On 11/27/2017 at 20:53, Blueblur said:

It was the tone of it. Man of Steel- which I love- was a bit dour and so was BvS, which I like a lot. The press are heavily biased towards the jokey Marvel films, and just because there was no banter between the characters or witty asides- it was panned.

One thing I will say is BvS is a confusing film for those who haven't read the comics. The numerous dream sequences and flash-forwards are baffling for the average viewer who doesn't know about Darkseid, para demons, Gods Among Us comics etc. But for someone like me, I loved it. Especially the fight between the two of them- it was so cool and well-choreographed. And as for the Martha thing, I don't see why it's a big deal. It was necessary to the plot.

Wonder Woman was amazing, all of it- nuff said. 

Justice League is bit of mess, and that's all down to Joss Whedon and the sh*t CGI. And Paramount, for not allowing Henry Cavill to shave his moustache off for the re-shoots- 

Thank god for Ezra Miller and, again, Wonder Woman.

Suicide Squad 2 will bomb at the box office, Aquaman will just about break even, I think. So it's all up to Patty Jenkins and Wonder Woman II to save the DCEU once again!

Agree with everything except for Martha. While I understand the point of it (basically makes Batman feel that superman even while dying is looking to save his mother), but nonetheless it seemed weird. 

As for JL, I thought Batfleck was great, but to be honest, simply cant understand his guilt in this movie. He was "friends" with superman for all of 5minutes, but the way he acts it was as if he knew SM all his life. JL's character building just seemed so different from BvS. I very much prefer the dark tone of BvS to the JL sharing a laugh one second and then batman commiting suicide in the next. 

2 hours ago, didierforever said:

Agree with everything except for Martha. While I understand the point of it (basically makes Batman feel that superman even while dying is looking to save his mother), but nonetheless it seemed weird. 

As for JL, I thought Batfleck was great, but to be honest, simply cant understand his guilt in this movie. He was "friends" with superman for all of 5minutes, but the way he acts it was as if he knew SM all his life. JL's character building just seemed so different from BvS. I very much prefer the dark tone of BvS to the JL sharing a laugh one second and then batman commiting suicide in the next. 

True, I suppose he could have said "He's going to kill mother ", that would have made more sense.

Read this: https://superherotalksite.wordpress.com/2017/11/19/read-zack-snyders-version-and-all-deleted-scenes-of-justice-league/

 

2 minutes ago, Blueblur said:

True, I suppose he could have said "He's going to kill mother ", that would have made more sense.

Read this: https://superherotalksite.wordpress.com/2017/11/19/read-zack-snyders-version-and-all-deleted-scenes-of-justice-league/

 

I have seen the director's cut. And its makes the film much better (and I like it a lot already!!). Specially the arc of how luthor sets up superman, the woman lying in the court and then why luthor has to kill the senator (as she knows the truth). Fills in a lot of potholes. Will give the article a read as soon as I get home.

By the way, Suicide Squad 2 is not going to be released anytime soon (i think). The next ones are aquaman, shazam (so f**king excited, one of my favs) and wonder woman. So I think DCEU might yet survive.

1 minute ago, didierforever said:

I have seen the director's cut. And its makes the film much better (and I like it a lot already!!). Specially the arc of how luthor sets up superman, the woman lying in the court and then why luthor has to kill the senator (as she knows the truth). Fills in a lot of potholes. Will give the article a read as soon as I get home.

By the way, Suicide Squad 2 is not going to be released anytime soon (i think). The next ones are aquaman, shazam (so f**king excited, one of my favs) and wonder woman. So I think DCEU might yet survive.

The link i posted was the director's cut of Justice League, not BvS.

BvS's director's cut was much better than the theatrical version, agreed! 

7 hours ago, Blueblur said:

The link i posted was the director's cut of Justice League, not BvS.

BvS's director's cut was much better than the theatrical version, agreed! 

Oh man!!! Insane. This would have been a much much better script and movie. 

Especially the part about Steppenwolf. Would have given his character some much needed depth/motive. Steppenwolf had as much depth as a video game villian. 

Edited November 29, 20178 yr by didierforever

On 11/29/2017 at 15:49, didierforever said:

Agree with everything except for Martha. While I understand the point of it (basically makes Batman feel that superman even while dying is looking to save his mother), but nonetheless it seemed weird. 

As for JL, I thought Batfleck was great, but to be honest, simply cant understand his guilt in this movie. He was "friends" with superman for all of 5minutes, but the way he acts it was as if he knew SM all his life. JL's character building just seemed so different from BvS. I very much prefer the dark tone of BvS to the JL sharing a laugh one second and then batman commiting suicide in the next. 

Because he thought he almost killed the one man that standing between the earth and its annihilation.

What I'm fond of about BVS is that it is still being talked about. It's polarizing, just like how Superman was in the earth of the movie.

 

BvS has so many layers.

 

 

2 hours ago, Tibbers said:

Because he thought he almost killed the one man that standing between the earth and its annihilation.

I could understand THAT. But there is a scene where gadot says, "you did not kill him". His guilt is more on a personal level rather than the fate of mankind level.

Agree with your other point though. BvS does polarise opinions to the maximum extent possible. I have a feeling that this movie may age well and end up having a bit of a cult following. Or maybe that's just me. 

The other day I watched the Great Escape for what must have been the 100th time. Still a great film with a wonderful cast and superb music. Must be one of the finest film scores in cinema history.

Also finally managed to watch the Bond film Spectre. Found it okay but a bit dis-jointed in places. The building I used to work in was in a couple of shots. Appropriate as the building had close links with Admiralty, Naval Intelligence in WW1 and WW2 and Ian Fleming worked there for a while. On a couple of times a year senior officers in the Royal Navy and The Royal Marines use a couple of rooms for high-profile meetings. 

