When you say it "obviously isn't a great film" it suggests that it's commonly acknowledged that way. It isn't, you're very much in the minority. Which is fine. I'm in the minority of those who think Inarritu is a bit of a hack.
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Fair enough. I mean't that it's obvious to me. There are things that you get why it's rated and there are things that you really just don't. It's so obviously/clearly mediocre in that sense, to me.
The Social Network is great. It's a story about one of the ultimate modern success stories, a college kid turned billionaire all due to a simple idea. It captures the atmosphere and excitement in this area of online start ups and kids with ideas who feel they are on the cusp of doing something special. This isn't the main theme though, rather I would say it's a film about friendship and student/teenage life - kids trying to be accepted by their peers and some will stab their real friends in the back to progress that social ladder.
Despite the premise of connecting everyone online, in reality the online world brings nothing but loneliness and insecurity to some people and begs the question of whether it's really connecting people at all. Are facebook friends real friends? The way the movie was filmed fitted these kinds of themes so well too, it was slick, dark and cool but with little warmth. The soundtrack is brilliantly fitting too.
I haven't even mentioned the script yet which is typically quick witted from Sorkin and deals with the technicalities of creating a website in an entertaining way which is quite an achievement.
So yeah, for me it's a great film.
Despite the premise of connecting everyone online, in reality the online world brings nothing but loneliness and insecurity to some people and begs the question of whether it's really connecting people at all. Are facebook friends real friends? The way the movie was filmed fitted these kinds of themes so well too, it was slick, dark and cool but with little warmth. The soundtrack is brilliantly fitting too.
I haven't even mentioned the script yet which is typically quick witted from Sorkin and deals with the technicalities of creating a website in an entertaining way which is quite an achievement.
So yeah, for me it's a great film.
See that phrase would be an immediate red flag in any movie review!
Personally, I didn't hate it. It just left me cold. I couldn't bring myself to care about anyone or anything that happened. Which is something I need to enjoy a movie.
Ok then.
Same.
He probably saw it in the cinema though. Makes it a totally different film I have heard.Yeah maybe, but still, if we're talking about Man on fire the film with Denzel Washington, it's a caricature revenge flick, and it's a bit... special to criticize someone for liking Hunger Games after having called that one 'a great film'.
Spring breakers - 7.5/10
Gave this a watch because I was in the mood to watch a shit film. I checked out the imdb rating (5.3) looked at the cast, the poster, everything checked out, this film was going to be shit for sure.....
Except it wasn't, well not completely, the plot was a bit shit and the story gradually deteriorated into shitness. But I liked it, I think I liked it because it was basically the complete opposite of what I was expecting thus making it not shit but actually it was a bit shit. It's sort of a mix between Skins (the TV show) and Piranhas.
A group of very attractive girls rob a chicken shop to go on spring break. On this spring break they meet a drug dealer who shows them all his shiiiiiiiiit and then they shoot some people. But one of the girls fecks off early on because she's a pussy.
James Franco's portrayal of wigga gangster rapper Alien is probably the greatest thing I've seen in the history of film. It's the funniest most uncomfortable, ridiculous yet so convincing portrayal of a character you can imagine.
Here's a quick glance of what to expect
The girls in the movie also managed to do a good job in their roles, including Selena Gomez, who it turns out doesn't have as good a body as you'd expect so I was disappointed in that.
There are some great montages in this movie with an equally impressive soundtrack. One particular scene has James Franco covering a Britney Spears song which moves into sequences of armed robbery and torture and then onto Franco jumping up and down on a bed like a child, it's brilliant.
It's got a lot of nudity but it's done in such a way that you as the viewer feel like a voyeur peaking in not the sort of thing you can beat off to.
Gave this a watch because I was in the mood to watch a shit film. I checked out the imdb rating (5.3) looked at the cast, the poster, everything checked out, this film was going to be shit for sure.....
Except it wasn't, well not completely, the plot was a bit shit and the story gradually deteriorated into shitness. But I liked it, I think I liked it because it was basically the complete opposite of what I was expecting thus making it not shit but actually it was a bit shit. It's sort of a mix between Skins (the TV show) and Piranhas.
A group of very attractive girls rob a chicken shop to go on spring break. On this spring break they meet a drug dealer who shows them all his shiiiiiiiiit and then they shoot some people. But one of the girls fecks off early on because she's a pussy.
