Was so looking forward to this! I really enjoyed the first one and Dark of the Moon was ok. Revenge of the Fallen was a complete and utter mess with almost every character, including some of the Autobots completely nauseating. And at least Age of Extinction did away with the damned awful Witwicky family. I had high hopes for The Last Knight.Film The Redcafe Movie review thread
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Was so looking forward to this! I really enjoyed the first one and Dark of the Moon was ok. Revenge of the Fallen was a complete and utter mess with almost every character, including some of the Autobots completely nauseating. And at least Age of Extinction did away with the damned awful Witwicky family. I had high hopes for The Last Knight.Why are blockbusters so shit lately?
Because they're more about style over substance these days.
The transformers series has a whole has been atrocious. It started of meh, and somehow just kept getting worse.
The last movie with the whole romeo and juliet to justify some dude 20 year old banging a 17 year old was just a wtf moment. They spent more time on justifying that then probably the rest of the movie.
I was kinda hoping the new one would be kinda cooler with Hopkins in it, at least.
The last movie with the whole romeo and juliet to justify some dude 20 year old banging a 17 year old was just a wtf moment. They spent more time on justifying that then probably the rest of the movie.
I was kinda hoping the new one would be kinda cooler with Hopkins in it, at least.
As long as the Transformer films make a billion dollars, they'll keep making them. This one is going to flop though, so it's the beginning of the end.
Depressingly, Warner Bros. has just announced they're going to start cutting down on middling budgeted films, the 30-60 million range, which is the area already most neglected by the studios, and the area most of the best American directors function in. So it's going to get worse.
Depressingly, Warner Bros. has just announced they're going to start cutting down on middling budgeted films, the 30-60 million range, which is the area already most neglected by the studios, and the area most of the best American directors function in. So it's going to get worse.
I just struggle to believe this film was written by an actual adult.
The original animated 1986 Transformers: The Movie is still the best Transformers movie by a long long way... and more then that, is just a film of unparalleled genius (and i'll fight anyone who says otherwise...)
I don't know which franchise depresses me the most. Fast & Furious or Transformers.
Probably FF.
Probably FF.
I want to see Vin Diesel headbutt Optimus Prime.
The Belko Experiment and The Invitation are both great films and I recommend them to anyone.
Shut your mouth. F&F is amazing.
When I'm looking for a movie to watch I usually end up watching movies from before 2010. I'm not gonna say this is a bad decade, it's just not for me. I am not a comic fan so you can imagine how annoyed I am with all the comic movies. For others however it's fantastic.
Anyone else having this issue?
Anyone else having this issue?
Have you tried looking for non comic book films? There are plenty of very good ones worth watching.
Definitely FF. Awful, awful, awful. It's just one big, 2 hour circle jerk. Only with more grease and hugging than your average circle jerk.
Yeah, Transformers is pretty harmless compared to the absolute toxicness of F&F.
F&F much more fun.
Transformers shits on F&F.
F&F is one of the worst franchises to ever exist.
F&F is one of the worst franchises to ever exist.
Free Fire
Starts off quite funny but then fizzles out in the last hour mainly due to having a lack of quirky characters to sustain it (with the exception of Jack Reynor and Sharlto Copley).
Starts off quite funny but then fizzles out in the last hour mainly due to having a lack of quirky characters to sustain it (with the exception of Jack Reynor and Sharlto Copley).
So anyone who can comment on how "Airplane" matches up to "Man with the naked gun", "Hot Shots" and "Top Secret"?
Just watched the original "Man with the naked gun" the other day and pissed myself laughing, had forgot how funny these slapstick comedies actually are.
Got all three in my torrent client at the moment and want to know how I should prioritize.
Just watched the original "Man with the naked gun" the other day and pissed myself laughing, had forgot how funny these slapstick comedies actually are.
Got all three in my torrent client at the moment and want to know how I should prioritize.
Go for Airplane then Hot Shots. Don't know the other one. Leslie Neilsen was a master at those films. Have you seen Police Squad?
Yeah, Police Squad is the "Man with the naked gun" ones, 1 and 2 are great, the third is a chore.
