Thor was much funnier than I expected. 7/10 Paddington: Ahhhhh 8/10 Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool. Truly excellent. Take a tissue: 9/10
Ms AA went to see Film Stars.... She found it completely unengaging and the relationship between the main characters not at all believable. Horses for courses and all that.
I loved it. The scenario is slightly unbelievable, but it also happens to be a true story.
We went to see Justice League at the weekend (or was it the weekend before?) anyway it was good. I find the DC movies more grown up and 'darker' in some way than those made my Marvel. There is a lot less humour and more kind of 'troubled characters' among the heroes. It's basically a lot less fun and carefree.
Still a good movie but I wouldn't say it's as uplifting as the Marvel movies. I didn't come out with a smile on my face but I will, almost certainly, watch all the movies they make.
Having said that I do feel as though the time of the super hero movies might be coming to an end - there is certainly a feeling of saturation.
We went to see Justice League at the weekend (or was it the weekend before?) anyway it was good. I find the DC movies more grown up and 'darker' in some way than those made my Marvel. There is a lot less humour and more kind of 'troubled characters' among the heroes. It's basically a lot less fun and carefree.
Still a good movie but I wouldn't say it's as uplifting as the Marvel movies. I didn't come out with a smile on my face but I will, almost certainly, watch all the movies they make.
Having said that I do feel as though the time of the super hero movies might be coming to an end - there is certainly a feeling of saturation.
Marvel have 20 more lined up, I read this morning!
An interesting take on JL, and easily the most positive review I have read so far. I was looking forward to seeing it just to see how bad it is.
I gather it's quite surprising that it isn't as incoherent as Suicide Squad, what with Snyder leaving halfway through and Joss Whedon trying to make the best of it. Did you notice one character's really dodgy upper lip? Apparently they had to CGI his moustache, which he'd grown for another movie.
Superhero films are usually an easy money maker though... Definitely dont see them coming to an end as if you go back through the decades to the 80s - There have always been a good handful released each time
We went to see Justice League at the weekend (or was it the weekend before?) anyway it was good. I find the DC movies more grown up and 'darker' in some way than those made my Marvel. There is a lot less humour and more kind of 'troubled characters' among the heroes. It's basically a lot less fun and carefree.
Still a good movie but I wouldn't say it's as uplifting as the Marvel movies. I didn't come out with a smile on my face but I will, almost certainly, watch all the movies they make.
Having said that I do feel as though the time of the super hero movies might be coming to an end - there is certainly a feeling of saturation.
I can't see them coming to an end any time soon. As well as DC's and Marvel's catalogues of A-list, B-list and even Z-list SHs, there are lots of other companies putting out SH comics so there are lots of other characters to be mined. Every one that makes a profit will be ripe for a second outing and then a re-invention (hello, Spider-Man).
And has anyone ever seen a movie they regard as worthy of a 10 on that scale?
That's a question that deserves some thought but probably the answer is no....but in the meantime just back from Cuba and my flying entertainment allowed me to catch up with the following on a small screen with abysmal audio;
Alien Covenant - 6/10 meh The Limehouse Golem - 4/10 poo Mindhorn - 6.5/10, predictable plot, some good gags tho and Simon Farnaby was great Spider-Man - I'd have loved all these superhero movies if they'd have come out when I was a kid but I'm bored shitless of them now, especially with all the dopey alien shit but this one was okay The Keith & Paddy picture show - not actual movies but passed the time with a chortle or two...
I liked the new Spider-Man, Tom Holland was good in it, just didn’t like the whole iron man/avengers interference. I know why it was there, I just prefer Spider-Man to be about Spider-Man. I thought the fact he was younger and the comedy in it, made it different enough from the rest.
I liked the new Spider-Man, Tom Holland was good in it, just didn’t like the whole iron man/avengers interference. I know why it was there, I just prefer Spider-Man to be about Spider-Man. I thought the fact he was younger and the comedy in it, made it different enough from the rest.
Yeah the avengers, particularly crappy captain America, make me wish I was mowing the lawn or something....
So as underwhelmed as I am, my Star Wars tickets are for tomorrow, I'm moderately interested to see what a mess it will/might be, @JiMMy 85 have you seen it yet?
American Assassin. Much better than expected a solid 7.5/10 Atomic Blonde. Bleh 5/10 American Made. Very tongue in cheek and a bit of fun 6/10 Not to be taken seriously.
So as underwhelmed as I am, my Star Wars tickets are for tomorrow, I'm moderately interested to see what a mess it will/might be, @JiMMy 85 have you seen it yet?
Yeah I’ve seen it. Not sure what to think. I enjoyed every second of it, it’s got some wonderful sequences, but I find it hard to disagree with the criticism. The plot has a few major issues.
Certainly something I would change is the humour. Way too many jokes. But I enjoyed it and would like to see it again!
