Forum menu
Get A Job. Made in 2012 but didn’t get released until 2016 - probably because the studio didn’t want to be associated with it.
Even the very aesthetically pleasing Anna Kendrick can’t make up for the dire story and shockingly poor attempts at humour. Felt like an idea dragged from the 80s.
can anyone explain Rebel Wilson to me
IMO unfunny australian comedian. Yet to see her in anything where she is actually funny.
The Wandering Earth
One of these new huge budget, huge SFX Chinese productions that are just decades behind Hollywood stuff in storytelling.
As always with the Chinese though, they will catch up fast.
Doh
Life of Brian. Never seen it before, didn't raise a smile let alone a laugh. Complete tosh.
Life of Brian. Never seen it before, didn’t raise a smile let alone a laugh. Complete tosh.
Blasphemy, stone him.
mrhoppy
Subscriber
Aquaman and Snowpiercer
Heresy!
Showpiercer is superb. I think it will be like Bladerunner, unappreciated in its time but gain huge cult following.
Blasphemy, stone him.
Why? He didn't even say Jehovah!
Showpiercer is superb. I think it will be like Bladerunner, unappreciated in its time but gain huge cult following
Dream on, it’s an utter mess! 😂
i had to sit through a remake of Lady and the Tramp (live action with CGI dogs mouths that do the talking) with the kids, it is painful.
recently as in last couple of weeks?
1917.
Poopscoop
SubscriberBladerunner
Dull as dishwater.
6 underground and Coffee & Kareem on Netflix - good grief.
The worst film I have seen in the last few years is Manchester by Sea. A remake of a mid afternoon channel five straight to TV movie with an actor who mumbles his lines to sound like Brando in apocalypse now, to show he’s acting. Utter pretentious sh*te.
Other movies might be bad as viewed against films with high ambitions, but this is a high ambition film that in reality is really poor in concept and formulaic in execution.
seosamh77
Subscriber
Poopscoop
SubscriberBladerunner
Dull as dishwater
In mediaeval times id be cheering as they set fire to you at the stake, heresy I tell you!
Thought Dunkirk was ok.
The Guardian slaughtered it for not showing the Germans and not giving context by showing politicians and generals behind the scenes etc but thats what every war film does so liked it for trying to do something different. After all, if you're a soldier in a war you probably don't see much of the enemy, only bits of hot metal flying at you. Thought the sound design was really good too.
Agree with battle of the Bulge though, looked more like it was shot in Morocco than the Ardennes.
Polar. Quite a new film on Netlifx at the moment.
Hitman working for a shadowy organisation is about retire a very wealthy man. But the organisation seems to kill off its agents as they retire. So you get an aging hitman being hunted by a young band of ruthless whippersnapper hitmen and women.
I struggled through the first half hour, then there's a scene where he's gone to his cabin in the mountains. But lone behold, a new attractive young woman (not a hitwomen) has taken up residence in the next chalet. There's a scene with her fumbling about with an axe trying to cut wood. He sorts her woodpile for her. Swoon.
Polar. Quite a new film on Netlifx at the moment.
Hitman working for a shadowy organisation is about retire a very wealthy man. But the organisation seems to kill off its agents as they retire. So you get an aging hitman being hunted by a young band of ruthless whippersnapper hitmen and women.
I think you got it mixed up with Gemini Man, which was a pretty stupid film, but not as stupid as John Wick.
Personal Shopper. First third of the movie - slow. Second third - slow. Final third - shite.
Personal Shopper. First third of the movie – slow. Second third – slow. Final third – shite.
But the plot synopsis holds so much promise.
Personal Shopper is a 2016 supernatural psychological thriller film written and directed by Olivier Assayas.[2] The film stars Kristen Stewart as a young American woman in Paris who works as a personal shopper for a celebrity and tries to communicate with her deceased twin brother.
Polar. Quite a new film on Netlifx at the moment.
There was a thread about this film about a year ago. Regretfully, I watched the pile of shite, probably the worst action film I’ve ever sat through. (my post usually followed, as predictable as the plot of Polar, by Drac sayng how much he liked it 🤪)
I rank 'Moon' nearly as highly as 'Silent Running' - great sci-fi. I liked 'Bladerunner 2049' and 'Ad-astra' too, mostly for the beautiful cinematography.
I've learnt through bitter experience not to let Michael Bay steal hours of my life, but didn't realise that '6 underground' was one of his steaming turds until 10 minutes in I realised the formula of senseless and improbable action and googled it, there after turning it off to gouge out my eyeballs in preference.
