Paid Members Nick Soapdish Posted February 5, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted February 5, 2017 Â Â Bone Tomahawk was a top recommendation. Even Matthew Fox and Patrick Wilson were good in it. James Tolkan pops up to! Matthew Fox was a revelation. When I saw him in that I thought, "What really?" I mean, when's that guy ever good in anything. But he's the best thing in it and it's got Wilson, Kurt Russell and fucking Richard Jenkins in it. Amazing. Clearly never seen Speed Racer then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted February 5, 2017 Author Paid Members Share Posted February 5, 2017 And I'm not going to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Nick Soapdish Posted February 5, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted February 5, 2017 And I'm not going to. I recommend Speed Racer. Sure, generic story but visually stunning and better then you'd think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted February 5, 2017 Author Paid Members Share Posted February 5, 2017 I don't like the Wachowskis and I've seen bits of Speed Racer and they alone gave me a headache. Plus car racing bores the shit out of me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BigJag Posted February 5, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted February 5, 2017 I expected Speed Racer to be absolutely rubbish. I was surprised to find it quite engaging and interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Nick Soapdish Posted February 5, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted February 5, 2017 I expected Speed Racer to be absolutely rubbish. I was surprised to find it quite engaging and interesting. I think most people did. It's a bit of a cult thing I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members lambyUK Posted February 6, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted February 6, 2017 Did Trainspotting 2 today. Really good. Toned down the comedy a little bit and I liked the fact that it made Spud more than just comic relief as well. Well worth seeing and waiting for. Â I just trawled back to see if there was any mention of the new Trainspotting film and there's only Dev's post above so I thought I would continue on from here. Â I went to watch it with my wife on Saturday and I'm in agreement that I thought it was great as well. One of my concerns was about how you bring these characters back together after 20 years, on top of following on from what was a cultural phenomenon. However those concerns faded within 20 minutes as everything really felt organically brought together. It had an awful lot of heart and it makes you sit there contemplating what you did with your own life since the original movie came out. As you say, Spud's arc was a joy to watch. Â I felt the end was little abrupt mind, but it still didn't cloud over anything in what was a really fantastic follow up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members chokeout Posted February 6, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted February 6, 2017 I did post what i thought of Trainspotting 2 a few pages back.  It's been a few years so i decided to work through all of Twin Peaks again. I won't go into loads of details about that but I re-watched Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me last night after not seeing it for ages.  My god, its so shit (and that's coming from a big David Lynch fan) . I think at the time the fan base for the series wanted a continuation but they ended up with a full on David Lynch film, stripped of the humour from the series and more graphic scenes, which don't really sit well. The only bonus is 80's Bowie, looking like he's got a lift from Jagger straight from the Dancing In The Street video, showing up for one scene  God knows what the rumoured 4 hour cut of it would have been (I know most of the scenes have actually turned up on the Blu Ray release) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members lambyUK Posted February 6, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted February 6, 2017 (edited) I did post what i thought of Trainspotting 2 a few pages back.  Found it now. It was because you started the post about Green Room that I missed it.  I can definitely see how watching the first recently would impact on how you view the new one. For me, I haven't watched the original in years but I'm glad Danny Boyle choose to go in this direction for the new.  For me, if they made it in the same way you suggested today it would have felt like they were trying to replicate the same formula. It's why I enjoyed it so much. You have remember these characters are 45 plus years old now, and chucking guys of that age into something as chaotic as the first wouldn't feel genuine to me.  It's why I used the term organic above. It felt a natural way to bring these characters back together. Edited February 6, 2017 by lambyUK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobra_gordo Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 Went to see The Lego Batman Movie at the weekend. I really enjoyed it, there's plenty for the kids to enjoy and loads of adult gags too (such as the nob gag Devon alluded to). Probably on a par with The Lego Movie for me but preferred Batman's happy-but-not-overly-sugary-ending-because-Will-fucking-Ferrell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awards Moderator Onyx2 Posted February 7, 2017 Awards Moderator Share Posted February 7, 2017 Â Loving the Japanese Kong Skull Island poster. Saw the trailer at the weekend and it looks like a train wreck that will end up on a lot of people's guilty pleasure lists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members chokeout Posted February 7, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted February 7, 2017 That is a wonderful poster. I don't think it looks that bad to be honest. Don't like them shoe-horning the Godzilla reference into the trailer and have no idea how they plan on making the eventual cross over work but you can't really go wrong with a giant ape smashing the shit out of everything (plus the poster makes it look like we're going to get an ape vs kraken showdown!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Nick Soapdish Posted February 7, 2017 Paid Members Share Posted February 7, 2017 That is a wonderful poster. I don't think it looks that bad to be honest. Don't like them shoe-horning the Godzilla reference into the trailer and have no idea how they plan on making the eventual cross over work but you can't really go wrong with a giant ape smashing the shit out of everything (plus the poster makes it look like we're going to get an ape vs kraken showdown!) That Grey thing looks like Cloverfield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Undefeated Steak Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 (edited) I watched War Dogs today. I really enjoyed it. Jonah Hill is something of a stamp of quality for me, I gotta say. I don't think I've seen any film with him in that I haven't liked.Echo the Jonah Hill comment. As for War Dogs, I really enjoyed it too. One of those films that's easy to watch and keeps you laughing almost all the way through. Ana De Armas(sp?) is my main celebrity crush. Hardly a great film but enjoyed it far more than I'd expected to. Edited February 7, 2017 by Undefeated Steak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted February 7, 2017 Moderators Share Posted February 7, 2017 I had never heard of her before this film but she is rather lovely, and made enough of an impact for me to check for her name when the credits rolled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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