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Watched A Perfect Getaway and also The Gift round at a mates last night, both really good but very different thrillers. Not the finest films ever made but very entertaining with a good few twists.
 

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Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets 2h 17mins
Sci-Fi by Luc Besson.

Think Fifth Element but ramped up in terms of colour, effects, CGI etc.

I rather enjoyed it and so did the kids. There is almost zero story and is more of a generic chase film where the protagonists run through a series of sets more elaborate than the previous. Cara Delevingne totally stole the show and very much surprised me with her acting ability.

The whole film looks gorgeous. The denizens of Alpha and this imagined universe are pretty flawless. You can really see where the $177m went. It will never make this budget back because the critics have typically panned it. If you like the genre then you will like it. It's not serious in any way and the story is thin and fragmented in places. You can almost see the script edits on the screen. I think they missed a potentially good story here.

This is based on a comic so you can understand why the look is more important than the story.

If this movie was a car, it would be a concept car.

Ignore any critic reviews and drag the kids to see it. My Daughter didn't want to go see it but enjoyed it and came out smiling.

I don't understand why it was called Valerian. Cara Delvigne's character was clearly the star. I enjoyed it - I wouldn't call it good, it's a bit Star Wars in its scifi for my taste, but it was a good diversion for a few hours.
 

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I don't understand why it was called Valerian. Cara Delvigne's character was clearly the star. I enjoyed it - I wouldn't call it good, it's a bit Star Wars in its scifi for my taste, but it was a good diversion for a few hours.

I agree with it being 'enjoyable' but certainly not 'good' Sci-Fi is very much like this throughout the entire genre.

As to why its called 'Valerian' It's because its based on a French Comic strip where Valerian is the main character. Laureline is his sidekick.

On a side note. The entire Star Wars series is the same story repeated over and over :/ Rogue One was basically a New Hope. I'm dreading the next one as that looks to much like Return of the Jedi already.
 

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I agree with it being 'enjoyable' but certainly not 'good' Sci-Fi is very much like this throughout the entire genre.

As to why its called 'Valerian' It's because its based on a French Comic strip where Valerian is the main character. Laureline is his sidekick.

On a side note. The entire Star Wars series is the same story repeated over and over :/ Rogue One was basically a New Hope. I'm dreading the next one as that looks to much like Return of the Jedi already.

I think you mean Episode 7 was A New Hope. Rogue One was... well it was trying too hard to be Star Wars to be a war film, but trying too hard to be serious to be a Star Wars film. I thought it was lousy.

Just saw Atomic Blonde. I rate it 2/5 for "meh". There's some impressive aspects, but it all feels up its own arse trying to be twisty.
 

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Detective Conan: The Phantom of Baker Street

The teen-turned-child detective and his friends are trapped in a VR simulation in which they must catch Jack The Ripper or all of them will die.

5/5. A good way to end the English dubs (this was the last time Detective Conan was dubbed into English, with four of the films being dubbed after dubbing on the anime had ceased.)

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Just watched Once Were Warriors. Absolutely amazing but very depressing. Basically a story about marital violence and alcohol in the Maori community. Like a Kiwi Nil By Mouth.
 

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Blade Runner: The Final Cut
This is Ridley Scott's preferred version, the film he wanted to make in the first place and the only version where he had complete artistic control.
It's completely restored from the original negative, and put through a new director approved transfer, with 35mm footage scanned at 4K or 6K resolution depending on which type of Panavision camera filmed the scene, and 65mm elements scanned at 8K resolution, and given a completely new 5.1 mix taken from the original track elements but completely restored and put through the latest audio standards.

It looks bloody great, even on my ten-year old telly.
 

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Blade Runner: The Final Cut
This is Ridley Scott's preferred version, the film he wanted to make in the first place and the only version where he had complete artistic control.
It's completely restored from the original negative, and put through a new director approved transfer, with 35mm footage scanned at 4K or 6K resolution depending on which type of Panavision camera filmed the scene, and 65mm elements scanned at 8K resolution, and given a completely new 5.1 mix taken from the original track elements but completely restored and put through the latest audio standards.

It looks bloody great, even on my ten-year old telly.

A truly amazing film if somewhat different from Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep.
 

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Just saw Atomic Blonde. I rate it 2/5 for "meh". There's some impressive aspects, but it all feels up its own arse trying to be twisty.

I was just made to go and see this with a friend, much agreed, it was pretty naff.
 

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I just watched Naked on Netflix. Another take on the Groundhog Day time loop thing. It was a bit odd, and a bit cringey at times, but quite fun. Plus it had Eliza Coupe in it, and she's always awesome.

I enjoyed it, 3.5/5.
 

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Deadpool - I finally got around to seeing this but I have mixed feelings about it. I loved the wisecracking Deadpool himself but the film is a bit of a mess. Perhaps it's because I don't know the Deadpool/X Men background but I'd have liked more backstory especially that of the villains as I didn't really get what they were all about. Favourite line - "I've only got twelve bullets so you'll have to share." 6.5/10


Mulholland Drive - I decided it was time to watch this again. Widely regarded as David Lynch's masterpiece it's very difficult to describe, it's weird, enigmatic, haunting, mysterious with captivating visuals, Lynch's typically effective use of music and lots of detail which I hadn't noticed the first couple of times I watched it. I confess I don't fully understand it but I think I prefer it that way. This is one film to which I'm tempted to give a perfect score but just in case something better comes along between now and the heat death of the Universe I'll give it a mere 9.9/10.
 

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The Dark Tower - An ambitious mess which started well but got progressively worse. I don't think I've ever cared less for an Idris Elba character. As to why the antagonist wanted to bring about the apocalypse, it never came up.

Rating: Bad (1.5/5)
 

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Deadpool - I finally got around to seeing this but I have mixed feelings about it. I loved the wisecracking Deadpool himself but the film is a bit of a mess. Perhaps it's because I don't know the Deadpool/X Men background but I'd have liked more backstory especially that of the villains as I didn't really get what they were all about. Favourite line - "I've only got twelve bullets so you'll have to share." 6.5/10


Mulholland Drive - I decided it was time to watch this again. Widely regarded as David Lynch's masterpiece it's very difficult to describe, it's weird, enigmatic, haunting, mysterious with captivating visuals, Lynch's typically effective use of music and lots of detail which I hadn't noticed the first couple of times I watched it. I confess I don't fully understand it but I think I prefer it that way. This is one film to which I'm tempted to give a perfect score but just in case something better comes along between now and the heat death of the Universe I'll give it a mere 9.9/10.

I think you have to take Deadpool for what it is, a very black comedy. I don't think the bad guys need too much of a backstory, they kind of breed mutants to be slaves and they do it for money. It is possibly my favourite super hero film because it doesn't take itself too seriously. That said I am going to contradict myself now because I really enjoyed Logan which isn't very funny at all. Ha ha. Ah well.
 

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I just watched American Made, the story of Tom Cruise becoming a CIA stooge slash drug smuggler slash gun runner. I would not call it good, but it was certainly entertaining, and I spent almost the entire length of the film grinning.

Rating: 3.0/5 (not bad)
 

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I've just got back from watching Dunkirk. I left the film feeling genuinely sad. It encapsulated how humiliating the Allies retreat from northern France was. Yes there were flaws in the film, such as the Mark 1 carriages with relatively modern moquette in the train scenes at the end, but these didn't get in the way.

Rating 4 out of 5.
 
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Went to see The Limehouse Golem starring Bill Nighy which was a good movie. It was almost like a jazzed up episode of "Ripper Street" for those who like that genre.

One of the top five new releases I have seen this year , and as a Cineworld Pass Holder, I have seen at least a hundred films so far this year.
 
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Silent Running - Classic hippy sci-fi, better than 2001 in my opinion. I particularly like the drones Huey, Dewey and Louie, although they don't say a word they have as much character as R2D2, C3P0 or Marvin the Paranoid Android and almost steal the show. 7.0/10
 

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Silent Running - Classic hippy sci-fi, better than 2001 in my opinion. I particularly like the drones Huey, Dewey and Louie, although they don't say a word they have as much character as R2D2, C3P0 or Marvin the Paranoid Android and almost steal the show. 7.0/10

Boss film, made me cry when I was little, really sad.
 

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I just saw Wind River.

For once Jeremy Renner is not a secret agent, but he's still in that vein. Elizabeth Olsen does well as an FBI agent somewhat out of her depth in a tribal land case. The scene wherein the crime happens was pretty damn brutal, though a bit confusing at first.

My one complaint is that at the end they slapped up a "no statistics are collected on the number of missing native american women" over the final shot. I don't object to the information, though it felt somewhat inserted as an after-thought, but over what I thought was a very effective last shot it rather got in the way. A post-scene information card would have worked better.

Overall 4/5 - Very Good.
 

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Looking for film recommendations as I tend to steer clear of the usual box office smashing kiddy cartoons or marvel explodathons.
I'm looking for something that's either incredibly gritty or realistic, preferably British although I can live with anything American. Something preferably politically or current affairs based or something that makes a good sociological statement. Is Dunkirk any good or can it be too nostalgic?

