Movies/Films/TV - Opinions

[mr.bluesky]

It is brilliant, easily one of the best series in the last few years.

  agree an excellent series and even more scary because it was a true event 

[LLPunting]

Nomadland
Oscar winning film about economic displacement of a woman who roams around  America for a while in a motorhome
Watched it with the OH who gave up half way through as she found it too depressing. I suspect after all the economic Covid Shit our family has been through in the past year.
It certainly did have a certain post Great Depression feel about it.
Undisguised positive product placement with the big A river was involved as the protagonist worked in one of their warehouse centres for a while.
Frances McDormand played herself again. Not a bad thing as she is a compétant actress, but I feel ultimately overrated.
I actually found the film quite gratuitous and I feel the Oscar awards say more about assuaging the guilt trip “suffered” by the privileged academy world than any true sympathy for the situation of “poor America” and proferring real solutions to those problems.
That said there were some beautifully filmed parts accentuating bleak desert terrain etc although I felt the editing was somewhat disjointed in places.
Perhaps I am being too harsh but it ended a 6.5/10 for me.

Found the movie generally underwhelming.  Chloe Zhao did a great job with The Rider but this one was an indie, "low budget" doco dressed up as insightful societal commentary.  There were better movies in this sparse year of releases that deserved the Oscar plaudits.
Very curious to see what Chloe does with "The Eternals", lots of hype going around about Oscars again, pray that it's at least half warranted because I'm not particularly sold on the casting.

[PunterNumber69]

Stowaway on Prime - finished and what an anti-climax. I really wish I'd not put the effort in to finish it.

Has anyone watched the new Tom Clancy made for Prime?

[martini2429]

Stowaway on Prime - finished and what an anti-climax. I really wish I'd not put the effort in to finish it.

Has anyone watched the new Tom Clancy made for Prime?

yeah, found it a bit meeehhh, all too predictable

 

[LLPunting]

Stowaway on Prime - finished and what an anti-climax. I really wish I'd not put the effort in to finish it.

Has anyone watched the new Tom Clancy made for Prime?

The Michael B Jordan - Without Remorse?  It's pretty bad.  The action is disjointed, tactically shite and second-rate compared to Bourne, Atomic Blonde, Nobody, John Wick, Sicario and less entertaining than most any Asian action title.  The dramatic beats are all melo ones and over-caked in woke dressing.  Given the calibre of the cast involved this was probably a failing of direction, technical consultants and script, MBJ has to take some of the blame as he was a producer.  The second unit experience looks pretty sound at director level so even more disappointing with the action that ended up in the cut.

[Dickled]

Stowaway on Prime - finished and what an anti-climax. I really wish I'd not put the effort in to finish it.

Has anyone watched the new Tom Clancy made for Prime?

Netflix?

[standardpostage]

Fatma. Netflix. Turkish drama about a female cleaner who kills people. Above average crime drama. 7 out of 10.

6 episodes. 2021 release. Stars Burcu Biricik.

[PunterNumber69]

Netflix?

Yes, sorry Netflix.

[jimmymac]

I watched Infernal Affairs recently. It's the Hong Kong based film that Brad Pitt bought the rights to so that The Departed could be made. Everyone seemed to rave about it as some kind of edgy masterpiece so as a fan of Asian cinema I thought I'd take a look
I wasn't sure what to think to be honest?  Some of it's quit slick and well done, but other bits are like some bad made for tv movie. On balance I'd say The Departed was much better for me.

Got around to watching it and 100% agree with your take on it.
Much prefered The Departed.

[Dickled]

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I've started watching Underbelly, which is available on Prime. It's been described as an Australian Sopranos, but unlike that great series, features actors playing what are or were real people.
First episode was excellent , with beautiful girls and psychopathic gangsters.

[lostandfound]

Stowaway on Prime - finished and what an anti-climax. I really wish I'd not put the effort in to finish it.

