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I couldn't believe when I read that they have remade it. I've checked it out and reviews aren't bad actually. Including this one:
"Shows the difference between a 1970s Hollywood vehicle starring Steve McQueen as a badass adonis and a 2017 cinematic landscape able to embrace nuance and compassion." The Film Stage.
I have no doubts that it will be any better than original but I am curious to check it out.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
fabulous, historical, hysterical, bit of a swear fest.
if you know your Russian Revolution through to post WW2, then you will find it of interest.
the characterisations are great if you know who the individuals involved, and then seeing Michael Palin and Paul Whitehouse playing them is great.
this was the first 15 film we let our 14 1/2 year old daughter watch. The swearing was a bit much, but important also to see how good men of the people who start out with great principles and morals, become part of the whole system to the point that they can do bad things.
Baby Driver - A lot better than I expected. Really enjoyed it as a Friday night film with a few beers.
What surprised me about rewatching the film after many years is that it’s actually ( I wish I had a better word here) gritty and not the softer version you might have thought they’d put McQueen and Hoffman in.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Wait for it....wait for it...wait some more...bam!
Recomended if you like a slow burn Western with a twist.
Bit like an extended Classic Album programme. Dragged at the end with all the talking heads saying how brilliant he was but some really interesting bits beforehand.
If anyone else watched it what the hell was Stevie Wonder playing?
One of the better Marvel films I thought. I know a lot of people are looking it as potential for role models, I genuinely thought they did a better job of strong female action characters in it than most other modern action films.
Get out : kind of strange film about a rich Neurosurgeon surgeon and his therapist wife who use black people for their own twisted means. Not great
Having seen most of the films nominated for 2018 Oscars I'm surprised 3 Bill Boards didn't ace it, best film of the lot
Blade Runner 2049.
I wanted to like it. I really, really did.
But ultimately it felt like too much effort.
Yes, it was visually impressive with the isolated vistas, but it left me wanting. In some places, it reminded me of Richard Stanley’s ‘Hardware’ (in a good way of course).
The soundtrack was okay, but I had been spoiled by Vangelis.
I’ve been told “you didn’t get it” (I did), “it’s very deep” (it’s not) and that “it’s better than the original” (lolz!!!11one), but ultimately, it felt like it was lacking "something", and tried too hard.
And no, it doesn’t mean I should go and watch Fast & Furious 27 instead.
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
…they might if they watch this.
I’m hoping Disney don’t buy the rights and give us a weekly Blade Runner show.
Having said that, the nerd in me bought the blu-ray steelbook so I’ll whack in the 3D disc to give it another go to see if it grows on me. Like fungus.
Now on Netflix
Pretty good sci-fi yarn with the sort of plot you'd normally see in a video game as opposed to a film. i.e. More out-of-the-box than most. A couple of very gory scenes mixed within a beautiful but deadly environment. Science fiction for thinkers.
Personally I really enjoyed it but I think it will divide opinions.
Way better that that POS Cloverfield excuse they aired back at the start of Feb.
British comedy about a group of aging former British wrestlers from the Big Daddy/Giant Haystacks era who put on a performance for a single evening for charity to help save their pub from a mean brewery man...
The wrestling villan is described thus "I hear he brought a shetland pony into the ring and punched it, just to upset the kids!"
It's VERY British, it's very silly, and very fun.
Mom and Dad - ?/10
I'm fairly sure this film was created something along the lines of this "Hi Nic(olas Cage) here is big bag of cocaine, we're going to film you after you've taken it." then they watched the footage, with some edits here and there, green-screened in some actors and called it a movie.
The rough plot is, something happens, which makes parents want to attack their kids (described as a reversing of the parental instinct to protect your children at all costs). So Nicolas Cage being a dad gets to be all crazy - fully off the chain crazy in the way only he can do.
Brilliant fun, but a very strange film
Not entirely sure sure what I think about Annihilation. Quite interesting but there’s the feeling it’s trying to look clever more than actually being clever. Or so clever it went over my head.
Interesting that it was a primarily female cast. Could have been primarily men or mixed with very little adjustment, just an ensemble that happened to be mostly women and I guess that stands out because of it's relative rarity. Portman did a good job, Benedict Wong reprised his role as Prime from the IT Crowd which was very distracting ( to be fair that might be more in my head than on the screen), Gina Rodriguez as the paramedic seemed to have been given a stereotyped hot-headed Latino role ( hard not to think of Private Vasquez from Aliens, one of several echoes of that franchise) and, err, no one else stood out much.
Set somewhere in the American South but all filmed in the UK.