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Post by The Doctor on Jan 1, 2016 20:17:23 GMT
1: Joy. Enjoyable biopic of the inventor of the Miracle Mop. I did wish death upon her shit family though.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 1, 2016 20:24:02 GMT
Meanwhile, fans of the 2015 Films League Table thread may recall that Ralph has a spare freebie Cineworld ticket for his friend Andu to use so they can both go see the Jem movie...together! But then Jem bombed in the US and the film was bumped from Dec 26th 2015 UK release to Feb 2016. However, movie fans will know that when that happens such films often end up bypassing cinemas entirely and go straight to home video formats.
Ralph was sad that he may not get to use the gift of free cinema to share a movie experience with his good chum. But then fortune smiled on him. He saw the trailer for the terrible looking Dad's Army film, due for release on Feb 5th 2016! A brainwave hit him! He could use the free ticket instead so his fine chum Andu could see Dad's Army with him!
The only way Andu can avoid this fate is if Jem does indeed show up at the local world of Cine!
I am a True Friend.
-Ralph
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Post by blueshift on Jan 1, 2016 20:29:10 GMT
the terrible looking Dad's Army film It might not be terrible!!! |
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 1, 2016 20:40:51 GMT
We shall find out when Andu's Twin Dilemma is resolved!
-Ralph
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Post by legios on Jan 1, 2016 20:54:40 GMT
1: Joy. Enjoyable biopic of the inventor of the Miracle Mop. I did wish death upon her shit family though. -Ralph Did it actually explain what the Miracle Mop is/was/wisn't? Because the publicity I saw for it seemed to assume that I understood what it was that she was supposed to have invented and I was left with a general sense of "huh?" (If it is a less destructible mop than my last three then that would certainly be of note. They may as well have been held together with sticky backed plastic.) Karl |
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 1, 2016 21:26:00 GMT
It does indeed explain the Miracle Mop. The whole film is about her inventing the Miracle Mop which was a surprise as the trailer playing in cinemas for the last few months made no mention that the film was about the invention of said device!
-Ralph
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Jan 9, 2016 23:01:39 GMT
1. Bridge of Spies
Terrific. That'll take some beating.
Martin
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 12, 2016 18:24:06 GMT
1: Room: both very grim and also strangely uplifting at the same time without resorting to base melodrama or inappropriate tweeness. Quite a devastating and engrossing cinema experience. Not a film that will leave me quickly, I think. Excellent piece of film making from all concerned.
2: Joy.
3: Creed: Essentially a reversal of the first Rocky film. The 'villain' boxer is instantly forgettable (he's no Clubber Lang or Ivan Drago) and the final match is disappointingly staged like every other cinematic fight you've ever seen (which is odd as there is a fight earlier shot in a way I have never seen before which really makes you feel like you're in the ring). However, there is a lot of heart to it, the lead is very engaging and it's quite enjoyable. It's Stallone's film though, putting in a career-best turn with a lot of nuance and warmth to it. Worth a watch and there was one proper 'punch the air' moment.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 20, 2016 22:31:17 GMT
1: Room.
2: Joy.
3: Creed.
4: The Revenant (IMAX): The first giant clunker of the year! Dull, boring, tedious, pretentious, ponderous lifeless bollocks. Also: the wrong Tom Hardy turns up. I had no idea what he was saying. He was Gruff Outdoors Bane. Leo had a mesmerising wig and plastic 'I've been injured' makeup. Extra points off for some of the incidental score (which somehow took three people to do) sounding like running water...when no running water was on screen. Even the sound design was flat. Barely enough material for 30 mins dragged out to close to two and a half hours, padded out with lots of slow moving snow or metaphorical wankery. This will win all 12 Oscars. Awful, awful, fucking awful.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 20, 2016 22:34:12 GMT
In lighter news, Jem poster spotted at the fleapit today. The game is on again...Andu.
-Ralph
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Jan 20, 2016 22:41:42 GMT
Hooray for Andu!