Has anyone watched the new Tom Clancy made for Prime?

Some good action sequences. Got bored and gave up on it. Maybe 30 years ago when I first read a Tom Clancy novel this might have offered something. But really they're all just the same thing over and over.

TC novels could be compulsive reading because of the snappy rich details, but the plots are all the same. Big yawn.

It is a pisser that Netflix and Amazon have budgets to dream of but they turn out such shit over and over again. Someone at these companies needs to wake up.

[Xtro]

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I've started watching Underbelly, which is available on Prime. It's been described as an Australian Sopranos, but unlike that great series, features actors playing what are or were real people.
First episode was excellent , with beautiful girls and psychopathic gangsters.

I watched this many years ago. Excellent series.   

[LLPunting]

Some good action sequences. Got bored and gave up on it. Maybe 30 years ago when I first read a Tom Clancy novel this might have offered something. But really they're all just the same thing over and over.

TC novels could be compulsive reading because of the snappy rich details, but the plots are all the same. Big yawn.

It is a pisser that Netflix and Axxxxxx have budgets to dream of but they turn out such shit over and over again. Someone at these companies needs to wake up.

Actually the streaming platforms and TC are suited as they are comfort items, there to serve up whatever just passes the time without over-taxing the attention centres in the brain.

TC (re-)interpretations like Ludlum's Bourne got could be great, we got a hint of that from the one with Willem Dafoe and the marines abandoned in South America (Clear and Present Danger?) which was plenty woke as far as representation goes nearly 30 years ago.  Sadly the current imaginings with Krasinsky and Michael B are rather insipid, laboured affairs.

[standardpostage]

And Tomorrow The Entire World. Netflix. Very good. 9 out of 10.

German political drama. Great acting by everyone. 2020 film.

Stars Mala Emde. Recommended.

[Chorley]

Got around to watching it and 100% agree with your take on it.
Much prefered The Departed.

I watched Infernal Affairs 2 and I thought that was fantastic. It's a prequel to the first film, set  primarily in the early 90's, and while it does get quite complicated at times as it flits back and forth between time lines, it's well worth it.
Plenty of WTF moments and the added bonus of Carina Lau looking milfy as the gangsters moll.  I do wonder whether it is intended to watch all three films in the series as a whole for them to make sense? 

[PunterNumber69]

When Harry Met Sally - Meg Ryan is hot. Never watched the whole thing before.  Enjoyable.

[Ali Katt]

When Harry Met Sally - Meg Ryan is hot. Never watched the whole thing before.  Enjoyable.

One of the better comedies of the 80s and a romcom that men can enjoy. Pretty much took the Annie Hall formula and made it a bit more streamlined.

[sparkus]

Actually the streaming platforms and TC are suited as they are comfort items, there to serve up whatever just passes the time without over-taxing the attention centres in the brain.

TC (re-)interpretations like Ludlum's Bourne got could be great, we got a hint of that from the one with Willem Dafoe and the marines abandoned in South America (Clear and Present Danger?) which was plenty woke as far as representation goes nearly 30 years ago.  Sadly the current imaginings with Krasinsky and Michael B are rather insipid, laboured affairs.

The Sum of All Fears often works in a punting context

[LLPunting]

One of the better comedies of the 80s and a romcom that men can enjoy. Pretty much took the Annie Hall formula and made it a bit more streamlined.

Will never think of Annie Hall in the same way... Diane Keaton, Shelley Duvall or Carol Kane doing that restaurant scene?.. not sexy funny

[daviemac]

I watched this many years ago. Excellent series.   

Would that be about the same time as you posted your last review?? 

[Xtro]

Would that be about the same time as you posted your last review?? 

Ouch.

Is there a problem DM?

[king tarzan]

Starsky and Hutch


Huggy bear


Ruus cluut boombacluut 👊🥊🥊👊🥊👊

[daviemac]

Ouch.

Is there a problem DM?

Kettle calling the pot black maybe. 

