- Joined
- Nov 21, 2019
- Messages
- 3,875
- Reaction score
- 11,306
YesDo you mean , Unforgivable?
YesDo you mean , Unforgivable?
Watched Dune a few days ago. Very good compared to the crap one with Sting in it.
Pound shop first for sweets.Well I'm just about to head off to the marathon than is Avatar the way of water - slightly worried by how long it is.
Really hated the first one.Well I'm just about to head off to the marathon than is Avatar the way of water - slightly worried by how long it is.
It's a loooong film but doesn't feel quite as long as it might, the pace could have been an awful lot quicker. A bit of a disclosure, I have moderate amblyopia in my right eye, so I have a very slight squint when I'm tired. The side effect of this is that I see hardly any 3D, though yes a bit. This film remarkably even showed as 3D for me which is undeniably a rather fun experience. There is almost complete believability in everything done on the film, it doesn't feel like watching a cartoon, and the characters are consistent yet show development through the film. I found the adoration of the father figure as the strong protector, the soldier to be obeyed, just too much like US right wing gun culture to me and grated throughout. However there are nods that this behaviour is not the ideal it's supposed to be, and of the failings it brings, but they are pretty subtle. There are also some clever scenes later in the film that highlight the moral ambiguities of killing, and that animalistic anger justified in the face of attack, can still be repulsive. A character dies in the film, and it had zero emotional impact which I found interesting in observing my own reactions that I wasn't emotionally invested in that character.Really hated the first one.
Like a cross between the Smurfs and Dances with Wolves
My 2 youngest daughters hate the film. Not because it’s a bad film but because they work in a cinema and normally get away at 11.15 but since avatar has come out they don’t get away to after 12.It's a loooong film but doesn't feel quite as long as it might, the pace could have been an awful lot quicker. A bit of a disclosure, I have moderate amblyopia in my right eye, so I have a very slight squint when I'm tired. The side effect of this is that I see hardly any 3D, though yes a bit. This film remarkably even showed as 3D for me which is undeniably a rather fun experience. There is almost complete believability in everything done on the film, it doesn't feel like watching a cartoon, and the characters are consistent yet show development through the film. I found the adoration of the father figure as the strong protector, the soldier to be obeyed, just too much like US right wing gun culture to me and grated throughout. However there are nods that this behaviour is not the ideal it's supposed to be, and of the failings it brings, but they are pretty subtle. There are also some clever scenes later in the film that highlight the moral ambiguities of killing, and that animalistic anger justified in the face of attack, can still be repulsive. A character dies in the film, and it had zero emotional impact which I found interesting in observing my own reactions that I wasn't emotionally invested in that character.
However, it is an event film, there genuinely hasn't been a film to come close to the imagery being shown, it is a complete step ahead of the last one. In my view it was lacking some classic cinematography with close ups that would have helped with an emotional intensity. I suspect that's due to the lack of 3D impression on close up and that the nuances of expression are still a challenge for CGI. It is in my view definitely worth going to the cinema to watch, just for the experience of where we are at in terms of technology. Plot is far too predictable, and it's missing the emotional intensity that was better developed in the first.
Difficult film that ends wellWell I'm just about to head off to the marathon than is Avatar the way of water - slightly worried by how long it is.
Wife wants to see 'M3GAN', going tomorrow
Me too saw it at our local Indie, the beer helpedI watched Everything, Everywhere, All At Once the other day. Gloriously bonkers!
I watched that a few weeks ago, think you have summed it up nicely there in 2 wordsI watched Everything, Everywhere, All At Once the other day. Gloriously bonkers!
Enter your email address to join: