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Post by Crimson on Jul 31, 2017 23:29:16 GMT
Late to the party but, I recently watched the new Beauty & the Beast over the weekend. Really enjoyed it, still prefer the cartoon original tho.
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Post by Lee on Aug 6, 2017 5:21:41 GMT
I saw The Dark Tower today (Saturday). It was really great. It didn't follow the book series, but is it's on original take on things. The characters were quite close to how they behaved in the books though, so it was great in that sense. I would recommend it to fans of the books (if they can get past the fact it isn't a recreation of the events of the book), and say maybe wait to rent it if you aren't a DTS fan.
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Post by phantomrachie on Aug 7, 2017 6:47:46 GMT
Has anyone seen the actor playing Jafar in the new live action Aladdin. He is a young swole hot guy, Im sure he is a good actor but to me it just highlights what a disaster this remake is going to be. Make the middle aged,wiry,villain into a muscular hottie, basically Jafar is just going to be an evil Aladdin.  |
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Post by Lee on Aug 7, 2017 6:52:31 GMT
He is far too attractive to play that part, but I can live with that.  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2017 11:07:48 GMT
I saw The Dark Tower today (Saturday). It was really great. It didn't follow the book series, but is it's on original take on things. The characters were quite close to how they behaved in the books though, so it was great in that sense. I would recommend it to fans of the books (if they can get past the fact it isn't a recreation of the events of the book), and say maybe wait to rent it if you aren't a DTS fan. I thought it could have used another 30 to 45 minutes to build up the tension. It wasn't as bad as the reviews led me to expect it to be and I didn't have any trouble following the plot despite never having read any of the books, but the whole thing felt a little anticlimactic to me. |
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Post by Lee on Aug 9, 2017 11:13:59 GMT
I saw The Dark Tower today (Saturday). It was really great. It didn't follow the book series, but is it's on original take on things. The characters were quite close to how they behaved in the books though, so it was great in that sense. I would recommend it to fans of the books (if they can get past the fact it isn't a recreation of the events of the book), and say maybe wait to rent it if you aren't a DTS fan. I thought it could have used another 30 to 45 minutes to build up the tension. It wasn't as bad as the reviews led me to expect it to be and I didn't have any trouble following the plot despite never having read any of the books, but the whole thing felt a little anticlimactic to me. It was always going to be a bit hard to sell the characters and leave it in a state that can easily be picked up for the series they have baking. To my knowledge not many movies are made with a series to follow it in mind like this? It is all very strange. I am curious to see if or how they will meet the other main characters from the books. I really can't imagine them moving forward without Eddie and Susanna, but who knows. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2017 17:42:29 GMT
watched 2 movies today: akron- cute movie ab two boys falling in love, with a bit of angst but not related to sexuality, and it got a happy ending yay get out - that was so freaking creepy and terrifying (thankfully i read up some details cause otherwise i just wouldnt get them what with me being not american or just knowing such history facts). still have gotg 2 and mummy to catch up, probably tomorrow though  |
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Post by Crimson on Aug 15, 2017 13:46:35 GMT
get out - that was so freaking creepy and terrifying (thankfully i read up some details cause otherwise i just wouldnt get them what with me being not american or just knowing such history facts). Creepy white people are the best.  |
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Post by phantomrachie on Aug 16, 2017 21:04:06 GMT
Saw Atomic Blonde this evening. Really enjoyable, the fight scenes were very well choreographed and shot, decent plot but it´s not has clever as it thinks it is and its very well cast. Charlize Theron is standout but everyone is great.
Think of it as a cross between a James Bond film set during the cold war (only without all the misogyny) and Die Hard.
I´d recommend it.
