I saw Logan on Wednesday night. Brilliant film, a fitting end to the Wolverine story. It's a real exploration of family, ageing, and loyalty. And a kick-ass film too!
Paul Blart "MALL COP" I like this film its a great under dog laugh film ,it always re minds me of The Florida Mall at Sand lake road and Orange blossom trail ,They have a Mall cop there on a Segway too .Its a typical American under dog becomes hero film .Well worth a watch on a Saturday night with a big bag of salted caramel popcorn
,it always re minds me of The Florida Mall at Sand lake road and Orange blossom trail
I was at Florida Mall last year on holiday and saw a cop there too (didn't make the connection to the movie though ) ) - it was a lot quieter than when I had been before - the shopping mall at the north end of International Drive was very busy and seems to have taken a lot of the trade.
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I saw Logan on Wednesday night. Brilliant film, a fitting end to the Wolverine story. It's a real exploration of family, ageing, and loyalty. And a kick-ass film too!
I just saw Logan this evening. Great film! The performances by Jackman and Stewart are superb - this is a superhero movie like no other and it's one for the ages.
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I saw Logan on Wednesday night. Brilliant film, a fitting end to the Wolverine story. It's a real exploration of family, ageing, and loyalty. And a kick-ass film too!
I just saw Logan this evening. Great film! The performances by Jackman and Stewart are superb - this is a superhero movie like no other and it's one for the ages.
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"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
Resident Evil: The final Chapter. Basically more of the same, killing Zombies by the thousands.
I've never played any of the games but I really enjoyed the first one, however I thought each sequel got worse and worse. I never made it past the 4th movie.
Jack reacher never go back. Watched this yesterday, very basic, run of the mill, I'm a bit disappointed really, Cruise is just starting to look aged, not a patch on the first one....
I saw La La Land, first movie at cinema in a long long time. Saw it before the Oscar hoo-ha.
Great opener and very affecting ending. In between, a bit patchy. Ryan Gosling doesn't really do charisma and initially there seemed to be no chemistry between him and Emma Stone.
I kept thinking how great it would be with someone like Jean Dujardin in the role.
And they are the only leads really. No one else gets a look in.
Gradually I came to see it differently. Stone carries the film, so really this is a Singing in the Rain type movie respun from a female perspective. Gosling is how women see a lot of men, he has that Beckham thing going. Good looking in a bland way, but no personality at all really. In reality I think a lot of women see personality as getting in the way rather than helping. It's a more a case of a bloke thinking, this is how I am, a real card, a joker, rather than how he actually is.
You could have a more charismatic male lead, but then the slant on the film would be wholly different. I suppose you can say that about the Craig Bond films too, he isn't some sort of wise guy with the witty one liner showing he's top dog all the time.
Grimsby with Sacha Baron Cohen & Mark Strong ... completely daft & juvenile humour, but had many genuinely laugh out loud moments. I'll never look at an elephant again without having a particular image in my mind ) .
Eye in the Sky, a very intelligent thriller that looks at the pros and cons of using drone strikes. Instead of taking a particular side, it dramatizes the effects of a strike on those who call for it (in England), those who execute it (in Nevada), and those who are in the cross-hairs (in East Africa). It also features the final performance of Alan Rickman, who's solid as a British general. Good show.
Eye in the Sky, a very intelligent thriller that looks at the pros and cons of using drone strikes. Instead of taking a particular side, it dramatizes the effects of a strike on those who call for it (in England), those who execute it (in Nevada), and those who are in the cross-hairs (in East Africa). It also features the final performance of Alan Rickman, who's solid as a British general. Good show.
I was looking at that on Netflix at the weekend ... couldn't decide if I fancied it or not. I'll give ot a go on your recommendation.
Eye in the Sky is a superb film - I reccomend it to everyone.
There is a movement to bann all autonomous killer drones. While the drones in the movies are human-controlled, this is relevant. Autonomous killer drones are drones that picked targets and fire rockens on their own. The problem in terms of the laws of war are obvious: If an autonomous drone fires a rocket and kills civilized, who (if anyone) is responsible? I think these drones should be banned, or at least it should be made clear in international law who has the responsibility of the actions of autonomous drones.
I saw the movie Logan tonight. Logan is of cource Wolverine. The movie takes place in the future where professor X is in his 90's and has alzheimers or something like it. Logan is caring for him, but he too is physically and mentally worn out. This movie is different from other superhero movies - dare I say gritty?
I can reccomend it. The story is good and the acting is the best in the X-Men series.
I really enjoyed this movie. It's a fine action/adventure movie, and setting the story at the very end of the Vietnam war worked very well. Tom Hiddleston is good in the movie and looked to me as a potential James Bond. But I ask: did he really carry an action movie? Thinking back he didn't have more screentime or had more impact on the plot than several other characters. The characters of Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson or especially John C. Reilley are in many ways as active and central to the story as Hiddleston is. This isn't talking down the movie or Tom Hiddleston. Ensemble movies can be great and the film company clearly wanted Hiddleston name on the poster for a major franchise movie. It's a fun movie!
Well, I caught a bit of King Kong, the 1970s sequel.
What a dog of a film.
I kept meaning to see it, or rather the all-important finale with Kong standing astride the Twin Towers, seemingly grasping at an aeroplane (bit dodgy now, but I think the poster had a train actually anyway).
But the finale is shot in darkness and there is no such iconic shot seen in the movie! You don't really get the money shot at all. King Con, more like.
