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KovacsC · **Posted:** Wed Jun 28, 2017 11:28

Except Indiana Jones, where the 2nd film is a prequel (still amazed at this)..

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Jun 28, 2017 11:31

And Fast and Furious 3. Or 4,5,6,7 or 8.!

devilman · **Posted:** Wed Jun 28, 2017 11:33

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.

On the subject of low-budget sci-fi stuff, I rewatched Circle at the weekend.

Quote:

Held captive and faced with their imminent executions, fifty strangers are forced to choose the one person among them who deserves to live.

Very basic premise, but I always enjoy re-watching it.

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Jun 28, 2017 11:34

https://www.bradfordlitfest.co.uk/event/rita-sue-bob/

Yay! Sat morning, £6

devilman · **Posted:** Wed Jun 28, 2017 11:35

Findus Fop wrote:

I pretty much agree with everything you've said apart from the bold text.

I loved T2.

I really, really enjoyed it.

Yet I couldn't help shaking this feeling that it's not actually a good film in its own right, because it simply cannot exist without the first film.

Of course, by their very nature, sequels need the first film in order to exist. But T2 relies much more heavily on the first for everything. It's allowed to not really tell much of a story or do much with the characters, because it's still ploughing the rich emotional furrows of the first film.

Don't get me wrong, I loved it. But it felt like an amazing piece of DLC rather than a sequel in its own right.

I was halfway through this post before realising it wasn't about Terminator 2. I should probably watch Trainspotting one of these days.

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

Findus Fop wrote:

I pretty much agree with everything you've said apart from the bold text.

I loved T2.

I really, really enjoyed it.

Yet I couldn't help shaking this feeling that it's not actually a good film in its own right, because it simply cannot exist without the first film.

Of course, by their very nature, sequels need the first film in order to exist. But T2 relies much more heavily on the first for everything. It's allowed to not really tell much of a story or do much with the characters, because it's still ploughing the rich emotional furrows of the first film.

Don't get me wrong, I loved it. But it felt like an amazing piece of DLC rather than a sequel in its own right.

You may well be right Mr Fop, I've seen the original Trainspotting many times over the years, so it's hard for me to disassociate myself from it completely (or maybe even at all!) and be objective about the sequel - I guess the only way to test it would be to show the sequel to a load of people who'd never seen the original.

It's like Schrödinger's Trainspotting or the observer effect, or something. Or maybe neither of those things, but they'll have to do as I'm off out for lunch now.

Either way Trainspotting 2 is mega-fab, one of those films that as the credits roll you're like, 'Fuck me, that was good'.

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

devilman wrote:

Findus Fop wrote:

I pretty much agree with everything you've said apart from the bold text.

I loved T2.

I really, really enjoyed it.

Yet I couldn't help shaking this feeling that it's not actually a good film in its own right, because it simply cannot exist without the first film.

Of course, by their very nature, sequels need the first film in order to exist. But T2 relies much more heavily on the first for everything. It's allowed to not really tell much of a story or do much with the characters, because it's still ploughing the rich emotional furrows of the first film.

Don't get me wrong, I loved it. But it felt like an amazing piece of DLC rather than a sequel in its own right.

I was halfway through this post before realising it wasn't about Terminator 2. I should probably watch Trainspotting one of these days.

Watch Terminator again instead

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

Jumanji trailer

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

Whaaaaaaaat. Ok its got the rock in it but whaaaaaaaaaaaat

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

Also Amy Pond.

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

Fucking hell what.

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

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

Oh, I think I read about that ages ago. Also that they are remaking The Mummy. Again.

Grim... · **Posted:** Fri Jun 30, 2017 8:05

The mummy came out (again) last month.

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

At first I thought it would be horrible because the entire thing had been changed to a generic action movie in the jungle. Then I watched the trailer. It looks amazing. Definitely up my street, even though the original is frankly super, I can imagine that they exist in different universes and won't in any way be disrespectful to the amazing Robin Williams .

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

Grim... wrote:

The mummy came out (again) last month.

Yeah, that one is old now. We need a newer one.

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

Mr Russell wrote:

At first I thought it would be horrible because the entire thing had been changed to a generic action movie in the jungle. Then I watched the trailer. It looks amazing. Definitely up my street, even though the original is frankly super, I can imagine that they exist in different universes and won't in any way be disrespectful to the amazing Robin Williams .

That's good to hear. I guess I just adore Robin Williams too much to have looked forwards to this at all, but if it's suitably different in tone that I can enjoy both in their own little sphere of entertainment then good on them.

Curiosity · **Posted:** Sat Jul 01, 2017 14:27

Despicable Me 3 is... okay.

Wouldn't recommend it wholeheartedly unless you're taking a child.

