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[kk67]

Yeah. The ensemble cast is brilliant. Paul Whitehouse, Tambor, Palin ,Winstone, Isaacs, Buscemi......
I'm amazed Stephen Fry and Rowan Atkinson didn't make a cameo appearance. You should watch this movie.

[rowan]

Friend of mine directed this:

[paddy no 11]

Death of stalin - brilliant
I, tonya, good show, worth a look
Phantom thread - very good, is pretty much what you'd expect

[Donny osmond]

Death of stalin - brilliant
I, tonya, good show, worth a look
Phantom thread - very good, is pretty much what you'd expect

I, Tonya was some of the best acting I can remember seeing. Feckin grim plot, but very watchable for all that.

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[Mikey Brown]

Annihilation. Proper crap. If you think you haven’t seen t, well, you have.

[kk67]

Amadeus.
In honour of Milos Forman I bought the DVD this afternoon. Fecking superb film, Peter Shaffer is the writer.

I might have a fault with my new JBL soundbar. It cuts out the background noise ?. It cuts out totally at silence ??.

[kk67]

Brimstone.
Guy Pearce is a fantastic actor. Him and Mark Rylance are two of the finest actors I've ever seen but this is not a movie I will watch again. I'd usually be happy to watch a decent Western more than once..... even a half decent Western and I'll watch it a few times. But this is super ugly.

On a lighter note... C5 had 'Dances with Wolves' as their Sunday family fare.
Strangely, someone at C5 decided not to include the subtitles in the broadcast. Which meant that the lengthy polemics dealing with why: 'we can't trust Whitey' were totally lost.
It was such a bizarre moment that I actually started to question whether the original movie had subtitles. When I realized I was translating the Sioux language, I knew it was a f*ck up.

[WaspInWales]

Avengers: Infinity War.

Saw this the other day with my 12 year old son. He loved it, but I thought it was a massive pile of wank.

Too much happening, too many characters (which may have been the point, but it was just overly pointless).

My son is into the Marvel universe thing, but my experience is limited to a few movies, without the need for much of the back story.

I liked Deadpool, Ant-Man and Gruaniads of the Galaxy, but can live without the others I've seen.

This is going to drag on for many a year, before people start to figure out that the plot lines and characters are pretty much interchangeable and divert their attentions to whatever else.

[WaspInWales]

Ready Player One on the other hand...

...Loved it!

CGI rich, soppy storyline, loser overcomes adversity, loser overcomes the odds to win the 'game', kids Vs adults, good Vs evil, corporations...blah blah blah, but I thought it was a more than decent flick.

Haven't read the book, didn't know one existed, so just judged the movie on what I saw, and I enjoyed it and the nostalgic references.

I was really looking forward to this film after the hype from the trailers, and part of me thought the film would be crap, but I liked it.

Give me this over x amount of 'superheroes' fighting evil and threats against the Earth, any day!

[Mikey Brown]

For some reason I flicked through batman vs superman. I thought it would be a pile of garbage but funny. It wasn’t that funny though.

Confirmed to me that, as I suspected, every single one of these superhero films are totally shite.

[OptimisticJock]

I enjoyed infinity war but do agree there's too many characters that I'm not interested in. I dont really care about Black panther, vision, visions burd, the budget iron men and probably another couple. If you're not into marvel I can see why you wouldn't enjoy it.

[WaspInWales]

Avengers: Infinity War.

Saw this the other day with my 12 year old son. He loved it, but I thought it was a massive pile of wank.

Too much happening, too many characters (which may have been the point, but it was just overly pointless).

My son is into the Marvel universe thing, but my experience is limited to a few movies, without the need for much of the back story.

I liked Deadpool, Ant-Man and Gruaniads of the Galaxy, but can live without the others I've seen.

This is going to drag on for many a year, before people start to figure out that the plot lines and characters are pretty much interchangeable and divert their attentions to whatever else.

Infinity War works better when you view it as a film about Thanos, his motivations (bring balance to the universe by culling 50% of the population, for the greater good) and his personality - he's not truly evil, he believes he is being altruistic, and there even is some good in him but at the same time, he's absolutely committed to his goals as well, no matter the cost. The Russo Brothers who directed it have said as much, and his narrative arc in the film even follows that sort of structure.

Out of the three Avengers films, it's the only one I enjoyed, but it does have the common issue that always besets comic book cross-over events or ensemble pictures - the huge cast of characters is difficult to wield effectively.

In terms of the rest of the MCU films, it's really a case of what you're into since a fair few of them feel like other genre films, which happen to feature Marvel characters: Ant-Man is basically a heist film, the last couple of Captain America films are very much espionage films, Thor: Ragnarok is a buddy film, and so on.

I agree that Thanos was the strongest/most interesting character in the movie. Says a lot when multi-million/billion dollar superheroes are up against him, but at the same time it just paves the way for the follow up when it's revealed all the culled population have just been sent to a parallel universe and can be saved by the remaining Avengers with a little help from someone close to Thanos. Rinse and repeat.

No doubt all the Marvel films fall into generic categories such as heist, espionage and buddy flicks but they're all about good vs evil, overcoming adversity, against the odds, etc, etc...

I've never been into comics so my default setting may be stopping me from appreciating these films for how others perceive them. That said, I grew up on Superman and Star Wars movies and I've definitely appreciated them, no matter how corny they have been.

[morepork]

Sorry, after the worthless drivel that was Thor Rankcock, no more of that staid, dull superhero formula for me.

Baddie sets up catastrophic event >>> goodies battle it out, get slapped about then re-group >>> some heartfelt revelations amongst the cast that would make an '80s teen horror movie blush >>> big final battle royale >>>> open ended conclusion set up for the next spunking of enough resources to educate 50 000 children for a decade.

Fark that.

[zer0]

Deadpool is what you'll be wanting then. Aiming to see DP2 sooner rather than later.

[Banquo]

Deadpool is what you'll be wanting then. Aiming to see DP2 sooner rather than later.

me too. First one was excellent- the marketing for the second one is a work of genius too.

[Numbers]

Deadpool is what you'll be wanting then. Aiming to see DP2 sooner rather than later.

me too. First one was excellent- the marketing for the second one is a work of genius too.

A mate of mine saw it earlier in the week, apparently it's better than the first one.

[morepork]

Deadpool is what you'll be wanting then. Aiming to see DP2 sooner rather than later.

Yeah, nah. Not risking it again.

[Mikey Brown]

Deadpool is what you'll be wanting then. Aiming to see DP2 sooner rather than later.

Yeah, nah. Not risking it again.

But he talks to the camera and stuff. It’s wild.

[Banquo]

Watch Logan then.

Or Logan Noir (lol)

[Banquo]

Watch Logan then.

Or Logan Noir (lol)

Logan Noir owns, hth. The original colour version is superior though.

The title is pretentious, was my lol moment

[zer0]

Solo. Not as good as Rouge One, but a lot better than I was expecting based off the trailers. A nifty little cameo towards the end which could play into a Boba Fett film, or used in a sequel (which IDK if they're doing with these anthology series).

[Banquo]

Got around to seeing Black Panther.

It's 'aight.

I fell asleep watching it at home. Just thought it dreary tbh.

[kk67]

The Ballard of Lefty Brown.
It's a cracking Western. Bill Pullman is quality.

[J Dory]

The Ballard of Lefty Brown.
It's a cracking Western. Bill Pullman is quality.

Maybe i was in the wrong mood, but found it to be cliched rubbish. Still watched it until the end though, why I'm not sure. Maybe it was the promise that it might get good, it didn't.

[Which Tyler]