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

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#3135508 27-Sep-2023 14:41

Blue Beetle - Just atrociously awful. I have nothing good to say about it. 2.5/10

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny - It helped that I watched it right after Blue Beetle (which would make anything look good in comparison). It wasn't great (or even good, really), but wasn't as awful as I expected. But even if Phoebe Waller-Bridge's character wasn't so unlikeable, no-one wanted to see Indy portrayed as a sad old man with nothing left to live for. Fun Fact: Remember the doddering old man with the eye patch who played super old Indy as the framing device for The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles? Harrison Ford is now older than that guy was at the time. 4/10

Barbie - I know a lot of people loved it, and it made a shitload of money.... but honestly I thought it was a bit of a mess. My partner didn't think much of it either, and she'd been really looking forward to it as she'd been told by a lot of her friends it was great. Neither of us can understand the rave reviews. 4/10

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#3135547 27-Sep-2023 16:24

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Blue Beetle - Just atrociously awful. I have nothing good to say about it. 2.5/10

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny - It helped that I watched it right after Blue Beetle (which would make anything look good in comparison). It wasn't great (or even good, really), but wasn't as awful as I expected. But even if Phoebe Waller-Bridge's character wasn't so unlikeable, no-one wanted to see Indy portrayed as a sad old man with nothing left to live for. Fun Fact: Remember the doddering old man with the eye patch who played super old Indy as the framing device for The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles? Harrison Ford is now older than that guy was at the time. 4/10

Barbie - I know a lot of people loved it, and it made a shitload of money.... but honestly I thought it was a bit of a mess. My partner didn't think much of it either, and she'd been really looking forward to it as she'd been told by a lot of her friends it was great. Neither of us can understand the rave reviews. 4/10

Totally agree with you on all three. Blue Beetle was atrocious and was another superhero box-office bomb. I've already voiced my negative opinion on the Indy film in this thread and Barbie left me wondering how it could have done so well, being the top box-office earner of the year; were people brainwashed before entering the cinema? 😁

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#3136979 30-Sep-2023 11:54

I accidentally zapped in to Zack Snyder's Justice League on Three last night. I missed the beginning and am not a fan of these kinds of films so was perplexed by the 4:3 format, which struck me as particularly inappropriate. (I did some reading on it today so understand the reasoning; I still think it is stupid.)

Apart from the format, I found the film hugely overlong, tedious and surprisingly boring for something with so many over the top CGI effects. I had to keep going away from it to check email and do other things just to keep it bearable. Like I say, I am not a fan.

I thought the film was a brave, if misguided, effort but jeez … 4+ hours? At least I got the washing up and other chores done while it was running. Also watched a genuinely interesting doco on another channel.

For me the film was a big yawn and a huge waste of time. Am I unique in thinking this? I would be interested in other opinions. How does someone get what must have been considerable finance to make this turkey? Maybe he should watch Marvel to see how it is done.

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#3136995 30-Sep-2023 12:56

Rikkitic:

Apart from the format, I found the film hugely overlong, tedious and surprisingly boring for something with so many over the top CGI effects. I had to keep going away from it to check email and do other things just to keep it bearable. Like I say, I am not a fan.

Aren't big name superhero movies all too long?

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#3136997 30-Sep-2023 13:07

I felt this one was in a special class of its own. The set pieces establishing the characters just went on and on and on. They also progressed excruciatingly slowly, even with all the whizz bang effects around them. It was just tiresome.

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#3137025 30-Sep-2023 15:24

Rikkitic:

I accidentally zapped in to Zack Snyder's Justice League on Three last night. I missed the beginning and am not a fan of these kinds of films so was perplexed by the 4:3 format, which struck me as particularly inappropriate. (I did some reading on it today so understand the reasoning; I still think it is stupid.)

Apart from the format, I found the film hugely overlong, tedious and surprisingly boring for something with so many over the top CGI effects. I had to keep going away from it to check email and do other things just to keep it bearable. Like I say, I am not a fan.

I thought the film was a brave, if misguided, effort but jeez … 4+ hours? At least I got the washing up and other chores done while it was running. Also watched a genuinely interesting doco on another channel.

For me the film was a big yawn and a huge waste of time. Am I unique in thinking this? I would be interested in other opinions. How does someone get what must have been considerable finance to make this turkey? Maybe he should watch Marvel to see how it is done.

The original Justice League is in my iTunes library. I didn't think it was as bad as many people thought. Yes, not an eight or nine out of ten, but maybe a five or six. I also started watching the Snyder Cut, and I had similar thoughts about; why 4:3 format?, why even release it?. I didn't get to the end. Far too tedious for my liking.

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#3137032 30-Sep-2023 16:10

DISNEY PLUS • 8.0/10

In a city where fire, water, land, and air residents live together, a fiery young woman and a go-with-the-flow guy discover something elemental: how much they actually have in common.

I've been a big fan of Pixar Animation films since I first saw Toy Story on DVD with my two young boys. Even though the boys have long since left the nest, I have seen all of Pixar's releases since then. There are some absolute classics amongst them, but some of the later films have been a bit disappointing. Their last offering was Lightyear which is arguably the most disappointing of all. So, could Pixar get back to form with Elemental? You betcha!

I would class Elemental as a Romantic Comedy. The people at Pixar are nothing if not innovative and their imagination has no boundaries. With lead characters like Ember Lumen and Wade Ripple; supported by such characters as Gale Cumulus and Fern Grouchwood, the film is a delightful return to form for Pixar. Wade finds Ember a little too hot to handle, but love always finds a way. The Dolby Vision presentation is stunning, the colour palette is richly saturated and possibly TOO colourful, ably supported by an active Dolby Atmos audio track. I watched the film on my mates setup, I don't have Disney Plus, but I will be watching for a price drop on iTunes, then I will add it to my library.

