My daughter went to watch it today. She is an F1 fan, and she was unimpressed to say the least, she spent an hour this evening going over what the movie got wrong.
What film did you watch last night?
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Drago
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It would seem that fans, or even those with just a passing knowledge of the sport are deriding it. The clichéd "old sweat brought back to mentor new boy" plot has been done many times before in this genre, and that alone is enough to put me off bothering,
But everyone else is loving it.
I guess not many Super Hornet pilots enjoyed Top Gun Maverick, but then the unwashed masses lapped it up.
But everyone else is loving it.
I guess not many Super Hornet pilots enjoyed Top Gun Maverick, but then the unwashed masses lapped it up.
AndyRM
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Fair enough I guess, I went to see it with and F1 fan and she enjoyed it. I think though if they'd gone down the route of "let's make the most technically accurate F1 film" then their audience would have been pretty limited.
DaveReading
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Saw Chicken Town last night (in an audience of 2 - us!) The film will ring true with anyone who knows Lincolnshire. More whimsical than laugh-out-loud, though it has its moments.
Well played by a predominantly young cast. While the plot has more holes than my string vest, it makes a certain amount of sense. Highlight (for me) was my hero Graham Fellows, who spent most of the film essentially playing his John Shuttleworth alter ego.
Recommended, though might be hard to catch as it seems to be on a limited release.
Well played by a predominantly young cast. While the plot has more holes than my string vest, it makes a certain amount of sense. Highlight (for me) was my hero Graham Fellows, who spent most of the film essentially playing his John Shuttleworth alter ego.
Recommended, though might be hard to catch as it seems to be on a limited release.
Havoc
Tom Hardy as a bent cop with what I think was a New York accent.
A bit like a slightly milder version of The Raid, bullets flying everywhere, fisticuffs and slashing blades, and bodies and blood constantly splattered all over the screen.
Then in the final shootout seven or eight baddies come for our hero armed with automatic weapons, and Tom knocks them all off with a pump action shotgun without sustaining a single wound. He even gets hold of one of the baddie's pistols that seems to have a forty round magazine in it.
Mildy entertaining, 5/10.
Tom Hardy as a bent cop with what I think was a New York accent.
A bit like a slightly milder version of The Raid, bullets flying everywhere, fisticuffs and slashing blades, and bodies and blood constantly splattered all over the screen.
Then in the final shootout seven or eight baddies come for our hero armed with automatic weapons, and Tom knocks them all off with a pump action shotgun without sustaining a single wound. He even gets hold of one of the baddie's pistols that seems to have a forty round magazine in it.
Mildy entertaining, 5/10.
Psamathe
Über Member
Public Enemies (2009 film) (recently on Freeview)
OK but didn't hold my attention. Thought it would be an interesting story but it's long and so much seemed to be just a chase with lots of shooting and running around/cars and slow uneventful interludes.
Didn't manage to persist to the end. Some might enjoy but it didn't hold my attention.
(I seem to have become more ready to abandon films part way through. Maybe me or maybe the new production companies are more cost concious needing quantity more than content, maybe direct to TV doesn't provide the revenue cinema releases used ...).
Ian
OK but didn't hold my attention. Thought it would be an interesting story but it's long and so much seemed to be just a chase with lots of shooting and running around/cars and slow uneventful interludes.
Didn't manage to persist to the end. Some might enjoy but it didn't hold my attention.
(I seem to have become more ready to abandon films part way through. Maybe me or maybe the new production companies are more cost concious needing quantity more than content, maybe direct to TV doesn't provide the revenue cinema releases used ...).
Ian
Psamathe
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The Amateur (2025 20th Century Studios) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Amateur_(2025_film)
Really enjoyable. Sort of adventure. Engaging, mostly unpredictable, well acted, good script, etc. 8/10
Ian
Really enjoyable. Sort of adventure. Engaging, mostly unpredictable, well acted, good script, etc. 8/10
Ian
Psamathe
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Heads of State (film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heads_of_State_(film)
Drivel ... but actually really fun. Bit like a Guy Richie film (but it isn't). Pure adventure fun, no thought involved.
Whilst the final end is predictable it isn't really much of an aspect in the film and what's coming next isn't so predictable. I enjoyed it.
Ian
Drivel ... but actually really fun. Bit like a Guy Richie film (but it isn't). Pure adventure fun, no thought involved.
Whilst the final end is predictable it isn't really much of an aspect in the film and what's coming next isn't so predictable. I enjoyed it.
Ian
Agreed. Ticks all the boxes for what it is.
The main character is the banter between the leads.
Punkawallah
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George and the Dragon. A enjoyable, light hearted romp through Medieval times, but don’t base your dissertation on it.
Notable for the appearance of Bill Oddie.
Notable for the appearance of Bill Oddie.
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
The Flash https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0439572/
Electric_Andy
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We watched that too. Very silly but not too bad. It would actually have made a half decent action film without the dumb comedy, but it filled half an evening anyway
At the weekend,
F1 The Movie in full IMAX mode
To say the film is immense is an understatement. The camera work, the filming and the noise of (inside) the cars, the races and crashes are incredible. Really gives you a tiny sense of what it must be like in one of the cars. Very well made. OK, the story is completely bonkers, unbelievable and unrealistic and as a F1 fan you could pick a 1001 holes in it but I loved it. As someone previously said, Rocky in all but name.
F1 The Movie in full IMAX mode
To say the film is immense is an understatement. The camera work, the filming and the noise of (inside) the cars, the races and crashes are incredible. Really gives you a tiny sense of what it must be like in one of the cars. Very well made. OK, the story is completely bonkers, unbelievable and unrealistic and as a F1 fan you could pick a 1001 holes in it but I loved it. As someone previously said, Rocky in all but name.
glasgowcyclist
Charming but somewhat feckless
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We're just back from seeing that, although not in IMAX mode. Still, the filming was very impressive and engaging. Story is bonkers, as well as predictable, but enjoyable nonetheless.
6.5/10
DRM
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The Joker-Folie A Deux 0/100
What an absolute pile of carp, save yourself the bother, it got turned off half way through, the director & script writer should be sued for making Joaquin Phoenix & Lady Ga Ga act this complete turkey out
What an absolute pile of carp, save yourself the bother, it got turned off half way through, the director & script writer should be sued for making Joaquin Phoenix & Lady Ga Ga act this complete turkey out
