#271

finally got round to watching Gangs Of New York last night. I was almost willing it to be better than it was the entire time - the scope is so great and there’s some amazing performances (DDL obviously, Leo & Brendan Gleeson good as ever) - but it’s a mess overall, some of the story seems to be missing chunks and then you have Cameron Diaz and a really miscast John C Reilly… tbh it could probably be remade these days with more realistic fight scenes and a tighter script and be a 10/10 film

#272

the concept sounds intriguing but then i was pretty disappointed by it comes at night which did the same

#273

I think the strength of A Quiet Place is the way it sees it’s conceit through, I was intrigued by the trailer but expected it to fall apart in the final third but it really stays true to it’s central concept impressively IMO to the extent that some of it’s hokier elements were really easy to get past.

(I liked It Comes at Night quite a lot as well though fwiw)

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#274

Weird seeing Elliott from ET in it as well (the actor that is, this isn’t some very strange crossover)

#275

ha i didn’t even realise it was him

#276

yeah agree with Ant. There was a bit where I thought they might stretch the concept but instead it works really well. I mentioned up thread but I like how the tension builds and builds in quite a natural and organic way. Doesn’t really feel contrived.

There’s a few “Hollywood” bits and I think if you sat and thought about it there are plot holes you could drive a car through but they’re quite minor and the strength of the film when it’s good gives it a bit of a pass.

Preferred it to The Babadook/The Witch/Get Out/other big horror films which are universally acclaimed

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#277

Steven Seagal? No. It’s probably his best film, but that’s not saying much.

#278

I can’t believe that Last Jedi thread is still going. Daren’t look at it.

#279

Oooh no its a film about the famous Nico
Didn’t realise there was one with the same name released in 88 :smiley:

#281

How weird is that. Didn’t realise that ‘1988’ is part of the title and not the year it was made.

In retrospect it would be slightly out of nowhere to ask if a 1988 Steven Seagal film is any good.

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#282

Yeah it’s a bit of a sprawling mess. Opening scene with the build up to the scrap with the music building and building is brilliant. The ending is shite.

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#283

Accidentally posted this in the march thread earlier:

Watched 'The Dark Tower’ and because I went in with rock bottom expectations I could appreciate it for what it was - meh. Elba is brilliant but he’s not given much to work with. Liked its brief length and it would make a decent pilot episode for a series which I think was kind of the vision but dunno if that idea has been canned. It was not very good but not completely terrible. I dunno what anyone who had not read the books would make of it and I’ve not read the books for years so not sure what advantage/or not that gave me.

#284

Ewan Mcgregor was SLEEPING through Trainspotting 2. I couldn’t get over it.

#285

Watched the extended Fellowship of the Ring which was both better and worse than I’d remembered. Compared to the hobbit, the world-building landscapey bits are more organic than i’d remembered but all the cgi and battle sequences are :poop: dunno why they made the orcs soooo bad. I guess they were trying hard for that 12 certificate but they completely ruin it.
Boromir/10

#286

this might be old news, but I watched the villainess on netflix without knowing anything about it, turns out it is bloody brilliant

@xylo think you’ll like it if you’ve not seen it already

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#288

I loved this. Gonna watch the bus sequence tonight as a treat.

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#289

I saw this at the cinema last year, really excellent stuff. That opening POV sequence is such a rush.

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#291

ah man, could tell i was gonna love it from the first sequence alone, bet it was incredible to see that at on the big screen.

think it maybe tries to be cleverer than it needs to be with the flashbacks and stuff, but that’s a minor quibble really

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#292

Watched Apocalypse Now Redux and on the whole really enjoyed it. It’s much slower and has a lot more space which I liked, but the entire french plantation scene near the end felt completely pointless and really bloated the film. Bizarre, almost feel like I dreamed it.

#293

The Autopsy of Jane Doe - almost unbearable for the first 2/3 in terms of tension and just being plain creeped/grossed out, then it does the classic horror movie thing of not being very scary and a bit silly in the final third

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