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

Passengers.

Weak.

The pool scene was neat, but other than that, little atmosphere or tension.

Grim... · **Posted:** Fri Jun 02, 2017 17:46

I quite liked it. I just assumed in the first fifteen minutes that it was a love story, and it was rather nice.

He shouldn't have done it, though!

Curiosity · **Posted:** Fri Jun 02, 2017 21:11

Grim... wrote:

I quite liked it. I just assumed in the first fifteen minutes that it was a love story, and it was rather nice.

He shouldn't have done it, though!

Admittedly, I haven't seen it, but didn't it get a lot of shit on release for being a creepy stalker yuck type thing.

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

Just finished LOGAN, that's a very good film innit.

It's the first X-Men film I've seen, are all the others as good as that? I generally don't enjoy PG-13 superhero fluff, which is why I was specifically drawn to Logan in the first place since it is known to have proper violence, mortality and darkness in it.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

The other X-men films are nothing at all like Logan.

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

Cras wrote:

The other X-men films are nothing at all like Logan.

That's largely why I've avoided them as they seem to be the sort of thing I don't enjoy, although I say that without having ever actually watched any of them.

LOGAN was great though, maybe I'll just leave it at Logan.

I do like Hugh Jackman, he's got very good acting chops. And Patrick Stewart is magnificent of course. (Except when he's playing a polite Neo-Nazi in Green Room, I think the man is just too fundamentally nice to pull off a Neo-Nazi.)

The whole cast was very good though.

Overall I give Logan 883/1000.

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14356

It's a tiny shame you've missed the rest of the films, not because they're very good (they're a bit of a mixed bag but pretty ok for superhero fodder), but because Logan is such a massive departure that it feels like the proper conclusion to a 17 year old saga.

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

Satsuma wrote:

It's a tiny shame you've missed the rest of the films, not because they're very good (they're a bit of a mixed bag but pretty ok for superhero fodder), but because Logan is such a massive departure that it feels like the proper conclusion to a 17 year old saga.

I've become tangentially aware of the basic setup of the universe over the years so had a reasonable idea what the score was with the whole mutant thing and who everyone was, and it seems to be deliberately put together to work as a standalone film anyway really.

One thing that occurred to me afterwards is that the CGI is either really good or there's not much of it, because I didn't notice it at all.

ApplePieOfDestiny · **Joined:** 17th Dec, 2008 **Posts:** 8293

Hearthly wrote:

Satsuma wrote:

It's a tiny shame you've missed the rest of the films, not because they're very good (they're a bit of a mixed bag but pretty ok for superhero fodder), but because Logan is such a massive departure that it feels like the proper conclusion to a 17 year old saga.

I've become tangentially aware of the basic setup of the universe over the years so had a reasonable idea what the score was with the whole mutant thing and who everyone was, and it seems to be deliberately put together to work as a standalone film anyway really.

One thing that occurred to me afterwards is that the CGI is either really good or there's not much of it, because I didn't notice it at all.

I thought the CGI of the girl fighting (particularly the first time) was particularly jarring.

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

The good ones are:
X-Men, X-Men 2, First Class, Days of Future Past, The Wolverine, Logan.

Then Deadpool, but that's more of it's own thing.

It's sort of worth watching them all though. In release order.

I think having watched Wolverine on screen for 19 years really elevated Logan for me. I've always want to see him fully unleashed, but even though Logan delivers that, you also really feel the mental impact having been both a hero and a monster has had on him.

Edit: My biggest criticism would be about the moments where it had overblown hollywood fight scenes. The wire-fu in particular was a problem for me. The gritty brutal moments were executed far better for me.

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14356

"Life" is an ace sci-if horror but Ryan Reynolds is very badly cast but the film succeeds in spite of Deadpool's presence.

There's really only a couple of scenes I disliked which could have been edited tighter to improve the film overall:

ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!

One done from an alien POV with some shit music over the top could easily have been cut. The other was the Japanese blokes death which annoyed me mainly because the film started out as hard sci-if but they're all bouncing around when this massive vacuum is sucking them out into space it got a bit daft. And for some reason they try and pull the Japanese guy back when he's fucked and gets even more fucked when he got a mothership sized alien on him. They could have cut most of that and it would still have the same impact and probably been a better film for it.

Nitpicks aside it's a really good film. I think most people will see the ending coming off a mile off but I still thought it was a bloody great end.

Get away from her, you bitch out of 10.

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

Batman and Robin was on TV the other day.

Cor, I had forgotten how SHIT it is. Everything about it is rubbish - apart from Uma in tight clothes- and no one in it really seemed to care .

