What Is The Last Film You Watched? (Older Films)

[crocodile 8,027]

Jedi is a plural to both Jedo and Jeda.

Karol

[Wojo 2,453]

It's nice to have a misspelled word you're very passionate about. TinTin. Stef. LEGOS. It means you're part of the JWFamily.

[crocodile 8,027]

Teen-Tin.

Karol

[Marian Schedenig 8,225]

Jedi is a plural to both Jedo and Jeda.

Wouldn't the plural of Jeda be Jede? Meaning every female in German.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

Whats the plural of Jude?

[BloodBoal 7,538]

Judas.

[Matt C 455]

Edge of Tomorrow

There's a beautiful sense of progression in this once Doug Liman establishes the Groundhog Day-esque scenario of "live, die, repeat." (Editorially and story-wise the technique works.) For those who hate Tom Cruise, his character dies well over 100+ times in the film, and there's a delicious touch of black humor running throughout. You can sense the weariness in Sgt. Cage's demeanor as he lives, dies, and resets -- learning more with each reset -- and there's a nice sense of character development of him growing from a cowardly recruit to a battle-hardened soldier. If anything, Emily Blunt has a harder role of being a key role but not knowing who Cage is (while he does via the numerous resets, but she doesn't), which she handles beautifully.

This is a return to form for Doug Liman, it's an entertaining blockbuster with some substance to it. I'm surprised Liman and DP Dion Beebe went back to 35mm film for this, but it gives a true grit and old-school beauty to the image. Christophe Beck's score was ok, worked fine in the film, but nothing special. (Now if John Powell had scored it, that'd be completely different.)

EDIT: BloodBoal, you'll love the mini-"Robin Hood" reunion in this movie. Robin himself, Jonas Armstrong, has a good supporting role here. And while she's not in any scenes with him, Lara Pulver is in the film too.

[BloodBoal 7,538]

EDIT: BloodBoal, you'll love the mini-"Robin Hood" reunion in this movie. Robin himself, Jonas Armstrong, has a good supporting role here. And while she's not in any scenes with him, Lara Pulver is in the film too.

Yeah, I just learnt about that recently, which got me a bit more excited about that film. That and the good reviews it got.

[A24 4,355]

I watched a movie last night but I don't remember it ... give me minute .... Ah yes, a French movie ... a box-office success ... Almost there ... ALMOST THERE ...

Got it!

4/10

Alex

[Quintus 5,399]

You don't half watch a lot of sub 5 out of 10 movies!

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

I watched a movie last night but I don't remember it ... give me minute .... Ah yes, a French movie ... a box-office success ... Almost there ... ALMOST THERE ...

Got it!

4/10

Alex

I'd give it an 8 just for the two leads!

[Hurmm 91]

You don't half watch a lot of sub 5 out of 10 movies!

That's what I said.

I liked the Intouchables a lot though. Its got French Dustin Hoffman and Mario Balotelli as the leads.

[Trent B 337]

I'm late but hey...

X-Men Days Of Future Past (for the first time) and I loved it. I definitely think it's the best X-Men movie aside from X2.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

That film no longer exists!

[Muad'Dib 1,802]

Well I finally gave in and watched Frozen. Definitely not as terrible as I was expecting, but not as great as everyone's saying. Had some memorable moments here and there, but overall it was okay.

The first half of the movie was probably the weakest, too much plot pushed forward like crazy and too many unmemorable songs stuck one after the other. To be honest I did like Frozen Heart (with its homage to Dumbo which is nice) and the chorus of Let it Go, although it has probably one of the laziest cases of ryhmes I have seen in a mainstream movie in a long time. I mean, it's not like Disney ever had the deepest lyrics but they still managed to infect some poetry into them.

However, the second half is pretty damn solid. The songs stop and the actual narrative and characters take the reigns of the movie. I knew about the villain reveal and was expecting it to be terrible, but they handed it quite damn fine I say. Deceiveing and smart, like a good Disney villain should be. Of course, he doesn't hold a candle to Shere Khan or Maleficent but he's a great fit for the movie.

I found myself really enjoying this part of the movie.

Another point that I find really in favour of the movie is the relationship between the sisters is really well done. Despite some script issues I had with the fact that Elsa wanted to protect Anna and locked her away seemed a little confusing, they felt like a real pair of sisters. I wish they weren't, though, so they could..... Ya know.... .................

