The Films Thread

[jman]

Another reason is that they do introduce a lot of new characters in Skyfall too... I always thought it was just stupid that they tried to "re-boot" bond with Casino Royale and take it back to the beginning and then used several actors/actresses from the previous bond films and constantly referenced previous bond films aswell.. it might fool the average joe but I dont think you can truly reboot a franchise that has had 20 preceding films before it and get everyone to accept it... Casino Royale and QoS were very much... "this is bond now, deal with it" which in some franchises (batman for instance) works brilliantly... Skyfall on the other hand blends a perfect balance of old and new bond and with the plot too and for me it works much better.. it would of been the perfect transistion film from Brosnan to Craig... there are still a few bits of Skyfall that didnt sit right with me... but they are neither here nor there when it comes to the bigger picture.

[Dragontao]

Just got round to watching the remake of Total Recall.

I may be in the minority but I thouroughly enjoyed it and thought it was superior to the original in many ways.

It's almost like a different film with a similar plot, rather than a remake (althought at times I was thinking that it could be a prequel or alternate to "I Robot").

The fight scenes and action in the remake are far superior in my opinion. As much as I like Arnie, his hand to hand combat skills leave a lot to be desired and even in choreographed fights quite hoestly he is so slow that it ruins them. Weapons yes, hand to hand no, sorry Arnie.

Again I may be in the minority but I don't mind Colin Farrell and thought he did a pretty good job in this movie.

The fight scenes and fight choreography was better in the remake. Loved the car chase.

Plus, as hot as Sharon Stone was, Kate Beckinsale would get my vote any day. Add Jessica Biel who knocks spots off of Rachel Ticotin, and the remake wins on totty too.

[jman]

Your not in a minority... your just wrong 

[Dragontao]

That's your opinion and you're entitled to be completely mistaken. 

[harv]

He's right about Kate Beckinsale, she's a veritable Hornbat.

And she loves me too, if she didn't love me so much she wouldn't have gone to all that trouble of going to the police and to the courts to get that Restraining Order.

[jman]

I watched The Amazing Spiderman last night...

...the only thing amazing about it is how amazingly shit it is !!!

1/10 

[Late]

Gonna have to watch that again. Can't remember it too well tbh but I recall I enjoyed it.

Watched the six Avengers films over the last week or two. Had already seen all before, at least once each, but I got the bluray box set recently. Thoroughly enjoyed most (I'm not a fan of Thor, but I like the rest - even Cap.n America which a lot of folk dislike). And I enjoyed the Avengers Assemble film a lot more this time round. First time I watched it I thought it good but not great, but I got a lot more out of it this time.

[jman]

Oh dear.. I turned it off after about 2/3s of the way through.. it really was dire I thought.. I didnt think much of Tobey Maguires Spiderman but it was better than this trash.. they basically took the old spiderman and turned it into a teenagers film.. it was like "High School Spiderman"... at one point spiderman whips his smartphone out and starts playing bubble bursting games on it.. seriously?  I liked the guy who played the new spiderman, but the others were just terrible, the directing was awful and the CGI was pretty pants in parts too.


Anyway... I watched the trailer for The Last Stand - arnies new film.. and I have to say it looks great.. reminded me a lot of "Walking Tall" crossed with "Copland"  His film "The Tomb" with Sly Stallone also sounds pretty great too and he's making a film called "Ten" with Sam Worthington too... So glad next year, arnie really will be back!

I also found out yesterday they are making a sequel to "Twins".. called "Triplets" and theres another brother involved... supposedly played by Eddie Murphy... it would be the most dumbest movie sequel ever if that was made considering Murphy is black and the other twins are white... although thinking about it, I reckon they will just pass it off as one of the men who made the "sperm milkshake" was black... stupid but conceivable (in a movie) I guess... secretly though, Arnie, Devito and Murphy on screen together sounds pretty awesome to me! 

[Late]

I also found out yesterday they are making a sequel to "Twins".. called "Triplets" and theres another brother involved... supposedly played by Eddie Murphy... it would be the most dumbest movie sequel ever if that was made considering Murphy is black and the other twins are white... although thinking about it, I reckon they will just pass it off as one of the men who made the "sperm milkshake" was black... stupid but conceivable (in a movie) I guess... secretly though, Arnie, Devito and Murphy on screen together sounds pretty awesome to me! 

lol! Hadn't heard about that one.
Yeah, one brother being black is no dafter than the premise of the first film (some elements being plausible, others being ridiculous), and adding Murphy to the Twins film sounds good to me (though it's odd their mum never mentioned him - it's a long time since I've seen Twins but I seem to remember they did meet her).

Are scriptwriters running out of ideas, though? They seem to be going back to the (circa) '80s an awful lot lately, with remakes and sequels.
Others to watch out for next year include remakes of Carrie and Robocop. Oh - and Superman. And Die Hard.

[jman]

They did meet their old ma, but she thought they were all dead, and they thought she was dead.. it wasnt until arnie convinced devito to try and find her that she realised that she had been lied too and her sons were alive... at the end, Devito and Arnie marry their girlfriends (who are sisters) and both of them have sets of twins too.. LOL.. this next movie could be so screwed up its untrue!!

I love 80's movies though so Im not bothered about sequels.. its the remakes like Total Recall and stuff like Robocop which I find unacceptable...judging by the looks of the new Robocops outfit.. I know they have already screwed that one up...

Im waiting and praying for a Mighty Ducks 4 - it would have to have Emilio Estevez and Joshua Jackson in if they do it though..

[jman]

Finally got round to watching Prometheus.. loved it.. excellent film - looking forward to watching the alternative start and endings too.

9/10


Edit: I noticed afterwards, plenty of people complaining about plot-holes and stuff in Prometheus..  The only bit that didnt make complete sense to me was why thingy-bob made thingy-bob drink that thingy-bob which started the whole thingy-ma-jig on the ship... (trying not to give spoilers away  ) ... after looking it up, Im not entirely convinced with the answer.. the film (in some places) does make you work for the plot - but thats whats so great about it .. I actually might watch it again at the weekend.

[Late]

I enjoyed it and didn't really have questions at the end. Had a few after reading other peoples' interpretations of the film, though.
Also I thought the whole thing was set on the planet that crew of the Nostromo later visited, but apparently it's a completely different planet.

Watched Skyfall last night. Cracking film. Hadn't really heard much about it, despite a few friends and family seeing it, and it was nice to watch it without having any elements of the plot spoilt beforehand.
I think Daniel Craig's taken over from Sean Connery as my favourite Bond. I've loved all three so far, and am looking forward to the next (though I hear he's expressed a desire to get out of them, despite having signed a 3 film deal when they were planning Skyfall).

[Late]

Just watched " End of Watch". Fantastic film - thoroughly enjoyed it from start to finish.
Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Pena as LAPD cops. Great chemistry between them, and it's so easy to empathise with them as they laugh and joke and as they get into some bloody scary situations on a regular basis.
9/10.

[Dragontao]

I'll have to check that out. I like a good cop film.

I'd love them to do a new series of Hill Street Blues. Best cop show ever imo.

[jman]

Watched Nine Dead and thought it was alright - bit like Saw but without the suspense or gore.. some dodgy acting and the ending was just pants..  but the films watchable enough... 4.5/10

Also watched Fury (The Samaritan) with Samuel L Jackson - its quite a gritty action thriller.. it took a while to get going, then I started getting into it and a nice little twist in the story about half way through that I never saw coming kept me watching but unfortunately after that twist, the rest of the film started going down hill... it was just lousy.. which was a shame. 3/10