Park Life 70 Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 Clearly forgot the Dolby Digital coefficient to bring it up to 6.875. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 70 Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 The only thing I'm looking forward to now is Alien Covenant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adios 717 Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 Would love to see that and the new Bladerunner be worthy sequels, but I fear the worst. Well, I really fear the mediocre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1115 Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 The only thing I'm looking forward to now is Alien Covenant.That then death? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 70 Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 That then death? I take Resveratrol. Dem rats live twice as long as the ones on placebo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adios 717 Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 Split. Supposedly Shyamalan's return to form, but I thought it was an awful, awful movie. Worst I've seen for a while, and I enjoy a lot of mediocre horror and liked Shyamalan's downturn quite a bit more than most. The underlying message is beyond hamfisted too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19743 Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 Jason Bourne. The same slick editing and tense action scenes featuring Damon being stalked in crowded European cities. All a bit samey though. Starting to feel like this particular franchise is being flogged to death. Also, Damon is getting a bit old to carry off the lead role. 5/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 4821 Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 Yeah, I agree on Bourne. I loved the first 3 but this was nothing new. Just felt like a hash of the previous films. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 70 Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 5/10 is about right. Think this formula has run its course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJS 3960 Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 Doesn't count completely but I watched the first hour of Suicide Squad - I can take or leave the superhero stuff in general but my god this was fucking dross. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 4949 Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 Doesn't count completely but I watched the first hour of Suicide Squad - I can take or leave the superhero stuff in general but my god this was fucking dross. Yes, but, Margot Robbie's arse makes a good case for the movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJS 3960 Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 Yes, but, Margot Robbie's arse makes a good case for the movie. The benchmark for arse/crazy superlatives was set by Pfeiffer's catwoman - everything since has failed to reach those heights though tries are welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 8950 Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 (edited) Doesn't count completely but I watched the first hour of Suicide Squad - I can take or leave the superhero stuff in general but my god this was fucking dross. Could have been mint, but DC (Batman/Superman/WonderWoman et al) seem 5 years behind Marvel at the minute. Hoping Wonder Woman nails it, not only because it'll be the first successful female lead superhero movie, but it'll hopefully show DC how to get it right for the modern audiences. People enjoyed Nolan's Batman trilogy and the Marvel movies because they spent time establishing the character(s) rather than just tossing them straight into the action. I thought Man of Steel was going that way, but too quickly they dumped the interesting origins and relied on destruction porn to distract the audience from the lack of any meaningful story. For me, Marvel's epiphany was to stop following the same formula for every movie. Yes AntMan was another Origin story, but at it's heart it's a heist movie. Guardians of the Galaxy is a Space Opera, Logan is a Western, Winter Soldier is more a Spy thriller than anything else. That's why Nolan's Batman movies worked. They didn't feel like any superhero movie you'd seen before. Unfortunately, DC threw that out the window and have gone back to; drag protagonists to big city, have mindless monsters smash it up a bit, protagonists stop McGuffin, big fight lots of damage, yay we won. I realise you didn't ask and don't care Guarantee the Justice League will see Batman et al go up against a legion of baddies that, once the big bad is killed/banished/exorcised all fuck off/die/revert to normal. Edited April 11, 2017 by The Fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 70 Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 The creative input in a lot of these films is shocking. Boiler plate and formula to the death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4183 Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 Could have been mint, but DC (Batman/Superman/WonderWoman et al) seem 5 years behind Marvel at the minute. Hoping Wonder Woman nails it, not only because it'll be the first successful female lead superhero movie, but it'll hopefully show DC how to get it right for the modern audiences. People enjoyed Nolan's Batman trilogy and the Marvel movies because they spent time establishing the character(s) rather than just tossing them straight into the action. I thought Man of Steel was going that way, but too quickly they dumped the interesting origins and relied on destruction porn to distract the audience from the lack of any meaningful story. For me, Marvel's epiphany was to stop following the same formula for every movie. Yes AntMan was another Origin story, but at it's heart it's a heist movie. Guardians of the Galaxy is a Space Opera, Logan is a Western, Winter Soldier is more a Spy thriller than anything else. That's why Nolan's Batman movies worked. They didn't feel like any superhero movie you'd seen before. Unfortunately, DC threw that out the window and have gone back to; drag protagonists to big city, have mindless monsters smash it up a bit, protagonists stop McGuffin, big fight lots of damage, yay we won. I realise you didn't ask and don't care Guarantee the Justice League will see Batman et al go up against a legion of baddies that, once the big bad is killed/banished/exorcised all fuck off/die/revert to normal. Logan wasn't marvel studios. And considering that the Avengers film came out 5 years ago I reckon DCs films are a bit further than 5 years off the pace of Marvel. didn't ask/don't care again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19743 Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 i thought nolan's batman movies were canny shit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 8950 Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 The creative input in a lot of these films is shocking. Boiler plate and formula to the death. Aye, and while Logan was very Shane at times at least it was a bit of a departure. Curious as to how, armed with the confidence to strike out away from those formula, the big stables will approach establish properties like Thor and Spider-Man, and how they'll handle fresh properties like Black Panther and Ms Marvel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 8950 Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 Logan wasn't marvel studios. And considering that the Avengers film came out 5 years ago I reckon DCs films are a bit further than 5 years off the pace of Marvel. didn't ask/don't care again Wasn't Marvel Studios, but it's a Marvel product and certainly operates more like their own in-house movies, than it does Sony's and Fox's. Didn't want to seem too Marvel fan-boy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30257 Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 Nerd fight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 8950 Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 Nerd fight! Pipe down, you Beachbum Berry Total Tiki Twat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30257 Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 Chill out. Have a craft beer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19743 Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 Total Tiki Twat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 70 Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 Aye, and while Logan was very Shane at times at least it was a bit of a departure. Curious as to how, armed with the confidence to strike out away from those formula, the big stables will approach establish properties like Thor and Spider-Man, and how they'll handle fresh properties like Black Panther and Ms Marvel. As I said a few weeks ago I really enjoyed Logan. The performances and character detail along with the backstory were well thought through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 8950 Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 As I said a few weeks ago I really enjoyed Logan. The performances and character detail along with the backstory were well thought through. What did you think of Deadpool? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 70 Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 (edited) What did you think of Deadpool? My daughter made me watch it. Her and Mrs P love it. Thought it had some funny bits but for me was too flat. If you have a one character mine to dig you have to juxtapose a counter point (a character that questions all his actions) to give it that frisson and enlarge the 'world'. I don't like to manhandle complexity into an idea but you can see in Logan that not only is he continually questioning his actions but Charles is as well. The sullen performance of his 'daughter' also acts as a counterpoint in so much as Logan is seen as the last of his kind not only in the fictional stakes but also in the 'man' stakes. Mangold grafted the ageing gunfighter motif beautifully onto what otherwise might have been a tiresome fight fest. The two outings of the Danish girl in 'Lucy' and 'Ghost in the Shell' are both flat due to the reasons I have already mentioned. She has no counterpoint in either film. 'Something has happened to me I need to figure it out' just isn't enough. When I think of a protagonist with powers I first go to the flaws not the powers. Edited April 11, 2017 by Park Life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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