James Franco's portrayal of wigga gangster rapper Alien is probably the greatest thing I've seen in the history of film. It's the funniest most uncomfortable, ridiculous yet so convincing portrayal of a character you can imagine.
Here's a quick glance of what to expect
The girls in the movie also managed to do a good job in their roles, including Selena Gomez, who it turns out doesn't have as good a body as you'd expect so I was disappointed in that.
There are some great montages in this movie with an equally impressive soundtrack. One particular scene has James Franco covering a Britney Spears song which moves into sequences of armed robbery and torture and then onto Franco jumping up and down on a bed like a child, it's brilliant.
It's got a lot of nudity but it's done in such a way that you as the viewer feel like a voyeur peaking in not the sort of thing you can beat off to.
No, I agree with you. Man on Fire is mediocre at best.
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Erm.....I'll be the judge of that.
It's strange because I do this too. Once in a while I put on Netflix and actively look for a film I think will be shit.
I liked Man on Fire the first time I watched it. Watched it again then and thought it was rubbish. The shaky camera shit that Scott loves so much is very annoying.
I think The Social Network is an excellent film. The dialogue is just brilliant, some of the scenes are subtle genius and the soundtrack is fecking awesome. Not sure why everyone says it's just a film about a website, when it covers so many themes from friendship and betrayal to social acceptance and jealousy. 8/10 for me.
The movie is not aiming for intellectual sophistication. It has a single, simple idea - to emotionally engage the audience in the relationship between the man and his young charge in the first half of the film, to exploit those emotions to drive the violent revenge fantasy in the second half, and to leave room for an audience-pleasing, redemptive ending. The direction was slick and the performances powerful. I thought it worked.
Liberal critics often object to vigilante movies - it might have found more favour if Denzil was torturing Republican politicians or Tories.
I'm sure you can find some clips on youtube to give it a go. But you'll see, just as you get started you stop and go "wait this is weird"...
The inner cynic I guess.
Which is entirely consistent with the real life Mark Zuckerberg.
Double Team
The 1997 film starring Van Damme, Mickey Rourke and Dennis Rodman.
There's so much to say about that film besides hilariously bad acting. This Face Off-esque scene in the amusement park (more like a county fair) where Rourke's son and woman are killed. Massive firefight, many grenades thrown. Despite that you see Van Damme chasing Rourke long after they started shooting and people are still just nonchalantly walking around and taking part in the festivities. Never mind that grenade that blew up just now 20 feet away. That montage scene later where Van Damme is recuperating from his injuries. Does so for example by lifting a bathtub that's filled with water with his neck. So intense.
There's so much you can say about this. Me and the girlfriend are fans of the How did this get made? podcast and watched the movie because of that. Good watch, recommend it.
Entertainment score 6/10
Real movie score 2/10 (they did the tiger bits well).
The 1997 film starring Van Damme, Mickey Rourke and Dennis Rodman.
There's so much to say about that film besides hilariously bad acting. This Face Off-esque scene in the amusement park (more like a county fair) where Rourke's son and woman are killed. Massive firefight, many grenades thrown. Despite that you see Van Damme chasing Rourke long after they started shooting and people are still just nonchalantly walking around and taking part in the festivities. Never mind that grenade that blew up just now 20 feet away. That montage scene later where Van Damme is recuperating from his injuries. Does so for example by lifting a bathtub that's filled with water with his neck. So intense.
There's so much you can say about this. Me and the girlfriend are fans of the How did this get made? podcast and watched the movie because of that. Good watch, recommend it.
Entertainment score 6/10
Real movie score 2/10 (they did the tiger bits well).
Red Riding Trilogy (9/10)
Holy feck. Just watched this and thought it was excellent. Makes you go through a real roller coaster of emotions. Definitely need to be in the right frame of mind before you watch though cos it's long and some really fecked up evil shit. Also as a non-Brit and just the confusing way it's structured, it was difficult to watch without any subtitles. Read some very detailed summaries on the internet afterwards that cleared up a lot of things for me.
Holy feck. Just watched this and thought it was excellent. Makes you go through a real roller coaster of emotions. Definitely need to be in the right frame of mind before you watch though cos it's long and some really fecked up evil shit. Also as a non-Brit and just the confusing way it's structured, it was difficult to watch without any subtitles. Read some very detailed summaries on the internet afterwards that cleared up a lot of things for me.
