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Maybe with a different ending.
What DVD / Video did you watch last night? (pt3)
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magneze
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The main character was an insufferable arsehole which the film seemed to pander to.
DotCommunist
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first two eps of DC's Legends of Tomorrow
wasn't expecting much cos the DC TV stuff hasn't grabbed me massively but it was actually quite good.
wasn't expecting much cos the DC TV stuff hasn't grabbed me massively but it was actually quite good.
I've watched them too. I'll probably watch some more before making a final decision. At the mo' it's a bit "Dr Who meets the rejects from Arrow and Flash". I do like the Snart brothers though
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
I've watched them too. I'll probably watch some more before making a final decision. At the mo' it's a bit "Dr Who meets the rejects from Arrow and Flash". I do like the Snart brothers though
I like the subtly named 'Vandal Savage' lol
Reno
The In Kraut
Crimson Peak, which only convinced me further that Guillermo Del Toro has a great eye, but not much else. It's a pastiche of a gothic romance (as Del Toro and the publicity kept explaining when the film came out) rather than a credible addition to the genre, which means the characters act the way they do because characters in that type of film/book do, not because they appear to have an internal life or convincing motivations. Mia Wasikowska's wan heroine hasn't been given much of a personality by the script, Tom Hiddleston is miscast as a romantic lead with skeletons in the closet and only Jessica Chastain is having fun as the villainess.
Costumes and art direction are beautiful, but so OTT that the story doesn't seem to take place in any known universe. The plot simply ticks off the cliches rather than springing genuine surprises on you. The ghosts are pretty cool looking, but ultimately they are just more set dressing instead of being essential to the plot. I liked that this was a rare R-rated film unlike the usual PG-13 which meant that it was surprisingly violent. It's worth a watch for the visuals, but it should have been so much better.
Costumes and art direction are beautiful, but so OTT that the story doesn't seem to take place in any known universe. The plot simply ticks off the cliches rather than springing genuine surprises on you. The ghosts are pretty cool looking, but ultimately they are just more set dressing instead of being essential to the plot. I liked that this was a rare R-rated film unlike the usual PG-13 which meant that it was surprisingly violent. It's worth a watch for the visuals, but it should have been so much better.
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The Octagon
Stop...Hammertime
I watched these over the weekend too, thought it was a strong pilot but worried they've blown their load (effects, etc) early, fingers crossed it carries on like this.
Surprisingly chilled about cannabis use on US network television too, the times are a'changin clearly.
Captain Cold, Heatwave and Canary are the most entertaining characters by far.
The Octagon
Stop...Hammertime
Also watched John Wick.
It was very slick and Keanu was perfectly cast, but the whole thing was a bit throwaway.
It was very slick and Keanu was perfectly cast, but the whole thing was a bit throwaway.
Nanker Phelge
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
Gave Netflix's Marco Polo a try today. Despite being ravaged by critics I found it quite watchable. It's no masterpiece, but it is no stinker either.
I shall see it through.
I shall see it through.
Nanker Phelge
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
Cloud Atlas. Had its moments. Was like a blueprint for Sense8. I enjoyed watching it. Not sure how long it will stick in my mind. Looked beautiful in places...and was ambitious and sprawling and messy.
krtek a houby
Merry Xmas!
Am half an hour into "Spaceballs". It's really, really bad.
DotCommunist
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Killer: Journal of a Murder
Pretty good, about a depression era kid who grew up in institutions and jails (of that eras brutality) and how he became a killer. Well done I thought, some bits in there about prison reform etc.
Pretty good, about a depression era kid who grew up in institutions and jails (of that eras brutality) and how he became a killer. Well done I thought, some bits in there about prison reform etc.
DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
DotCommunist
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yeah I've kissed a lot of frogs recentlyNetflix
this was quite good though.
skyscraper101
0891 50 50 50
Brooklyn - Romantic drama set in the mid 1950s between Ireland and Brooklyn, NY with Jim Broadbent and Julie Walters. Not too shabby.
DotCommunist
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Skin Trade
A film in which the combination of Dolf Lundergrun, Ron Perlman and Tony Jaa should have been great B movie win. In a way it was- there was an excellent 'I'm on a bike ripping through an asian market' scene. Some heroic gunfights. Hand-to-hand beatings that went on far longer than is humanly possible. I just don't think hanging an action film this light on such grimness, and the first 20 mins make it well grim, is really justified. Perlmans serbian accent was also off. Not that I can tell accents from eastern europe apart with any accuracy but Perlman was not even trying much. Still, it as a film wasn't totally rubbish except that it was.
