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Re: Last film you watched and your rating: The Directors Cut
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2018 7:18 pm
by Floex
The only bad bit about Dredd were those awful 3D bits that they shoehorned in.
Re: Last film you watched and your rating: The Directors Cut
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2018 7:19 pm
by Tafdolphin
Ad7 wrote:I didn't like dredd at all. The guys stupid upside down mouth kept distracting me and it was a rebadged version of the raid, which is far superior in every way.
Baby driver was gooseberry fool too.
Re: Last film you watched and your rating: The Directors Cut
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2018 7:20 pm
by Victor Mildew
I'm allowed to not like things other people like
People who love fury road get genuinely upset when people say they didn't like it. I went in really hyped as I'd heard so much good stuff and apart from how great it looks, I was bored to tears with it.
Re: Last film you watched and your rating: The Directors Cut
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2018 7:22 pm
by Victor Mildew
Floex wrote:The only bad bit about Dredd were those awful 3D bits that they shoehorned in.
That's a hallmark of 99% of films that have a 3d version though. OH LOOK THING FLYING AT THE SCREEN
Re: Last film you watched and your rating: The Directors Cut
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2018 7:34 pm
by Moggy
I for one am stunned that Ad7 doesn’t like something.
Re: Last film you watched and your rating: The Directors Cut
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2018 7:34 pm
by Gemini73
Ad7 wrote:I'm allowed to not like things other people like
Yes you are. SOME people find it difficult accepting that, however.
Going back to Dredd I also preferred The Raid, but still loved Dredd.
Both are better than Fury Road. Did I give Fury Road a score? Oh yes, I did. It was 6/10.
Re: Last film you watched and your rating: The Directors Cut
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2018 8:00 pm
by Tafdolphin
The Raid was godlike, but Dredd was very much its own thing despite sharing a similar setup. In fact, it had a lot in common with Fury Road in that it was a stripped back, no fat, none-stop action film with a single goal: to be thrilling. Both work incredibly well (although if I had to chose I'd go for FR over Dredd due to the former's overall design and its hint towards interesting politics) and are rightly being remembered as modern classics.
In related news however:
http://www.syfy.com/syfywire/mad-max-mo ... gal-battle
Re: Last film you watched and your rating: The Directors Cut
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2018 8:42 pm
by Death's Head
Why are people arguing over Fury Road? It is just a long action sequence with a paper thin story. I was pretty disappointed by it after reading all the hype on here.
Re: Last film you watched and your rating: The Directors Cut
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2018 8:54 pm
by Vermilion
Death's Head wrote:Why are people arguing over Fury Road? It is just a long action sequence with a paper thin story. I was pretty disappointed by it after reading all the hype on here.
For me it was the opposite, i knew virtually nothing about the movie (i hadn't seen any of the original films) and so there was no hype, yet despite that, i absolutely loved it.
Also, i don't see how anyone can not like this guy rocking out with his flaming guitar...
Re: Last film you watched and your rating: The Directors Cut
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2018 9:18 pm
by Tafdolphin
Death's Head wrote:Why are people arguing over Fury Road? It is just a long action sequence with a paper thin story. I was pretty disappointed by it after reading all the hype on here.
I have no idea! It's such a shame GR's thread pages are incinerated immediately after being replaced by a new one! Someone should do something about that.
Re: Last film you watched and your rating: The Directors Cut
Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2018 9:07 am
by Preezy
Tafdolphin wrote:(although if I had to chose I'd go for FR over Dredd due to the former's overall design and its hint towards interesting politics)
The politics in Dredd are also incredibly interesting. He's a hero and the good guy, but also a massive fascist operating in a police state.
Re: Last film you watched and your rating: The Directors Cut
Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2018 9:39 am
by Gemini73
Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
Bit of an up and down movie. Some genuinely enjoyable moments, some rather bizarre, some utterly terrible. TLJ is bit all over the shop, and yes it went on far too long. You could rip 20 minutes out of the movie quite easily. That said even if it was a tad shorter I don't think I'd find it any more engaging. As a side note I still think Kylo is a great character, but Rey remains quite flat and uninteresting.
