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TheFireFaerie · **Joined:** 1st Jul, 2012 **Posts:** 1609

Oh, well that doesn't bode well for my cinema trip tomorrow then! Shall go anyway, and report back

Trousers · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 3073

Saw Despicable Me 2 today.

Daughter almost wet herself a number of times and I laughed out loud more times than I think I ever have at a kids' film.

If she asked me to take her to see it again I wouldn't complain.

The Minion bits at the end during the credits use 3d to such an extent that I swear it was fucking magic.

TheFireFaerie · **Joined:** 1st Jul, 2012 **Posts:** 1609

YAAAY! I can't wait to see it, the first one was amazing

Derek The Halls · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 3742

mrak wrote:

I went to see that film about the superhero they jokingly dub "Superman" at one point in the film.

This was a spur of the moment thing based on a couple of listener reviews read out on the Kermode/Mayo film review prog. which were overwhelmingly positive. I'd previously not really fancied it based on Kermode's own somewhat mixed review but if some actual punters wrote in to say it was great, that's got to count for something, right?

Nope. Turns out neither Kermode or the correspondents were right.

The first 2/3, according to Kermode "the good section", was mawkish and obvious in its allegory, the final act being a tedious extended fight sequence where despite saving a hard-hatted workman or two not even Superman seems to give a shit about the mass of eardrum-shredding carnage. And it turns out Kryptonian technology is based on The Covenant from Halo and those pin-art things you used to get from Athena.

A better title would have been "Space Jesus Vs. The UltraPharisees". 3/10

I've not had any particular desire to see this film and your review has further convinced me not to bother.

MaliA · **Posted:** Sun Jun 30, 2013 21:19

TheFireFaerie wrote:

YAAAY! I can't wait to see it, the first one was amazing

Yes, this!

throughsilver · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6197

TheFireFaerie wrote:

Oh, well that doesn't bode well for my cinema trip tomorrow then! Shall go anyway, and report back

I liked it, so don't worry. You could tell which were the Nolan bits ('how could you apply this paradigm to a real world context?'), and which were the Snyder bits ('BIG MEN GO POW!'), and the pacing was a bit off.

But the acting was generally insanely good for a superhero film, there is both male and female beauty in it, and it's definitely worth watching on a big screen.

I was intentionally vague to avoid spoiler-you-do.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38653

I watched the newer Spider Man film tonight. I wasn't expecting much as the reviews were pretty poor, but I quite enjoyed it. Solid. 100 better than emo spidey in the previous trilogy.

YOG · **Posted:** Mon Jul 01, 2013 14:40

Went to see Despicable Me 2 with a couple of the kids I work with. Good stuff! Haven't seen the first one, but I was pissing myself laughing for most of it.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

I have three important things to say about Man of Steel.

1) :wub: Isla Fisher
2)

ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!

Who saves the world? Does Superman save the world? No. Motherfucking Toby Ziegler saves the world

3) For fuck's sake, play the damned tune, Snyder.

KovacsC · **Posted:** Mon Jul 01, 2013 23:57

Cras wrote:

I have three important things to say about Man of Steel.

1) :wub: Isla Fisher
2)

ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!

Who saves the world? Does Superman save the world? No. Motherfucking Toby Ziegler saves the world

3) For fuck's sake, play the damned tune, Snyder.

Isla Fisher was she in it?

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

Sort your priorities out, man.

Wullie · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 6183

Watched Django Unchained over the weekend. It was no bad, but I didnae think it deserved the bumming or the hatred it got.

High point, by the looks of it they had borrowed them shotguns from Modern Warfare 2 :DD

Low point, Leonardo fucking DiCaprio. Pure shite.

KovacsC · **Posted:** Tue Jul 02, 2013 18:05

Cras wrote:

Sort your priorities out, man.

I thought and imdb it was Amy Adams

throughsilver · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6197

Wullie wrote:

Watched Django Unchained over the weekend. It was no bad, but I didnae think it deserved the bumming or the hatred it got.

High point, by the looks of it they had borrowed them shotguns from Modern Warfare 2 :DD

Low point, Leonardo fucking DiCaprio. Pure shite.

I quite like sproutface nowadays. Between Incepticon, Shutter's Island, Django Unchained and The Great Gatsby, he's pretty sound.

nickachu · **Posted:** Tue Jul 02, 2013 20:18

KovacsC wrote:

Cras wrote:

Sort your priorities out, man.

I thought and imdb it was Amy Adams

This and shes mighty lovely

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22391

I watch Olympus Has Fallen, it was quite good actually. It's basically the film Die Hard 5 should have been.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

nickachu wrote:

KovacsC wrote:

Cras wrote:

Sort your priorities out, man.

I thought and imdb it was Amy Adams

This and shes mighty lovely

Yep, it is. Oops. They're both bloody lovely, to be fair.

TheFireFaerie · **Joined:** 1st Jul, 2012 **Posts:** 1609

Agh! MUST see Gatsby!! Even if it will make me totally want to live that life / have been born in that era. Costume ENVY.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

Trooper wrote:

I watch Olympus Has Fallen, it was quite good actually. It's basically the film Die Hard 5 should have been.

