The Movie topic

Squirt · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6515

Now, if we all used the correct Thread Icons, we wouldn't have this issue.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Thu Jul 06, 2017 11:33

- looks like a Minion!

devilman · **Posted:** Thu Jul 06, 2017 11:54

Mr Dave wrote:

Some people just don't like starting new threads*... General purpose threads work well for them. Never seen anyone complain about a new thread that could theoretically go in a general thread.

*-Perhaps owing to the INTENSE SHAME that comes from owning a thread with no replies.

I seem to have developed an aversion to starting threads. Looking back at my post history, I've only ever started twenty threads and none for the last five years.

Jem · **Posted:** Thu Jul 06, 2017 13:11

In other news - Baby Driver was good. Couple of bits which I thought were a bit.. "eh?" but generally enjoyed the plot / music / ending.

Jem · **Posted:** Thu Jul 06, 2017 13:13

Oh and Ansel Elgort is cute AF and I totally would do him.

I mean really, this should even be allowed:
https://www.directlyrics.com/img/upload ... rtless.jpg

myp · **Posted:** Thu Jul 06, 2017 13:26

devilman wrote:

Mr Dave wrote:

Some people just don't like starting new threads*... General purpose threads work well for them. Never seen anyone complain about a new thread that could theoretically go in a general thread.

*-Perhaps owing to the INTENSE SHAME that comes from owning a thread with no replies.

I seem to have developed an aversion to starting threads. Looking back at my post history, I've only ever started twenty threads and none for the last five years.

To be fair you were gone for most of that five years.

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13382

I watched '13TH' on Netflix last night, which was superb.

In many regards it didn't tell me anything I don't already know, but it did link several periods of US history together with an overarching narrative that I haven't seen done before. (Viewed in the manner the film presents it makes perfect sense.)

Definitely one to watch if you have Netflix, but don't expect it to cheer you up.

895/1000

Wikipedia says this about it.

Quote:

13th is a 2016 American documentary by director Ava DuVernay. The film explores the "intersection of race, justice and mass incarceration in the United States;"[3] it is titled after the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which freed the slaves and prohibited slavery (unless as punishment for a crime).

DuVernay's documentary opens with an audio clip of former President Barack Obama stating that the US has five percent of the world's population but twenty-five percent of the world's prisoners. She demonstrates that slavery has been perpetuated in practices since the end of the American Civil War through such actions as criminalizing behavior and enabling police to arrest poor freedmen and force them to work for the state under convict leasing; suppression of African Americans by disenfranchisement, lynchings and Jim Crow; conservative Republicans declaring a war on drugs that weigh more heavily on minority communities and, by the late 20th century, mass incarceration of people of color in the United States. She examines the prison-industrial complex and the emerging detention-industrial complex, demonstrating how much money is being made by corporations from such incarcerations.

13th has garnered acclaim from film critics, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 89th Oscars.[4]

devilman · **Posted:** Sat Jul 08, 2017 20:12

devilman wrote:

Trousers wrote:

We watched ARQ last night because it's by the guy that has written some Orphan Black and it sounded intriguing.

It does OK with a small budget but if you've seen Edge of Tomorrow then that's a much better movie covering the same kind of theme.

It suffers from that thing a fair few films do where they hold back significant elements of the plot for suspense reasons and then rush most of it out at the end while there's shouting going on and gunfire and I fucking hate that because I am old and can't make out half of what's going on and my attention is focused on the action more than the exposition dump. Tits.

I quite liked ARQ, but then I went in with low expectations as I'd never heard of any of the cast, so I wasn't sure how low budget a film it would be. It was better than Project Almanac anyway which I watched not long after it.. can't even remember how that ended.

Another Netflix exclusive is 'Before I fall', which is in a similar vein to ARQ, but with annoying high school 'baes' and boyfriends bollocks instead. If you fast forward through the first twenty minutes, you do eventually get to the time loop stuff.

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13382

Last night's film was 'MORGAN' which was not particularly good but I knew it wouldn't be as the person who 'recommended' it to me said it was sort of alright and not too long, which is hardly a stellar recommendation. However having read its Wiki article I figured I'd give it a watch, as such I went in knowing the exact details of the plot and also the twist, which I honestly think made the film more enjoyable than had I not been privy to this knowledge, as it all made sense as it went along.

