The Film Thread

[Flavs]

X-Men 2 was by far the best. Then X-Men 1.

The others are a bit meh (First Class) or verging on terrible (3 and Wolverine).

Basically, bring Bryan Singer back.

Tis weird cos i like Wolverine the best out of all of them

[Master Splinter]

Tis weird cos i like Wolverine the best out of all of them

Perhaps you're weird?

The characters and rushed plots of X-Men 3 and Wolverine are all over the place. It turned from an intelligent adaptation of the comics/cartoons into a big dumb generic action blockbuster. Plus Vinnie Jones was in the third one. You can't come back from that.

Even if you just judge them as singular films, without prior knowledge of the material, the difference in the quality of the script and the general tone is evident. It's like Batman Forever and Batman and Robin versus Tim Burton's vastly superior original two.

[LDG]

Watched "Attack The Block" the other night.

Quite amusing.

[Master Splinter]

Drive was rather good.

It's a simple story, done quite a few times before, but the execution just elevates it to a higher level than the average action/revenge thriller. The sense of style and the strange atmosphere, helped by the music, gives it a unique feel. Ryan Gosling is great, as he is in his most films. The sudden jolts of extreme violence are pretty brutal, but are appropriate for the character.

It has elements of films like A History Of Violence, Taxi Driver, Clint Eastwood westerns and various other ice cold, taut, revenge westerns. Recommended if you're a fan of those.

[Ollie the Optimist]

watched johnny english reborn today. its a shit film but there were many laugh out loud moments, it was a really enjoyable film to see.

[Cripps_orig]

watched johnny english reborn today. its a shit film but there were many laugh out loud moments, it was a really enjoyable film to see.

Ok then

[Master Splinter]

[GP]

Watched a movie called The Babysitters.

Pretty fucked up, tbh

[Cripps_orig]

Mystic River

Pretty good

8/10

Always been a fan of Tim Robbins and Kevin Bacon

[Cripps_orig]

Watching Paul tonight.

Also Senna is out on DVD tomorrow i think. Any good? Not the biggest of F1 fans anymore as its a bit shit with all the rule changes etc but back when Senna ruled the roost, i followed it then. Back then winner got 10 points, 2nd got 6, 3rd 4, 4th 3 and so on up to 6th.

These days, you get like 50 points a win so its awful

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