Topic: The RAWK Film Thread

[Chakan]

1/3rd of the way through Prey.

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if the dog dies i'm going to be fucking pissed

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[Chakan]

1/3rd of the way through Prey.

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if the dog dies i'm going to be fucking pissed

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Ok good!

Enjoyed Prey a lot, definitely one of the better shot and executed Predator movies. Probably second best to the original for me though.

[Lastrador]

Ok good!

Enjoyed Prey a lot, definitely one of the better shot and executed Predator movies. Probably second best to the original for me though.

[Chakan]

I’m taking all the predator movies not just the first one. It wasn’t dark for me

[Lastrador]

I’m taking all the predator movies not just the first one. It wasn’t dark for me

I think that was only Andy. 

[Chakan]

I think that was only Andy. 

Haha fair enough.

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oh btw with the helmet weapon, she does see how it works when her brother knocks the helmet off and the projectiles embed themselves in the tree in front of her. But as for getting him to stand in that exact spot in the end is ridiculous.

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[Schmidt]

Fourteen minutes in, Pred kills a rattlesnake. Fucking awesome.

Less than three minutes later, Naru's brother - the early 18th century warrior - says: "I got this." Fuck's sake.

Still, it was very good overall.

That bit did jar with me too actually!

[Agent99]

Prey was ok but the main protagonist was a right arsehole. Predator 2 was miles better. I would put it on par with Predators which was fine.

[Ray K]

I saw the Northman last week.  It's certainly a film, I'll say that for it.

Bjork turns up as a mystical mad soothsayer and it's the most sensible part of the film. Alexander Skarsgaard is fucking ripped, I have to say.  He must have got all that Marvel magic juice.

It makes Eggers previous films The Lighthouse and The VVitch look like a sitcom (well that one did have Chris Finch in a lead role, after all. Bloody good sales rep).  Completely mad and utterly compelling.

[gazzam1963]

Watched a British made film called pride last night on Netflix ,  a heartwarming and funny in parts true story about a group of gay and lesbians from london organising themselves to collect for the miners during the 84 strike and the tale of them getting a miners group to accept the money .

A Welsh striking village accept the cash and invite them to visit the working man’s club and stay , the prejudices come out but are soon slowly changed with a lovely ending .

[Hedley Lamarr]

I saw the Northman last week.  It's certainly a film, I'll say that for it.

Bjork turns up as a mystical mad soothsayer and it's the most sensible part of the film. Alexander Skarsgaard is fucking ripped, I have to say.  He must have got all that Marvel magic juice.

It makes Eggers previous films The Lighthouse and The VVitch look like a sitcom (well that one did have Chris Finch in a lead role, after all. Bloody good sales rep).  Completely mad and utterly compelling.

I saw The Northman at small arts theatre in Bristol, probably about fifty people in attendance.  Two thirds in that fifty turned into about five, including me and the wife.

Personally, I loved it, one of my favourite films of the year, but I fully understand why others might hate it.  A strange film alright.

[Armand9]

I saw The Northman at small arts theatre in Bristol, probably about fifty people in attendance.  Two thirds in that fifty turned into about five, including me and the wife.

Personally, I loved it, one of my favourite films of the year, but I fully understand why others might hate it.  A strange film alright.

yeah, i think i said on here it certainly wasn't what i was expecting, it was a smaller flim in scope and more 'rural' (for want of a better word) than i had envisaged - i was thinking more The Vikings (1958) when i saw the promotion thumbnails

but for the setting they chose, i thought it was really interesting in its absolutely brutal portrayal, compelling stuff, i rated it highly

Prey was ok but the main protagonist was a right arsehole. Predator 2 was miles better. I would put it on par with Predators which was fine.

when i first saw Prey i put it on equal footing with P2 as second best in the franchise, the original being the best clearly and let's be frank, it's not gonna be bettered (similar to Alien, Terminator and The Thing [tho technically a remake but not really*], for some major reasons i wont go into here). having watched P2 again recently, i'd have Prey edging it out - there's still lots i love about P2 but the script and esp the dialogue, not the best and that's being kind. And it's not an 'of the times' type thing, Aliens was similar in timing/2nd in series/genre yet has a great script and dialogue. I'm not pissing on P2 tho, like i said, i liked it alot and totally understand those who would still rank it 2nd.