Here's the spoiler-free version. It's basically an AI gone a bit wrong film. A team of scientists has been working on a 'new generation' AI with feelings and empathy and stuff, but it's gone wonky and attacked one of its creators/carers by stabbing her repeatedly in the eye when it was told it couldn't go out to play.

RISK ASSESSMENT OFFICER Lee Weathers has been dispatched to take stock of the situation and make a recommendation on the AI's future, and a psych evaluation officer is en route as well.

Then things happen, which are not all good things, as you can imagine. The psych evaluation, for example, does not go well.

Then there are more shenanigans and the film ends.

590/1000 - Above average, but not by much.

Enjoy the film more, with spoilers!

ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!

RISK ASSESSMENT OFFICER Lee Weathers is an AI too! Except she's an older generation AI that was developed without empathy and emotions. As such when Morgan goes batshit and starts killing the absolute fuck out of everyone, Lee is basically the only one who can stop her. Once it's nearly just Morgan and Lee left, Morgan gets the better of Lee in a fight and impales her on a pointy tree branch, but instead of finishing her off, shows some degree of compassion and walks away. (It's not explicitly stated but very much implied that Morgan has cottoned onto the fact that Lee is an AI as well.)

Then (offscreen) Lee gets herself off the tree branch, murders the arse out of Morgan, and then kills the remaining two humans in cold blood to leave no witnesses. (We have also learned by now that the programme is specifically to create combat AIs, but the scientists on this programme got a bit wooly and emotional about things.)

The final scene is a debrief sort of affair at 'CORPORATE' where the men in suits ponder over the AI programme, and conclude that the new 'emotion' AI are interesting but not much good for combat, and that the older generation AI are better for this, including Lee, who has performed 'perfectly', cut to an emotionless Lee sat in a cafe and you're like ZOMG SHE'S AN AI TOO! But I'm like, 'Yeah I knew that 'cause I read the Wiki article yesterday'.

So it is a bit dark in that basically everyone dies, including the new emotion AI, and the only survivor is the old combat AI.

It was alright, it passed an hour and a half on, as my granddad use to say, before he died.

GazChap · **Posted:** Sun Jul 09, 2017 10:53

Spider-Man: Homecoming is great. My biggest complaint with Marvel films has always been the identikit "must save the world/galaxy/universe" plot that inevitably rears its ugly head towards the end of the film. My favourite Marvel films are the ones that don't do this - the original Iron Man, the original Captain America and Ant-Man are particular highlights.

Keaton is incredible as the villain (as I'd expect), and Tom Holland also does a great job as the titular hero. The rest of the supporting cast were so-so, but there were no outright bad performances.

Good humour throughout, not over-used and not too cringeworthy.

In fact, the only bad thing I can say about it, and it's not even really a thing - is that I wonder how much Gwyneth Paltrow got paid for her 60 seconds of screen time, given that her name appears far too high in the running order at the start of the end credits.

Jem · **Posted:** Sun Jul 09, 2017 12:00

GazChap wrote:

The rest of the supporting cast were so-so, but there were no outright bad performances.

I really enjoyed Ned's character.

KovacsC · **Posted:** Sun Jul 09, 2017 17:43

I will watch Spider man during the week.

Watched Despicable Me 3, Mini Me loved it, it passed the 6 laugh test with me.

Loved the bad 80's stuff.

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16560

Watched despicable me 3 too the other day, at a charming cinema up in Ambleside. Daughter loved it and I thought it was ok although I did get a 20 minute nap in there.

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14359

I watched Free Fire. It's exec produced by Scorsese, so you know I gots to see what that's about.

The whole film is set in a shoot out between some peeps and stars that South African guy from District 9 and some other folk with familiar faces but names I don't know. It's good but isn't really saying much.

Conclusion: fun but disposable. Check it out.

Disposable Me out of 10.

LewieP · **Joined:** 29th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 7600

It's by the dude that made Kill List which was phenomenal. It's on my list of things to watch.

