Topic: The Movie Thread

@LN78 We can only hope. I liked some of the ideas in 'Rise of the Machines', but it wasn't a good film; 'Salvation' was a solidly squandered opportunity to really dig in to the future war; less said about 'Genysis' the better - other than it's the basic soft reboot building blocks of Dark Fate.

@Ralizah Cash-money! Sadly, that's the answer most of the time.

I quite like Alien 3 - the Director's Cut version especially. Growing up, I was always taken with how different the Alien films were from one another, and while 3 certainly borrows heavily from the tone of Alien - the stylistic differences set it quite nicely apart.
Resurrection for the most part is never more than so much popcorn fodder - and the prequel films are just terrible, self-indulgent nonsense.

@LN78 Do we really want an ageing Arnie running round in next to nothing? I've said something similar a while back, they really need to stop running these titles into the ground. Very few of the recent ones are are any good and are just crapping over the 'legacy' of the originals.

In other news, the recent release of Midsommar for home viewing comes with a directors cut which extends the film to 177 minutes. Eeek.

Toy Story is probably best movie franchise for me. Enjoyed all four movies so far.

@LN78 Jeez, is that still going? I think the latest film has been released since that wast first heard about.

... Wow that certainly was a different take of Dark Fate @Ralizah to the previous one by mookysam!

That sounds... Bad

I thought Rise of The Machines was... Alright. Not a great Terminator film but a pretty decent action flick if you turned your brain off.

Didn't like Salvation though and Genysis (Or however ya spell that) was all over the place.

Shame Linda Hamilton seemingly quit acting (or did much smaller roles) for the most part before coming back to this.

I'll watch it eventually probably but... Definitely not at the cinema!

Probably gonna watch this later this month.

Looks like it could be a good movie.

Also, has anyone watched The Irishman, yet? Read that there's a limited theatrical release currently.

I watched The King on Netflix.

Very well produced and performed take on some of the life of Henry V. I've seen Timothee Chamolet's name around but not seen in anything that I recall. His performance was great, as was Joel Edgerton - whose Yorkshire accent is almost uncanny.

The show is very much stolen by Robert Pattinson though. His sneering Frenchman is absolutely on point. Initially there's something rather comical about his delivery as the Dauphin; I couldn't shake the feeling that I was watching Antoine de Caunes doing his best (vampire) Lestrade - soon enough, the genius of his performance shines through. It very quickly feels like an authentic delivery of English by someone who despises the language and the people who speak it.

Also somewhat of a show-stealer is the photography. I'm not certain as it could just be clever colour grading - but the outdoor scenes all feel as if they were shot with natural light (as was done with The Revenant), and it adds a beautiful realistic feel to scenes.

Anyway, great dialogue expertly delivered, authentic feeling production design and a wonderfully grim depiction (though on the small side and pretty inaccurate) of The Battle of Agincourt. Well worth a watch.

Second Bad Boys For Life trailer.

@WanderingBullet Ford Ferrari looks like it could be good.

Not feeling Bad Boys at all. But then, I thought the second one was pretty crap anyway.

Allow me me to signal my indignant rage!

Or at least, rolled eyes.

https://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-hubs/wolverhampton/...

@KALofKRYPTON @WanderingBullet I see Bale has lost a load of weight again for that role. Always blows my mind when actors do stuff like that

@KALofKRYPTON I actually thought a lot of jokes in the Bad Boys 2 were quite funny. My problem with it was the story but that's usually the case with Michael Bay movies anyways. Another issue with his movies are racial stereotypes.

@JohnnyShoulder Yeah, I haven't watched Vice, yet but I read that he gained 20 pounds for his role in that movie.

@WanderingBullet Vice is great!

Bad Boys 2, just - urgh. The new one looks like most recent 'sequel for the sake of cash' movies. Pointless and trying a bit too hard.

@KALofKRYPTON Was never a fan of the Bad Boy films, the bickering between the two stars always got on my nerves.

@JohnnyShoulder 13 year old me thought the first film was great. But it had that Shy Guy song being played everywhere you turned out and about and people at school loving it etc etc.

Not a film I've sought out to revisit, but it was fine at the time.

@JohnnyShoulder But bickering between partners is what usually makes buddy cop movies or series funny, though. haha

@WanderingBullet @KALofKRYPTON Maybe it was a sign of the times and those types of movies don't really work anymore. Or maybe it's just me getting older and my tastes changing. I liked some back in the day, Tango & Cash, The Last Boy Scout, Lethal Weapon, 48 Hours to name a few of the top of the head. Something about Bad Boys didn't click with me. I might have seen too many by then lol.

@JohnnyShoulder Probably fair to say that the films you mention are all in another league compared to Bad Boys.

It was actually slated pretty badly upon release @RogerRoger if I recall right... It's only since then it's become known as a classic!

I totally agree too. It's once of the few films that I could happily rewatch on a regular basis.

I think the "cloaking" effect for the Predator actually holds up fairly well for the most part... Glowstick blood not so much though lol

At one point Jean Claude Van Damme of all people was supposed to play the part of the Predator in one of his first roles (apparently he was not happy at all and left)

It looked terrible too before they got extra funding and hired some legendary special effect/make up artist AND they got the 7ft Kevin Peter Hall to don the make up and prosthetics in the now iconic look!

The sequel... Uhh... Danny Glover is ok I guess? It's... passable. But nowhere near as good.

There is no third and fourth either before you say, that's just crazy talk