Re: The Movie Thread

Arun Cheesus Mon 06 Mar 2017, 20:53

Sam wrote:Just watched Moonlight. La La Land should've won.

You reckon la la land was better than Manchester by the sea?
I found Moonlight to be very arty farty and slow but enjoyed the character development in it.

SamVS Sun 30 Apr 2017, 15:52

Late reply, but: I was thinking more between the two films that were announced as best picture Laughing

But I do think La La Land was pretty special. Though, of every movie I watched, I still think Your Name did the most to me. But that didn't even get nominated for the best animated film!

Recent films:

Lost City Of Z is a cool piece of history about an explorer with a pretty incredible life. It's not really an exciting film but if you're in a slow mood and can be patient for what felt like three hours I would certainly say there is a lot to get out of this one.

Best moment:

Spoiler:

Kong: Skull Island's script pretty much washed off of me, but its set pieces and environmental design and camerawork and plotting really stood out compared to any other film I've watched recently. You can see the ambition and passion here, except perhaps in the dialogue and characters. Overall, this one seriously surprised me, because the trailer was crap. An impressive and memorable monster film.

Best moment:

Spoiler:

Power Rangers, ha, wow, this one was good! Cringey, for sure, but if you can look past that there really was way more to the characters than you would except. It was pretty good at playing with expectations, too. The costumes look way better in the motion than they do in stills. I think nostalgia and low expectations had something to do with my liking this one, but I still genuinely want there to be a sequel.

Best moment:

Spoiler:

Life was kind of exciting while I was watching it but as soon as I starting thinking about it I went off it pretty quickly. Like the opening and the ending, still, though.

Viceroy's House is set in a period of history filled with conflict and human drama, and managed to make it pretty boring. Make me want to learn more about the partition of India, though.

paulyg Sun 30 Apr 2017, 15:55

Your Name was amazing! I watched it on a flight with little expectation and was blown away.

**Lizzy** Sun 30 Apr 2017, 16:19

Thanks for these Sam. I rarely go to the cinema, but I watch loads of films and am always looking for new stuff. I actually rent dvds (proper old school I know) so I'm 6 months or so behind. If anyone sees anything good, please let me know and I'll put it on my list!

PaulC Tue 02 May 2017, 12:02

An in depth movie review.
I saw Guardians of the Galaxy 2 yesterday. I really liked it.

Spoiler:

AntW Tue 02 May 2017, 13:24

PaulC wrote:An in depth movie review.
I saw Guardians of the Galaxy 2 yesterday. I really liked it.
Spoiler:

You make some really good points!

p.s. Also if you quote you'll reveal all the spoilers Wink

SamVS Wed 03 May 2017, 19:29

Cheers, Liz. I only do it to amuse myself Razz

Seem anything good recently?

Paul, be careful, if you're giving away things like that you might want to use more spoiler tags! Laughing

I liked Guardians 2. It was... comfortable.

**Admin** Thu 04 May 2017, 08:09

Sam wrote:Cheers, Liz. I only do it to amuse myself Seem anything good recently?

Paul, be careful, if you're giving away things like that you might want to use more spoiler tags!

I liked Guardians 2. It was... comfortable.

Y-fronts are comfortable - doesn't make them cool...

Jamie Thu 04 May 2017, 14:06

Darn it! With a click* of the mouse, I accidentally read Paul's Guardians 2 spoiler!

*or two...

**Lizzy** Mon 08 May 2017, 23:16

Sam wrote:Cheers, Liz. I only do it to amuse myself Seem anything good recently?

I saw Taxi Tehran last week, which was excellent. The Big Short, Hell or High Water and Hunt for the Wilderpeople are my favourites from what I've seen so far this year.

Cabbit Mon 15 May 2017, 00:01

paulyg wrote:Your Name was amazing! I watched it on a flight with little expectation and was blown away.

Same! Was hilarious and almost had me crying at one point. The opening scene of the lass squeezing her own tits threw me off for a moment but it all made perfect sense in the end Smile

Cabbit Mon 15 May 2017, 00:03

Cabbit wrote:
paulyg wrote:Your Name was amazing! I watched it on a flight with little expectation and was blown away.

Same! Was hilarious and almost had me crying at one point. The opening scene of the lass squeezing her own tits threw me off for a moment but it all made perfect sense in the end

Saw GoTG2 at The Light cinema (it is for sure the best cinema in Sheffield bar the IMAX at Cineworld).

So bloodly Disney.

Cheese upon cheese upon cheese upon cheese.

