Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted September 3, 2018 Author Paid Members Share Posted September 3, 2018 I liked Rogue One. I preferred Solo. I liked Ready Player One. It's nowhere near Spielberg's best. I watched Tau last night. I didn't like it and it was shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Scott Malbranque Posted September 3, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted September 3, 2018 (edited) That's some coincidence. I had Tau and Infini lined up for tonight. Is Tau really shite? I'm not Ed Skrein's biggest fan anyway, so if you're recommending I swerve it, I'll just stick to Infini and a bit of Corrie instead. Also, just on a side note, I have the novelization of Event Horizon and it's going for ignorant amounts of money (with respect to a paperback) on auction sites. If I wasn't so sentimental I'd be 70 quid richer... Edited September 3, 2018 by Scott Malbranque Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted September 3, 2018 Author Paid Members Share Posted September 3, 2018 It starts off quite well but then becomes really boring and pointless. Skrein is alright and Maika Monroe wears some shorts at one point, otherwise it's not really worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Accident Prone Posted September 3, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted September 3, 2018 I'm starting to see that my thoughts on film belong in the Unpopular Opinions thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Danger Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 2 hours ago, Dead Mike said: I really enjoyed Upgrade. It was much nastier than I was expecting & it had a 90's throwback feel to it. The only gripe was the lead actor looked so much like a skinnier Tom Hardy it was almost distracting. Another decent find was American Animals. True story about a bunch of college students who decided to rob some valuable art from their college library. It's a well trodden genre but they put a different spin on it with voice overs/cut away scenes involving the actual wannabe criminals. Highly recommended.  I thought Tom Hardy had an unusually small part in Prometheus until I Imdb'd this guy after Upgrade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Bellenda Carlisle Posted September 3, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted September 3, 2018 The only reason I even heard about upgrade is because people were joking from the trailer and the first Venom trailer that they looked like the same film due to both having "Tom hardy" unexpectedly bonding with a talking parasite that gives him powers to kick arse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awards Moderator Onyx2 Posted September 3, 2018 Awards Moderator Share Posted September 3, 2018 3 hours ago, Devon Malcolm said: I liked Rogue One. I preferred Solo. You're the first person I've ever heard say that, and I loiter round some grottily pro-Star Wars areas of the Internet. Rogue One is getting almost universal praise as a really great standalone film (I loved it at first and it gets better with each watch). Solo is fine, but completely ephemeral. Han starts as a scoundrel... and ends as one. Just romps around a bit. Dead person cameo aside, it's just fluff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted September 3, 2018 Author Paid Members Share Posted September 3, 2018 But I'd say the same of Rogue One. With Solo I think it strengthened a couple of the series' main characters but with Rogue One it was a case that we knew what happened at the end anyway, and the journey there wasn't as interesting as it should have been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awards Moderator Onyx2 Posted September 3, 2018 Awards Moderator Share Posted September 3, 2018 21 minutes ago, Devon Malcolm said: With Solo I think it strengthened a couple of the series' main characters Which ones? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted September 3, 2018 Author Paid Members Share Posted September 3, 2018 Han and Chewie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Hannibal Scorch Posted September 3, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted September 3, 2018 1 hour ago, Onyx2 said: You're the first person I've ever heard say that, and I loiter round some grottily pro-Star Wars areas of the Internet. Rogue One is getting almost universal praise as a really great standalone film (I loved it at first and it gets better with each watch). Solo is fine, but completely ephemeral. Han starts as a scoundrel... and ends as one. Just romps around a bit. Dead person cameo aside, it's just fluff. I second Devon. Maybe it was the low expectations and brilliant turn from Donald Glover. But I thought Solo was great fun and sad people avoided it due to the behind the scenes drama. Saying that, I think Star Wars now has the worst fan base since Wrestling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awards Moderator Onyx2 Posted September 3, 2018 Awards Moderator Share Posted September 3, 2018 (edited) 27 minutes ago, Hannibal Scorch said: Saying that, I think Star Wars now has the worst fan base since Wrestling Unquestionably, since Last Jedi. I've never seen a usually joyful, light-hearted fandom tear itself a-fucking-part over whether one film in a forty year franchise has wrecked it. /r/starwars is completely unbearable. TFN has imploded. Every single discussion comes back to whether Rian Johnson is a cunt or not. Agreed with johnnyboy. Edited September 3, 2018 by Onyx2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members ColinBollocks Posted September 3, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted September 3, 2018 (edited) Thanks for the reminder that Paddington is on Prime. I can't remember the last time I was charmed by a film in such a way. Both films are genuinely very funny and everyone is really good in the films. The worry early doors is it's going to be "quirky" overload, but they get it right. The 2nd film, in particular, is very worthy of all the gushing praise it received. It wasn't until a scene near the end, where they clearly nod towards it that I noticed the film is inspired by It's A Wonderful Life. Better than Star Wars. Edited September 3, 2018 by ColinBollocks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Hannibal Scorch Posted September 3, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted September 3, 2018 2 hours ago, ColinBollocks said: Thanks for the reminder that Paddington is on Prime. I can't remember the last time I was charmed by a film in such a way. Both films are genuinely very funny and everyone is really good in the films. The worry early doors is it's going to be "quirky" overload, but they get it right. The 2nd film, in particular, is very worthy of all the gushing praise it received. It wasn't until a scene near the end, where they clearly nod towards it that I noticed the film is inspired by It's A Wonderful Life. Better than Star Wars. I’m sure I read that Paddington 2 is eligible for the Oscars next year after a late US release. If so, campaign for Hugh Grant for best supporting actor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted September 4, 2018 Paid Members Share Posted September 4, 2018 I really enjoyed Rogue One. Lots of action, lots of drama, great to see Donnie Yen getting more mainstream Hollywood work, and I'm now firmly of the belief that there is no better, more terrifying introduction to Darth Vader than his full-on assault scene in that film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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