Stomski
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Post by Stomski on Jul 3, 2019 8:14:41 GMT
While neither of them gets anywhere near being in my top 10 superhero films, Homecoming and Far From Home remain the only Spider-Man films I've enjoyed watching from start to finish, and could enjoy re-watching. Even Raimi's Spider-man 2?? |
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 3, 2019 9:31:59 GMT
While neither of them gets anywhere near being in my top 10 superhero films, Homecoming and Far From Home remain the only Spider-Man films I've enjoyed watching from start to finish, and could enjoy re-watching. Martin Thought both were a bit pish. Spider-Verse remains the crowning glory of Spidey films. -Ralph |
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Post by Bogatan on Jul 3, 2019 10:54:06 GMT
Im a bit unsure on Spider-man. I enjoyed Homecoming on first viewing but each follow up has left me underwhelmed despite a really fantastic cast.
FFH I think I enjoyed more, the cast is again excellent but has the benefit of a more interesting Peter story. Dealing with the idea of being the next Iron Man works.
Spiderverse is better though. Need to rewatch The Raimi films again, probably over a decade since Ive seen the first two.
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 3, 2019 16:49:32 GMT
I think the cast of both MCU Spidey films are excellent. There are some nice moments and character beats but I find the direction flat and some of the humour to be forced, relying on characters being 'wacky' rather than feeling like real people. I thought FFH was pretty watchable and much better than Homecoming by quite a margin but still just a bit meh and in the year of Captain Marvel, Endgame (and yes: Dark Phoenix) it just doesn't cut it.
FFH flirted with an original premise which could have resulted in something surprising and different but felt a bit conventional.
For my money, the Andrew Garfield efforts remain the best live-action Spidey films (though I am not blind to their problems).
-Ralph
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Jul 3, 2019 20:51:07 GMT
1. Avengers: Endgame
2. Apollo 11 (superb)
3. Vice
4. Stan and Ollie
5. Hellboy
6. Captain Marvel
7. Spider-Man: Far From Home
8. Alita: Battle Angel
9. X-Men: Dark Phoenix
10. Godzilla: King of Monsters
11. John Wick Chapter 3
12. Aladdin
13. Men in Black International
Martin
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Jul 3, 2019 21:00:56 GMT
Didn't like the animation style of Spiderverse. Preferred to close my eyes and imagine it as a live-action film rather than watch it. But story and script were great.
Not keen on the earlier Spider-Man films that were too angst-y - and therefore closer to the source material, which I'm also not a fan of. I like Spider-Man, I don't care for Peter Parker... except the completely rewritten Peter Parker of the MCU, who I do like.
Yeah, the plots of Homecoming and FFH weren't top-tier, but I guess that just as I think of the Hobbit films as entertaining appendices to the 'main event' that is LotR, and Solo as an entertaining appendix to the Star Wars trilogy, I think of the MCU Spider-Man films as entertaining appendices to Civil War and Avengers 3&4 - just an enjoyable side-trip into the life of one of the characters that the 'main event' films leave you wanting to know a bit more about. And with those expectations they don't disappoint.
Martin
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Jul 11, 2019 6:53:14 GMT
1. Avengers: Endgame
2. Apollo 11
3. Vice
4. Stan and Ollie
5. Hellboy
6. Captain Marvel
7. Spider-Man: Far From Home
8. Alita: Battle Angel
9. X-Men: Dark Phoenix
10. Anna (a bit disjointed with all the cuts forward and backward in time, but I think I enjoyed it)
11. Godzilla: King of Monsters
12. John Wick Chapter 3
13. Aladdin
14. Men in Black International
Martin
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Stomski
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Post by Stomski on Jul 16, 2019 10:03:27 GMT
Is it me or has all the marketing for Toy Story 4 been very... Dreamworks-esque? All the characters trying to portray some kind of edgey attitude, terrible expressions, horrible captions. C'mon Pixar, you're better than this.
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 16, 2019 11:23:58 GMT
I would say the film itself is of the usual Pixar standards.
