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Author:  Warhead [ Mon Apr 23, 2018 18:02 ]
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Mrs W and I watched Sliding Doors last night, as there was fook-all else on while we waited for The Lady in White. John Lynch must be a really good actor, because I really did want to rip his whining head off and shove it up his shit hole.

Author:  Hearthly [ Mon Apr 23, 2018 18:07 ]
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Cras wrote:
It's worth it because of how much you love it.


I'm ambivalent.

Author:  Grim... [ Mon Apr 23, 2018 18:19 ]
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Warhead wrote:
DavPaz wrote:
Grim... wrote:
Hint me up

2 words. Verdant illumination


:shrug: ISDGI

Then again, I am not fond of crossword puzzles, they usually make me say a cross word.

ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!
Green Lantern

Author:  Warhead [ Mon Apr 23, 2018 18:33 ]
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Tick VG.

I could think of a variety of excuses as to why IDGI, but I'm not going to.

Author:  Trooper [ Mon Apr 23, 2018 19:15 ]
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Ready Player One was distinctly average, wasn't it. Glad I used a free ticket.

Author:  JBR [ Tue Apr 24, 2018 4:54 ]
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I have seen a few things. Cinemas in Singapore are cheap, and I had to qualify for, then use, a freebie in Australia.

I Feel Pretty: Gossamer thin premise, just about carried by Schumer's charm and ability, though she's not so good at the few serious bits. Ends with an attempted crescendo it hasn't really earned, but made me laugh on the journey. Only bloke in the screening.

The Hurricane Heist: Big and dumb, and lots of fun. Characters a little lacking, and Finch from the Office can hold a scowl but not really pull off an American accent. He's probably not going to have a big US bad guy career, and was better as a loser cameo in RPO. Effects also overplayed, as the hurricane rolls and crushes houses. I really enjoyed it, though.

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie: fluffy and pleasant. The first hour is better than the second. I just rolled with the whimsy and the great cast for the first hour, then there was one too many lingering shot and over-literary bit of dialogue, presumably lifted straight from the book, and they just couldn't see a way to tone it down. By the time they get to dealing with a love interest at a party, they are left with a totally ludicrous scene. The cast kept a straight face, but I didn't. Perfectly watchable, but by the end I was figuring that this proves that great books (if this is one, I haven't read it) make only good/serviceable movies.

Author:  Bamba [ Tue Apr 24, 2018 10:27 ]
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The full trailer for Tom Hardy's Venom film which comes out in a couple of weeks:


Author:  Trooper [ Tue Apr 24, 2018 10:30 ]
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Yeah, that is going to be terrible.

Author:  Bamba [ Tue Apr 24, 2018 10:41 ]
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Trooper wrote:
Yeah, that is going to be terrible.


Eh, they're doing something different from the usual super-hero stuff and Hardy's never not watchable; I'll happily reserve judgement on it.

Author:  Trooper [ Tue Apr 24, 2018 10:49 ]
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Written by the same person who wrote the screenplay for 50 Shades of Grey.

I stand by my assessment.

Author:  Cras [ Tue Apr 24, 2018 10:49 ]
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I quite like the look of that

Author:  DavPaz [ Tue Apr 24, 2018 10:53 ]
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Fuck your cynicism! It looks ace! :D

Author:  Zardoz [ Tue Apr 24, 2018 10:55 ]
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I'll watch it.

I'm disappointed, like Trooper, that it wont be showing actual penetration though.

Author:  Bamba [ Tue Apr 24, 2018 11:07 ]
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Trooper wrote:
Written by the same person who wrote the screenplay for 50 Shades of Grey.

I stand by my assessment.


In fairness she called that film "too painful to watch", probably because:

Quote:
Of particular issue was James' insistence that the film preserve her original dialogue in its entirety, and threatening to boycott the film if the dialogue was rewritten.

Author:  Bamba [ Tue Apr 24, 2018 15:43 ]
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Review embargo for the new Avengers film apparently expires at 11 o'clock tonight. I can't help thinking it'll be a total mess, albeit one that's pretty fun to sit through.

Author:  Doctor Glyndwr [ Tue Apr 24, 2018 16:53 ]
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Twitter reports from people who've seen it were all very positive.

Author:  Zardoz [ Tue Apr 24, 2018 17:01 ]
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I'm really looking forward to it. Anything containing the Guardians of the Galaxy has to be brilliant.