[NightKid]

I watched Infernal Affairs 2 and I thought that was fantastic. It's a prequel to the first film, set  primarily in the early 90's, and while it does get quite complicated at times as it flits back and forth between time lines, it's well worth it.
Plenty of WTF moments and the added bonus of Carina Lau looking milfy as the gangsters moll.  I do wonder whether it is intended to watch all three films in the series as a whole for them to make sense? 

Not necessarily, but considering 2 is a prequel and the best of the series then obviously it enhances the first as such.

Edit: Fair warning though, you may feel 3 is the weakest once you get to it ... bit of a recurring theme for most trilogies sadly 

[cotton]

Chernobyl - missed this when it was first shown.  Excellent.

Watched Chernobyl over the last couple of days.  Agree its excellent. Quite amazing how they recreated everything to convincingly.   

[standardpostage]

Kurier. Polish military drama. Netflix. Set in 2nd World War.

Very good. Decent acting by all. 8 out of 10.

Stars Phillippe Tlokinski.

This film also called The Resistance Fighter.

2019 movie.

[Rick2468]

I know these aren't movies or tvs but I'm being edgy.

I'm currently reading Dune for a second time. First read it when I was around 13 or 14 and loved it. My tastes have changed a lot and fancied rereading it as an adult. I'm about a third in and oh my it is great. The story is so clever and I absolutely love the lore regarding the Fremen. I'm also impressed how much of the details such as dialogue I still remember from 25 years ago. Some people regard Dune as Lord of The Rings set in space, I never really liked LOTR much but I absolutely love Dune.

On to games now, I completed Final Fantasy VII Remake for the second time. Completing it on easy unlocked hard mode and I loved the story so thought I'd play through again. The hard mode is REALLY hard (clue is in the name) and made me realise how well balanced all the combat is. I played the original game when it came out in 1997 so playing the remake really had a lot of charm.

[The0neAnd0nly]

I know these aren't movies or tvs but I'm being edgy.

I'm currently reading Dune for a second time. First read it when I was around 13 or 14 and loved it. My tastes have changed a lot and fancied rereading it as an adult. I'm about a third in and oh my it is great. The story is so clever and I absolutely love the lore regarding the Fremen. I'm also impressed how much of the details such as dialogue I still remember from 25 years ago. Some people regard Dune as Lord of The Rings set in space, I never really liked LOTR much but I absolutely love Dune.

On to games now, I completed Final Fantasy VII Remake for the second time. Completing it on easy unlocked hard mode and I loved the story so thought I'd play through again. The hard mode is REALLY hard (clue is in the name) and made me realise how well balanced all the combat is. I played the original game when it came out in 1997 so playing the remake really had a lot of charm.

Never read Dune and barely remember the original movie. Trailer for new ones looks fantastic though so might follow your recommendation and try the book 

FF7R was my 2nd best game of last year after The Last of Us Part 2. I might be biased though as first TLOU is my favourite game of all time  I also started a 2nd play through of FF7R but had no MP against hell house so impossible to defeat it (had found rest of Hard mode easy untill that!)

P.s FF8 is my favourite of all time and the theory is it's always the first one you play... which it was! Series really dropped off after 9 though

[Rick2468]

Never read Dune and barely remember the original movie. Trailer for new ones looks fantastic though so might follow your recommendation and try the book 

FF7R was my 2nd best game of last year after The Last of Us Part 2. I might be biased though as first TLOU is my favourite game of all time  I also started a 2nd play through of FF7R but had no MP against hell house so impossible to defeat it (had found rest of Hard mode easy untill that!)

P.s FF8 is my favourite of all time and the theory is it's always the first one you play... which it was! Series really dropped off after 9 though

Agreed the new Dune trailer looks great. I like the director as he did Arrival (great film) and Bladerunner 2049.  It is an expensive movie and Hollywood are apparently nervous it might bomb a the box office and people would rather see a Marvel film or Ghostbusters rather than a film with a complicated storyline. Tim Chalmanet (sp?) looks brilliant as Paul Attreidies.

