What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by J Harker

Thats the first thing ive read on here that gets me excited Nos. Strange because i really like Prometheus, but there seems to have been a lot of 'meh' attitudes towards Covenant.

I wish I had seen Prometheus in the last week or so so the events were fresher in my mind. However, as I said, the story is such that it expands on the events in that film and takes it on so there is capacity for another couple of films to link Alien: Covenant to the events in Alien. When it is complete, the five or six film series (from Prometheus to Alien) will be epic in scope and something to both enjoy and debate over the course of a week.

There are some scenes which are almost B-movie popcorn entertainment and others which are grander in scope, drawing on Byron and Shelley, speculating on the purpose of the human race and, in David, having one of the great antagonists of science fiction cinema. It is a film I'm very much looking forward to watching again and it has rekindled my interest in Prometheus, something I'll probably revisit this weekend.

[MrBarlow]

Yeah it seems to have a mixed review attitude but i too am looking forward to seeing it

[Justin101]

Originally Posted by J Harker

Thats the first thing ive read on here that gets me excited Nos. Strange because i really like Prometheus, but there seems to have been a lot of 'meh' attitudes towards Covenant.

I think everyone who has posted on here about watching Covenant said they enjoyed it, I know I did!

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by MrBarlow

Yeah it seems to have a mixed review attitude but i too am looking forward to seeing it

I don't know if it's just because this week is a half term holiday, but for local Cineworld is down to two showings as the latest Pirates of the Caribbean film seems to have half the showings available in a given day and other screens showing things like Diary of a Wimpy Kid, King Arthur, Wonder Woman and Baywatch, the last two which I hoped to see but haven't found time yet; maybe next week.

Alien: Covenant is still showing next week, so it isn't disappearing without a trace and shows there is demand in the cinemas for a film, although it is part of a franchise, for those who are intellectually curious and don't just want to watch Johnny Depp phone in a pantomime performance for 2 1/2 hours.

[Justin101]

Romancing The Stone (1984)



They don't make films like this anymore...
I have an exam this afternoon, so rather than worrying and cramming for the last few hours I thought I'd chill out in bed and watch an old(!!!) classic(!?!). I picked this up on DVD with Jewel of the Nile as a double pack for 50p. Fantastic bargain! Especially since it was paid for by a fiver I found on the floor

Anyway, the film is an absolute rip-roaring comedy adventure caper that could only have been made in 1984, although I'm sure that in 1985 Cannon and 'Italy' probably had a damn good go of replicating. However, I'm digressing. Anything with Kathleen Turner in it is an instant classic for me, she has seriously good comedy skills both physical and snarky. The one unbelievable thing (??) for me was the casting of Michael Douglas (he also produced the movie...) as the hero/hunk/love interest as he is not good looking in any sense of the word and that haircut reminds me of Planet of the Apes...



That being said, he does excel as Jack, the rogue with a heart!

Great fun, 4 out of 5!

[nosferatu42]

I enjoyed Covenant too, thought it was a decent Alien film that also managed to combine and extend some of the more interesting parts of Prometheus.

The only downside was that i wasn't too enamoured with the new female lead and thought that if Shaw had continued as the lead it would have been even better because i liked the actress from the prequel.

Although this would have affected the new storyline, oh well nevermind.

Still it's a good sequel in my opinion, with Fassbender giving a good dual performance.

[bleakshaun]

Originally Posted by Justin101

Romancing The Stone (1984)



They don't make films like this anymore...
I have an exam this afternoon, so rather than worrying and cramming for the last few hours I thought I'd chill out in bed and watch an old(!!!) classic(!?!). I picked this up on DVD with Jewel of the Nile as a double pack for 50p. Fantastic bargain! Especially since it was paid for by a fiver I found on the floor

Anyway, the film is an absolute rip-roaring comedy adventure caper that could only have been made in 1984, although I'm sure that in 1985 Cannon and 'Italy' probably had a damn good go of replicating. However, I'm digressing. Anything with Kathleen Turner in it is an instant classic for me, she has seriously good comedy skills both physical and snarky. The one unbelievable thing (??) for me was the casting of Michael Douglas (he also produced the movie...) as the hero/hunk/love interest as he is not good looking in any sense of the word and that haircut reminds me of Planet of the Apes...



That being said, he does excel as Jack, the rogue with a heart!

Great fun, 4 out of 5!

personally i'd say Jewel of the Nile is better than Romancing the Stone, but it's still a good film.
The Dark Crystal
The story is about 2 species that arise from the breaking of a magic crystal - the skeksis and the mystics. Jen a gelfling is told to reunite a shard of the crystal to prevent the skeksis from eternal rule of the world. who are using the crystal to replicate (not heard of the good old in out approach of replication i suppose ).
I think 80's fantasy is awesome and this is no exception; the design and animatronics are great, there is a lot of time, love and effort put into this film as well as also dripping in atmosphere (one of the few films that scared the s**t out of me as a kid) and it's a masterpiece from Jim Henson.
9/10

[SymbioticFunction]

Rewatched Trainspotting yesterday in preparation for the sequel's arrival on Monday.

Stunning film that is still relevant today. I do find the toilet and bedsheets scenes quite nauseating but once they're out of the way, I settle down and (despite the dark subject matter), actually enjoy myself.

btw When Renton retches, I find myself doing exactly the same thing. lol

The film's ending is extremely uplifting and it has a lot of enjoyable dark humour throughout. The monologues and music are excellent. Probably the last truly great British film made and easily, one of the best films of the 1990's. 10/10.

Hopefully T2 won't be too much of a letdown (tough act to follow) - really looking forward to revisiting the surviving characters, 20 years later. Roll on Monday.

[trebor8273]

finally DC get it right, no confusing and disjointed scenes like Batman Vs Superman, this time we have a story basic as it is. Wonder woman leaves Themyscira with Steve Trevor to hunt down and kill Ares who she believes is behind WW1. Not as much action as you would expect, but when we have it, its fantastic with Gal Gadot not only looking the part, but also makes Superman look like a wimp, is it wrong that i was turned on when she was kicking ass !

strangely the showing i went to was dead, with bay watch showing around same time being sold out, so could this be that DC have a critical success, but not a finical success, which is the opposite of the others, also of the people i went with two of us loved it while the other two hated it, taking in mind the two that hated liked Batman Vs Superman and even worse dirty grandpa!! 8.3/10

Tonights viewing Wolf Guy.

[Justin101]

Originally Posted by trebor8273

finally DC get it right, no confusing and disjointed scenes like Batman Vs Superman, this time we have a story basic as it is. Wonder woman leaves Themyscira with Steve Trevor to hunt down and kill Ares who she believes is behind WW1. Not as much action as you would expect, but when we have it, its fantastic with Gal Gadot not only looking the part, but also makes Superman look like a wimp, is it wrong that i was turned on when she was kicking ass !

strangely the showing i went to was dead, with bay watch showing around same time being sold out, so could this be that DC have a critical success, but not a finical success, which is the opposite of the others, also of the people i went with two of us loved it while the other two hated it, taking in mind the two that hated liked Batman Vs Superman and even worse dirty grandpa!! 8.3/10

I think I'm going to go see this on Sunday - quite looking forward to it.