Movies
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@Graeme
This will be the first time I've seen it on imax, the second time I've seen it in London, the third time I've seen it at the cinema and the umpteenth time I've seen it full stop. It has possibly become my favourite Makoto Shinkai ever. Closely followed if not tied with 5cm per second. Due to the success of Your Name I'm not sure that he has started work on his next project yet. No doubt it will be worth the wait. -
@Morose_Penguin I see that I'm speaking to the converted.
Not seen 5cm per Second. Will have to look it up.
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Yeah, I’ve been a big fan since I saw Voices of a distant star. He’s decided on a theme and is just running with it. If you ever have a spare 5mins, try to find She and her cat. Should be on YouTube.
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That was a good night. I’d forgotten the amount of violence in Akira. If the live action travesty ever goes anywhere, it will be tough to have anything other than a watered down version.
Your Name continues to be fantastic every time I watch it. Although this release didn’t subtitle the songs, outside of the opening and closing :(.
The sheer scale that imax brings to a screening is superb - some of the scenes in Your Name were breathtaking, even when I knew they were coming.
Also the audience were great. It’s sad to say, but it seems limited screenings for an audience who wants to watch a film seems to be the way to go if you don’t want someone talking all the way through a film.
Overall extremely enjoyable, I would highly recommend the BFI imax. Though do stay away from the bar. Terrible selection and overpriced:(
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The Dark Tower: 1/10
Shite sandwich
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Read the books, far better. From what I’ve heard of the movie, it tries to do far too much in a small amount of time.
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Read the books, far better. From what I’ve heard of the movie, it tries to do far too much in a small amount of time.
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I have read the books, hence the reason why the movie sucked
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Fair enough. Saw Avengers Infinity War again today. Interested to see where the next one goes, feel like I’ve missed out on some of the plot points by not seeing Black Panther.
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Black Panther was pretty enjoyable. You should definitely check it out.
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I’ll wait for the rental at this point.
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Fair enough. Saw Avengers Infinity War again today. Interested to see where the next one goes, feel like I’ve missed out on some of the plot points by not seeing Black Panther.
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I think there are what, 7 books total in the Gunslinger series? They basically omitted virtually all of it except Jake, Roland, The Dark Man and the Tower. This should've been a franchise film with sequels, like The Lord of the Rings imo, but the director took short cuts and turned it into one giant sh*tfest.
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Game night was funny.
Red sparrow was lame
Black panther was also good
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I enjoyed it, but it would have been better if it were about 15 minutes shorter. And it did not have the most airtight and believable plot I've ever seen. It was fun, though.
Kinda like Thor: Ragnarok. Or any Marvel movie, for that matter…
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I watched Dangal a couple of days ago, on a flight from Melbourne to LA. It's based on the true story of a former Indian wrestler who raises his daughters to compete. I missed it when it was on general release, but enjoyed it.
One thing that caught a lot of people's attention was the transformation that the actor Aamir Khan underwent to play his character as an out-of-shape older man, and a competitive wrestler in his twenties.
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I enjoyed it, but it would have been better if it were about 15 minutes shorter. And it did not have the most airtight and believable plot I've ever seen. It was fun, though.
Kinda like Thor: Ragnarok. Or any Marvel movie, for that matter…
Hmmm. I actually found Ragnarok far more entertaining. But, again, I'll probably watch BP again over the weekend and then reassess.
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Maybe this should go in unpopular opinions. Superhero movies have ruined the film industry over the past two decades. "Here's the plot; good guy has to stop bad guy. Now let's use a fancy computer to layer a bunch of special effects over the top of it all".
It's kind of like autotuning in music. "You're pretty but you can't sing? Don't worry we can fix that."
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^ I’m with you. The first Avengers movie was bearable because of Joss Whedon’s sense of humour. Very occasionally I’ll watch one on Netflix (the second Thor film about two years ago was the last time it happened) if I’m utterly lost for something to do. I always end up thinking it was a poor decision and a waste of two hours.
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^^ yep, with both of you on this as well. From day one I've never liked big blockbuster special effects ridden movies made for the mindless ADD masses…..no offense to anyone
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Superhero films have their place but yes, the industry is saturated with them. I'd rather watch a lower budget film with strong characters and a good story over a cgi sh*tfest any day of the week.
