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Films

Watched "The Darkest Hour" on the flight back from Tampa last night. Two hours of Gary Oldman doing bad impressions of Winston Churchill. Great moment in our history but the guy who impersonated Churchill in "The Eagle has landed" would have been better.


Really?

I felt he was absolutely superb and was rightly lauded by the critics for it.
 
Peter Rabbit, lovely, lovely, lovely. Go to see it, come out feeling warm and fuzzy. This year's Paddington.

This ^^^^. :thup:

I read a review at the weekend, it basically said if you think James Corden is smug and arrogant you'll hate the film as he essentially plays himself, if not you'll love it.
Don't think it's quite made my list of films to watch :D

I'm guessing whoever wrote the review does not like James Corden and couldn't get past that. To be fair, Peter Rabbit was a cocky rabbit, it is in the book. His attitude is part of his character. Don't get hung up on the Corden aspect. If you do you will be missing out on another cracking comedy pig and a funny badger as well as the other amusing animals :D.

And this ^^^ :thup: :thup:

And if you can, go when the cinema is full of kids as their laughter only makes it better.
 
Just back from watching Ready Player One.

It's hard to sum the film up but I will try. The film is about 70/75% CGI , I normally don't like films with this amount CGI in them (.e Avatar), however it works really well. The action scenes are fantastic, so much detail and little things from the 80 s that you will pick up on.

The story is quite straightforward and you know how it is going to end very quickly. There are frights, laughs and the eighties music blends it all together well.

Due to the CGI I found it hard to get attached to the characters but don't let this put you off.

Overall It is definitely a film to watch at the cinema due to the detail of the CGI, it's also a film you will want to watch again at home to try and catch /spot more of the eighties references that are in this film.
My family and I enjoyed the film , I particularly enjoyed ' The Shining ' bit ,the car races and the fight scenes.

Worth watching.
 
I'd never got around to it due to an uninformed preconception (misconception) of it as being just another 'Shawshank Redemption' sort of film - but found myself watching The Green Mile at the weekend. Blimey. Is that a great film or what...
 
Avengers:Infinity War.
Best film for ages, loved it, very clever how they’ve brought all the characters together.
 
2D. I won't pay the extra for 3D as I don't think it is worth it. Hurts my head after a while as well.

I fancied it in 3D,but my son isn’t bothered so looks like 2D.
I’m a bit late to the Guardians of the Galaxy but thought they were both brilliant.
 
There were lots of things happening that I'm sure would come out of the screen at you in 3D. I just don't find it relaxing, it gives me a headache after a while, and begrudge the extra cost, on top of an already expensive night.

You won't feel as though you have missed out though in 2D, the screen in bursting with colour and action anyway.

Have you seen Thor Ragnarok? Apart from the fact it is a cracking film, if you like Guardians you will love it, it would help a little before seeing this. Not essential but it would help explain a couple of points in the film.
 
There were lots of things happening that I'm sure would come out of the screen at you in 3D. I just don't find it relaxing, it gives me a headache after a while, and begrudge the extra cost, on top of an already expensive night.

You won't feel as though you have missed out though in 2D, the screen in bursting with colour and action anyway.

Have you seen Thor Ragnarok? Apart from the fact it is a cracking film, if you like Guardians you will love it, it would help a little before seeing this. Not essential but it would help explain a couple of points in the film.

Haven’t seen Thor.
We’ve decided on 3D 😁
 
Ha ha. Enjoy.

I'd recommend Thor Ragnarok and Black Panther if you haven't seen that either.

Incidentally, there is only one extra clip in the credits but it is right at the very end.
 
Ha ha. Enjoy.

I'd recommend Thor Ragnarok and Black Panther if you haven't seen that either.

Incidentally, there is only one extra clip in the credits but it is right at the very end.

Good film,we both really enjoyed it.
The ending was a bit of a wtf.
All set up for a sequel.
 
watched Andre the Giant, a documentary on a hiuge French wretsler who went to the US in the early days before the sport really took off. Not a fan a wrestling and never heard of him, but a very nice watch
 
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