It had some good moments, and some good gags (and feels) aimed at parents, but felt a little forced at times.

Or I might just be moody because my entire body hurts from doing sports the other day.

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

Imagine for a moment that I thought Despicable me 2 was boring shit. Should I sleep through this one?

Curiosity · **Posted:** Sat Jul 01, 2017 14:37

DBSnappa · **Posted:** Sat Jul 01, 2017 17:50

Saw Baby Driver last night. It's very good

GazChap · **Posted:** Sat Jul 01, 2017 18:28

DavPaz wrote:

Imagine for a moment that I thought Despicable me 2 was boring shit. Should I sleep through this one?

I did. Three times.

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

Kubo and the two stings is the best animated movie in ages, and makes everything Pixar have done in the last decade look primitive and amateurish.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32619

DBSnappa wrote:

Saw Baby Driver last night. It's very good

I fucking loved it. I'm pounding the soundtrack into my ears right now. (Disclaimer: I am an enormous fan of everything Edgar Wright has ever made. Adjust for bias accordingly.)

It's interestingly not quite like his other work, perhaps because it's not an outright comedy. Still has lots of Wrightisms though, like tack-sharp editing, spectacular match cuts and smash cuts, clever juxtaposition and superb foley (eg. exaggerated swooping sound as Baby grabs his jacket and marches out of the house, which dates back to Spaced). Golly, what a bravura piece of film making. Kermode's review was spot on. Just the opening two scenes alone (first heist, then getting coffee) are some of the most electrifying cinema I've seen in a long while. And obviously the soundtrack is fried gold.

I wanted to watch it again almost as soon as I left.

But is it a musical?

DBSnappa · **Posted:** Sun Jul 02, 2017 9:53

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

DBSnappa wrote:

Saw Baby Driver last night. It's very good

I fucking loved it. I'm pounding the soundtrack into my ears right now. (Disclaimer: I am an enormous fan of everything Edgar Wright has ever made. Adjust for bias accordingly.)

It's interestingly not quite like his other work, perhaps because it's not an outright comedy. Still has lots of Wrightisms though, like tack-sharp editing, spectacular match cuts and smash cuts, clever juxtaposition and superb foley (eg. exaggerated swooping sound as Baby grabs his jacket and marches out of the house, which dates back to Spaced). Golly, what a bravura piece of film making. Kermode's review was spot on. Just the opening two scenes alone (first heist, then getting coffee) are some of the most electrifying cinema I've seen in a long while. And obviously the soundtrack is fried gold.

I wanted to watch it again almost as soon as I left.

But is it a musical?

Yup, I agree with all of that. It also has a lot of heart. I think it will be much copied, it's a rare example of style and substance that works.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32619

DBSnappa wrote:

Yup, I agree with all of that. It also has a lot of heart. I think it will be much copied, it's a rare example of style and substance that works.

This feels like Wright's breakthrough-to-superstar-status moment, I think he's going to be novahot after this.

DBSnappa · **Posted:** Sun Jul 02, 2017 10:48

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

DBSnappa wrote:

Yup, I agree with all of that. It also has a lot of heart. I think it will be much copied, it's a rare example of style and substance that works.

This feels like Wright's breakthrough-to-superstar-status moment, I think he's going to be novahot after this.

Agree with that as well. Let's hope it sets the box office on fire just for good measure.

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

Wonder Woman is similar to Captain America's origin story but much crapper. Damn she fine though. But it's still crap. 2 hours and 20 minutes, though; Jesus Christ, that's far too long. It could easily be 40 minutes shorter if they cut out all the pregnant pauses. Still, dat ass. But crap.

Film: Crap out of 10.
Ass: Dayyum out of 10.

devilman · **Posted:** Sun Jul 02, 2017 14:55

After reading this article, I watched War Machine on Netflix. Not bad, but although I like Brad Pitt, he didn't really seem the right person for the role. Not really sure it needed to be over two hours long either. Quite liked the cameos from Ben Kingsley and Tilda Swinton though.

myp · **Posted:** Sun Jul 02, 2017 17:25

Satsuma wrote:

Wonder Woman is similar to Captain America's origin story but much crapper. Damn she fine though. But it's still crap. 2 hours and 20 minutes, though; Jesus Christ, that's far too long. It could easily be 40 minutes shorter if they cut out all the pregnant pauses. Still, dat ass. But crap.

Film: Crap out of 10.
Ass: Dayyum out of 10.

Wonder Woman was better than the first Cap film, but Cap 2 was amazing and Cap 3 was really good too.

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

Lonewolves wrote:

Satsuma wrote:

Wonder Woman is similar to Captain America's origin story but much crapper. Damn she fine though. But it's still crap. 2 hours and 20 minutes, though; Jesus Christ, that's far too long. It could easily be 40 minutes shorter if they cut out all the pregnant pauses. Still, dat ass. But crap.

