Last Film You Saw

Bigga said:
Not getting on at your opinion, but I see a ot of this in reviews.

Whilst I wouldn't rate the film as 'the best' or anything close, I think it was an interesting choice to make the character more relatable in his connective 'Humanity' than just a baseline character whose forté is being a 'superhero'.

I like that Gunn made the character struggle more in identifying which side of him was more important and that he wasn't 'America First', but 'Humanity First'.

Shame Gunn'll leave this interesting exploration aside in his next delivery.
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Maybe I should have given it 20 mins :-)
 
Superman.
James Gunn wants to make a Superman film, and an Avengers film with wars and Mega-Destruction and a Dr Strange Madness film and an Antman Quantum realm film, and a film where the sidekick is absurdly hard and a dog, and some comedically annoying sidekick superheroes/aliens (who we'll call metahumans, so people might be conned into thinking that they make sense too other than because the 'plot' and setpieces has sprawled out of control and they need some others to help out), at least one of whom behaves exactly as you know that a Nathan Fillion character will behave, and one will be extremely serious about Everything.

And then puts them all together in a relentless porridge where money can buy Magic (but we'll call it technology, probably for copyright reasons or to avoid upsetting Arthur C Clarke's ghost).

It's really not a good Superman film. It's about average as a spoof Superman film but the only connection with Superman really is the names - in fact, Gunn basically appears to have decided to remake Guardians of the Galaxy in Superman's World.

There is some atrocious CGI. Oh, and the ending before the credits is applied with a very James Gunn Sledgehammer, which having it 1/10th of the duration would have worked just as well.
The bloke playing Superman is just about okay, although I very much doubt I will recognise him in any other film that he appears in, not the charm of Reeves by any means, and to say he's been on Earth for 30 years, Clark's really not very clued up.

Good things? Brosnahan is okay in a fairly shallowly written Lois, Olsen is blandly bland - Perry White makes more impact in two sentences, Mr Serious (not his real name is actually quite fun in his earnestness, Nicholas Hoult has a ball as Luthor and is very good at playing nutjobs, almost enough to mask that his plan doesn't actually have an endgoal, he's just a megolamaniac for the sake of being one.

Film studios really need to take Ultimate Control away from some directors, and probably bring some new thoughts in to the fold.
 
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MillionMilesAway said:
Superman.
James Gunn wants to make a Superman film, and an Avengers film with wars and Mega-Destruction and a Dr Strange Madness film and an Antman Quantum realm film, and a film where the sidekick is absurdly hard and a dog, and some comedically annoying sidekick superheroes/aliens (who we'll call metahumans, so people might be conned into thinking that they make sense too other than because the 'plot' and setpieces has sprawled out of control and they need some others to help out), at least one of whom behaves exactly as you know that a Nathan Fillion character will behave, and one will be extremely serious about Everything.

And then puts them all together in a relentless porridge where money can buy Magic (but we'll call it technology, probably for copyright reasons or to avoid upsetting Arthur C Clarke's ghost).

It's really not a good Superman film. It's about average as a spoof Superman film but the only connection with Superman really is the names - in fact, Gunn basically appears to have decided to remake Guardians of the Galaxy in Superman's World.

There is some atrocious CGI. Oh, and the ending before the credits is applied with a very James Gunn Sledgehammer, which having it 1/10th of the duration would have worked just as well.
The bloke playing Superman is just about okay, although I very much doubt I will recognise him in any other film that he appears in, not the charm of Reeves by any means, and to say he's been on Earth for 30 years, Clark's really not very clued up.

Good things? Brosnahan is okay in a fairly shallowly written Lois, Olsen is blandly bland - Perry White makes more impact in two sentences, Mr Serious (not his real name is actually quite fun in his earnestness, Nicholas Hoult has a ball as Luthor and is very good at playing nutjobs, almost enough to mask that his plan doesn't actually have an endgoal, he's just a megolamaniac for the sake of being one.

Film studios really need to take Ultimate Control away from some directors, and probably bring some new thoughts in to the fold.
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Absolute mess of a film, I tried but couldn't bring myself to finish it, turned off with about 45 minutes to go. For an action film, I was just bored.
 
MillionMilesAway said:
Superman.
James Gunn wants to make a Superman film, and an Avengers film with wars and Mega-Destruction and a Dr Strange Madness film and an Antman Quantum realm film, and a film where the sidekick is absurdly hard and a dog, and some comedically annoying sidekick superheroes/aliens (who we'll call metahumans, so people might be conned into thinking that they make sense too other than because the 'plot' and setpieces has sprawled out of control and they need some others to help out), at least one of whom behaves exactly as you know that a Nathan Fillion character will behave, and one will be extremely serious about Everything.

And then puts them all together in a relentless porridge where money can buy Magic (but we'll call it technology, probably for copyright reasons or to avoid upsetting Arthur C Clarke's ghost).

It's really not a good Superman film. It's about average as a spoof Superman film but the only connection with Superman really is the names - in fact, Gunn basically appears to have decided to remake Guardians of the Galaxy in Superman's World.

There is some atrocious CGI. Oh, and the ending before the credits is applied with a very James Gunn Sledgehammer, which having it 1/10th of the duration would have worked just as well.
The bloke playing Superman is just about okay, although I very much doubt I will recognise him in any other film that he appears in, not the charm of Reeves by any means, and to say he's been on Earth for 30 years, Clark's really not very clued up.

Good things? Brosnahan is okay in a fairly shallowly written Lois, Olsen is blandly bland - Perry White makes more impact in two sentences, Mr Serious (not his real name is actually quite fun in his earnestness, Nicholas Hoult has a ball as Luthor and is very good at playing nutjobs, almost enough to mask that his plan doesn't actually have an endgoal, he's just a megolamaniac for the sake of being one.

