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Author:  pcernie [ Thu Sep 07, 2017 9:18 am ]
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I liked it but it's very much your slightly rushed origin movie.

The movie had to show but also expedite a lot of comic book history. Only found that out in the last two months.

The hands thing for instance has multiple explanations in the comics, one being that continually using magic to fix his hands directly will mean they waste away totally without it. His hands tremble when he's casting but he has something to focus on at the same time.

That principle applies to his use of magic in general. Mystical equivalent of a radiation-powered suit eventually killing you to use a comic trope. He eats truly weird sh1t in the books because his body no longer accepts ordinary food!

It's all darker than I thought it would be! I think they'll eventually get to all this in the movies but the comics are the mix of trippiness and askew humour you saw in the film. It must have been off-putting for quite a few...
Author:  cloaked_wolf [ Thu Sep 07, 2017 1:03 pm ]
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I had no knowledge of Dr Strange beyond some memes, so it was entirely new to me. I'm much more familiar with Prof Strange.
Author:  Spreadie [ Thu Sep 07, 2017 6:18 pm ]
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I thought it was incredibly boring, and it took a chunk of will power to stick it out till the end - I almost bailed out about three quarters of the way through. The last quarter did improve, but I wouldn't sit through it again.
Author:  pcernie [ Tue Sep 12, 2017 8:05 pm ]
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It - I've never read the book, but this film is just torture porn. I actually walked out. From five minutes in you're just supposed to watch kids being mutilated via godawful CGI and truly dumb plot logic.

Small spoilers for context.....




There's even a scene where you get a full view of a kid carving his name into another kid's stomach. Oh, and every adult displays paedo tendencies. I walked after an hour and a half, something I don't recall ever doing before.
Author:  pcernie [ Tue Sep 12, 2017 8:12 pm ]
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American Made - Tom Cruise is Tom Cruise again but it perfectly suits this film. He's a pilot who works for everyone involved in the American justice system, both good and bad in the 1980s.

Based on a real story and from the first Bourne director Doug Liman, it's basically a comedy and worth catching if you want something light-hearted (in the main) or just something that isn't Marvel or some fcuked up horror movie or whatever.
Author:  davrosG5 [ Wed Sep 13, 2017 7:55 am ]
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Spiderman - Homecoming

Yay, a spiderman film that doesn't go over his origin story yet again. Good fun and nice tie-ins with the other Avengers films.
I thought Tom Holland was very good as Spidey. Wonder if they'll manage to make more than 2 films with him :roll:
I also liked that the Vulture's suit made him look suspiciously like a certain caped crusader at points :lol:

Oh, and there is something right at the end of the credits but it's basically a big FU to anyone who stayed for it even though it's kind of funny.

Certainly worth a watch.
Author:  Paul1965 [ Wed Sep 13, 2017 9:56 am ]
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pcernie wrote:
It - I've never read the book, but this film is just torture porn. I actually walked out. From five minutes in you're just supposed to watch kids being mutilated via godawful CGI and truly dumb plot logic.


I think it is King's best effort but I don't recall people carving into each others skin. I stopped watching The Green Inferno after about 40 minutes. Very explicit dismemberment and eye removal of one character made me wonder why I was watching it.
Author:  Blue_Nowhere [ Mon Sep 18, 2017 2:49 pm ]
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pcernie wrote:
It...


I don't have much more to say than Ernie has already, generous 6/10 for me.
Author:  davrosG5 [ Mon Sep 18, 2017 3:40 pm ]
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American Made

It's a Tom Cruise film where Tom Cruise plays essentially Tom Cruise... again.
Entertaining and based on real events (this guy).
I enjoyed it but I wouldn't go out of my way to see it again.
6/10
Author:  Paul1965 [ Tue Sep 26, 2017 5:31 pm ]
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I've found a Blu Ray of Spiders 3D in a charity shop. Looked it up on imdb and it's got a whopping 3.4 rating. Get a load of the opening line of the synopsis:

Quote:
When a meteor shower hits an old Soviet space station in the orbit of Earth, parts and debris crash into the New York subway tunnel near the Noble Street Station.


Sounds great, yes? Review to follow!
Author:  pcernie [ Tue Sep 26, 2017 7:17 pm ]
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Paul1965 wrote:
I've found a Blu Ray of Spiders 3D in a charity shop. Looked it up on imdb and it's got a whopping 3.4 rating. Get a load of the opening line of the synopsis:

Quote:
When a meteor shower hits an old Soviet space station in the orbit of Earth, parts and debris crash into the New York subway tunnel near the Noble Street Station.


Sounds great, yes? Review to follow!


Pure win!
Author:  davrosG5 [ Tue Sep 26, 2017 7:27 pm ]
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I don't see how I can possibly make any judgement about this film without know which other films have been brought by the same people :D
Author:  Spreadie [ Tue Sep 26, 2017 7:31 pm ]
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Paul1965 wrote:
I've found a Blu Ray of Spiders 3D in a charity shop. Looked it up on imdb and it's got a whopping 3.4 rating. Get a load of the opening line of the synopsis:

Quote:
When a meteor shower hits an old Soviet space station in the orbit of Earth, parts and debris crash into the New York subway tunnel near the Noble Street Station.


Sounds great, yes? Review to follow!

Hmm, that depends - does mega-shark save us from them?
:mrgreen:
Author:  cloaked_wolf [ Fri Sep 29, 2017 10:37 pm ]
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The Accountant

Ben Affleck plays a character with high functioning autistic spectrum disorder. Some of it is well characterised IMO (despite negative comments from the autistic society). Whilst his acting is pretty good, the writing overall is pretty sloppy and there are either scenes that have been left out or forgotten about. Either way, some of it is disjointed. I can't help but feel if the writing and storyline were better this would score 4-4.5/5. I'm giving it 3/5 - more enjoyable than MoS.
Author:  pcernie [ Sat Sep 30, 2017 8:22 am ]
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cloaked_wolf wrote:
The Accountant

Ben Affleck plays a character with high functioning autistic spectrum disorder. Some of it is well characterised IMO (despite negative comments from the autistic society). Whilst his acting is pretty good, the writing overall is pretty sloppy and there are either scenes that have been left out or forgotten about. Either way, some of it is disjointed. I can't help but feel if the writing and storyline were better this would score 4-4.5/5. I'm giving it 3/5 - more enjoyable than MoS.


It struck me as one of those films you want to be really good going by the premise, but you see so many 'average reviews at best' that I'll never watch it. Life's too short and we have good TV shows now...
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