Film review thread

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[pinkyfloyd]

[M.C]

I didn't realise they made a franchise out of Maze Runner until recently, don't even think I made it through the first one

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The third was is actually potentially less bad than the first two - but I'd still classify them all as aimed at typical 13 year olds - basically a cheaper hunger games.

[pinkyfloyd]

[M.C]

[pinkyfloyd]

Awe come on, the Hunger Games is only good because Jenifer Lawrence is fuckable. If it was not for her it'd be shit.

That said, Passengers was a shit film too but by god she made it watchable!
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[hellkat]

The Nice Guys 5/10
Never really rated Russell Crowe and I only tangentially recognised the name Ryan Gosling, so I nearly didn't watch it, but I suppose it was entertaining enough.

All five points awarded were mostly for (a) the 70s soundtrack; and (b) the fact that Ryan Gosling with a Van Dyk beard arrangement looks amazingly like Christoph Waltz, which phwoar.

So that alone was enough for me start watching La La Land to get more of a look at Gosling, but I fell asleep less than quarter of the way through, possibly from boredom of all the singing and trying too hardfulness of the cast.

My opinion of La La Land will have to wait until I have the stamina to watch it all the way through. Expect a review around 2037AD.
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[Musketeer]

Star Wars The Last Jedi 2/10

Special effects were good. The rest was just crap. Basically this film ruined Star Wars in eyes of every fan. Previous characters only appeared in the film for the sake of continuity. Mark Hamill was basically used in the most degrading way to be replaced by young generation of actors in dozens of Disney Star Wars films to come. Fans expected Luke Skywalker to kick some ass, but no.. he just died for no reason whatsoever. On top of that the most promissing villain just got killed in a silly way so there is nothing more to look forward to.

I don't think I'll be spending any money to watch next Star Wars films.
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[King29]

Murder on the Orient express

Remake of the 1974 film and/or adaptation of the Agatha Christie book from 1934. Never read the book, never watched the 1974 film so went in blind. Meh, boring. Daisy Starwars Ridley gives a hammy performance as does most of the cast, Johnny Depp has an all too small part and not enough screen presence. I remember Sean Connery was in the 1974 version with Lauren Becall as I caught the end credits one Christmas in the early 90's waiting for something else to start, perhaps that version would have been a better bet. It plays in one location, on a train, The Commuter it is not.

3/10

[Bubbs]

[MarJay]

The Warriors (1979) 8/10
Old, dated but awesome. I don't really now what made it so enjoyable. The acting is a bit hammy, the plot is pretty basic but it's just an awesome enjoyable chase from beginning to end. The fights are surprisingly good considering no one is a trained martial artist. They all look like well practiced brawlers, which is exactly what they would be. Wouldn't pass the Bechedel test, but it's just not that type of movie. The atmosphere created is very special and I just had fun from start to finish.
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[Powderhead]

[andyscooter]

[Jayy]

Annihilation - 6/10

Umm. Tried to watch this with the GF and both fell asleep. Tried to watch it on my own and fell asleep. Usually, that is not something that happens when watching films but maybe it was a sign.

4 female leads and quite a cool concept but just weirdly executed. The ending was a load of piss, not very well thought out at all.

[Hong Kong Phooey]

[Suntan Sid]

Black Panther 1/10

Unadulterated garbage, no idea what the plot was as I only lasted 31 mins before turning it off. Seemed to be something to do with the Lion King and UFOs. Dreary and utterly predictable, how this became one of the highest grossing films ever, at the box office, is mind boggling.
It's probably great if you're a three year old.

At least I only wasted 31 minutes of my life instead of the full 2 plus hours.

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[duhawkz]

Poltergeist (2015) 2/10

I put it on the other night it was about 30 min in, I turned it off a couple of minute after that, utter drivel not a patch on the original.

I only gave it 2/10 because the little girl that disappeared was called maddie, and parents her said "We can't call the police, they'll blame us" and it amused me

TLDR; don't bother watch the original instead
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[King29]

Avengers Infinity War

Day of work today so thought I'd go and see this, meh, average at best. All the top actors in the film, plot was crap and story line actually made sense from the villains point of view. Great special effects as you'd imagine from a big budget film; just samey. Guardians of the galaxy, Thor, Avengers; simply variations on a theme. If you've seen one then you've seen them all.

5/10.

[andym]

[angryjonny]

[Rogerborg]

[CBFcarl]

[angryjonny]

[angryjonny]

Oh yeah, and being a self-confessed non-Marvel fan the next obvious step was to watch Deadpool before Deadpool 2 comes out.

This is what a hero movie should be: fun. Over the past decade or two it feels like Hollywood has forgotten how to make entertaining movies. If you watch them it's because you feel like you ought to, rather than because you want to.

I blame Michael Keaton's Batman for starting the joyless hero movie trend, but Spiderman, Transformers, X Men etc have picked up that baton and run with it.

So yeah, Deadpool bucks the trend. Formulaic? Yes. Deep? No. Fun? Yes.

8/10