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I've been watching Fullmetal Alchemist:Brotherhood. I think, compared to the original, the plot moves along a lot better. But there are still things that the original is better at. I think FMA and Brotherhood are different, but one isn't better than the other.

And then, because I have a 10 year old, I looked at parent reviews... What the fuck? I'm very lenient, but the people who say "okay for 9+" are either psychopaths or they missed the episodes about what happened to their mother. Because that's just grim.
 
T & P said:
Starting Netflix’s brand new big profile series, Jupiter’s Legacy. Superhero miniseries.

Decisively lukewarm and mixed reviews so not holding my breath. The consensus seems to be that it not a bad series per se but too slow paced to be good.
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Been laid up in bed watching this.
It could certainly be a lot better. The pacing is a little too slow, and a lot of dialogue is disgracefuly poor. The parts that grate the most for me are those with the young druggy drunk girl. She can't act for shit, and is unbearable to watch. It doesn't help that her part is written so badly, but I'm sure a decent actor could have salvaged something.
There are also loads of cheap ass mistakes and badly or boringly chosen shots (despite decent lighting). I also just watched a sex scene where the bloke and the girl are fully trousered when apparently a fabulous superhero orgasm occurs. Lady puts on a skimpy top over her already bra clad body but then whips it off to reveal - her bra - for another round of sex with clothes on. . . . Now I am not against this scene because I didn't see naked people, but why choose to do it this way? Do it under sheets, from behind, after the event, or at the very least don't show that they are both in trousers and skirt. Really anything would have been better . . . anything. It is just an example of some of the weirdly low production values (of the people filming) in an actual high(ish) end production. Some very rough edges.

That said, I still seem to be watching. Maybe because I am laid up in bed post op. That's my excuse.
 
Sunray said:
I was looking for this Korean Zombie thing I started watching but it appears to have disappeared.
Started off with this lone zombie walking up to a battalion of troops with a monologue and getting shot millions of times. Could have sworn it was on Netflix. At the time, I was enthused by Alice in Borderland so started watching more Korean stuff. Wasn't in the mood for the zombie thing at the time, thought I'd give it another try.
Does anyone remember what it was called?
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Alive?
 
Sunray said:
I was looking for this Korean Zombie thing I started watching but it appears to have disappeared.
Started off with this lone zombie walking up to a battalion of troops with a monologue and getting shot millions of times. Could have sworn it was on Netflix. At the time, I was enthused by Alice in Borderland so started watching more Korean stuff. Wasn't in the mood for the zombie thing at the time, thought I'd give it another try.
Does anyone remember what it was called?
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Sweet Home. I really enjoyed it.
 
For anyone interested in clever sci-fi thrillers, or just entertaining films in general, a solid two thumbs up recommendation for Oxygen.

Whereas I don’t claim it to be super amazing, it is a very decent and enjoyable entertainment vehicle, well written, and much better than I’d expected. If you don’t want take my word for it take that of the 96% Rotten Tomatoes rating.

So long as your expectations are to watch a decent, engaging and entertaining sci-fi film, you will not be disappointed unless you’re a po-faced cunt.

ETA: the direction the story takes is anything but predictable, and where you think it’s all going a third in is a million miles away from where it actually goes.
 
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For anyone interested in clever sci-fi thrillers, or just entertaining films in general, a solid two thumbs up recommendation for Oxygen.

Whereas I don’t claim it to be super amazing, it is a very decent and enjoyable entertainment vehicle, well written, and much better than I’d expected. If you don’t want take my word for it take that of the 96% Rotten Tomatoes rating.

So long as your expectations are to watch a decent, engaging and entertaining sci-fi film, you will not be disappointed unless you’re a po-faced cunt.
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I was put off it because from the trailer it looks very claustrophobic/suffocatey, which I find quite stressful :oops:
 
Epona said:
I was put off it because from the trailer it looks very claustrophobic/suffocatey, which I find quite stressful :oops:
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I nearly said it’s not a film suitable for those with claustrophobia. But FWIW the focus switches from trying to get out of where the main character is to a detecting mystery story. Whereas I can’t pretend to say it will be bearable, it does lighten up on the claustrophobia aspect so might be worth a go.
 
T & P said:
I nearly said it’s not a film suitable for those with claustrophobia. But FWIW the focus switches from trying to get out of where the main character is to a detecting mystery story. Whereas I can’t pretend to say it will be bearable, it does lighten up on the claustrophobia aspect so might be worth a go.
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Thanks, that's useful info! I can cope if it's not the sole focus iykwim.
 
Peanut butter falcon. Bit meh i thought. Looks good. But underwritten, especially the women from the care home. Bit patronising and the story becomes increasingly unconvincing. I counted about 8 different "charachter" old folk who happily help out the protagonists just cos.
 
T & P said:
For anyone interested in clever sci-fi thrillers, or just entertaining films in general, a solid two thumbs up recommendation for Oxygen.

So long as your expectations are to watch a decent, engaging and entertaining sci-fi film, you will not be disappointed unless you’re a po-faced cunt.
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I've put it on my list but am slightly nervous that I am a po-faced cunt.
I am a sicker for an unexpected plot though.
 
Epona said:
Anna Kendrick may well be a lovely person, but I don't think she is a great choice for every role, I personally find her a bit annoying, and I didn't particularly like her in Stowaway. Toni Colette can do no wrong however, I love her in most things. (This is just my personal opinion).

