Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted June 12, 2012 Moderators Posted June 12, 2012 Funnily enough, you've left out the only thing that gpwfanforlife did include - the title of the film.
Paid Members LaGoosh Posted June 12, 2012 Paid Members Posted June 12, 2012 You know when a work of art just clicks with you? This was one such film. Brilliant.
iamtheman Posted June 12, 2012 Posted June 12, 2012 Never thought i'd see that positive a review of flashdance on here
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted June 12, 2012 Paid Members Posted June 12, 2012 I reckon it was Dirty Dancing. Nah, Dirty Dancing has 6.4 on IMDb. Which is about 6.3 too high.
WU LYF 4 LYF Posted June 12, 2012 Posted June 12, 2012 It was Flashdance, never seen Dirty Dancing. Currently working through a load of 80s films after loving everything John Hughes did. Footloose is next up.
Paid Members Jaffa Posted June 12, 2012 Paid Members Posted June 12, 2012 Avoid Pretty In Pink. I watched it last night and it's half arsed rubbish.
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted June 12, 2012 Paid Members Posted June 12, 2012 I was going to watch Cabin In The Woods but it turned out to be a version that someone had recorded on a cam in a cinema. I struggled through the first 5 or 10 minutes and gave up, it was unwatchable. Mind you, it is a Joss Whedon film. I watched Cube instead. It's not all that great, is it?
Paid Members chokeout Posted June 12, 2012 Paid Members Posted June 12, 2012 I was going to watch Cabin In The Woods but it turned out to be a version that someone had recorded on a cam in a cinema. I struggled through the first 5 or 10 minutes and gave up, it was unwatchable. Mind you, it is a Joss Whedon film. I watched Cube instead. It's not all that great, is it? Cube is ok, for the budget it had it was very well done. I think stripped down and done as an episode of Outer Limits or Twilight zone it could have been great
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted June 12, 2012 Paid Members Posted June 12, 2012 Its main problem was that the acting was utter, utter shit and that none of the characters were especially likeable. Are the sequels any good?
Rey_Piste Posted June 12, 2012 Posted June 12, 2012 The sequels were awful, I quite liked the first one it was a good concept filmed on a tiny budget.
Paid Members JLM Posted June 12, 2012 Paid Members Posted June 12, 2012 (edited) I didn't think the characters needed to be likeable in Cube; I just saw it as an interesting look at how a group of people who found themselves in that situation might behave. I thought both of the sequels were entirely unnecessary and not very good at all. I'd say Cube Zero is better than Cube 2, but neither are particularly worthwhile. I've had arguments with people in the past who criticise the first film's ending because it doesn't spoon feed you a bunch of answers re: why they were put in there, who did it, what's going on outside it etc. and the sequels seem to be designed to cater to those people. Edited June 12, 2012 by JLM
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted June 12, 2012 Paid Members Posted June 12, 2012 I didn't mind the ending at all, I really don't mind when they are left open like that. I understand what you're saying about it looking more at how these people might co-exist, but I think to base itself around that concept it really needed people who could act. If it had been more about the traps themselves, which I think it should have been, then it might not have mattered so much. I think I've just watched too many of these kinds of films recently, almost all of them except Exam have disappointed me and that did have an absolutely crap ending as well.
Paid Members chokeout Posted June 12, 2012 Paid Members Posted June 12, 2012 The sequels build on the 'mythology' of the Cube which is code for back story no one really gives a shit about
Rey_Piste Posted June 12, 2012 Posted June 12, 2012 The sequels build on the 'mythology' of the Cube which is code for back story no one really gives a shit about Which made the sequels uneccesary and shit. Cube worked when it was this little indie film which left the film open to interpretation. It's like a magic rick once you know how it's done then it loses any interest.
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