Keith Houchen Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 It wasn't as good as Mother! but it was still ace. Obviously I'm in no rush to see either of them again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted December 13, 2018 Author Paid Members Share Posted December 13, 2018 I love a high school comedy way more than I should considering I hated school and the fact that I'm a grown man but To All the Boys I've Loved Before is absolutely fantastic. Between that and Love, Simon it's been such a huge year for the genre in terms of representation but the fact they're both such great films helps a lot too. Lovely to hear they're being lined up for sequels and spin-offs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Bellenda Carlisle Posted December 13, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted December 13, 2018 (edited) 19 hours ago, DEF said: Finally saw The Meg yesterday and it was nearly everything I hoped for. It's probably a little to long, hugely cliched and yeah it has an appropriate amount of dodgy dialogue/ropey acting but it's the Stath Vs a prehistoric giant shark! Damn entertaining in my view. My only real criticism is that the Stath didn't call the shark 'Meglocunt' and then punch it in the eye. Missed opportunity. It was nothing I hoped for. I was expecting ultra violence but the peril level was akin to Jurassic park 1. Great if you want to see people not get eaten for 2 hours. Also I hated how stealthy the shark was, A 100 foot shark sneaking up on people, it had no presence. The scene where it was snapping it's giant jaws inches away from stath and the water wasn't even moving. Kong Skull Island > Rampage > Meg > Jurassic World 2 Edited December 13, 2018 by Bellenda Carlisle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted December 13, 2018 Author Paid Members Share Posted December 13, 2018 I can't believe a film about a megalodon eating people in 2018 wasn't more realistic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Bellenda Carlisle Posted December 13, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted December 13, 2018 9 minutes ago, Devon Malcolm said: I can't believe a film about a megalodon eating people in 2018 wasn't more realistic! Realism isn't my bag Dev I just don't think it was as effective as if the shark had a massive presence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members DEF Posted December 13, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted December 13, 2018 (edited) 57 minutes ago, Bellenda Carlisle said: It was nothing I hoped for. I was expecting ultra violence but the peril level was akin to Jurassic park 1. Great if you want to see people not get eaten for 2 hours. Also I hated how stealthy the shark was, A 100 foot shark sneaking up on people, it had no presence. The scene where it was snapping it's giant jaws inches away from stath and the water wasn't even moving. Kong Skull Island > Rampage > Meg > Jurassic World 2 Despite my Meglocunt joke I knew exactly what I was getting the moment it got put through as a 12A. I mean yeah I'd have preferred an adult monster movie but as long as it's entertaining a kids monster movie is just as good in my book. I'd probably rank them, Kong Skull Island - The Meg - Jurassic World 2 - Rampage Edited December 13, 2018 by DEF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted December 13, 2018 Author Paid Members Share Posted December 13, 2018 The Wreck It Ralph films aren't proper Disney films anyway because they're good. Is it me though or was one scene from the trailer missing in this? From 1:18 onwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zep81 Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 Man, talk about a forgotten movie gem. The movie follows the Hard Target story of a bunch of hunters who pay money and who trick and hunt homeless people for kicks. Ice T is v.good in the lead role who you obviously root for and Rutger Hauer amongst others do well in supporting roles too. A v.good entertaining movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted December 13, 2018 Author Paid Members Share Posted December 13, 2018 (edited) @johnnyboy - I wish they'd stop it with that shit! @zep81 - Love that film! It's absolutely superb and genuinely under-appreciated. Edited December 13, 2018 by Devon Malcolm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 19 minutes ago, Devon Malcolm said: The Wreck It Ralph films aren't proper Disney films anyway because they're good. Speaking of which, I watched Christopher Robin I don't know if it's because I don't have kids and don't watch kids films, but with this and the Paddington films, there was a lot of warmth in them. Ewan McGregor did his posh English Man acting and Hayley Atwell did not much, but the bits with the the toys and the one scene with Mackenzie Crook, Matt Berry and the always brilliant Simon Farnaby were as comforting as a bowl of soup on a winters day when you're not well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Hannibal Scorch Posted December 13, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted December 13, 2018 8 minutes ago, Keith Houchen said: Speaking of which, I watched Christopher Robin I don't know if it's because I don't have kids and don't watch kids films, but with this and the Paddington films, there was a lot of warmth in them. Ewan McGregor did his posh English Man acting and Hayley Atwell did not much, but the bits with the the toys and the one scene with Mackenzie Crook, Matt Berry and the always brilliant Simon Farnaby were as comforting as a bowl of soup on a winters day when you're not well. Nope. The Paddington’s and Christopher Robin are exceptions to the rule pretty much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Danger Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 How the hell did Disney release a Winnie the Pooh film and not call it Winnie the Pooh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members bAzTNM#1 Posted December 14, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted December 14, 2018 1 minute ago, Mr_Danger said: How the hell did Disney release a Winnie the Pooh film and not call it Winnie the Pooh. Probably too iconic, so we get hit with this title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 1 hour ago, Mr_Danger said: How the hell did Disney release a Winnie the Pooh film and not call it Winnie the Pooh. Because they did that in 2011. Really good film as well with great songs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BomberPat Posted December 14, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted December 14, 2018 I haven't watched Christopher Robin yet, but the Paddington movies are absolutely perfect. Most attempts to update that kind of classic English kids' story these days seem to try and make the character hip and trendy, so you get Peter Rabbit twerking or some shit. Paddington manages to feel current in how tongue-in-cheek and knowing it is, but never feels like it's pretending to be above its source material, and feels completely in keeping with the original concept. More importantly, it's bloody hilarious. Everyone puts in a good shift, but I honestly think Paddington 2 is Hugh Grant's finest work. Compare films like that to most kids' films, and stuff like Dreamworks, where a lazy pop culture reference passes as a joke, and you're guaranteed a forced dance routine to a pop song that might have been popular when they started animating it five years' earlier, and they're worlds apart. Mark Kermode described the last Moomins movie as something like a welcome respite from how noisy most kids' movies are, and that word "noisy" probably sums up everything I don't like about lazy writing for kids, while Paddington gets everything exactly right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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