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 22, 2016 16:57:16 GMT
Andu was given the choice of Dad's Army or Jem. He has chosen Jem. Cineworld site now says Feb 12th release.
REMEMBER: HE HAD A CHOICE.
-Ralph
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Post by blueshift on Jan 22, 2016 18:50:59 GMT
Dad's Army at least has a chance of not pissing over its source material!!
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Post by Pinwig on Jan 22, 2016 19:04:00 GMT
we hope.
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 22, 2016 19:41:52 GMT
A 'hilarious' Dad's Army "turn off your phone" cinema ad now exists. That film looks shit.
If Andu won't see it with me I must find...another...
-Ralph
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Post by legios on Jan 22, 2016 22:01:53 GMT
If it be a weekend then who knows, that bullet might have my name upon it...
Karl
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 22, 2016 23:44:20 GMT
YOU HAVE NOW TAKEN THAT BULLET!!!
-Ralph
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Jan 23, 2016 0:26:44 GMT
NAME THE WEEKEND.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Jan 23, 2016 15:26:08 GMT
1. Bridge of Spies
2. The 5th Wave (not as bad as the reviews would have had me believe)
Martin
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 23, 2016 16:47:19 GMT
Oh, Martin.
The cosmic balance is restored.
-Ralph
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Jan 23, 2016 19:11:04 GMT
It is still his worst film of the year mind. I'm getting mixed messages!!
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Post by blueshift on Jan 23, 2016 20:49:48 GMT
Guess who still has not managed to see Star Wars. I keep leaving the house but realise that going to the cinema scares me  |
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Jan 24, 2016 23:26:36 GMT
1. Joy - Enjoyed this although I felt the ending should've been after she puts her shades back on. Text summaries of the rest would've sufficed and been more than her disgraceful family deserved.
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Post by Pinwig on Jan 24, 2016 23:37:07 GMT
Flipping heck Blue, even my parents have seen it. We clearly need strategies to assist Blueshift in getting to the cinema psychologically unscathed. Thinking caps on gentlemen!
Go dressed as a stormtrooper. No one will recognize you under the helmet.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 25, 2016 0:04:36 GMT
Guess who still has not managed to see Star Wars. You're not the only one! |
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 25, 2016 18:50:13 GMT
1: Room.
2: The Big Short: Clever and smart dramatisation of the run-up to the economic collapse of 2007/2008, focussing on the US side of things. A lot closer to the facts than I had expected (having read up on that time) and very topical (just recently closer looks at bank behaviours were curtailed in the UK for instance). A good piece of film making which is supposed to make you angry as you watch the inevitable death spiral of an economy as vultures hover, eager to make money off of other's misery. It doesn't forget to be entertaining though and is often quite funny.
3: Joy.
4: Creed.
5: Our Brand is Crisis: AKA My First Political Satire.
6: The 5th Wave: Is Dull Surprise.
7: The Revenant (IMAX).
-Ralph
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Post by Benn on Jan 26, 2016 20:14:09 GMT
Guess who still has not managed to see Star Wars. You're not the only one! Make that three. |
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Jan 26, 2016 23:16:43 GMT
I don't think I have been more shocked since Darth Vader returned in the new film! |
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 30, 2016 23:14:15 GMT
1: Room.
2: The Big Short.
3: Joy.
4: Creed.
5: Spotlight: Solid account of how investigate journalism is important and why 'news' does not equal 'entertainment'.
6: Youth: Easily the oddest film I have seen since 'The Lobster'. I'm really not sure what to think about it yet! It's certainly striking.
7: Our Brand is Crisis.
8: The 5th Wave.
9: The Revenant (IMAX).
-Ralph
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Jan 31, 2016 16:44:40 GMT
1. Bridge of Spies
2. The Assassin (very beautiful, very artistic, very slow-moving, very monotonous - only watch it if you consider atmosphere an acceptable substitute for plot - it was what I expected going in)
3. The 5th Wave
Martin
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