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#3137168 30-Sep-2023 22:40

Yes, we really enjoyed Elemental as well.
My wife cottoned me into the subcontext afterward lol.

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#3137170 30-Sep-2023 22:47

Rikkitic:

I accidentally zapped in to Zack Snyder's Justice League on Three last night. I missed the beginning and am not a fan of these kinds of films so was perplexed by the 4:3 format, which struck me as particularly inappropriate. (I did some reading on it today so understand the reasoning; I still think it is stupid.)

Apart from the format, I found the film hugely overlong, tedious and surprisingly boring for something with so many over the top CGI effects. I had to keep going away from it to check email and do other things just to keep it bearable. Like I say, I am not a fan.

I thought the film was a brave, if misguided, effort but jeez … 4+ hours? At least I got the washing up and other chores done while it was running. Also watched a genuinely interesting doco on another channel.

For me the film was a big yawn and a huge waste of time. Am I unique in thinking this? I would be interested in other opinions. How does someone get what must have been considerable finance to make this turkey? Maybe he should watch Marvel to see how it is done.

The Snyder cut was released in response to massive fan pressure 4 years after the terrible original film.

It was boring, stupid and incredibly pretentious, just like most of Zach Snyders garbage. There's a reason DC cut the cord with him, his movies suck.

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#3137525 1-Oct-2023 23:24

Watched Hunter Killer (on Pluto TV) and it's an interesting story, somehow along the lines of Hunt for Red October. Not bad, so give it a 6.5/10.

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#3137560 2-Oct-2023 08:53

Watched a few films in the weekend - with the weather being largely terrible it was time for some viewing...

Blue Beetle Well...what can I say? Not great. Not great at all. Found it really hard to engage with any of the characters and the main superhero was just silly. 3/10

Sharper This was an Apple TV+ original, which has Julianne Moore and Sebastian Stan in the lead roles. It takes a while for those lead actors to turn up, but by then you have started to figure out that maybe this isn't quite as straightforward as you might have thought.
It takes a few twists and turns and the ending isn't what I suspected at all. A good watch, once you work out what's going on...which doesn't take that long, to be fair. 8/10

Cocaine Bear Wow - cheesy, gruesome, silly, low-budget in it's look and feel. I loved it. Give me more. Actually, scratch that - don't. I don't need Cocaine Shark or Cocaine Lion or any of the other silliness that will no doubt be spawned by this fil's success. 8/10

Here After How do I describe this? It's a Rom-not-Com about a man who dies but needs to find his soul mate before he can pass over. It "stars" Christina Ricci. She's a bit part player really. It's long. It's quite boring. It's low budget. It's not worth your time. 2/10

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#3137571 2-Oct-2023 09:13

Rikkitic:

Maybe he should watch Marvel to see how it is done.

Because eventually these "Cinematic Universe" films all end up collapsing in on themselves under their own weight as sequel after sequel tries to wring more $$$ from less and less plot originality,

Witness the recent run of Antman, Thor, Eternals, - and given the disaster the "Secret Invasion" turned out to be, (and Combined with an actors Strike, which limits promotion) the Marvels has some serious worries around it...

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#3137573 2-Oct-2023 09:14

Fora and Son (Apple TV+) 8/10

It follows Flora, a single mom who is at war with her son, Max. Trying to find a hobby for Max, she rescues a guitar from a dumpster and finds that one person's trash can be a family's salvation.

From the same director that gave us Sing Street. My wife and I really enjoyed it but we lived in Dublin for 6 years so it has personal connection as we recognised many of the places used in the movie.

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#3137669 2-Oct-2023 11:33

Gregory's Girl 4K. 1981.

The Missionary. 1982. Michael Palin. 'He gave his body to save their souls.'. The sacrifices some people make...

There's a reason they get 95% and 100% from Rotten Tomatoes...

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#3137686 2-Oct-2023 12:12

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Blue Beetle - Just atrociously awful. I have nothing good to say about it. 2.5/10

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny - It helped that I watched it right after Blue Beetle (which would make anything look good in comparison). It wasn't great (or even good, really), but wasn't as awful as I expected. But even if Phoebe Waller-Bridge's character wasn't so unlikeable, no-one wanted to see Indy portrayed as a sad old man with nothing left to live for. Fun Fact: Remember the doddering old man with the eye patch who played super old Indy as the framing device for The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles? Harrison Ford is now older than that guy was at the time. 4/10

Barbie - I know a lot of people loved it, and it made a shitload of money.... but honestly I thought it was a bit of a mess. My partner didn't think much of it either, and she'd been really looking forward to it as she'd been told by a lot of her friends it was great. Neither of us can understand the rave reviews. 4/10

Hah - we tried Indiana Jones last weekend and made it as far as the "parade chase" before tapping out and just turning it off.

No charm, no wit, no joy - just a noisy mess of sub-par CGI.

I was (naively?) cautious optimistic...I thought with lessons learned from the debacle that was the Crystal Skull and with James Mangold at the helm, I really thought it could be the series' "Logan".

Alas, it was not to be.

DNF/10

...we then put on Barbie instead! (Which we did actually finish) and that, for me, was the epitome of "curates egg".

I thought the art direction was excellent, the leads were perfectly cast and there was some genuine fun and occasional food-for-thought to be found, but it ultimately couldn't stick the landing and wobbled too frequently into mawkish and heavy-handed.

5/10

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