Sir Taxalot · **Joined:** 5th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 4668

I watched 'Lucy' as it was on TV and the adverts made it look alright.

It was a massive pile of guff. Some of the special effects were quite good, but everything else about it stunk. Would not recommend at all.

Scarlett Johanssen also seems to walk really awkwardly in heels.

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13382

Last night's film was 'THE AUTOPSY OF JANE DOE', which is a smart, compact, creepy horror film.

It's by the chap who did Troll Hunter, who I think is Swedish (or one of those countries) and has those funny characters in his name that makes it look like someone turned on Wingdings by accident when they were doing the credits and couldn't work out how to go back to Tahoma 11.

I went into the film almost totally blind (having just read the plot summary on Rotten Tomatoes) and TBH I'd advise that in this case, as this is a film it's best not to know much about.

Spoils-free intro is a father and son run a small-town morgue, one evening the local Sheriff brings a body in late at night as they're just getting ready to go home, and says he needs a Cause Of Death by the morning, the pair agree to work late to perform the autopsy.

It does not turn out to be a normal autopsy.

If you like the genre (it's pretty much a straight horror film) then this has a lot going for it, although it's really quite icky and creepy in places (to the extent that I sat cross-legged on the couch rather than having my bare feet dangling down at some points), and they can't half get away with a lot at Cert 15 these days.

Doesn't overstay its welcome at 90 minutes, with two fine performances from the main characters (played excellently by Brian Cox and Emile Hirsch).

781/1000.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38464

Hearthly wrote:

Brian Cox

Sold.

Giphy "brian cox laughing":
https://media4.giphy.com/media/5xqL35gxAuGvC/giphy-loop.mp4

edit: Fuck you, giphy

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13382

That giphy really is the shittest thing ever.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38464

The annoying thing is, if you search for "brian cox laughing gif" on google, it gives you this...

which is what i was after, from giphy!

Zardoz · **Posted:** Mon Jul 10, 2017 10:36

Things can only get better.

Grim... · **Posted:** Mon Jul 10, 2017 10:39

Stop expecting the Giphy bot to give you what you want!

Zardoz · **Posted:** Mon Jul 10, 2017 10:40

Giphy "give me what i want":
https://media4.giphy.com/media/DqVm2oHUkxZJK/giphy-loop.mp4

devilman · **Posted:** Mon Jul 10, 2017 10:42

Grim... wrote:

Stop expecting the Giphy bot to give you what you want!

I like the unpredictable nature of it, personally

Giphy "unpredictable":
https://media0.giphy.com/media/d7svHIZXYGJ44/giphy-loop.mp4

Zardoz · **Posted:** Mon Jul 10, 2017 10:47

Giphy "giphy":
https://media0.giphy.com/media/3oEduRESuPER8FUrHq/giphy-loop.mp4

Grim... · **Posted:** Mon Jul 10, 2017 10:56

Is that Oli Murrs playing tennis?

Zardoz · **Posted:** Mon Jul 10, 2017 11:01

No, it's a cat sniffing the letter 'I'.

Trousers · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 3073

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14489

Another new trailer for The Dark Tower

Findus Fop · **Joined:** 14th May, 2009 **Posts:** 4299

Zardoz wrote:

Returning to a theme, there's this tweet from the often excellent Bootleg Stuff.

Dr Zoidberg · **Joined:** 15th Oct, 2010 **Posts:** 5155

Zardoz wrote:

Binion?

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25594

Dr Zoidberg wrote:

Zardoz wrote:

Binion?

Giphy "ovation":
https://media4.giphy.com/media/lRwEGHZy5Yj3a/giphy-loop.mp4

myp · **Posted:** Tue Jul 11, 2017 20:21

Monions

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38464

Bunion

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25594

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 25594

Paul Bunyan

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38464

JBR · **Joined:** 2nd Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 3214

Baby Driver. Loved that.

Wonder Woman. Loved that, too. Bit slow in places, but I really liked superbadguy. The fight sequences were nicely spaced out and effective, but I reckon they could have made more of it to make them memorable. But still, good stuff.

KovacsC · **Posted:** Wed Jul 12, 2017 11:14

I think Baby Driver and Spiderman are next on my list to watch.