Edit: Oh, you mean "Police Squad!" the 1982 one? Not seen that one, thought the "Man with the naked gun" was a spoof based on that, didn't realize that Police Squad was a spoof as well.
Police Squad was the series.. didn't know there was a Naked Gun 3(a joke too far by the sound of it).
Is the series as good as the "naked gun" movie?
Top Secret is a great spy spoof and well worth watching.
The tv series is amazing.
From memory it was, but crikey, must have been 20 or so years since I watched it.
Those are some silly silly movies. Have to re-watch now.
Kind Arthur might be one of the worst things ever made. I mean what the feck Guy Ritchie?
John Wick: Chapter 2
There is no much story, no characterization, some things don't have much sense but couldn't take my eyes from it and the movie flew by. Action scenes are on another level and in these case you really should just buckle up and enjoy the ride.
Looking forward to Chapter 3
7,5/10
There is no much story, no characterization, some things don't have much sense but couldn't take my eyes from it and the movie flew by. Action scenes are on another level and in these case you really should just buckle up and enjoy the ride.
Looking forward to Chapter 3
7,5/10
Baby Driver
Not sure it was entirely worthy of the wankworthy reviews from all and sundry but as action movies go it ticked all the right boxes (although I was actually expecting more car chases if I'm honest). Hell as musicals go it ticked all the right boxes too. Good cast and good fun. I swear I've seen that Mike Myers gag before though somewhere...
Also if you're watching this at an Empire Cinema (and have never been before) make sure you don't make the mistake of turning up 15 minutes late to avoid trailers like the dozen or so noobs in my showing who ended up missing the best car chase in the film.
Not sure it was entirely worthy of the wankworthy reviews from all and sundry but as action movies go it ticked all the right boxes (although I was actually expecting more car chases if I'm honest). Hell as musicals go it ticked all the right boxes too. Good cast and good fun. I swear I've seen that Mike Myers gag before though somewhere...
Also if you're watching this at an Empire Cinema (and have never been before) make sure you don't make the mistake of turning up 15 minutes late to avoid trailers like the dozen or so noobs in my showing who ended up missing the best car chase in the film.
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Yeah that's my take to be honest. It's a whole lot of fun, and anything with cars is pretty exemplary (though nothing even comes remotely close to matching the opening scene)... but there's nothing much between the ears here at all, and the plot is incredibly simple. It's pretty much a mindless summer blockbuster (but a really well made one all the same) and should be treated as such, not some ground-breaking piece of cinema or anything.
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Indeed. The plot was paper thin and the characters largely caricatures but I still enjoyed it. I mean why would someone like Spacey's 'Doc' character even hire unstable psychotics' like Jamie Foxx's 'Bats'.
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why the feck would he not tell them that they were buying guns from the police
But yeah I'm not gonna go down that route. I like Edgar Wright and hope this does well for him.
Jamie Foxx's character was basically if his Horrible Bosses character was an actual criminal.Indeed. The plot was paper thin and the characters largely caricatures but I still enjoyed it. I mean why would someone like Spacey's 'Doc' character even hire unstable psychotics' like Jamie Foxx's 'Bats'.
Alsowhy the feck would he not tell them that they were buying guns from the police
But yeah I'm not gonna go down that route. I like Edgar Wright and hope this does well for him.
War Dogs
Been looking forward to this for a while and finally saw it. Whilst the two leads were great and it was a pretty decent film, it just seemed to be missing something. I can't really remember any stand out scenes from it at all. Maybe I was just not in the right mood 6/10
Blade Runner
Watched this as a kid and didn't understand it but now revisiting it, I realize there wasnt much to understand. For a sci fi that's so highly regarded, it felt very simple. Nevertheless, still had a fun time watching it and probably would have enjoyed it more had i seen it when it came out but if I was also a bit older 6.5/10
Back To The Future
I might be 32 years late but man did this film live up to the hype. Really had a blast watching this and can't wait for to watch parts 2 and 3. Such a good movie 8.5/10
Been looking forward to this for a while and finally saw it. Whilst the two leads were great and it was a pretty decent film, it just seemed to be missing something. I can't really remember any stand out scenes from it at all. Maybe I was just not in the right mood 6/10
Blade Runner
Watched this as a kid and didn't understand it but now revisiting it, I realize there wasnt much to understand. For a sci fi that's so highly regarded, it felt very simple. Nevertheless, still had a fun time watching it and probably would have enjoyed it more had i seen it when it came out but if I was also a bit older 6.5/10
Back To The Future
I might be 32 years late but man did this film live up to the hype. Really had a blast watching this and can't wait for to watch parts 2 and 3. Such a good movie 8.5/10
Airplane is brilliant, watch it now. So so funny. The second one is ok if I recall correctly, but not 100% sure.
