The movie thread

[Readsalot]

Watched this over the weekend and left a bit underwhelmed. I think they could've spent a bit more time with him pre-crash, i.e. get to know the "old" Doctor Strange. Also, his traning montage seemed to be a bit rushed.

 

It would've also been nice to have a quiet character moment between him and the Ancient Once, similar to the way Ra's al Ghul and Bruce Wayne had a fire side chat in Batman Begins. It's an easy way to create depth for their relationship.

 

Still rate it a solid 7.5 out of 10.

 

I am looking forward to it, but will probably wait and watch it at home. 

['Dale]

Dr Strange IMAX for me tomorrow

Haven't been in the black box for a while

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

Dr Strange IMAX for me tomorrow

Haven't been in the black box for a while

oooooooooh!!!

[RocknRolla]

Jack reacher2 was a bit meh.

 

maybe it was tom cruise... maybe they tried too many facets to the story. The ms major was pretty bad ass tho...could watch more of that....

[Cois]

watched Daniel Radcliffe on Graham Norton talking about his new movie Swiss Army Man...and it sounded so freaking awesome I had to watch it.....man....what a great movie! If you like things a little bit offsides and a little bit dark with a great story..brilliant soundtrack and superb acting..then watch it. Paul Dano has his movie moments..and this was up there with "there will be blood" 

 

This was one of those movies where at the end you ask yourself...  What was in that water.  Did the downstairs unit smoke crack again...  Or did the SAPS burn a huge amount of dope nearby.  Was still an awesome movie.  Nothing like I have seen before!

[Stretch]

This was one of those movies where at the end you ask yourself...  What was in that water.  Did the downstairs unit smoke crack again...  Or did the SAPS burn a huge amount of dope nearby.  Was still an awesome movie.  Nothing like I have seen before!

 

 

ha ha absolutely. It moved from laughter to joy to sadness. As I said earlier..you have to have a slightly dark view on things..and certainly cant take it at face value.  Paul Dano is insanely underrated. I know there are people who dont like him..but every movie I have seen of his his acting is out of this world

['Dale]

Doctor Strange was well made

And dramatic

With cool effects

['Dale]

Interesting detail

 

The casting of Tilda Swinton as The Ancient One was particularly controversial and drew accusations of whitewashing, as the character is portrayed as a Tibetan man in the source material. However, one proposed reason for the change is that a movie featuring a Tibetan character will not be acceptable in China, which has become a very important foreign market. So the deviation from the source material was probably to not hurt the movie's box office chances.

 

IMDB

[Gen]

Yip.. I did it, I watched Fallen again for I think the 5th time ..still a good movie. And have Silence of the Lambs lined up next.

[Tumbleweed]

Forgive me if it's been discussed, but has anyone seen Let's Be Frank?

 

Learned about it in an issue of Red Bulletin. 

 

http://www.redbull.com/za/en/surfing/stories/1331818608832/red-bull-tv-lets-be-frank-movie-frank-solomon-big-wave-surfer 

[Tumbleweed]

My latest bargain bin find...had an awesome premise: dude has to kill his good mate as he gets out of prison after 28 years,

 

Quite a fun watch...

 

 

[Readsalot]

My latest bargain bin find...had an awesome premise: dude has to kill his good mate as he gets out of prison after 28 years,

 

Quite a fun watch...

 

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Excellent movie with a great cast.

[Lurch the stalker]

I saw Suicide Squad over the weekend.

As I've mentioned in a couple threads around here, I'm not really a comic/superhero person.

I was pretty confused by the whole movie - mostly by the fact that they had those villains in it at all. I mean they got sent in with those special forces soldiers, who seemed pretty competent without them.

 

Awesome soundtrack though, well, except that one random Eminem (??) song in the middle of the movie.

[Thor Buttox]

Just watched Arrival at the movies. By a long, long way the best, most adult sci-fi movie I have seen in years. Don't go if you are looking for an Independence Day blockbuster but if you enjoyed Contact/Interstellar, etc, it is better than either, and they were great to me. (And very, very relevant to the events of the last while on our little planet). Haven't said this much about a movie before, but the use of sound is just phenomenal.

Edited November 12, 2016 by Thor Buttox

['Dale]

Just watched Arrival at the movies. By a long, long way the best, most adult sci-fi movie I have seen in years. Don't go if you are looking for an Independence Day blockbuster but if you enjoyed Contact/Interstellar, etc, it is better than either, and they were great to me. (And very, very relevant to the events of the last while on our little planet). Haven't said this much about a movie before, but the use of sound is just phenomenal.

Great

Was interested in getting a review

Plot looked intriguing on the previews

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[No Hare]

Will be watching The Big Blue this evening in memory of Enzo Maiorca

 

https://www.deeperblue.com/freediving-legend-enzo-maiorca-dies-85