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Post by Bogatan on Jan 2, 2023 16:04:20 GMT
1. Avatar The Way of Water
Kicked off the year with Avatar 2. But not in 3D which I probably should have tried to see it in. Oh well.
Kinda want to be a dick about it, but in truth it was pretty good. Looks fantastic.
I rewatched the first one last week and despite that I was still slightly confused about what was going on in one or two moments. And I could pick at some of the plot, but in fairness, most of those are stupid choices characters make and as long as a case can be made for the characters being stupid then.. okay.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Jan 5, 2023 18:59:14 GMT
Very quiet and thus highly productive three days in the office this week, with schools here still not back. Taking tomorrow afternoon off to see... THE ENFORCER.
And then in a week's time...
Martin
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Jan 6, 2023 18:06:29 GMT
1. The Enforcer
A bit better than I expected from the trailer, but I fully expect it to be bumped down to the number two slot in a week or so's time.
Martin
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 7, 2023 16:36:11 GMT
Booked for PLANE on the 17th!
PLANE.
-Ralph
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Jan 7, 2023 16:45:23 GMT
Have you seen AMBULANCE yet?
Martin
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 7, 2023 17:01:01 GMT
Nay. Came out when I was avoiding cinemas.
-Ralph
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Post by Benn on Jan 7, 2023 19:33:27 GMT
Are we including films that we've seen for the first time here, or just Cinematic wonders?
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 7, 2023 19:51:21 GMT
I usually include anything I have seen in a given year on a cinema screen.
-Ralph
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Jan 7, 2023 20:01:53 GMT
For me it's films that have a 2023 UK release date on IMDb (big screen or small).
Martin
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Post by Benn on Jan 7, 2023 21:28:19 GMT
Okay, cool. I am not yet off the mark then.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Jan 13, 2023 16:24:01 GMT
A bit better than I expected from the trailer, but I fully expect it to be bumped down to the number two slot in a week or so's time. I was right. 1. M3gan2. The Enforcer Well, that may very well end up being the best robot film of the year. Various questions occurred to me after leaving the cinema: Why would you make a child's toy with the physical capabilities of Alita Battle Angel?
If you can make a four-foot doll with the physical capabilities of Alita Battle Angel, why are you working for a toy company rather than the government?
Is anyone who survived this movie technically guilty of having committed any crimes in the eyes of the law?
Are the survivors of the film bonded for life or will they never be allowed to see each other ever again?
Or will the government make any legal headaches just go away when they realise the potential of what has been invented? Anyway, _this_ is evidently how SkyNet begins. Martin |
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 15, 2023 20:22:59 GMT
1: M3gan: boring. Also: Martin is correct in his spoiler comments.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 21, 2023 20:37:50 GMT
A Man Called Otto: that was nice. I could watch Tom Hanks read the phone book.
-Ralph
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Jan 27, 2023 19:05:44 GMT
1. Babylon
2. M3gan
3. The Enforcer
If you're in the mood to switch off the real world and lose yourself in a sprawling, 3-hour, 18-rated, epic, violent, colourful mess of a re-imagining of 'Singin' in the Rain' and love-letter to cinema, starring Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie, then see 'Babylon'. If you're not in the mood for that, see something else.
Martin
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 28, 2023 15:12:13 GMT
PLANE: Boom bang bang!
-Ralph
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Jan 29, 2023 12:29:42 GMT
So did you learn why the film was called 'Plane'? I gathered from the trailer that a plane crashes early on in the film, but I'm not sure why that warrants the name of the film being 'Plane', as opposed to 'Alive' or 'Top Gun' or 'Con Air' or 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom' or 'Gerard Butler's Big Post-Plane-Crash Adventure'. ('Ambulance' was mostly about a big long ambulance chase.) Any thoughts? Or could they just not think of anything and so left the working title in place? Martin |
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 29, 2023 14:46:08 GMT
I suspect the latter.
-Ralph
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Jan 30, 2023 17:38:53 GMT
Sometimes, you will always associate an actor with the first role you saw them in.
For me, Gerard Butler will forever be the Phantom.
Martin
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Feb 3, 2023 18:15:19 GMT
1. Babylon
2. M3gan
3. Plane (ratatatatata-BLAAAM!)
4. The Enforcer
OK, so the plane is a bit more important to the plot than I'd thought from the trailer.
Martin
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 4, 2023 16:51:32 GMT
The Whale: incredible. What a performance from Brendan Fraser. Give that man the Oscar.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 4, 2023 21:27:01 GMT
Knock at the Cabin: that was ok. Big Dave makes it.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Feb 5, 2023 10:24:25 GMT
Big Dave has been a bit of a revelation - a wrestler who is actually good at acting.
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 5, 2023 13:11:22 GMT
Yup. There will be varying views about the quality of this film, but I doubt many would disagree with Big Dave's performance being a highlight. He's phenominal in it.
-Ralph
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Feb 5, 2023 13:39:38 GMT
He's good in Glass Onion too. I wondered if Daniel Craig recommended him for the role after working with him on Spectre.
Martin
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 10, 2023 15:55:05 GMT
Booked the day off work on the 17th so I can be front row for the first screening on KANG DAY.
-Ralph
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Feb 17, 2023 16:15:12 GMT
1. Babylon
2. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (loved it!)
3. M3gan
4. Plane
5. The Enforcer
"Drink the ooze."
"I have holes!"
"It's never too late to stop being a dick."
So many t-shirts.
Also, I want to read Scott's book in full.
Martin
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 17, 2023 16:51:04 GMT
Ant-Man 3: absolute shite. Even worse than Thor 2 (the previous low point of the MCU for me).
The lighting was so bad I am amazed it was judged to be releasable!
-Ralph
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Feb 17, 2023 16:57:57 GMT
Lighting was fine on the screen I saw it on. Bright and colourful, no problem at all following any of the action.
The script was poor, it was the visuals that I enjoyed, including all the background stuff. Didn't think I could enjoy something so CGI-heavy again after Top Gun: Maverick, but I was wrong.
Martin
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 17, 2023 17:27:14 GMT
Couldn't see a bloody thing. Dark lighting with characters wearing dark clothing in dark enviroments.
Utter shite.
-Ralph
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Post by legios on Feb 18, 2023 19:20:25 GMT
1. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - Not too bad. Not as good as the first BP, and a little bit too long. (That latter could probably have been solved by removing Martin Freeman who is present in a number of small chunks of the film but doesn't actually really seem to be contributing anything...). Enjoyed it more than Multiverse of Madness though, so that is a win.
Karl
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