What's The Latest Film You Have Seen?

Pet_Sounds · 08-02-2017, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

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djchameleon · 08-02-2017, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by MicShazam

The visuals are exactly what sold it to me when I watched the trailer. It might be refreshing to see a wildly colorful sci-fi movie like that. Next to the more recent big-budget fare, it looks fairly unique.

Also; a violent storm and extreme heat. You seem to have some significantly crazier weather than we're having here right now. 20 degrees celcius +/- 2 degrees, plus a dash of rain here and there and very little wind. Not great summer weather, but I don't think I'd like to trade it with the weather you're having!

Yeah the weather is crazy this summer. Earlier this morning I was sweating like crazy. It was around 30 C then the storm rolling through with rain so hard and windy it was horizontal for a bit. Cooled down the temp to 18 C though which is nice but ruined my movie watching. They did give me a free pass to watch another day. They ended up just having everyone evacuate when it died down some and closed up.

Good thing I didn't wait around to see Atomic Blonde. I would have only gotten about 10 mins into it before that all happened.

~~MicShazam~~ · 08-03-2017, 01:43 PM

I just came back from watching Valerian and... holy cow. It's a mess.

Some things work, twice as many don't.

It looks really wild and imaginative at times. Some great creature designs, some cool machinery, some very interesting color usage that sometimes gets downright garish. A messy, convoluted plot and a few scenes of hamfisted exposition dumps. An extended scene with some dimension warping of sorts where the logistics of how the whole thing works were just too obtuse. The story was generally weak, which really hurts the film. Some of the comedy was hilarious. Some of it cringeworthy. The funniest scene involves two giant lemon halves and a very big hat. Really.

I liked the interesting casting choices and I liked the two leads more the further I got into the movie:

There's also a weird dance scene of sorts with Rihanna of all people. I liked that scene a lot, but it felt completely shoehorned into the movie.

I don't even know what to make of this movie yet. It was a real emotional rollercoster in all sorts of good and bad ways. ???/10.

pastelcrowd · 08-03-2017, 01:49 PM

Dunkirk is very decent. The cinematography and effects are top notch.

**Frownland** · 08-03-2017, 05:43 PM

Didn't the lead actress from Valerian just get sentenced to prison for making her boyfriend kill himself?

**Exo** · 08-03-2017, 05:50 PM

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Didn't the lead actress from Valerian just get sentenced to prison for making her boyfriend kill himself?

Holy sh*t good catch.

debaserr · 08-03-2017, 09:08 PM

Sick eyebrows.

~~MicShazam~~ · 08-03-2017, 09:23 PM

I just read a bit about it and it's a weird case. It really stretches the definition of manslaughter to the breaking point. Kind of crazy to go with that ruling, even though her actions seemed pretty cruel.

The Batlord · 08-03-2017, 09:28 PM

Good luck with a sequel!

Mondo Bungle · 08-03-2017, 09:57 PM

I watched Angel's Egg again cuz it's the best thing there is

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~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,636	I just came back from watching Valerian and... holy cow. It's a mess. Some things work, twice as many don't. It looks really wild and imaginative at times. Some great creature designs, some cool machinery, some very interesting color usage that sometimes gets downright garish. A messy, convoluted plot and a few scenes of hamfisted exposition dumps. An extended scene with some dimension warping of sorts where the logistics of how the whole thing works were just too obtuse. The story was generally weak, which really hurts the film. Some of the comedy was hilarious. Some of it cringeworthy. The funniest scene involves two giant lemon halves and a very big hat. Really. I liked the interesting casting choices and I liked the two leads more the further I got into the movie: There's also a weird dance scene of sorts with Rihanna of all people. I liked that scene a lot, but it felt completely shoehorned into the movie. I don't even know what to make of this movie yet. It was a real emotional rollercoster in all sorts of good and bad ways. ???/10.

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pastelcrowd Groupie Join Date: Jul 2017 Location: UK Posts: 20	Dunkirk is very decent. The cinematography and effects are top notch.

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~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,636	I just read a bit about it and it's a weird case. It really stretches the definition of manslaughter to the breaking point. Kind of crazy to go with that ruling, even though her actions seemed pretty cruel.