It's that time of year when everybody starts publishing their 'best films of 2017' lists, and I notice, as usual, that I have seen hardly any of them and have a lot of catching up to do. Anyway, I finally got around to seeing Atomic Blonde yesterday and it was excellent. A stylish spy-action-thriller set in Berlin in 1989 with a twisty plot, cool setting and soundtrack, and brilliantly choreographed and brutal fight scenes. Also, Charlize Theron is bloody lovely to look at. 

I watched Safe House with Denzil Washington last night from 2012, thoroughly enjoyed it. Don't recall it being released even though back then I regularly watched movies.

A young CIA agent stationed in SA living a boring existence suddenly gets told to host a notorious rogue agent with unpredictable consequences. 

The Foreigner.

Jackie Chan like you've never seen him before!

2 hours ago, Sun zhi said:

The Foreigner.

Jackie Chan like you've never seen him before!

I took a quick look on IMDB and saw that Chan is playing the lead role in a thriller and picking up he plays a serious part rather than the slap-stick martial arts films he is known for, is that correct?

5 hours ago, Strider6003 said:

I took a quick look on IMDB and saw that Chan is playing the lead role in a thriller and picking up he plays a serious part rather than the slap-stick martial arts films he is known for, is that correct?

Yes. Not his usual style. I'm not a huge film watcher, but I watched this one when someone mentioned some of it waa shot in the East Street Market / Walworth road where we grew up as kids.

And it's a Jackie Chan film, so I thought  usually no crass / indecent material. This did have a few of those types of scenes though, so, again, unusual.

...There's enough action there from him, considering the man is nearing mid-sixties, and there's a lot more going on then him fighting his way through crowds of people.

I saw the opening few minutes and thought, here we go... Looks like a cheaply made one with poor acting. 

It wasn't at all though.

 

 

 

I had family that used to live in at that area and visit the East Street Market, back in the 50's. 

Three Billboards. Black comedy . Unusual  7.5

Good to know, I might go and watch that one, looks  good cast with an unusual story.

The Magdalene Sisters. Film was produced in 2002 and was written and directed by Peter Mullan. Have watched the film three or four times and have to say it is one of the most moving, shocking and harrowing films I've seen. The ending is particularly shocking. The film focuses on the lives of four young women who have been placed in a home run by Nuns for allegedly doing wrong. One was placed in the home for being raped. Another for being flirtatious. The Magdalene Homes (or Magdalene Laundries) were in Ireland) and the last of them closed in 1996.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0318411/

3 hours ago, Boyne said:

The Magdalene Sisters. Film was produced in 2002 and was written and directed by Peter Mullan. Have watched the film three or four times and have to say it is one of the most moving, shocking and harrowing films I've seen. The ending is particularly shocking. The film focuses on the lives of four young women who have been placed in a home run by Nuns for allegedly doing wrong. One was placed in the home for being raped. Another for being flirtatious. The Magdalene Homes (or Magdalene Laundries) were in Ireland) and the last of them closed in 1996.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0318411/

I'm sure that is the one my brother saw and recommended, he unusually ranted about the Catholic Church. I said there is corruption in most institutions not just the Catholic Church. As he is married to a Catholic so that they may also have had a bearing on his comments.

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Still as funny as anything.

Good Time is f**king brilliant. It starts with a failed back robbery and then follows one of the robbers as he runs around New York getting to get the cash to bail his mentally retarded brother out of jail. Despite being a total sleazebag you can't help empathise with him. It reminded me slightly of the sort of movies Scorsese used to make before he was boring.

Watched the Battle of Britain last night. Have lost count of the number of times I've watched the film. A wonderful cast and great music. What the RAF did in the Battle of Britain was nothing less than brilliant and wonderfully commanded by Dowding with superb assistance by Keith Park who was in charge of 11 Group. Dowding was a brilliant organiser and put in a lot of plans in place before the battle took place e.g. radar stations.

As for the Hurricane and Spitfire. Two of the finest machines ever built. I was at the Duxford Air Show last September and during the show 13 Spitfires flew together. A wonderful sight.

2 minutes ago, Boyne said:

Watched the Battle of Britain last night. Have lost count of the number of times I've watched the film. A wonderful cast and great music. What the RAF did in the Battle of Britain was nothing less than brilliant and wonderfully commanded by Dowding with superb assistance by Keith Park who was in charge of 11 Group. Dowding was a brilliant organiser and put in a lot of plans in place before the battle took place e.g. radar stations.

As for the Hurricane and Spitfire. Two of the finest machines ever built. I was at the Duxford Air Show last September and during the show 13 Spitfires flew together. A wonderful sight.

Yes and very brave men too, the English and pilots from other places like Poland and Canada to name a couple.

My father was about 7 at the time  at Westminster School and I asked if it was frightening and he sad, 'No, it was exciting, especially the dog fights.'

21 minutes ago, Strider6003 said:

Yes and very brave men too, the English and pilots from other places like Poland and Canada to name a couple.

My father was about 7 at the time  at Westminster School and I asked if it was frightening and he sad, 'No, it was exciting, especially the dog fights.'

And very young as well. In their late teens and early twenties. The contributions made by the Polish and Czech pilots was outstanding. I live not far from Biggin Hill so there would have been plenty of dog fights over the area I now live in. This year is the centenary of the formation of the RAF.

Watched the new Jumanji, very entertaining surprised me. Well worth a watch 8/10

Edited January 14, 20188 yr by dan_cfc