I played (and even platinumed) FFVIII over Christmas. I hadn't played it before and I thought it was great. I had 2 weeks off over Christmas with very little plans so thought I'd buy a JRPG to get stuck into. It was great being able to send long hours long sessions playing it.

For FF7R, did you know if you get MP shards from a Shinra you can save and reload your game and the MP shards will be back do you can get up to full MP? I think there are shinra crates in the junkyard bit of Chapter 9. I basically went into every boss battle with maximum MP this way. Also you can get Guttendummach by completing the combat simulator in Chapter 7 which efffectively nerfs all non-boss battles so you don't need to use MP. I didn't find Hell House that bad, I used Bio to slowly poison it and kept healed up. Hard mode really is impressive though, the bosses are all really hard but feel doable! It took me about 30 minutes I think to defeat Arsenal on hard but I had a safe strategy of picking him off from the safety of pillars. I actually beat Sepiroth on hard first go!

I am a bit unsure what to play next. I have PSNow and PS Plus (yeh, bit of a mug I know) and games a bit shit this month so think I'll go back and finish Witcher 3. I also really need to give RDR2 a proper go, it looks great just never seem to get into it.

Have you played Control? I think that will end up being my favourite game from the PS4 generation.

[The0neAnd0nly]

Dont want to hijack the thread but thanks for the tips will check them out! Tbh think I just suffered from burnout but might give it a fresh try with your suggestions!

I'm still yet to play Horizon Zero Dawn or God of War... to be honest during this most recent lockdown I've gamed significantly less and watched more series.

[Rick2468]

Dont want to hijack the thread but thanks for the tips will check them out! Tbh think I just suffered from burnout but might give it a fresh try with your suggestions!

I'm still yet to play Horizon Zero Dawn or God of War... to be honest during this most recent lockdown I've gamed significantly less and watched more series.

Yeh good point about hijacking but I think gaming falls into similar territory. No one has told me to shut up about books.....yet!

Just wanted to make sure you know that Horizon Zero Dawn is currently free? You can add it to your library then you can download it at any time in future. It doesn't have the DLC though. I paid £12 for a disc edition which had the DLC. It is a great game. God of War is very VERY good as well, it's a masterpiece in story telling.

Have you played Titanfall 2? It's an old game but I bought a copy of just £3 new and I thought it was great. It's short (about 6 hours) but it is all quality action, they cut out all the boring shit they usually use to pad out games.

I'm a bit stuck on what to play next now that Final Fantasy VII is finished. Nioh is free on PS Plus but got okayish reviews. Going to watch a video review to see if it looks good. Days Gone is also free but not sure I can be assed with it. I like it when I find a game that has "okay" reviews but I actually end up loving it.

[Ali Katt]

I know these aren't movies or tvs but I'm being edgy.

I'm currently reading Dune for a second time. First read it when I was around 13 or 14 and loved it. My tastes have changed a lot and fancied rereading it as an adult. I'm about a third in and oh my it is great. The story is so clever and I absolutely love the lore regarding the Fremen. I'm also impressed how much of the details such as dialogue I still remember from 25 years ago. Some people regard Dune as Lord of The Rings set in space, I never really liked LOTR much but I absolutely love Dune.

On to games now, I completed Final Fantasy VII Remake for the second time. Completing it on easy unlocked hard mode and I loved the story so thought I'd play through again. The hard mode is REALLY hard (clue is in the name) and made me realise how well balanced all the combat is. I played the original game when it came out in 1997 so playing the remake really had a lot of charm.

I started a thread on videogames, but it never took off. I completed ffvii about a year after it came out. Great game and hugely important, pretty much the reason why we have games like monster hunter and dragon quest translated into English now, as well as Dangonropa on Steam. I do believe it's one of the best games ever made, but one I've no desire to go back to mainly because it took me 50 hours last time.

