AndyRM
XOXO
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- North Shields
Oblivion is also excellent.
It's easy to take the proverbial out of Cruise and I do think he's a bit of a weirdo, but he's done some excellent films.
What film did you watch last night?
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Oblivion is also excellent.
It's easy to take the proverbial out of Cruise and I do think he's a bit of a weirdo, but he's done some excellent films.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
And we get a flash of Andrea Riseborough nekked.
Joey Shabadoo
My pronouns are "He", "Him" and "buggerlugs"
I think working with Hoffman on Rain Man was the making of Cruise.
swee'pea99
Squire
Vincent: You promise not to tell anybody right?
Max: Yeah... yeah... yeah... promise.
Vincent: Get in the f**king car.
Mickey 17
"Official" summary describes it as a "Sci-fi Comedy". Not really funny but not serious. Bit daft but well made and some poigniant inferences of our society (but well hidden). Well made, good effects.
Nearly gave-up part way through as I felt it was going nowhere but seemed to persist and by the end I didn't feel frustrated or "wasted time" but wouldn't go as far as recommending, just not a disaster.
Ian
"Official" summary describes it as a "Sci-fi Comedy". Not really funny but not serious. Bit daft but well made and some poigniant inferences of our society (but well hidden). Well made, good effects.
Nearly gave-up part way through as I felt it was going nowhere but seemed to persist and by the end I didn't feel frustrated or "wasted time" but wouldn't go as far as recommending, just not a disaster.
Ian
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Awake. I realised halfway through that I had watched it before but carried on anyway. Not a brilliant film but the horrific notion of being paralysed by anaesthetic for surgery yet still conscious made it fairly gripping.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Its happened to me, albeit "only" for dental surgery. It isn't nice.
Stratum
Of all the low budget, cyber-punk movies about a mega corp in luxurious orbit, ruling over a disease-ridden, impoverished planet in which an insurgent peoples-army hire a brilliant hacker to infiltrate their masters via an unknown but brilliant and hot daughter isolated in space but contactable through an accurate computer similation game, this is one of the better ones.
Of all the low budget, cyber-punk movies about a mega corp in luxurious orbit, ruling over a disease-ridden, impoverished planet in which an insurgent peoples-army hire a brilliant hacker to infiltrate their masters via an unknown but brilliant and hot daughter isolated in space but contactable through an accurate computer similation game, this is one of the better ones.
Profpointy
Legendary Member
Source code - a very very phildickean sci fi action/mystery movie set in the near future. A soldier's consciousness is implanted into another person as a means of preventing an anticipated large scale terrorist attack. Excellent storytelling as you, and the protagonist, bit by bit find out what the f is going on. Very good pacing that keeps you gripped, and fills the 90 minute run-time without getting annoyingly frantic. They wisely avoided any real explanation of the technology beyond a token mention of quantum woo computing so the audience can just accept it as a plot device and enjoy the ride. It logically hangs together for the very satisfactory couple of twists at the end. ( sometimes overly-clever films can be a huge let down, but this isn't) Good script and good acting from all concerned. One of the very best of "this sort of thing", yet different enough and clever enough to have plenty of novelty and surprise, as well as being excellently crafted
Apparently leaving Netflix fairly soon, so nab it quick if you are a subscriber
Strongly recommended !
Apparently leaving Netflix fairly soon, so nab it quick if you are a subscriber
Strongly recommended !
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Profpointy
Legendary Member
Squaring the Circle (the story of Hipgnosis)
A rather superior documentary about Hipgnosis who were responsible for a great many of the classic album covers of the 70s. whilst it is a doco it is put together like a proper movie, with interviews with the surviving founder, as well as archive footage of his business partner and various bands. Musicians contributing inlcude members of Pink Floyd, Led Zep, Paul McCartney, and many others. "Iconic" is an overused word but this group's work included the Dark Side of the Moon prism motif, and the Burning Man from Wish you were here and many more so it is deserved here
There have been a few of these rather superior documentary-as-cinema productions in the last few years and this is a really good one
A rather superior documentary about Hipgnosis who were responsible for a great many of the classic album covers of the 70s. whilst it is a doco it is put together like a proper movie, with interviews with the surviving founder, as well as archive footage of his business partner and various bands. Musicians contributing inlcude members of Pink Floyd, Led Zep, Paul McCartney, and many others. "Iconic" is an overused word but this group's work included the Dark Side of the Moon prism motif, and the Burning Man from Wish you were here and many more so it is deserved here
There have been a few of these rather superior documentary-as-cinema productions in the last few years and this is a really good one
matticus
Guru
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission:_Impossible_–_Dead_Reckoning_Part_One
Another entertaining romp, but seemed a little lacking in Bon Mots compared to previous eps. I actually quite liked the SF-ish "Entity" plot-line, it created some interesting ideas, but they were probably wise to make the film too fast-paced for viewers to think too hard about it!
Another entertaining romp, but seemed a little lacking in Bon Mots compared to previous eps. I actually quite liked the SF-ish "Entity" plot-line, it created some interesting ideas, but they were probably wise to make the film too fast-paced for viewers to think too hard about it!
Pduk
Über Member
- Location
- Rugby, Earth
Blade Runner 2049.
It's an ok film, felt it dragged on a bit at over 2 and half hours. Worth a watch if you're into sci-fi.
It's an ok film, felt it dragged on a bit at over 2 and half hours. Worth a watch if you're into sci-fi.
cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
- Location
- Land of confusion
i found it ok but not as good as the original.
Currently watching rogue one in bits after finishing andor series 2
