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Post by apollo on Oct 30, 2024 12:41:29 GMT
the ending of the substance was a very much a shift in tone, someone could of started throwing custard pies during that bit
Rewatched: Morktal Kombat (2021)
its good they want more of 15 tone than some 12a shit. The characters are not great apart from Kano, he steals the film and the actor is having a lot of fun. The main character they made up is quite bland but the film is fun action film. Needed more theme song music
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Post by nazo on Oct 30, 2024 12:57:34 GMT
Ghost Busters: Frozen Empire (Sky)
It was ok I guess. Some parts were pretty good, others were annoyingly slapstick and silly. I didn’t really care about the family drama bits, and there wasn’t enough build up to the big bad to really make it feel a threat. I probably liked it more than the last one but that’s not saying much.
5/10
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Post by technoish on Oct 30, 2024 13:20:35 GMT
the ending of the substance was a very much a shift in tone, someone could of started throwing custard pies during that bit
Rewatched: Morktal Kombat (2021)
its good they want more of 15 tone than some 12a shit. The characters are not great apart from Kano, he steals the film and the actor is having a lot of fun. The main character they made up is quite bland but the film is fun action film. Needed more theme song music
8/10
Yeah the end of the Substance just got crazier and crazier. Incl the weird prancing shareholders. |
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Post by simple on Oct 30, 2024 14:10:50 GMT
the ending of the substance was a very much a shift in tone, someone could of started throwing custard pies during that bit
Rewatched: Morktal Kombat (2021)
its good they want more of 15 tone than some 12a shit. The characters are not great apart from Kano, he steals the film and the actor is having a lot of fun. The main character they made up is quite bland but the film is fun action film. Needed more theme song music
8/10
I know the new made up protagonist was pretty dull but I think people were way too had on that Mortal Kombat movie. It had some fun stuff and authentic fatalities in it. |
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Post by Cosmopolitan on Oct 30, 2024 14:24:42 GMT
Let me add my 2 cents re: The Substance. I thought the whole thing was stylized like a gore-comedy (goremedy?). I GLOL-ed a few times, especially at the end. Some scenes were a bit too long for my liking though. Just one thing that bugged me in the story. I know it is a fantasy story and the characters' acting is illogical, but what did the "original" person get from the whole thing? Why not terminate after the first cycle? . Anyway I'd give it an 8 (flies) out of 10. Worth watching, but could be a bit shorter. |
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Post by rawshark on Oct 30, 2024 14:32:57 GMT
Let me add my 2 cents re: The Substance. I thought the whole thing was stylized like a gore-comedy (goremedy?). I GLOL-ed a few times, especially at the end. Some scenes were a bit too long for my liking though. Just one thing that bugged me in the story. I know it is a fantasy story and the characters' acting is illogical, but what did the "original" person get from the whole thing? Why not terminate after the first cycle? . Anyway I'd give it an 8 (flies) out of 10. Worth watching, but could be a bit shorter. My reading is and my partner doesn’t get on with this, but despite the new vs old narrative there is only one consciousness in play the whole time. The conflict is essentially self-loathing / refusal to let go of youth. It is indeed her enjoying the best of youth and then resenting the week she spends being not young. It’s the refusal not give up youth that drives her ageing. |
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Post by Whizzo on Oct 30, 2024 21:43:05 GMT
Venom: The Last Dance in a cinema
Pretty much what to be expected from a Venom film, it won't make anyone a fan I would imagine but this instalment (rammed with British actors being Americans) is certainly the funniest of the three. The plot doesn't make a huge amount of sense really but Eddie and Venom dicking about trying to get to New York kept me entertained. Is this really the last dance for Venom? well obviously not given the post credits scene.
Time Cut Netflix
It's Totally Killer done not as well, this time instead of the protagonist trying to stop her Mum's friends being killed when accidentally flung into the past of 1983, the protagonist is trying to stop her sister and her friends being killed when accidentally flung into the past of 2003.
There's some differences but the gist of the film is pretty much the same with a surprise or two but it's certainly not as good a film.
Only worth a watch if you're bored and want a very mild and mostly bloodless "horror" but if you've not seen Totally Killer, or even if you have, you'd probably be better watching that if you've got Prime Video.
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Post by peacemaker on Oct 30, 2024 22:31:47 GMT
Venom the lady dance.
I watched it so you don’t have to. Please for the love of god only watch this if it’s free. Opens okay for maybe 15 minutes but the rest was so much lower than the low bar the second one set.
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Post by Dougs on Oct 30, 2024 22:34:54 GMT
What about if you liked the previous 2? Asking not for a friend.
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Post by Whizzo on Oct 30, 2024 22:37:19 GMT
What about if you liked the previous 2? Asking not for a friend. You'll like it, sorry your friend will like it.
Or you will I didn't read the post properly!
