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Have had to force myself to bed otherwise it would be an all nighter of Snowpiercer. The series based on the 2013 film of the same name. I had to catch myself on otherwise I'd be almost through episode 3 by now. Apocalyptic class war, Korean style.
 
rubbershoes said:
The Vanished

I watched it so you don't have to. It's like a Channel 5 TV movie. Plot holes. Unconvincing emotional responses. Plenty of misery.

The worst of it is that is set in 2018 and someone rents some videos. Or rather, rents some empty video boxes. Just see how she carries three of them in one hand. Or don't, as you'd have to watch the film, and you don't want to do that.
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It's terrible. I watched it by accident. I'd seen a trailer the other night of an outdoorsy location where people go missing, think it might have some spooky, supernatural thing going on. I thought 'Ooh, that looks interesting, because I watched The Leftovers and the French series The Revenants, so figured I might like the intrigue.

So started watching this thinking it was a different film. At some point fairly soon, I realised my mistake, but figured I've started watching this, might as well see it through. Bloody hell, I wish I hadn't. None of the characters with sympathetic. Didn't care about any of them.

Maybe with a different director, it might've been better? Maybe another director could've dealt with it more sympathetically?

Anyway, agreed. Do not bother watching, it's awful.
 
belboid said:
Having already slated The Dig for it woeful historical inaccuracies, I thought I'd get around to actually watching it.

Meh

It's yet another typical 'British movie' designed to pull in crowds (despite the fact that Netflix dont release viewing figures and claim they aren't bothered about them). Historical, repressed emotions, a bit (but not too much) of class conflict. It's well performed and nicely shot, but so what? The changes they made to the facts add almost nothing - I get that they wanted some kind of death parallels and so needed someone to be going off to probably die in the war, but why make him Peggy's lover? Is the only way to make us care about him (or her) through a doomed love story? Ohh, its about reaching for your goals and not letting things get in your way, is it? Like the real Peggy already was doing, as were the two women written out to create the character.

It's lazy and, frankly, insulting, writing that misses the opportunity to do something that might be memorable in two years time.
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I'm half way through The Dig at the moment. So far it seems like a solid film that you might watch with your auntie or something, but I am perturbed by the warning that appears at the top every time I press play: "Sex, Sex References". There's been none of that so far, but it's kinda disappointing if that's the way they think this has to go from this half-way point.
 
Started Colony last night as couldn't find anything else that appealed. Reasonably engaging, if somewhat predictable, so far. Clearly an echo of occupied France in WW2 set in LA with aliens and their collaborators standing in for the Nazis etc.
 
platinumsage said:
Reviews I read said that people would be better off watching a ten minute YouTube video on the subject.
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That's what I thought. . . And I what I already did a long time ago. I was hoping for something more, but I guess this series won't deliver that. Good to know.
 
Finished S1 of the Umbrella Academy which I think was quite good. Has pacing issues but overall it's something worth watching. I might get to S2 at some point.
Also quite enjoyed NEXT with Nic Cage, way better than I expected.
 
ATOMIC SUPLEX said:
That's what I thought. . . And I what I already did a long time ago. I was hoping for something more, but I guess this series won't deliver that. Good to know.
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There is some new stuff, but I’d all have fitted into a tight hour.

The redeeming quality is that it starts with all these theories about how there was a conspiracy or something supernatural, and let’s them percolate, and then the final (4th) episode just comprehensively demolishes all of them. It was a sad, sad accidental death. The web sleuths are wrong, and in some ways, actively harmful.
 
spanglechick said:
There is some new stuff, but I’d all have fitted into a tight hour.

The redeeming quality is that it starts with all these theories about how there was a conspiracy or something supernatural, and let’s them percolate, and then the final (4th) episode just comprehensively demolishes all of them. It was a sad, sad accidental death. The web sleuths are wrong, and in some ways, actively harmful.
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Gah, how infuriating. I wouldn't mind a tight hour, but hate hate hate long drawn out docs for the sake of it.
 
Yes, a bit put off by this being a four-hour long document. I can understand such extent for The Mandy Tape, but not for a this subject matter. Will probably still watch it though :D
 
Watched two out of the four episodes so far. The pace is a bit slow and you feel the whole story could have been compressed a bit, but it is still good and a serious and rational revisiting of the events, so far at least.