*a great short interview with Carpenter about the source material for those interested
https://www.youtube.com/v/q0FhSHqGg74

(i remember as a kid seeing the original 1951 B&W he references and it scared the fuck out of me, but Carpenter defo made the right choice.)

Incidentally, for those who love this genre there are some fanastic old B&W movies from the 50s that still hold up and well worth watching, the aforementioned The Thing from Another World (1951), Them! (1954), The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) a little outside the genre, Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) the best version by a million miles, an absolute classic and maybe the best 'paranoia' movie ever, it is genuinely terrifying in that aspect - Kevin McCarthy in the lead role is fucking stellar, there's more but those would be my first picks)

[thejbs]

Loved the Northman. Was a bit jarring when I recognised local places and actors/extras I know every so often.

[Nitramdorf]

Havent seen anyone mention Moonfall in here. I am usually quite partial to a disaster movie but this was a little too much. Only thing I can say about it is Halle Berry is in it. Its on prime if anyone has 2 hours to spare.

[Andy @ Allerton!]

Havent seen anyone mention Moonfall in here. I am usually quite partial to a disaster movie but this was a little too much. Only thing I can say about it is Halle Berry is in it. Its on prime if anyone has 2 hours to spare.

Saw it in the pictures.

Batshit crazy, but fun for a romp.

[TipTopKop]

Moonfall was a cut and paste Emmerich movie. Parallel story lines of people with their little lives, and all connecting at the end. The usual stranded due to <insert disaster> and they must reunite (rest of humanity be damned).

It's lightweight fun, but we've had so many superhero movies since those days of ID4 that whatever's going on just doesn't seem so impactful anymore.

[Armand9]

i got the vibe of if simon pegg did a space film

which for me isn't a good thing, tho i like hot fuzz

[TipTopKop]

RIP Wolfgang Petersen of Das Boot, Air Force One and Perfect Storm, among so many other movies. Blessed with talent.

[Lawnmowerman]

Not sure i've ever witnessed a film more undeserving of the hype than that Prey.

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The predator was an arsehole. steals a bunny wabbit from a wolf? Couldn't even let that hunter have it's trophy. Not very honourable for a society that values the hunt and the hunter.
The Comanche were terribly disappointing. When i first heard about this film i thought lovely, let's see some badass comanche. They all looked like they were 16. Couldn't take them seriously at all.
If only this film could have been a stand alone movie, Would have much rather seen another Indian tribe as the antogonists which would have been the more likely scenario in that part of the world in 1719. but we can't have a stand alone movie so we got the 'fields of buffalo' skinning french. Thrown in to validate the movie in the predator world with 'the gun'. which means the disney plan all along is on riding the predator into the ground. eek
Don't get me started on the ending ffs.

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Or maybe im just a moany old cynical c*nt who sees people liking something and i have to find flaws in it to piss meself off.
A bog standard movie, shut your brain off... 5/10 

[Max_powers]

What was your opinion of the original Predator film?

[Lawnmowerman]

What was your opinion of the original Predator film?

Yeah it's great but i'm not factoring in that movie when watching Prey. i would have much rather viewed this as a one off film. it wouldn't be fair to compare to two

[Lawnmowerman]

Haha fair enough.

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oh btw with the helmet weapon, she does see how it works when her brother knocks the helmet off and the projectiles embed themselves in the tree in front of her. But as for getting him to stand in that exact spot in the end is ridiculous.

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why would the helmet even lock onto him? why would the projectiles then enter him? given a minute before we see her try to stab him with his own spear and the thing locks up

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[Lastrador]

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why would the helmet even lock onto him? why would the projectiles then enter him? given a minute before we see her try to stab him with his own spear and the thing locks up

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Seems like the Predator mask fabric cut some corners there. 