**karl_b** Sun 12 Nov 2017, 17:51

I'm really enjoying The Light cinema in town. Between there, Curzon and Showroom we have an excellent choice of city centre cinemas.

Anyway, recently I've seen:

Thor: Ragnarok - not just a funny superhero film but an actual comedy. The Planet Hulk-lite still leaves me wanting a PH film.

Bladerunner 2049 - a masterpiece. Possibly the best film I've seen at the cinema. Slow, atmospheric, builds on the original superbly and some excellent turns from Gosling and Ford.

Who (other than Aneurin) is going to the midnight showing of The Last Jedi? I haven't booked anything yet.

**DaveB** Sun 12 Nov 2017, 17:52

karl_b wrote:I'm really enjoying The Light cinema in town. Between there, Curzon and Showroom we have an excellent choice of city centre cinemas.

Anyway, recently I've seen:

Thor: Ragnarok - not just a funny superhero film but an actual comedy. The Planet Hulk-lite still leaves me wanting a PH film.

Bladerunner 2049 - a masterpiece. Possibly the best film I've seen at the cinema. Slow, atmospheric, builds on the original superbly and some excellent turns from Gosling and Ford.

Who (other than Aneurin) is going to the midnight showing of The Last Jedi? I haven't booked anything yet.

Me

PaulC Sun 12 Nov 2017, 17:58

karl_b wrote:I'm really enjoying The Light cinema in town. Between there, Curzon and Showroom we have an excellent choice of city centre cinemas.

Anyway, recently I've seen:

Thor: Ragnarok - not just a funny superhero film but an actual comedy. The Planet Hulk-lite still leaves me wanting a PH film.

Bladerunner 2049 - a masterpiece. Possibly the best film I've seen at the cinema. Slow, atmospheric, builds on the original superbly and some excellent turns from Gosling and Ford.

Who (other than Aneurin) is going to the midnight showing of The Last Jedi? I haven't booked anything yet.

I'm doing the midnight showing at the Light!

systemsam Sun 12 Nov 2017, 19:12

karl_b wrote:I'm really enjoying The Light cinema in town. Between there, Curzon and Showroom we have an excellent choice of city centre cinemas.

Anyway, recently I've seen:

Thor: Ragnarok - not just a funny superhero film but an actual comedy. The Planet Hulk-lite still leaves me wanting a PH film.

Bladerunner 2049 - a masterpiece. Possibly the best film I've seen at the cinema. Slow, atmospheric, builds on the original superbly and some excellent turns from Gosling and Ford.

Who (other than Aneurin) is going to the midnight showing of The Last Jedi? I haven't booked anything yet.

I'm not a fan of Gosling, but still thought 2049 was one of the best films I've seen for a while. Brilliant aesthetics.

**Admin** Sun 12 Nov 2017, 19:50

Still not found anyone that will actually take me to see Bladerunner yet Sad

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**karl_b** Sun 12 Nov 2017, 20:10

Go on your own. Flying solo at the cinema is a favourite simple pleasure of mine, doubly so if it's during the day.

I saw IT on my own the other week. Bliss.

**Admin** Sun 12 Nov 2017, 20:24

I'm already so unpopular I have to play solo games... the cinema might just be the cap...

**Kes** Mon 13 Nov 2017, 00:57

Might go on Wednesday Aneurin. Will be cineworld though

SamVS Sun 17 Dec 2017, 13:36

Thoughts on the new Star Wars?

**DaveB** Sun 17 Dec 2017, 13:41

SamVS wrote:Thoughts on the new Star Wars?

Avoiding spoilers there were a couple of things I didn't like but by and large really enjoyed it.

**Admin** Sun 17 Dec 2017, 13:46

I'll leave my judgement until after a second viewing with the children over Christmas - but as it stands now I preferred Force Awakens.

PaulC Sun 17 Dec 2017, 14:20

SamVS wrote:Thoughts on the new Star Wars?

It wasn't perfect, but I really enjoyed it.

**karl_b** Sun 17 Dec 2017, 14:30

I enjoyed it too. It takes the mythology and tropes in a different direction and feels very much like it's own film, rather than TFA (which I love) which always feels like a reintroduction to the series and a rehash of A New Hope.

I thought Rey and Ren were superbly written and acted and one scene in particular is as good as anything in the series.

It isn't perfect and I really want to see it again, but on first viewing I preferred it to TFA.

I have some questions, which I may come back to when I have more time, keen to hear some of your thoughts.

**DaveB** Sun 17 Dec 2017, 15:18

Hard to say after one viewing but I’m leaning towards preferring Last Jedi to Force Awakens but there really isn’t much in it.

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