I found the film problematic on many levels - I thought the fact that even most of the way through the film when the botanist's (David) experiments had been wrecked to turn the algae into oxygen production/CO2 removal and he literally had nothing else to do at that point, that it was still the accidental stowaway engineer's life (Michael) that was on the line right up until the last part of the film - that seemed very class oriented to me (not necessarily traditional class divisions, but people who have trained for it vs the newcomer - but even when the trained people had no more role on the ship, some of them still wanted Michael to be the one to give up his life.) David was particularly obnoxious I felt, but none of the characters came across as really likeable. I liked the ending.
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What bugged me was how the crew didn't really involve the actual engineer in trying to solve the problem, it was the captain, a botanist and a medic who were trying to solve an engineering problem. So I felt like the stowaway was treated like a spare part, when he could've been more of a useful character.
 
AnnO'Neemus said:
Budget? I mean, sci fi films are usually quite epic productions.
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They don't have to be. . . . and something like stowaway for instance didn't need a big budget it needed bigger ideas to fit a small space.
Most netflix flops are not due to money, they are just poor, scripts with a handsome cast in place of properly developed characters and ideas.
 
AnnO'Neemus said:
What bugged me was how the crew didn't really involve the actual engineer in trying to solve the problem, it was the captain, a botanist and a medic who were trying to solve an engineering problem. So I felt like the stowaway was treated like a spare part, when he could've been more of a useful character.
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Yes, at one point the botanist was complaining that all his experiments had been ruined and that was all his work gone - and yet they are still trying to figure out whether they can save Michael's life... er, hello, I think there is someone more expendable on board. I felt like ultimately it was a class thing, but almost in a subconscious way (as in I didn't feel it was deliberate by the film maker).
 
Epona said:
Yes, at one point the botanist was complaining that all his experiments had been ruined and that was all his work gone - and yet they are still trying to figure out whether they can save Michael's life... er, hello, I think there is someone more expendable on board. I felt like ultimately it was a class thing, but almost in a subconscious way (as in I didn't feel it was deliberate by the film maker).
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Maybe a class thing. But I got the feeling that Michael was more of a plot device for the other characters than a fully-formed character in his own right, which he could, and arguably should, have been.
 
Epona said:
Yes, at one point the botanist was complaining that all his experiments had been ruined and that was all his work gone - and yet they are still trying to figure out whether they can save Michael's life... er, hello, I think there is someone more expendable on board. I felt like ultimately it was a class thing, but almost in a subconscious way (as in I didn't feel it was deliberate by the film maker).
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Maybe a class thing. But I got the feeling that Michael was more of a plot device for the other characters than a fully-formed character in his own right, which he could, and arguably should, have been.
 
ATOMIC SUPLEX said:
Been laid up in bed watching this.
It could certainly be a lot better. The pacing is a little too slow, and a lot of dialogue is disgracefuly poor. The parts that grate the most for me are those with the young druggy drunk girl. She can't act for shit, and is unbearable to watch. It doesn't help that her part is written so badly, but I'm sure a decent actor could have salvaged something.
There are also loads of cheap ass mistakes and badly or boringly chosen shots (despite decent lighting). I also just watched a sex scene where the bloke and the girl are fully trousered when apparently a fabulous superhero orgasm occurs. Lady puts on a skimpy top over her already bra clad body but then whips it off to reveal - her bra - for another round of sex with clothes on. . . . Now I am not against this scene because I didn't see naked people, but why choose to do it this way? Do it under sheets, from behind, after the event, or at the very least don't show that they are both in trousers and skirt. Really anything would have been better . . . anything. It is just an example of some of the weirdly low production values (of the people filming) in an actual high(ish) end production. Some very rough edges.

That said, I still seem to be watching. Maybe because I am laid up in bed post op. That's my excuse.
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I can only presume Netflix had an algorithm error in suggesting this to me, but in a moment of open mindedness (superheroes really aren't my thing) I thought I'd watch it, and have persevered to the end. It's just so daft, and American - you must obey your dad all the time Because I Said So, you must obey the Code (? religion) Because I Said So ... It's just rubbish, I dislike the characters mostly, the plot is baffling and the acting poor.

Superhero movies really aren't my thing.
 
I'm looking forward to High on the Hog which is coming on 26 May - documentary and cookery show looking at the African origins of American food and tracing the history - salivating just watching the trailer for it, should be interesting.
 
wiskey said:
I can only presume Netflix had an algorithm error in suggesting this to me, but in a moment of open mindedness (superheroes really aren't my thing) I thought I'd watch it, and have persevered to the end. It's just so daft, and American - you must obey your dad all the time Because I Said So, you must obey the Code (? religion) Because I Said So ... It's just rubbish, I dislike the characters mostly, the plot is baffling and the acting poor.

Superhero movies really aren't my thing.
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I assumed the obeying your dad, religion and the code thing was just some daft flaw within the main character rather than the series. . But I'm only half way through. Good point about everyone being completely dislikeable. Kind of makes the ones that are supposed to be dislikeable . . . Well, not really work.
 
AnnO'Neemus said:
Maybe a class thing. But I got the feeling that Michael was more of a plot device for the other characters than a fully-formed character in his own right, which he could, and arguably should, have been.
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Yes yes and yes. . . And this discussion, and these ideas are what the film should have been. It could have been amazing!
 
crojoe said:
some great episodes. a real ability to transport you to a place, a community and of course to the experience of their food. the Lagos episode is brilliant, so much more than just a few good food spots.
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yes and he's incredibly likable. sad what happened to him. i think i can see though trouble in him
 
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