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*** Official Film Thread ***

Bedfordspurs said:
Watched the new mummy film
Total gash
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I concur. It's a Tom Cruise movie, which means it's a string of action sequences loosely tied together by something masquerading as a plot with a love interest played by someone half his age. I had lost all interest long before Russell Crowe had finished his exposition voice over at the start.
 
Jordinho said:
Saw Alien Covenant and somehow it managed to be even worse than Prometheus. Gave up after 40 minutes of watching poorly written characters make idiotic decisions. This is why I don't go to the cinema anymore.

Another sequel is apparently being planned already where they'll most likely do another rewrite of the same script.
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It was awful
Plodded along and they almost had the ending written before knowing how to get there I assume
 
Jordinho said:
Saw Alien Covenant and somehow it managed to be even worse than Prometheus. Gave up after 40 minutes of watching poorly written characters make idiotic decisions. This is why I don't go to the cinema anymore.

Another sequel is apparently being planned already where they'll most likely do another rewrite of the same script.
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Planet of the Apes is the only good film this year so far from a franchise. Maybe Logan too actually.

There have been a lot of other really good films - Dunkirk, Baby Driver, Red Turtle, Raw, Prevenge, Okja, The Handmaiden etc. - but they've all been original/standalone screenplays.
 
Jordinho said:
I concur. It's a Tom Cruise movie, which means it's a string of action sequences loosely tied together by something masquerading as a plot with a love interest played by someone half his age. I had lost all interest long before Russell Crowe had finished his exposition voice over at the start.
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Can not stand watching Tom Cruise in any movie as that is all he plays, Tom Cruise ( wooden actor), the biggest joke of all was when he was picked to play Jack Reacher, then i heard he was the one who backed it with money so that explained it.
 
parklane1 said:
Can not stand watching Tom Cruise in any movie as that is all he plays, Tom Cruise ( wooden actor), the biggest joke of all was when he was picked to play Jack Reacher, then i heard he was the one who backed it with money so that explained it.
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I think Magnolia is the only thing I can stomach him in since the mid-90s.
 
parklane1 said:
Can not stand watching Tom Cruise in any movie as that is all he plays, Tom Cruise ( wooden actor), the biggest joke of all was when he was picked to play Jack Reacher, then i heard he was the one who backed it with money so that explained it.
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Liked the flying scenes and musak in top gun

This is Kelly McGillis now.........it is happening to us all
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Death Note on Netflix.

Oh damn its bad.

As a Death Note fan I am disappointed in every single aspect of this film as an adaptation.

As a film fan I cannot believe how fundamentally poorly made this is.

Its so bad Im not even mad about it, just confused!
 
I thought IT was excellent. Reminded me of the Goonies. A tight group of friends with a mission to stamp out the demonic beast. There were a lot of scares, although it wasn't as scary as it could have been. The acting was spot on, and showcased a number of potential future stars. Overall well worth a watch.
 
El Guepardo said:
I thought IT was excellent. Reminded me of the Goonies. A tight group of friends with a mission to stamp out the demonic beast. There were a lot of scares, although it wasn't as scary as it could have been. The acting was spot on, and showcased a number of potential future stars. Overall well worth a watch.
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What was, Top Gun?
 
El Guepardo said:
I thought IT was excellent. Reminded me of the Goonies. A tight group of friends with a mission to stamp out the demonic beast. There were a lot of scares, although it wasn't as scary as it could have been. The acting was spot on, and showcased a number of potential future stars. Overall well worth a watch.
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Agree. One of my all time favourites by Stephen King, and the movie was actually very good. Great acting!
 
Re-watched the 1990 "It" TV two parter with the missus last week & it was amazing how BAD the acting is in it. The lead (John Boy from The Waltons for those of us of a certain age) was so wooden he made Tom Cruise look like Jack Nicholson!!

I read the book years ago and really enjoyed it so I think we will be catching the remake sometime this week. In a similar vein we're looking forward to the second series of "Stranger Things" dropping on Netflix too.
 
I have something of a "never go back" policy with films from my youth I loved.

The vast majority are actually rubbish, or just havent aged well, and it kind of robs them from your fond memories.
 
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