Topic: The Movie Thread

@RogerRoger Give Guardians a go if you get chance. Like you, I thought Ragnarok was one of the better ones, because it didn't take itself too seriously. It knew what it was - a superhero film whose job is to entertain. Guardians of the Galaxy has a similar vibe, and the second one is great too.

Starlord won't get any less annoying of course, but after watching Guardians, you'll at least get why he has built himself a wall of cockiness to hide behind.

Also, Yondu is my favourite Marvel character (speaking as one of those annoying people who has read absolutely no comics and whose only Marvel knowledge comes from the films). He rules.

Watched the latest Spiderman yesterday, fantastic, has to be the best of them all, I think it benefits from being animated.

I also watched Spiderman into the Spider Verse and thought it was a very good film Some heavy themes, some good characters and cracking animation. Well played.

@RogerRoger if you want to get into Sherlock the best series to watch is the series ITV did staring Jeremy Brett, they got through most of the stories about 40-45 of them it ran from 1984 to 1994 but sadly Brett became ill and was no longer able to play the part and he died later that year but he is according to many (myself included) the "Definitive" Sherlock Holmes

@RogerRoger

you should still give it a go better to watch and know than think and not

I have been watching a load of films recently. I'm going to run sight and sounds top 5 in the next month, Citizen Jane, Vertigo etc as I have never seen them. What I have watched recently;

12 Monkeys: Amazing film. One of the best of all time imo.

Scott Pilgrim vs the World: The cinematography and sound effects are fantastic. Level up.

Concussion: Based on a true story and great as well. Nigerian death specialist vs the Nfl. Fantastic David vs Goliath film.

Lego Movie: Everything is awesome. All 4 movies have been boss.

@themcnoisy I absolutely loved the Lego Movie! It made me smile throughout.

Watched Ready Player One last night. What a mess.

@mookysam Have you seen 12 Monkeys too? It's amazing. Very underrated imo.

Lego Movie is sooooo funny. Although I'm not so fond of the real life scenes, kind of ruins the flow of the film.

@themcnoisy Not seen that (or heard of it). What type of film is it?

The real-world stuff in Lego Movie was weird. It could've definitely done without it. Aside from that it was ace. I had "Everything is Awesome" stuck in my head for about a fortnight after watching it!

@Gremio108 Fell asleep watching it a few weeks ago. I couldn't get into it. 😂

@mookysam There was a point where it looked like it was going to get good. But oh boy, did it not get good.

@Gremio108 Yeah what a wasted opportunity RPO was.

@mookysam 12 Monkeys is a post apocalyptic thriller / mystery / steampunkish sci-fi

It's great. Some massive disaster hits the Earth. The 1% of People who survived live underground. Bruce Willis is sent back in time to find out information. But goes too far to the wrong date (1990) and gets sectioned where he meets Brad Pitt as an inmate. I have read up on it since and the script alone cost $1mil. Its brilliant.

Yeah 12 Monkeys is very good

Edit: apparently they made a TV show out of it too, ratings look fairly decent.

Bleach (Netflix Original Film) - Japanese produced live action adaptation of the popular manga/anime. Really don't waste your time on this. It has the typical concessions of adaptations of this type, reworking an entire arc's worth of story into a less than 2 hour runtime, and while that's understandable, there's still a lot of stuff (including characters) they had to omit, and overall the film was simply a bore for most of it's runtime, and the costuming was particularly low budget with the actors looking like they were just wearing store bought Bleach cosplay outfits. The climactic battle was actually pretty fun in a cheesy sort of way, but that in itself isn't enough to save the film.

I actually kinda liked the live action FMA film, but not this one.

@kyleforrester87 The 12 Monkeys tv show is good. I don’t remember everything about it, or the original movie, but I think the show incorporates the basic plot and then expands exponentially (love that word) to evolve it’s own lore.

Watched Terminal the other night. Not to be confused with The Terminal with Tom Hanks, this stars Margot Robbie, Simon Pegg, Dexter Fletcher (Press Gang!), Max Irons and Mike Myers. Most of the cast do a great job, MR steals the show with Irons the weakest imo. He came across as too posh for his role in some scenes
It's a bit bonkers but not as clever as it thinks it is. It is a neo-noir which has got a unique look, the lighting and cinematography is excellent. The story is ok up to a point, i thought the twists were pulled off without any conviction and lacked any real punch. I'm not one that tries to actively second guess the outcome of films, but I saw one of the twist coming a mile off. More savvy people will probably see them all.
It is probably worth a watch, i found it a bit different from what I've watched recently and I'm a bit of a sucker for neo-noir. But I can see some people totally hating it lol.

@RogerRoger Glad you enjoyed it! It was a for more enjoyable experience in the cinema, so much more immersive! It almost makes me wanna watch the upcoming re-release in some IMAX screens.

EDIT: Whoops, I was reading an outdated article!

Watched Replicas on Sunday. It's a movie that's teetering on "so-bad-it's-good" territory. The plot is confused. The 'science' is complete nonsense. Keanu Reeves is at his Keanu Reeves-iest here. The acting is all terrible, with some of the most inadvertently funny line readings I've seen in years. The special effects are so bad that they look like something out of a low-budget movie from the early 90's.

I enjoyed it, though. It was fun rubbish.

Also watched The Upside, which I didn't care for aside from Cranston's excellent-as-usual acting. The story is kind of off-putting to begin with (an ex-con, played by Hart, helps a paralyzed millionaire, played by Cranston, to see the true meaning of life with his street wisdom or something), and while Kevin Hart clearly has his routine down and performs it well, I find him obnoxious and feel a lot of second-hand embarrassment watching him. It also represents something I hate, being a remake of a successful French film: Hollywood's continual insistence on strip-mining foreign cinema for ideas, often erasing public consciousness of the smaller budget, and usually artistically superior, foreign originals in the first place.

Ghostbusters 3 is coming in 2020, and it's a sequel to the first two films!