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Post by otto on Oct 14, 2024 9:13:58 GMT
The Instigators, Apple TV+
Watched this on a recommendation from another ex-EGer. Another in the Heist Gone Wrong genre. Damon and Affleck being all Baaaahstan. Pretty forgettable. 6/10
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Post by darkling on Oct 14, 2024 12:42:06 GMT
Naked Gun 7/10 Been a while since I saw this and it mostly holds up, the approach of throwing as many jokes at the screen as possible really helps. Surprising how little of the humour is at the expense of others, it’s definitely a bit offensive but not as bad as I thought. I notice it's streaming free on Channel 4 at the mo. Might give it a watch later. Not seen it in years, and you can't beat a bit of Leslie Nielsen in his prime... which started in his mid-fifties. |
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Oct 14, 2024 12:46:00 GMT
The Stuff (on Prime)
It's a horror movie about evil parasitic ice cream, that tricks people into eating it by being delicious then taking over their brains.
It'd be a good double feature with The Substance.
Would happily consume stuff again.
8/10
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Post by Bill in the rain on Oct 14, 2024 12:57:03 GMT
Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness (2nd time for me, first for the brat). She spent a lot of it being very confused (having not seen wandavision), and another part being annoyed that they'd turned her favorite hero into a bad guy . Enjoyed it, and it works quite well as a baby's-first-horror-movie. For me, I think I enjoyed it more than the first time around. I'd go as far as to say it's one of my top 5 MCU movies. It's just having so much fun, and it feels really fresh and unique compared to most of the other MCU ones, which tend to all feel like they've been made by the same committee. |
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Post by Frog on Oct 14, 2024 19:32:07 GMT
Will echo watching strange darling. Don't read up, just watch.
A fun 90 mins or so.
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Post by Danno on Oct 14, 2024 20:23:01 GMT
Enter the Dragon is so fucking awkward. I adore it as my gateway drug to Golden Harvest and Run Run Shaw kung fu movies but I'm pretty sure it's a bad movie and it was that way purposefully
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Post by otto on Oct 15, 2024 6:59:37 GMT
Leslie Nielsen in his prime... which started in his mid-fifties. Does for us all, user darkling. Does for us all. /sips coffee /loosens belt another notch |
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Post by MysteryLamb on Oct 15, 2024 13:08:50 GMT
Enemy Mine is on film 4 at 6.50 tonight.
4/10
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Post by Aunty Treats on Oct 15, 2024 13:27:04 GMT
Wes Craven's New Nightmare
It's certainly a lot better than the 15 sequels and is quite clever with its meta stuff but suffers from being centered around a kid who isn't very good and it isn't scary. Kruger has had a bit of a redesign for this, wears skin tight leather trousers now and has a new glove that's not really as good as his old one, but is better than a Power Glove
The problem with Freddy is that he's scary when he's coming through walls or out of the bed but then seems a bit silly when he's grappling and rolling around with someone like an old man or gets twatted with a table lamp
It was alright
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Post by Reviewer on Oct 15, 2024 15:33:05 GMT
You can call me Bill 5/10
William Shatner documentary which is mostly talking to him in a room and a few very short clips from his shows. Says almost nothing about him except he loves his grandkids and was an actor.
Don’t really know why they bothered.
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Post by Whizzo on Oct 15, 2024 16:01:38 GMT
Going against prevailing feelings on the forum and elsewhere I actually enjoyed Joker 2, seemed like the second half to the story started in the original and went the way I expected at the very end. Arthur's friend was telegraphed rather unsubtly. |
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Post by Vandelay on Oct 15, 2024 16:21:45 GMT
Going against prevailing feelings on the forum and elsewhere I actually enjoyed Joker 2, seemed like the second half to the story started in the original and went the way I expected at the very end. Arthur's friend was telegraphed rather unsubtly. Are you refering to the shot, I think, when Arthur finds out the prosecution are going for the death penalty? That definitely was a weird "this guy is very important" moment. Don't think he was highlighted again. It should have been the chap that had been following him around the whole time I would say I warmed to it slightly a few days after seeing it, as it certainly lingered in the mind. I think it is mostly a failure, but it at least was an interesting failure. I should have also said in my original comments about it that the opening animation is great and probably the best bit of the whole film. What I would still say though is that it was often a bit dull. The same could be said for the first one as well actually. Seems to have been a very big flop. I think the fact that there was pretty much zero discussion of it in this thread is pretty telling that either there was not much interest in a sequel or the bad word of mouth massively effected it. |
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Post by rawshark on Oct 15, 2024 20:06:40 GMT
We’re saving the big discussion for Joker 3 and Joker: Romulus.
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Post by peacemaker on Oct 15, 2024 20:41:02 GMT
Bad word of mouth is pretty important. I think how I spoke about the substance made 4 or 5 people go and see it and it stayed in the odeon way longer than I thought it would last. My friend watched it this week and said it was still half full. Where as I think I put everyone I know off seeing joker 2 even when most of them were planning to go and see it. Most reviews online had similarly strong negative reaction as well so yeah I’m sure a decent chunk of the audience decided to wait until they can stream it cheap/free.
