Film review thread

[Lord Percy]

The Revenant - 5/10

Brother stuck it on so I thought I'd give the film another shot. Maybe I was missing something last time.

Nope, it's still the most unrealistic, cardboard acting, piss-poor, clueless, disconnected attempt at making a believable movie about wilderness survival I've ever seen. Given the amount of praise it got from Hollywood, the only thing this film does is act as a signpost for showing how many people must have absolutely zero idea about what life is like in the outdoors.

Aside from the things he wouldn't have lived through anyway, there are countless 'instinct errors' where the character does something that no man would do in his position. From the moment he wades knee deep into winter river water to complete the simple task of filling a water canister, the film descends into absurdity.

An over-sensational mockery of a survival movie.

[Poundshop Dave]

John Wick 2. Excellent, as per the first. Couldn't fault it, action action action. 10/10, can't wait for part 3.
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[Tracey Suntan-King]

Knight & Day 1/10

Yes I know it's ancient (2010) but we watched it last night only because I'd read that Smart Roadsters make an appearance. They do, 3 of 'em in a car chase right at the end, through the streets of Seville.

To be honest it's a jolly romp and action movie with all the usual shootin/punchin/jumpin/shirt-off/toothy grins from Tom Cruise. Even some Ducati monster action!

I would give it a 9/10 but for the fact that the Roadsters all get wrecked on account of being driven by the baddies and being shot at by Cameron Diaz sitting backwards on the tank of the Monster.

Sacrilege I tells ya!
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[Rogerborg]

Interstellar √-7 / 10

An hour of moping around, an hour of reasonable silent-space travel, an hour of weeping metaphysical deus ex wormhole mong-magic.

If me could communicate with me's past self, me would tell me to do me a favour and skip it.
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[pinkyfloyd]

Passengers - 9/10

I loved it. At some points I was gripping onto the seat all white knuckled.... at some point....
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[Ribenapigeon]

I have a yen to watch Midnight Cowboy tonight, which got me wondering what peoples favorite miserable movies are?

[Lord Percy]

[CaNsA]

Assassin's Creed - 8/10

Really enjoyed it, as did the missus and she hates everything about computer games.

Did not expect it to be that good, but we found ourselves getting really drawn into it.

Would watch again.

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[Rogerborg]

[andym]

[CaNsA]

[Ribenapigeon]

[Poundshop Dave]

I Daniel Blake 9/10. Solid gritty northern drama by Ken Loach. One of the better films recently, a bit of an eye opener into the world of the desperate. Sad tale but an entertaining one, would watch again.
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[Lord Percy]

[Jayy]

Interstellar was fucking superb. Better made than 95% of the trash that comes out year on year and continues to do so.

I'm not a theoretical physicist (don't you know?) so I don't really care about the science behind it being real or not, I've never seen space nor will I.

People seemingly can't get their head past book shelves... well why not?

[Hetzer]

Man Down 8/10.

45 minutes in you're starting to think about ditching it, what the fuck was Shia thinking of doing a plot like this, then another 20 minutes and the plot-hammer drops. Yeah, didn't see that one coming.
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[Jayy]

[pinkyfloyd]

[M.C]

I didn't notice any of the science stuff, I disliked getting lured in expecting a good sci-fi film, which turned into some soppy bollocks about a parent and their kid (like Arrival). Looper is a good example of how you can have that theme without wrecking the whole movie.

[Poecilotheria]

I watch so many movies, own 5000 ish but starting to go digital anyone else doing that?.

Of all the latest I have watched
Deadpool 10/10 huge DP fan so..
Suicide squad 6/10 not that great Joker not really in it and with all the hype about joker before release. Movie held together with basically will smith parts.
Star trek Beyond 4/10 love trek and the new film series but not this one, did not feel so much trekkie IMO
John wick 2 10/10 easily, as good as the 1st and did not disappoint.
Resident evil final chapter 7/10 love resident evil but felt a little off the mark.
Hitman agent 47 (2nd one) 3/10 yawned through it.
Central intelligence 2/10 boring with a capital B
Ride along 2 2/10 boring far from the 1st one.

and many more, movies are getting so rubbish I want to see XXX return of xander but know it will be a let down.
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