Film review thread

[recman]

A Monster Calls

Be prepared with the Kleenex, and I'm not talking moping up fapage.
I liked it, child actors don't usually inspire but this chap was good.

8/10

[M.C]

[Tracey Suntan-King]

Assignment 6/10

If lone hitman and forced gender reassignment are your things you'll like this.

Throws up some interesting gender issues (stop yawning at the back) as well as questions of justice and retribution.

Sigourney Weaver features as a mad genius Doctor, channeling Dr Josef Heiter from Human Centipede.
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[M.C]

Rouge One 4/10 - probably didn't help I've been looking forward to watching this. It just felt corny, CGI might give you amazing explosions but they still can't do a realistic human face, and who thought stealing Marvin from the hitchhikers guide was a good idea and wouldn't at all get annoying?

There were a few nods to the original films to remind you the franchise wasn't always this bad, but it felt like they were scraping the bottom of the star wars story barrel. But don't worry it looks like they're planning another Rouge type film, I assume staring [spoiler alert] bits of dismembered bodies.

[pinkyfloyd]

[Rogerborg]

They retconned that by saying that IV - VI featured geezers, cripples and barely trained yoofs.
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[M.C]

Is that two reviews with your rating slowly slipping? I knew the film was set before episode IV and was about [spoiler if you've been living under a rock] stealing the death star plans. That was the problem with the movie, you knew the outcome, but even then it managed to be incredibly predictable.

I didn't know about the CGI character but spotted it within 0.23 seconds. Until they've perfected a realistic human face don't bother. Verging onto politics but I thought a lot of the acting was naff, I think the last thing I saw rude cargo pilot boy in was Plan B's film (Ill manors fam), but hey they ticked the diversity box so that's what matters.

The Force Awakens delivered what I was expecting, I think with all the hype this one failed to for me.

[Jayy]

Star Wars - The Force Awakens - 8/10

I watched this about a year ago but as Rogue One appeared, I thought I would watch it again back to back with the new one.

Rogue One - 7/10

I just didn't think it was as great. It was enjoyable to watch as there's actually nothing quite like Star Wars in general to watch. Sure there's space films but not like this.

Spoiler Alert

I'm so confused with these new films, are they remakes or the originals or are they prequels, etc? There was a death star in the last one (Force Awakens) and Kylo Ren was talking to Vaders helmet all mashed up on a table then in Rogue One, Vader is back and so is the death star? Also in Rogue One, felt there was a big lack of action with light sabers and bad ass characters / villains (aside from about 12 seconds of vader). The Leia at the end for 2 seconds looking young (I'm so confused as I'm not really a huge Star Wars fan and don't really know the whole story well).

Fantastic Beasts and Where to find them - 8/10

Enjoyable film set before the Harry Potter films but had Harry Potter music playing in parts in the background?

The Great Wall - 6.5/10

Saw Hetz rate this 4/10 and I'd disagree because of what it is. Let's be honest here, the film is about monsters attacking the great wall. As soon as you get that stuck in your mind, all the rest of the absurdity that happens through-out the film is acceptable, because... monsters. Matt Damon's inexplicable accent though? Wtf was that If you want an over the top but really cool visual film to watch for 2 hours, whack this on.

[CaNsA]

[Hetzer]

Mean Dreams 7.3/10 One of those lurker movies, recommended.
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[Jayy]

American Pastoral - 6.5/10

Not much to say other than it was alright.

[Ribenapigeon]

Dont laugh but i thoroughly enjoyed watching Graveyard Tramps, Invasion of the Bee Girls. Its 70's scifi horror soft porn and cheesier than a pound if brie in a sauna but actually well scripted and acted with an obvious sense that the actors knew what they part of but giving it their all none the less.

Might watch Fury as its on telly on Friday night. Is it any good?

[Rogerborg]

The Imitation Game - 3 rotors / 150,738,274,937,250

Bummersnatch does his usual Shelden Cooper. Charles Dance and Mark Strong anchor it but aren't in it nearly enough. Keira Knightley looks weird and seems to be doing a parody of her own accent.

Loosely based on a thing that happened on planet Earth with wires and such, but completely unnecessarily dramatised, jazzed up and generally mucked around with for no reason other than that the scriptwriter felt that the audience couldn't deal with reality, even though it was more interesting than what was actually presented.

Oh, a Septic, I am all astonishment. They just can't help "improving" history to what it ought to have been, can they?

A sadly missed opportunity.
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[andyscooter]

kill the Irishman (2011) 6/10
popped up last night on Netflix so thought I would give it a go

story of danny greene in 1976 whos death resulted in the collapse of organised crime in Cleveland usa

film was about his life and the attempts to kill him would have been better if they used some of the budget for special effects rather than just for a cast

starred christiphor walken, vinny jones, bloke from full metal jacket who went mad and loads of other big names that I forgot
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[recman]

The Legend of Barney Thomson - 7/10

For some reason, actors seem to think that a comedy film gives license to act badly.
However, this film is so funny, all is forgiven.
Ray Winstone is usually a luvie I try to avoid but this performance certainty goes a long way to get him back on my radar.

[Poundshop Dave]

[Ribenapigeon]

Kong: Skull Island 9/10

Way better than i thought it would be. Good action, good story, excellent effects, engaging characters. Had the lot you want in a survival creature feature action novie.

[andym]

I finally got the chance to catch up on a few movies.... 2 honorable mentions:

The Great wall: 5/10
It wasn't the worst movie ever, decent action etc. but just too colourful, cheesy and predictable (would have got a 4 if he'd kissed her)

Logan: 4-9/10
I'm still on the fence with this one, it's definitely better than most of the others, the decision to include swearing definitely helped as I imagine Wolverine would swear a lot..... I was hooked from Charles saying something along the lines of "F**k you Logan" early on.... storywise it was rather weak but plodded along. I would have been fuming if I'd gone to see this at the cinema, but feel it is worthy of a pre-owned DVD watching.

[Jayy]

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