Or I'm looking for something that's downright wierd or screwed up, not in a gratuitous sort of way, like Deadpool, but more in a Clockwork Orange or Pink Floyd The Wall kinda way.

Am I the only one who thinks most super hero films are just cheesy, surely there'll be the anachronistic cliche's of our time.
 
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I saw the following:

Logan Lucky - Channing Tatum decides to Rob NASCAR because... he's upset at losing his job or something? Because he loves his daughter? It's never entirely clear. He recruits mini-Vader and James Bond to do it (seriously, Daniel Craig is excellent) and still gets to see his daughter sing in a pageant. Then the FBI don't catch him because they're in on it? Hard to work out. Still, fun. 3.0/5

The Hitman's Bodyguard - Samuel L Jackson gets another excuse to say mother****er, whiledispensing romantic advice and trying to get a Belarussian dictator (an abysmal turn by Gary Oldman) incarcerated. It should have ended about 45mins earlier, and certainly without the final few scenes, which just seemed designed to prolong it for no good reason. Enjoyable, but far from special. 2.5/5
 

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Looking for film recommendations as I tend to steer clear of the usual box office smashing kiddy cartoons or marvel explodathons.
I'm looking for something that's either incredibly gritty or realistic, preferably British although I can live with anything American. Something preferably politically or current affairs based or something that makes a good sociological statement. Is Dunkirk any good or can it be too nostalgic?

Or I'm looking for something that's downright wierd or screwed up, not in a gratuitous sort of way, like Deadpool, but more in a Clockwork Orange or Pink Floyd The Wall kinda way.

Am I the only one who thinks most super hero films are just cheesy, surely there'll be the anachronistic cliche's of our time.

This Is England, Dead Mans Shoes, I Daniel Blake, Rise Of The Footsoldier, A Monster Calls, La Heine, Mesrine, Defiance, Alone In Berlin, Old Boy, Lady Vengeance.

The first five are British. This Is England and Dead Mans Shoes are both by Shane Meadows. I recommend them for recent political history and rama. I include A Monster Calls because it really is a bit different, it isn't just a kids film, it is incredibly sad and makes you think about what the monster is, I think the Monster is Cancer and not the creature voiced by Liam Neeson. The last two are Korean and very dark.

Dead Mans Shoes is amazing. Hacksaw Ridge is very good, an American true story about the war in Japan. La Heine is a very good film about French kids living in the Paris suburbs. Lion is a really good story about an Indian kid who gets lost, true story. Life of Pi is something a bit different to set in the same part of the world.
 
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Looking for film recommendations as I tend to steer clear of the usual box office smashing kiddy cartoons or marvel explodathons.
I'm looking for something that's either incredibly gritty or realistic, preferably British although I can live with anything American. Something preferably politically or current affairs based or something that makes a good sociological statement.

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Try "God's Own Country"......you might find it ticks several of these boxes!
 

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I went to see 'It' yesterday afternoon, great film. Story really well done (well it would be, it's Stephen King!), the effects were great, quite dark but also funny in places. Would rate it 8/10
 

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I went to see 'It' yesterday afternoon, great film. Story really well done (well it would be, it's Stephen King!), the effects were great, quite dark but also funny in places. Would rate it 8/10

It was great. A lot of reviews have already pointed this out, but it had that comfortable, familiar feeling of 'coming home' a la Stand By Me. As decent a Stephen King adaptation as you're ever likely to see in a cinema.
 

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I just saw Wind River.

For once Jeremy Renner is not a secret agent, but he's still in that vein. Elizabeth Olsen does well as an FBI agent somewhat out of her depth in a tribal land case. The scene wherein the crime happens was pretty damn brutal, though a bit confusing at first.

My one complaint is that at the end they slapped up a "no statistics are collected on the number of missing native american women" over the final shot. I don't object to the information, though it felt somewhat inserted as an after-thought, but over what I thought was a very effective last shot it rather got in the way. A post-scene information card would have worked better.

Overall 4/5 - Very Good.

Agree this was a decent Movie worthy of the marks awarded.

Also seen this week-

Victoria and Abdul - quirky and quite comical 4/5

Mother - Utter claptrap sci fi / thriller 2/5

Kingsman The Golden Circle - Good Action Movie but not as good as the original due to the American "Statesman" incursion. 3/5

American Assassin - Good Action Movie with a strong cast including Michael Keaton 3/5
 
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