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Post by The Doctor on Jul 15, 2017 19:17:50 GMT
I...agree with Martin, though I would have rated WFTPOTA higher. In a sea of woeful sequels/franchise fare this year I really enjoyed it. Mis-sold as an action film though (it isn't). More like 'Skirmish for the Planet of the Apes'.
Motion capture has really moved on. Not once did I think I was watching CG characters.
-Ralph
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Jul 16, 2017 8:37:58 GMT
Up until about half-way through Apes I thought it would be right at the top of my league table, but in the final act I found myself wanting more surprising twists so that it would end differently from how I thought it would, but the plot went in the direction I thought it was preparing itself to go in and I found myself slightly losing interest. Again, mind you, that could only happen with the effects being so good that I forgot they were there, and so forgot to be impressed by them.
It just happens that other franchisey films this year have done more to catch me off-guard and do things in the second half that I wasn't expecting, which makes me happy.
Martin
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 16, 2017 9:17:46 GMT
No franchise film has surprised me this year. I have found them mostly terrible. I have found most of my cinema joy elsewhere!
The MCU in particular has such a predictable format now it's boring me. Don't even start me on that Spider-Man crapfest.
I agree that WFTPOA did not surprise in the last act but I think that was the point of it. A slide into inevitability seemed to be what the story was about. Though I was surprised that a thing about a thing wasn't resolved in the usual franchise fare last act way. That was well done.
I thought Rise OTPOA was crap and Dawn was ok but nothing exceptional (beyond the extraordinary effects work of course) but this one hit the spot for me.
-Ralph
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Post by Bogatan on Jul 18, 2017 19:02:14 GMT
I can't remember if Ive done some of these already.
Wonder Woman - good fun, but messed up that the WWI film is the brightest most upbeast of DCs efforts. (pretty sureI written that before)
TF5 - enjoyed it, took a second viewing to clarify some of it. More John Goodman made me happy.
Spider- Man Homecoming - More like it. Pleasantly surprised by the cameos and the after credits scene.
Baby Driver - Its an Edgar Wright film so not a question of is it good, but how good? Very.
Cars 3 - Im willing to bash Cars, but in their defence they've never gone in for try hard and you'll over come any obstacle to achieve victory (well sort of with Mator in Cars 2), they've always been about growing as a person and that is handled pretty well again. Much like Toy Story 3 this ones about things ending, though nowhere near as dark or horrific.
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 18, 2017 20:36:31 GMT
The Graduate (which I had never seen) is doing the rounds in cinemas currently for its 50th anniversary. I enjoyed the film though Hoffman's character is a prick. I suspect 1967 audiences may have reacted differently to 2017 audiences as to modern eyes he is a creepy stalker who ruins lives and thinks only of himself! Good film though and I can see why it is well regarded but I had no sympathy for Hoffman's character by the end!
KITT from Knight Rider was his dad though. Hooray!
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 18, 2017 20:38:56 GMT
I am giving Baby Driver a miss as the title is awful and I can't stand it when characters in fiction are called 'baby'. I know that sounds odd but it's just one of those things I can't get past!
Dunkirk will be showing on 70mm film round here but I'll wait a week or so as the screenings for that version will be heaving (only one cinema in Scotland is showing it in that format). After two duffers, I hope Nolan is back on form!
-Ralph
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Jul 23, 2017 15:17:00 GMT
1. Dunkirk
2. Spider-Man: Homecoming
3. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
4. Logan
5. Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar's Revenge
6. The Lego Batman Movie
7. War for the Planet of the Apes
8. Transformers: The Last Knight
9. The Mummy
10. Wonder Woman
11. Kong: Skull Island
12. Ghost in the Shell
13. Fast and Furious 8
14. Assassin's Creed
Martin
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 23, 2017 19:00:25 GMT
Oh no.
-Ralph
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Post by Bogatan on Jul 23, 2017 19:10:34 GMT
Martins correct, best film of the year so far. Short and to the point. Very little dialogue. An intriguing use of time in the storytelling and edit. Great performances. And it wasn't shot in 3D so can be watched in 2D Imax.
The flying scenes had me feeling like I was up there with them. Fantastic.
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Post by legios on Jul 23, 2017 19:17:32 GMT
Nearly went to see Dunkirk today - except that when I got back from my stroll I realised that I had about an hour and a half's ironing to sort out this afternoon. Sounds like it might be worth making the effort next weekend.
Karl
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 25, 2017 21:12:11 GMT
Booked to see Dunkirk on IMAX this Saturday...but I am fearful. Martin has voted it #1...for the cosmic balance to be maintained...this could end badly for me! Nolan's last two films disappointed me...but loved everything he had made prior...nnngh...
If it is good, I will see it again on 70mm film at the Filmhouse the following week. Those showings are currently packed out so IMAX first it is...
-Ralph
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Jul 26, 2017 5:58:27 GMT
I loved Inception and all three Bale Batman films, so if you loved at least one of those four films, there is precedent to give you hope.
Except that Dunkirk is very different from any of those films.
Except that it has Cillian Murphy in it, like all four of them.
And Tom Hardy, like two of them.
And according to IMDB, Michael Caine, like all four of them, as a voice on the radio, though I didn't notice at the time - so see if you can.
And the story jumps around a lot, like Inception.
So yeah, you can tell it's Nolan and his chums.
I don't know why Joseph Gordon-Levitt wasn't in it. Maybe they had a falling out.
Martin
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Post by Bogatan on Jul 26, 2017 6:35:08 GMT
I'm pretty sure I caught Micheal Caine but didn't really register it was him.
Gonna be in London on Friday really tempted by the midnight screening in 70mm, but it will leave me knackered on Saturday.
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Post by blueshift on Jul 29, 2017 11:31:37 GMT
Review of the Emoji Movie
When will Ralph be watching this?
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 29, 2017 11:41:08 GMT
Ralph does not plan to watch it.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 29, 2017 22:27:19 GMT
Dunkirk has been watched on digital IMAX. Has to be heard to be believed in that format. My chair was literally rattling throughout and my feet were throbbing from the sonic pulses!
Now to catch it in the 70mm film release version before it finishes its run on Wednesday.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 6, 2017 9:55:26 GMT
Avoid 47 METRES DOWN. Awful.
I was very pleasantly surprised by VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS given that the director is Luc Besson who usually makes terrible hack films and is also responsible for crap such as LUCY and THE FIFTH ELEMENT but I really enjoyed this. It was bright and fun and had a certain something to it. I thought it was the type of film that the GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY series goes for but fails so badly at.
The lead was wooden and the whole thing is a bit rickety but it was fun enough that I could let that go. Really enjoyed it.
-Ralph
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Post by legios on Aug 6, 2017 15:29:22 GMT
Glad to hear that it was fun - I've read a few of the Valerian comics and quite enjoyed them. (Including the one that it looks from the trailer that they were taking a lot of elements for the film from - "The Ambassador of Shadows"). It isn't by any means clever or avant-guard but it is good solid European adventure comics stuff.
I think I might give this a go if I find myself at a loose end sometime soon.
Karl
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Aug 6, 2017 20:16:37 GMT
1. Dunkirk
2. Spider-Man: Homecoming
3. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
4. Logan
5. Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (this film had its flaws, but Cara Delevingne was not one of them)
6. Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar's Revenge
7. The Lego Batman Movie
8. War for the Planet of the Apes
9. Transformers: The Last Knight
10. The Mummy
11. Wonder Woman
12. Kong: Skull Island
13. Ghost in the Shell
14. Fast and Furious 8
15. Assassin's Creed
Martin
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Aug 7, 2017 12:30:58 GMT
Really?! She was utterly awful in the utterly awful Suicide Squad.
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 7, 2017 13:43:35 GMT
Agreed but she's fine in Valerian.
-Ralph
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Post by legios on Aug 7, 2017 19:40:11 GMT
Yeah, I'd agree. I was a littl worried by the casting (and not in a petty "but Laureline isn't blond" kind of way) but actually I thought she made a pretty good Laureline in all told. Acquitted herself rather well.
