyball.

Who'd have thought a story about baseball statistics, finance and surly overweight pensioners grumbling about alternative methods would make for an entertaining 2 hours or so. Even with John Henry popping up at the end I still really enjoyed it. Flew by.

Great film, Jonah Hill is brilliant, I never missed the baseball this season depicted, it was on channel 5 three nights, incredible

 

[Zatara]

Saw The Batman at a press screening a few days ago. It was quite good but I was disappointed overall. Some good performances but thought the story wasn’t great and it is so dark. Really beats you down over the near 3 hour runtime. Think they can do well out of this version of the universe if it carries on but not a great start in my opinion.

Interested to know what you think of it. I didn’t think it’s bad, would probably give it a 7. Maybe I hyped it up too much

The trailer I have seen has been moidily lit and it feels like your peering into the gloom trying to see who's on screen.

Maybe that's the darkness being talked about

I shall report back on Thursday

Gloomy or not I'm still going in.

Was talking about the tone of the film, not the actual lighting. Although that is pretty dark too

Missed the first 3 or 4mins of it.

Didnt get into it at all...just 'watched' the screen rather than being 'taken into and absorbed' by the film.

However, everything about it seemed good on the surface...but the one huge problem is that i didnt care what happened or the characters...

No emotion throughout the film, tiny bit of action...lots of talking and nothing really happening.

Lots of people checking the time after an hour onwards...at the end lots of disappointed mumblings.

Could have been a 10...probably a 5 or a 6.