Films I watched this week (NO SPOILERS) (Vol 3)
Discussion
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 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. 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
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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.
generationx said:
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?
You are not going bonkers.She gets her kit off in other films too.
732NM said:
generationx said:
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?
You are not going bonkers.She gets her kit off in other films too.
But 732 is correct in his remembering her propensity for all her clothes to come off 
ETA - well glad to inform GenX that kit does come off
Edited by DodgyGeezer on Saturday 22 June 19:51
DodgyGeezer said:
732NM said:
generationx said:
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?
You are not going bonkers.She gets her kit off in other films too.
But 732 is correct in his remembering her propensity for all her clothes to come off ETA - well glad to inform GenX that kit does come off
Edited by DodgyGeezer on Saturday 22 June 19:51
Sneaks off to Amazon…
Bad Boys Ride or Die
What a plesant surprise! No different to the earlier films and that's exactly what was needed. I always expect that films nowadays will overtly or subvertly preach some ideology at you, but this was just a pure action movie with pleanty of fun bits throughout.
I hope the film is a success, and maybe studios will learn that creating films audiences want to see is the way forward vs preaching propoganda or a the latest ideology....
Solid 9/10
What a plesant surprise! No different to the earlier films and that's exactly what was needed. I always expect that films nowadays will overtly or subvertly preach some ideology at you, but this was just a pure action movie with pleanty of fun bits throughout.
I hope the film is a success, and maybe studios will learn that creating films audiences want to see is the way forward vs preaching propoganda or a the latest ideology....
Solid 9/10
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