They could have built a shelter beside the waterfall and lived not as stealth and instead of trekking for fish. 3 creatures in a few hundred square km's of area, yet appear in seconds, arms sharp enough to cut almost everything , but a car roof is impossible. I could go on.
They could have built a shelter beside the waterfall and lived not as stealth and instead of trekking for fish. 3 creatures in a few hundred square km’s of area, yet appear in seconds, arms sharp enough to cut almost everything , but a car roof is impossible. I could go on.
- Perhaps the ground around the waterfall wasn't suitable for building a home?
- Given their hearing is so sensitive, they could be quite a long way away and still hear. Having said that, if their aim is to stamp out all noise-making creatures, they would most likely stay in an area where they have heard sounds until it has been cleared of said noise-making people.
- Sharp doesn't always equate to hard.
I agree, it's not a perfect film (I thought they played a little loose with the noise thing), but none of it really detracted from the film, IMO.
Well that’s A Quiet Place ruined for some. Nice one.
Don't open a thread discussing the latest films, then.
Could one of you or Cougar get in and [spoiler-tag] it? I like this thread but have to keep scrolling past the last few posts as I haven’t seen AQP yet and really want to.
Ditto
mikey74
Don’t open a thread discussing the latest films, then.
Yes: "The latest films" - only a dick would post spoilers.
watched "Hostiles" over the weekend and thought it was terrific
also "you were never really here" which I thought was good in parts but didnt like the way it was edited
Saw 'You Were Never Really Here' - amazing film. The way close-ups, background noise, flashbacks and music were used was so... maybe not unique, but really clever and striking. Not like anything I've seen anyway. Very dark film, but excellent. Joaquin is superb as always.
Film called 'Thoroughbreds' was advertised before it. Also looks great.
Thoroughly enjoyed Avengers: Infinity War. An impressive baddie - well realised, and a big chunk of the MCU go hell for leather in this fairly bold Marvel film.
It was maybe just one notch too much in terms of characters and action but it was so well put together that it just draws you in. Some really great quieter moments too.
Loved the ending - though I fear it will be reversed in the next film quite quickly as it's a Kill Bill scenario.
They did a good job with making the characters feel<span style="font-size: 0.8rem;"> less invincible than normal.</span>
Will say no more.
Saw trailer for Hereditary when I went to see the (very average) A Quiet Place. This one looks like a good horror...
10/10 on [url= https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/hereditary ]Rotten Tomatoes[/url]. Out next month I believe.
Shame about the title. I don't even know how to say it. hereditry hereditairy hêreditry herêditry ..?
The idea that this trailer:
was accidentally put up prior to a packed showing of Peter Rabbit in Australia is hilarious.
Looks ace, that one.
Was it?! Brilliant. The director did call it a "family film" 🙂
Just got my Odean Liimitless card, kicked it off with Infinity War looking forward to catching some more of these - so a plea for spoiler free reviews guys, just put a little thought in or start a spoiler thread for the film
Just seen Deadpool 2. More of the same, so I loved it. Brolin is really good at not acting.
Just seen Deadpool 2. More of the same, so I loved it.
Exactly!!!
Well late to the party but an Odeon pass and some Rental DL's I'm back in the game!
Avengers - awesome bang crash laugh
Black Panther - good, nice role swaps and balance, plus Bilbo
Deadpool 2 - laughs all the way
Mollys Game - slick, fast, slow, Sorkin all the way - the opening monologue was perfect 🙂
I Tonya - Well Margot is great!!
3 Billboards - Wow!! want to love and hate them all at the same time - just before I watched it I heard Mayo's interview with Gandalf - how do you play the con man, you just play the man. Perfect direction for anyone is this film, play a human being and let the story do it's work.
Justice League - well no.
Having a beer before going in to see Solo in 20 mins. Feel strangely unexcited.
Bloody Last Jedi for ruining the franchise (again!).
Fwiw I'm now reading "Ready Player One" and loving it. Glad I hadn't read it before seeing the film though as I think I'd have been disappointed by the adaptation.
Edit - Solo tomorrow night, feels like we're seeing it out of duty rather than desire though.
Loved it!
Thanks eddie, now I'm going to see it out of a sense of duty and a bit of desire 🙂
<span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">Very happy about the Solo Big Boss man</span>
Loved the book, be interested to see if they make a good film from it.
Solo - very enjoyable overall. Felt it was slightly top heavy with the best stuff in the first half.
It doesn't hit the highest Star Wars highs but is at least consistent and no real evidence of the Director fall-out on screen.
Characters are fairly well done, though I feel Han Solo himself didn't quite have enough screen presence for me.
Cinematography is excellent and the universe is suitably gritty and convincing with a really down-beat colour palette that is far removed from the others films. I really liked the tone of the film - a great balance of stuff for the kids and the older kids.
CGI is top drawer in that it blends perfectly into the practical environment. Music is Scrappy though, can't work out what it wants to be.
Oceans 8....
[Kermode] Well they looked like they had fun making it [/Kermode]
It's probably a testament to the fact Brad & George are good friends that they work so well and so fast together, this doesn't quite hit that, was a freebie preview screening so nothing lost but certainly more a catch it on Netflix kind of a film sadly
I've heard Hereditary is well rated but since even thinking of the Ring causes bowel movement I'll have to pass.