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Post by retro74 on Oct 30, 2024 22:39:57 GMT
Venom the lady dance. I watched it so you don’t have to. Please for the love of god only watch this if it’s free. Opens okay for maybe 15 minutes but the rest was so much lower than the low bar the second one set. Tell me more about the lady please |
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Post by Dougs on Oct 30, 2024 22:40:16 GMT
It's one of those films that just works for me. I am a man of simple pleasures. And I usually find Hardy very, very irritating.
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Post by technoish on Oct 31, 2024 4:02:14 GMT
Wild Robot With the kids (4 and 6). I didn't really know what to expect story wise / style, except that you all thought it was amazing. My kids were pretty mesmerised, and the animation is sooo gorgeous. The action/problem to overcome/resolve at the end I thought was a little bit Hollywood/contrived, but didn't detract from overall 9/10. My 6 year old was quite scared when the death robots turned up. Maybe could have been a little shorter - it's long for a kids film. |
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Post by dmukgr on Oct 31, 2024 8:41:17 GMT
Let me add my 2 cents re: The Substance. I thought the whole thing was stylized like a gore-comedy (goremedy?). I GLOL-ed a few times, especially at the end. Some scenes were a bit too long for my liking though. Just one thing that bugged me in the story. I know it is a fantasy story and the characters' acting is illogical, but what did the "original" person get from the whole thing? Why not terminate after the first cycle? . Anyway I'd give it an 8 (flies) out of 10. Worth watching, but could be a bit shorter. My reading is and my partner doesn’t get on with this, but despite the new vs old narrative there is only one consciousness in play the whole time. The conflict is essentially self-loathing / refusal to let go of youth. It is indeed her enjoying the best of youth and then resenting the week she spends being not young. It’s the refusal not give up youth that drives her ageing. That is what I wanted to believe was happening, but I didn’t get the impression it was. |
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Post by britesparc on Oct 31, 2024 9:28:55 GMT
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (2024) ***
The tone of this film is pretty good, crunchy fun; it’s not unenjoyable spending time with the cast, even if scant few of them are given even the barest bit of characterisation. And Ritchie directs the action well. What it’s not, though, is particularly exciting or tense; there’s never any genuine sense of threat or a feeling that our crew won’t succeed. So in the end it’s fun but forgettable.
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The Quick and the Dead (1995) ****
I absolutely love this film. It manages to hew closely to Western tropes whilst also putting a very distinctive spin on them. A few memorable, varied characters, played by great actors, get into a series of duels; the simmering tension and backstory is well-handled, but the star here is Sam Raimi and his gonzo direction. Crash zooms, Dutch angles, extreme close-ups; he pulls out all the stops to make each encounter vibrant and unique. Fantastic. I might take a star of Ministry and stick it on here, actually.
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Venom: The Last Dance (2024) ***
Did you like the other two? You'll probably like this then. Plot-wise, it's leaning more towards the over-stuffed and messy Let There Be Carnage than the leaner first film; and still, despite it obviously being the series' highlight, they don't quite find enough bonkers, odd couple, double act stuff for Tom Hardy to do with Venom. But the action is very well executed, it's funny when it needs to be, it's satisfyingly gnarly at times, and I was surprised at how emotional it does actually get. YMMV, but I enjoyed myself.
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Post by Zyrr on Oct 31, 2024 9:30:31 GMT
In a Violent Nature (Shudder)
Imagine a Friday the 13th sequel, but where the camera follows Jason slowly and silently plodding through the woods for a third of the running time as he searches for his next victim and that's pretty much the premise behind this. I see what they were going for with the gimmick, but it basically just pads out a 60 minute film to the full 90.
Kills were gory and reasonably inventive, but it felt sterile and really quite charmless. Much like Terrifier, it's an attempt to reinvigorate the slasher genre with a new monster, but (again, like Terrifier) seems to completely miss the point of what made many of those films fun to watch in the first place.
Competently made, but ultimately just a bit boring.
5/10
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Post by gamingdave on Oct 31, 2024 9:58:42 GMT
The Quick and the Dead (1995) ****I absolutely love this film. It manages to hew closely to Western tropes whilst also putting a very distinctive spin on them. A few memorable, varied characters, played by great actors, get into a series of duels; the simmering tension and backstory is well-handled, but the star here is Sam Raimi and his gonzo direction. Crash zooms, Dutch angles, extreme close-ups; he pulls out all the stops to make each encounter vibrant and unique. Fantastic. I might take a star of Ministry and stick it on here, actually. (Netflix) Love this film too. It might be thin on plot, but it's highly entertaining. A cracking cast all having a good time and some wonderful direction elevate it. And I agree with the score, as a film it's a 4/5 but in terms of entertainment its a 5 all day. |
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Oct 31, 2024 11:59:40 GMT
Bloody Muscle Bodybuilder In Hell (on Shudder)
A Japanese bodybuilder and his ex-girlfriend go to investigate a haunted house with a psychic. There's a ghost there, and things happen.