John Barry has wasted his talents on some tripe hasn't he?
I read that Lorenzo Semple did the script, and mentioned how the original Kong was very old hat and the special effects were very simple, and a reader wrote in saying, yeah, but do you think Jeff Baker (or whoever it was) jumping around in an ape suit was any better? And that's quite right, that's exactly what it looks like! It's risible.
Great Leslie Howard film, with sexy Merle Oberan as his disappointed wife. And Raymond Massey as a great villain, though it's jarring to have an American play a French villain, when in A Matter of Life and Death some years later, he was the Puritan American and of course the Brits were supported by the French... oh history is confusing. Plus Niven was banging Merle around that time, or was it earlier.
Howard sort of reprised the role in Pimpernel Smith as a wartime propaganda flick, a bit odd though that the whole rescuing people from the terror was even more relevant then, only replace aristocrats with Jews. Still, I don't think that film really dealt with that, it was all lightweight stuff.
Rogue One : brilliant Star Wars tie in , very enjoyable.
XXX, The return of Cancer Cage. An enjoyable popcorn movie
Not much of it makes any sense, and the last segment borrows heavily
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I was at Florida Mall last year on holiday and saw a cop there too (didn't make the connection to the movie though
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I just saw Logan this evening. Great film! The performances by Jackman and Stewart are superb - this is a superhero movie like no other and it's one for the ages.
Agreed!! {[] The comic book film era's answer to The Shootist B-)
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
I've never played any of the games but I really enjoyed the first one, however I thought each sequel got worse and worse. I never made it past the 4th movie.
Great opener and very affecting ending. In between, a bit patchy. Ryan Gosling doesn't really do charisma and initially there seemed to be no chemistry between him and Emma Stone.
I kept thinking how great it would be with someone like Jean Dujardin in the role.
And they are the only leads really. No one else gets a look in.
Gradually I came to see it differently. Stone carries the film, so really this is a Singing in the Rain type movie respun from a female perspective. Gosling is how women see a lot of men, he has that Beckham thing going. Good looking in a bland way, but no personality at all really. In reality I think a lot of women see personality as getting in the way rather than helping. It's a more a case of a bloke thinking, this is how I am, a real card, a joker, rather than how he actually is.
You could have a more charismatic male lead, but then the slant on the film would be wholly different. I suppose you can say that about the Craig Bond films too, he isn't some sort of wise guy with the witty one liner showing he's top dog all the time.
Roger Moore 1927-2017
I was looking at that on Netflix at the weekend ... couldn't decide if I fancied it or not. I'll give ot a go on your recommendation.
There is a movement to bann all autonomous killer drones. While the drones in the movies are human-controlled, this is relevant. Autonomous killer drones are drones that picked targets and fire rockens on their own. The problem in terms of the laws of war are obvious: If an autonomous drone fires a rocket and kills civilized, who (if anyone) is responsible? I think these drones should be banned, or at least it should be made clear in international law who has the responsibility of the actions of autonomous drones.
I can reccomend it. The story is good and the acting is the best in the X-Men series.
I really enjoyed this movie. It's a fine action/adventure movie, and setting the story at the very end of the Vietnam war worked very well. Tom Hiddleston is good in the movie and looked to me as a potential James Bond. But I ask: did he really carry an action movie? Thinking back he didn't have more screentime or had more impact on the plot than several other characters. The characters of Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson or especially John C. Reilley are in many ways as active and central to the story as Hiddleston is. This isn't talking down the movie or Tom Hiddleston. Ensemble movies can be great and the film company clearly wanted Hiddleston name on the poster for a major franchise movie. It's a fun movie!
What a dog of a film.
I kept meaning to see it, or rather the all-important finale with Kong standing astride the Twin Towers, seemingly grasping at an aeroplane (bit dodgy now, but I think the poster had a train actually anyway).
But the finale is shot in darkness and there is no such iconic shot seen in the movie! You don't really get the money shot at all. King Con, more like.
John Barry has wasted his talents on some tripe hasn't he?
I read that Lorenzo Semple did the script, and mentioned how the original Kong was very old hat and the special effects were very simple, and a reader wrote in saying, yeah, but do you think Jeff Baker (or whoever it was) jumping around in an ape suit was any better? And that's quite right, that's exactly what it looks like! It's risible.
Roger Moore 1927-2017
What a superb film. Only watched it because I thought I should and it was amazing. I was on the edge of my seat.
Tom Hanks is the most versatile, amazing actor.
I did actually. Not quite the hero he makes out however, that takes nothing away from the film.
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Great Leslie Howard film, with sexy Merle Oberan as his disappointed wife. And Raymond Massey as a great villain, though it's jarring to have an American play a French villain, when in A Matter of Life and Death some years later, he was the Puritan American and of course the Brits were supported by the French... oh history is confusing. Plus Niven was banging Merle around that time, or was it earlier.
Howard sort of reprised the role in Pimpernel Smith as a wartime propaganda flick, a bit odd though that the whole rescuing people from the terror was even more relevant then, only replace aristocrats with Jews. Still, I don't think that film really dealt with that, it was all lightweight stuff.
Roger Moore 1927-2017
XXX, The return of Cancer Cage. An enjoyable popcorn movie
Not much of it makes any sense, and the last segment borrows heavily
From DAD.
Yes, Home Alone seems to have been a major influence on SF....
From Straw Dogs.