Recommend me some classic Swedish films (that aren't Bergman), @R.N7 . My roommate is away for a fortnight so I have the TV to myself for once.
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Raven's End - About a working class writer trying to break free from his dysfunctional surroundings. Beautiful kitchen sink realism.
My Life As A Dog - Bittersweet delight, the best of the lot.
The Emigrants - Naturalistic epic about a family escaping famine to chase the American Dream.
A Swedish Love Story - Lyrical teenage love film. You wouldn't think it was directed by Roy Andersson if you've seen his later work.
One of the most beautiful films I've ever seen. It deserves a lot more accolades than it has.
I've no idea how they pulled off that descending tracking shot from the rooftop to the pool. Paul Thomas Anderson paid homage to it in Boogie Nights.
Sounds nice, I'd never heard of it before but I'll try to give it a watch.
Captain America: Blergy Durgy Doo It was fine. I liked it well enough. The ending was bloody stupid though. 7/10? 6.5? Does it matter?
More importantly, the stupid ending inspired me to write about action movies having trying to be 'too big' and how that's dumb cos it isn't what Die Hard done, read all about it up in hurr: http://mistercinecal.blogspot.ie/2014/04/scale-action-movies-and-you.html
More importantly, the stupid ending inspired me to write about action movies having trying to be 'too big' and how that's dumb cos it isn't what Die Hard done, read all about it up in hurr: http://mistercinecal.blogspot.ie/2014/04/scale-action-movies-and-you.html
Lowered it on wires to different cameramen.
The Amazing Spiderman 2, wasn't so amazing. Really,really long film which was 2hr 40min but felt like 4; for that amount of time there was really not enough action, and had so much filler that I thought I was in a Subway (shizam). In a film that had 3 villains, you rarely see them, and you spend most of your time watching Spiderman being the soppiest superhero ever instead, and has left so many things unanswered. I'd give it a 5/10, and that's only because the action was pretty entertaining in its short bursts.
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
It's really messy, it doesn't flow too well and it's really overly frantic most of the time, especially with the way it all starts. Goblin is a little like Venom in Spider-man 3 in that he's just crammed in there and before you know it his part as Goblin is done.
There's still far too much emo Peter Parker for my liking. Electro look's great and his battles with Spider-Man were well done and entertaining, but his character in general and his reasons for doing what he does were quite weak.
The ending was utterly ridiculous in my opinion, not because of what they're clearly looking to set up, but just because of the circumstances of it and the way it was actually executed.
ps. Dr Kafka is hilarious but not in a good way, he was like a really awful cliche so when you're supposed to take Electro seriously and fear him as this huge threat it's hard to really do so with Kafka being such a comedy figure in the same scenes.
6/10
It's really messy, it doesn't flow too well and it's really overly frantic most of the time, especially with the way it all starts. Goblin is a little like Venom in Spider-man 3 in that he's just crammed in there and before you know it his part as Goblin is done.
There's still far too much emo Peter Parker for my liking. Electro look's great and his battles with Spider-Man were well done and entertaining, but his character in general and his reasons for doing what he does were quite weak.
The ending was utterly ridiculous in my opinion, not because of what they're clearly looking to set up, but just because of the circumstances of it and the way it was actually executed.
ps. Dr Kafka is hilarious but not in a good way, he was like a really awful cliche so when you're supposed to take Electro seriously and fear him as this huge threat it's hard to really do so with Kafka being such a comedy figure in the same scenes.
6/10
@Red Shorts and @Snake Plissken what did you think of the first?
That didn't get good write ups either but I really enjoyed it
That didn't get good write ups either but I really enjoyed it
I didn't like it as much as Raimi's first couple of films, but it was still a solid film. However it was too much of what we'd already seen in the Raimi films which were still fresh in the mind at the time.
This one might be more fun to watch for all the action, but the first one is a better all round film imo. I'd have rated the first about 7/10. I'd say my major flaw with the first one was Peter being a skateboarding whinging emo prick who looked too much like the main guy out the Twilight films! Garfield's take on Parker isn't to my tastes, however he is exceptional as the wise cracking Spider-Man.
@Alock1 I rate the first much higher, the development of Spider-Man was a much better plot than this one. I thought the villain (Electro was the main villain in this, the Green Goblin and Rhino hardly feature) was better than the Lizard for me though; won't go into detail but he could do some pretty cool shit. I've seen a lot of people highly rate this second one, and I do not know why. To me, I felt they really dragged it on, and put too many scenes of Garfield and Emma Stone breaking up and getting back together, making it extremely nauseating.