So as underwhelmed as I am, my Star Wars tickets are for tomorrow, I'm moderately interested to see what a mess it will/might be, @JiMMy 85 have you seen it yet?
Yeah I’ve seen it. Not sure what to think. I enjoyed every second of it, it’s got some wonderful sequences, but I find it hard to disagree with the criticism. The plot has a few major issues.
Certainly something I would change is the humour. Way too many jokes. But I enjoyed it and would like to see it again!
Speaking of jokes, Ms AA wasn't a fan of Baz Luhrmann's Romeo and Juliet because it didn't have any jokes in it. I had to point out, it's one of Shakespeare's tragedies and the clue's kind of in the description.
Re Star Wars, going tomorrow, looking forward to it in a way I wasn't with Attack of the Clones.
Went to see Battle of the Sexes - very entertaining film and interesting reflection on sexism in the world of tennis during the 70s. I'd forgotten what an influential and brave figure Billie Jean King was in confronting the tennis authorities.
The acting was good with the exception of Alan Cumming whose performance was truly shocking.
I finally saw Hidden Figures last night. Really enjoyable film throughout - no major oddities or challenges, but a very good, well acted film, with a nice feel good factor, which as a Charlton fan, my life often misses.
Pawn Sacrifice the story of Bobby Fischer/Boris Spassky 1972 World Chess Championship. Excellent stuff really enjoyed it, I have played a bit of chess in my time but I had no idea of the global impact of the match at the time. 8/10
I loved the original IT film/Mini series and the Stephen King book even more so , so it was always going to be hard to live up to expectations especially when my opinion was that a remake was unnecessary but I actually really enjoyed this. Director Andy Muschietti tells the story in a different way that the book does. Where in the original it skips between the kids and the adults story this solely concentrates on the kids battle with Pennywise the clown. It does feel a little bit like The Goonies or Stranger Things and for that reason I didn't think it was overly scary but it does have it's moments. Bill Skarsgård had massive boots to fill ( excuse the pun) to be as good as Tim Curry's Pennywise and he definitely isn't as scary but he does a good enough job and at no stage was I bored . It's a really good film and I'm looking forward to the adults story in part 2.
Watched Atomic Blonde last night. Thought it would be good as Mark Kermode rated it. Thought it was crap. It also confirmed that James McAvoy’s a rubbish actor. 5 out of 10.
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Still a good movie but I wouldn't say it's as uplifting as the Marvel movies. I didn't come out with a smile on my face but I will, almost certainly, watch all the movies they make.
Having said that I do feel as though the time of the super hero movies might be coming to an end - there is certainly a feeling of saturation.
An interesting take on JL, and easily the most positive review I have read so far. I was looking forward to seeing it just to see how bad it is.
I gather it's quite surprising that it isn't as incoherent as Suicide Squad, what with Snyder leaving halfway through and Joss Whedon trying to make the best of it. Did you notice one character's really dodgy upper lip? Apparently they had to CGI his moustache, which he'd grown for another movie.
Battle of the Sexes. It's about the time Bobby Riggs challenged Billie Jean King.
Excellent 7/10
Alien Covenant - 6/10 meh
The Limehouse Golem - 4/10 poo
Mindhorn - 6.5/10, predictable plot, some good gags tho and Simon Farnaby was great
Spider-Man - I'd have loved all these superhero movies if they'd have come out when I was a kid but I'm bored shitless of them now, especially with all the dopey alien shit but this one was okay
The Keith & Paddy picture show - not actual movies but passed the time with a chortle or two...
Really excellent is 8
Awesome is 9
supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (or really awesome) is 10
Atomic Blonde. Bleh 5/10
American Made. Very tongue in cheek and a bit of fun 6/10 Not to be taken seriously.
Certainly something I would change is the humour. Way too many jokes. But I enjoyed it and would like to see it again!
Re Star Wars, going tomorrow, looking forward to it in a way I wasn't with Attack of the Clones.
The acting was good with the exception of Alan Cumming whose performance was truly shocking.
8.5/10
Looking forward the Three Billboards coming out in January though.
IT
I loved the original IT film/Mini series and the Stephen King book even more so , so it was always going to be hard to live up to expectations especially when my opinion was that a remake was unnecessary but I actually really enjoyed this.
Director Andy Muschietti tells the story in a different way that the book does. Where in the original it skips between the kids and the adults story this solely concentrates on the kids battle with Pennywise the clown. It does feel a little bit like The Goonies or Stranger Things and for that reason I didn't think it was overly scary but it does have it's moments.
Bill Skarsgård had massive boots to fill ( excuse the pun) to be as good as Tim Curry's Pennywise and he definitely isn't as scary but he does a good enough job and at no stage was I bored . It's a really good film and I'm looking forward to the adults story in part 2.
8 out of 10
5 out of 10.