Film

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Kicking off a Sunday evening viewing of Pirates of the Caribbean, released 20 years ago today.

[Carnage]

The Woman King - OK historical drama about warring African tribes in the 1800s, Viola Davis is fairly (excuse the Yankism) badass as the general of the king's personal guard. Some plot/narrative nonsense and politics that seem very out of place aside, a decent watch.

Black Adam - DC superhero shite that's beyond derivitive and generic. Avoid.

Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny - The title isn't the worst thing about it but it's not far off. Better than the last one, but overlong, visually bland and the ending is so ridiculous that it puts the "interdimensional beings" of ...Crystal Skull to shame. Some craic to be had here and there though.

Possible spoiler:

Spoiler

Keep an eye on the black female agent. There are multiple shots of her with a smartphone in her arse pocket. In 1969.

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[leatherface]

Awful stuff. Indiana Jones and the Dialisis Machine of Destiny. An insult. Luckily it has tanked and heads are rolling. Will Disney finally realise th error of their ways? probably not, because it's 'the fans' who are the problem, not badly written/conceived product.

[CorkonianHunger]

I'm usually harsh but didn't mind it at all, had a lot of fun. Probably a nostalgia trip, the first three were big in the house growing up.

[John Kimble]

The last Indiana Jones was so unbelievably shit, I have zero inclination to watch the new one.

I was flicking through Disney+ the other day and came across the latest Terminator. Appalling stuff altogether. I know it's a bit of a nostalgia cliche...they don't make 'em like they used to blah blah...but the CGI was so shit. I watched a making of T2 documentary recently and the Stan Winston stuff was just so good. Still holds up well.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Finally got around to watching the 2018 remake of Suspiria. Some good to very good moments, but overall just not quite good enough.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Okay, decided this morning was lost to work so sitting in cinema waiting for Indy. Bit sleep deprived, hopefully a good proxy state for stoned 👍

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Well, thoroughly enjoyed that, way more than was expecting to. There are definitely decent arguments that could be made for it being the third best Indiana Jones movie. Recommended as a cinema outing for any the rest of ye that have Indy in their DNA.

[CorkonianHunger]

Well, thoroughly enjoyed that, way more than was expecting to. There are definitely decent arguments that could be made for it being the third best Indiana Jones movie. Recommended as a cinema outing for any the rest of ye that have Indy in their DNA.

Can't disagree. Maybe I noticed the 100 references more than others, or was less bothered.

[Mithrandir]

I watched Possession (1981) And Tetsuo: The Iron Man this week as part of a film festival, not sure if I loved or hated them. I've only ever heard positive things about both films so went in blind but I found them a bit of struggle to get through. Possession had some incredible scenes, but is also an utterly bizarre and random movie. I couldn't really tell what was going on but I've have been thinking about it ever since so maybe that's the point? The Iron Man, some impressive stuff was achieved with a small budget but that's about as much merit as I could find in it. Both films seem to have a revered cult status but I think they were both a bit too film school for my tastes.

[ochoill]

Well, thoroughly enjoyed that, way more than was expecting to. There are definitely decent arguments that could be made for it being the third best Indiana Jones movie. Recommended as a cinema outing for any the rest of ye that have Indy in their DNA.

I know fuck all Indiana Jones but it didn't stop me cranking out this.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

 

Perfect!

Anyway, I scribbled out a couple of those arguments here, for anyone interested (full of spoilers!):
https://letterboxd.com/cj_stevens/film/indiana-jones-and-the-dial-of-destiny/

[CorkonianHunger]

I watched Possession (1981) And Tetsuo: The Iron Man this week as part of a film festival, not sure if I loved or hated them. I've only ever heard positive things about both films so went in blind but I found them a bit of struggle to get through. Possession had some incredible scenes, but is also an utterly bizarre and random movie. I couldn't really tell what was going on but I've have been thinking about it ever since so maybe that's the point? The Iron Man, some impressive stuff was achieved with a small budget but that's about as much merit as I could find in it. Both films seem to have a revered cult status but I think they were both a bit too film school for my tastes.

Both are class.

[Carnage]

Tetsuo's one of the worst things I've ever wasted my time with.

Possession, is that the Sam Neill vampire fillum?

[The Heretic]

Oppenheimer...good yes...but can't understand the hype..