Watching it now. Seems fairly good, but disappointed the badguys aren't COBRA, tho.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

TheFireFaerie wrote:

Agh! MUST see Gatsby!! Even if it will make me totally want to live that life / have been born in that era. Costume ENVY.

There is absolutely nothing at all stopping you from rocking up to work dressed as a flapper*.

*Sub please check era.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

Mr Kissyfur wrote:

There is absolutely nothing at all stopping you from rocking up to work dressed as a flapper

She goes to work most days dressed as...oh, wait - flapper? Never mind.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

Cras wrote:

She goes to work most days dressed as...oh, wait - flapper? Never mind.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

Now those boots just don't look 1920s to me.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

Well, not to the effete Fitzgerald reader, no. Any true blooded man of the people would recognise suitable footwear for wearing down t'mine.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

Some impressive minigun gibbage in the Hercules section.

GazChap · **Posted:** Tue Jul 02, 2013 21:51

Mr Kissyfur wrote:

Some impressive minigun gibbage in the Hercules section.

How have I not been to see Gatsby yet?

Kern · **Posted:** Tue Jul 02, 2013 21:55

GazChap wrote:

Mr Kissyfur wrote:

Some impressive minigun gibbage in the Hercules section.

How have I not been to see Gatsby yet?

He's horribly egotistical. I prefer their modest middle son, the mediocre Gatsby.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

OMG THE NORTH KOREAN GUY TOOK OFF HIS GLASSES

MaliA · **Posted:** Tue Jul 02, 2013 22:36

I have just seen Total Recall for the first time ever. It is everything Inception wanted to be. Marvellous.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

Do you mean the original, or the remake?

They were both good, just very different films.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

Do you mean the original, or the remake?

They were both good, just very different films.

MaliA · **Posted:** Tue Jul 02, 2013 22:46

Original. And maybe i also meant shutter island, too.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

Hahahhah, Hans Gruber character. Derivative much. Still, good film.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

I love the grammatically incorrect news subtitles in this film - every time they flip to news coverage, it's "Terrorist attack the White House".

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

throughsilver wrote:

Wullie wrote:

Watched Django Unchained over the weekend. It was no bad, but I didnae think it deserved the bumming or the hatred it got.

High point, by the looks of it they had borrowed them shotguns from Modern Warfare 2 :DD

Low point, Leonardo fucking DiCaprio. Pure shite.

I quite like sproutface nowadays. Between Incepticon, Shutter's Island, Django Unchained and The Great Gatsby, he's pretty sound.

Agree, my opinion of him's totally changed over the last few years and now I think he's excellent and look forward to most stuff he's in.

Wullie · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 6183

He normally doesn't bother me & occasionally I like him, but I still reckon he was the wrong guy for the job.

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14416

Tried to watch the new Evil Dead film last night but they killed a dog in the first 30 minutes and that was enough for me; off it went. If anyone thinks it's the best thing in the world I'll watch the rest but it didn't seem to be a patch on the original.

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Jul 03, 2013 10:40

Saturnalian wrote:

they killed a dog in the first 30 minutes and that was enough for me; off it went

I... What?

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Jul 03, 2013 10:45

Grim... wrote:

Saturnalian wrote:

they killed a dog in the first 30 minutes and that was enough for me; off it went

I... What?

It's a thing that has got four legs and goes "woof!" that isn't an oil platform.

Kern · **Posted:** Wed Jul 03, 2013 10:49

How does it smell?

Curiosity · **Posted:** Wed Jul 03, 2013 10:50

Kern wrote:

How does it smell?

Petroly

MaliA · **Posted:** Wed Jul 03, 2013 10:51

Curiosity wrote:

Kern wrote:

How does it smell?

Petroly

No, that's Dimitri. he's petroly.

throughsilver · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6197

MaliA wrote:

Original. And maybe i also meant shutter island, too.

I thought that was ok, but a really cheesy version of Incepticon. It was like an extended episode of Twilight Zone, but lacking that intangible awesomeness.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

Olympus Has Fallen was okay,in the end.

I'm 6 minutes into the second GI Joe film,and it's brilliant. BRILLIANT. The Rock is awesome.

Shame Sienna Miller doesn't seem to be in it.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

halfway through, and it's still ace. No stars on the Craster scale though, unless you count mantits.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26065

The new Superman man is the same guy who played Charles Brandon (Lord Suffolk) in The Tudors. Craster scale per minute that is the highest constant 1 rating of any screen entertainment ever.

Just breasts everywhere.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

Superman has tits?

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26065

Yep. Can't see why not

Bamba · **Joined:** 25th Jul, 2010 **Posts:** 11128

Mimi wrote:

The new Superman man is the same guy who played Charles Brandon (Lord Suffolk) in The Tudors. Craster scale per minute that is the highest constant 1 rating of any screen entertainment ever.

You've obviously never watched Spartacus.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

Ooooh, got close to a 1 once or twice there with Lady Jaye.

Also, the blind ninja master needs to fuck off.

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