Kellyâs Heroes is up there as one of my all time favourite movies, and pretty sure it sits up near there for many others.
So actually found this really interesting (if rather badly written!) 
32 things you didnât know about Kellyâs Heroes -
Edgar Wrightâs homage to 70âs uk genre films
Catching up on this thread. Seen both of these TCK, and IMO both are pretty decent, though coming from different angles on the same topic.
Saw this last night, really enjoyed it. Itâs pretty brutal but beneath the violence is a top performance from the lead, Rosie Day
I had no real interest in watching Split. I burned my bridges with M.Night Shyamalan a long time ago. I liked Sixth Sense, and I liked Unbreakable, but after that his movies became increasingly difficult to like, and after The Village I learned pretty much to Avoid Shyamalan At All Cost. Plus the trailer looked goofy. It had James McAlvoy in drag.
But I watched it last night all the same. It was pretty good. Itâs about 3 girls who get abducted by a bro who is got 23 different personalities, you know, like one is a bird, one is a rtard, one is a sexpest, one is got diabetes. That kind of thing. The sexpest makes one of the birds take her top off, and she is got to spend rest of movie in her bra, which was pretty sweet. The crux of the story tho, is that the bro thinks a 24th personality is coming, and that one is gonna be a Beast with Supernatural Powers and will eat out the girls, and not in a sex way.
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When I was watch, I was think of Unbreakable. That was a pretty gd movie, a superhero origin movie which was more interest than the marvel capeshit efforts. This movie was kind of similar in tone + pacing + what-not. Then right at the v.end during the closing credits, and this caught me by surprise, Bruce Willis character from Unbreakable turned up, and it turns out that this movie was not a simple abduction thriller like I thought, it was a Supervillain origin movie.
Then I googled, and it turns out that there is a 3rd film coming, where Bruce Willis Superhero from Unbreakable is face off against James McAlvoy Supervillain from Split. That strikes me as interest! Itâs kind of cool to have one movie set up the hero, one movie set up the bad guy, and then a third movie of them fight to fkn death. I canât think of a trilogy what has done quite like that, and especially not without me knowing all the ins+outs beforehand. It feels kind of new, and I thought it might be of interest to capeshit geeks like @pap
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Funnily enough, I saw Split last night aswell Bear. Thought it was very good but was a bit puzzled about Bruce Willis at the end ⌠havenât seen Unbreakable yet but Iâll make sure to now.
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Letâs resurrect this thread a little. I saw 2 films today - Wonder Woman and Your Name.
Wonder Woman has to follow on from three underwhelming predecessors in DCâs âextended universeâ (Man of Steel, Batman vs Superman & Suicide Squad). Iâm a fan of DC properties in general but I was very conflicted about this film. Man of Steel was pretty good, BvS was good in parts but overall pretty poor and I thought Suicide Squad was a steaming turd. Iâm pleased to say, however, that WW is great! I feel stupid typing this sentence, but it was such a refreshing experience to see a DC film with a strong lead, a cohesive plot and actual investment in what was happening on-screen.
Gal Gadot is great as the all-action lead, kicking and slashing her way through the WWI front with Chris Pine and a ragtag bunch of mercenaries at her side. The most prominent of these is Ewan Bremner, playing a Scottish sharpshooter who is haunted by the ghosts of his experiences in the war so far. Pine is great, as per usual, and for the most part the villains eschew the typical superhero trope of wanting to take over the world etc.
A lot of the reviews have focused on the fact that this is the first female-directed and female-led superhero film, which is great but it shouldnât be the headline here. WW is solid, well-acted and highly entertaining so if youâve got the slightest bit of interest in the film, go see it!
For something a bit (actually, a lot) different I watched Your Name tonight. Iâll probably lose most of you here as itâs a Japanese animated film, however if youâve enjoyed any Ghibli films or any animated films of the same ilk, I implore you to watch this too. Ostensibly itâs a body-swap story featuring a country girl who dreams of Tokyo and a city-dwelling boy pressured by his impending future - thatâs the basic premise at least. The film takes so many twists and turns that I was captivated throughout and like so many animated films from Japan, it packs an emotional punch that youâll carry with you for a day or two afterwards. Not only that, but the animation itself is just gorgeous and probably worth watching this for by itself.
I hesitated over posting a trailer because itâs very corny but look past it, watch the film and I promise you wonât be disappointed.
Watched this last night, very good and well worth a look
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Iâve seen loads lately. Been quite impressed with a lot of it.
I have to say, I was not especially enthusiastic about Alien Covenant. I just about like Prometheus, a very pretty but sometimes vacant film. On balance, I have more respect for what it attempts and what it gets right than where it fails.
