Re: The even-newer film thread – MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS! : Wed Jun 06, 2012 9:26 pm  

G1 wrote:

Yup, I too was underwhelmed.

Scott was at pains to stress it's not an Alien prequel and it's a stand alone film. Well, for my money, he's remade Alien just not as good with nowhere near the tension of Alien.

Well made, looks great, well acted but, frankly, watch Alien instead.

To be fair, ANYTHING compared to 'Alien' is going to suffer in comparison, it is probably the finest horror film ever made.

The 3 sequels couldn't come close to matching it, so a prequel doesn't stand much chance, does it?

Re: The even-newer film thread – MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS! : Thu Jun 07, 2012 2:52 am  

Parts of the original Alien are good, but its very, very slow to get going. They also never explained (actually across all the Aliens movies although I know they took ever-increasing liberties with timings) how the heck it grew from the size of a rat to bigger than a man without seemingly eating anything. Or did I miss the bit where it raided the canteen?

Re: The even-newer film thread – MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS! : Thu Jun 07, 2012 9:29 am  

I'd have loved to have seen Stanley Kubrick do the Prometheus film. That'd have been special.

I also can't wait for the Hitchcock film. I hope its going to be a good one.

Re: The even-newer film thread – MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS! : Thu Jun 07, 2012 9:36 am  

Don't waste your money even for 2d, visually great, but leaves too many questions and isn't engaging enough.

Michael Fassbender was good and Idris Elba is an actor i really like and felt should have had a bigger part.

Re: The even-newer film thread – MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS! : Thu Jun 07, 2012 11:55 am  

Mark_W wrote:

I recommed The Way (Emilio Estevez), pretty moving, and afterwards you'll probably want to walk 790km like I do.

I've wanted to see that for a while, looks very good.

Re: The even-newer film thread – MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS! : Thu Jun 07, 2012 11:56 am  

Saddened! wrote:

Watched Chronicle tonight. Wasn't expecting much to be honest, but I was pleasantly surprised. I'm sure the cultured film buffs who seem to post on here would find it that great, but I really enjoyed it. Just how cool would it be?

Similar to my thoughts. Expected very little but found the film to be pretty interesting and entertaining.

Re: The even-newer film thread – MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS! : Thu Jun 07, 2012 12:36 pm  

Dita's Slot Meter wrote:

To be fair, ANYTHING compared to 'Alien' is going to suffer in comparison, it is probably the finest horror film ever made.

The 3 sequels couldn't come close to matching it, so a prequel doesn't stand much chance, does it?

Fair comments although I think the Exorcist still stands the test of time for being ahead of its time in the horror genre.

Re: The even-newer film thread – MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS! : Thu Jun 07, 2012 1:44 pm  

PAUL M wrote:

I've wanted to see that for a while, looks very good.

It made the netflix trial worthwhile

Re: The even-newer film thread – MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS! : Thu Jun 07, 2012 1:59 pm  

Wnidyone2012 wrote:

Fair comments although I think the Exorcist still stands the test of time for being ahead of its time in the horror genre.

Would have to agree with that. Any horror film that involves a child is always more disturbing than the slash and gore nonesense.

1/ The Exorcist
2/ Poltergeist
3/ The Shining
4/ Don't Look Now
5/ The Omen

Just going off on a tangent a bit, but seeing as we seem to be fans of realing acting and writing. Has anyone else been watching bbc3 on saturday nights over the past 12 months? been some wonderful Scandinavian series shown. The Killing, Borgen and The Bridge.

Re: The even-newer film thread – MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS! : Thu Jun 07, 2012 2:08 pm  

Seen about 50 films since I last used this thread, don't worry I won't bore everyone with all the reviews. Here's a few recent ones i've seen.

Like Crazy - Touching & believable love story, Felicity Jones was very good.

Shame - Superbly made film, very slow but both Fassbender and Mulligan were excellent.

Man on a Ledge - Reasonable but not sure how Sam Worthington keeps getting roles. Genesis Rodriguez underwear scene is worth the rental fee alone!!

Beginners - A charming, well made film. Polished performances and some poignant moments.

Descendants - Enjoyed the way the film tackled the complexity of human emotions within a family at a time of tradegy.

Dark Shadows - All over the place, not quite sure what it wanted to be. A few laughs along the way which helped it to be more bearable.

Avengers - Really enjoyable, loved Iron Man's one liners and Mark Ruffalo as the Hulk.

Girl with the Dragon tattoo - David Fincher did a great job with this, dark and atmospheric.

Gonna stop now, could go on forever.