....

Ahem, anyways... Enjoyable, looks great, but I don't think it's the classic everyone's saying. Disney is too worried on replicating the success of Lion King in my opinion, and they shouldn't be. Of course this particular movie is and was inmensly popular and made an insane amount of movie, and it's quite clear why. We'll have to see if it's able to hold up in the coming years.

7.5/10

[A24 4,355]

The Raid: Redemption: Nothing more than a 90 minute demonstration of martial arts. It's got some of the craziest fight choreography you'll ever see, though. The premise is eerily familiar with Dredd, which I liked much better. 5/10

Oh and you gotta love that building!

Alex

[BloodBoal 7,538]

Of course this particular movie is and was inmensly popular and made an insane amount of movie, and it's quite clear why.

It's quite an impressive feat for a movie to make an insane amount of movie.

[A24 4,355]

Before The Raid: Redemption was on, I tried to watch The Eagle: Starts off pretty good but after the first big battle the movie (the writing) gets sillier and duller by the minute. So much so that I gave up. 1/10

Alex

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

So you have it a one instead of a zero, so it must have had some redeeming factor?

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

He mentioned it starts of pretty good.

[A24 4,355]

Well spotted, Steef!

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

But what was good??

[A24 4,355]

The civilized Romans holding the fort against the wild and angry Brits, Drax, which comprised the first 20 minutes of the film.

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

Ah my ancestors.

[Sweeping Strings 2,384]

22 Jump Street - quite funny, but would've been funnier if shorter. Yet another not-bad 105-110 minute comedy which would've been better edited down to a tight 90-95. Less of the damn meandering, already!

[crocodile 8,027]

The Raid: Redemption: Nothing more than a 90 minute demonstration of martial arts. It's got some of the craziest fight choreography you'll ever see, though. The premise is eerily familiar with Dredd, which I liked much better. 5/10

Oh and you gotta love that building!

Alex

The second one is much more glamourous visually. And better film, too.

Did I mention I really enjoyed those films?

Karol

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

Eerily similar?

[A24 4,355]

Oh yes! They say Dredd (2012) stole from The Raid: Redemption (2011) but I think it's purely coincidental.

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

Yeah but... eerily?

[A24 4,355]

Yes, are you not familiar with the expression "eerily similar"? The stories of Dredd and The Raid: Redemption are practically the same. And yet, they are two different movies. Isn't that wonderful?

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

Yeah sayings and expressions need context. I'd just say it's similar, without the "eerily" adjective. There's nothing sinister or mysterious about it.

[A24 4,355]

Eerily = uncanny = beyond normal

The similarity is mysterious. It's so similar you can't explain it.

Lots of people say "eerily similar" as a way to describe that what they saw could have come out of an episode of The Twilight Zone.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

You must excuse Drax, being Australian his grasp of the English language is naturally quite poor.

[A24 4,355]

Australia? Isn't that something like Alcatraz on a large scale?

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

I believe so. It's a rugged place. You have seen The Road Warrior, right?

[A24 4,355]

Must watch it again now that I know it's actually a documentary.

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

Eerily = uncanny = beyond normal

On its own perhaps, but like I said: context! When you say two movies are "eerily similar", there's nothing really "eerie" about it, it's either just a coincidence or it's just formulaic.

The similarity is mysterious. It's so similar you can't explain it.

I just did!

Lots of people say "eerily similar" as a way to describe that what they saw could have come out of an episode of The Twilight Zone.

Now you're just stretching it! If these people are smart about their context, they'd know the right situations to call something "eerie". If two ghost photographs were taken at different times at different parts of the world and looked very similar, I'd call that "eerie". But to use the word "eerie" in the context of two movies being a bit similar, that's just dilutes the meaning of the word.

[A24 4,355]

The similarity is mysterious. It's so similar you can't explain it.

I just did!

You think you did but you don't really know.

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

The similarity is mysterious. It's so similar you can't explain it.

I just did!

You think you did but you don't really know.

I am Criswell... I know all.

[A24 4,355]

But to use the word "eerie" in the context of two movies being a bit similar, that's just dilutes the meaning of the word.

A bit similar?! Then I would have said "somewhat similar". Believe me, of those who have actually seen the movies, lots of them said "eerily similar". The similarity goes beyond coincidental or formulaic.