To put it simply: I would be much more inclined to watch the first one again than the second one. The hype built up around it really let me down. I would also develop on Snake's point that Garfield isn't to my taste: he is incredibly cocky in this one, and he makes Spider-man seem like one big joke 90% of the time, then spends the other 10% crying.
To put it simply: I would be much more inclined to watch the first one again than the second one. The hype built up around it really let me down. I would also develop on Snake's point that Garfield isn't to my taste: he is incredibly cocky in this one, and he makes Spider-man seem like one big joke 90% of the time, then spends the other 10% crying.
Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
So, I went in to Captain America 2 with reasonably low expectations and they were met. It's part conspiracy thriller and part superhero movie and it didn't really work well enough as a whole for me. It started out quite well and gradually went downhill from there. Overall it just felt a bit underwhelming, and I thought some of the action scenes at the end were a bit silly, even for a hero movie! I applaud Marvel fro trying something a bit different, but they didn't quite pull it off.
It was watchable and enjoyable in parts, but not worth going out of your way to see.
So, I went in to Captain America 2 with reasonably low expectations and they were met. It's part conspiracy thriller and part superhero movie and it didn't really work well enough as a whole for me. It started out quite well and gradually went downhill from there. Overall it just felt a bit underwhelming, and I thought some of the action scenes at the end were a bit silly, even for a hero movie! I applaud Marvel fro trying something a bit different, but they didn't quite pull it off.
It was watchable and enjoyable in parts, but not worth going out of your way to see.
The man with the wingsuit was a bit shit. I think it would have been better if he was just a normal soldier. If they wanted a flying dude, just call Tony Stark or Thor. People he's known for more than 5 minutes, being a conspiracy film and all!
You should never take the storylines of superhero films seriously, it automatically lowers your experience. The action parts were great I thought, and the most enjoyable parts of the film bar Scarlett Johanson in spandex which is always a winner.
Falcon is a bit silly, and someone they could have done much better. His one liners were very basic and unimaginative too, but seemed to get laughs in the cinema.
Falcon is a bit silly, and someone they could have done much better. His one liners were very basic and unimaginative too, but seemed to get laughs in the cinema.
That would be valid in most cases, except this one set itself up as a serious film.
Yeah.. that's kinda my problem with Man of Steel and Dark Knight Rises - I perfectly enjoy comic book films which are completely brainless and have incredible plot holes if they're self aware and going at it from an entertainment perspective.
When they try to pass themselves off as serious crime dramas or sci-fi then I pay more attention to the plotlines and find them frustrating. I haven't got the 'serious' vibe from the trailers yet mind?
Bill is more or less right.
They set the film up for a serious angle and then needlessly devolve into smash-smash-boom-bang.
After watching the Raid 2, I don't think I can take any Hollywood action movie that have "fights" in it seriously. I made a big mistake of watching Capt after The Raid. Kinda make the fights looks kindergartenish
PS: on capt america, I really don't think he's a superhero. In the age of weapons and jet fighters, it's hard to really believe than a man (albeit with super strenght) can be a super force. Heck all you need is throw a big net/grenade/flashbang/tazer/opiumpowder/etc at him and you can probably render him useless.
I guess this is the reality issue I find with avengers, when you have the Thunder God Thor, Ironman, the overly overpowered Hulk, there will be no place for Captain America and his... cough... flying shield.
I mean, an alien mothership vs. "A Shield"... come on
PS: on capt america, I really don't think he's a superhero. In the age of weapons and jet fighters, it's hard to really believe than a man (albeit with super strenght) can be a super force. Heck all you need is throw a big net/grenade/flashbang/tazer/opiumpowder/etc at him and you can probably render him useless.
I guess this is the reality issue I find with avengers, when you have the Thunder God Thor, Ironman, the overly overpowered Hulk, there will be no place for Captain America and his... cough... flying shield.
I mean, an alien mothership vs. "A Shield"... come on
I had that same problem with the Avengers. Though more with Sexybum Johnsonson & Brickface McArrowThing. When you've got 3 or more members of your special magic hero world saving super team who are essentially just "above average people" you're always going to have to stretch the credibility of your (admittedly already barmy) script to make them look like they're remotely important and not just getting in the way.
The Avengers really ruined Captain America. Within his own universe he's a superhero, but when he's alongside the Hulk and Thor he's just a pissant.
The Batman-Problem.
Thor, Iron Man, and Hulk are individually more badass but they don't generally work well with others because they are flawed characters. Captain America serves as their leader/strategist and was able to reunite them in the first movie. Hawkeye and Black Widow are pointless though.