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[Armand9]

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why would the helmet even lock onto him? why would the projectiles then enter him? given a minute before we see her try to stab him with his own spear and the thing locks up

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I dont think his weapons have an anti-friendly-fire system, tho cool interesting concept - we haven't even seen this in more advanced predators in other movies (eg danny glover kills the predator with his own weapon)

she uses the spear when the predator tree jumps and lands by her, missing her with a swipe that imbeds his gauntlet into a tree trunk

naru now uses his spear and he deflects it with his hand-shield but it was on course to hit him, now she goes to use the spear again and it shrinks down - 'locks up' - i assume she inadvertently reduced its size (we know the predator spear has various settings), but after that she stabs him in the leg with it as she wards off his attack

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhwL9ZDnVy0

so when his auto-targetting system responds to his projectiles and ends him, there is a logic to it equipment wise

as i've said here, i dont like it, i find it too much of a stretch to imbue her with such an expansive intellect, even tho she has shown herself to be smart and a quick study and we saw her witness the fact it is the helmet that targets his projectiles

now Prey is no more guility here than many films/tv where we see humans (or others) quickly and sometimes instantly use completely alien or extremely advanced systems/technologies that they've no right in having a clue about, but still, i wished they'd gone a different way with the killing blow

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[Lawnmowerman]

 you could over pick at it. probably wouldn't have if i hadn't been exposed to all the hype before it and expectations were so high. it's an alright movie. i don't think it's better than the predators versus the aliens in the pyramids even, which i thought was great.

[Armand9]

you could over pick at it. probably wouldn't have if i hadn't been exposed to all the hype before it and expectations were so high. it's an alright movie. i don't think it's better than the predators versus the aliens in the pyramids even, which i thought was great.

i really liked that film, i thought that was going to be the shitshow of all shitshows, and it's probably the most underated predator movie out there

i think the concept of it was enough to put people off (it did me even tho i was aware comics had already done this) and as such were determined to pan it, viewing it as 'all getting a bit silly now'

the story is really solid in why we have the two species here and the ongoing story arc of the movie itself is good

i understand the hype thing, i actually swerved Prey cos i was fed up with poor Predator movies but saw some saying it's not a bad movie, so watched it and loved it - so there wasn't any hype for me above 'it's not a bad movie'

[Armand9]

i've been rewatching Predator movies (in no particular order) and have just finished the original predator

it's universally accepted a great film in its genre and suspect most if not all here view it that way, and it really is a brilliant movie and something that stood out as i watched it yet again, there's not one line of dialogue in that film that's superfluous, there's not one scene that is padder, there's not one corner cut (pet peave of mine with modern tv, do it all the time, even the good ones), i wonder how many movies could claim that?

nothing in that movie shouldn't be there and nothing in that movie is missing, really is a masterclass

granted, it's the simplest of stories and the most linear of arcs but so is P2 (which i rate) and you could edit the shit out of that film and it would be a whole lot better for it

[LovelyCushionedHeader]

Anyone seen DC Super Pets?

My 5 year old girl loves animal stuff and DC Super Hero Girls, but just wanted to make she'd "get it" because 2 hours in the cinema with an uninterested child is hell to me.

[Barneylfc∗]

Anyone seen DC Super Pets?

My 5 year old girl loves animal stuff and DC Super Hero Girls, but just wanted to make she'd "get it" because 2 hours in the cinema with an uninterested child is hell to me.

Yeah, brought my 5 year old to see it when it came out. I think I enjoyed it more than she did 
She was going on about seeing it for ages before, but about an hour in wanted to go home but generally has a short attention span anyway and sometimes will have a film on 4 or 5 times to get from start to finish.

[Andy @ Allerton!]

I was actually pretty disappointed that Prey wasn't based on the Video game.

Now THAT would have made an amazing film!


Tonight, off to see Nope! as the missus doesn't fancy it and is on the lash with her mates.

