What movie did you just watch, and how was it? (expect some spoilers but try not to post any!)

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#2903733 19-Apr-2022 11:21

scuwp:

Considering I dropped around $300 for 4 of us this was disappointing and not something I will be repeating anytime soon. A good reminder as to why we don't go often.

Oh My Goodness! That's outrageous. Out of interest, how much was the cinema part out of that $75 per person?

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#2903750 19-Apr-2022 11:46

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scuwp:

Considering I dropped around $300 for 4 of us this was disappointing and not something I will be repeating anytime soon. A good reminder as to why we don't go often.

Oh My Goodness! That's outrageous. Out of interest, how much was the cinema part out of that $75 per person?

Tickets are $39 each + booking fees (really?) so kiss goodbye to about $170 right there for 4 people. They had some package meal deals $65 - $70 each from memory for 2 people (this seemed the best deal), so for 4 people that's $130 more. Arguably comparable to restaurant prices I guess, but can't help but feel that was a terribly expensive night out. If it wasn't for the fact we had a gift voucher that covered some of that, which we had to use, we would not have done it.

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#2903759 19-Apr-2022 11:54

Impressive, the most expensive at our local (only) cinema is $14.

Edit - or was that $39 for two movies ?

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#2903777 19-Apr-2022 12:20

rb99:
Impressive, the most expensive at our local (only) cinema is $14.

Edit - or was that $39 for two movies ?

Nope. That's the ticket price for 1 movie, no matter what age.

I did discover after there are some discounts for members, but it cost to join. Not sure if it's that much to be worth it unless you go regularly. I didn't look in any detail.

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#2903779 19-Apr-2022 12:24

rb99:

Impressive, the most expensive at our local (only) cinema is $14.

Edit - or was that $39 for two movies ?

Lux are different seats etc. More 'Luxury' etc. You pay a privilege for that.

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#2903780 19-Apr-2022 12:26

networkn:

rb99:

Impressive, the most expensive at our local (only) cinema is $14.

Edit - or was that $39 for two movies ?

Lux are different seats etc. More 'Luxury' etc. You pay a privilege for that.

Except that people don't give a damn and seat where they want and cinemas don't put people to enforce the rules - unless someone comes and claims the seat with a valid ticket. I always tried to be early in cinemas because I didn't want to have to get people to move. I book nice seats, don't want people on them when I get there.

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#2903784 19-Apr-2022 12:30

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Except that people don't give a damn and seat where they want and cinemas don't put people to enforce the rules - unless someone comes and claims the seat with a valid ticket. I always tried to be early in cinemas because I didn't want to have to get people to move. I book nice seats, don't want people on them when I get there.

Totally get that, I had a similar issue prior to the last lockdown. There were only 10 people in the cinema but people were in my 'standard' seat. When I told them they were in my seat they just told me to sit in one of the other 200 seats that were available. I did because I didn't want to have an argument (and they looked ready for one), but it was annoying. What made it worse was that when I found a new seat, it ended up being in someone else's seat!

If I had been paying for a Lux seat I'd have politely insisted they move though :)

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#2903787 19-Apr-2022 12:38

Pretty big premium for posh seats. You (probably) could, and I would, buy the 4K disc for that. You don't get the cinema experience at home though, though the cynic in me saying thats the experience of getting to the cinema in the rain, queueing, crushing popcorn as you squeeze to your seat, people squeezing past you to their seat, listening to other people eat popcorn, play on their phones and of course being deafened for 2+ hours. Did I miss anything out ?

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#2903795 19-Apr-2022 12:59

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Pretty big premium for posh seats. You (probably) could, and I would, buy the 4K disc for that. You don't get the cinema experience at home though, though the cynic in me saying thats the experience of getting to the cinema in the rain, queueing, crushing popcorn as you squeeze to your seat, people squeezing past you to their seat, listening to other people eat popcorn, play on their phones and of course being deafened for 2+ hours. Did I miss anything out ?

Smells. Definitely the smells.

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#2903799 19-Apr-2022 13:10

Death on the Nile 5/10

A remake of the Agatha Christie mystery.
Visually very good and actors OK, but overall a very average plot.

Somehow I have never seen this movie before, or read the book, but even so the mystery didn't grip and the killer was no surprise.

OK to watch if you can't be bothered randomly scanning Netflix, but don't go out of your way to find this one.

A lot better out out there.

Edit: Availably on Disney.

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#2903801 19-Apr-2022 13:18

...and adverts. You go all that way, pay for the privilege and still get adverts.

Agree about Death on the Nile, looks terrific, some fun characters, somehow doesn't work.

Disney+ btw, not Netflix.

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#2903838 19-Apr-2022 14:19

Handsomedan:

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Pretty big premium for posh seats. You (probably) could, and I would, buy the 4K disc for that. You don't get the cinema experience at home though, though the cynic in me saying thats the experience of getting to the cinema in the rain, queueing, crushing popcorn as you squeeze to your seat, people squeezing past you to their seat, listening to other people eat popcorn, play on their phones and of course being deafened for 2+ hours. Did I miss anything out ?

Smells. Definitely the smells.

Or a friend of mine who was excited to watch Lord of the Rings at The Embassy in Wellington, just to find out the patron attending the previous screening on that seat was so much into the movie that they decided to pee on the seat instead of leaving the screening room.

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#2903896 19-Apr-2022 14:40

Yummy. Hope they didn't find out by just sitting on it...

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#2903901 19-Apr-2022 14:47

Peter Rabbit 2.

Good lord. Why did we?

2/10

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#2903911 19-Apr-2022 15:00

Deep Water (Amazon Prime) - 6.5/10

I watched this film last week and I'm still not sure what to make of it. I deliberately didn't read anything about it before I watched it - it came up as a preview on Amazon Prime and I just decided to click on it and watch it. All I knew about it was the title, and the two main actors - Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas.

It was an odd film, or maybe it was odd because I had no idea going into it what it was about. The story starts with Ben Affleck coming back from a bike ride - at home he realises he is being watched by Ana de Armas, and there is clearly some kind of tension between them. Then we see them going to a party together, but she goes off with a younger guy, yet he seems to be okay with who we presume to be his wife messing around with another guy. At the outset it looks like this is some kind of open marriage, but then it becomes apparent that it's not really the case, and Affleck's character is not dealing with his feelings about his wife's almost open infidelity.

As the film wears on, I expected there to be some backstory explaining where this all started or what set it off, but there's nothing like that. We're just dropped in the middle of their relationship, and watch as things get weird and messy. I was expecting there to be some significant revelation or resolution at the end, but again there really isn't. It kind of just stops.

Like I said, I'm not really sure what to make of it all. Maybe I've just become used to films that explain everything to death. I don't mind films that don't bury the audience with exposition - I loved the original Cube film which left a lot of mystery and unresolved questions - but I do expect there to be some kind of point to the whole story, or significant character development. But I don't feel like we get that. Affleck's character isn't much different to how he was at the start, while de Armas' character - who seemed to be screaming for attention throughout - just seems to, well, stop.

Maybe the film is a musing on modern relationships, but if that's the case then I'm still trying to work out what the message is - men are brooding and uncommunicative and emasculated, while women are desperate for attention and will do anything to get it? If that's what the movie's about, then meh.

The best bit of the film was the "mid-credit" scene, which was an extended version of a brief scene about halfway through the film. The main couple's young daughter (who is about the same age as my youngest) sits in the back of the car and sings along to Leo Sayer's "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing", which is exactly what my daughter has done. It was very cute and (for me) the only relatable part of the film.

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