Films I watched this week (NO SPOILERS) (Vol 3)
Discussion
Antony Moxey said:
macron said:
droopsnoot said:
We still kill the old way from a recording the other week. When an OAP tries to stop a gang of youths from raping a young woman in a dark alley, they turn on him and kick him to death. His brother (Ian Ogilvy) is a reformed gangster who has retired to Spain, so he comes back to London to help "investigate" along with a few old mates. Enjoyed it.
The sequel, we still steal the old way, like many of this low budget Brit gangsta films, has more money in it, and although has some similarities, of you liked the first one this is also an easy way to spend time.All of that aside, it was better than Freight, which I've just finished watching. Billy Murray plays a gangster whose daughter is kidnapped by some foreign gangsters / people smugglers for some reason, and he has to go and get her back. I didn't really follow much of the plot, a lot of it was shot in darkness, lots of random central casting foreign thugs, one of whom for some reason is driving around in an old Jaguar XJ. Not that good, really, especially in comparison.
ajprice said:
Cotty said:
What was shocking to me was one of his previous films (year before?) was The Machinist. To lose that much weight, then to put a s
t load back on to play Batman was bonkers.
In 2017 he also put on a chunk of weight to play Dick Cheney in Vice.t load back on to play Batman was bonkers.Just simply need personal trainer, 3 hours a day, personal chef, HGH, Tren and lots of cash.
Antony Moxey said:
macron said:
droopsnoot said:
We still kill the old way from a recording the other week. When an OAP tries to stop a gang of youths from raping a young woman in a dark alley, they turn on him and kick him to death. His brother (Ian Ogilvy) is a reformed gangster who has retired to Spain, so he comes back to London to help "investigate" along with a few old mates. Enjoyed it.
The sequel, we still steal the old way, like many of this low budget Brit gangsta films, has more money in it, and although has some similarities, of you liked the first one this is also an easy way to spend time.
Still an entertaining bit of viewing, but don't expect any Oscar quality fair, it's proper east end cheap.
Cotty said:
What was shocking to me was one of his previous films (year before?) was The Machinist. To lose that much weight, then to put a st load back on to play Batman was bonkers.
This is a great (but horrific) story on the amount of weight he lost for that:t load back on to play Batman was bonkers.https://geektyrant.com/news/the-horrific-story-of-...
You can tell what it's about from the link
Frau GenX was out so finally got around to Godzilla Minus One (in Japanese with subtitles) last night.
Small budget or not, it was brilliant - as other reviewers have said one genuinely cares for the characters, and it really was visually stunning.
9/10
Followed up with Ghostbusters - Frozen Empire
Completely by-the-numbers with as many references to earlier movies crammed in as possible, the only saving graces being the performances by the daughter and the guy who sold them the Orb , If ever a franchise should have been left to die… meh.
6/10
Small budget or not, it was brilliant - as other reviewers have said one genuinely cares for the characters, and it really was visually stunning.
9/10
Followed up with Ghostbusters - Frozen Empire
Completely by-the-numbers with as many references to earlier movies crammed in as possible, the only saving graces being the performances by the daughter and the guy who sold them the Orb , If ever a franchise should have been left to die… meh.
6/10
Did anyone go to Screen Unseen (which was The Exorcism) or The Exorcism advance screening at Cineworld?
It was a bad one. That bad it was funny, but not enough to save it.
Russell Crowe is an actor playing a priest in a horror movie which absolutely isn't The Exorcist. Bad things happen. His daughter is meant to be 16, the actor (Ryan Simpkins) is 26.
I haven't seen The Pope's Exorcist from last year, apparently that's getting a sequel. I do sort of want a Russell Crowe exorcism film cinematic universe now though
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It was a bad one. That bad it was funny, but not enough to save it.
Russell Crowe is an actor playing a priest in a horror movie which absolutely isn't The Exorcist. Bad things happen. His daughter is meant to be 16, the actor (Ryan Simpkins) is 26.
I haven't seen The Pope's Exorcist from last year, apparently that's getting a sequel. I do sort of want a Russell Crowe exorcism film cinematic universe now though
.Godzilla X Kong (2024)
Plot summary: monkeys grunt at each other, all the big monsters have a fight.
It was, frankly, boring. In the scenes with giant creatures in the wilderness there was little sense of scale, and the scenes with humans were of little point. Monster fights in the human environments were (a) predictable and (b) must have had untold, unmentioned casualties!
4/10
Shows just how good Minus One is.
Plot summary: monkeys grunt at each other, all the big monsters have a fight.
It was, frankly, boring. In the scenes with giant creatures in the wilderness there was little sense of scale, and the scenes with humans were of little point. Monster fights in the human environments were (a) predictable and (b) must have had untold, unmentioned casualties!
4/10
Shows just how good Minus One is.
generationx said:
Godzilla X Kong (2024)
Plot summary: monkeys grunt at each other, all the big monsters have a fight.
It was, frankly, boring. In the scenes with giant creatures in the wilderness there was little sense of scale, and the scenes with humans were of little point. Monster fights in the human environments were (a) predictable and (b) must have had untold, unmentioned casualties!