Trousers · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 3073

I am off to see Baby Driver tonight.

It feels like the Matrix whereby everyone I have similar tastes to has waxed lyrical about it but I don't know that much about it because spoilers etc.

And I am getting Five Guys beforehand so my evening is already awesome.

TheVision · **Posted:** Wed Jul 12, 2017 11:40

Hasn't five guys gone into administration or have I just imagined I read that?

Jem · **Posted:** Wed Jul 12, 2017 11:43

TheVision wrote:

Hasn't five guys gone into administration or have I just imagined I read that?

Handmade Burger Co have, are you thinking of them?

TheVision · **Posted:** Wed Jul 12, 2017 11:48

Jem wrote:

TheVision wrote:

Hasn't five guys gone into administration or have I just imagined I read that?

Handmade Burger Co have, are you thinking of them?

I am indeed! Well worked out.

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14359

Tom Cruise's The Mummy has the worst US stereotype of an English accent I've ever heard.

And it's a bit shit.

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14359

Ok, it's the same Hollywood lightweight garbage that is endlessly pumped into our faces and we just eat it all up.

* Tom Cruise is terrible as a slightly rubbish and clumsy version of his Mission Impossible character.
* There's zero chemistry between him and the blonde co-star.
* The story is obviously garbage.
* It wants to be a bit silly and funny but these moments are so too few and far between that when they do happen it just comes off as a bit try hard. Cruise has a couple of cringeworthy one liners.
* Oh the CGI. Just so much and so pointless at times. Large CGI caverns, CGI glass clouds, CGI skeleton warriors, CGI CG eyes.
* Those accents, man. What were they thinking.
* Russell Crow as Jekell and Hyde, for some reason.
* An overuse of repeated flashbacks for things that happened 10 minutes ago.

As pointless as a pointless film could be.

As entertainment it's a failure: entirely generic and by the numbers with performances telephoned in by all concerned.

The only good thing about the film was Sofia Boutella who is just stunning.

I want my munny back out of 10.

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

Satsuma wrote:

Ok, it's the same Hollywood lightweight garbage that is endlessly pumped into our faces and we just eat it all up.

* Tom Cruise is terrible as a slightly rubbish and clumsy version of his Mission Impossible character.
* There's zero chemistry between him and the blonde co-star.
* The story is obviously garbage.
* It wants to be a bit silly and funny but these moments are so too few and far between that when they do happen it just comes off as a bit try hard. Cruise has a couple of cringeworthy one liners.
* Oh the CGI. Just so much and so pointless at times. Large CGI caverns, CGI glass clouds, CGI skeleton warriors, CGI CG eyes.
* Those accents, man. What were they thinking.
* Russell Crow as Jekell and Hyde, for some reason.
* An overuse of repeated flashbacks for things that happened 10 minutes ago.

As pointless as a pointless film could be.

As entertainment it's a failure: entirely generic and by the numbers with performances telephoned in by all concerned.

The only good thing about the film was Sofia Boutella who is just stunning.

I want my munny back out of 10.

I love you so much. :kiss:

devilman · **Posted:** Thu Jul 13, 2017 0:11

'The Box' was added to Netflix today. IMDB describes it as -

'A small wooden box arrives on the doorstep of a married couple, who know that opening it will grant them a million dollars and kill someone they don't know.'

So I gave it a go, thinking it might be some dark, moral dilemma stuff like 'Would you rather'. Unfortunately, it's

ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!

a load of sci-fi bobbins.

LewieP · **Joined:** 29th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 7600

The Box (2007), however, is quite good.

It's got your man Gus Fring in it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOmp3HpAGgM

Trousers · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 3073

So Baby Driver is fucking amazing then. Funny, cool, touching, violent and fast but blended together so all of it works.

So glad I avoided the trailers though - having watched it now the first one gives away about 60% of the plot.

JBR · **Joined:** 2nd Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 3214

Spiderman! Good, more of a teenage coming of age thing than a roister-doister superhero thing. Spidey is very likeable, and Michael Keaton makes a good villain. Two credit sequences. Is it worth waiting for the very last one? Joke's on you.

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