[lostandfound]

Yeh good point about hijacking but I think gaming falls into similar territory. No one has told me to shut up about books.....yet!

Just wanted to make sure you know that Horizon Zero Dawn is currently free? You can add it to your library then you can download it at any time in future. It doesn't have the DLC though. I paid £12 for a disc edition which had the DLC. It is a great game. God of War is very VERY good as well, it's a masterpiece in story telling.

Have you played Titanfall 2? It's an old game but I bought a copy of just £3 new and I thought it was great. It's short (about 6 hours) but it is all quality action, they cut out all the boring shit they usually use to pad out games.

I'm a bit stuck on what to play next now that Final Fantasy VII is finished. Nioh is free on PS Plus but got okayish reviews. Going to watch a video review to see if it looks good. Days Gone is also free but not sure I can be assed with it. I like it when I find a game that has "okay" reviews but I actually end up loving it.

Thanks for reminding me of that game. Downloading it now from origin. I purchased a cheap copy a while ago, and never played it. Saw it on Steam the other day at a much higher price.

I go back and forwards on video games. I think they are an amazing technical artefact and something I should be into and enjoy, but I find many a bit dull. My gaming PC died a while ago and I only just got around to rebuilding it and reinstalling purchased games.

I'm toying with upgrading to VR - also good for porn of course - but it seems a dear do. The top rated HP VR set seems to go for more than RRP and you need a super powerful and expensive GPU to make the best of it.

One thing I notice is that there don't seem to be many super cheap game deals around anymore. I assume this is because covid lockdowns have driven up demand?

[Rick2468]

Thanks for reminding me of that game. Downloading it now from origin. I purchased a cheap copy a while ago, and never played it. Saw it on Steam the other day at a much higher price.

I go back and forwards on video games. I think they are an amazing technical artefact and something I should be into and enjoy, but I find many a bit dull. My gaming PC died a while ago and I only just got around to rebuilding it and reinstalling purchased games.

I'm toying with upgrading to VR - also good for porn of course - but it seems a dear do. The top rated HP VR set seems to go for more than RRP and you need a super powerful and expensive GPU to make the best of it.

One thing I notice is that there don't seem to be many super cheap game deals around anymore. I assume this is because covid lockdowns have driven up demand?

I was bought up surrounded by video games and was obsessed all through childhood. When I went to sixth form and discovered women / booze I played a lot less. I didn't play at all during University but I remember I always enjoyed visiting my parents and my Dad showing me the latest games. When I had been working a few years and finally decided I had money to spend I bought a top of the range PC along with Half Life 2. I hadn't played a game for 6 years by that point so I saw 6 years of advancement all at once and I was amazed (Half Life 2 was a top top quality game). Since then I have had periods of playing games for a year or so then taking a year or so off, normally reversely correlated to when I am in a relationship or not! I have 4 friends and we try and meet up on Sunday evenings to play co-op games which is fun. Last year when lockdown started I played Fallout 4 for an hour an evening as the advice was to stay indoors as much as possible and it was great to get so absorbed into such a huge game.

I am not tempted to get VR myself, I have played it around my friends and it is fun but I kind of don't like not being able to see my actual surroundings....bit of a strange phobia. It is taking off so never say never.

For game deals I currently have PS+ and PS Now which are two subscription services by Sony and I get an amount of free games a month. Sony also gave away 10 games recently. I keep an eye on Hot UK Deals for cheap game deals. I rarely pay more than £20 for a game now so there is so much to play I am happy to wait a year or so after release when the price was dropped. That was a great thing about FFVII Remake....I wanted it and I said I would buy it as soon as it got below £20 and it was getting very close then Sony released it as a free game. I was chuffed.

