Topic: The Movie Thread

@Ralizah Mandy is certainly an aquired taste. I couldn't say it was a good film, but I could not take my eyes of it!

Speaking of wrestling, Chris Hemsworth is portraying Hulk Hogan in a biopic directed by Todd Phillips.

I picked up First Love from HVM today because I liked the cover, seems to have reviewed pretty well - excited to watch it on the weekend.

”One night in Tokyo, a self-confident young boxer and a prostitute get caught up in a drug-smuggling plot involving organized crime, corrupt cops and a female assassin.”

@Ralizah yeah Mandy is great. A film of two halves really, the first being my favourite by far but the entire thing has its moments. I don’t normally mind longer films, and I’m not even sure if it’s classed as a longer film if I am honest, but if I had to say something negative it’s probably 15-20 minutes too long for it’s own good. It’s almost time for me to give it another watch.

Edit: just realised you saw Colour Out of Space too. Looking forward to that (don’t think it’s out here yet?). It doesn’t look as good as Mandy though. If you do see Mandy soon it’d be good to hear which is better. Would like to be more excited to see Colour Out of Space, sooo...

(It’s out in the UK April 6th, apparently. Maybe it’s available for streaming sooner though!)

@kyleforrester87 I saw that Colour Out of Space is available to buy or rent from Rakuten. It wasn't on any other service as I checked on the weekend.

speaking of Batman they have released pics of the new Batmobile, what do you think?

@FullbringIchigo Woah I love it. It looks proper retro, kinda Dodge Challenger-esque. Very 70s cop car.

Right we need a separate movie thread for silly super hero, Star Wars and Bond movies please 😂

@nessisonett that's the vibe i got too

@kyleforrester87 we talk about Star Wars in the Star Trek thread

i know, talking about Wars in a Trek thread but it's kind a become a Trek, Wars and Doctor Who thread now

@FullbringIchigo sounds like hell 😂😂😂

@LN78 hmmm that sounds like one for Chit Chat if you ask me, after a couple of posts it’ll start leaning more toward one or the other and a responsible user can take it to the relevant location 👍🏻

@kyleforrester87 it's not too bad

@LN78 Second viewing - loved it. Have hardly stopped thinking about it since, actually. I really didn’t remember the last part from my first viewing, until it was happening.

This ones a bit different since I was pretty drunk the first time I saw it, but I do struggle to follow certain types of movie during the first viewing - whether that’s because they are complex, obtuse, I’m looking for something that isn’t there or if I’m just enjoying the imagery/sound or I’m a bit dumb, I don’t know.

So yes, second viewing was really worthwhile to me.

Also I loved all the static camera work. Kind of seemed amateurish, but I enjoyed it.

Edit:

@FullbringIchigo yeah I’m just kidding, its not my bag is all

@JohnnyShoulder Color our of Space is on prime to rent for £4.49!

@kyleforrester87 I see it on there now, sweet! Cheers for the heads up! I will probs wait until it is available with Prime though, or at least on offer.

@JohnnyShoulder fair to be honest, I do bloody love the amazon app though. Few quid here, few quid there.

Watched Goldfinger the other day. This is the third James Bond film, which was released in 1964 and stars Sean Connery as James Bond.

This film has a different feel to the previous two films, as it is less about spying and counter-spying, and more about secret agents and fancy gadgets. This film excels at the whole secret agents and fancy gadgets aspects that the series is known for. There's various things introduced that later become staples of the James Bond series, such as the Aston Martin containing containing various gadgets like the ejector seat and the oil slick.

There's plenty of iconic moments in this film, which makes it one of the more memorable movies of the series. It contains that scene where Bond is tied to a table and is about to be spliced by a giant laser, and it also features the enemy henchman known as Oddjob. Despite being depicted as a small person in some video games (such as Goldeneye on N64), Oddjob is actually a big, bulky fellow in the film. His hat can be a deadly weapon when thrown at opponents, and he is powerful in a fist fight.

Goldfinger is also quite an interesting villain. In some ways he is the stereotypical supervillain, being ruthless and having a complex plan to fulfil his evil goals. But he stands out from other supervillains by not giving off that supervillain vibe. He doesn't look like a mad scientist, and he spends a lot of the film relaxing at his farm whenever he's not doing supervillain stuffs. But despite all that, he is still a sinister person and not someone to underestimate.

The plot is decent enough minus some minor issues, and the pacing is rather good.

I'm always a fan of the cool gadgets and over-the-top supervillain lairs and their complex evil plans, so overall I really enjoyed this movie.

@crimsontadpoles Looove Goldfinger, it’s a great movie!
"Do you expect me to talk?"
"No, Mr. Bond, I expect you to die!"
Classic!