Films

[Blue in Munich]

The Equaliser 2; enjoyable but a little predictable, Denzel up to his usual high standard.

Christopher Robin; very amusing and a good message, highly enjoyable and not a taxing watch.

The Children Act; two very good lead performances in an okay film.

BlacKKKlansman; thought provoking, hilarious & frightening in varying proportions, the best of this bunch by some distance for us.

 

[MegaSteve]

BlacKKKlansman; thought provoking, hilarious & frightening in varying proportions, the best of this bunch by some distance for us.

Spike Lee is one of only a few filmmakers that is allowed to do it his way without interference from the suits that run the production companies... Probably why his films tend to be better than most...

 

[Piece]

The Equaliser 2; enjoyable but a little predictable, Denzel up to his usual high standard

BlacKKKlansman; thought provoking, hilarious & frightening in varying proportions, the best of this bunch by some distance for us.

Washington Jnr really sounds like his Dad!

 

[Patster1969]

Black Panther. Blimey :mmm:

Was looking forward to seeing that but thought that it massively under delivered considering the amount of hype that surrounded it - greatest Marvel film apparently, not even close imo

 

[Patster1969]

The Equaliser 2; enjoyable but a little predictable, Denzel up to his usual high standard.

Has he done any bad films? Enjoyed The Equalizer - can't imagine Edward Woodward and the same amount of violence

 

[USER1999]

Watched Jumanji, welcome to the jungle. A good, fun, silly film, that I quite enjoyed.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Watched Jumanji, welcome to the jungle. A good, fun, silly film, that I quite enjoyed.

If you liked that then try Rampage. Big silly fun in a similar fashion and the funniest gorilla in a film so far.

 

[Pathetic Shark]

If you liked that then try Rampage. Big silly fun in a similar fashion and the funniest gorilla in a film so far.

Even better than the one in Trading Places? Merry New Year!

 

[Beezerk]

A Quiet Place, I wasn't sure what to expect but we all found it totally gripping, a proper tension builder from the very start. Well worth a watch and up there with the best I've seen so far this year.

 

[DeanoMK]

A Quiet Place, I wasn't sure what to expect but we all found it totally gripping, a proper tension builder from the very start. Well worth a watch and up there with the best I've seen so far this year.

Absolutely agree on this, such a good film.

 

[Piece]

Justice League. That was quite good, much better than that crappy Black Panther.

Braven. Simple action thriller. Short and very enjoyable.

 

[Deleted member 1147]

I watched Spotlight at the weekend - brilliant film about the Boston Blobe breaking the Catholic Church abuse coverup. Investigative journalism films aren;t easy to do but this was so good it made me think of All The President's Men 👍

 

[Robster59]

I watched Spotlight at the weekend - brilliant film about the Boston Blobe breaking the Catholic Church abuse coverup. Investigative journalism films aren;t easy to do but this was so good it made me think of All The President's Men 👍

Agreed. Very thought provoking and shows how much we need good investigative journalism to really get these stories out there.

Also a couple of others I've just watched for the first time.
Taxi Driver: Great opening title as the taxi comes out of the steam but for me it disappointed. It didn't really live up to all the hype for me.
Jumanji: (the new one). A lot better than I thought it would be. Quite a fun film to watch and a different perspective from the original.

 

[GB72]

Watched a few films recently (catching up on what I missed at the Cinema)

Avengers Infinity War. Surprisingly only found it OK. If you are not up to date on most of the Marvel films then I am guessing that much of what is going on will be a mystery to some. 10 years building a movie franchise allows it to get going straight away buy a little explanation for those who have not followed the series could have helped. Slight case of too many characters demanding big action sequences with not much room for development. Felt a bit like half a film which is often the case when the next one is filmed at the same time.

Deadpool 2. Enjoyable but not up to the standard of the first one. Part of the that is that the original came as a bit of a surprise, this one could never have the same impact. Also, another case of needing a degree of comic film and pop culture knowledge to get some of the jokes. Thing is, the jokes were spread across Marvel films, the Fox Xmen films and the DC Universe so a reasonably wide knowledge of these things is needed for full enjoyment.

Jumanji. Lacked much of the charm of the original but still good fun and mindless viewing.

Kingsmen 2. Again, an OK film that failed to live up to the promise of the original. The original, again, was a bit of a surprise so once that was taken away you are left with a more mundane action comedy. Still OK as mindless viewing but a disappointment as I really rated the first one.

 

[Blue in Munich]

American Animals. 2 hours of my life I could have done something useful with. Had I realised there was a showing of Predator on I would have walked out. Utter, absolute garbage.

 

[Blue in Munich]

King of Thieves. Not bad at all, worth a watch although if profanity offends then it's probably best avoided.

 

[Deleted member 16999]

Went with my son to watch Predator today at local Cineworld.
Much better than the last 2, a bit of humour in this one as well.
Upgraded to D-Box, what’s D-Box? I hear you ask, well it’s the moveable almost fairground style chairs that move and vibrate during the action scenes. Done it, might do it again, was only £4.00 for the upgrade.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Went with my son to watch Predator today at local Cineworld.
Much better than the last 2, a bit of humour in this one as well.
Upgraded to D-Box, what’s D-Box? I hear you ask, well it’s the moveable almost fairground style chairs that move and vibrate during the action scenes. Done it, might do it again, was only £4.00 for the upgrade.

Pleased to hear it was decent. I fancied it but heard a stinking review from a critic. Not a critics film though so I was still willing to give it a chance. Could be a Monday night, £4 at Vue

 

[Beezerk]

Pleased to hear it was decent. I fancied it but heard a stinking review from a critic. Not a critics film though so I was still willing to give it a chance. Could be a Monday night, £4 at Vue

Original Predator is one of my favourite films, 2nd was was ok ish, I must have heard the same review as you of this one, I won’t be watching it 😉

 

[Deleted member 16999]

Pleased to hear it was decent. I fancied it but heard a stinking review from a critic. Not a critics film though so I was still willing to give it a chance. Could be a Monday night, £4 at Vue

It’ll never win an Oscar like most mate, but an hour and a half of entertainment. I had no interest in it, but try to take my lad a few times a month on his unlimited card. £4.00’s a bargain.