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Re: The RAWK Film Thread
« Reply #42160 on: March 23, 2016, 11:48:17 am »
At first glance I thought it was a Sloth behind her and thought .....That's not gonna be very scary!
I think it's PG-13....that should tell you all you need to know. ;D
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« Reply #42161 on: March 23, 2016, 01:12:52 pm »
I think it's PG-13....that should tell you all you need to know. ;D
And all the kids dragging their da's to take them to see it are going to be left mighty disappointed that Mrs Dormer doesn't get the baps out.

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« Reply #42162 on: March 23, 2016, 01:16:50 pm »
And all the kids dragging their da's to take them to see it are going to be left mighty disappointed that Mrs Dormer doesn't get the baps out.
;D

Not as dissapointed as I. ;D
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Re: The RAWK Film Thread
« Reply #42163 on: March 23, 2016, 01:19:21 pm »
Watched Breakdown last night it was shite.
Did you not see The Guardian review..you fuckin deserve everything you get la. ;D


The first Brit geezer-gangster nonsense panto, featuring a fair bit of torture porn. It features Craig Fairbrass, Tamer Hassan and James Cosmo; Danny Dyer’s duties in Albert Square probably prevented him from taking part. Fairbrass plays granite-faced Alfie, a tough ex-army guy made good, devoted to his wife and teenage daughter, but trying to keep them from the reality of his work: killing people for a military-style assassination unit with the fascistic name of Home Front, run by Albert Chapman, played by James Cosmo, whose monopoly on this kind of role in this kind of film is one of British cinema’s enduring curiosities. Alfie’s targets happen to be mostly nonces and drug dealers, which is why he’s supposed to be sort of the good guy, and the poor sensitive chap is suffering from the beginnings of a breakdown – plagued with visions of his old victims. Soon, his employers turn on him and it all kicks off. Breakdown becomes more and more preposterous and embarrassing as it goes on. A certain climactic shotgun blast in a caravan is, in its way, a comedy highlight of the year.
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Re: The RAWK Film Thread
« Reply #42164 on: March 23, 2016, 01:52:51 pm »
Did you not see The Guardian review..you fuckin deserve everything you get la. ;D


The first Brit geezer-gangster nonsense panto, featuring a fair bit of torture porn. It features Craig Fairbrass, Tamer Hassan and James Cosmo; Danny Dyer’s duties in Albert Square probably prevented him from taking part. Fairbrass plays granite-faced Alfie, a tough ex-army guy made good, devoted to his wife and teenage daughter, but trying to keep them from the reality of his work: killing people for a military-style assassination unit with the fascistic name of Home Front, run by Albert Chapman, played by James Cosmo, whose monopoly on this kind of role in this kind of film is one of British cinema’s enduring curiosities. Alfie’s targets happen to be mostly nonces and drug dealers, which is why he’s supposed to be sort of the good guy, and the poor sensitive chap is suffering from the beginnings of a breakdown – plagued with visions of his old victims. Soon, his employers turn on him and it all kicks off. Breakdown becomes more and more preposterous and embarrassing as it goes on. A certain climactic shotgun blast in a caravan is, in its way, a comedy highlight of the year.

It was shite. ;D

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Re: The RAWK Film Thread
« Reply #42165 on: March 23, 2016, 02:05:20 pm »
Went to see two films last week: Carol and Anomolisa. Loved both of them. Carol is a sumptuous, but understated film with the luminous - and always brilliant - Kate Blanchet mesmeric as the eponymous Carol. Rooney Mara is very good too. Two of the best films of 2015 were intimate films which dealt with older/younger lesbian relationships - The Duke of Burgundy being the other. Not sure what that says about contemporary cinema. Or me!  Anyhow, Carol is one of those films in which the visuals, direction, acting and plot are totally captivating. Loved it. What can you say about Charlie Kaufman? Such an original and profound writer. Loved Anomolisa. Still thinking about it days later. Lovely animation and thoughtful script. David Thewlis is brilliant too.
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Re: The RAWK Film Thread
« Reply #42166 on: March 23, 2016, 11:28:33 pm »

Should be up in all the usual places.

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Re: The RAWK Film Thread
« Reply #42167 on: March 24, 2016, 10:46:57 am »
Should be up in all the usual places.

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Re: The RAWK Film Thread
« Reply #42168 on: March 24, 2016, 06:04:30 pm »
Should be up in all the usual places.

Deadpool 2016 1080p HC HDRip X264 AC3-EVO
Six minutes into this and it's more entertaing than the whole of the Star Wars film I watched last night.
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Re: The RAWK Film Thread
« Reply #42169 on: March 24, 2016, 06:05:56 pm »
Yeah Deadpool was awesome - saw twice in the cinema.
Will wait for non - HC version though.
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Re: The RAWK Film Thread
« Reply #42170 on: March 24, 2016, 06:06:43 pm »
Yeah Deadpool was awesome - saw twice in the cinema.
Will wait for non - HC version though.

Saw it twice as well! Great movie, will wait for a 1080p version to come out.

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Re: The RAWK Film Thread
« Reply #42171 on: March 24, 2016, 06:58:33 pm »
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Re: The RAWK Film Thread
« Reply #42172 on: March 24, 2016, 07:04:19 pm »
Seen "The Witch" last night and it was very good.

Impressive debut for the writer / director. Very tense and not the usual bland jump scare rubbish of recent horror films (prepare for the typical "nothing happens" backlash).

Well work a look.
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Re: The RAWK Film Thread
« Reply #42173 on: March 24, 2016, 07:08:13 pm »
Seen "The Witch" last night and it was very good.

Impressive debut for the writer / director. Very tense and not the usual bland jump scare rubbish of recent horror films (prepare for the typical "nothing happens" backlash).

Well work a look.

Nothing does happen though

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Re: The RAWK Film Thread
« Reply #42174 on: March 24, 2016, 08:13:29 pm »
Deadpool;from the start to the finish it was brilliant..Reynolds was excellent. I don't dig superhero fims, this though...I'll be watching again.
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Re: The RAWK Film Thread
« Reply #42175 on: March 24, 2016, 08:24:05 pm »
10 Cloverfield Lane was good. Very intense in parts, three great acting performances (Goodman in particular was fantastic). The ending won't satisfy everyone but I thought it was a very decent film.

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« Reply #42176 on: March 24, 2016, 11:10:24 pm »
Yeah Deadpool was awesome - saw twice in the cinema.
Will wait for non - HC version though.

what does hc mean? i googled it but not quite sure, i think its refering to audio being taken from a cam?

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Re: The RAWK Film Thread
« Reply #42177 on: March 24, 2016, 11:11:31 pm »
what does hc mean? i googled it but not quite sure, i think its refering to audio being taken from a cam?

Asian subtitles that you can't turn off basically.

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Re: The RAWK Film Thread
« Reply #42178 on: March 24, 2016, 11:20:08 pm »
The level of plot convenience is really quite something. Doughnall "Second Unit" Gleeson's scenes are all pretty funny.

Gleeson was laughable, the whole British Empire cliche is old hat...

I didn't rate it at all. It was entertaining, but by far from what I was expecting... Some of the dialogue is shocking and I kind of felt like I was watching Comic Relief... Waiting for the classic bits, whilst padded with patter.

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« Reply #42179 on: March 25, 2016, 12:27:06 am »
Can anyone pm me a link for the Deadpool rip?

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Re: The RAWK Film Thread
« Reply #42180 on: March 25, 2016, 12:37:13 am »
10 Cloverfield Lane was good. Very intense in parts, three great acting performances (Goodman in particular was fantastic). The ending won't satisfy everyone but I thought it was a very decent film.
It was great up til that last act. Suffered a lot from production company intervention to shoehorn in room for a sequel and link it to the Cloverfield stuff. Goodman was far scarier than anything tossed up in that movie, brilliant performance.
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Re: The RAWK Film Thread
« Reply #42181 on: March 25, 2016, 07:52:13 am »
what does hc mean? i googled it but not quite sure, i think its refering to audio being taken from a cam?

