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Post by MartinT on Jun 17, 2019 13:37:25 GMT
John Wick 3. Don't bother. Utter mindless violent dreck. IMDB forced me to give it 1/10. Upon reflection, I need to complain. It deserves 0.5/10*. * 0.5 because it is admittedly better than Hercules in New York. |
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Post by Barrington on Jun 18, 2019 11:54:32 GMT
John Wick 3. Don't bother. Utter mindless violent dreck. JW 2 was enough , got fed up with it . JW 1 was a good film . |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 18, 2019 11:58:19 GMT
I haven't seen John Wick 3 and wasn't going to bother, because I agree that John Wick 2 was pretty average. It is a shame when the sequels are so bad following good initial films.
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Post by Slinger on Jun 18, 2019 12:26:22 GMT
I'm sure you'll all be thrilled to learn that "John Wick: Chapter 4" is set for release on May 21, 2021.
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Post by MartinT on Jun 18, 2019 12:42:42 GMT
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Post by julesd68 on Jun 23, 2019 12:22:53 GMT
Lone Survivor - superbly made film telling the true story of a four man Navy SEAL mission against a Taliban commander. Reputed to be a very realistic depiction of combat - very gritty, gruelling story, also with some beautiful photography. Not without a touch of Hollywood but still it's well worth watching. It's staggering what kind of punishment these guys can take but still keep going. 
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Post by Slinger on Jun 23, 2019 12:42:24 GMT
I watched "Ghost Stories" last night. It was billed as the "best British horror for years," which it probably wasn't. Paul Whitehouse sounded far too much like one of his comedy creations, Martin Freeman was Martin Freeman, and a huge chunk of the "horror" simply relied on jump-scares until the whole thing reached a very twisty and convoluted denouement. Having said that some of the jump scares were bloody good, but ultimately they were not enough to carry the whole film.
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Post by MartinT on Jun 23, 2019 13:27:18 GMT
Sicario 2. As gripping and unsettling as the original, a very gritty portrayal by all the actors and an outstanding performance by Isabela Moner as the kidnapped daughter of a cartel king. If you didn't want to go to Mexico before, this will only reaffirm your conviction. Superb.
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Post by julesd68 on Jun 23, 2019 16:10:01 GMT
I've got Sicario 2 on my Amazon watchlist Martin, really looking forward to it. The first film was pretty compelling stuff ...
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Post by MikeMusic on Jun 23, 2019 16:20:21 GMT
YouTube has 100s of short science fiction films that very in quality and usually last between 10 to 20mins Thanks John Had no idea |
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Post by MikeMusic on Jun 23, 2019 16:22:28 GMT
Sicario 2. As gripping and unsettling as the original, a very gritty portrayal by all the actors and an outstanding performance by Isabela Moner as the kidnapped daughter of a cartel king. If you didn't want to go to Mexico before, this will only reaffirm your conviction. Superb. Been in the back of my mind julesd68 are they both on Amazon Prime FOC ? |
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Post by julesd68 on Jun 23, 2019 16:35:39 GMT
No you have to pay for them Mike, but well worth it IMO!
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Post by MikeMusic on Jun 23, 2019 16:56:07 GMT
No you have to pay for them Mike, but well worth it IMO! PAY ! Shock horror Sicario was on Freeview recently I believe |
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Post by MartinT on Jun 23, 2019 18:08:58 GMT
Sicario 2 is on Netflix.
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Post by mikeyb on Jun 23, 2019 20:22:55 GMT
Lone Survivor - superbly made film telling the true story of a four man Navy SEAL mission against a Taliban commander. Reputed to be a very realistic depiction of combat - very gritty, gruelling story, also with some beautiful photography. Not without a touch of Hollywood but still it's well worth watching. It's staggering what kind of punishment these guys can take but still keep going. The big thing that spoiled the whole film for me was the fact that they sat above the Taliban stronghold in full view of the sun, surely if you're going to spy on something/someone you have the sun at your back looking out of the shadows. Once that happened early on, I just picked holes in it the whole way through. Even for a true story I thought it could have been better done, the director is usually reliable but thid time Peter could have done better 😉 |
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Post by brettj on Jun 25, 2019 1:05:23 GMT
John Wick 3. Don't bother. Utter mindless violent dreck. IMDB forced me to give it 1/10. Upon reflection, I need to complain. It deserves 0.5/10*. * 0.5 because it is admittedly better than Hercules in New York. It was family entertainment; priceless. Wife and daughters. Not much artistic merit to it. Critical acclaim would be low. And I don't disagree. But still enjoyed it. |
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Post by Slinger on Jun 25, 2019 11:41:52 GMT
I think the trick is (or in my case it probably is) watching a film with no expectations, and knowing that sometimes mindless violence coupled with no discernible plot to distract one from it can be just what is required. Sometimes it's nice just to be entertained without having to work out why one is being entertained. Obviously many zero-plot films fall outside even these loose parameters, and any comedy aimed at an audience below the age of 30 is usually exempt, but there is a place for mindless entertainment in my world.
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Post by MartinT on Jun 25, 2019 11:52:09 GMT
It needs to have a story for me to enjoy it. The two most recent films I've watched are John Wick 3 and Sicario 2. They are both exceedingly violent.
JW3 gets 1/10 because the 'story' is infantile, the action totally unbelievable, the violence completely gratuitous. I stopped watching it 2/3 of the way through because I simply couldn't care less what the outcome was going to be.
S2 (9/10) had me riveted because the story was completely gripping, entirely believable (except maybe being executed in the mouth rather than the head, but the boy was young) and I cared about the girl's survival.
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Post by julesd68 on Jun 25, 2019 12:08:58 GMT
It's chalk and cheese - difficult to compare the two - the Wick series is 'comic strip' and highly stylised / choreographed violence - it doesn't pretend to be rooted in any kind of reality. Still not seen part 3 - I thought the first was excellent, the second was good but not quite as compelling as the story isn't as fresh.
Still not seen Sicario 2, these films, whilst fiction (as far as I know) are trying to present an authentic account of what the situation is like with the cartels and how difficult to it to get at them.
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Post by rfan8312 on Jun 25, 2019 19:15:16 GMT
How about a film like The Raid?
Endless violence, little plot, simple premise but I couldnt look away.
I think the director and his pacing and dialogue and my hope that they would escape their situation took a movie with very little story and made it unforgettable, even though I wouldn't recommend to most people unless they can enjoy 2 hours of top notch drivel.
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