Midsommar 8/10

I found it fascinating; it doesn't have the same impact as Hereditary, but I have come away with the same feeling of disorientation and "WTF" as I did when I finished watching that film.

"The Man Who Fell To Earth" is awful so far. No effort has been made to make the story and time line coherent, the acting styles are jarringly disparate and choices have been made with regards to presentation and aesthetics which are deeply questionable. The voice overs are the choice of a director forgetting how to tell a story. Also I didn't want to see Rip Torn's flaccid dick in a young woman's hand as she said he was "nothing like her father".
Fucking bad bad bad.

This is an off-putting film and I still have 100 minutes left.

Zombieland: Double Tap - 7/10

Every woman in this film has insane eyes and huge gums.
Candy Clark just comes off as completely mental and hideously unpleasant. I don't think an Alien would settle for her.

A millionairlien

I hate it when I wait years to see a film without going out of my way to buy it, stumble upon it all excited and then when I watch it it turns out to be crud.

David Bowie is the only good thing in it and he's been hung out to dry fittingly.

I have absolutely no idea why Rip Torn is in this film

Oh great, Bowie's pubes now.

I honestly might have to turn this off. This is insufferable.

Wicker man with dumb tourists instead of a cop.

Looking forward to watching Seanny's new fav movie when I get home in a few days. Also reminded that I've wanted to see Nebraska for a while but never had the chance.

I don't think it's fair to expect a viewer to endure Candy Clark for this length of time. Especially when she has five times the dialogue that Bowie gets.

This is what killed him you know. 40 years later he died from Candy Clark exposure, just like when everybody involved in filming that John Wayne Ghengis Khan film died of cancer years later because they filmed it near that Nevada atomic bomb testing site.

Man alive it is rare to see a film so wholly unappealing as this.
This is on par with "Tommy" as a film that deliberately spurns everything I hold dear in storytelling.

At least it makes sense in some ways. It's just incredibly poorly realised. It's a lot like The Deer Hunter, a story that looks good in synopsis but somehow misses every chance to connect with me in the style it was made.

Thank God that's over.
That was an ordeal I should have skipped through in half an hour.

Been debating buying this.

I just doubt anything will ever scare me the way "Hereditary" did.
I don't watch a lot of horror, in fact I used to avoid it. Since I started watching it, Hereditary is the scariest one.

Please watch his movies

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Dave just a heads up mate, don't watch The Man Who Fell To Earth unless it is free.

I read your post about it.

Terminator Dark Fate-7/10

Massive upgrade over the last number of sequels. T3 was the last decent Terminator movie, imo. And a lot of that had to with the fact that they didn't try to reinvent the wheel and just made a chase movie with time traveling robots.

Dark Fate is better than T3 simply because it's much more violent thanks to the R rating. It is a direct sequel to T2 and the opening scene establishes that from the start.

This time, we get a different take on the machine sent back to protect our new female lead, Arnold's T800 gets a new layer added to its persona in a way that makes sense, and the movie returns to the feature chase scene feel of the first three.

The new Terminator, the Rev9, has some neat new abilities, and is a better terminator than the T-X in the 3rd one.

Acton sets are fun, loud, violent and bloody. The movie doesn't try to do what Genesis did with a bunch of time travel mumbo mumbo. It does create a new thread in the timeline, but it's not overly convoluted or confusing.

T2 is one of my fave films of all time. I'm glad it finally got a solid R rated sequel. Nothing will ever live up to the first 2 but they've finally made one that works and can maybe spin off a new series.

It is not particularly scary; actually, except for a couple of "WTF" moments, it is not scary at all. It is just odd as fuck.

Yes! Deer Hunter one of the most overrated films of all time, imo.

Oh, well then fuck that noise

It's one of the worst films I've endured through it's entirety.

Dolomite is My Name.

Pretty funny

The Wicker Man was one of the first "cult" films I ever saw. My dad let me have a couple of beers. I hated it but the beer was good.

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The remake is a classic, if only cause of the punch scene.

The Current War - 2.75/5

Dolemite Is My Name - 6/10

Dolemite Is My Name - 3/4

A sympathetic bio of an enduring cultural reference and perfect example of "moment in time" film making. Dolemite, the original, is an embarrassingly bad film in modern review. I think even then it was more of a "so bad it's good" at the right time kind of film. To watch it now and expect anything other than that is a misunderstanding of why it mattered, why it was successful and why oh why anybody spent their time, effort and money making it.