Author:  LewieP [ Wed Apr 25, 2018 3:11 ]
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Doctor Glyndwr wrote:
Twitter reports from people who've seen it were all very positive.

I'm quite optimistic about it, and think it's going to be great, but early Twitter reports are usually positive, even for mediocre movies.

Author:  Doctor Glyndwr [ Wed Apr 25, 2018 8:21 ]
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Five stars from Empire

https://www.empireonline.com/movies/ave ... ar/review/

Author:  DavPaz [ Wed Apr 25, 2018 8:51 ]
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Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

Excellent.

Tickets booked for my wedding anniversary (yay!), which is next friday (boo!)

Somehow have to squeeze black panther in before then...

Author:  Trooper [ Wed Apr 25, 2018 9:33 ]
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DavPaz wrote:
Somehow have to squeeze black panther in before then...


You might want to check your cinema times for next week. I'm having to do Black Panther this afternoon, as when IW is out tomorrow, they are stopping BP, today is the last day.

Author:  DavPaz [ Wed Apr 25, 2018 9:43 ]
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Trooper wrote:
DavPaz wrote:
Somehow have to squeeze black panther in before then...


You might want to check your cinema times for next week. I'm having to do Black Panther this afternoon, as when IW is out tomorrow, they are stopping BP, today is the last day.

Cinema visit is unlikely. I was hoping I could rent it on Amazon or google, but it's not out until the 15th. Bah!

Author:  JBR [ Wed Apr 25, 2018 10:57 ]
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Avengers. Really enjoyed that, especially watching Grim... Brolin's turn as Thanos. Nice job. Enough humour and some consequential fighting, not easy to pull off when aiming for big stakes.

Author:  Trooper [ Wed Apr 25, 2018 12:49 ]
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Dammit, I was all alone in the cinema again until a fat lady arrived and sat behind me.

Hi fat lady, in case you are reading over my shoulder!

Author:  Grim... [ Wed Apr 25, 2018 13:07 ]
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Ahem: https://www.beexcellenttoeachother.com/ ... =3&t=10747

Author:  Mr Dave [ Wed Apr 25, 2018 13:44 ]
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Trooper wrote:
Dammit, I was all alone in the cinema again until a fat lady arrived and sat behind me.

Hi fat lady, in case you are reading over my shoulder!

How will you know the movies over unless she's there to sing?

Author:  Trooper [ Wed Apr 25, 2018 15:59 ]
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Black Panther was another ok movie, i'm two for two on being thoroughly meh.

Author:  DavPaz [ Wed May 02, 2018 9:44 ]
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Well wouldn't you know it, 1 day before I'm seeing the Avengers, Black Panther becomes available for ("rent" - Ed)

Author:  Doctor Glyndwr [ Wed May 02, 2018 10:11 ]
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Trooper wrote:
Black Panther was another ok movie
What the piss, it was fantastic.

Author:  GazChap [ Wed May 02, 2018 10:43 ]
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Doctor Glyndwr wrote:
Trooper wrote:
Black Panther was another ok movie
What the piss, it was fantastic.

I agree, although I thought it a little odd that a film about Black Panther had so little Black Panther in it - the in-costume character, as well as T'Challa himself, almost seemed like a secondary character in his own movie.

Author:  Doctor Glyndwr [ Wed May 02, 2018 11:12 ]
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GazChap wrote:
I agree, although I thought it a little odd that a film about Black Panther had so little Black Panther in it - the in-costume character, as well as T'Challa himself, almost seemed like a secondary character in his own movie.
I'll take that in return for An Antagonist Who's Ideas, Motivations, And Decisions Make Sense And Are Emotionally Engaging. Which is a fucking revelation in a Marvel film (although I have a soft spot for what they did in Civil War.)

Plus Andy Serkis leaving chew marks on every scrap of scenery.

Author:  Trooper [ Wed May 02, 2018 12:29 ]
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I liked Michael Jordan, I liked Andy Serkis, I liked Black Panther's sidekick woman. I thought that Black Panther himself was crap and really dragged the film down.

Author:  Doctor Glyndwr [ Wed May 02, 2018 12:32 ]
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T’Challa at his best:


Author:  Jem [ Wed May 02, 2018 13:30 ]
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Is that the guy from Kenan & Kel?