That was Nick Fury's job.
They should just innovate and give Capt some new toys and abilities, something that would at least make him less useless against the supervillain. And when the 2nd avenger movies starts, the intergalactic villain vs. the shield throwing champion.. i chuckle...
On the less serious note:
Black widow's just too hot to handle, I can't believe those russian mob manages to tie her down and they didn't even strip her naked. fecking russian and their vodkas
Isn't Captain America basically just a metaphor for steroids?
Divergent - A film that fails on many, many, many different levels (Length, Pacing, not making me care about anything - to name but 3) and to go in depth on it would be wasting my time even further on a film that wasted 2 and a half hours of my life yesterday. Simply put, it's crap. Avoid.
Death Of A Ghost Hunter
Surprisingly this was actually quite scary. It's about a paranormal investigator, a cameraman, a journalist and a strong christian woman spending a few nights in a house that is haunted by murders in the past. The story is actually quite good and the opening was done brilliantly. The film uses very strange camera angles and many weird editing cuts, which seem like mistakes but add to the eerie factor. It is partly filmed in POV so not too annoying. The film has some really good tension builds but the acting is so poor and the the director clearly didnt know how to end the film so it drags a bit in the final third. Still, it is not the worst horror film you will ever see 6/10
Surprisingly this was actually quite scary. It's about a paranormal investigator, a cameraman, a journalist and a strong christian woman spending a few nights in a house that is haunted by murders in the past. The story is actually quite good and the opening was done brilliantly. The film uses very strange camera angles and many weird editing cuts, which seem like mistakes but add to the eerie factor. It is partly filmed in POV so not too annoying. The film has some really good tension builds but the acting is so poor and the the director clearly didnt know how to end the film so it drags a bit in the final third. Still, it is not the worst horror film you will ever see 6/10
Ninotchka - Being such a Swedish cinephile and all I thought I'd watch at least one film starring Greta Garbo. For being such a big name she never really starred in any films worthy of real note, this being the most noteworthy, I think. Anyway, it was was it was, these kinds of screwball comedies have aged quite horribly, t'was an alright time waster I guess.
He also can't get pissed, great advert for alcoholics.
Yeah, when they're not fighting. Captain America is the leader in the field.
Oh Nick Fury has the best SUV in the world in Captain America. I want it.
I enjoyed the film actually though I felt it didn't focus enough on the Winter Soldier (who we'll see in the next one though I guess), thought the plot was ok and Redford was good fun in his part. I was entertained by it, and that's about as much as I ask from these films.
Can someone explain to me the post credits scene though? Were those guys in cages part of the X-Men universe?
I enjoyed the film actually though I felt it didn't focus enough on the Winter Soldier (who we'll see in the next one though I guess), thought the plot was ok and Redford was good fun in his part. I was entertained by it, and that's about as much as I ask from these films.
Can someone explain to me the post credits scene though? Were those guys in cages part of the X-Men universe?
They will be in the avengers 2: Quicksilver and the Scarlet witch, twins. They are in X-Men though, which makes little sense to me.
Those two are Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver, who are Magnetos children I believe? Fox has their license so here, instead of being called Mutants (fox has license to that term also), they will be referred to as super soldiers. The guy that speaks is Baron Von Strucker, who is a Captain America villain.
Cheers for the info. Fox can't use the term 'mutants' in its films?
Fox can, Disney (who own Marvel) cantCheers for the info. Fox can't use the term 'mutants' in its films?
I don't know about screwball comedies in general - movies like 'Bringing up Baby' and 'It Happened One Night' still seem fresh and funny. Garbo was a very heavy presence for comedy though, and Melvyn Douglas was no Cary Grant or Clark Gable.
Casting aside, I don't think it was a great screwball anyway. Russia in the Stalin era was no joke.
Cheers for the info. Fox can't use the term 'mutants' in its films?
http://comicbook.com/blog/2013/09/06/agents-of-s-h-i-e-l-d-cant-say-mutant/
They're also incestuous lovers. Roll on Avengers 2!
Just saw Captain America- Winter Soldier. Thought it was okay, nothing special but definitely watchable and better than I thought it would be. I found the plot confusing though as I hadn't seen the first Captain America or The Avengers. If I was to rate it out of 10, I'd give it a solid 6.
Is the new Spiderman any good? I'm thinking of going to see it at the weekend.
Is the new Spiderman any good? I'm thinking of going to see it at the weekend.
Bill & Ted's 25th birthday:
http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/apr/17/bill-and-ted-25th-birthday-party-on
http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/apr/17/bill-and-ted-25th-birthday-party-on