I watched that again a few weeks ago, the film not the documentary that is, I'll have to try and seek it out.
What film did you watch last night?
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MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
it's included as an extra on the blu-ray.
AndyRM
XOXO
- Location
- North Shields
I love Event Horizon. And the music, which I think Orbital did. An underrated gem of a film.
gavroche
Getting old but not past it
- Location
- North Wales
I started watching " Without remorse" on Prime. What a load of rubbish ! I gave up with 40 minutes left to go.
Belfast is all time great piece of music, so it is hard to believe same guys made the intro to Event Horizon
AuroraSaab
Veteran
Watched Love and Monsters on Netflix. Not great but enjoyable family viewing. Feels like the pilot for a series.
Also Thunder Force - Melissa Mccarthy and Octavia Spencer in a mildly amusing super hero caper. Good fun, but as someone said earlier, Netflix are experts in taking a huge budget and a good cast and turning out a run of the mill movie.
Also Thunder Force - Melissa Mccarthy and Octavia Spencer in a mildly amusing super hero caper. Good fun, but as someone said earlier, Netflix are experts in taking a huge budget and a good cast and turning out a run of the mill movie.
DCBassman
Guru
- Location
- The lumpy far South West
Started ok, but got a bit silly in the end, even for a movie that was supposed to be silly!
Profpointy
Legendary Member
Couple of reviews for the last week or two's film watching
"Shadow" a Chinese martial arts type film involving two rival kingdoms in an uneasy peace, a wounded general and his "double" acting in his place, a weak and capricious king and various plots and double crosses. Really good, and a little darker and (marginally) more realistic than out and out fantasy films like Crouching Tiger
I give it 8/10
"Mortal Engines" a steam-punk styled post-apocalypse sci fi fantasy based on the notion that cities, specifically London are now mobile and roam the ruined lands hunting down lesser towns and cities to scavenge their resources. It's not a masterpiece but I really enjoyed it. It looked fantastic, the idea was great, the plot is plausible (given the underlying premise) and romps along nicely and all told via the young apprentice boy from London. It bombed at the box office sadly, so there won't be any more, but I enjoyed it and just bought the book on which it's based. The book, written for children, is a notch or two below, say, Dark Materials but still well crafted and enjoyable. The opening couple of chapters so far are identical to the film, and do a great job of world-building, introducing the protagonist, and bringing the tale to life
Maybe 7/10 for the look of it and entertainment value
"Shadow" a Chinese martial arts type film involving two rival kingdoms in an uneasy peace, a wounded general and his "double" acting in his place, a weak and capricious king and various plots and double crosses. Really good, and a little darker and (marginally) more realistic than out and out fantasy films like Crouching Tiger
I give it 8/10
"Mortal Engines" a steam-punk styled post-apocalypse sci fi fantasy based on the notion that cities, specifically London are now mobile and roam the ruined lands hunting down lesser towns and cities to scavenge their resources. It's not a masterpiece but I really enjoyed it. It looked fantastic, the idea was great, the plot is plausible (given the underlying premise) and romps along nicely and all told via the young apprentice boy from London. It bombed at the box office sadly, so there won't be any more, but I enjoyed it and just bought the book on which it's based. The book, written for children, is a notch or two below, say, Dark Materials but still well crafted and enjoyable. The opening couple of chapters so far are identical to the film, and do a great job of world-building, introducing the protagonist, and bringing the tale to life
Maybe 7/10 for the look of it and entertainment value
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AuroraSaab
Veteran
I thought Mortal Engines was underrated too. It seems like the trend for dystopian fantasies has passed now but I wouldn't have minded sering a sequal.
Beebo
Firm and Fruity
- Location
- Hexleybeef
I just watched it.
Due to the publicity it’s received I knew it was a slow watch with little plot or narrative so was fully prepared. I enjoyed it as an immersive experience.
It could be a documentary rather than a film.
Profpointy
Legendary Member
I remember my schoolmates going to see it at the pictures back in the day but I'd not gone for some reason so I saw I the first time only a few years back, and it is really good. I feared it might be jingoistic cliche but it was an anti-war film in its way and treated the Zulu side with respect. The guy playing the Zulu king was the grandson of the King portrayed in the film.