4/10
Shows just how good Minus One is.
That was my biggest issue with it, that they'd lost the sense of scale. For a film that really should have been a lot of fun, it was just devoid of it somehow. Plot summary: monkeys grunt at each other, all the big monsters have a fight.
It was, frankly, boring. In the scenes with giant creatures in the wilderness there was little sense of scale, and the scenes with humans were of little point. Monster fights in the human environments were (a) predictable and (b) must have had untold, unmentioned casualties!
4/10
Shows just how good Minus One is.
A Family Affair- Netflix
I simply had to warn you all. Went into Netflix to be assailed with an advert for this movie. It 'stars' Nicole Kidman and Zac Efron. Well at least that is what the information says.
What the actual fk have they done to themselves? Neither of them can move their faces, she looks like a sex doll gone wrong and he looks like a nightmare version of David Hasselhoff.
Seriously. What. The. fk.
I simply had to warn you all. Went into Netflix to be assailed with an advert for this movie. It 'stars' Nicole Kidman and Zac Efron. Well at least that is what the information says.
What the actual f
k have they done to themselves? Neither of them can move their faces, she looks like a sex doll gone wrong and he looks like a nightmare version of David Hasselhoff. Seriously. What. The. f
k.Ace-T said:
A Family Affair- Netflix
I simply had to warn you all. Went into Netflix to be assailed with an advert for this movie. It 'stars' Nicole Kidman and Zac Efron. Well at least that is what the information says.
What the actual fk have they done to themselves? Neither of them can move their faces, she looks like a sex doll gone wrong and he looks like a nightmare version of David Hasselhoff.
Seriously. What. The. fk.
I simply had to warn you all. Went into Netflix to be assailed with an advert for this movie. It 'stars' Nicole Kidman and Zac Efron. Well at least that is what the information says.
What the actual f
k have they done to themselves? Neither of them can move their faces, she looks like a sex doll gone wrong and he looks like a nightmare version of David Hasselhoff. Seriously. What. The. f
k.This is the review of the week for me.
ajprice said:
Did anyone go to Screen Unseen (which was The Exorcism) or The Exorcism advance screening at Cineworld?
It was a bad one. That bad it was funny, but not enough to save it.
Russell Crowe is an actor playing a priest in a horror movie which absolutely isn't The Exorcist. Bad things happen. His daughter is meant to be 16, the actor (Ryan Simpkins) is 26.
I haven't seen The Pope's Exorcist from last year, apparently that's getting a sequel. I do sort of want a Russell Crowe exorcism film cinematic universe now though .
Just to confirm the badness, Kermode's review It was a bad one. That bad it was funny, but not enough to save it.
Russell Crowe is an actor playing a priest in a horror movie which absolutely isn't The Exorcist. Bad things happen. His daughter is meant to be 16, the actor (Ryan Simpkins) is 26.
I haven't seen The Pope's Exorcist from last year, apparently that's getting a sequel. I do sort of want a Russell Crowe exorcism film cinematic universe now though
. ...Ace-T said:
A Family Affair- Netflix
I simply had to warn you all. Went into Netflix to be assailed with an advert for this movie. It 'stars' Nicole Kidman and Zac Efron. Well at least that is what the information says.
What the actual fk have they done to themselves? Neither of them can move their faces, she looks like a sex doll gone wrong and he looks like a nightmare version of David Hasselhoff.
Seriously. What. The. fk.
In Efron's defence, he ripped his jaw off slipping and falling on the corner of a granite fountain and had major surgery which ended up with his jaw being wired shut. Still has issues from the surgery in 2013. Apparently. I simply had to warn you all. Went into Netflix to be assailed with an advert for this movie. It 'stars' Nicole Kidman and Zac Efron. Well at least that is what the information says.
What the actual f
k have they done to themselves? Neither of them can move their faces, she looks like a sex doll gone wrong and he looks like a nightmare version of David Hasselhoff. Seriously. What. The. f
k.Bad Boys
Rewatched this as I've not got around to seeing the new one, this really is a great action film. I'm not sure if I prefer 1 or 2 but they are both brilliant examples of the genre. There's a reason the second was essential viewing by Nicholas Angel
Michael Bay directs the st out of this film with some brilliant shots, for all his floors the man can make even the most basic thing like standing up an epic vista on the screen Smith and Lawrence have fantastic chemistry and it reminds you of how flat the third one was, with Lawrence especially seemingly loosing the with his character in that film. In the original, whilst Smith is playing the dapper single hot shot Lawrence's character is never playing second fiddle or comic relief. You're fully aware that they work together best as a team. That's the whole point of the film.
Anyway that's far too many words on a review of Bad Boys, if you've not seen it what's wrong with you go and watch it this weekend it's essential viewing and a pillar of the genre.
