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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 7, 2017 12:17:53 GMT
Here is a chum who looks absolutely delighted with his gift of a FREE CINEMA TICKET enabling him to see his first film of the year! What did you see Andu and what was it like? |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 7, 2017 16:06:12 GMT
It appears he was so pleased with what he watched that he now has acquired the book of the film: |
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 7, 2017 22:04:31 GMT
He has True Friends.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jan 7, 2017 23:27:02 GMT
1 - Assassins Creed - it's watchable tosh, but has plot holes that trucks could be driven through and a visual motif that gets annoying.
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 8, 2017 16:54:23 GMT
It made no sense!!!
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jan 8, 2017 17:31:21 GMT
Calm down chum.
Andy
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Jan 8, 2017 18:20:22 GMT
My top three questions re: Assassin's Creed were: 1. Why did the woman permit the Assassins to kill her father and steal the apple and then get angry about it and swear to get revenge / get it back?
2. Why did the Templars let all the Assassins they'd captured walk freely around their base and put their weapons where they could easily get them?
3. Why didn't Christopher Columbus sink the apple in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean? Martin |
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 8, 2017 19:27:06 GMT
There are no answers to those questions! None of it makes sense!!! Don't even start me on the eagle which seems to span time and space.
I have now learned the film has the same director as 2015's pretty to look at but incoherant Macbeth film (which also featured Fassbender and Coultard) with the most ludicrous interpretation ever of Lady Macbeth's "Out, vile spot!" speech. This explains much about Assassin's Creed.
Planned as part 1 of a trilogy!!!
-Ralph
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Post by Jim on Jan 9, 2017 10:26:50 GMT
1. Love and Friendship - very enjoyable Jane Austen adaptation; a lot of the humour is very dry and could easily be lost on an audience not paying attention, but if you are it's tremendously witty and Kate Beckinsale's central character manages to remain likeable despite being manipulative, deceitful and self-serving almost to the point of villainy (ymmv on this, I continued to like her at least). I think this came out in the UK last year, but has only just hit Germany.
-Jim
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 9, 2017 12:39:22 GMT
It must have missed UK cinemas here as I would have seen it due, er, Kate Beckinsale being in it.
-Ralph
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Post by Jim on Jan 9, 2017 13:46:42 GMT
Oh, you missed out! She wore those period costumes well...
-Jim
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 9, 2017 17:39:55 GMT
Damn it!
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Jan 9, 2017 21:07:42 GMT
Tis out on disc. Turned up in my Lovefilm envelope a few months ago.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 11, 2017 16:08:59 GMT
In the however many years of doing this I have not had to use one of these threads due to not having been to the cinema since Revenge of the Sith in 2005.
However this changes today!
1) Rogue One: A little slow to get going, and a little muddled on Jedha (what are the crashed X-Wing and Tie doing there?) but got much much better as the film went along!
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 13, 2017 21:44:51 GMT
I have of course done my duty and watched the 5th (!) Underworld movie. I can now stand down until the inevitable 6th instalment.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jan 14, 2017 9:35:29 GMT
Where does it sit in your league table though? Has it deposed Assassins Creed?
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 14, 2017 9:36:36 GMT
Assassins Creed is still the top film of 2017.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jan 14, 2017 9:36:58 GMT
WHAT?!
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 14, 2017 9:39:22 GMT
Underworld 5 had insufficient Kate. She was reduced to supporting character status. The producers made the mistake of thinking we wanted to see a film with the son of Charles Dance's character as the lead. No. There is only one reason why anyone watches these movies!
-Ralph
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Post by blueshift on Jan 14, 2017 9:49:21 GMT
I saw this video about the movies coming up and thought you guys might appreciate it
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 14, 2017 9:58:47 GMT
I managed about a minute of them shouting the same curse word continuously before switching off.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 15, 2017 20:44:26 GMT
'Manchester by the Sea' watched. Er. Um. It will win every award going, but shouldn't.
Impossibly (and distressingly) 'Assassins Creed' remains the top film of 2017.
-Ralph
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Post by jameso on Jan 16, 2017 13:48:26 GMT
Assassins Creed - so dull, completely devoid of humour, flair or engaging characters. Never explained how the 'leap of faith' thing worked. Non existant 3d. Half of it in subtitles. Very strange choice to make such a po faced, uber seriousness film with such a nonsense plot, based on a video game.
I know I'd read the novelization if I found it in the library though...
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 22, 2017 19:30:22 GMT
'xXx: Return of Xander Cage' has been watched. Oh dear.
Distressingly, Assasin's Creed remains the film of the year.
-Ralph
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Post by Bogatan on Jan 22, 2017 20:00:44 GMT
Lion - the little kid is amazing and that part of the story is impressively told. 2nd half doesnt hold up quite as well. Maybe its trying a little to hard to create the levels of drama that come naturally in the first half. Still very good.
Why Him - Far better than a reverse Meet the Parents should be. Probably helped by Cranston being in great form, Lea Thompsons daughter reminding me of Lea Thompson and Franco managing to keep what should be a horribly annoying character, not annoying. Maybe runs a little too long, but has genuienely hilarious scenes in there.
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 29, 2017 20:10:01 GMT
La La Land is easily one of the shittest films I have ever had the misfortune to sit through. Just awful in every way. So fucking depressing.
Alarmingly, Assasin's Creed remains the film of the year.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jan 30, 2017 22:28:32 GMT
This amuses me no end.
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Post by jameso on Jan 31, 2017 1:35:49 GMT
Did you not catch A Monster Calls? Assassins Creed is the worst movie of the year for me. I quite liked Manchester by the Sea. Lion and Hacksaw Ridge were good, but a bit bland. I quite liked Silence (that might be last year).
New Resident Evil movie out on friday!
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 4, 2017 21:29:47 GMT
Lego Batman Movie left me cold though I was under the weather so will give it another go another day.
Split was watchable D-grade shlock until M Night just could not stop himself with the ludicrous 'twists' in the last act, which had many in a packed screening loudly guffawing.
Resident Evil 6 was enjoyable nonsense yet Assasin's Creed remains film of the year even though it was rubbish. This is becoming ludicrous.
-Ralph
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Post by jameso on Feb 5, 2017 3:20:41 GMT
Really didn't like Resident Evil, didn't gel with the previous ones at all, the editing on the action scenes was horrible and I could barely tell what was going on. Ian Glenn was kind of fun though.
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