5/10
I'd give it six except all the women in it were furniture or dead and the whole thing was a bit grubby in that respect.
A film in which the combination of Dolf Lundergrun, Ron Perlman and Tony Jaa should have been great B movie win. In a way it was- there was an excellent 'I'm on a bike ripping through an asian market' scene. Some heroic gunfights. Hand-to-hand beatings that went on far longer than is humanly possible. I just don't think hanging an action film this light on such grimness, and the first 20 mins make it well grim, is really justified. Perlmans serbian accent was also off. Not that I can tell accents from eastern europe apart with any accuracy but Perlman was not even trying much. Still, it as a film wasn't totally rubbish except that it was.
5/10
I'd give it six except all the women in it were furniture or dead and the whole thing was a bit grubby in that respect.
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Nanker Phelge
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
The Hunter. Willem Dafoe hunts Tasmanian Tigers for a shady corporate in a rather good thriller cum eco-fable....
Virtual Blue
ready
The Martian - possibly better than Ray Mear's Bushcraft.
krtek a houby
Merry Xmas!
If you liked that; try reading some of Colm Toibin's stuff - he's a truly great writer.
trabuquera
Modesty Bag
Legend of the Soldier aka Bruc, the Manhunt (2010) - one of amazon prime's pathetic collection of foreign language films. dire, dull, doomy tale of some obscure rucking in the Pyrenees during the French/Spanish standoffs of the Napoleonic wars. I was hoping for some Sharpe-like swashbuckling, but this is a static Europudding obviously made to fulfil some cultural quota somewhere, and full of those suspiciously irrelevant swoopy drone shots of the landscape which you so often see in French movies sponsored by the local departemente's tourist board.
Basically it's a plodding and surprisingly sadistic revenge tale where our cute young Spanish hero (played by Juan Jose Ballesta, who was fantastic as a rough-edged adolescent in El Bola a few years ago but can't sustain an adult lead role yet) is hunted down by Evil French Lieutenant played by Vincent Perez (now looking rough as a few miles of gravel road, and sulking impressively). There are hints at psychological trauma on both sides but really it's just a load of old Francoist guff about bravery and sacrifice and not giving up an inch of sacred Spain blah blah blah. The Evil French aren't just plain Evil, they kill priests in church (literally) and also have dodgy Arab sidekicks, the dirty dirty bastards. Despite plenty of rucking, stabbing and those lovely landscapes this just never gets interesting.
So don't bother - I watched this one so you don't have to.
Basically it's a plodding and surprisingly sadistic revenge tale where our cute young Spanish hero (played by Juan Jose Ballesta, who was fantastic as a rough-edged adolescent in El Bola a few years ago but can't sustain an adult lead role yet) is hunted down by Evil French Lieutenant played by Vincent Perez (now looking rough as a few miles of gravel road, and sulking impressively). There are hints at psychological trauma on both sides but really it's just a load of old Francoist guff about bravery and sacrifice and not giving up an inch of sacred Spain blah blah blah. The Evil French aren't just plain Evil, they kill priests in church (literally) and also have dodgy Arab sidekicks, the dirty dirty bastards. Despite plenty of rucking, stabbing and those lovely landscapes this just never gets interesting.
So don't bother - I watched this one so you don't have to.
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
Watched the first episode of The Wire again on Monday
Mrs Shoes says she doesn't like it and won't watch any more*
I'll probably have to give it a full run through on my own
*possibly grounds for divorce?
Mrs Shoes says she doesn't like it and won't watch any more*
I'll probably have to give it a full run through on my own
*possibly grounds for divorce?
Nanker Phelge
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
Watched the first episode of The Wire again on Monday
Mrs Shoes says she doesn't like it and won't watch any more*
I'll probably have to give it a full run through on my own
*possibly grounds for divorce?
First ep wasn't great.....took a few to move.
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
I told her to give it 2 or 3 but it's not happening
Nanker Phelge
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
I'm sorry you couldn't make it work.
mack
Fact Me Till I Fart
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