Film/Video Discussion Thread - The Bear and Badger

jdanielp

Good for it. I just wish it had rather more consistent plot points/character behaviour so I could've enjoyed it more.

Gremill

The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Despite the two leads being surprisingly likeable, the cinematography being lovely and the 60s setting being stylish af, it was decidedly average.

g.man

Aye, I thought it misfired badly. A real missed opportunity. Some folks seem to love it tho.

Aaroncupboard

Watched The Ritual tonight and bloody loved it. Likeable characters, good setting and a surprising direction for the story as it progressed.

JRPC

Pixar update:

Cars 3 on Netflix.

Its fairly rubbish but just about pulls is back at the finale with enough broad sentimentality to be worth it.

The second least bad one.

No more though.

Coco.

Had very high hopes for this, so much so that I bought it on Blueray.

Its not bad at all, but is uber formulaic to the point where all the plot points are clear from the beginning. There are plot-holes galore and some of the characters act like total cunts. Plus, for a movie that's apparently all about music, there's very little in it and what's there is pretty shit.

A just-about worthy addition to the PIxar canon I guess, but far from a classic and lacking in magic.

Both absolutely beautiful on the OLED, mind. They've come an awful long way from TS1.

Gremill

Coco was decent, but as you point out - absolutely fucking gorgeous to look at.

Kow

You Were Never Really Here. Had never heard of it, had no expectations and finally didn't think much of it at all. Moody emptiness with not much going on apart from Joaquin looking filthy. Dull and pointless but I liked the music.

The Daddy

Just watched that too. Jonny Greenwood init. I’m gonna have to work out what the fuck happened before I decide if I like it. Taken meets Taxi Driver maybe.

Dark Soldier

My most hyped film of the year. Lynn Ramsey is God tier.

b0r1s

Ready Player One then. Yep as mentioned waaay too much CGI and way to long for a kids action film, or any action film for that matter. It felt like the end of Lord of The Rings, but you didn’t care about any of the characters. Some fun to be had in spotting some of the references, and on a personal level spotting local Brum landmarks from the real world, but that was it.

superflyninja

No. RP1 was so best. Much of the cg had heft i thought.i liked the characters. I went in expecting a valerian(chunder) level cg kickabout and was pleasantly surprised

AJ

Twice now, I've watched Captain America: Civil War and I still can't remember how it ends, or even if it has an ending.

Syph79

Spoiler:

AJ

That's the mid-credits scene.

Yossarian

They all had a fight and the good guys won.

djchump

Spoiler:

Syph79

AJ wrote:

That's the mid-credits scene.

But that's how it ends.

Yossarian

djchump wrote:

Spoiler:

no, zemo won.

Spoiler:

djchump

Spoiler:

djchump

Syph79 wrote:

AJ wrote:

That's the mid-credits scene.

But that's how it ends.

Well, no, if you’re going to be pedantic like that it ends with the end-credits scene, yeah? Spider-Man.

Syph79

There's another one? Fair enough.

Yossarian

djchump wrote:

Spoiler:

his plan worked perfectly (all apart from killing himself at the end), so when Bilbo gloats about it “failing spectacularly”, he smiles and says “did it?”

Spoiler:

djchump

Spoiler:

Yossarian

I had forgotten about War Machine, TBF.

But yes, other than that, this will all have been dealt with by half an hour into IW.

Blocks100

Thinking of either going to see A Quiet Place or Ghost Stories tonight. Which one is better?

(bearing in mind, I don't really do horror films, but both of these have piqued my interest, especially AQP and it's post-apocalyptic setting - which earlier trailers made no reference to!)

Yossarian

They both look good to be honest.

I think you should see both as a Tim/Jim from the Office double header.

three1ne

Quiet Place was good. Lots to like but it has a poor plot that is easy to pull apart.

Didnt scare me once either.

Wookienopants

Blocks100 wrote:

Thinking of either going to see A Quiet Place or Ghost Stories tonight. Which one is better?

(bearing in mind, I don't really do horror films, but both of these have piqued my interest, especially AQP and it's post-apocalyptic setting - which earlier trailers made no reference to!)

I’m going to see Ghost Stories tonight once the kids are in bed. Can’t wait.
Love a late night solo cinema trip and have high hopes for this film, expecting to be suitably creeped out

dynamiteReady

three1ne wrote:

Quiet Place was good. Lots to like but it has a poor plot that is easy to pull apart. Didnt scare me once either.

First time in ages where I've read a high level description of a movie, and felt keen to watch it for that alone.

But I trust your review.

jdanielp

three1ne wrote:

Quiet Place was good. Lots to like but it has a poor plot that is easy to pull apart. Didnt scare me once either.

Despite so much about A Quiet Place being good, the poor plot was so easy to pull apart (and so much of this could have been addressed at script level I would assume) that I was unable to conclude that it is a good film overall.

Also off to see Ghost Stories tonight so will see how that compares.

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