Film Reviews

pre Madonna wrote:

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/apr/13/helen-mirren-fast-and-furious-8-great-actors-daft-movies#comment-96552943

I never realised they had made so many of these films, is it not the same thing over and over again? Anyway, Helen Mirren is in the next one!

The article made me think of my favourite quote from an actor ever, Michael Caine on 'Jaws 2: The revenge';

"I have never seen it, but by all accounts it is terrible. However, I have seen the house that it built and that is terrific."

That Michael Caine quote

Eamonn Dunphy:"I'll tell you who wrote it, Rod Liddle, he's the guy who ran away and left his wife for a young one".

Bill O'Herlihy: Ah ye can't be saying that now Eamonn

Weekend at Bernies was on last night.

Havent seen it in about 20 years. Held up well.

Proper, late night Saturday film Clap

YBIG Table Quiz winner 2016 & 2017
AS YOU WERE McGx

Watched "Argo", really really good.

Also watched "Inferno", not bad but I'd read the book about a year ago so kind of spoiled it.

Stopped watching "Fantastic Beasts and where to find them" after 20 mins, appalling stuff.
* all the original The Harry Potter movies very very good.

On again on Monday night. Didn't get a chance to see it last night because of the United game

Eamonn Dunphy:"I'll tell you who wrote it, Rod Liddle, he's the guy who ran away and left his wife for a young one".

Bill O'Herlihy: Ah ye can't be saying that now Eamonn

lassassinblanc wrote:

Going to see Alien Covenant tonight shall post up a review after

I misread that as Alien Convent, a film I would be far more interested in.

Alien: Covenant - 2.5/5

Also a big fan of the Alien franchise but was left pretty disappointed by this effort. It's an awful lot closer to Prometheus than it is to the earlier films. It was a slow-burner, which I've no issue with if the atmosphere is building nicely, but it wasn't really in this film. The middle part is probably the strongest, and also the most entertaining, stage of the film before it kind of turned into an Alien/Aliens tribute act for the third and final act. It's really disappointing that all these years on Scott still can't seem to figure out why Alien worked so well. I suppose this film connected the story line reasonably well but it was the seemingly random nihilism of the Aliens in the first few films that made them so alluring. Doesn't seem as fun when everything is explained out as it has been in the last two films. The dialogue wasn't exactly top notch either. As a stand-alone action/horror film it is decent enough but again just not a patch on the first two for me.

Recently watched:

Trainspotting 2 - 4/5 As far as sequels go this was great. It was funnier than the first one but not a classic like the first one.

Friday night lights - 3/5

Haven't read it but the book is suppose to be great. A decent sports movie but nothing you haven't seen before.

Image result for guardians of the galaxy 2

7/10 - Very enjoyable. Just as funny as the first I thought and how awesome was Baby Groot's dance at the start? It got a little CGI heavy towards the end but that's countered by how majestic they made Kurt Russell look in the opening scene Clap

7/10 - A feel good film. Directed by and starring Jon Favreau, it's a nice, fun drama with a great soundtrack. Worth a watch and it's on Netflix.

Ahh heya!

Wonder Woman

Something about the more recent DC films in that the special effects look comic booky which I'm not a fan of.

This was fine and a bit of fun but not amazing. I found myself just looking at Gal Gadot and thinking she is unreal looking.

One thing that did annoy me was that Chris Pine is a spy with an American accent. He goes undercover to a German gala party and he 'POOTS ON ZIS OVA ZE TOP JERMAN AKCENT TO FIT IAN' and that seems to make him a spy.

6.5/10

The dark side.. And the light