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AnnO'Neemus said:
In Time. The film was released in 2011, but I'd never heard of it. It's a sci-fi film, dystopian futuristic, not spacey. The premise is that when people reach the age of 25, they stop ageing, but also they have a digital clock on their arm that starts counting down a year, they have a year left to live. So far, so Logan's Run. But people can earn more time or transfer time to one another, so poor people can run out of time and drop dead on the spot when their time expires, whereas rich people can effectively become immortal.

Justin Timberlake stars as a guy from the poor zone and Amanda Seyfriend as the wealthy daughter of an obscenely rich guy in the rich zone.

It's a passable sci-fi action film, but what I thought was interesting was the time = money thing, the fact that there's no money, time is currency, people selling their labour were selling their time, and poor people didn't have enough time and their lifespans were foreshortened, while rich people had more time than they could use or spend, so it worked overall as a critique of capitalism, in the sense of time is money, like time literally is money in this movie and there are haves and have nots.
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I really like that film! Well worth a watch, didn't realise it was on Netflix.

EDIT: Oh just read further on the thread
 
Starting the brand new film Jui Jitsu, which apparently it’s not just about martial arts but also involves an alien invasion, and has Nicolas Cage to boot.

With all those elements I can’t see how it could possibly turn out to be anything less than epic, but will report on it later.

ETA: lasted twenty minutes, unfortunately. Felt too much like a video game.
 
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T & P said:
Love and Monsters. A surprisingly good and enjoyable fantasy film perfect for the weekend.

(The following synopsis is not a spoiler as it is told at the very beginning of the film). An cataclysmic event changes the DNA of all animal species and mutate them into killing machines, and humans have to go underground to survive. The story revolves around a young man deciding to go on a journey on the surface for reasons that will be explained.

Don’t go thinking it’s a kiddie film because of the 12 certificate. Grown ups looking for an entertaining Sunday afternoon film will like it as much as teenagers. Recommended to those who like that kind of escapist films of a weekend.
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OK finished it now.
Total 'meh' fest. You know a film is going to be mostly shit when it starts with an situation set up monologue followed by a another long monologue to explain why the things that are about to happen in the film are about to happen.

I also disagree with the "Don’t go thinking it’s a kiddie film because of the 12 certificate." because that's exactly what it is.

Also
Girl doesn't want hero. . . . but then he proves he is a hero, and now she does. . . . shit message, totally lame end.
The more I think about this film the more I hate it, but then again it was for kids. I can't hate Harry Potter for being a kids film, because that's what it is.
 
ATOMIC SUPLEX said:
OK finished it now.
Total 'meh' fest. You know a film is going to be mostly shit when it starts with an situation set up monologue followed by a another long monologue to explain why the things that are about to happen in the film are about to happen.

I also disagree with the "Don’t go thinking it’s a kiddie film because of the 12 certificate." because that's exactly what it is.

Also
Girl doesn't want hero. . . . but then he proves he is a hero, and now she does. . . . shit message, totally lame end.
The more I think about this film the more I hate it, but then again it was for kids. I can't hate Harry Potter for being a kids film, because that's what it is.
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Not a fan, then? 😉

What did your daughter think?
 
ATOMIC SUPLEX said:
She thought it was ok, so I'm not at all mad that we watched it. . . . . but she's 13, the target audience.
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On recollection from a few of my film/ series reviews you have commented on, I reckon your daughter is far more aligned with my tastes than you are :D
 
AnnO'Neemus said:
Ah, sorry, I am based in UK, I only watched In Time maybe a couple of weeks ago, it must've gone off since then. :'(
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Ah bummer. Sounded interesting. I was always put off because it was a Timberlake vehicle at assumed it would be some slock sci fi cgi chase caper.
 