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Post by paulyboy81 on Oct 15, 2024 21:39:29 GMT
Alien: Romulus
Quite enjoyed this. It's nothing spectacular and it's not a patch on the first two films obviously, but it's a solid enough thriller in it's own right and the best film in the franchise for an absolute age, faint praise I know.
I also like that seemingly some decent money was spent on getting it looking as real, tactile and as connected to the first films as they could. Visually it's phenomenal in places.
But of course being a legacy sequel we also have to put up with shit CGI cameos and nearly 40 year old reassurected one-liners that curl the toes on sight. Fans aren't (mostly) fucking morons, these throwbacks aren't necessary to make a connection and the film's better off without them.
6.5/10
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Post by Trowel 🏴 on Oct 15, 2024 21:52:43 GMT
Strange Darling 8/10
I'm all Tarantino-ed out, so the first half was a bit eye rolly box ticky, but by the end I'd enjoyed it a lot more than initially expected.
Special shout out for Giovanni Ribisi as director of photography - who knew!
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Oct 16, 2024 21:25:20 GMT
The Beast Within - apparently it’s impossible to do a straight werewolf movie so here’s another ‘lycanthropy as a metaphor for….’ film. And this time it’s about… alcoholism and domestic abuse.
The metaphor is so laughably heavy handed. Everyone spends their days dancing around the feelings of John Snow and then at night hiding from him as he transforms into an even bigger monster.
It’s well shot, looks very nice and the sound is great but it’s just an absolutely turgid watch. The dad has isolated them all on a farm so we just watch them stew all day and act like twats. It’s so boring and on the nose it’s almost impossible to engage with it.
4/10
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Oct 16, 2024 21:35:15 GMT
That's one thing I appreciate about, say, the Terrifier movies. The allegory is that it's a clown that wants to eat your face.
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Oct 16, 2024 21:42:17 GMT
I’m just going to watch all the Friday the 13th movies in order from now on
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Post by minimatt on Oct 16, 2024 21:55:34 GMT
Violent Night (netflix. or amazon. can't remember) 4/10 as a regular film. 6/10 as a christmas film (with the footnote that i can't think of any christmas film i'd rate higher than 7)
Little bit Home Alone, little bit Die Hard. Santa's real and he fucks up baddies Die Hard style, and a little kid fucks them up using the Home Alone playbook (with more accurate results)
As a regular film it's meh. You can do better. Watch a repeat. Talk to a loved one. Phone a friend. Paint a space marine.
As a christmas film it's better. Late december on the sofa, half cut on egg nog, stuffing your face with christmas choccies, this'll be one of the better christmas films you watch. 15 so don't watch it with your toddler, but it's quite mild even for a big girl's blouse like me
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Post by Nanocrystal on Oct 16, 2024 21:59:24 GMT
Alien Romulus (sorry Mola) Hmm lots of thoughts on this and can't really settle on a rating. I wasn't bored at all, at least, like I am for the majority of modern blockbusters, so there's that. And it had proper characters, with actual motivations, and a plot that was semi-coherent, basic elements that again seem to often be lacking nowadays. Random spoilery thoughts below. So it was as if the executives said to the director "OK, we'll give you a massive budget for this film but for marketing purposes we're going to need it to contain this extensive list of elements from the previous films". At least I'm assuming that directive came from the studio, because within the bounds of this stupid and infuriating condition the rest of the movie was pretty well done. It looked great, it was creative with its set pieces, and it added some new elements to the xenomorph biology that didn't suck (its biological cycle still suffers from unfeasibly fast growth though, I mean ok let's say it can grow really fast but all that mass needs to come from somewhere, right?). It made you care about the central characters (the lead was no Ellen Ripley but her and her android buddy, the stand-out character by a mile, made for an interesting dynamic and a team you could root for). It also had a pretty great antagonist in Rook (though of course he absolutely did not have to be a poorly CGId Ian Holm whose face seemed to look different in each shot).
But because every new franchise movie now has to be slavishly beholden to the originals, we end up with what feels like all of the previous Alien movies smushed together (even the goofy human/alien hybrid concept from Resurrection that everyone thought was shite at the time). And it felt almost like every other line or scene in the second half was some kind of callback. Why the fuck was that blue light barrier there in one of the corridors??
I was also surprised how the xenomorph itself felt like kind of a bit-player in its own movie here, and didn't feel at all scary. The facehuggers felt more of a threat (the scenes with these were probably the highlights of the film for me, tense, playing on arachnophobia, etc). If the franchise is going to insist on keeping the Prometheus lore with the black goo, then ok I guess I'd be fine with it shifting focus away from the xenomorphs specifically, which fair enough are starting to feel a bit played out at this stage, and becoming more of a Dead Space-style random biological horrors in a sci-fi setting kinda thing. Ideally this would free up future movies to be more creative with their creature designs and body horror. Overall very mixed feelings about it. Ranking wise for me I think it sits below the original trilogy, but far above above the recent prequels and Resurrection.
