Turdus philomelos
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Terminator Genisys. I was pleasantly surprised.
What film did you watch last night?
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Tenacious Sloth
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- Huntingdon, UK
[QUOTE 4132634, member: 259"]The Detectorists. I can't believe I missed this for two series. My wife hates it - she doesn't like self-mickey-taking humour and all the Essex jokes.[/QUOTE]
I loved this series. They avoid 'telegraphing' the jokes, relying on the intelligence of the audience (brave).
Toby Jones is sublime in this.
Graham.
I loved this series. They avoid 'telegraphing' the jokes, relying on the intelligence of the audience (brave).
Toby Jones is sublime in this.
Graham.
AndyRM
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John Wick is very good, but I reckon his best effort since The Matrix is probably A Scanner Darkly.
swee'pea99
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Toby Jones is superb in everything he does. Did you see Marvellous? Marvellous!
Tenacious Sloth
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No, but it's on my 'to watch' list. I'm hoping it's going to come onto Amazon Prime.
lazybloke
Priest of the cult of Chris Rea
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- Leafy Surrey
The Maze Runner. Good sense of mystery and tension - stretches out a simple concept into a reasonably good movie.
Can't say anything very positive about the sequel, The Scorch Trials.
And they've left it open for a 3rd film.
Can't say anything very positive about the sequel, The Scorch Trials.
And they've left it open for a 3rd film.
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
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- Lancaster... the little city.
It would have been better if they'd cut the entire Matt Damon part out.
John the Monkey
Frivolous Cyclist
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- Crewe
Mad Max: Fury Road
This may be as good as everyone says it is. Decent world building, an utterly frenetic pace, and a sort of deranged, but coherent inventiveness in everything from the vehicle design (all the different types, each with their own roles) to the choreography of the set pieces.
If I had a criticism, it would be around the pace - it clips along so quickly that it can be easy to miss fairly important things - I got more than I expected from a second viewing as a result, I think.
Thor: The Dark World
Not as much fun as the original, sadly, but still pretty good.
This may be as good as everyone says it is. Decent world building, an utterly frenetic pace, and a sort of deranged, but coherent inventiveness in everything from the vehicle design (all the different types, each with their own roles) to the choreography of the set pieces.
If I had a criticism, it would be around the pace - it clips along so quickly that it can be easy to miss fairly important things - I got more than I expected from a second viewing as a result, I think.
Thor: The Dark World
Not as much fun as the original, sadly, but still pretty good.
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AndyRM
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Did you know Miller wanted to do it in black and white?
Annoyingly they didn't include that as an extra on the DVD but apparently it's coming out in cinemas this year.
Be interesting to see how that works as the colour in the film is so vibrant.
Good to see Detectorists getting some love. I really enjoyed it. Skilfully written by Crook with a perfect blend of humour and sadness.
If you want to watch it in B/W can you not just turn the colour down in your TV settings?
John the Monkey
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The heat fairly shimmers off the screen in the colour version - I was sceptical, but having looked out this;
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTD1fXxjxBs
And a couple of stills, I think I'd try to see it, personally - it will be a very different experience.
John the Monkey
Frivolous Cyclist
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- Crewe
I'm assuming it will be a different cut (whilst some stills I've seen in B&W are spectacular, some of the desaturated colour frames are a bit confused) - it will also have no dialogue - just the soundscape and music.
iandg
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Talking about B&W movies, I watched Nebraska last night.
AndyRM
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I didn't know that! Makes me want to see it even more!
John the Monkey
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- Crewe
Me too, although the rider does seem to be "If Miller gets his way".
