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Tig Notaro isn't actually "in" the film.
She was filmed and digitally inserted in the film to replace some other actor who'd been fired for sexual misconduct accusations.Comment
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They did a good job then. She was really good I thought even though her character was literally the exact same as in Discovery.Originally posted by teddymeow View Post
I did notice some random jumping around occasionally, like one of the totally insignificant zombie actors was trying to make the character “their own”. It was odd but not enough for me to care. The three of us that watched it all really liked it.Comment
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Bohemian Rhapsody. Epic. On the verge of crying for the last 50 minutes. Emotional bar steward director
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Largely enjoyed Ben Wheatley's films but this new In the Earth was atrocious to be honest. Few ok moments and some fun gore but also nearly turned it off on a few occasions for abysmally weak script moments and film school level scenes.Comment
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Bit naughty, but I found Shin Godzilla was on archive.org, so I finally watched it. I started on a dubbed version, but found a subbed one that was better quality and I found it less hammy without the American voices.
The film itself is excellent, though. Very different from every other Godzilla film.
The recent US ones have anthropomorphised him quite a lot, trying to rationalise his motives, but Shin is like a force of nature, just appearing and mashing the place up.
It's a veiled critique of the way the Japanese Government handled the Fukushima nuclear disaster and their slow reaction to deal with it is echoed here with incredulity and hesitation as they sit on their hands rather than accept the disaster unfolding before their eyes.
Don't want to get too political here, but could definitely see similarities in our Government too, although when they plan to freeze Godzilla, I pictured loads of friends of MPs with pest control businesses exclusively getting overpriced, tender-free contracts to start making the coagulant. Which there isn't enough of or doesn't work properly.
Back on topic, I thought the actual scenes with Godzilla were fantastic. The first encounter on land just shows how destructive it can be, shoving cars aside as it waddles onland.
Some don't like this googly-eyed version, but it's part of its evolution cycle and feels like a gangly deer taking its first steps.
Next is the daytime assault and it's a proper joy to see some kaiju action in daylight after the Pacific Rim and Legendary Godzilla series insisting on filming everything at night. Finally allowed to go weapons free, the might of the combined Japanese army try and fail to destroy the monster.
Then comes the night attack and it was incredible! New takes on how Godzilla uses his powers and even some new ones added to the mix. It looked gorgeous, my mouth was agog with each power introduced and it was gripping to see if they'd beat him.
Final battle felt a bit of an anti-climax, but I read that they planned some further evolutionary stages, so maybe that's why the end feels abrupt.
Soundtrack is immense with a mix of the classic theme and some Evangelion ones.
As soon as it was done, I rewatched all the action scenes!
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Just been to the cinema for the first time in over a year!
I saw a tale decades in the making, rebooted for a modern age.
A legend of wild beasts not only fighting each other but also themselves, questioning if they can escape their instincts to become their own identity, not what other creatures or humans say they should be.
Scenes of CGI destruction interpolated with scenes of human character development.
I saw Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway for my son's birthday party, but I've put a picture of the film I wanted to see.Comment
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Veiled?! But yes, it's this exactly and, for me, that made it a very interesting take and quite a unique film. I do remember feeling it stalled in the middle when Godzilla essentially shut down but even that tied into the critique in that they were given an opportunity to pull stuff together and failed miserably.Originally posted by QualityChimp View PostComment
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I say veiled because it's not like someone ranted "it's like Fukushima all over again!"
It did feel like the Chernobyl series in places too. The bureaucracy of saving face and everyone passing decisions up the chain because nobody wants to be held accountable. "Only you can make the decision to open fire, Prime Minister!"
I agree with the lull.
I was conflicted, because the story it was telling was not one of rubber-suited monsters stomping a cardboard Tokyo, but the previous action scenes were so good, I was craving more.Comment
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Bride of Chucky - Brave and welcome new direction for the series. The first film was great but that storyline felt more than done by number 3. Bride though changes things right up. It feels fresh straight away ... more sleazy and trashy and way more fun. And it's funny. There are so some great lines delivered by Dourif and Tilly (both on excellent form). The film doesn't ask anything of you other than to have a good time. Job done.Comment
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Saw - Not seen since it hit the cinemas and delivered something rather refreshing and rather good. I picked up the recent UHD release and it was a fun one to revisit. Torture horror isn't a genre I'm drawn to but the first Saw, while having inspired some of that stuff, is more fleshed out than that, based on a twisted kind of logic, granted. What I always liked about the film is the low budget grime and economy of a bathroom for a large part of the running time. The bits outside of that look a little more Se7en-y but it all knits together nicely. Still a fun horror flick. Love the Jigsaw puppet. Never seen any of the sequels as I've not heard a great deal of positivity around them.Comment
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Land
Directed by and starring Robin Wright. Follows a woman who moves out into the wilderness. I won’t say anymore than that but we really enjoyed it.Comment
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