So, not my favourite Star Wars, but not the worst either. AOTC still wears that crown.
6/10
Re: Last film you watched and your rating: The Directors Cut
Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2018 10:22 am
by OrangeRKN
Ad7 wrote:I didn't like dredd at all. The guys stupid upside down mouth kept distracting me and it was a rebadged version of the raid, which is far superior in every way.
Baby driver was gooseberry fool too.
Go ahead and put down Dredd, dislike Fury Road if you must, but you leave my boy Edgar Wright who has never made a film less than brilliant out of this
Re: Last film you watched and your rating: The Directors Cut
Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2018 10:35 am
by Corazon de Leon
Preezy wrote:Tafdolphin wrote:(although if I had to chose I'd go for FR over Dredd due to the former's overall design and its hint towards interesting politics)
The politics in Dredd are also incredibly interesting. He's a hero and the good guy, but also a massive fascist operating in a police state.
I actually find Dredd's politics way more interesting than Mad Max's. The fascist element of the character's design creates a lot of potential for great stories.
Re: Last film you watched and your rating: The Directors Cut
Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2018 10:36 am
by Corazon de Leon
OrangeRakoon wrote:Ad7 wrote:I didn't like dredd at all. The guys stupid upside down mouth kept distracting me and it was a rebadged version of the raid, which is far superior in every way.
Baby driver was gooseberry fool too.
Go ahead and put down Dredd, dislike Fury Road if you must, but you leave my boy Edgar Wright who has never made a film less than brilliant out of this
Scott Pilgrim is quite vile in places. Baby Driver is great though.
Re: Last film you watched and your rating: The Directors Cut
Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2018 10:37 am
by Preezy
Corazon de Leon wrote:Preezy wrote:Tafdolphin wrote:(although if I had to chose I'd go for FR over Dredd due to the former's overall design and its hint towards interesting politics)
The politics in Dredd are also incredibly interesting. He's a hero and the good guy, but also a massive fascist operating in a police state.
I actually find Dredd's politics way more interesting than Mad Max's. The fascist element of the character's design creates a lot of potential for great stories.
I agree but I didn't want Taf to label me a sexist
Re: Last film you watched and your rating: The Directors Cut
Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2018 11:04 am
by OrangeRKN
Corazon de Leon wrote:Scott Pilgrim is quite vile in places. Baby Driver is great though.
Vile?
Re: Last film you watched and your rating: The Directors Cut
Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2018 11:23 am
by Moggy
OrangeRakoon wrote:Corazon de Leon wrote:Scott Pilgrim is quite vile in places. Baby Driver is great though.
Vile?
He hits people.
Re: Last film you watched and your rating: The Directors Cut
Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2018 11:36 am
by Corazon de Leon
Moggy wrote:OrangeRakoon wrote:Corazon de Leon wrote:Scott Pilgrim is quite vile in places. Baby Driver is great though.
Vile?
He hits people.
I'm not one to get up in arms about films and their depictions of things as I get that it's all escapism but I find the Scott Pilgrim character abhorrent. It's a whiny film about a whiny man who never *really* takes any responsibility for his stupid, hurtful actions. He cheats on two people and at the end of it not only does he get the girl he was after, but the other one almost seems to act like it's her fault this happened in the first place. There are no consequences to what he does. In fact, the thing he is supposed to learn is self respect, which is great except he hasn't shown any respect to any other character throughout the film. Perhaps that's the point, I dunno, but it isn't portrayed well in the film at all. Even after he learns his life lesson, he is still a bit of a tool.
Neither of the two leads hold a convincing romance and the whole film just has a nasty vibe to it on repeat viewings IMO. The only thing it really has going for it is Knives, who is the only character to actually have a story arc and character growth. Also the Chris Evans cameo.
Re: Last film you watched and your rating: The Directors Cut
Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2018 11:53 am
by Preezy
I haven't watched Scott Pilgrim, but I thought it looked gooseberry fool when seeing clips/trailers, so there's that.