Awesome. Better late than never as some say.
Sequels are poorer, of course, but still good, careful with the *science* too.
OKJA. Another wonderful and inconsistent Bong Joon-ho film sees a young girl in a struggle to save her giant pig from the butchers block. Again the tone is all over the place; from slapstick clowning to bleak horror within moments (more often than not it works). It has the feel of a family film in the spirit of E.T. or Beethoven but with liberal use of the word feck and a chilling ending. The film highlights the brutality of industrial meat, the powers and pitfalls of social media and our consumption of both. It's easy to see the influence of co-writer Jon Ronson in the way that the film unabashedly implicates everything and everyone. Tilda gives another odd and oddly enjoyable performance as the woman behind Big-Farmer (Pig-Pharma? - I'm sure there's a good joke there somewhere), before showing up again later as her twin sister Theresa May. Another fine mess.
The Swimmer. An Odyssean journey through a landscape of regrets and suburban opulent vacuity via the neighbourhood's swimming pools. Burt Lancaster plays the bronzed Homeric hero who conceives the idea in a mad moment of epiphany. It's a melancholic film filled with bizarre creativity, grand and grandiose themes, succinct storytelling and beautiful characterisation (basically all the good things that don't usually go together). Think Frankenheimer's Seconds crossed with The Twilight Zone and wrapped in an Ovidian romance. It's in the Kane/Plainview mould both in theme and quality. Epic win.
The Swimmer. An Odyssean journey through a landscape of regrets and suburban opulent vacuity via the neighbourhood's swimming pools. Burt Lancaster plays the bronzed Homeric hero who conceives the idea in a mad moment of epiphany. It's a melancholic film filled with bizarre creativity, grand and grandiose themes, succinct storytelling and beautiful characterisation (basically all the good things that don't usually go together). Think Frankenheimer's Seconds crossed with The Twilight Zone and wrapped in an Ovidian romance. It's in the Kane/Plainview mould both in theme and quality. Epic win.
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Brilliant, unnerving film. Lancaster galloping across the fields is quite a towering sight.
Burt Lancaster was a real powerhouse.
I saw The Professionals a while back after an interval of decades and it was great. Anyone looking for a fun action flick with characters who are recognizable human beings rather than the testosterone filled dolls they became in the Arnie/Stallone era should watch this movie. Punchy script, perfectly paced, with a simple but serviceable storyline, and top performances from an all star cast.
It's wildly implausible but none of its heroes walk on water. Towards the end of the film Jack Palance even makes a speech explaining the psychology of left wing or revolutionary idealism. The movie makers obviously sympathised but didn't acknowledge the inherent narcissism.
I saw The Professionals a while back after an interval of decades and it was great. Anyone looking for a fun action flick with characters who are recognizable human beings rather than the testosterone filled dolls they became in the Arnie/Stallone era should watch this movie. Punchy script, perfectly paced, with a simple but serviceable storyline, and top performances from an all star cast.
It's wildly implausible but none of its heroes walk on water. Towards the end of the film Jack Palance even makes a speech explaining the psychology of left wing or revolutionary idealism. The movie makers obviously sympathised but didn't acknowledge the inherent narcissism.
Just seen the new Jumanji trailer and what a steaming pile of SHIT.
Seriously why is it even called Jumanji it's nothing like the original. They've turned a classic into a typical over the top action/cgi-fest.
Seriously why is it even called Jumanji it's nothing like the original. They've turned a classic into a typical over the top action/cgi-fest.