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Post by zisssou on Nov 11, 2024 10:48:11 GMT
I think they should do more. Reprise Ripley's (she ain't dead) role. Make her really unlikeable and side with the Aliens, but make it a musical and it is 3 hours long.
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Post by zisssou on Nov 11, 2024 10:48:56 GMT
And make it really patronising, where the film talks down to you for being a horrible socialist.
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Post by Bill in the rain on Nov 11, 2024 11:42:35 GMT
I would like for there to be no more Joker movies (or movies with Joker in them) made by anyone for the next 5 years. Just... enough already. Make things about other Batman villains, give me a Calendar Man movie. Or Hush or something. Kite Man? |
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Post by lordofthedunce on Nov 11, 2024 12:19:31 GMT
Alright, calm down Joaquin. I'd rather watch Joaquin shout into the abyss for 2 hours, than watch another Alien film. SICK BURN. Could you rank the Alien films in order of not-wanting-to-watch in that scenario? |
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Post by zisssou on Nov 11, 2024 12:32:44 GMT
I'd rather watch Joaquin shout into the abyss for 2 hours, than watch another Alien film. SICK BURN. Could you rank the Alien films in order of not-wanting-to-watch in that scenario? Prometheus Prometheus Part 2 Prometheus Part III Prometheus: The Final Chapter Prometheus: A New Beginning Prometheus Part VI: Xenomorph Lives Prometheus Part VII: The New Blood Prometheus Part VIII: Xenomorphs Takes Manhattan |
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Post by Bill in the rain on Nov 11, 2024 12:39:46 GMT
Prometheus Part IX: Xenomorphs Take Berlin
was pretty good though.
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Post by zisssou on Nov 11, 2024 12:53:23 GMT
Anyway I was mostly joking. I'm not trying to come across as holier than thou etc. Like what you like. I was just interested in why it got panned so much. It has 30% on RT and 5 on imdb. I just felt I watched something entirely different, or I have a complete wild opinion on it, that no one else does.
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Post by Fake_Blood on Nov 11, 2024 12:57:51 GMT
Dinner in America, also a RLM recommendation. 9/10
Simple story, low budget, great acting, and lots of stuff you don’t see in movies anymore.
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Post by Whizzo on Nov 11, 2024 12:58:30 GMT
You're not alone in enjoying Joker: Folie a Deux, I did too and I thought it finished the story the first film started.
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Post by barchetta on Nov 11, 2024 13:22:43 GMT
Colossus - The Forbin Project. Blu-ray.
Found this whilst looking to expand my sci-fi library beyond the recommended films featured in a course at my local cinema.
1970 movie wherein a computing scientist delivers a massively powerful, (and it really is buried-inside-a-mountain-massive) knowledge hungry computer to the US Defence Department. Things look good until they don’t….
Think HAL9000 and WOPR on a global scale - Skynet’s Grandparent - and it is an entertaining and aptly relevant warning over the perils of letting the AI outsmart us. The voice it designs for itself is very Cylon too.
Apparently based upon a book that spawned sequels which I might have to dig out from somewhere.
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Post by Jambowayoh on Nov 11, 2024 14:07:12 GMT
Anyway I was mostly joking. I'm not trying to come across as holier than thou etc. Like what you like. I was just interested in why it got panned so much. It has 30% on RT and 5 on imdb. I just felt I watched something entirely different, or I have a complete wild opinion on it, that no one else does. That's fair enough. I thought it was shite and enjoyed the first one even though I had no inclination to watch it again. |
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Post by cristar on Nov 11, 2024 14:32:23 GMT
Yeah I also thought it was shite. But I enjoy the theory that making it a Musical and almost nothing to do with the first movie was a troll from Todd Philips because he didn't want to make a sequel and despised working with DC/Warner Bros.
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Post by Jambowayoh on Nov 11, 2024 15:24:24 GMT
I'm confused as to how he was forced to do a sequel. From what I've read it was all his choice unless it was a one for them one for him situation which still wouldn't track if this was what we got and he was aware of that. I mean it's Todd Phillips, it's not as if he's an auteur.
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Post by cubby on Nov 11, 2024 15:47:09 GMT
He definitely thinks he's an auteur
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Nov 11, 2024 16:12:29 GMT
I'm confused as to how he was forced to do a sequel. From what I've read it was all his choice unless it was a one for them one for him situation which still wouldn't track if this was what we got and he was aware of that. I mean it's Todd Phillips, it's not as if he's an auteur. It was probably similar to The Matrix 4 and Gremlins 2. ‘This is happening with or without you’ ‘Ok, with. But I want final edit’ ‘Fine’ ‘Lmao’ |
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Post by Reviewer on Nov 11, 2024 17:12:26 GMT
Naked Gun 33 1/3 - 5/10
The weakest of the lot, the pace of jokes is a lot lower and they’re the same ones. The plot is worse and somehow 70 minutes still feels like it’s too long.
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Post by robthehermit on Nov 11, 2024 17:18:44 GMT
There's Something In The Barn.
Vaguely christmassy comedy horror that fails on both counts.
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Post by FlexibleFeline on Nov 11, 2024 20:53:50 GMT
My Old Ass
Final-weeks-before-heading-to-college rom-com (maybe?) with a central magic realist conceit that is best otherwise not spoilt so avoid reading too much about it, just head to Prime.