8/10
Rewatched this as I've not got around to seeing the new one, this really is a great action film. I'm not sure if I prefer 1 or 2 but they are both brilliant examples of the genre. There's a reason the second was essential viewing by Nicholas Angel
Michael Bay directs the s
t out of this film with some brilliant shots, for all his floors the man can make even the most basic thing like standing up an epic vista on the screen Smith and Lawrence have fantastic chemistry and it reminds you of how flat the third one was, with Lawrence especially seemingly loosing the with his character in that film. In the original, whilst Smith is playing the dapper single hot shot Lawrence's character is never playing second fiddle or comic relief. You're fully aware that they work together best as a team. That's the whole point of the film. Anyway that's far too many words on a review of Bad Boys, if you've not seen it what's wrong with you go and watch it this weekend it's essential viewing and a pillar of the genre.
8/10
C5_Steve said:
Bad Boys
Rewatched this as I've not got around to seeing the new one, this really is a great action film. I'm not sure if I prefer 1 or 2 but they are both brilliant examples of the genre. There's a reason the second was essential viewing by Nicholas Angel
Michael Bay directs the st out of this film with some brilliant shots, for all his floors the man can make even the most basic thing like standing up an epic vista on the screen Smith and Lawrence have fantastic chemistry and it reminds you of how flat the third one was, with Lawrence especially seemingly loosing the with his character in that film. In the original, whilst Smith is playing the dapper single hot shot Lawrence's character is never playing second fiddle or comic relief. You're fully aware that they work together best as a team. That's the whole point of the film.
Anyway that's far too many words on a review of Bad Boys, if you've not seen it what's wrong with you go and watch it this weekend it's essential viewing and a pillar of the genre.
8/10
I remember younger guys at work raving about this when it came out and they recommended that I watch it.Rewatched this as I've not got around to seeing the new one, this really is a great action film. I'm not sure if I prefer 1 or 2 but they are both brilliant examples of the genre. There's a reason the second was essential viewing by Nicholas Angel
Michael Bay directs the s
t out of this film with some brilliant shots, for all his floors the man can make even the most basic thing like standing up an epic vista on the screen Smith and Lawrence have fantastic chemistry and it reminds you of how flat the third one was, with Lawrence especially seemingly loosing the with his character in that film. In the original, whilst Smith is playing the dapper single hot shot Lawrence's character is never playing second fiddle or comic relief. You're fully aware that they work together best as a team. That's the whole point of the film. Anyway that's far too many words on a review of Bad Boys, if you've not seen it what's wrong with you go and watch it this weekend it's essential viewing and a pillar of the genre.
8/10
So I did.
And that's all I want to say about that.
DodgyGeezer said:
not (re)watched them yet but I picked up:
Logan's Run (dvd)
The Mummy trilogy (bluray)
just wait for Mrs DG to fall asleep and I'll be in nostalgic nirvana
Maybe when you watch LR can you confirm/deny that a long-ago pre-teenage me remembers a scene in an ice cave when Jenny Agutter strips starkers to get changed into some warm clothes? This seems to be a scene which has disappeared from the TV cut, or am I going bonkers?Logan's Run (dvd)
The Mummy trilogy (bluray)
just wait for Mrs DG to fall asleep and I'll be in nostalgic nirvana
Trigger Warning - Netflix
Jessica Alba is back as some sort of overpowered government military personnel.
After her dad dies in mysterious circumstances in a mine accident she takes over his bar in the middle of the dessert that's attached to said mine.
She soon gets hassled by the local gang and her skills are called into action after uncovering a conspiracy.
Tbh you could have thrown any B-list actor in here looking for work and the outcome would have been the same as it's so run of the mill.
Nice to see Jessica back but you've seen this film a million times before.
4/10 disappointing.
Jessica Alba is back as some sort of overpowered government military personnel.
After her dad dies in mysterious circumstances in a mine accident she takes over his bar in the middle of the dessert that's attached to said mine.
She soon gets hassled by the local gang and her skills are called into action after uncovering a conspiracy.
Tbh you could have thrown any B-list actor in here looking for work and the outcome would have been the same as it's so run of the mill.
Nice to see Jessica back but you've seen this film a million times before.
4/10 disappointing.
generationx said:
Shows just how good Minus One is.
It's way too long, and not really much more entertaining. In fact I took my eyes off the screen more frequently watching Minus One... .DodgyGeezer said:
The Mummy trilogy (bluray)
Yes I'd thought about catching up with those movies as well. Maybe also the spin-off Scorpion King.Radec said:
Trigger Warning - Netflix
Jessica Alba is back as some sort of overpowered government military personnel.
After her dad dies in mysterious circumstances in a mine accident she takes over his bar in the middle of the dessert that's attached to said mine.
She soon gets hassled by the local gang and her skills are called into action after uncovering a conspiracy.
Tbh you could have thrown any B-list actor in here looking for work and the outcome would have been the same as it's so run of the mill.
Nice to see Jessica back but you've seen this film a million times before.
4/10 disappointing.
not far off what I thought TBHJessica Alba is back as some sort of overpowered government military personnel.
After her dad dies in mysterious circumstances in a mine accident she takes over his bar in the middle of the dessert that's attached to said mine.
She soon gets hassled by the local gang and her skills are called into action after uncovering a conspiracy.
Tbh you could have thrown any B-list actor in here looking for work and the outcome would have been the same as it's so run of the mill.
Nice to see Jessica back but you've seen this film a million times before.
4/10 disappointing.
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