prisoners lovely, tense atmosphere with a slow build. The twist felt a bit obvious but because of how it's set up I wasnt completely sure until further along. The rush to the hospital scene was brilliantly done. Really enjoyed this one 9

We all like different things. Who’d have thought?

I like that we don’t all agree on this sort of stuff. Just like the music threads.

With the John Wick films, I reckon I would have liked them if they came out when I was a teenager. These days I want my dumb action films to do more – I want them to have a sense of humour, or a reasonable thriller plot backing up the action, or at least a decent dose of charisma. I feel the John Wick movies don’t do that. They feel a bit like a blank slate that should have something else in the mix, but don’t. The gunplay is great, but everything inbetween gunfights is ‘meh’.

Probably, yeah.

I think The Raid is part of the problem. The Raid was so good that other action flicks look a bit shit in comparison. The bar was raised.

I’ve just never understood the love for John Wick in particular. It felt like an okay straight-to-video hitman film, but it got such love from people. I just feel there’s a gaping hole where the charisma should be. It feels blank.

BUT everyone else loves it, so that’s clearly my problem.

Wouldn't say I loved it, but I did enjoy it. I don't expect Keanu to be anything other than a charisma black hole so I guess that's the expectation I went in with.

EDIT: @pop

Haven't seen Polar but while Keanu is a charisma black hole he's also pretty good at action scenes. He's been doing this stuff for years. Not sure Mads has the same ability.

true story

Odd and engaging film. It's not exceptional although the trial lands some solid blows with some clever shots. I was amazed to learn it is actually a true story 7

I'm looking forward to Bill & Ted 3.

I think he looks like the 80s version of him with 80s ageing makeup applied, Back to the Future style.

Diluted Dante wrote:

To make him look 80.

Bingo.

Also I'm not looking forward to it, I am entirely indifferent to it.

Not sure if Bill's mum is gonna have quite the same effect.

poprock wrote:

Probably, yeah. I think The Raid is part of the problem. The Raid was so good that other action flicks look a bit shit in comparison. The bar was raised. I’ve just never understood the love for John Wick in particular. It felt like an okay straight-to-video hitman film, but it got such love from people. I just feel there’s a gaping hole where the charisma should be. It feels blank. BUT everyone else loves it, so that’s clearly my problem.

Keanu??


edit: I'm so so late

T2 Trainspotting
Really surprised at how much I enjoyed this. It was never going to live up to the first but as a study in potential lost its not bad. It sagged a bit in the middle but recovered by the end to wrap things up well enough 8

Office Christmas Party
Chaotic, Jason Bateman led comedy. Some laughs but not a cracker. 6

I’m going to see it Tuesday evening. Means I’ll be the last person in my class to have seen it. Avoiding spoilers will be a real challenge. I told the group yesterday that if anyone even tries to discuss it in my earshot I will throw them through a wall.

3. Captain Marvel.

Absolutely brilliant. Brie Larson, who I've only ever seen in Scott Pilgrim is absolutely incredible. Sam Jackson is really good, and rather funny. I barely noticed the de-aging tech. A much more personal, character focused movie than most MCU films. I look forward to seeing more.

4. Avengers: Endgame.

I'll not say much, because spoilers. But they did it, they really, really did it. I don't think I could be happier.