*Spoilers*Watched Arrival last night. Weird film, I liked the concept but felt it spent too long in the weird dream bits and not enough on the characters and story, then seemed to be over too quickly.
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The dream sequences are important becuase it's basically her travelling through time with the gift aliens give her. It doesn't really make sense until the end though. I think it's a film that would get better on a second viewing.
I thought it was a very clever and ultimately moving film. Plus it looked amazing on the big screen. The cgi was great.
I watched La La Land the other night purely to check out the hype.
What a letdown. It's basically Hollywood giving itself a blow job. The songs and dancing seem forced and the story is disjointed and unoriginal. There is some nice direction but the whole thing left me cold.
The director's last work Whiplash was far superior.
Does a film need character development? Especially one that focuses on one particular event?I understood what they were, I just didn't want to spoiler. I just felt they were overplayed like filler for the complete lack of character development in the movie. I found it trite and shallow to be honest. I liked the concept and if someone told me the story I'd say it was a great story. It was just a film that seemed to never bother to move beyond that idea, like it was both over too quick, but also dragged on in places. So I left feeling they could have done a lot more with the concept in the time available.
That said, I watched a (DVD quality) copy on my home TV, so maybe it lost something in translation to the small screen as a spectacle.
The 'spin' where we discover the woman's dreams/visions were the product of a predictive ability she has, was masterful. I didn't see it coming. Definitely a triumph of writing over glamour. 90%It's the one where we have visitors from out of space.
It didn't do the movie's box office performance any harm, it entered the chart at No.2 this week taking $18.4 million:Wow! as a dog owner and dog lover that is heartbreaking, that animal is petrified, very sad.
I thought it was a very clever and ultimately moving film. Plus it looked amazing on the big screen. The cgi was great.
I might watch Hacksaw Ridge later!
Aye, the Loyalist boozer scene was v funny indeed.Went to see Trainspotting T2 today
Really enjoyed it, not too nostalgic.
Flashbacks and nods towards the original were very good
Don't know if they could do a third, but a begbie film would be interesting
8/10
Ah I forgot about the loyalist pub scene brilliant
Selma - 8.5/10 v good movie regarding Martin Luther King's struggle to march.
He's been brilliant in everything I've seen him involved with.Dallas Buyers Club - 9/10
Matthew McConaughey (is brilliant) plays an HIV positive bloke that tries to overcome it.
Aye, wingy, True Detective being a particular fave of mine.He's been brilliant in everything I've seen him involved with.
Aye, wingy, True Detective being a particular fave of mine.
Slow burner, pretty dark and disturbing at times.I couldn't get into that
Oh and a better musical than La La land.... Sing street, bloody brilliant if you like alternative 80s music. a real hard sell to get people to watch but its on Netflix so id recommend trying it. 7/10
Seen some crackers recently.
Lego Batman, lot of heart and tonnes of jokes. more like a batman spoof than anything else. my Lad is now absolutely crazy for anything Batman. way better than your standard non Pixar CGI kids movies 8/10
A Monster Calls. Amazing. can't recommend enough. Like a kick in the guts, so sad. Definitely not a Kids movie. probably the less you know the better. 9/10
Manchester by the Sea. one scene made the movie, heart breaking and totally justified the awards for the other Afleck. 8/10
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