Covenant gets some stick from critics because it doesnât answer the burning question raised from that film. Why did the engineers want to kill off humanity? Iâm not sure that it matters. Anyone doing a âman from Marsâ review of humanity might justifiably mark as us âgood to goâ after theyâd seen a few h-bomb tests from afar, and the engineers didnât seem that kindly anyway. Perhaps not evil, merely catastrophically indifferent to the huge individual costs that their decisions cause.
Indifference is a theme that runs through nearly all of those films, whether its âthe companyâ sending people down to alien structures, Ashâs prioritisation of xenomorph over human, Carter Burke sending the colonists of LV-426 to investigate that same structure, the prison planet of Fury 161 or the lab scene in Resurrection. Until Covenant, this indifference is pretty much human-led, irrespective of whether it is an android or human making the calls.
Covenant is different. It has a genuine antagonist, and as good as the xenomorphs are, theyâre not the scariest thing in this movie. Genuinely gory, with some of the best body shock transformations Iâve seen in any of the films. On first view, it probably gets into my top #2 Alien films. I still consider 1986âs Aliens to be the pinnacle of the series.
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I dunno, you wait ages for one film review, then two come along at once.
Went to see **Spider Man Homecoming ** last night with the Liverpool girls. This is the sixth Spider Man movie in 15 years, with the third take on the character. Briefly seen in Captain America Civil War, Tom Hollandâs Spider Man is based in the same universe as Iron Man and the rest of them, something that hadnât happened before due to rightsâ tie ups. Whatever, itâs good that a deal has finally been made. While itâll take some time for Holland to supplant Raimiâs Maguire as the ultimate Spider, all the right moves are made here.
Some of the best comic book runs of Spidey read like a particularly well written series of Buffy. High school hijinks, curfews versus crimefighting. A good deal of Homecoming takes place in high school, with a lot of comic relief coming from Ned, Peterâs overly-enthusiastic best friend and confidant.
I liked Keaton as the Vulture, although Peterâs main enemy in this movie is really himself. There are points where we and he genuinely donât know whether heâll cut it as the web slinger. Heâs very green and makes a lot of mistakes.
Go into this expecting alien invasions and suchlike and I suspect youâll be disappointed. As a Spider Man film, I reckon this is only bettered by Raimiâs second movie, which is one of the best super-hero movies ever made.
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One of those I really should have seen decades ago. Hell, I even smuggled the Video Tape in decades ago, but have finally clicked the button on Netflix and am watching âthe restored versionâ of Lawrence of Arabia.
Which of course brings differing emotions into play.
It is without a doubt an epic film, epic cinematography, one of the great cast lists of British cinema and all set in the (not actually Saudi) beauty of Wadi Rum in Jordan.
At 3 hours 47 minutes long it really needs to be digested in instalments, and if I am honest, it is a film that never could (nor should) be remade.
Obviously in the modern era there are cringeworthy non-PC moments. Is it Geographically/Visually accurate - well no, the area around Medinah/Yanbu doesnât actually look like Wadi Rum. Historically accurate? no idea, but imho that is not the point.
What it does teach is how this region was shaped, first by the Ottomans and then by a slightly barking mad Brit âmid-managementâ type. It also I suppose provides a template for a âresistance movementâ. It also puts perspective in some of the âClass Basedâ threads/posts that pop up on here from time to time. What a bunch of âblithering idiotsâ the "ruling elite were back in those days.
Iâve still got the final quarter of the film to watch tonight and I am looking forward to it. No CGI and literally, a cast of thousands.
An Epic history lesson and a thing of great beauty.
They still are these days @dubai_phil
Tbh @philippinesaint I was searching for the corrective adjective for their modern cousins but the delay meant I actually couldnât do my urgent 4th rate App developer survey proposal
Iâd prefer to think of the modern version as lying cheating crooks and leave blithering to the likes of Blackadder to so ably demonstrate (from a historical view point)
A rare trip to the cinema on Sunday. Watched Dunkirk. The reviews (universally brilliant, except the Times, bizarrely) are spot on: it is very good. Made me feel proud.
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Waiting for it to be released down here - not often I go to the cinema but this one needs an Imax from what I have read
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Drove past a billboard poster for Dunkirk this morning. In big letters at the top it said âFILM OF THE SUMMER! FIVE STARS!â, a quote is suppose from one of the dumb reviews. Roll up, roll up! Get ur popcorn! Get ur hot dogs! Come and enjoy the FILM OF THE SUMMER FIVE STARS! Wouldâve been some comfort I suppose to our Brave Boys on them Beaches, to know they did not die in vain. Makes you proud to be British.
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This looks like itâs going be good âŚ
@bearsy got round to seeing Unbreakable the other night
⌠meh, Willis is a miserable fuck, I want The Splitters to win
If it makes a sensible chap like yourself proud, imagine what itâs doing to TSWâs Chapel End Charlie.
Heâs probably taking half hundred-weights of Kleenex and Swarfega into a cinema as I type.