What film did you watch last night?
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biggs682
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Tomb raider from 2018 must have been good as we stayed awake
Jenkins
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Borderlands on Amazon. Really don't know why I bothered and started to read a magazine part way through.
Our son convinced me to go to the cinema to see it. I may have had an accidental nap part way through it, luckily I don't snore.
biggs682
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Chic flick - Holiday
Mo1959
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An easy but pleasant watch last night for me on Prime.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/video/d...=ASIN&pageTypeId=B09KK92J53&qid=1765793208251
biggs682
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We don't have Amazon and it's not one I have heard of
nogoodnamesleft
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Running Man (2025) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Running_Man_(2025_film)
Uninspiring. After an hour my iPad had 90% of my concentration, film only 10% and didn't miss much. Just predictable and by end glad I did some useful stuff on my iPad.
OK, original Schwarzenegger not brilliant but for it's day and as a vehicle for Schwarzenegger it stood-up a lot better than this 2025 version.
What so disappoints me about so many of today's remakes/reboots of films is that there are so many brilliant stories as yet un-filmed why not do something original with something to say rather than some bland "me too" effort that does little more than fill a few hours for TV airtime (one exception being the lastes Dune films which really did have something to add and were brilliant).
Uninspiring. After an hour my iPad had 90% of my concentration, film only 10% and didn't miss much. Just predictable and by end glad I did some useful stuff on my iPad.
OK, original Schwarzenegger not brilliant but for it's day and as a vehicle for Schwarzenegger it stood-up a lot better than this 2025 version.
What so disappoints me about so many of today's remakes/reboots of films is that there are so many brilliant stories as yet un-filmed why not do something original with something to say rather than some bland "me too" effort that does little more than fill a few hours for TV airtime (one exception being the lastes Dune films which really did have something to add and were brilliant).
From what I've heard the 2025 movie version is more faithful to the original book than the Arnie version so it could be claimed that they were trying to "fix" it. Also supposedly it is amazing how Stephen King could see today's circumstances in the 70s. Not seen it so don't know.
nogoodnamesleft
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I heard the same which made me think about the purpose of fictional films. Are they about faithfully recreating a fictional story or about entertainment based around an idea? If it isn't entertaining does it matter that it's faithful to an author's writings? If it is entertaining does it matter is it tells a slightly different story than that from a book?
My impression is that generally fiction books are more complex than the film version or rather that the film version simplifies the story from the book. Again Dune is a good example as those attempts that try to include too much from the book become hopelessly complex for most audiences. Even the 2 (becoming 3) part recent very long film versions omit vast aspects from the book (though done well they still tell a good story).
I don't think it is important. Different is just different and subjective. Some will prefer the original, some the remake. No right or wrong.
FWIW in my view the book and film Jaws are both very good, and both very different.
DaveReading
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It seems to be on terrestrial nearly every week.
If you haven't seen it before, you haven't missed anything.
matticus
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Woah; Clearly the book is far better - for one thing, the mechanical shark works perfectly in ever scene!
matticus
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Good luck with this fella - I've been saying the same since ... well probably since internet fora emerged. And believe me, my view is NOT popular ...
Profpointy
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And here is the actual source of the plinky plinky plink on display in a museum in Vienna. Really quite cool to see the actual zither as played by Anton Karas himself. i
We didn't quite make it to the big wheel and I'm not aware if there's a sewer tour, but did fit in some culture