It's a fantastic title for a movie. But the actual thing is like someone who just watched Evil Dead and tried to remake it on video with a quarter of the budget and talent. There's some charm to that, and some of the effects are neat, but I wouldn't call it a must-see.
Still, the whole thing is just over an hour long, and I could think of worse things to watch on Halloween.
6/10
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Post by Bill in the rain on Oct 31, 2024 13:02:43 GMT
The Quick and the Dead (1995) ****I absolutely love this film. It manages to hew closely to Western tropes whilst also putting a very distinctive spin on them. A few memorable, varied characters, played by great actors, get into a series of duels; the simmering tension and backstory is well-handled, but the star here is Sam Raimi and his gonzo direction. Crash zooms, Dutch angles, extreme close-ups; he pulls out all the stops to make each encounter vibrant and unique. Fantastic. I might take a star of Ministry and stick it on here, actually. (Netflix) I also love this film, for pretty much every reason you mention. |
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Post by wunty on Oct 31, 2024 13:04:48 GMT
The Quick and the Dead (1995) ****I absolutely love this film. It manages to hew closely to Western tropes whilst also putting a very distinctive spin on them. A few memorable, varied characters, played by great actors, get into a series of duels; the simmering tension and backstory is well-handled, but the star here is Sam Raimi and his gonzo direction. Crash zooms, Dutch angles, extreme close-ups; he pulls out all the stops to make each encounter vibrant and unique. Fantastic. I might take a star of Ministry and stick it on here, actually. (Netflix) I also love this film, for pretty much every reason you mention. I also love this film. |
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Post by paulyboy81 on Oct 31, 2024 16:11:33 GMT
Poltergeist
Wife is a bonafide big girl's blouse with horror films, so I decided to attempt to sort that issue this Halloween by throwing her in at the extremely shallow end of the pool.
It's been a good 10-15 years since I've watched this to be honest. Still thoroughly entertaining, packed with great moments, humour and poignancy.
That final shot of the house folding in on itself is still amazing 42 years on.
Wife enjoyed it and was thankfully not traumatized.
8/10
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Post by Vortex on Oct 31, 2024 16:25:16 GMT
I also love this film, for pretty much every reason you mention. I also love this film. Could you all please stop loving that film, or i will have to watch it again. (I thought it was ok, but have not seen it in ages). Thanks. |
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Post by wunty on Oct 31, 2024 16:35:23 GMT
It’s great. Just great. I love it.
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Post by britesparc on Oct 31, 2024 18:55:35 GMT
I might need to watch it again actually, because I've seen it three times and I've never managed to spot Bruce Campbell.
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Post by Whizzo on Oct 31, 2024 19:59:11 GMT
Heretic - in a cinema
It being the 30th anniversary of id Software's Heretic here comes the film adaptation! Strangely it doesn't feature lots of monsters being shot in a dark fantasy setting but Hugh Grant menacing two young Mormon girls who are trying to convert people, it's a weird change to the scenario that's for sure.
To say too much would be spoilers but you will learn some things, lots of possible origins of religions, litigation featuring some songs and what Monopoly pretty much shamelessly ripped off. You'll also hope Reed's (Hugh Grant) prediction for something in 1000 years is very wrong.
It's a very, very talky film, this is an A24 production not Blumhouse, so may not be the sort of horror if you want blood and guts but it's damn good.
Pretty much rests on the performances of the three leads and they all do very well, Hugh Grant's relatively recent revival to doing stuff you'd not expect shows how good he is and Sophie Thatcher and Chloe Easton are good too.
So a spoiler that will mean absolutely nothing to anyone who hasn't seen it. MAGIC UNDERWEAR! |
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Post by Vandelay on Oct 31, 2024 21:07:31 GMT
Good to hear. Saw the trailer for that the other week and thought it could go either way. Will try to get to see it at the weekend.
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Post by wunty on Oct 31, 2024 21:46:42 GMT
It Follows
The boys choice for tonight’s Halloween film. I haven’t seen it in a few years but it’s great. Love the soundtrack and the while dreamlike aesthetic. Damn creepy.
9/10
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Post by Zyrr on Oct 31, 2024 22:23:06 GMT
Late Night With the Devil
I was totally onboard with this until the final few minutes, but then it veered off in a direction that left me feeling a bit disappointed. Oh well.
6/10
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Post by mikeck on Oct 31, 2024 22:27:40 GMT
Saw Heretic this evening at the cinema too Whizzo and totally agree, thought it was very good, can't add anything else really to your thoughts.
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Post by gibroon on Oct 31, 2024 23:10:04 GMT
Going to watch The Omen. It's been a long while, so I will see how it fairs in this day and age. Might well fall asleep though.
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