Film The General Film Thread

[caLLous]

By all accounts it's the worst of the 3 and it's not even close.

 

[DaGaffer]

By all accounts it's the worst of the 3 and it's not even close.

Well given I only got 20 minutes into the second one before boredom set in and I turned it off...that's not good.

 

[Scouse]

It does appear to bring about a yin-yang response in a lot of people doesn't it. Some people adore it and some people viscerally hate it.

I think they've been OK so far. The first better than the second, but the second was very impressive in some of it's underwater stuff. But I've not felt the need to rewatch.

 

[Gwadien]

Still the highest grossing film of all time, and actually released today in 2008.

I think that's it though - it was visually stunning at the time, today it's kinda standard and the plot is Pocahontas in space.

 

[Scouse]

Went to see the new Avatar in 4DX. The missus made me do that bit - I was very skeptical.

Really enjoyed it. It's a fairground ride. And I hate fairgrounds more than almost anything. But getting thrown about in a chair, air blown at you and the occasional sprinkling of water had us both laughing.

The film? No surprises. It's "solidly competent". And I think maybe that's part of the appeal - I've watched so much utter shit this year. But I fancied a brainless low-risk night out and to do something different - I almost never go to the cinema any more.

Glad I did tbh.

 

[DaGaffer]

Went to see the new Avatar in 4DX. The missus made me do that bit - I was very skeptical.

Really enjoyed it. It's a fairground ride. And I hate fairgrounds more than almost anything. But getting thrown about in a chair, air blown at you and the occasional sprinkling of water had us both laughing.

The film? No surprises. It's "solidly competent". And I think maybe that's part of the appeal - I've watched so much utter shit this year. But I fancied a brainless low-risk night out and to do something different - I almost never go to the cinema any more.

Glad I did tbh.

I loathe 4DX; did it once, no thanks.

 

[Scouse]

I loathe 4DX; did it once, no thanks.

It certainly takes away from the film and I'm in no rush to do it again. But maybe it was a perfect mix for that sort of easy-to-follow action nonsense and that we both needed a bit of cheering up.

The o/h was laughing, so that carried it a fair bit

 

[Overdriven]

By all accounts it's the worst of the 3 and it's not even close.

I've heard it's better than the second.

Not seen it but will comment when I do. I'm a fan of the franchise from a technical perspective and a "oh that's pretty" perspective but the plots tend to be meh.

I do know that there weren't any major technical advancements on this one though, but from a colouring perspective (and sound) it's meant to outshine the second.

Ask me in 3 months.

 

[Tom]

I saw it, quite enjoyed it. Some quite nice emotional moments in there, but it's still quite similar in acts to the first two.

They showed a trailer of sorts for The Odyssey and that was pretty amazing in proper full IMAX. Started off with John Bernthal doing his best "lemme tellya somfin" sat in some ancient bar chewing a cigar.

 

[Scouse]

They showed a trailer of sorts for The Odyssey and that was pretty amazing in proper full IMAX. Started off with John Bernthal doing his best "lemme tellya somfin" sat in some ancient bar chewing a cigar.

I got in after that had ended, and can't find it offline.

Looking forward to it tbh.

 

[DaGaffer]

Predator Badlands was better than I expected; nice bit of world building. Prey, the animated one and now this are all doing a good job of revitalising a fucked franchise.

(Oh, and it's explained why he's a bit weird looking as Predators go).