Wonder Woman

Definitely not terrible, but it's not particularly good neither.

It's guilty of many of the generalisations levelled at the genre. It's bland and formulaic, it's jokes fall flat, it's long and got a silly cg ending. 

What it most definitely has got going for it though is Gal Godot who is phenomenal. She totally is Wonder Woman (a name never mentioned btw). She's a vision of amazonian beauty and strength and absolutely a match for the few and far between action sequences. A mid-movie set piece where WW liberates a Belgium village using high-level kickassary, and with that brilliant theme kicking in, is the only time the film ever really flies.

It makes it all the more disappointing then that it's really Chris Pine who takes centre stage here (often literally, with WW off to his side). He calls the shots. He's wise and heroic. He initiates shenanigans when they inevitably arrive. 

By far and away the best DC movie so far, but still many leagues behind the best of Marvel. 

6 lassos of truth out of 10 invisible planes.

It Follows is on Film 4 tonight. I'm gonna give it a second go and see if it was just my mood at the time.

terminator is not horror smh

Very.

Well it least that gets my top 5 down to 5.

Thanks DS.

Only just got around to watching John Wick as it's on Prime.  Trashy but fun, but ultimately only really notable for introducing me to Kaleida's Think.

Somehow I've never seen that. Will rectify asap.

Saw it on release at the cinema and hated it. Rewatched it recently for a re-appraisal...still hated it. Cast is the main problem.

Watched Jaws this afternoon, for the umpteenth time following the discussion earlier in the thread. First time through for wor lass (!?), she loved it. Afterwards I asked her how the rubber shark held up, she said it did the job, it was obviously not real but was convincing enough to put the shits right up her. The music is still phenomenal.

I fucking love One Hour Photo. Williams' best role imo.

JonB wrote:

Watched War Machine tonight. It was crap.

I did as well.  And I agree.  It was so muddled.  There were a handful of genuinely good bits in the film but the other hours made anything worthwhile, pointless.  

Pitt seemed to be channeling Beetlejuice as well, which didn't help.

Matt_82 wrote:

JonB wrote:

Watched War Machine tonight. It was crap.

I did as well.  And I agree.  It was so muddled.  There were a handful of genuinely good bits in the film but the other hours made anything worthwhile, pointless.   Pitt seemed to be channeling Beetlejuice as well, which didn't help.

I thought he was doing a bad impression of George Clooney, who presumably would've been better in the lead role. It was really distracting.

Really was all over the place though. First 10 minutes it's a comedy, then it isn't at all.

Gadot should get the best actor nod at the oscars and her eyebrows best supporting actor.

Yeah it's a remake of a 97 Norwegian film which pales in comparison, albeit they both follow similar stories.

Kudos to Tom "my job is as hard as fighting in Afghanistan" Cruise?

Nah, fuck him.