Sunday booked in to watch Star Trek: The Motion Picture (The orginal) and also booked in to see ST II and III and hope to watch them all

Also booked in to see Jaws 3D (lol) and E.T


Love watching retro films in the Cinema

[Armand9]

I've been hoping for a film of the game Prey as well - brilliant game and perfect for a top movie, the content is so good there's no fucking excuse for a shite adaptation like most videogame films are

genuinely surprised someone hasn't done it already, prime sci fi and when you think of all the shite sci fi movies that come down the line

it almost writes itself:

act 1 origin
act II discovery/knowledge/exploration
act III escalation/revelation

anyone who has played the game can imagine how that all pans out, a very simple arc

or you could make it more interesting and take a jacob's ladder approach, fuck, i'd love that, prefect to frame it that way

some c*nt do this 

(btw have Prey (movie) soundtrack on in the background, fucking awesome, this shit is zimmer worthy)

[AndyMuller]

Which am I better off watching when Saudi play Abu Dhabi tomorrow afternoon, Nope or Bullet Train? I’m going the pics with my bird.

[damomad]

Nope for me was a bit longer than it needed to be but I was entertained, with a few good jumpy moments in there. Keke Palmer was excellent.

Bullet train looks terrible, as does Brad Pitt these days! (for Brad Pitt)

[Hazell]

Bullet train looks terrible, as does Brad Pitt these days! (for Brad Pitt)

Still would.

[John_P]

I'd say Nope,  I thoroughly enjoyed it and it's theme's and mysteries have been swirling in my head ever since.

Bullet Trains just nonsense,  breezy watch but you've forgotten it the next day.

[Armand9]

just watched Nocturnal Animals and only just realised that the actor in the 'flashbacks' isn't amy adams

i thought they'd done some age processing stuff or something and i was thinking while watching it whatever they done it's hella of a job in making her look younger, you'd never know 

[John C]

Finally got round to Doctor Sleep, really good film.

And so have I.
I'm really surprised there doesn't appear to be much love for the film. It was an absolute delight, typical and classic King. A wonderful revisit to one of my favourite films from back in the day. So many remarkable moments, it was an unexpected treat without, imo a disappointing ending.

[Macphisto80]

Thought Prey was alright. Was solidly entertaining enough, and fun in places. Yes, it's a bit far fetched and stretches the grounds of plausibility despite it being complete fantasy science-fiction. The girl managing to best everything around her was the least grating thing about it, which is a mad thing to say. I watched it in the Comanche dub so that it removed the modern American accent out of the equation, but even then, the subtitles betrayed it. It's one of those films that's been made well enough and simplistic enough that it can get away with being entertaining and nothing more so long as you disengage the bit of your brain that says "aye, well, that's a load of bollocks". It feels a bit like a computer game without the trail and error. Naru has one life and a fuck load of power ups, and that's all she's gettin'. No respawns here. Thankfully it's set on easy mode, and she susses it all out on the first go. I liked her character, though. Anyone who complains about the fact that a 80lb girl doing up a Predator and mentions that a bunch of roided-out mercs in the first film struggled to, clearly missed the point of that. I mean, it's a valid point, but not at the same time.

[Macphisto80]

I've been hoping for a film of the game Prey as well - brilliant game and perfect for a top movie, the content is so good there's no fucking excuse for a shite adaptation like most videogame films are

genuinely surprised someone hasn't done it already, prime sci fi and when you think of all the shite sci fi movies that come down the line

it almost writes itself:

act 1 origin
act II discovery/knowledge/exploration
act III escalation/revelation

anyone who has played the game can imagine how that all pans out, a very simple arc

or you could make it more interesting and take a jacob's ladder approach, fuck, i'd love that, prefect to frame it that way

some c*nt do this 

(btw have Prey (movie) soundtrack on in the background, fucking awesome, this shit is zimmer worthy)

Half-Life is an obvious candidate for a film. A HBO TV show would be far better choice, though. My only stipulation - and it's a vital one - is that it's given to someone who actually knows how to make a good science fiction script and can direct. Alex Garland, maybe? He'd be fine for it. Otherwise I hope they never touch it.

As an aside to this, I'm currently reading The Mist. It's really difficult to see any kind of correlation (apart from the obvious framework) between it and HL, but it's what HL was based on. The film is a perfect adaptation of the book too.

[Trada]

Looking forward to watching this later in the week.

Stallone playing a superhero.

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