-Ralph
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Post by Bogatan on Jul 16, 2019 17:01:50 GMT
1. Stan and Ollie 2. Bumblebee 3. Vice 4. Alita: Battle Angel 5. Mary Poppins Returns 6. Lego 2 7. Captain Marvel 8. Shazam 9. Avengers : Endgame x3 10. Bill and Ted Excellent Adventure 11. John Wick 3 12. Godzilla 13. Aladdin 14. Late Night 15. Detective Pickachu - totally forgot to add to the list a few months back. Really enjoyed it. 16. Avengers: Endgame - 4th viewing with the deleted scene and Stan Lee tribute. 17. Spider-man Far from Home - Better than the first one. Cast is fantastic, think I need ot see it again to decide if the plot holds up. 18. Toy Story 4 - Went in with low expectations, because, well everyone seemed to have low expectations. But it was brilliant. |
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Jul 26, 2019 5:54:13 GMT
1. Avengers: Endgame
2. Apollo 11
3. The Lion King (?) (very difficult to rank)
4. Vice
5. Stan and Ollie
6. Hellboy
7. Captain Marvel
8. Spider-Man: Far From Home
9. Alita: Battle Angel
10. X-Men: Dark Phoenix
11. Anna
12. Godzilla: King of Monsters
13. John Wick Chapter 3
14. Aladdin
15. Men in Black International
TLK (The Lion King, not the The Last Knight) is a very difficult film to assess, because it is utterly unoriginal, except for the visual effects, which are utterly ground-breaking. It takes what some might say is Disney's best hand-drawn animated film and re-shoots it almost shot-for-shot as a photorealistic animated film. I thought it might not work because the real-looking animals can't make the facial expressions that the hand-drawn animals can. But it does work, perhaps because it doesn't _try_ to make them look anything but real.
If the original TLK didn't exist, my praise for the new one would know no bounds. But it does, so I can't credit the new film with its story, characters or music. All I can credit it for is the astounding photorealism, and the judgement of Jon Favreau not to change anything else of substance besides the animation.
If Disney were capable in 2019 of coming up with a completely original screenplay and songs about animals that was just as good as TLK, then that would have been a far more praise-worthy film to make with this technology, because it wouldn't be a remake. But that would have been a gamble. As it is, TLK is as good as a photorealistic remake of an existing hand-drawn Disney film can possibly be.
Excluding originality as a consideration, which version of TLK is 'better'? I really can't say. I'd rewatch either.
Martin
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 28, 2019 14:11:31 GMT
The Current War: Sherlock v Zod to win the battle to provide electricity to Americaland while X-Men's Beast and Spider-Man assist. Great idea for a drama and a top-flight cast but it never really lights up the screen (ho ho). Watchable but not very cinematic and just a tad boring.
-Ralph
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Jul 28, 2019 16:23:24 GMT
You were not electrified then? Perhaps an alternate film might be more your frequency.
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 28, 2019 18:28:43 GMT
It was the first new release I had seen in 5 weeks. Much has been said of BO numbers being way down this year. I would suggest the smaller number of releases might have something to do with that!
-Ralph
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Aug 1, 2019 20:18:53 GMT
1. Avengers: Endgame
2. Apollo 11
3. The Lion King
4. Vice
5. Stan and Ollie
6. Hellboy
7. Captain Marvel
8. Spider-Man: Far From Home
9. Alita: Battle Angel
10. X-Men: Dark Phoenix
11. Hobbs and Shaw (too good to be part of the Fast & Furious series)
12. Anna
13. Godzilla: King of Monsters
14. John Wick Chapter 3
15. Aladdin
16. Men in Black International
Martin
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 2, 2019 21:49:50 GMT
Hobbs & Shaw: One of the weaker entries in the Fast and Furious series. Those work by being ludicrous but are played as if they are Shakespeare: the conflation makes them a joy to watch (Vin Diesel must never be allowed to become self-aware). This is trying far too hard to be funny and self-knowing with two utterly terrible and grating Famous Actor cameos. On its one merits it's a perfectly decent tosh action film. I did enjoy it, but was disappointed that it was not as mad as the usual F&F films or as nuts as the trailers suggested.