Cos I like time travel stuff I regularly do a search for stuff with the word "time" (once a week or something) and have never seen it on there! If I had, I'd have watched it again because it's a favourite of mine. :(

(AnnO'Neemus - you're not using a VPN? That could be giving you access to US Netflix stuff)
 
ATOMIC SUPLEX said:
Watching episode one now. Not sure. I can't really see how it can last. Does it get better?
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If you don’t like it at all by the end of episode 1, you probably never will. It gets better in a way, because it gradually shows how clever/subversive it is, but episode one is pretty representative. If The Sexy Getting Ready Song doesn’t make you laugh (“...ass blood!”), you won’t like the rest.
 
ATOMIC SUPLEX said:
Watching episode one now. Not sure. I can't really see how it can last. Does it get better?
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Whereas I am not saying this show is amazing, how many series that went on to be commercially and/or critically successful and which ran for multiple seasons can you think of that had great opening episodes?

I get your sentiment, but I myself am grateful I live in the age of the internet and can check out reviews of TV series from multiple critics and audiences alike. If I had to rely on my opinion alone of the very first episode of a given series, I would have given up on about 90% of all series I’ve ever watched.

As an example, I absolutely love Star Trek TNG, but will challenge the hardest of die hard fans to dispute that the very first episode was the biggest steaming pile of shit known to mankind.
 
Bad Trip is making me laugh out loud more than I have watching Taskmaster. Never encountered Eric Andre before. He’s got loads of TV content out there that I need to get onto right away
 
T & P said:
Whereas I am not saying this show is amazing, how many series that went on to be commercially and/or critically successful and which ran for multiple seasons can you think of that had great opening episodes?

I get your sentiment, but I myself am grateful I live in the age of the internet and can check out reviews of TV series from multiple critics and audiences alike. If I had to rely on my opinion alone of the very first episode of a given series, I would have given up on about 90% of all series I’ve ever watched.

As an example, I absolutely love Star Trek TNG, but will challenge the hardest of die hard fans to dispute that the very first episode was the biggest steaming pile of shit known to mankind.
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I thought Breaking Bad was one of the best opening episodes ever. Can't recall anything else that was so good.
 
ATOMIC SUPLEX said:
OK finished it now.
Total 'meh' fest. You know a film is going to be mostly shit when it starts with an situation set up monologue followed by a another long monologue to explain why the things that are about to happen in the film are about to happen.

I also disagree with the "Don’t go thinking it’s a kiddie film because of the 12 certificate." because that's exactly what it is.

Also
Girl doesn't want hero. . . . but then he proves he is a hero, and now she does. . . . shit message, totally lame end.
The more I think about this film the more I hate it, but then again it was for kids. I can't hate Harry Potter for being a kids film, because that's what it is.
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I really enjoyed it.
 
spanglechick said:
If you don’t like it at all by the end of episode 1, you probably never will. It gets better in a way, because it gradually shows how clever/subversive it is, but episode one is pretty representative. If The Sexy Getting Ready Song doesn’t make you laugh (“...ass blood!”), you won’t like the rest.
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I like the songs and the sudden weirdness of moving home for a guy, but it feels like that would be one 'young ones' episode idea not three series.
 
Orang Utan said:
Where can I get more Eric Andre?
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Bad trip is a bad example of Eric Andre. I love a lot of his stuff but hated bad trip.
The Eric Andre show is all on more 4 as are some specials he did. Mostly for millennials is also produced and written by him.
He was ok in man seeking woman, but apart from that he seems to be a quite normal bit part actor and voiceover artist.
 
T & P said:
Whereas I am not saying this show is amazing, how many series that went on to be commercially and/or critically successful and which ran for multiple seasons can you think of that had great opening episodes?
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Most of them. They need to make me want to watch at least another episode. I would say this one is worth a second go, but they are going to have to surprise me.
 
ATOMIC SUPLEX said:
Watching now, not massively impressed so far, but the daughter is down with it.
So far we have had Vintage The The and Lee Hazelwood, on the soundtrack which is quite nice.
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Dylan O'Brien does his Maze Runner/Teen Wolf goofy winning smile thing again even though he's 30 or something now.
 
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