[lostandfound]

I was bought up surrounded by video games and was obsessed all through childhood. When I went to sixth form and discovered women / booze I played a lot less. I didn't play at all during University but I remember I always enjoyed visiting my parents and my Dad showing me the latest games. When I had been working a few years and finally decided I had money to spend I bought a top of the range PC along with Half Life 2. I hadn't played a game for 6 years by that point so I saw 6 years of advancement all at once and I was amazed (Half Life 2 was a top top quality game). Since then I have had periods of playing games for a year or so then taking a year or so off, normally reversely correlated to when I am in a relationship or not! I have 4 friends and we try and meet up on Sunday evenings to play co-op games which is fun. Last year when lockdown started I played Fallout 4 for an hour an evening as the advice was to stay indoors as much as possible and it was great to get so absorbed into such a huge game.

I am not tempted to get VR myself, I have played it around my friends and it is fun but I kind of don't like not being able to see my actual surroundings....bit of a strange phobia. It is taking off so never say never.

For game deals I currently have PS+ and PS Now which are two subscription services by Sony and I get an amount of free games a month. Sony also gave away 10 games recently. I keep an eye on Hot UK Deals for cheap game deals. I rarely pay more than £20 for a game now so there is so much to play I am happy to wait a year or so after release when the price was dropped. That was a great thing about FFVII Remake....I wanted it and I said I would buy it as soon as it got below £20 and it was getting very close then Sony released it as a free game. I was chuffed.

I was amazed by Half Life when it came out - found it visually stunning compared to what I'd seen before. Sometimes think things haven't really moved on very much since then.

Yep Hotukdeals very good - I spotted a number of cheap game deals via them.

Having revived my PC I was not impressed to see Doom Eternal was £50 on Steam - but I've just had a look and it's £16.49 at the moment which is much more reasonable. Think I got Doom 2016 for under a fiver on a deal I saw on HUK.

For VR I think I'll wait until the next gen, when I hope the standards of the current state of the art will be available for much less. Current prices for HP VR set + NVIDIA 3080 / 3090 - seems like it's easy to spend £2K+ just for starters.

[The0neAnd0nly]

One of my lockdown binges started again on channel 4 last night.. SAS Who Dares Wins.

Find the format and assessments really intriguing and like the endgame is a  simple "are you good enough" rather then a cash prize/ job in the SAS or whatever. Do get some sob stories like in xfactor but also get hard men with massive egos breaking down.

Recommended watching if like me you've ever considered doing something like Top Mudder... but always found a excuse not to 

[cotton]

^ Yeh i enjoy it aswell , with the caveat that you have to accept that is is heavily scripted and contrived and even fabricated.  There was one episode in a previous series where they were put in pairs with the task of descending a steep drop with one of the pair freefalling and the other one acting as brakeman on the drop , the aim being to establish trust and dependability both ways.  Predictably all the pairs did ok until the pair including the poor sap who had , in the preceeding run up , been built up as the unreliable flake was given the job of brake-man, so predictably the scapegoat flake guy didnt brake in time and the other one of the pair went crashing onto the rocks below, only thing it was quite clear it was not a real person but a doll hitting the rocks otherwise the other person would have been totally fucked. So totally fake.
Yeh so its entertaining but very scripted and fake for the purposes of entertainment.

[PunterNumber69]

Tenet - lots of fancy effects, but the story wasn't great. I wouldn't watch it again.

[Ali Katt]

Thanks for reminding me of that game. Downloading it now from origin. I purchased a cheap copy a while ago, and never played it. Saw it on Steam the other day at a much higher price.

I go back and forwards on video games. I think they are an amazing technical artefact and something I should be into and enjoy, but I find many a bit dull. My gaming PC died a while ago and I only just got around to rebuilding it and reinstalling purchased games.

I'm toying with upgrading to VR - also good for porn of course - but it seems a dear do. The top rated HP VR set seems to go for more than RRP and you need a super powerful and expensive GPU to make the best of it.

One thing I notice is that there don't seem to be many super cheap game deals around anymore. I assume this is because covid lockdowns have driven up demand?