However, by comparison, Guy Richie's 'King Arthur' is so bad that I actually watched all of it to see how far down the stinking shitto-meter scale it could actually go, and then, not content with halving my IQ in the time it took to watch that, I watched 'Robin Hood' with Taron Edgerton, the likes of which were so confusing, bewildering and down right nonsensical, I thought I had descended into some kind of waking nightmare induced by the guilt of inflicting 4 hours of suffering upon myself.
The shit telly trap is just so difficult to avoid sometimes.
I watched the irishman last night and thought it was totally predictable and drawn out.
Over 3 hours of de niro talking out of the side of his mouth was two hours to long.
Yes, The Irishman was pretty weak.
I may add Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade to the list - great laugh but utter nonsense
On Amazon Prime Nekrotronic. Absolutely shite but definitely worth a watch.
Just had to suffer the overhyped, style over substance pile of steaming cat turd that is Joker.
The Joker?
I've just written and then deleted a response to this as it sounded patronising. Suffice to say I disagree wholeheartedly!
I may add Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade to the list – great laugh but utter nonsense
I loved Last Crusade. Crystal Skull though... 🤮
Gotti on Netflix with John Travolta, truly dreadful we stopped watching after 20 minutes.
I’ve just written and then deleted a response to this as it sounded patronising. Suffice to say I disagree wholeheartedly
Well yeah, its not like someone who didn’t like a film is going to suddenly realise they liked it just cos someone points out why they disagree with them.
Anna.
watched it on a plane. figured it was luc besson so it should be ok. really wasn't.
Whilst fruitlessly waiting to book a Tesco delivery slot at midnight last night, I watched Kingsman, which I would like to add to the list.
Hitman working for a shadowy organisation is about retire a very wealthy man. But the organisation seems to kill off its agents as they retire. So you get an aging hitman being hunted by a young band of ruthless whippersnapper hitmen and women.
See also The American with that bloke from ER.
On Amazon Prime Nekrotronic. Absolutely shite but definitely worth a watch.
Watched the trailer, even Monica Bellucci didn't convince me.
I'm watching the new hellboy tonight I'm a huge fan of the comics & like the del Toro take, .... I hope I'm not posting here later
Crystal Skull though…
That's shockingly crap. Awful CGI and a storyline that seems to have stolen large parts of the Tomb Raider script.
Plus clichéd jokes about "getting too old for this..."
I watched Assassin’s Creed last night, i thought that was very poor.
"Absolutely Anything", on Netflix I think.
It looked fairly promising, a Brit comedy with Simon Pegg, and some of the Monty Python cast and Robin Williams (in his last film) doing voices.
It was awful. Just really clunkily written, poorly directed, the comedy was weak and the setups were clumsy and obvious. And the plot was pants.
We watched to the end because we really hoped it would redeem itself. It did not.
I posted in error (twice) on this thread: https://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/so-whats-the-best-film-youve-watched-recently/page/1/
Watched The Platform a few nights ago – it had hints of being a great movie but was ultimately, a turd. 2/10
I also watched watched The Postcard Killer last night. Borderline tosh. 5/10.
Watched The Heat this week starring Sandra Bullock - utter rubbish.
Her partner breaks just about every rule in the police force and doesn't get sacked, they make so many errors but never get killed and the scene where they hack her office suit into a disco outfit is ridiculous!
Arachnacide on prime of netflix.
Awful.
Peter Rabbit.
I thought it was horrible but my daughter seemed to enjoy it.
I have form for liking unpopular films on here (Polar and 6 Underground are probably those viewed as ,ost serious transgressions) but even I have drawn the line at Extraction on Neflix with Chris Hemsworth.
There again probably everyone will love it.
Hemsworth I find likeable usually, the plot seems stupid but thats OK - aren't they all these days? but the unending violence makes 6 Underground look like a kids film.
Disappointing.
We watched Hot Air on Sky Movies last night. God knows why. Steve Coogan playing an American right wing shock jock DJ (I know... me neither).
Dear god, it was terrible! Beyond awful! Shmaltzy, formulaic Hollywood shite of the laziest type.
Coogan phoned it in, but it became strangely compelling watching his attempts at an American accent drift into English/Irish/Italian/****stani during the course of a single sentence.
Rambo Last Blood. Just terrible.
Ironically I stumbled on Extraction on Netflix shortly afterwards, and that was what I hoped Rambo would be.
6 Underground & Polar- agree, awful.
I’m watching the new hellboy tonight I’m a huge fan of the comics & like the del Toro take, …. I hope I’m not posting here later
I’m eagerly awaiting Kimbers post because the new Hell Boy is utter bobbins. David Harbour is good, but everything else about it is just plain awful