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    Films You Have Watched (2018)

    Just finished watching The Foreigner, starring Jackie Chan and Piers Brosnan and directed by Martin Campbell (Goldeneye/Casino Royale).

    I really enjoyed this and it was a lot deeper than the trailer suggested. On the surface, it's a revenge action film, but in reality, it's a political thriller with a few action scenes.

    Chan is great as a father after the names of the terrorists that planted the bomb that killed his daughter and Brosnan is the politician walking the fine line between collaborator and peace maker.

    Everybody is screwing over everyone else to get what they want and Chan's character is a fly in the ointment for them all.

    It was genuinely tense at times and I was on the edge of my seat. It's on Netflix and I recommend it.

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    I just watched 'The Walk' on Netflix, it's that trapeze movie with Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

    It was cheesy and kinda bab (especially me knowing the denouement) but the main bod holds it together and becomes very likeable in the last hour.

    Ben Kingsley's presence is cringeworthy. He deserves a blast with a hammer to teh swede.

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      #3
      I've got this to watch in 3D, so I might try it tonight.

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        #4
        Ultraviolet on Netflix. Part of me thought "Is this really as bad as I remember?"
        The opening credits are wonderful. And the colour changing hair and clothes and tech ideas. The rest is garbage.

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          #5
          Is there a decent release of True Lies or is it just he vanilla disc?

          EDIT:
          Looks like Cameron is "working on" the True Lies and The Abyss Blu-Rays.
          No rush, chief...
          Last edited by QualityChimp; 10-01-2018, 14:01.

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            #6
            Class. True Lies is ace

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              #7
              My overriding memory of True Lies is REALLY needing the loo. Kept on thinking it must end soon, but it went on for another half hour Had to make a break for it.

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                #8
                Cinema obviously...

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                  #9
                  I watched Captain America Civil War last night. Has a lot of fun and some really cool bits but far too convoluted, bringing together plot and characters from both the Avengers films and Cap films as well as packing a bunch of new stuff in too, while never really fully paying it off. It was two films merged, one Avengers and one Cap. And neither quite as strong as they should have been. They didn’t fully commit to the Civil War concept, which is a shame because it’s done now. Should have been called Buddies Sparring. And on second watch, I still don’t buy character motivations which are core to the entire plot.

                  But it’s entertaining and has some great sequences and is an enjoyable watch.

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                    #10
                    I watched Molloy's Game last night with a friend. An interesting film with good editing and performances. Its a little long and sometimes the main character's narration overstayed its welcome (I said to my friend that Molly Bloom doesn't need to explain everything you can as on-screen. That's why we're watching the film after all).

                    Idris Elba was strong as always and I thought Jessica Chastain turned in a strong performance here. Kevin Costner was also good as Molly's demanding but ultimately caring father too.
                    Last edited by Paddy; 13-01-2018, 09:03.

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                      #11
                      I watched the new 4k remaster of Suspiria from Synapse Films. I've seen the film in numerous formats over the years and this is leaps and bounds over any, by such a long way. Every scene is beautiful to behold. Amazing work from Synapse. It's taken them a long time to complete but it's been more than worth the wait.

                      Here's the restoration trailer to give you an idea of how it looks ...

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                        #12
                        Watched From Beyond on Netflix last night, haven't seen it since the VHS days...and it's still epic, plus pervy as hell to boot. Wish they made lurid, vivid nutzo movies like this these days!!!

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                          #13
                          Originally posted by QualityChimp View Post
                          Just finished watching The Foreigner, starring Jackie Chan and Piers Brosnan and directed by Martin Campbell (Goldeneye/Casino Royale).

                          I really enjoyed this and it was a lot deeper than the trailer suggested. On the surface, it's a revenge action film, but in reality, it's a political thriller with a few action scenes.

                          Chan is great as a father after the names of the terrorists that planted the bomb that killed his daughter and Brosnan is the politician walking the fine line between collaborator and peace maker.

                          Everybody is screwing over everyone else to get what they want and Chan's character is a fly in the ointment for them all.

                          It was genuinely tense at times and I was on the edge of my seat. It's on Netflix and I recommend it.
                          I watched it too and this sums the movie up for me as well. I like the fact that Chan plays a 60 year old man and shows it in the movie, it’s not like his stuff when he was 20. Brosnan was great in this too with a vast departure from his normal swuarve role.

                          Great stuff.
                          Last edited by fishbowlhead; 14-01-2018, 20:07.

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                            #14
                            Glad you enjoyed it too, mate.
                            An unexpected twisty treat.

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                              #15
                              Might watch it now, I thought this might be meh, I'll give it a chance this week.

                              Watched the US Death Note movie with me ma tonight, it was kinda cool, I could sense it had had loads of stuff removed from the original due to the running time but it was decent, if a little confusing towards the end. Ace demon played by Willem Dafoe is toppa da notcha, just not in it enough!!! Also has a nice chunky decap near the start, this has some meaty gore in moments, it looks like practical effects as well.

                              In essence it feels like a taster for the original anime...which I am definitely planning on watching as I like the concept and the demon is great.
                              Last edited by JazzFunk; 14-01-2018, 02:35.

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