Film studios really need to take Ultimate Control away from some directors, and probably bring some new thoughts in to the fold.
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An interesting take.

Not arguing with the summary, really, as it's fair when you itemise it in such a way. Or, maybe, I'm giving Gunn the extreme benefit of the doubt with such a great take on 'Guardians of the Galaxy', so I'm wondering why I'm defending this version of the film, myself, as there are only small gems, really!

Gunn, nearly gave up on writing this version of the film and you can kind of see why, with the hodge podge of tick boxing exercises that happen trying to make this film for all levels of enjoyment. But, three (well, four, really) things were important that were easily missed as undercurrent. The 'Superman' dilemma, the 'Lois-Clark' relationship/ the 'Humanity' relationship and the side development of 'Mr Terrific'.

I can see why it took a long while to get this rolling and, really, I think it could have done with another year of developing, but Gunn is a self-promoter and put himself under pressure with the DCEU timeline that he, himself, pushed out.

I think this franchise will take off when Gunn develops 'Brainiac' in light of how the 'Kal-El/ Clark Kent' legacy and identity struggle is examined and the character development can move on...

Or, for the comic book fan in me, I'd like to think so...?
 
Elbow beards said:
Absolute mess of a film, I tried but couldn't bring myself to finish it, turned off with about 45 minutes to go. For an action film, I was just bored.
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I watched it last night / this afternoon. Had to do two sittings cause I was falling asleep last night.

I get what the idea was - try to introduce a few cutesy things and make Superman more relatable. But we saw next to nothing of Clark Kent and the fact that other "metahumans" seemed to kick his head in several times, not really much of Superman

Seems like a reflex from the Snyder too serious movies, but it ended up a bit of a dog of a film (pin intended)
 
Finally got around to watching Nobody 2 earlier on. It was okay, I suppose. Not a patch on the original. Then again, it seems that that can be said about most sequels, no? Anyway, I give it a 6.5/10.
 
The Notebook with my two teen daughters.
Enjoyable weepy.
Ryan Gosling and Rachel Macadams make it easy on the eye and give the love story the romance it needs. James Marsden plays privileged smarm quite well.
 
roach3 said:
Compare this shite to man of steel which was a proper dark but brilliant take on the superman franchise capped off with Zimmermans brilliant soundtrack.
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Always thought that seemed to be an underrated film. Loved the opening scenes set on Krypton and how "Clark" found his way to earth. Cavill was very good, in my opinion. As was Amy Adams and Michael Shannon as Zod. Nice little cameo from Laurence Fishburne as Perry White. Possibly under utilised (though I suppose the editor of the Daily Planet is a peripheral figure anyway.
 
roach3 said:
Compare this shite to man of steel which was a proper dark but brilliant take on the superman franchise capped off with Zimmermans brilliant soundtrack.
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Exactly, I think the film shows what is wrong with Hollywood film making.

"What we gonna make"
"How about another super hero film?"
"Which one?"
"Superman again? Story is already there"
"Err its been done to death though, how we selling it again its getting a bit fucking predictable now"
"Good point, okay let's think really hard about how we can pretty much make the exact same film from a different angle"
"We could try and put that effort into coming up with something original? "
"Really?"
"Nah just taking the piss, let's do the flying twat again and give him a dog and make it funnier and brighter, the exact opposite of dark and sombre, throw a few of those out then go back to dark and sombre"
"Excellent idea, okay lets discuss the new Batman film, im thinking of turning it into a comedy, working title Carry on Robbin"
"Dual meaning, Genius, camp it up like the 60s, maybe a musical, lets ride that wave for the next decade or so "
 
Last couple of nights Ive watched movies about the Iraq War.

Firstly Green Zone with Matt Damon searching for the non-existent WMDs. Decent watch 7/10

Then the Hurt Locker last night. Can't think why I'd never seen it before. Superbly tense and powerful. 8.5/10
 
Has anybody watched Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man? What are your thoughts if so?

7/10 from me, it'll be interesting to see if Duke (Tommy's son) carries on into the next decade or so, as Barry Keoghan is excellent in this.
 
hilts said:
Exactly, I think the film shows what is wrong with Hollywood film making.

"What we gonna make"
"How about another super hero film?"
"Which one?"
"Superman again? Story is already there"
"Err its been done to death though, how we selling it again its getting a bit fucking predictable now"
"Good point, okay let's think really hard about how we can pretty much make the exact same film from a different angle"
"We could try and put that effort into coming up with something original? "
"Really?"
"Nah just taking the piss, let's do the flying twat again and give him a dog and make it funnier and brighter, the exact opposite of dark and sombre, throw a few of those out then go back to dark and sombre"
"Excellent idea, okay lets discuss the new Batman film, im thinking of turning it into a comedy, working title Carry on Robbin"
"Dual meaning, Genius, camp it up like the 60s, maybe a musical, lets ride that wave for the next decade or so "
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Calling Bigga.
 
Rory Bluelow said:
Last couple of nights Ive watched movies about the Iraq War.

Firstly Green Zone with Matt Damon searching for the non-existent WMDs. Decent watch 7/10

Then the Hurt Locker last night. Can't think why I'd never seen it before. Superbly tense and powerful. 8.5/10
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If you’ve not watched it check out Warfare, it’s on Prime based on a true story it’s one of the best recent war films, brutal.
 
just watched weapons, a pretty good watch lots of intrigue and tension, love films that show the different points of view of the characters
slightly confused by the ending as it left me questioning why and how maybe hints at something more
overall very good
 
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