Three excellent central performances and bloody hell Muskoka Lakes looks gorgeous.
8/10
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Post by askew on Nov 11, 2024 21:19:53 GMT
She sure does 👀
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Post by otto on Nov 11, 2024 22:17:05 GMT
The Remarkable Life of Ibelin (Netflix)
Just watched it and am in bits
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Post by Zomoniac on Nov 11, 2024 22:43:32 GMT
Conclave
Was getting towards a high 9, until it started going a bit batshit in the last 20 minutes. Some incredible performances and an amazing score means I’d still recommend it even though it seemed to lose its own plot a bit.
8/10
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Post by Whizzo on Nov 11, 2024 23:39:19 GMT
The Remarkable Life of Ibelin (Netflix) Just watched it and am in bits It's incredibly good, for some behind the scenes stuff there was a very good chat with the director on a recent Empire podcast that went into how it was a struggle to get it to work and then they finally produced something very special. hellorayo.co.uk/podcasts/the-empire-podcast/id-2233475/ |
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Post by Tomo on Nov 12, 2024 0:25:00 GMT
Speak No Evil (2022 version) - 9/10 Oh my god. So I watched the 2024 version in the cinema a few months ago. Loved it. This... Just  Gotta be one of the bleakest films I've ever scene. Those final few scenes were _horrendous_. Pure terror, humiliation and unrelenting hopelessness. It was sooooo clinical. Fuck. Not even a hint of escape. Just brutal, cold murder. Horrible Both films very strong in their own rights imo. 2024 version is really worthy remake. I'd prefer to call it a remix tbh. They changed it up in interesting ways. The characterisation in the 2024 one is a lot more developed, but then the 2022 film is deliberately low key across the board so the lighter script works anyway. Good films. |
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Post by Dougs on Nov 12, 2024 9:35:35 GMT
Rebel ridge - 6/10 (maybe a 7) A bit like first blood with some current day social commentary. Well acted and shot, but it really needed some proper retribution for the bad guys (like first blood). It just frustrated me more and more when I realised he wasn’t going to really hurt anybody. I can’t be mad about about that, tbf, as it does pay it off at the end. I watched this yesterday, agree a 6-7 seems about the right. It didn't do anything terribly original, except the pay off. Which was maybe the point. Looked good and I liked Aaron Pierre. |
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Post by brokenkey on Nov 12, 2024 9:37:17 GMT
Conclave Was getting towards a high 9, until it started going a bit batshit in the last 20 minutes. Some incredible performances and an amazing score means I’d still recommend it even though it seemed to lose its own plot a bit. 8/10 I thought the same. The final reveal seems so pointless. |
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Post by oldschoolsavant on Nov 12, 2024 10:05:26 GMT
Watched The Substance last night. David Cronenberg called, he wants his shtick back. Lots of fun ideas and motifs in the early stages, before it totally loses it's shit and goes absolutely insane for the finale. Requiem for a Dream mixed with The Fly for the Gen Z gen perhaps. A lot of fun. Ed:probably better off watching Marcel again though.  |
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Post by muddyfunster on Nov 12, 2024 15:51:43 GMT
Alien: Romulus
Thought the first third of the film was excellent. Atmosphere great, brilliant art direction, decent new characters and shot with the lighting and the style of the OG film: oppressive silences and space grime. Also has one of best "human robot" performances of recent times. It was in 9/10 territory for me. Really felt like a thoughtful reboot for a new generation.
Then it abandoned the artfully constructed tension and ainternal logic to service a mixture of set pieces and laboured call backs. Fwiw undermines the 'lore' of the Aliens. It's also very predictable with clumsy foreshadowing and an absurdly large number of 'memberberries shoehorned in. Also manages to go on too long.
Overall pretty disappointing. Not sure I've ever seen a film so undone by clumsy fan service and tonal shift. It's the equivalent of getting a third of the way into Bladerunner 2049 and it transitioning into a buddy cop film involving CGI recreations of a young Daryl Hannah and Rutger Hauer.
5/10
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Post by drakeypoos on Nov 12, 2024 16:03:49 GMT
Catch Me If You Can
Brilliant sort of biopic drama done with heart and humour by Spielberg, with DiCaprio, Walken and Hanks all shining in the bigger roles.
Slightly undermined when you Google/Wiki the true story and find out it was a load of bollocks.
Still, a really entertaining film that does the 60s period feel very nicely.
9/10.
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Post by brokenkey on Nov 12, 2024 16:42:30 GMT
Welby resigning is just the sort of promotional story the makers of Conclave couldn't have dreamed of.
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Post by Aunty Treats on Nov 12, 2024 22:36:16 GMT
OddityA very simple horror movie with a small cast and a lean, refreshingly straightforward plot that involves the supernatural but somehow feels quite grounded at the same time. There's no gore here but there is plenty of slowly building tension and it effectively maintains a dark and spooky atmosphere throughout. A few cliches but it makes good use of its limited setting. Just a very competent movie, can recommend. Yeah, it was decent. As predictable as they come and I think they went a bit hard on the husband being a complete psychopath in the end. I think the ending would have been better if they'd just cut after he rang the bell so we never find out if it's real or not too
It was enjoyable though and I thought Yana's blouse was lovely
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