I really enjoyed 'Den of Thieves' - reminded me a bit of 'Heat', a slow-burning film - it is quite long! I see that there's a 'Den of Thieves 2' in the pipeline too, according to IMDB.
Looking forward to the Suspiria remake.
Watch Cargo on netflix last week (Martin Freeman - straight to Netflix as they do now). Well worth a watch.
Some good suggestions here - gives me plenty to watch.
I watched Game Night last night. Not too taxing on the old grey matter (so ideal for me) - but just good fun and very funny in places.
Sicario 2
I thought this was damn good until about half way when it didn't capitalise on its setup.
Some good twists and turns but also some odd timing / plot issues especially towards the end... Helicopters, sun coming up, distance between them all didn't make a whole lot of sense.
Taylor Sheridan is a great writer and this film definitely continues the themes and tension of Sicario but doesn't quite deliver on its premise. Some of the plot strands feel like a they run to cheaply undramatic conclusions.
I enjoyed it the most when it was in thriller mode. The cartel threat had diminished - perhaps to reflect the changing Mexican tensions. But i missed the foreboding feel of the first.
<span style="font-size: 0.8rem;">The young girl was excellent. Didn't miss Emily Blunt to be honest as we've moved in a different direction.</span>
Music and photography both excellent.
A sequel that didn't really need making that is actually not bad.
Just got back from seeing Incredibles 2. I don't think I've ever smiled all the way through a film before! An absolute delight. Not as perfect as the first one, but a marvellous piece of cinema.
On Sicario 2 it would have been a good film if it wasn't following the original I think
The lack of the Emily Blunt/FBI strand of the first one killed it, though chance of redemption from Part 3
Had a sneaky morning off to see Mission Impossible: Fallout. Have a massive soft spot for these as they are so much better than the Bond films and always deliver.
Preposterous in the extreme but executed so well that it doesn't matter. A set of action sequences strung together with a bit of a convoluted plot, in a good way.
Some staggeringly good stunt work, with Crusie and the camera pulling off seemless action.
Along with Infinity War, two five star blockbusters in one year is unheard of.
It's a counterpart to Rogue Nation so helps if you've seen that recently.
Completely inverts the concept that a franchise gets worae as it goes along.
Really limited release for "A Prayer Before Dawn" - went to see this the other night. Blimey, if you like gritty, absorbing, uncomfortable, realistic, violent, intimidating films, I can highly recommend it! An exhausting couple of hours.
Sounds like a watch to me.
It's definitely worth seeing. Don't expect many laughs though!
Enjoyed the new Mamma Mia, more so than the first. A much more accomplished film.
Cher is the only thing that made me really grimace.
Lilly James is fantastic.
No one seen M:I Fallout yet?
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saw it yesterday.
like Rone, I have a soft spot for the MI films, they're always daft without being a XXX type daft, not Bourne, not bond, but somewhere in between.
action was great, stunts great and I really really have a thing for Rebecca Ferguson. (though I'm quite glad that they lay off the steam).
saw Extinction (another netflix film) yesterday too. has a lower budget, Netflix series feel to it. Reminded me a lot of Skyline, but then didn't, and that's all I'm going to say on that, aside from it was an enjoyable film.
I know it was discussed earlier in the thread, but I saw Black Panther on the weekend and what a disappointment.
Read an article about how important it was a black actors and directors and all that stuff, but by god, I bet they wish it had been a decent film with that much import.
Took itself far too seriously for a superhero film and the attempts at humour were quite embarrassingly bad. More like a DC film than a Marvel.
And so many WTF moments (like the giant Rhinos?!)... so glad I didn't pay for it.
Lovely costumes though.
In line with Rone on MI:Fallout. Considering any film like this will require suspension of belief / reality it was a really enjoyable action film. Some good humour, great action scenes and it still even kind of hung together from a plot perspective (big picture wise, obviously, not the mysteriously quick way they seem to be able to cross country and continental boundaries)
Got dragged along to see McQueen last night, not a film I would have chosen, but what an ambush it turned out to be. Totally brilliant and an amazing window in to the world of a flawed genius. I know nothing about catwalks or haute couture, but watching the way that McQueen stormed the fashion world and how hard he worked was breath taking.
I know it was discussed earlier in the thread, but I saw Black Panther on the weekend and what a disappointment.
Read an article about how important it was a black actors and directors and all that stuff, but by god, I bet they wish it had been a decent film with that much import.
Yeah I saw it a couple of weeks ago, after all the reviews I couldn't believe what a load of drivel it was. I think all the marketing and hype about it being an important black culture film really paid off, because it seams to have made people afraid to question it's quality. If I was black I think I would feel extremely patronised by the way it portrayed black and African culture.
I bought “A Prayer Before Dawn” on itunes this morning, but I know it will probably sit unwatched for a few weeks until I am in the mood for that type of film.
I would feel extremely patronised by the way it portrayed black and African culture.
The accents!! Shocking.
And, the last line before the credits when they were at some kind of summit saying they were going to share (ahem) vibranium... wtf did that French(?) bloke say to make them all smirk? Couldn't understand it!