All of those questions are answered with Eddie Murphy's new bio of the man behind the blaxploitation. In this film we see Rudy Ray Moore exploit an exploitative genre using a character he stole from an alcoholic hobo and yet we are shown why and how this is fair and also a huge boost to many people. The good balances out the bad, much like the film in question and the man behind it.

The performances of Snipes and Murphy are polar opposites but they work brilliantly, Snipes takes more than his fair share of the laughs and to be honest it is great seeing him do comedy.

I would recommend this, it is quite sweet as well as funny.

How did I not recognize Snipes :nono:

Somehow the answer is likely racism

All of my worst nightmares are coming true. Oooov lawd!

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Snipes is VERY black, but his eyes. Those should tell you that's Snipes.

Snipes was hilarious and perfect in his role. Eddie Murphy deserved a good comedy. I'm glad he got Dolemite.

Someone say it sucked i don't like agreeing with ya'll

Terminator: Dark Fate - 7.5/10

Was very fun, and like Damian Rey said, the best since the first two, and the only one really worth watching since T3. (Though I need to give Salvation another opportunity)

My gut reaction to it is that I think that they did sacrifice making a possible better movie without Arnold to shoehorn Arnold into it.... that it could have been a better story without him...... but I might change my mind on this, and it isn't like I'm ever really disappointed to see Arnold.

I loved Arnold in this. It made sense what they did with him and how they added anotherlater to his consciousness. And he wasn't useless against a superior model. Much like against the T1000, he could overpower it with brute force.

But I admit I'm a sucker for Arnold.

Parasite - 9/10

Olympus Has Fallen 7.2/10
London Has Fallen 7/10

Nothing special, but as mindless action films, they do the job. They also don't have the shaky camera and up-close action sequences that usually spoil action films these days, which is a plus.

John Wick 3 - 9/10

Great, mindless fun. Ideal for how I am right now. Needed no thinking and shit, just good, brutal stuff. Sweet. And Halle Berry is still hot.

Might need to give John Wick 2 another try the next time I'm like this.

Halle Berry is too old now.

Sure. Looks hot in the movie, though.

Terminator: Dark Fate...7/10. It was pretty fun. Definitely a bit of a return to form for Terminator, worth watching.

By the way, I love how many moves used in "pro wrestling" are in these films. Hope we get to see Wick powerbomb someone next.

I found Wick 3 to be disappointing. The fight choreography was still great though.

The Aeronauts 7/10

A gentle yarn.

Madagascar
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted

Nice ratings

She's going to rank Africa last surely

7

6

7

Now find something else to worry about

Doctor Sleep - 9/10

I didn't have any expectations for this and I surprisingly really loved it overall. Works great as a sequel to The Shining. The story, acting, really everything just hits the spot. Mike Flanagan continues to impress (he did Haunting of Hill House on Netflix). Rose The Hat is one of my favorite horror villains in a long time.

I'm about to go see it and it better be worth wasting 2 and a half hours.

Overlord - 8/10

Great movie.

I really enjoyed Doctor Sleep. Good acting from everyone.

Jojo Rabbit - 9/10

Daddy Issues.

Wasn't expecting much but turned out i didn't regret watching it.

I'm still thinking about this wonderful film.

I hope somebody else takes the chance to see it, it was so note-perfect.

Re-watching "Hunt For The Wilderpeople" to ascertain it's true value.

17 minutes in and it is quite reassuringly the best film that I have ever seen.

Just magic.

Terminator: Dark Fate - 5/10

PARASITE - 9/10

This plot is a trip, in a good way. The movie made me nervous multiple times for multiple characters. Some killer cinematography sneaks in too. If you see this, avoid spoilers for it.

I didn't watch the trailer. It helped.

Been looking forward to Parasite. There's nothing like a South Korean psychological thriller.
Snowpiercer and OKJA were a bit crap but The Host and Mother are incredible.

Parasite - 5/5

Fantastic.

Ford v Ferrari - 9/10

Le Mans 66 is called "Ford Vs Ferrari" over there.

Jesus Christ, do races that don't go round in circles just confuse America too much?

Yes.

Spiderman: Far From Home - 4/4

From the hilarious and satisfying take on the "Blip" and the age disparity it creates to the wealth of situational visual gags, the opening of this film is as strong if not stronger than any Marvel film. The interplay between characters and the rapport of the cast is the strength of every great film and this has as much realism in interaction as an Alexander Payne film stripped of the undercurrent.
I particularly love how Tony Stark has become almost a deity and his little message to Peter is just lovely stuff.

Samuel L lays it on very thick as Nick Fury and I'm not really into it so I kinda wish he wasn't involved and Cobie Smulders looks like death warmed up, but those are the only two minor quibbles I have.
Thankfully Martin Starr was there to take the edge off and Ned as usual provides comedy relief for the comedy relief.