Film: Crap out of 10.
Ass: Dayyum out of 10.

Wonder Woman was better than the first Cap film, but Cap 2 was amazing and Cap 3 was really good too.

No, yes, yes.

KovacsC · **Posted:** Sun Jul 02, 2017 18:31

Wonder Woman was great you fool.

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

Cor, Logan was violent. Great film though, really enjoyed it and the atmosphere was terrific I thought.

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

Jem wrote:

We watched a film last night, the name of which escapes me but it has Cillian Murphy in it, which was oddly compelling. A somewhat predictable twist at the end though.

Oh, Free Fire... that was it.

Last night I watched 'FREE FIRE' which is by that Ben Wheatley chap who directed Kill List and High Rise, amongst others.

It took me a while to realise it's as much absurdist farce as it is shooty-bang thriller type affair, and with that knowledge established I was able to very much enjoy it.

In simple terms it's set in the 70s and involves the IRA buying guns off people who sell guns, but of course things go wrong, and they all end up shooting at each other, in a single location abandoned factory type of scenario, with a double-cross and snappy dialogue and suchlike.

Great cast, really nicely filmed and edited, Sharlto Copley is particularly good, not massively violent or bloodthirsty (it's a 15 although I'd peg it as a 'hard' 15), very zingy and funny, and all done in an agreeably compact 90 minutes.

You could do a lot worse.

773/1000

GazChap · **Posted:** Mon Jul 03, 2017 13:58

Baby Driver. Awesome.

Jem · **Posted:** Mon Jul 03, 2017 15:50

Considering that I enjoyed Despicable Me 1 & 2, I thought 3 was crap. Kids enjoyed it, but what do they know?

TheVision · **Posted:** Mon Jul 03, 2017 15:59

I enjoyed the first one but thought the second was terrible.

Grim... · **Posted:** Mon Jul 03, 2017 16:27

Was it better than Minions?

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

The first one was a charming story about a broken man learning to be a human again (and something about a moon). The second was about purple minions and Mexican wrestlers or something. I dunno, I slept through most of it. Anyway, they lost the heart.

Minions are awful.

Jem · **Posted:** Mon Jul 03, 2017 16:57

Not seen all of Minions.

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

The entire minions franchise represents everything that is wrong with humanity

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

ApplePieOfDestiny wrote:

The entire minions franchise represents everything that is wrong with humanity

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

I liked Minions more than Despicable Me 1&2. I find the excessive minioning annoying and detracts from the rest of the film in the DM films, but am fine with it when it's the whole point of the film.

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

Oh yeah, I watched Edge of Tomorrow the other day after someone stated it was Bill Paxton's finest hour, and was rather pleasantly surprised... A rather high concept film for an action movie starring The Cruise. And, yes Paxton is amazing.

Jem · **Posted:** Mon Jul 03, 2017 21:01

Pundabaya wrote:

I liked Minions more than Despicable Me 1&2. I find the excessive minioning annoying and detracts from the rest of the film in the DM films, but am fine with it when it's the whole point of the film.

I don't know why they bothered putting them in DM3, they serve absolutely no purpose whatsoever.

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

Jem wrote:

Pundabaya wrote:

I liked Minions more than Despicable Me 1&2. I find the excessive minioning annoying and detracts from the rest of the film in the DM films, but am fine with it when it's the whole point of the film.

I don't know why they bothered putting them in DM3, they serve absolutely no purpose whatsoever.

Toys and happy meals.

KovacsC · **Posted:** Mon Jul 03, 2017 21:21

Kids love them.

KovacsC · **Posted:** Mon Jul 03, 2017 21:21

Kids love them.

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

Jem wrote:

Pundabaya wrote:

I liked Minions more than Despicable Me 1&2. I find the excessive minioning annoying and detracts from the rest of the film in the DM films, but am fine with it when it's the whole point of the film.

I don't know why they bothered putting them in DM3, they serve absolutely no purpose whatsoever.

I can't talk for 3, but they were used in DM1 like a comical interlude between scenes like Ice Age's nut guy. I was happy with that. Then they went sodding viral.

Jem · **Posted:** Mon Jul 03, 2017 21:45

ApplePieOfDestiny wrote:

Jem wrote:

Pundabaya wrote:

I liked Minions more than Despicable Me 1&2. I find the excessive minioning annoying and detracts from the rest of the film in the DM films, but am fine with it when it's the whole point of the film.

I don't know why they bothered putting them in DM3, they serve absolutely no purpose whatsoever.

Toys and happy meals.

Yeah, but that's the thing, if you're going to make another movie to sell more Minion stuff, at least give them an actual purpose in the film?

(Disclaimer: I actually like the little minion people

)

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