#227

Nope, ALL TIME I’m afraid. It’s been backed now so too late

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#228

is this the one with the CGI tiger in the boat? coz that looked like my idea of hell

#229

That’s life of pi, which is more dull than offensive

#230

oh shit, i remember. the wife read Cloud Atlas so we watched the trailer and both went … aw hell naw

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#231

Good decision. There’s a scene early on where Tom Hanks kills a film critic which I think tells you everything you need to know

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#232

I remember being really underwhelmed when I first saw Frank at the cinema. I was really looking forward to it given it was “loosely” based on Frank Sidebottom and everything. I enjoyed it a lot more the second time I saw it. Had the same experience with Inside Llewyn Davis. Don’t think either are classics though.

Whiplash on the other hand IS a classic! Anyone who says otherwise is just wrong.

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#233

I was bored of the song the second time he started to play it but on balance I liked how from the trailers you knew the old dude was a total wank but there was a surprise twist and it turned out the young guy was an absolute helmet too. So the message I took from the film was that jazz is for bellends.

Worst film is obviously Batman Returns.

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#234

I watched Fanboys last night. That’s got to be in with a shout. All the bad bits of Kevin Smith movies without the saving graces (tbf I am not sure what the saving graces of Kevin Smith movies are. I liked them back in the day, but they just feel painfully dated now. Anyway, it was like a Kevin Smith movie but worse)

#235

Whiplash is good but its definitely not a classic

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#236

didn’t mind cloud atlas too much. I watched it on dvd almost immediately after finishing the novel and it was more “oh that’s an adequate staging of scene from book”. not sure if I’d describe it as good though.

#237

I have taken your thoughts on board, given it a second thought and decided that I’m still right - an it’s appalling piece of cinema.

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#238

Kermode’s description of it as a “admirable failure” is probably about right.

Kind of uncomfortable about the yellowface aspect to it though, even though I understand why it’s went that way.

#239

Not even the worst batman (dark knight rises)

#240

Not seen Cloud Atlas but any film which has Hugh Grant like this is alright by me

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#241

No, definitely a classic

#242

Limony Snickett and American Gods?

#243

It’s really, really not and there’s nothing in it to suggest otherwise

#244

Yeah - it’s sort of essential to the whole … thing (not doing words good today). Maybe just this once we are being political correctness gone mad.

Either way it’s not a completely awful way to pass … however many hours long it is.

#245

A week I believe

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#246

Films I really like include:

Frank
Whiplash
Cloud Atlas

I know the latter got panned and it certainly has its flaws but I really loved it; there’s such a wide variety of genres and ideas: the bits that don’t work as well fly by and there’s some bits that work brilliantly.