-Ralph
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Post by Jim on Aug 5, 2019 21:12:53 GMT
1. Captain Marvel
2. Avengers: Endgame
3. Spider-Man: Far From Home
4. John Wick 3
Little bit torn on this, I enjoyed it a lot, moreso than Homecoming, but the final act didn't quite live up to the rest of the film. If the whole film had been as good as the first two-thirds or so I may have put it above Endgame.
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Post by Benn on Aug 23, 2019 22:47:02 GMT
1. Bumblebee
2. Alien
3. Destroy All Monsters
4. The Dirt
5. Godzilla: King Of Monsters
6. The Castle Of Cagliostro: Never seen before but great fun. Full of energy and never a dull moment.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Aug 24, 2019 16:25:05 GMT
Olympus Has Fallen was pretty poor. London Has Fallen was awful. But Angel Has Fallen gets 4 stars in The Times, which says it's the first good film in the series! Argh. What to do?
Martin
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Post by Pinwig on Aug 24, 2019 17:01:04 GMT
Run away! Run Away!
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 24, 2019 21:24:38 GMT
Olympus Has Fallen was pretty poor. London Has Fallen was awful. But Angel Has Fallen gets 4 stars in The Times, which says it's the first good film in the series! Argh. What to do? Martin I have seen both of the awful ones and the third one looks worse but I will feel compelled to see as new releases still thin on the ground. -Ralph |
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Post by Benn on Aug 24, 2019 22:02:24 GMT
I will go and see Bill and Teds Bogus Journey next week. After that, I don't know what... Although my local indie cinema is planning on showing the anime Metropolis in December and I will be there for that.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Aug 25, 2019 12:55:32 GMT
Observer and Sunday Times (2 stars) both give Angel Has Fallen poor reviews, so my dilemma is solved. I shall give it a miss.
Considering Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, though.
Martin
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 25, 2019 14:43:46 GMT
Hearing lots of good things about Once Upon A Time
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 25, 2019 21:33:21 GMT
Tarantino can jump in the sea! His close association with Weinstein means I will not watch his films.
-Ralph
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Aug 31, 2019 20:21:33 GMT
1. Avengers: Endgame
2. Apollo 11
3. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (brilliant)
4. The Lion King
5. Vice
6. Stan and Ollie
7. Hellboy
8. Captain Marvel
9. Spider-Man: Far From Home
10. Alita: Battle Angel
11. X-Men: Dark Phoenix
12. Hobbs and Shaw
13. Anna
14. Godzilla: King of Monsters
15. John Wick Chapter 3
16. Aladdin
17. Men in Black International
Martin
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Post by Benn on Sept 7, 2019 7:33:15 GMT
1. Bumblebee
2. Alien
3. Destroy All Monsters
4. The Dirt
5. Godzilla: King Of Monsters
6. The Castle Of Cagliostro
7. Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey: Still holds up. There's a reason it's held in such high regard by all right thinking people.
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 7, 2019 8:18:14 GMT
Angel has Fallen: watchable tosh, much better than the first two 'Fallen' films. 2019 continues to be a dead zone for new releases. I usually see 2 or 3 films a week. I am currently averaging 1 a month. There just aren't that many new films this year.  -Ralph |
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Sept 8, 2019 19:25:16 GMT
1. Avengers: Endgame
2. Apollo 11
3. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
4. The Lion King
5. Vice
6. Stan and Ollie
7. Hellboy
8. Captain Marvel
9. Spider-Man: Far From Home
10. Alita: Battle Angel
11. X-Men: Dark Phoenix
12. Hobbs and Shaw
13. Anna
14. Godzilla: King of Monsters
15. John Wick Chapter 3
16. Aladdin
17. The Informer (forgettable - only watched it for Rosamund Pike)
18. Men in Black International
Martin
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 8, 2019 19:58:14 GMT
I have been complaining of the lack of new releases but did notice a film had sneaked out called SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK. Gave it a whirl. Utter crap. Pisses a great idea up against a tree and smothers it with Dull Surprise.
-Ralph
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