Last Film You Saw

The last Mission Impossible ( Final Reckoning) is available to download from the usual places, I see. Went to see it in the cinema. It's long (nearly 3 hrs), and I thought it meandered at times, and I found my attention wandering at various points during the film. The stunts, as usual, were fantastic (the biplane scene is brilliant) . But a film shouldn't just be about stunts (no, not a typo!). 6.5/10 for me.
 
jimharri said:
The last Mission Impossible ( Final Reckoning) is available to download from the usual places, I see. Went to see it in the cinema. It's long (nearly 3 hrs), and I thought it meandered at times, and I found my attention wandering at various points during the film. The stunts, as usual, were fantastic (the biplane scene is brilliant) . But a film shouldn't just be about stunts (no, not a typo!). 6.5/10 for me.
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3/4 of the way through watching, hard work but the alternative was The Hundreds…..
 
Just watched Superman, just God awful crap. The leads have zero charisma or chemistry, the fking dog!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Trying to bring a Guardians vibe, as out of place as carragaher at a Mensa convention. Superman Returns was bad but looks a high watermark compared to this mess, every one of the cast seemed to be reading from a different script.

I remember the Sam Raimi Spiderman films of the early 00s, good fun at the time. I watched the 2 Andrew Garfield films, whilst he was good the other characters weren't especially memorable. Finally, watched the Home trilogy with Tom Holland, he is very believable as both Peter and Spidey. Loved all three Spidey's in No Way Home along with the old villains. Was pleasantly surprised by the first spider verse film, great plot.


As nearly a FOC, as a kid the marvel characters were in order of interest Fantastic Four, Hulk and Spiderman, none of the others made any impression on me as a kid. As I got older, X-Men were in the mix. Just think all that marvel avengers stuff is just bombastic shite.

I will always love Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy as they were by and large, decent films rather than just superhero films.
 
Aba452 said:
Just watched Superman, just God awful crap. The leads have zero charisma or chemistry, the fking dog!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Trying to bring a Guardians vibe, as out of place as carragaher at a Mensa convention. Superman Returns was bad but looks a high watermark compared to this mess, every one of the cast seemed to be reading from a different script.

I remember the Sam Raimi Spiderman films of the early 00s, good fun at the time. I watched the 2 Andrew Garfield films, whilst he was good the other characters weren't especially memorable. Finally, watched the Home trilogy with Tom Holland, he is very believable as both Peter and Spidey. Loved all three Spidey's in No Way Home along with the old villains. Was pleasantly surprised by the first spider verse film, great plot.


As nearly a FOC, as a kid the marvel characters were in order of interest Fantastic Four, Hulk and Spiderman, none of the others made any impression on me as a kid. As I got older, X-Men were in the mix. Just think all that marvel avengers stuff is just bombastic shite.

I will always love Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy as they were by and large, decent films rather than just superhero films.
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'Kin 'ell! I think that's the most venom you spat out about some form of entertainment that's annoyed you! LOL!
 
Bigga said:
'Kin 'ell! I think that's the most venom you spat out about some form of entertainment that's annoyed you! LOL!
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I prefer both Superman III and Superman IV The quest for Peace, to this one, and if I'm being honest, Supergirl, though for entirely different reasons........

One the plus side I did enjoy the "new" Spidey's! ;-)
 
Aba452 said:
I prefer both Superman III and Superman IV The quest for Peace, to this one, and if I'm being honest, Supergirl, though for entirely different reasons........

One the plus side I did enjoy the "new" Spidey's! ;-)
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Respectfully, I understand your reply, but I think there are aspects of the film I really do like.

It's a mish-mash, for sure, but it's quite difficult to bring anything new to the 'Superman' franchise. Gunn needed to make the film accessible to a much younger audience and I think he achieved that. What I do think is that Gunn is bringing the overall audience into the new written lore of the character (I think he may spin some of the old film situations in the future) and I think that's the right thing to do because, in himself, 'Superman' is quite dull.

Gunn's brought a morality and dilemma in, as Snyder did, but more fleshed out. In fact, the most interesting morality issue from the original film was the character reversing time in order to save 'Lois Lane'. The rest of it is a 'Clark Kent' and 'Lex Luthor' fun off for something to catch the attention. For me, this film tries to emulate that for different reasons.

So, in conclusion, it's not the character that's the most interesting if he's not facing issues because he's almost 'perfect', what happens around him is.

Gunn has put himself into a difficult position, for sure. He can't really win here.
 
Father Goose (1964)
Cary Grant as an un-suave, unfashionable drunk.
Trevor Howard has a lot of fun as an RN commander.

It's fun as Grant embraces grumpiness (he was about 60 when it was made).

Won an Oscar for best screenwriting. When collected, one of the writers said "Thank you to Cary Grant who keeps winning these things for other people.”

Which is just about the perfect description of Grant. Just a terrific actor.
 
crublue1 said:
I reckon its right up your street.
It's a simple, but pretty unique premise.
It's forward and backwards, story wise, but it all comes together brilliantly.
One of my favourite films
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Watched it tonight mate.
As you said, my kind of film. Loved it, thanks for the recommendation.
 
Tenet….what the bloody hell was I watching? Some scenes were reversing of what just happened. No idea what was happening. Not for me, I’m afraid.
 
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