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It's a tiny shame you've missed the rest of the films, not because they're very good (they're a bit of a mixed bag but pretty ok for superhero fodder), but because Logan is such a massive departure that it feels like the proper conclusion to a 17 year old saga.

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I think having watched Wolverine on screen for 19 years really elevated Logan for me. I've always want to see him fully unleashed, but even though Logan delivers that, you also really feel the mental impact having been both a hero and a monster has had on him.

These are nice ways to look at the films (and wow, it seems like a long time when you look at it that way). I'm very much looking forward to watching Logan soon. The Xmen films have been a mixed bag yes, but for the most part quite enjoyable.

Grim... · **Posted:** Tue Jun 06, 2017 9:39

If you want to see something amazingly bad, the Dirty Dancing remake is on Channel 5 this week.

It's almost impossible to watch, but impossible to turn away from.

GazChap · **Posted:** Tue Jun 06, 2017 9:56

Sir Taxalot wrote:

Batman and Robin was on TV the other day.
Cor, I had forgotten how SHIT it is. Everything about it is rubbish

It's rubbish as a "modern" Batman film, but if you take it as a sequel to the 1966 movie it's up there if you ask me.

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

GazChap wrote:

Sir Taxalot wrote:

Batman and Robin was on TV the other day.
Cor, I had forgotten how SHIT it is. Everything about it is rubbish

It's rubbish as a "modern" Batman film, but if you take it as a sequel to the 1966 movie it's up there if you ask me.

I think I've seen that film, years ago when I was a kid. I seem to recall a scene of Batman and Robin climbing up a wall (it was painfully obvious that the camera had been placed on it's side). Oh, and a scene of batman running around, possibly on a pier trying to dispose of a giant bomb (cartoon style, with the sparking cord fuse). Regardless of whether this was the film, or maybe the TV series, I have fond memories of it and therefore it's far better than the Batman and Robin film - which is an utter turd.

So, nyah

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12243

Sir Taxalot wrote:

GazChap wrote:

Sir Taxalot wrote:

Batman and Robin was on TV the other day.
Cor, I had forgotten how SHIT it is. Everything about it is rubbish

It's rubbish as a "modern" Batman film, but if you take it as a sequel to the 1966 movie it's up there if you ask me.

I think I've seen that film, years ago when I was a kid. I seem to recall a scene of Batman and Robin climbing up a wall (it was painfully obvious that the camera had been placed on it's side). Oh, and a scene of batman running around, possibly on a pier trying to dispose of a giant bomb (cartoon style, with the sparking cord fuse). Regardless of whether this was the film, or maybe the TV series, I have fond memories of it and therefore it's far better than the Batman and Robin film - which is an utter turd.

So, nyah

Yep, that's the one from the 60s. It's great.

I picked it up from HMV on DVD for about £2 in a sale, and it was just as glorious as the TV show.

myp · **Posted:** Thu Jun 08, 2017 8:09

Some days you just can't get rid of a bomb!

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12243

I seem to remember at one point him also dangling from a helicopter having to use his Bat Shark Repellent against a shark that was leaping out the water to get him.

One thing I didn't realise was that when Batman and Robin are climbing the building each week the people popping their head out the window to talk to them were often celebrities boosting their career.

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12243

Might as well link to a video combining all the cameos:
http://stuffnobodycaresabout.com/2014/0 ... ow-cameos/

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Presented here on Youtube (until it is ordered taken down by some corporation) is a compilation of all the cameo appearances of celebrities who happened to coincidentally look out the window just when Batman and Robin were climbing up or down a building. They then would proceed to have a bizarre conversation with the dynamic duo. Bat Climb photo via http://www.bat-mania.co.uk:This simple stunt was accomplished by having Adam West and Burt Ward walk on the floor hunched over while the camera was tilted on its side as the celebrity pops out of the floor disguised as a window.

Some of these celebrities like Dick Clark, Jerry Lewis and Sammy Davis Jr. are still recognized by younger audiences today, but many are forgotten such as Suzy Knickerbocker. Take a look for yourself.