Author:  Jem [ Wed May 02, 2018 13:35 ]
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Kenan Thompson, that's the guy.

Author:  Doctor Glyndwr [ Wed May 02, 2018 13:41 ]
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Yes. Black Jeopardy is a recurring skit on SNL.

Author:  GazChap [ Wed May 02, 2018 14:10 ]
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Doctor Glyndwr wrote:
GazChap wrote:
I agree, although I thought it a little odd that a film about Black Panther had so little Black Panther in it - the in-costume character, as well as T'Challa himself, almost seemed like a secondary character in his own movie.
I'll take that in return for An Antagonist Who's Ideas, Motivations, And Decisions Make Sense And Are Emotionally Engaging.

That's true. Definitely the best Marvel villain up until Thanos.

Author:  Mimi [ Thu May 03, 2018 14:13 ]
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Who is it here who likes David Hyde Pierce? Everyone, obviously, but I’m sure someone thinks he’s the bees knees, or maybe just really likes Niles in Frasier. Kern, maybe? Mali? Anyway, someone just recommended me this film.

It’s not on the two services I have, so I’ve not seen it, but might be worth looking at.

Author:  Cras [ Thu May 03, 2018 15:08 ]
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It's like the Amazon recommendation engine gone a little bit crazy. "Someone must like this specific thing. It might be you! So you should buy this other thing! It might be terrible. I have no idea! Buy it."

Author:  MrChris [ Thu May 03, 2018 15:11 ]
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However they can't possibly be wrong there

Author:  Kern [ Thu May 03, 2018 15:19 ]
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Might have to take a look at this.

It's amazing whenever I re-watch 'Frasier' how much David Hyde Pierce puts into his performance. There's so many little things such as side-glances or timing that really add to the character and the comedy, yet past unnoticed on first or second viewing.

Author:  Mimi [ Thu May 03, 2018 15:51 ]
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Cras wrote:
It's like the Amazon recommendation engine gone a little bit crazy. "Someone must like this specific thing. It might be you! So you should buy this other thing! It might be terrible. I have no idea! Buy it."

Me, do you mean? I just thought somebody liked the actor and so might like a film he was in. And yay, it WAS Kern. I did me some remembering.

Author:  Hearthly [ Sun May 06, 2018 15:32 ]
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Interesting video about spoilers.


Author:  KovacsC [ Sun May 06, 2018 15:35 ]
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can you sum it up, so i don't have t watch it?

Author:  DavPaz [ Sun May 06, 2018 15:38 ]
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KovacsC wrote:
can you sum it up, so i don't have t watch it?

ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!
They don't

Author:  Hearthly [ Sun May 06, 2018 15:40 ]
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KovacsC wrote:
can you sum it up, so i don't have t watch it?


Bruce Willis is dead right from the start.

Author:  Trooper [ Sun May 06, 2018 15:49 ]
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Hearthly wrote:
KovacsC wrote:
can you sum it up, so i don't have t watch it?


Bruce Willis is dead right from the start.


If that's true, then why do his feet get cut up so bad when they shoot the glass?

Author:  KovacsC [ Sun May 06, 2018 15:52 ]
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the actor is dead?

Author:  LewieP [ Sun May 06, 2018 16:52 ]
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I reject that conclusion.

The study was based on averaging user scores. Are we to believe that the average is meaningfully representative of all viewers?

People are generally passive viewers. They like TV shows with no real consequences or complex themes, they need plot summaries at the start of each episode because they didn't pay attention last time around, and enjoy reality TV where it tells you what you're about to see, shows you something, then tells you what you just saw.

Obviously that's fine, if people just view stories as light entertainment for when they want to switch off, that's perfectly reasonable. But averaging their opinions with those of more the more engaged members of the audience is meaningless.

Author:  Malc [ Sun May 06, 2018 19:47 ]
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LewieP wrote:
I reject that conclusion.

The study was based on averaging user scores. Are we to believe that the average is meaningfully representative of all viewers?

People are generally passive viewers. They like TV shows with no real consequences or complex themes, they need plot summaries at the start of each episode because they didn't pay attention last time around, and enjoy reality TV where it tells you what you're about to see, shows you something, then tells you what you just saw.

Obviously that's fine, if people just view stories as light entertainment for when they want to switch off, that's perfectly reasonable. But averaging their opinions with those of more the more engaged members of the audience is meaningless.

Pretty much :this:

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