What's the Latest Thing You've Seen at the Cinema II

Mr Underhill posted:

winkyincanada posted:

Mr Underhill posted:

rackkit posted:

Rogue One and it was brilliant. as  Could even be the best of the lot so far.

The only thing that prevents me from putting it in front of 'A New Hope' is that it is a derivative of that film.

M

You're mixing it up with Episode 7 - The Force Awakens

No. A New Hope is what kicked everything off. Rogue One et al are standing on the shoulders of that one film.

Doesn't mean it can't or hasn't been bettered by some of the others, namely Ep 5 and now Rogue One (Ep 3.5?) 

rackkit posted:

Doesn't mean it can't or hasn't been bettered by some of the others, namely Ep 5 and now Rogue One (Ep 3.5?) 

True, but not IMO; but, I would say that Rogue One is the one that in some ways I prefer.

I have a number of friends who have taken their children to see R1, which I find an interesting decision. It does have some juvenile overtones, but at its heart this is a fairly hard-bitten war film, with some complex morality ...or should that be immorality.

One for the pub over some alcohol.

M

La La Land

I should say at the start that I love musicals, so my verdict is?

Disappointing.

Musicals can be dramatic, soppy, tragic and many other styles in between. This film seems to me to be an homage to great musicals of Hollywood in the fifties. A dramatic primary colour pallet; A storyline based within tinsel-town; A romantic couple. However, it subverts this with points of gritty realism, minor key music and a complex emotional arch.

La La Land includes some good direction, I loved the single camera opening number, and music that I enjoyed, and think I will enjoy even more on subsequent listens. This might have formed a satisfying whole, but I feel that they chose the wrong ending for the style of film they decided to make.

A film that I won't revisit, but with a soundtrack that I will - until I decide whether I genuinely like it.

M

I went to see La La Land too last night. I enjoyed it, but thought the first 5 minutes (the single camera opening number you mention) was cringe worthy!

Do you mean the poor lip-syncing or the opening of the van to discover the 'band'?

I was reminded of the opening to 'Touch of Evil' with the single camera/crane, something that I suspect was far more technically difficult then than now. I enjoyed the use of the one camera and the movement of the dancers to achieve what they did in what appeared to be one take; technical excellence.

That opening was, I felt, incongruous with the ending .....but, you are in agreement with many critics who love this film.

M

I just thought that it did not tell us anything about the characters or the film, did not take the plot forward and the whole thing was cheesy. It would not hurt the film just to start when the dancing stopped.

Good fun. Better than La La Land.

Manchester by the sea. Didn't enjoy it much. Is set in Manchester Maine rather than Manchester UK. Not that it matters.

Boring old us we went to see Rogue 1 for the third time (2D). Enjoyed  it again. Blu Ray soon.  

The Lego Batman Movie. Took Yeti Children No1 & No2 for a half term outing this afternoon. Quite good fun and better than I expected, although not quite as entertaining as The Lego Movie itself. Thoroughly enjoyed how the movie makers affectionally poked fun at all of the Batman incarnations, Adam West right through to Chris Nolan’s Dark Night trilogy. Glad we sat further away from the screen than usual as there's a lot of colourful hyperactivity on screen!

T2 Trainspotting. Excellent film, Actually a feel good nostalgic film almost. I imagine it would appeal to those who did not care for the original trainspotting.  Is only based very loosely on the novel Porno.

I disliked T1 so won't bother with T2, The Lego BatMan Movies is another thing, though. 

We clearly have a very different taste in films BigH!

A must see:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rn--zOO8LN8

Green Hell, a documentary about the Nordschieife  the long circuit at Nurburgring. Excellent production covers all aspects of the circuit from early race cars from the 20s on to the peak F1 and closure to Sports cars and up to date with Sports cars, DTM and WTCC , taling heads yes but lots of great video.

Recommended  for petrol heads everywhere. 

Lego Batman. Erm...Had a nice nap about half way though. Our cinema has been updated with very comfy reclining seats. The milky coffee was quite good too. Perhaps it was that which sent me to sleep. Nah, it was the one dimensional movie.

Moonlight. Thought it was really boring. Perhaps you need to be gay and black and American to appreciate its finer points.

Logan

This is a unremittingly downbeat and violent film, and perhaps none the worse for this.

The violence, while gratuitous, is in keeping with the story and shows the value of bringing in a mature film maker like Mangold. He has crafted a swansong for Wolverine that builds on all the best elements that have been presented in the earlier X-Men/Wolverine movies.

This movie references Shane, one of my three favorite Westerns, the other two being The Searchers and The Outlaw Josey Wells. The final words echo those from Shane, marking the transformative and negative effects of using violence; a sign of our times perhaps, maybe I do miss Adam West as Batman. Frightening to think that many parents may well inappropriately allow younger teenagers to see this.

Recommended.

M

JamieWednesday posted:

Lego Batman. Erm...Had a nice nap about half way though. Our cinema has been updated with very comfy reclining seats. The milky coffee was quite good too. Perhaps it was that which sent me to sleep. Nah, it was the one dimensional movie.

I had to take two 10-year-olds to see the Lego Batman film the other week. I actually found it way more entertaining than every Batman movie I've seen since the glorious 1966 Adam West romp:

It is impossible to convey just how tawdry and boring this dreadful piece of CGI shit, made with an audience of popcorn-munching morons in mind, really is.

It makes all the superhero films I've been forced to see over the past couple of years actually look quite good. Worst of all, the wankers behind this tedious farrago are threatening a "franchise".

Kevin-W posted:

It is impossible to convey just how tawdry and boring this dreadful piece of CGI shit, made with an audience of popcorn-munching morons in mind, really is.

It makes all the superhero films I've been forced to see over the past couple of years actually look quite good. Worst of all, the wankers behind this tedious farrago are threatening a "franchise".

 

I will use my Odeon Limitless to see this ....but, I am anticipating this reaction.

Went to see 'The Viceroy's House' last night. I was rather expecting it to have been filmed in Shimla, that being where I understood the Mountbatten Plan to have been negotiated. I hadn't realised that he'd been set up to be the fall guy for implementing a plan for partition which had been conceived by Churchill two years earlier.

I'm interested in seeing this film Clive. Is it any good?

Mr Underhill posted:

Kevin-W posted:

It is impossible to convey just how tawdry and boring this dreadful piece of CGI shit, made with an audience of popcorn-munching morons in mind, really is.

It makes all the superhero films I've been forced to see over the past couple of years actually look quite good. Worst of all, the wankers behind this tedious farrago are threatening a "franchise".

 

I will use my Odeon Limitless to see this ....but, I am anticipating this reaction.

I love how the poster says "From the producers of Godzilla" - as if that were some sort of selling point...