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Post by Crimson on Aug 16, 2017 21:33:34 GMT
Anybody here gonna watch this when it's released? I don't want to be the only oneRuby Rose is in it.  |
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Post by Ark on Aug 16, 2017 22:17:18 GMT
Somehow I never saw a trailer for this movie before, despite that it comes out in less than 2 weeks. That said, always glad to see more Peter Dinklage. Especially when he's given roles that weren't written with a little person in mind. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2017 9:49:24 GMT
Saw Atomic Blonde this evening. Really enjoyable, the fight scenes were very well choreographed and shot, decent plot but it´s not has clever as it thinks it is and its very well cast. Charlize Theron is standout but everyone is great. Think of it as a cross between a James Bond film set during the cold war (only without all the misogyny) and Die Hard. I´d recommend it. I loved it. It's not a future classic or anything, but it's something I would happily rewatch. And while the plot wasn't groundbreaking, I thought the did a good job balancing the whodunnit of it all. |
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Post by phantomrachie on Aug 17, 2017 10:00:22 GMT
Saw Atomic Blonde this evening. Really enjoyable, the fight scenes were very well choreographed and shot, decent plot but it´s not has clever as it thinks it is and its very well cast. Charlize Theron is standout but everyone is great. Think of it as a cross between a James Bond film set during the cold war (only without all the misogyny) and Die Hard. I´d recommend it. I loved it. It's not a future classic or anything, but it's something I would happily rewatch. And while the plot wasn't groundbreaking, I thought the did a good job balancing the whodunnit of it all. Agreed. It has some rough edges which probably stem from the inexperience of David Leitch as a director but it's a really solid film. Definitely one to add to my collection when it comes out, there aren't a lot of films like it and I'd happily watch it a few more times. I'm sure there are parts I missed that I'll spot on a rewatch. I'm looking forward to seeing what he can do with Deadpool 2, at the very least we know the fight scenes are going to be incredibly well done. |
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 17, 2017 10:17:47 GMT
I saw The Dark Tower today (Saturday). It was really great. It didn't follow the book series, but is it's on original take on things. The characters were quite close to how they behaved in the books though, so it was great in that sense. I would recommend it to fans of the books (if they can get past the fact it isn't a recreation of the events of the book), and say maybe wait to rent it if you aren't a DTS fan. Late but I heard it's more of a Sequel than an adaptation of the novels. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2017 10:33:04 GMT
Somehow I never saw a trailer for this movie before, despite that it comes out in less than 2 weeks. That said, always glad to see more Peter Dinklage. Especially when he's given roles that weren't written with a little person in mind. i heard that its gonna be free on google play or something no? |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2017 10:36:38 GMT
Guardians of the galaxy 2 was great, i really loved it, mb a bit too much songs though Also watched The Magnificent Seven (2016), it was so boring, but i still finished all those 2 hours cause no romantic subplot lol |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2017 10:57:21 GMT
Guardians of the galaxy 2 was great, i really loved it, mb a bit too much songs though Also watched The Magnificent Seven (2016), it was so boring, but i still finished all those 2 hours cause no romantic subplot lol I don't know what you're talking about. Vasquez and Farraday we're clearly star crossed lovers. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2017 11:29:06 GMT
Guardians of the galaxy 2 was great, i really loved it, mb a bit too much songs though Also watched The Magnificent Seven (2016), it was so boring, but i still finished all those 2 hours cause no romantic subplot lol I don't know what you're talking about. Vasquez and Farraday we're clearly star crossed lovers. eeh who are u talking about?)) is it the shooter and the asian guy, damn im sorry i dont remember any names they seemed quite close, but romantic? idk i need to see actual coupley things not just bromance hints |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2017 12:44:27 GMT
yesterday watched dark tower...well that dumb boring fairy tale wasnt stephen king ...idris alba was hot though but even he couldnt keep that trainwreck from failing
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Post by phantomrachie on Sept 2, 2017 14:44:11 GMT
watched -What Happened to Monday on Netflix. It is a really interesting film, but I do have some issues with some of the themes. The ´twists' were very obvious but Noomi Rapace did a fantastic job of plaything 7 people though, it was very believable from that perspective. More thoughts in spoilers. This film wouldn't have worked at all of Noomi wasn't able to pull off the role,but she was great. Each sister felt very different, not just their hairstyle and clothes but their body language and reactions were all different.
The special effects were very well done and I liked how quickly the plot got moving, no plodding through each of the sisters day before getting started, just straight into things.
My issues stem from Monday´s motivations for betraying her sisters and certain aspects of the world.
Firstly, the film frames it like Monday turned her sisters in because she fell in love with a hot guy, there is a little bit about how she thinks she is the only real Karen and her sisters are just pretending and her desire to protect her unborn children but those are just kinda dropped in at the end (though the pregnancy is foreshadowed with her getting sick in the morning)
Most of reasoning the film shows is this guy she fancies and I have a hard time believing that she would sanction the murder of her sisters because of a hotboy. We dont know too much about Monday but all the sisters seem close, so it just doesn't ring true to me. More focus on Monday´s desire to be her own person throughout the film would have made for a more believable reason for betrayal.
Secondary, this is a world that is struggling to deal with overpopulation and yet it doesn't seem to have readily available, affordable birth control. There is one sign for free sterilisation but that is it from a birth control pov, so it looks like they decided that killing children was the best way to deal with crisis, over developing a method to reduce multiple births and affordable birth control. The end of the film even makes it clear that the policies of the government mostly affected poor women, who had to hide when they were pregnant.
Glenn Closes´s character is supposed to be somewhat sympathetic, but she spent the past 30 years deciding that child murder was a better solution to overpopulation than literally any other solution. Also her grand plan once elected (to queen of the world? that is not made clear) would result in restricting children to rich people, which again, not a great solution.
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