Film

[Carnage]

On a slightly related note, I watcyed the new Superman one earlier. Very, very silly. A lot of forced humour (James Gunn innit), dodgy CGI, one dimensional characters but it had its moments I suppose. Why they gave Superman the attitude of a sulky teenager I don't know but I suppose it's a different take on it.

[Mooncat]

Just watched Weapons. Enjoyed it enough. It was slow to get going but was cool once it did.

[Carnage]

Jurassic Park: Rebirth - More of the same (the plot revolves around a mission to extract DNA from living dinosaurs - what could possibly go wrong?) but with Scarlett Johansson wearing the action pants this time and the usual close shaves, chases and annoying kids saving the day. The 'final' creature had a kind of horror slant to it but was barely seen, which was a disappointment but sure 2 hours of leaving the brain on standby, that'll do.

[Mooncat]

Jurassic Park: Rebirth - More of the same (the plot revolves around a mission to extract DNA from living dinosaurs - what could possibly go wrong?) but with Scarlett Johansson wearing the action pants this time and the usual close shaves, chases and annoying kids saving the day. The 'final' creature had a kind of horror slant to it but was barely seen, which was a disappointment but sure 2 hours of leaving the brain on standby, that'll do.

Pretty much what I thought too, though I hated that final creature. The series has just gotten utterly ridiculous now. Super guilty of completely brainless Terminator Syndrome, IE each film has to have a bigger and badder bad guy, usually at the expense of anything remotely like a better story or script. I blame Terminator 2 for this phenomenon because it pulled it off so perfectly and set a template everybody has copied badly since. Jurassic World/PArk series is almost like a video game now where the former big bads become regular henchman later in the game. Spinosaurus the absolute ultimate badass dinosaur in JP3? Have 20 of them now swimming around as just regular dinosaurs in Rebirth and have some reject from Pacific Rim as the big bad now instead. Fuck off.

My rant is stupid of course, it's a Hollywood popcorn movie. They're just rinsing the franchise now Marvel/Star Wars style.

[Sworntothecans]

The Devo documentary that's on Netflix is really good. Plus any excuse to have them on the playlist for the rest of the week as they're deadly.

[jobrok1]

On a slightly related note, I watcyed the new Superman one earlier. Very, very silly. A lot of forced humour (James Gunn innit), dodgy CGI, one dimensional characters but it had its moments I suppose. Why they gave Superman the attitude of a sulky teenager I don't know but I suppose it's a different take on it.

Yeah!
It's very Gunn, that's for sure.
Good to see a 'lighter' take on Superman and all the supporting characters. Much more comic booky and all, but the movie itself is not great.

Mr. Terrific is such a shit hero, too. Gunn basically just made him into a nerdy black Yondu.

Nathan Fillion was great as GL, though.

[Trev]

In the mood for something mindless so stuck on Happy Gilmore 2, one or two chuckles in it but essentially the exact same jokes as the first one. Shite

[open face surgery]

Ya, it's fuckin terrible.

[Mooncat]

Amadeus

First time watching it. The first half was fantastic, the second half dragged a bit. The actor playing Mozart (the guy from Animal House??) is super annoying. I know he's supposed to be, but he's hard to watch. The guy playing Salieri (the coke dealer from Scarface!) is fucking amazing though. A real tour de force performance, and super funny throughout too. All in all it was really enjoyable, and one that had slipped through the cracks for me for years despite being aware of it. I looked it up and see it was one of those films that swept up everything at the Oscars. Funny how some films do that yet don't go on to have a huge place in pop culture (like say the way Titanic is still hugely popular and talked about).

[Jward]

'Das Boot'

A masterpiece

I was in a WWII U-boat last year in Kiel, outside Hamburg
U-995

There are like 4 surviving U-boats from that period that are accessible to the public
Impressive isn't the word for the engineering

The movie is incredible

[Sworntothecans]

'Das Boot'

A masterpiece

I was in a WWII U-boat last year in Kiel, outside Hamburg
U-995

There are like 4 surviving U-boats from that period that are accessible to the public
Impressive isn't the word for the engineering

The movie is incredible

Yeah it's fucking perfect. Was one of the first movies I taped the first Christmas we owned a VCR due to me seeing it was the same director as Enemy Mine (which is still great)

[Carnage]

Das Boot is outstanding. I have the series on blu ray, 6 hour-long episodes and there's a bit more to it - the Ultimate Cut (or whatever it's called) is all of the episodes cut together.

I really need to read the book, though I'm afraid it'll ruin the film/series if there are a lot of differences.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Amadeus

First time watching it. The first half was fantastic, the second half dragged a bit. The actor playing Mozart (the guy from Animal House??) is super annoying. I know he's supposed to be, but he's hard to watch. The guy playing Salieri (the coke dealer from Scarface!) is fucking amazing though. A real tour de force performance, and super funny throughout too. All in all it was really enjoyable, and one that had slipped through the cracks for me for years despite being aware of it. I looked it up and see it was one of those films that swept up everything at the Oscars. Funny how some films do that yet don't go on to have a huge place in pop culture (like say the way Titanic is still hugely popular and talked about).

Milos Forman is a really interesting director who gets mentioned surprisingly little: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Amadeus, Man on the Moon, Ragtime, The People Versus Larry Flynt. Not all of equal quality, of course, but very impressive range all the same, especially given that three of those are "just" biopics.

[Carnage]

Amadeus is fantastic, I only saw it for the first time when I picked up the director's cut on DVD from Xtravision when they were clearing out. Hulce was manic and yes, really annoying as Mozart - he learned to play the piano for the role and played that upsidedown bit for real - and Abraham was well deserving of the Oscar for Salieri.

[Jward]

Das Boot is outstanding. I have the series on blu ray, 6 hour-long episodes and there's a bit more to it - the Ultimate Cut (or whatever it's called) is all of the episodes cut together.

I really need to read the book, though I'm afraid it'll ruin the film/series if there are a lot of differences.

I must get that Ultimate Cut/series

The book would be a different beast I'd say
Might leave it alone, as it might show up the film