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Post by Nanocrystal on Oct 17, 2024 0:12:43 GMT
Away
Making up for yet another Alien movie review with one for a movie you may not have even heard of. This is a feature-length animation entirely written, scored and animated by one guy. It's a fantasy about a boy who finds himself lost in a strange land and being pursued by a slow-moving giant. It's very minimalist, there's no dialogue, and the animation is quite simplistic though the art style often looks gorgeous. The opening act moves painfully slowly but stick with it, the pace soon picks up and it's a tight 75 minutes long so doesn't outstay its welcome. The story and events are left mostly open to interpretation, so be aware of that if this is something that can annoy you. I enjoyed it a lot, and the fact that one guy put the whole thing together, apparently winging the story as he went, is impressive. His next movie (Flow) looks brilliant based on the trailer but I haven't managed to find a copy of it yet.
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Post by Bill in the rain on Oct 17, 2024 1:49:45 GMT
Violent Night (netflix. or amazon. can't remember) 4/10 as a regular film. 6/10 as a christmas film (with the footnote that i can't think of any christmas film i'd rate higher than 7) You would only rate Die Hard a 7?! You monster. |
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Post by otto on Oct 17, 2024 4:54:23 GMT
Violent Night (netflix. or amazon. can't remember) 4/10 as a regular film. 6/10 as a christmas film (with the footnote that i can't think of any christmas film i'd rate higher than 7) You would only rate Die Hard a 7?! You monster. Came here to post this |
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Post by Dougs on Oct 17, 2024 5:18:14 GMT
Quite enjoyed Violent Night last Christmas. Although not entirely sure we finished it. Hmm, maybe it wasn't all that. Was no Krampus either.
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Post by harrypalmer on Oct 17, 2024 8:50:28 GMT
Control Room (DVD) - 4/5
Incendiary documentary about the US invasion of Iraq from the perspective of the allied press compound and Al Jazeera. Interesting to see how the US government portrayed Al Jazeera as propaganda, and how Al Jazeera comes across as extremely balanced. Raises interesting questions about whether unbiased reporting of war is possible or even desirable. First and foremost the film presents the US as grubby cunts which I'm fully onboard with, although the US press officer comes across really well, and seems to genuinely be re-evaluating his opinions based on new information in real time, he now works for Al Jazeera, apparently!
Ricochet (DVD) - 4/5
One of my favourite 90s action movies that seems to get overlooked. Hot shot cop Denzel Washington goes up against Aryan Brotherhood loon John Lithgow. Two absolutely powerhouse actors going nuts with some completely insane material. Like the best 90s action films it has a real nasty streak, and only cares about ratcheting up the tension to a truly bonkers finale. Great stuff.
Poltergeist (Blu-ray) - 4/5
First time watch, which is weird. Obviously a Spielberg movie, which is both a blessing and a curse. I feel that if he'd let Tobe Hooper do his thing we would have got a much more interesting and probably scarier movie. What we get is Spielberg doing a haunted house movie, which rules.
Challengers (Blu-ray) - 3.5/5
Fun, but a bit hollow. I expected more freakiness, but it's reasonably horny. The Trent Reznor/Atticus Ross score absolutely makes the film. Reminded me a bit of those over the top 90/2000s sleazy noirs so I watched...
To Die For (DVD) - 4/5
...which was even more fun, but had a significantly worse soundtrack.
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Post by Bill in the rain on Oct 17, 2024 9:01:37 GMT
The Last Seduction was always a favorite sleazy 90s noir. Did clemfandango miss Ricochet in his 90s action movie marathon? Tbh, I can't say I remember it from the name or description. |
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Post by harrypalmer on Oct 17, 2024 9:04:09 GMT
Yes, The Last Seduction is quality.
I think clem may have missed it. I knew I really liked it, but I didnt remember it being so over the top crazy. It has a prison fight that is truly mental.
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Post by paulyboy81 on Oct 17, 2024 9:11:58 GMT
Salem's Lot (2024)
Not awful, not great either, but definitely watchable.
It's visually quite arresting in places, with some great imagery and clever transitions peppered throughout. Performances are fine, characters are mostly likable and so forth, it's all very serviceable.
But it also feels like half a film. It's been a while since I've seen the '79 Miniseries and I have to confess it's one of the few King books I've never read so comparisons are hard, but this new film feels like it goes from 'something spooky going on' to "fuck me everyone is a vampire" in about 15 minutes.
Would like to have seen a Mike Flanagan adaptation, but then again, I guess he's already kind of done that with Midnight Mass, which by the way is absolutely phenomenal and you should check it out if you haven't.
5.5/10
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Post by harrypalmer on Oct 17, 2024 9:12:20 GMT
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