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

But to use the word "eerie" in the context of two movies being a bit similar, that's just dilutes the meaning of the word.

A bit similar?! Then I would have said "somewhat similar". Believe me, of those who have actually seen the movies, lots of them said "eerily similar". The similarity goes beyond coincidental or formulaic.

These are people who have probably heard the phrase so much, they just use it automatically. It's like people who keep saying "I could care less".

[Wojo 2,453]

It's refreshing to read an argument about the correct use of the English language that doesn't involve any Americans.

[crocodile 8,027]

That's because they don't know correct English!

Karol

[Jay 37,421]

It's refreshing to read an argument about the correct use of the English language that doesn't involve any Americans.

[Naïve Old Fart 9,599]

That's because they don't know correct English!

Karol

That's because they don't know the correct English. (smug mode)

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

Star Trek Into Darkness, or Star Trek ADHD II: Into Darkness as it should be called.

While the script is superficially less contrived then that of Star Trek: ADHD (2009) it still has many many things that happen for the simple reason that the plot needs it to.

Like the first (or 11th) one, the movie is afraid to sit still. The previous Trek films had the reputation of being slow and talky, so these new ones are fast fast faaaast (loads of scenes of people running and shouting).

Same goes for the special effects. There are some new ship designs in the movie (Klingon cruisers, the Vengeance, but the the CGI camera and editing move so fast that you barely get a chance to actually see what they look like.

Unlike many I actually don't have any issue with them re-using Khan, even though it was the worst kept secret is movie history. But using Khan AND doing a (intended) clever reversal of the famous Kirk/Spock death scene from The Wrath Of Khan, complete with slightly rewritten dialogue and ending with Spock redoing Captain Kirk's most famous internet meme doesn't work.

Pine and Quinto do their best, but the scene feels dramatically irrelevant (at no point is it remotely likely Kirk will actually stay dead), and it's a copy...we've seen this, done with actors who inhabited these roles for longer. Switching the characters doesn't make it any less original.

Originality is not the films strong point anyway. The film is in essence a combination of Space Seed (the TOS ep that introduced Khan), The Wrath Of Khan and weirdly Star Trek: Nemesis, the movie that killed the Next Generation movie franchise (Both film pit the Enterprise against an larger and more powerful ship, and the death and convenient revival of a beloved character)

It also looks like the writers have watched a bit of DS9. The plot element of a terrorist assault on Earth and a rogue Admiral taking matters into his own hands towards a more militarized Starfleet is straight out of season 4's Homefront. The concept of Section 31 comes from Deep Space Nine as well.

The cast is good though. Pine has made Kirk his own. And while I agree with Alexcremers that Quinto's voice is not as strong as Leonard Nimoy's he really does look the part. Urban gets away copying Deforest Kelley simply by doing it very very well and Pegg is better as Scotty.

Cumberbatch is an imposing baddie, and Weller looks frightening as the evil Admiral.

Alice Eve looks hot, especially in her completely pointless underwear scene. Her character has no purpose though.

As summer popcorn movies go this is quite a nice one. Big, fun, utterly pointless, with a hint of The Dark Knight.

As a Star Trek movie it's annoying in how it defers to the established franchise in one scene, and then completely ignored the rules of it in another...because it's cooler that way.

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

Alice Eve looks like Ted Kennedy.

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265]

In her undies?

[Wojo 2,453]

I finally watched Heavy Metal, because I have loved Bernstein's score for as long as I've owned it and it recently appeared on Netflix.

Ugh. What a pointless mess. I'm sure I would have appreciated it in my teenage years, just to see all those naked boobies on perfect bodies, who throw themselves onto strange men and hunkified nerds, and if I had grown up with the magazine, hiding in the dark to fap. But now that porn is so easily available, the movie's disjointed nonlinear episodic feel is kinda dumb. Maybe I need to revisit it in a while, or watch it drunk. I know it's a cult classic, and the Taarna flying sequence is often homaged in other works, notably South Park.

I had always wondered what action accompanied a lot of the more beautiful scoring, like whether the characters just stand around and listen to the music. That's basically true of Taarna's flying music. And did the Harry Canyon sequence directly inspire the premise for The Fifth Element?

[Unlucky Bastard 7,782]

I guess not if you put a bag on her head.