Movie review thread...
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Watched Kingsman:The Golden Circle last night. I LOVED the sharp, clever, endearing first one, so when I saw they had made a second I was YAY.
But fuck. It's shit. I mean there are a couple of laugh out loud moments, and Elton John's fight scene was insanely brilliant, but there aren't nearly enough great aspects to counteract the crap. The plot is overstuffed, which means nothing is given the time it needs to fully develop, and a whole lot of motivations are unclear. The Statesman stuff could have been the fish out of water conflict Brit vs Yank, but that never goes anywhere either, and there are so many gaping plotholes and inconsistencies (they miraculously know how to find and heal Galahad, but when Eggsy and Merlin turn up in gear and with the code they get smacked around and tied to chairs?) and pointless characters like the US president, and Tilde (her stuff with Eggsy just seemed so out of place) and when your male villain has a seriously great motivation in terms of druggies getting their comeuppance, it makes it super hard to cheer when he gets it. Meanwhile in Columbia, there is Poppy, and her scenes were weird as fuck. (The meat grinder...blurg.) Too many tone shifts. Gah.
2 blue veins out of 5 sparkle Elton fight scenes.
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A mate and I went to see Blade Runner 2049 on Tuesday afternoon. There were 4 of us in the theatre.
As to the movie, while I enjoyed it they could have trimmed some fat and made the movie a little shorter. I liked that they paid homage to the original (e.g., the piano, Coke and Pan Am electronic billboards, constant rain). Obviously this film has the benefit of 35 years of technology.
@Nepia Rutger's monologue was improvised. The original script called for a much longer speech.
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American Assassin - meh
American Made - yeahAtomic Blonde - meh
Brawl in Cell Block 99 - yeahWind River - yeah yeah yeahs
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Mad Max: Fury Road
I've been on long service leave (1 week down, 3 to go thanks for asking
) and finally got around to watching this.Does what it says on the box i.e. 2 hour long car exploding car chase.
4 out of 5 dead Megan Gales. It could have been 5 if they'd shown her full-frontal nude. And loses half a mark for killing her.
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@nta said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Mad Max: Fury Road
I've been on long service leave (1 week down, 3 to go thanks for asking
) and finally got around to watching this.Does what it says on the box i.e. 2 hour long car exploding car chase.
4 out of 5 dead Megan Gales. It could have been 5 if they'd shown her full-frontal nude. And loses half a mark for killing her.
How long are you off work Nick?...
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@nta said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@virgil another three weeks. Check back with your optometrist, ya blind shunt
I did see that, I thought you wanted someone to show interest in your work leave and ask joe long your hanging around home in your undies for.
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Sicario was on Netflix, and I had a couple of hours to kill.
Farking hell Benicio del Toro plays a stone-cold badass so fucking well. That scene at the dinner table.... Sheet.
Can draw some lines between the framing, pacing, and score of this and Blade Runner 2049, which is unsurprising given Villeneuve directed both.
4 dead Mexican gang bangers on the Bridge Of The Americas out of 5
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@rocky-rockbottom said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Everest (2015)
Great cinematography. Looks real as hell. Unfortunatley just comes across as another conga line of richie rich egomaniacs pulling themselves to the summit along a communal fucken rope. Where's the actual climbing skills? "BUT I WANT TO GO THE SUMMIT RIGHT NOWWWWW" pleads some cashed-up sook into a driving blizzard, at 2pm, wayyyy the fuck past the cutoff time for a safe descent. The poor bastard guide gets talked into it knowing its a death wish. "Righto then, off we go."
The mountain shrugs and they all die.
Sounds just like the Eiger Sanction with even less plot
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@rocky-rockbottom said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Everest (2015)
Great cinematography. Looks real as hell. Unfortunatley just comes across as another conga line of richie rich egomaniacs pulling themselves to the summit along a communal fucken rope. Where's the actual climbing skills? "BUT I WANT TO GO THE SUMMIT RIGHT NOWWWWW" pleads some cashed-up sook into a driving blizzard, at 2pm, wayyyy the fuck past the cutoff time for a safe descent. The poor bastard guide gets talked into it knowing its a death wish. "Righto then, off we go."
The mountain shrugs and they all die.
Sounds like you need to read Jon Krakauers book to understand (although I get the point that the movie doesn't convey the reality well enough.)
The point of the story is the whole debate (that still goes on) about 'climbers' paying their way to the top and the pressures that then puts on the guides to get them there. Your brain does not function properly in the death zone so not applying rational and sensible decision making has been the downfall (literally) of many a climber whether a relative novice, or a seasoned pro.
Your summary is exactly what the story is trying to convey but, of course, to make it more marketable it does get a bit tangled in trying to portray some goodies and baddies. One particular person gets portrayed as a complete arrogant fuckwit yet that isn't the case in any of the accounts I have read. Guess it was just to make conflict.
Just to your comment about climbing skills. No, Everest is not considered a technical challenge at all now the routes (eg Hillary step) have been overcome and roped. Getting to the top now simply involves a huge amount of determination and guts (and money) -
The Dark Tower...not enough Kathryn Winnick
Was ok, probably 2.5 portals out of 5 visions
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@nepia said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@tim said in Re: Movie review thread...:
@nepia He has never produced a notable performance in a film.
Nah, I disagree, he's been in shit films, but had good performances in them.
Amen to this post Neps. Very good in Rock n Rolla, Prometheus and 28 weeks later among others. Tim has been smoking something.
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@bovidae said in Re: Movie review thread...:
Bastille Day.
@Tim has a point though, as his best work is in The Wire and Luther.
Except that wasn't really Tim's point, if he'd said his best work has been on TV then yeah, I'd agree, but suggesting he has no big screen presence is plainly false.
Hell, he even stands out in Thor where he's just stands around.
of the week.