I'm actually just out of seeing Valerian this evening. Quite enjoyed it, fun and pacy Space Opera romp and I thought it caught the essence of the comic really well. It also gave us a fantastic visual feast - Euro Space Opere comics on a billion colours a frame is something I can get behind. My only disappointment is that we don't get to see even more of the bonkersness of the setting. (The specific story that a lot of the film is inspired by has an even larger gaggle of bonkers aliens to meet. They did get my favourites in there though - I'd tell you which ones I mean but, that information is valuable. How about a hundrd for it? Each? :-) ).
Karl
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Post by Benn on Aug 16, 2017 20:10:46 GMT
1. Guardians Of The Galaxy: Volume 2
2. Shin Gojira: Certainly not a Godzilla film for everyone! Much more slower paced and... if not cerebral, then at least critical affair. Unquestionably an Anno work, with a lot of his directorial flourishes intact and more than worth seeing. Just be prepared to sit through a lot of slow scenes critising Japan's bureaucratic process.
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 16, 2017 20:58:02 GMT
I got what Shin Godzilla was trying to do, the cultural references, the satire and the thematic call backs to the 1954 film. I still found it utterly tedious to watch though, sadly. I wanted to like it but...oh dear. Oh dear oh dear oh dear. What were they thinking?
I'm glad I saw it as a freebie with my Unlimited card. Had I paid full price to see it I would have wanted to chuck things at the screen!
-Ralph
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Post by Benn on Aug 16, 2017 22:32:27 GMT
Oh, it is very much an experiment of a film, and not one I'd be keen on them doing again. The slow stuff is veeeeery slow, but for me had a payoff in that the Government guy proved that the Japanese.. uh... infrastructure? could work if it had the ability to react quicker was a clever one. Your money may vary as to whether the payoff was worth the wait though.
I've a soft spot for the way Anno directs though, so I found it more bearable, I guess.
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 17, 2017 7:10:46 GMT
The screening I was at was sold out and there were lots of excited murmuring and a few cheers in the first few minutes but you could feel the enthusiasm dwindle as it went on. A few walkouts. The guy behind me, however, laughed at everything that happened. Literally everything. A character would walk across a room and he would guffaw. So at least someone enjoyed it!
Astonishingly banal and boring film though. That...was not how to revive a series. I came out of it thinking: 'no sequel to that, please!'
-Ralph
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Post by Bogatan on Aug 19, 2017 14:10:35 GMT
I enjoyed Shin Godzilla, but it was pretty slow in the middle. But I was saved from too much boredom by baby Gozillas crazy eyes.
Saw the Hitmans Bodyguard last night. Nick Fury, Elektra and Deadpool team up to kill Jim Gordon. Never quite clicks, but not bad.
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Post by Jim on Aug 23, 2017 21:38:04 GMT
1. Love and Friendship
2. La-La Land
3. Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2
4. Spider-Man: Homecoming
Another MCU disappointment; I don't think it was a bad film, and there were some things I liked a lot, but it never really came together in a satisfying way for me. It also suffered from GotGv2's habit of not trusting the audience to get the message.
And the trailers made me feel old - a remake of Flatliners! T2 in 3D! :0
-Jim
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Aug 28, 2017 17:31:01 GMT
1. Dunkirk
2. Spider-Man: Homecoming
3. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
4. Logan
5. Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
6. Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar's Revenge
7. The Lego Batman Movie
8. War for the Planet of the Apes
9. Transformers: The Last Knight
10. The Mummy
11. Wonder Woman
12. American Made (would have enjoyed it, if it weren't trying to make a cocaine smuggler without a conscience into a likeable cheeky chappie - as it was, I found it left me feeling uncomfortable with the message it was sending)
13. Kong: Skull Island
14. Ghost in the Shell
15. Fast and Furious 8
16. Assassin's Creed
Martin
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Sept 21, 2017 18:28:39 GMT
1. Dunkirk
2. Spider-Man: Homecoming
3. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
4. Logan
5. Kingsman: Retaliation The Golden Circle (over the top but cool and funny)
6. Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
7. Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar's Revenge
8. The Lego Batman Movie
9. War for the Planet of the Apes
10. Transformers: The Last Knight
11. The Mummy
12. Wonder Woman
13. American Made
14. Kong: Skull Island
15. Ghost in the Shell
16. Fast and Furious 8
17. Assassin's Creed
Martin
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