The celebrity cameos are in order of appearance on the video:

1. Jerry Lewis
2. Dick Clark
3. Green Hornet and Kato (Van Williams and Bruce Lee)
4. Sammy Davis Jr.
5. Jose Jimenez (Bill Dana – comedian whose Jimenez character appeared on many shows Ed Sullivan, Steve Allen etc.)
6. Sergeant Sam Stone “Felony Squad” TV Show (Howard Duff)
7. Colonel Klink “Hogan’s Heroes” TV Show (Werner Klemperer)
8. Lurch “The Addams Family” TV Show (Ted Cassidy)
9. Don Ho (Hawaiin singer)
10. Santa Claus (Andy Devine)
11. Art Linkletter (TV host and author)
12. Edward G. Robinson (the legendary actor was a well known and avid art collector who was on the 20th Century Fox lot to do makeup tests for the movie Planet of the Apes as Dr. Zaius, a role he eventually turned down, and decided it would be fun to appear on Batman)
13. Suzy Knickerbocker (pen name of Aileen Mehle, society columnist and writer)
14. Carpet King (Cyril Lord carpet merchant who was known for his TV ads. He traded some carpets to Batman producer William Dozier for the cameo spot on Batman.)

GazChap · **Posted:** Thu Jun 08, 2017 8:58

Sir Taxalot wrote:

I think I've seen that film, years ago when I was a kid. I seem to recall a scene of Batman and Robin climbing up a wall (it was painfully obvious that the camera had been placed on it's side). Oh, and a scene of batman running around, possibly on a pier trying to dispose of a giant bomb (cartoon style, with the sparking cord fuse). Regardless of whether this was the film, or maybe the TV series, I have fond memories of it and therefore it's far better than the Batman and Robin film - which is an utter turd.

Yep, that's the one. The famous "Some days you just can't get rid of a bomb!" scene, as myp points out.

My favourite two scenes from that film are:

1) The scene where Commissioner Gordon, Chief O'Hara, Batman and Robin discuss the known supervillains at large. It ends in the line, "Joker, The Penguin, The Riddler *and* Catwoman?! The sum of the angles in that rectangle are too monstrous to contemplate" which is a line that I frequently use (or the latter part at least) when I'm talking about something I don't want to happen.

2) When they're in the batcopter and are shot down by one of the Riddler's Polaris missiles, and the helicopter crash lands on the incredibly conveniently located "foam rubber convention".

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

Lonewolves wrote:

Some days you just can't get rid of a bomb!

No, that was The Dark Knight Rises.

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12243

LewieP wrote:

Lonewolves wrote:

Some days you just can't get rid of a bomb!

No, that was The Dark Knight Rises.

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Jun 08, 2017 10:12

Sixties Batman factiod!

Cesar Romero - who played the The Joker - refused to shave off his trademark 'tasche, so they just put the makeup over it and hoped no-one would notice.

myp · **Posted:** Thu Jun 08, 2017 10:24

What's weirder is that he could grow that back in three days

GazChap · **Posted:** Thu Jun 08, 2017 11:06

Grim... wrote:

Cesar Romero - who played the The Joker - refused to shave off his trademark 'tasche, so they just put the makeup over it and hoped no-one would notice.

Yeah, that's always cracked me up

Also, the Joker masks that the bank robbers wear at the start of The Dark Knight are direct references to a mask that Cesar Romero wore during the TV series.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38458

That's a terrifying picture.

MaliA · **Posted:** Thu Jun 08, 2017 12:38

Lonewolves wrote:

What's weirder is that he could grow that back in three days

He's passed puberty, mate. You'll get there.

Pundabaya · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5016

60's Batman is just awesome.

KovacsC · **Posted:** Fri Jun 16, 2017 9:54

Watched Wonder Woman last night. For a DC film it is on the money. Has some funny parts, Gal Gadot is just stunning.
I think DC have actually captured a hero well, without it being too dark.

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

KovacsC wrote:

Watched Wonder Woman last night. For a DC film it is on the money. Has some funny parts, Gal Gadot is just stunning.
I think DC have actually captured a hero well, without it being too dark.

Yeah, I'd agree. I really liked the fact that the entie middle section was basically just a war film that happened to feature Wonder Woman; it totally humanised the character and made for a genuinely decent film. The boss fight at the end was pretty fucking balls though both in tone and execution and instantly put me in mind of the end of BvS, which isn't a good thing.

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16557

Been listening to the Ready Player One audiobook recently (really well narrated by Wil Wheaton) and I just kept thinking that it would make an amazing film if it was done right. Just googled and and it turns out Spielberg is already on the case.

Grim... · **Posted:** Mon Jun 19, 2017 14:30

I think he was attached really soon after the book came out. Has there actually been any progress?

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16557

Yeah, it opens March next year.

Grim... · **Posted:** Mon Jun 19, 2017 14:34

Let's hope so, then.

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

Cars 3 - far far far better than Cars 2.

Goodness me though, don't the Pixar films touch on some sad stuff for the grownups... this one was all about Lightning getting older :'(

The short at the beginning ('Lou') was really nice too.

