Spotlight = Proper filmaking. Well worth watching if youâve an IQ.
I gave it a meh Pap.
Or âits not LotR Universeâ so simply didnât care.
One for you.
War Room. Guess an Indy Brit movie
Bunch of luvvie Civil Servants get locked in a room to play out responses to an escalating Nuclear Threat.
All the action takes place in one room and all the Parlor Politicos gradually get annoyed by the opinions or decisions of the other luvvies.
A few CND member jibes. A complete nothing film but actually gripping. It had a Dave type just needed a Jezza.
Being based allegedly on actual scenarios it is very scary to see how they reach a pointâŚ
And anything more becomes spoilers.
I imagined Pap drooling and tweeting updates when he watches it then ranting at his screenâŚ
That would certainly help. one feels. The missus enjoyed it too, but again, she has played WoW. Both of use wondered how accessible it would be to people that have not.
I donât do any games - not even Solitaire.
And you are correct it was TOTALLY unaccessible bordering on shit.
Donât get me wrong I enjoy a good action flick or fantasy or Sci Fi (have you seen Beyond yet?) But I must have some form of empathy towards it.
For eg my Empathy towards Preacher is that it is visually stunning, well acted and the location is great, and the script is interesting entertaining and intelligent. The empathy comes from WANTING to find out more (Apart from the kid with no face - I know that already and it is just not noce TV when he is on)
In Beyond Justin Lin does his FAMILY thing from the F&F franchise so that for once we CARE about the crew and get into the characters and jokes.
Itâs like Tomb Raider, the only empathy there was wanting to see Angieâs (now sadly no more) Bewbs so it was wallpaper. Warcraft wasnât even that absorbing.
Whatâs an Orc?
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Watched Sicario last night and enjoyed it. Thought story was too linear but it didnât detract too much.
Film also notable for use of âfinger in earâ technique of extracting confession. It made me want to see how far I could get my own finger into an ear but havenât tried yet. Will update if this should happen.
It also made me remember how great A Prophet is - I will now watch this again.
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Suicide Squad.
Yeesh, what a mess. I was really looking forward to this, but it was badly written, horribly directed and edited and was incredibly disappointing.
Studio pressures didnât help at all but this could have been so much better. There are good bits, but theyâre massively overshadowed by the gaping holes in the filmâs pacing and structure.
4/10
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Itâs a sad, sad story. The problem for DC is that theyâre years behind Marvel in getting a coherent universe together. I guess their execs felt that they simply didnât have the time to put a connected universe together. A huge shame, and unnecessary too.
DC has arguably got the most iconic characters, but has far fewer household names. They simply didnât need the run up that Marvel did. Their films are disjointed, with little heart, soul or characterisation. The shame of this particular movie is that they might have actually had something decent a year ago, showed it to a test audience, and started reshooting.
They donât know what theyâre doing.
Itâs more a case of risk aversion and profit driven motives. Disney Corp have an agenda to buy up movie franchises (Star Wars Lucas Films, Marvel Films, Pixar) and release movies that propagate others. Itâs a business management model. Thereâs limited space in distribution (ie cinema seats), so fill them and reduce other companies access. Warner Bros are now desperately trying to create a franchise.
Itâs risk averse for these idiots because a comic book movie has a built in audience of the demographic they like. Hence the great opening weekend numbers and then the major drop off after 3 days when word of mouth (social media, reviews etc) kick in.
Movies are now more tailored towards China for obvious reasons. Warcraft, made only $50m but huge in China because of the MMO gaming history. Thereâs a huge trend in blockbuster films now of less plot/dialogue and more big CGI action.
Theyâre going about it completely the wrong way, and with the wrong movies. Suicide Squad is a decent case in point. Does anyone really give a shite about many of these characters? Harley Quinn is the most famous, and she was retconned into the DC Universe after making her first appearance in Batman: The Animated Series.
I realise that having a director like Nolan handling a property like Batman has fucked them up, particularly as he had no interest in his universe being a part of anything else. A real shame. Baleâs Batman was perfect for what theyâre setting up. They could have done a decent Man of Steel II, covered Wonder Woman, done a Flash movie, and theyâd have been good to go.
By incorporating other players in these movies as significant, but not overpowering presences, like Marvel have done with Falcon, Hawkeye and Black Widow, DC could have been ready. Most people whoâve seen Marvel films know who those characters are, and they havenât had their own films yet. Same deal with Nick Fury.
Downey Jr posted a teaser for Marvelâs Infinity Wars. Itâs got an insane roster of pre-established stars from both the film and TV universes. Itâs joined up. DC fucked up, and there really is no good reason for them to have done so.
There is room for more originaliy and slightly more adult stuff.
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Ted just seen your posts on Guilty Pleasures fred ⌠I guess you will have seen âControlâ but in case you havenât you really must.
Really moving⌠great sound track ⌠left me not wanting to talk to anybody straight afterwards I felt so sad at the waste of such talent.
Yeah iâve seen it Eric. One of the best British musical biopics in recent years 
If not any Brit film recently. Anton Corbijns first movie. Iâm not really old enough for Ian Curtis to have some relevance, but it looks amazing and recreates the world and draws you in.
Will watch it again tomorrow 
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I watched the Jason Bourne film last night. It was as expected, exciting, chases, fighting. I enjoyed it.
I watched Finding Dory yesterday. It was pretty poor by Pixarâs standards. My kids enjoyed it though.
Finally got round to watching Sicario and enjoyed it thoroughly.
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I watched Creed for the second time and wanted to mention it. If the purpose of a Rocky-llke film is to pull the heart strings, show a boxer on a journey and show some good fights, then it hits all of those things for me, better than many of the actual Rocky sequels. I love the reworking of the running scene. It does of course, also feature quite a few shots of Liverpool.
Bellew did alright as the antagonist, but his boxing was better than his acting. I still probably wouldnât say that to his face. Looking forward to the sequel when as predicted, Adonis Creed becomes the future of that division.
Perhaps in Creed IV, heâll fight Russia or Chinaâs best boxer, depending on who the US likes least at the time 
Cartel Land (also on Netflix) worth watching if you enjoyed Sicario.
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