BFTD Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 7 hours ago, scottsdad said: Justice League (2017). Like an Avengers movie but without any of the fun. The first half hour was Bruce Wayne trying to get the gang together to fight some demon looking for his lost Lego blocks. Then the fights that were alright. I just found the whole thing a bit po-faced. I never bought into the baddie the way I had with Thanos for example. Steppenwolf was bad just because he was bad. Did you watch the original version, or the four-hour extravaganza that came out a while back? Haven't been able to bear sitting through the latter yet, but I understand it cuts out all of the terrible levity from the former and replaces it with even more grimdark and straight-faced miserableness, which is just what that series of films needed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinkle Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 Copshop. Not sure if i liked this blatant Tarantino rip off or not. Gonna sleep on it and report back 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightswoodBear Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 Dune. Love the book, thought this was a very good adaptation of it. It looks amazing as well. Can't wait for Part Two. 8/10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkneil Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 Watched Dune last night. Loved it. Just the 2 year wait now 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 13 hours ago, BFTD said: Did you watch the original version, or the four-hour extravaganza that came out a while back? Haven't been able to bear sitting through the latter yet, but I understand it cuts out all of the terrible levity from the former and replaces it with even more grimdark and straight-faced miserableness, which is just what that series of films needed. The original that's on Netflix. Couldn't be doing with that getting dragged out even more! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 Live and Let Die (DVD) - having seen the Daniel Craig series, the wean is officially a Bond fan and has expressed an interest in seeing the older ones. L&LD was one of my Bank Holiday favourites when I was a kid, and I had a copy handy, so that's where we're starting. Surprised by how little of this I remembered - basically all my memories start from the crocodile farm, which is the beginning of Act 3. It's an unholy mess, feeling like several different scripts stitched together, and starting the phase when Bond films were chasing the cinematic zeitgeist (in this case, Blaxploitation and Hammer Horror). Act 3 also has a bizarre Cannonball Run feel, which is impressive considering that the Burt Reynolds film didn't come out until years later - maybe there were other similar films out at the time? Nothing like as good as I remember it being, and actually quite dull and nonsensical, with a smattering of memorable moments dotted throughout. A very strange debut for Roger Moore's Bond. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 51 minutes ago, BFTD said: Live and Let Die (DVD) - having seen the Daniel Craig series, the wean is officially a Bond fan and has expressed an interest in seeing the older ones. L&LD was one of my Bank Holiday favourites when I was a kid, and I had a copy handy, so that's where we're starting. Surprised by how little of this I remembered - basically all my memories start from the crocodile farm, which is the beginning of Act 3. It's an unholy mess, feeling like several different scripts stitched together, and starting the phase when Bond films were chasing the cinematic zeitgeist (in this case, Blaxploitation and Hammer Horror). Act 3 also has a bizarre Cannonball Run feel, which is impressive considering that the Burt Reynolds film didn't come out until years later - maybe there were other similar films out at the time? Nothing like as good as I remember it being, and actually quite dull and nonsensical, with a smattering of memorable moments dotted throughout. A very strange debut for Roger Moore's Bond. Growing up the Roger Moore ones were my favourites. Possibly because they were very light hearted with a lot of bizarre stuff going on. As an adult I cannot stand them - they're so hokey and you just know there are better Bond movies out there. Same with the Brosnan movies - unwatchable guff sticking to the "guns, gadgets, girls" formula. If the wee one likes Daniel Craig, probably better to do the Connery and Dalton movies - much more in line with that side of the series. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfha Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 2 hours ago, Detournement said: Dune was decent but it dragged a bit after the invasion. It was always watchable but there was nothing that stuck out as an iconic moment, it was more tasteful than epic I've not seen it yet but if it is like the 1980s version, or indeed many of the great films, it may take a couple of viewings to really appreciate it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpInTheAyr Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 Good to see others liked Dune here and it wasn't just me. Glad to see we'll get a second part as it would have been a tragedy not to at least finish the first book. The director has said he wants to do Messiah as well but that might be pushing things a bit too far. Maybe we'll get lucky and it'll catch on and do monster numbers for the second part. Children of Dune could be possible as there's already a decent miniseries of it. God Emperor I think is un-filmable. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 Wasn't overly enamoured with the Baron, thought the reveal of the worm was a bit spoiled by being far too dark, and the movie just ends (the final line is so obviously a panic from Villaneuve over where to cut) but apart from that I loved Dune. The scale of everything is incredible as is as the audio. The bagpipes playing during the charge awoke some epigenetic primal memory in myself. Fair play to Villaneuve as well for planting the seeds of not only Part 2 but Messiah. Blockbusters are back, baby! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 Endgame (again) is it a perfect film ? No Is it entertainment? Yes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 15 hours ago, thomas said: Endgame (again) is it a perfect film ? No Is it entertainment? Yes. Cocktail (again) is it a perfect film? No Is it entertainment?. Yes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 I Spit On Your Grave 2010 (again). Is it a perfect film? No. Is it entertainment? No. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSU Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 (edited) 2 minutes ago, BFTD said: I Spit On Your Grave 2010 (again). Is it a perfect film? No. Is it entertainment? No. The idea that anyone ever watched the original and then thought yep, let's remake that. Edited October 31, 2021 by MSU 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 4 minutes ago, MSU said: The idea that anyone ever watched the original and then thought yep, let's remake that. It was produced by the director of the original, so that probably answers that question! The remake is a much better film TBF, but that's a pretty low bar. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velo army Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 On 29/10/2021 at 11:08, scottsdad said: Growing up the Roger Moore ones were my favourites. Possibly because they were very light hearted with a lot of bizarre stuff going on. As an adult I cannot stand them - they're so hokey and you just know there are better Bond movies out there. Same with the Brosnan movies - unwatchable guff sticking to the "guns, gadgets, girls" formula. If the wee one likes Daniel Craig, probably better to do the Connery and Dalton movies - much more in line with that side of the series. Saying that, I watched Goldfinger again recently and I reckon the whole series is a bit dated now. The fight scene between him and Oddjob is one of the worst I've ever seen. Honestly, it's just a bit of shoving. Laughable. The "seduction" of Pussy Galore is obviously pretty horrific too. Dalton's movies were excellent though, properly dark. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clown Job Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 No Time To Die Not as good as Casino Royale but I still really enjoyed it despite the length 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 As Bond is still coming up, I just noticed that Casino Royale the the #1 Bond film on the IMdB. Can't say I'd argue with that. Two other Craig films in the top 5 too. https://screenrant.com/james-bond-best-movies-imdb-casino-royale-goldfinger/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 If you've never seen it, or even if you have, get yourself along to the GFT for one of the best films ever made, Starts this Friday, tickets are only £6.50. https://glasgowfilm.org/shows/seven-samurai-pg-1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 Natural Born Killers - Woody Harrelson and Juliet Lewis go on a surreal killing spree pursued by Tom Sizemore's sleazy cop (who I think is based on Vincent Bugliosi but there is nothing online about that) and Robert Downey Jr's TV Australian reporter. It gets a bit boring near the end and the best parts are early on with Rodney Dangerfield. Very much in the No Chance This Gets Made Now club despite the lack of gore. Grand Budapest Hotel - My second time watching it and it's a second rate Wes Anderson movie. It's still very watchable and brilliantly made but it all feels a bit lightweight even for Wes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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