What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[Demoncrat]

Look, here's the matches ....
I give up

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Demoncrat

Look, here's the matches ....
I give up

Sounds like you are saying we are heretics for liking Zombie Lake despite it being er' wonky?

D, do you actually think it some sort of masterpiece?

[Cinematic Shocks]

Jigsaw (2017)

*** out of *****

Justice League (2017)

It isn’t horrible, and it’s actually pretty good fun overall. But that’s just it - it’s merely pretty good, when it should’ve been something great on the same level of the first Avengers, considering the source material and the massive budget the filmmakers had to work with.

The tone is colourful unlike the dour Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. The chemistry and the humour between the team members is spot on. Despite the weak development of their characters, the cast are all solid, especially Gal Gorgot, who continues to impress as Wonder Woman, and Ezra Miller as the Barry Allen Flash. Jason Momoa makes for a very cool Aquaman. Ben Affleck deserves his shot at a solo Batman film working from a better screenplay. Props to Ray Fisher as Cyborg too.

The action set-pieces are largely entertaining, if you can get over the overuse of some shitty CGI. This brings me to Steppenwolf, easily one of the worst villains ever portrayed in a comic book movie; I cringed every time he was on screen, and when the major antagonist is this weak, it’s a big problem. The plot is wafer-thin. The stakes really don’t feel high - I never once sensed the world was on the brink of apocalypse. The way the team comes together seems forced, not organic like The Avengers, as the MCU was planned from the beginning, unlike this struggling DCEU.

It’s worth a watch… but maybe just the one time.

*** out of *****

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Cinematic Shocks

Jigsaw (2017)

*** out of *****

Justice League (2017)

It isn’t horrible, and it’s actually pretty good fun overall. But that’s just it - it’s merely pretty good, when it should’ve been something great on the same level of the first Avengers, considering the source material and the massive budget the filmmakers had to work with.

The tone is colourful unlike the dour Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. The chemistry and the humour between the team members is spot on. Despite the weak development of their characters, the cast are all solid, especially Gal Gorgot, who continues to impress as Wonder Woman, and Ezra Miller as the Barry Allen Flash, and Jason Momoa makes for a very cool Aquaman. Ben Affleck deserves his shot at a solo Batman film working from a better screenplay. Props to Ray Fisher as Cyborg too.

The action set-pieces are largely entertaining, if you can get over the overuse of some shitty CGI. This brings me to Steppenwolf, easily one of the worst villains ever portrayed in a comic book movie; I cringed every time he was on screen, and when the major antagonist is this weak, it’s a big problem. The plot is wafer-thin. The stakes really don’t feel high - I never once sensed the world was on the brink of apocalypse. The way the team comes together seems forced, not organic like The Avengers, as the MCU was planned from the beginning, unlike this struggling DCEU.

It’s worth a watch… but maybe just the one time.

*** out of *****

Would have preferred your thoughts on JIgsaw than Justice League, CS.

[Cinematic Shocks]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Would have preferred your thoughts on JIgsaw than Justice League, CS.

I'd rank it up there with the better entries in the series - 1, 2, 3 & 6. I'm not a massive fan of the franchise, but I have enjoyed these ones, and this was better than it had any right to be, as it's an eighth instalment. The acting is serviceable to the needs of the plot, I liked the characters, the dialogue didn't irritatingly over-rely on the F word like earlier films, I liked how it was lit, it's briskly paced, it kept me guessing, and the twist is satisfying. Although it has its gory moments, there's nothing as extreme as say in 4... that is until the final scene. I actually liked that it didn't go for gross for the sake of being gross. Overall, it's nothing ground-breaking, but fans should be entertained.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Cinematic Shocks

I'd rank it up there with the better entries in the series - 1, 2, 3 & 6. I'm not a massive fan of the franchise, but I have enjoyed these ones, and this was better than it had any right to be, as it's an eighth instalment. The acting is serviceable to the needs of the plot, I liked the characters, the dialogue didn't irritatingly over-rely on the F word like earlier films, I liked how it was lit, it's briskly paced, it kept me guessing, and the twist is satisfying. Although it has its gory moments, there's nothing as extreme as say in 4... that is until the final scene. I actually liked that it didn't go for gross for the sake of being gross. Overall, it's nothing ground-breaking, but fans should be entertained.

Thanks. Seems like one for the collection when it hits dvd then.

[Susan Foreman]

Originally Posted by Cinematic Shocks

Jigsaw (2017)

*** out of *****

Justice League (2017)

It isn’t horrible, and it’s actually pretty good fun overall. But that’s just it - it’s merely pretty good, when it should’ve been something great on the same level of the first Avengers, considering the source material and the massive budget the filmmakers had to work with.

The tone is colourful unlike the dour Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. The chemistry and the humour between the team members is spot on. Despite the weak development of their characters, the cast are all solid, especially Gal Gorgot, who continues to impress as Wonder Woman, and Ezra Miller as the Barry Allen Flash. Jason Momoa makes for a very cool Aquaman. Ben Affleck deserves his shot at a solo Batman film working from a better screenplay. Props to Ray Fisher as Cyborg too.

The action set-pieces are largely entertaining, if you can get over the overuse of some shitty CGI. This brings me to Steppenwolf, easily one of the worst villains ever portrayed in a comic book movie; I cringed every time he was on screen, and when the major antagonist is this weak, it’s a big problem. The plot is wafer-thin. The stakes really don’t feel high - I never once sensed the world was on the brink of apocalypse. The way the team comes together seems forced, not organic like The Avengers, as the MCU was planned from the beginning, unlike this struggling DCEU.

It’s worth a watch… but maybe just the one time.

*** out of *****

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Would have preferred your thoughts on JIgsaw than Justice League, CS.

I would have preferred thoughts on both films

Too many people are just posting a trailer and a mark/10

This doesn't tell me anything about the film, other than what the studio wants me to know (which is that this film in question is the greatest thing since sliced bread!)

[Demoncrat]

Originally Posted by MrBarlow

Rollin had some good ideas but some movies were never the best but they are ok to pass the time

No, Dem. My matches comment was directed at this ... by the time the bloody phone had posted it ... ahem. Zombie Lake is a chumbucket of a film. Any remake couldn't fail to 'improve' on it (effects wise anyhow ... green paint ain't scary)
I'm a Shock Waves man through and through

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Demoncrat

No, Dem. My matches comment was directed at this ... by the time the bloody phone had posted it ... ahem. Zombie Lake is a chumbucket of a film. Any remake couldn't fail to 'improve' on it (effects wise anyhow ... green paint ain't scary)
I'm a Shock Waves man through and through

Ha,ha! Shock Waves. The dullest zombie film in Christendom.

I have a lighter you can borrow. Save your matches.

[Demoncrat]

The fun we have.
Watching Starcrash. Marjoe Mania!! It's gone aw festive? ... or am I having a stroke? I can smell the glue from here ... but is still far more entertaining than Valerian on a base level. And as this is the film I kept thinking of during V&TLCOP ....
A-Xmas-hem. Spinell's haircut almost offsets his atrocious dubbing ... almost.

I'll get me Coates ...