It acknowledges the weird and potential paranormal and the conspiracy theory elements of it, but does not give them any undue credibility for the sake of making a more striking programme. Looking forward to the rest of it.

I’ve seen a couple of reviews bemoaning the fact this is not scary. It was never meant to be ffs...
 
I've watched it all and enjoyed it. I enjoyed hearing about all the awful stuff that happened at the hotel and about the history of the neighbourhood.

I think it did a good job of laying out how conspiracy theories can take root when people on the internet obsess about tiny details and refuse to accept simple explanations. The first, and possibly best in this story, being why the elevator door didn't close.

The internet sleuths losing their minds and shouting CONSPIRACY! when the autopsy report took a while when...that's just how long it takes. And the poor death metal guy. The way they all jumped on him was awful.
 
I watched Arkansas a few weeks ago. A bit slow starting but increasingly engrossing as you get into it. About two guys who get involved in drug dealing, moving up the ladder.
 
Finished the Cecil Hotel death documentary. It could have certainly been told as well in 3 or even 2 episodes, but it was good regardless.

I had previously heard of this case but hadn’t looked that much into it, and had assumed to this day it remained a puzzling mystery. I was surprised to learn in the last episode that they had eventually established that the trapdoor to the water tank was in fact open when her body was discovered. Which whereas it doesn’t necessarily offer actual proof, it pretty much removes a great deal of the mystery and makes the theory of accidental death not just possible but very likely.

It’s astonishing that most crucial of facts flew under the radar for months. At heart this seems an extraordinarily incompetent investigation by Los Angeles’ finest. Their releasing of the lift footage to the public and apparent plea for help made little sense to me as well.
 
T & P said:
Finished the Cecil Hotel death documentary. It could have certainly been told as well in 3 or even 2 episodes, but it was good regardless.

I had previously heard of this case but hadn’t looked that much into it, and had assumed to this day it remained a puzzling mystery. I was surprised to learn in the last episode that they had eventually established that the trapdoor to the water tank was in fact open when her body was discovered. Which whereas it doesn’t necessarily offer actual proof, it pretty much removes a great deal of the mystery and makes the theory of accidental death not just possible but very likely.

It’s astonishing that most crucial of facts flew under the radar for months. At heart this seems an extraordinarily incompetent investigation by Los Angeles’ finest. Their releasing of the lift footage to the public and apparent plea for help made little sense to me as well.
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I was shouting at the telly about the fact that nobody had said whether the tank was open when the maintenance man found her. It seemed such a crucial part of the story. And also - why didn't they look in the tanks when they originally searched the roof? That also seemed an obvious thing to do if someone has seemingly vanished
 
ATOMIC SUPLEX said:
Finding Ohana.
Shite.
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Update.
Though shite my daughter 13 did seem to visibly enjoy it (but gave it only two out of three stars when asked).
It also sports a grown up short round from Indiana Jones (and the kid from Goonies).
Quite a lot of the stuff that made me cringe seems to delight and engage my daughter so I held my tongue throughout (usually we are both very vocal throughout films about plot holes etc).
There are also some jarringly poor edits and the pacing is abysmal (especially at the beginning), it's just a shoddy edit job overall that could be fairly easily fixed in a flabby film that's about 40 minutes too long for the material.
Weirdly though too baggy in general, several plot points suddenly happen (again, especially at the beginning) that either I missed or were not clear ( both me and my daughter had to make guesses). Grandpa goes to hospital after breaking a rib (falling on his back?) From a fall we don't see, at a height of approximately one foot, that he didn't even need to climb.
Finally, not wishing to spoil anything . . . the whole movie could lose the treasure hunt section as it never pays off. You can just edit from them needing to sell their house in New York to them selling their house in New York. Probably would have been a better film if it was just about that, and the tensions involved. [/Spoiler]




Shite.
 
Running With The Devil.

If you like Nicolas Cage and can stomach occasional extreme violence it's worth a watch.

Laurence Fishburne is excellent against type as well.
 
Other People. From IMDB: A struggling comedy writer, fresh off a breakup and in the midst of the worst year of his life, returns to Sacramento to care for his dying mother.

Another really good film. Had a run of them this weekend, and it's no coincidence that I picked all 3 because Jesse Plemons was in them. I think he's a fab actor, who picks great parts in interesting films.
 
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