Last Film You Watched

Watched Drop last night

I’m undecided on this film. It’s got a 6.5 on IMDb but I thought it was a bit disappointing. The concept was good but once again I wasn’t convinced by the plot. I know movies aren’t meant to be realistic but there were some significant unrealistic plot holes.

Gets a 5.5/10 for me
 

LA Confidential. Screenplay still wrecks, there's a reason it was one of the first three DVDs I bought. Dear God, is that film tight. Cromwell was robbed.

Context says John Wick is next up to bat. Another killer screenplay. Love it when someone gives great actors stuff to work with. Even Mayhem is good in a bit part.

Groucho said:
Interstellar - superb, just superb.

Wonder - crap, Stuart Littel without the mouse.

The Spongebob SquarePants Film - Christ almighty no.

Lego Batman - possibly the best Batman film aside from the original Micheal Keaton film. Brilliant.
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You're mad, the first two Bale flicks both wreck. I love the first Keaton Batman. Saw it in the theater. Great stuff. It also isn't in Nolan's league. Dude went on an utter tear from Memento to The Dark Knight. Only the Insomnia remake isn't up to snuff, and it's still good.
 
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On in cinemas.

Rami Malek plays an computer boffin, who works on classified stuff for the CIA.

His missus is kidnapped and murdered during a bank heist gone wrong by a group of terrorists.

He decides to take matters into his own hands and track them down, uncovering CIA unauthorised black ops along the way.

Malek is great, as is Lawrence Fishbourne in support, but at just over two hours it feels overblown and a little bit flat at times, kind of like a geeky version of the Bourne films.

One I’d recommend to stream rather go to the cinema to watch.
 
LostLegend said:
Nosferatu

I enjoyed it for the most part. Visually it looks great & Willem Dafoe is at his campy best in this. He really suits the roles where he can ham it up a fair bit.

I do think Robert Eggers is better with a limited budget though. The VVitch and The Lighthouse were lightyears better then this or Northman (Which I thought was a bit crap) while it's got that trademark folky weirdness you'd expect, it's perhaps a bit too polished?

Not bad overall though. I liked the slow pacing, which may be what is putting a lot of people off.
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I started watching it on a free streaming service. Thought it was OK but it was just like re-watching Bram Stoker for me, except not quite as good. I turned off after about 45 minutes and have no plans to go back to it. Does it continue along the same lines as Coppola's version? If so I think I'd rather watch that again. Given that's over 30 years old the SE haven't come on that much IMO.
 
Martin Alvito said:
LA Confidential. Screenplay still wrecks, there's a reason it was one of the first three DVDs I bought. Dear God, is that film tight. Cromwell was robbed.

Context says John Wick is next up to bat. Another killer screenplay. Love it when someone gives great actors stuff to work with. Even Mayhem is good in a bit part.


You're mad, the first two Bale flicks both wreck. I love the first Keaton Batman. Saw it in the theater. Great stuff. It also isn't in Nolan's league. Dude went on an utter tear from Memento to The Dark Knight. Only the Insomnia remake isn't up to snuff, and it's still good.
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Is "wreck" a good thing or a bad thing? Trying to distinguish whether you like something or hate it.
 

COYBL25 said:
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On in cinemas.

Rami Malek plays an computer boffin, who works on classified stuff for the CIA.

His missus is kidnapped and murdered during a bank heist gone wrong by a group of terrorists.

He decides to take matters into his own hands and track them down, uncovering CIA unauthorised black ops along the way.

Malek is great, as is Lawrence Fishbourne in support, but at just over two hours it feels overblown and a little bit flat at times, kind of like a geeky version of the Bourne films.

One I’d recommend to stream rather go to the cinema to watch.
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Rami Malek is a dreadful actor, really 1 dimensional character. No life how he gets these roles. I saw the trailer and thought it looked interesting.
 
Barnfred 55 said:
I started watching it on a free streaming service. Thought it was OK but it was just like re-watching Bram Stoker for me, except not quite as good. I turned off after about 45 minutes and have no plans to go back to it. Does it continue along the same lines as Coppola's version? If so I think I'd rather watch that again. Given that's over 30 years old the SE haven't come on that much IMO.
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It does continue the same as Dracula as essentially the same. They couldn’t get the rights to film Dracula from Bram Stoker’s estate so essentially filmed the same story with slightly different setting and characters and called it Nosferatu for the original version.

In my opinion this remake was completely style over substance. It offered nothing new, and Coppola’s version is far better.
 
LostLegend said:
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

Utterly mental. Ridiculous characters, crazy chase scenes. Everything you want in a Mad Max film tbh!
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The vehicles in it and the amount of thought and design that’s gone into them is insane.

Must’ve cost millions for them alone and that’s without a full crew of mechanics, welders and engineers.

Both Fury Road and Furiosa show that reboots can be done successfully if they’re done with thought, vision, the right writers, cast and lots and lots of money.
 

COYBL25 said:
He plays centre roles very well - weird and introverted, which he does in this one, so he plays it well.
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Yeah, I’m not sure on his talent as a lead actor. He won the Oscar just for getting a once in a lifetime role and played Mercury very well but every other role he’s been in for me at least, has been very ‘meh’. He’s like one of those paintings that villains peer through when they cut the eyes out.
 
COYBL25 said:
The vehicles in it and the amount of thought and design that’s gone into them is insane.

Must’ve cost millions for them alone and that’s without a full crew of mechanics, welders and engineers.

Both Fury Road and Furiosa show that reboots can be done successfully if they’re done with thought, vision, the right writers, cast and lots and lots of money.
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All about the man, his universe, his vision, his story, his lunacy. Miller.
 
COYBL25 said:
The vehicles in it and the amount of thought and design that’s gone into them is insane.

Must’ve cost millions for them alone and that’s without a full crew of mechanics, welders and engineers.

Both Fury Road and Furiosa show that reboots can be done successfully if they’re done with thought, vision, the right writers, cast and lots and lots of money.
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Yeah, I noticed some of the CGI was a bit janky in parts, but the practical stuff was so well done, like the cars as you say, that I can look past that.
 
Took a rewatch of Tron:Legacy last night. Still holds up. When the first one came out, I was a pup but loved it. I watched it again for the first time in decades the other week. It, uh, well it doesn’t hold up. Great concept but the technology was nowhere near where it needed to be. I also rewatched Legacy because there’s another Tron movie coming out later this year that looks cool.
 

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