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

Satsuma wrote:

"Life" is an ace sci-if horror but Ryan Reynolds is very badly cast but the film succeeds in spite of Deadpool's presence.

There's really only a couple of scenes I disliked which could have been edited tighter to improve the film overall:

ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!

One done from an alien POV with some shit music over the top could easily have been cut. The other was the Japanese blokes death which annoyed me mainly because the film started out as hard sci-if but they're all bouncing around when this massive vacuum is sucking them out into space it got a bit daft. And for some reason they try and pull the Japanese guy back when he's fucked and gets even more fucked when he got a mothership sized alien on him. They could have cut most of that and it would still have the same impact and probably been a better film for it.

Nitpicks aside it's a really good film. I think most people will see the ending coming off a mile off but I still thought it was a bloody great end.

Get away from her, you bitch out of 10.

I watched this last night and thought it was good but not great, partly for the reasons you've highlighted there.

Also, it did rely on supposedly very intelligent scientists doing curiously stupid things to move it along.

ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!

I mean, the whole thing could have been nipped in the bud if Deadpool hadn't made the appallingly bad decision to go into the lab when the alien had already made its astonishingly violent and hostile nature clear. A decision which, it turns out, will end all life on earth.

When it was tense and thrilling it was really tense and thrilling though.

As for the ending:

ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!

I didn't see it coming until the last moment, and when I realised that the film had done that clever little switcheroo I was like, 'Ooohhh that's a fucking dark ending, I like that'.

Definitely worth the investment of time to watch it.

727/1000

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

I liked Life a lot. Good tense stuff.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

Nah, seems pretty schlocky and not terribly good, deadpool notwithstanding

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

JOHN WICK 2 THIS TIME IT'S WICKIER.

I enjoyed this. Goes on a bit too long and a few too many identikit fight scenes, plus there's a certain lack of tension as Wick himself is borderline unstoppable so it's not like you're thinking, 'Ooohhhh I wonder if he'll get away from all these entirely average goons in one piece'.

In many regards the original film was a bit of a one-trick pony, it just happened to be a very good trick, to use the same trick for the sequel is wearing it a bit thin.

That said it's very well assembled and always entertaining, although crosses over a line into 'gun porn' territory, one could argue.

Sets up the third film in the trilogy very nicely, and that'll certainly be worth watching.

718/1000

devilman · **Posted:** Wed Jun 21, 2017 22:27

Just watched 'Misconduct' on Netflix. Despite having Anthony Hopkins and Al Pacino in it, it's pretty ropey stuff. I did like one of the bits of trivia about it on IMDB though -

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Made just £97 (about $125) in its UK opening weekend, with an average of 4 viewers per screen.

Googling around, it seems to be true, although it was only shown in five cinemas.

MaliA · **Posted:** Fri Jun 23, 2017 21:56

Trainspotting 2 is superb. A bit self indulgent at times, but has the wit, charm and cast to pull it off. Miller steals the show as a very angry Sick Boy.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

I dont believe you

MaliA · **Posted:** Fri Jun 23, 2017 22:10

MrChris wrote:

I dont believe you

Well worth a watch. As an 18 year old, I looked a lot like Renton.

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

Trainspotting 2 is very good indeed. Weirdly, despite not being about the lives of a load of hopeless junkies this time around, I found it a bit bleaker than the first film. It has it's moments of humour for sure but they're like concentrated pockets whereas the first film has a sort of lightness all the way through.

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

Yeah I agree it's good.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38458

Bamba wrote:

Talking of which, the trailer for Colossal, the current Anne Hathaway film, also makes it look fucking terrible but it reviewed pretty well so I gave it a shot. At first the film falls in line with the terrible romcom that the trailer tries to sell you, but about half way through it becomes clear that it couldn't give a fuck for your stupid concept of 'genres' and blithely mixes romcom with sci-fi with thriller. It doesn't stick the landing entirely but the heel turn of one of the characters that underpins the last section is properly chilling, and makes it even more amusing that Legion's Dan Stevens didn't seem to get the memo about what type of film he was actually acting in. It's not hurt by the fact that the two leads turn in very good performances throughout, especially Hathaway who juggles the demands of the different genres incredibly well.

No additional commentary from me. Watch Colossal. It's good.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49232

*cough*sci-fi is a setting not a genre*cough*

Pundabaya · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5016

No. No it is not.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38458

Cras wrote:

*cough*sci-fi is a setting not a genre*cough*

Incorrect

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

He's sort of right, but also sort of wrong.

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