I think Zendaya is decent enough but I was more impressed with the girl who played Betty, I think MJ has been underwritten to an extent so hopefully they embed the character a bit deeper into the next story because she should be involved more.

Mysterio kept me guessing, Jake Gyllenhaal has that wonderful ability to turn on a sixpence that great actors should but only a few do or can. I'm glad to see him back in a Blockbuster, just to show he can pick whatever project he wants.

I loved it.

Oh, I forgot to mention how immersive the CGI is when it finally comes to the trippy illusions. I would havd loved to have seen that in HD.
I think Mysterio is either the best or certainly one of the best villains in any of the individual Avengers films.

I'm gonna be a cool teacher right now. You gotta stop doing that. It is weird. No more phones in the bathroom, urinals OR stalls.

I haven't felt my Peter tingle for years

Originally rated 3.5/4 but there's no way that it wasn't 4/4 for me really.
This was so good Iim still buzzing off the Spidey vibes.

Brilliant.

It's no Aquaman

1/4 = 12.5% - 25%
1.5/4 = 25% - 37.5%
2/4 = 37.5% - 50%
2.5/4 = 50% - 62.5%
3/4 = 62.5 - 75%
3.5/4 = 75% - 87.5%
4/4 = 87.5 - 100%

I know that looks crazy but that's how I justify my 4/4 "perfect" scores.

You bloody loved Aquaman didn't you.
Good on you, it's great fun and I was planning on watching it again fairly soon.

It's too long though and Amber Heard and Nicole Kidman were awful casting choices

Still, it does have Willem Dafoe on a seahorse.

I'm just joking, leaning into the meme that I love Aquaman (which I did really enjoy it, but it was blown to meme proportions by Guru Dave).

I did love Far From Home too. Might finally have been a Spider-Man film to top the first two Tobey films for me.

These are far better in my opinion. Spiderman is probably my favourite Avenger besides Ant Man now.

Spiderman has arguably had the best two villains in the solo MCU films.

One thing I noticed was a couple of quite subtle references to Flash having an awful lonely home life. I dunno why but when Peter uses Edith for the first time you can see Flash texting his mother or father saying he hasn't heard from them for days. Then at the end he gets picked up by a chauffeur and asks about them to a negative response.

These are moments that are not acknowledged but show how well fleshed out Spiderman's world is.

I think the reason that is done is because it actually isn't Nick Fury, rather another's attempt at imitating Fury.

The current iteration of slider-man is by far the best. The duality of the character is perfected

LOL, he's not solely an illusion.

Its not nick fury. Its a skrull.

Please tell me I don't have to go back and watch that fucking Captain Marvel again.

I'm not falling for that rib.

Oh fuck, I didn't watch the post credits.

Right hang on and prepare for my humble apology, El Vaq.

Sorry El Vaq, I was talking out of my arse.

Tsk tsk :nono:

Slider man
Slider man
Does whatever a slider can

WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

I watched this movie called The Conspiracy.

Pretty damn good.

" Two young filmmakers select a crazed conspiracy theorist as the subject for their next project, but they soon come to believe that the man isn't as delusional as they originally thought. "

The Rocketeer - 8/10

Feel like I was "obsessed" with seeing this movie as a youth, but for the life of me I can't remember ever actually seeing it until now. I enjoyed it.

I loved it when I was a kid

Dukes of Hazzard 2005

Was lame but i do like the show

I always liked "Starsky and Hutch" with Owen Wilson and Ben Stiller. May watch tonight.

The Emperor of Paris 7/10

Like a bloody Les Misérables, without the songs.

Speed 7.5/10

Even though I've seen the sequel many times, I've never seen the original. A good 90s action flick. Dennis Hopper hams it up as usual, as the bad guy.

Jan De Bont should have done more after Speed and Twister but I think Speed 2 wrote him off.

He had his scalp ripped off by a lion too.

Looks like Richard Kelly(Donnie Darko, Southland Tales) is directing a Rod Serling biopic. That's an interesting choice and quite a good one.
I wonder who he'll cast. Rod Serling looked 45 until he actually was so you don't want someone too youthful but they need to have a strong, sombre voice and powerful facial features.

Sam Rockwell or Patrick Wilson would be interesting.
I think Jason Patric would be a great shout based on look though.

KNIVES OUT - 9.5/10

So fun and a good whodunit. Great cast, good story, funny. One of the best films of 2019 imo possibly.

IT Chapter 2. Loved the casting...a lot wrong with it. Chapter 1 was def better. 6.5/10