Stick the games you want on a wishlist. Most go on offer at some point. Epic Games give away free games every week, sometimes triple a titles: GTA V, Watchdogs, Rage 2, Yookalaylee were all on there last year.

[sparkus]

I started a thread on videogames, but it never took off. I completed ffvii about a year after it came out. Great game and hugely important, pretty much the reason why we have games like monster hunter and dragon quest translated into English now, as well as Dangonropa on Steam. I do believe it's one of the best games ever made, but one I've no desire to go back to mainly because it took me 50 hours last time.

Did you?

[lostandfound]

Stick the games you want on a wishlist. Most go on offer at some point. Epic Games give away free games every week, sometimes triple a titles: GTA V, Watchdogs, Rage 2, Yookalaylee were all on there last year.

Thanks - I'll do that. 

[The0neAnd0nly]

Tenet - lots of fancy effects, but the story wasn't great. I wouldn't watch it again.

Agree 100% - was expecting massive things after Inception and Interstellar.

Maybe it should have been called Int'enet and it be about poor broadband connection in the Yorkshire dales!

[The Film Director]

Did you?

If you didn't .... please do.

[Ali Katt]

Agree 100% - was expecting massive things after Inception and Interstellar.

Maybe it should have been called Int'enet and it be about poor broadband connection in the Yorkshire dales!

I saw Tenet at the cinema. I think it rightly won an Oscar for FX, in what was a poor year for films and TV. I think Denzel Washington is a great actor, but he really struggled with some of the jokey one liners given he is quite serious and domineering. It's pretty much a retelling of loads of films: Stalker, Timecrimes, maybe even 2001 in that man Vs machine way and maybe even total recall. I can see why people didn't like it or found it underwhelming, I'm not a the biggest sci-fi fan, but I really enjoyed it, but I think seeing it on a big screen with Dolby Atmos really made the difference.

[Ali Katt]

If you didn't .... please do.

Found it video games thread:
https://www.ukpunting.com/index.php?topic=278060.msg2869274#msg2869274

[The Film Director]

Found it video games thread:
https://www.ukpunting.com/index.php?topic=278060.msg2869274#msg2869274

 

[The0neAnd0nly]

I saw Tenet at the cinema. I think it rightly won an Oscar for FX, in what was a poor year for films and TV. I think Denzel Washington is a great actor, but he really struggled with some of the jokey one liners given he is quite serious and domineering. It's pretty much a retelling of loads of films: Stalker, Timecrimes, maybe even 2001 in that man Vs machine way and maybe even total recall. I can see why people didn't like it or found it underwhelming, I'm not a the biggest sci-fi fan, but I really enjoyed it, but I think seeing it on a big screen with Dolby Atmos really made the difference.

Yeah I watched it at the cinema too AK in that weird time space between lockdowns. Youre right he cinematography and effects were unreal wouldnt expect anything less though!

I think I'll try it again as remember finding the dialogue in possible to follow as muffled. Think I commented on this thread the same thing at the time too!

Cheers

[standardpostage]

Legiony. Netflix. Very good Polish First World War movie. Poles against Russians.
2019 movie. Drama / romance. Stars Wiktoria Wolanska.
8 out of 10. Great action scenes.
Decent story, well acted.

PS. Cinemas open next week, so may start going again.

[PunterNumber69]

I can't wait to see Top Gun - Maverick on an IMAX screen. I think the release is delayed to November.

Apparently Val Kilmer is in it too but the last time I saw him he didn't look to be in the best of health, which is pretty sad.

[Ali Katt]

Yeah I watched it at the cinema too AK in that weird time space between lockdowns. Youre right he cinematography and effects were unreal wouldnt expect anything less though!

I think I'll try it again as remember finding the dialogue in possible to follow as muffled. Think I commented on this thread the same thing at the time too!

Cheers

That's right I think I saw it in November along with Pixie a few weeks later.