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Films

Wolf said:
Star Wars - just got back from seeing it?
Overall thoroughly enjoyed it, good scenes, tied everything together nicely from all the films across the saga, but I do now have a couple of new questions I need to ponder?

Oh and its always nice seeing Daisy Ridley ?
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just downed exactly this.

It feels like an end end, not like a to be continued. But then, where there is money to be made ...

It really answered one big question to be, a little one it opened (Hux) I googled, but another biggie is open now. Will be an intermediate movie like Solo or Rougue one coming, I think.
 
Hacker Khan said:
Saw it on a plane and even though it was on a mall screen with crappy audio, thoroughly enjoyed it. Dexter Fletcher is a great director of those type of films, try Sunshine on Leith if you haven't seen it, same director and concept as Rocketman but with Proclaimers songs.
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Yup - really enjoy SoL...
 
Another one for Star Wars. Mixed emotions, 40yrs of watching means I can use that word. Some sentimental cameos, scenes etc but I didn't think the film itself was very good. It followed the set up, sequences, of past films, gave us nothing new. More disappointing, I ended up not caring about the lead characters ?. Rey became whiney, her endless moody battles with Kylo were dull and repetitive. Fin and Po, I just didn't care about. Whenever Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford or Carrie Fisher appeared you could feel the cinema lift but this film was supposed to be about the new heroes, not the old ones. Their moments simply showed how we did care about them, the gap between the two eras evident.

This should be the end now. If they do chuck out another, money talks, then I'm afraid for the first time I would not go to watch.

My daughter loved it, apparently I'm just grumpy ?
 
That was the big issue with the 3 new films, no new character was ever going to be the star of the film or lot lines with the original cast still there. It was good seeing them again but they were always going to be the stars over the new cast
 
Family tradition we do a buffet lunch and watch a film.
This year was the lads choice and he went for the 1962 release of Godzilla v King Kong! Oh my days, dubbed in to English, men in rubber suits as the monsters, white people blackened to play the tribesman, so much wrong on every modern day level.

Some of the fight scenes were comedy gold. All done pre CGI and apparently it’s now a cult classic.
 
Lord Tyrion said:
Another one for Star Wars. Mixed emotions, 40yrs of watching means I can use that word. Some sentimental cameos, scenes etc but I didn't think the film itself was very good. It followed the set up, sequences, of past films, gave us nothing new. More disappointing, I ended up not caring about the lead characters ?. Rey became whiney, her endless moody battles with Kylo were dull and repetitive. Fin and Po, I just didn't care about. Whenever Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford or Carrie Fisher appeared you could feel the cinema lift but this film was supposed to be about the new heroes, not the old ones. Their moments simply showed how we did care about them, the gap between the two eras evident.

This should be the end now. If they do chuck out another, money talks, then I'm afraid for the first time I would not go to watch.

My daughter loved it, apparently I'm just grumpy ?
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Was Jar Jar Binks in it? Cool.
 
Lord Tyrion said:
Another one for Star Wars. Mixed emotions, 40yrs of watching means I can use that word. Some sentimental cameos, scenes etc but I didn't think the film itself was very good. It followed the set up, sequences, of past films, gave us nothing new. More disappointing, I ended up not caring about the lead characters ?. Rey became whiney, her endless moody battles with Kylo were dull and repetitive. Fin and Po, I just didn't care about. Whenever Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford or Carrie Fisher appeared you could feel the cinema lift but this film was supposed to be about the new heroes, not the old ones. Their moments simply showed how we did care about them, the gap between the two eras evident.

This should be the end now. If they do chuck out another, money talks, then I'm afraid for the first time I would not go to watch.

My daughter loved it, apparently I'm just grumpy ?
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The Skywalker saga is over.. there will be more films
 
MegaSteve said:
The Guard is the other film, of his, I've really enjoyed...
Same writer/director I believe...
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The McDonagh brothers have have written/ directed and produced drawer full of good films between them

The Guard
Calvary
In Bruges
Seven Psychopaths
War on Everyone
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri

not a film on that list that I didn’t enjoy.
 
Lord Tyrion said:
???. You are right, there is a theme park to fill, merchandise to sell. Unless the reviews are through the roof I will give it a miss. One for the next generation.
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Have you watch their new series that mandelorian (excuse spelling) every old school star wars fan I know is raving about it
 
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