Spectre - 2/10
My god, that was execrable. They just couldn't be arsed with a plot at all so resorted to, hey, this is why this is the way it is, and we don't care to bother with any actual connections.
Laughed out loud when Bond said "It's not over yet" 2 hours into the movie (after blowing up the arch-villains 20 year project with a single bullet). At that point, everyone in the cinema groaned in unison at the prospect of more of that tumescent shite.
What a waste of 2 and a half hours.
My god, that was execrable. They just couldn't be arsed with a plot at all so resorted to, hey, this is why this is the way it is, and we don't care to bother with any actual connections.
Laughed out loud when Bond said "It's not over yet" 2 hours into the movie (after blowing up the arch-villains 20 year project with a single bullet). At that point, everyone in the cinema groaned in unison at the prospect of more of that tumescent shite.
What a waste of 2 and a half hours.
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I feel like you're holding back, @Donaldo .
I definitely am. I haven't gotten to the absurd bits yet!
It was a massive disappointment. i wasn't a huge fan of Skyfall but that certainly had its moments. This is worse than World is not Enough, that's how forgettable and poor it is.
Oh and the 2/10 is for each one of Lea Seydoux's jugs.
She is just tremendous.
Pfff
I actually think she didn't look as good in this as she can, but *** ass in dem white pants. Mmmmm.
we gots ourselves one of them self hatin' snail eaters
She's dreadful and looks like she hasn't slept in a week.
You monster.
Is what I'd say if I ever met Seydoux.
I watched the one with Paddy Considine recently. Grim stuff, but well-acted.
That's the one in the middle and might be my favorite. If you haven't seen the other two yet, I highly recommend it. Best watched in quick succession so the characters stay fresh in your mind. Some bleak stuff, but a cracking watch.
The movie is not aiming for intellectual sophistication. It has a single, simple idea - to emotionally engage the audience in the relationship between the man and his young charge in the first half of the film, to exploit those emotions to drive the violent revenge fantasy in the second half, and to leave room for an audience-pleasing, redemptive ending. The direction was slick and the performances powerful. I thought it worked.
Liberal critics often object to vigilante movies - it might have found more favour if Denzil was torturing Republican politicians or Tories.
I don´t think it´s really necessarily vigilante movies per se, rather what they object to is exactly what you describe: "The movie is not aiming for intellectual sophistication." They object to preposterous scenarios and the worst of Hollywood adolescent poppycock of shoot ´em up bollocks and car chases and totally unbelievable, farfetched action, done by the likes of Liam Nielsons et al who make it even more laughable.
Plus, in the case of Man on Fire, it´s Tony Scott, for fecks sake. This guy created Pop Gun. What do you expect?
Ah, Tony. Good reminder to download his early 90s classics. Been a while.
See, it wasn't a film that aimed for sophistication. What it did was make me feel for the characters and actually made me care about what happens to them. The relationship between the small girl and the old man was done really well IMO and I could fully back his motivations for saving her. Sure, it was daft and really was Hollywood in the way he went about it but I still think it was a good film and certainly no worse then Taken which has much better reviews then it. Also, the ending really was more real and actually emotionally gripping then other films of its ilk.
It was certainly better then The Hunger Games in any case. The Hunger Games was dumb and missed every point of the books.
Beasts of No Nation - Harrowing, Gripping, Compelling. Probably one of the most unnerving films about war I've seen in a very long time.
Oh and Elba is brilliant, as are the all the child actors, especially the lead.
Oh and Elba is brilliant, as are the all the child actors, especially the lead.
Same here. I actually quite disliked him and is a travesty how much a celebrity he became. Not only that he was far from the awesome innovator, but from reading about him, he seems to not have been the nicest person around.
Dennis Ritchie died in the same month as Jobs, and the fecking media were all about Jobs while barely mentioned Ritchie who is one of the most important person ever when it comes to computer science.
First one was quite entertaining, although being quite stupid. I think Wibble here said back then that it was 'dystopia for teens', which is something I fully agree.
Second one was weak but watchable while the third one was one of the worst pile of shit I had the misfortune of watching. It was that bad that I doubt I am going to watch the next one.
Steve Jobs played the orchestra...