HC = Hard coded subtitles.
They're subtitles which cannot be switched off or removed.
Soft coded is where there are multiple subtitle options and you can turn them on or off.

I'd personally wait as it won't be much longer for decent, clutter free copy of Deadpool.
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Re: The RAWK Film Thread
« Reply #42182 on: March 25, 2016, 08:09:01 am »
The level of plot convenience is really quite something. Doughnall "Second Unit" Gleeson's scenes are all pretty funny.
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« Reply #42183 on: March 25, 2016, 08:33:31 am »
Gleeson was laughable, the whole British Empire cliche is old hat...

I didn't rate it at all. It was entertaining, but by far from what I was expecting... Some of the dialogue is shocking and I kind of felt like I was watching Comic Relief... Waiting for the classic bits, whilst padded with patter.
I think it's had a very easy ride indeed because it gets some - less tangible, I suppose - things right for its intended audience. It made them feel like kids again, and achieved that not only by never straying from the original's general template (disappointingly at times, in terms of effectively diminishing this episode's lasting artistic worth right from the start), but also by treating them essentially as kids. And most have obliged, by forgetting the less good bits and only gleefully holding onto the parts they loved, just like kids do with films that excite them.

I'm in that odd position where I can say I really quite enjoyed it in the flix (twice: IMAX 3D & IMAX D-Box [daft bucking themepark chairs, decent fun] - makes all the difference, trust me), but don't really rate it.


Gleeson would have certainly benefitted from bringing it down a few notches, but I think Abrams actually directed him to turn it up. The British (Galactic) Empire is a beloved old cliche; old hat maybe, but fans would have appreciated the nod to Cushing and Glover et al. Would have been an outrage if the Imperial officers were anything but cut-glass tightarse Englishmen!  ;D

The problem is that they took the fascistic element well over the top with Gleeson, with the parodic stiffness and perma-sneer, and the screaming Hitlerian passion of that Nuremburg Rally bit, which was a bit too much. I think Hux could be a pretty good character in the classic Imperial tradition if next time he has more of a cold reserved thing going on, just a quiet icy detachment - going panto with it all just spoils the striking look he already has for the role by virtue of his genes.


For me, the highlights mainly orbited around Kylo Ren. The most memorable big set pieces; the most interesting dialogue; the deepest, heaviest moments of cinematic atmosphere - most if not all of it involved him. Ridley, Boyega and Isaac all bring a lot of charm to their roles, but Driver hit all the notes just right. I like how clearly deeply conflicted and confused under the surface he makes Ren in pretty much every scene, and how he's somehow simultaneously cool and uncool. Just as a teenage(?) angsty darkside loner should be!!

I could probably fill a page or two with issues with it as a film, but I won't because it's a general step back in the right direction, Star Warsy-wise, and so people are in very charitable spirit. Everyone has essentially conceded that its main task was to re-establish that nostalgic old feel and setting, wash the prequels away, and cram in the fan service so we all felt warm and fuzzy and catered-to again, and that the next one needs to deliver far, far more. In fact, the sheer level of eager fan service above all other concerns is in itself one of the problems the film has for me... but eh, whatcha gona do?  ;)
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Re: The RAWK Film Thread
« Reply #42184 on: March 25, 2016, 03:51:03 pm »
Who the fuck is responsible for this "Point Break" remake? What a c*nt.
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« Reply #42185 on: March 25, 2016, 10:31:59 pm »
Just watched the Kurt Cobain: Montage Of Heck.

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Re: The RAWK Film Thread
« Reply #42186 on: March 25, 2016, 11:41:11 pm »
Nothing does happen though

 8)

Not for me; loads happens.

Spoiler
Incredibly tense with no "release" (scare) just made it very uncomfortable viewing from the very beginning and not something I could relax at any point with. A very different, and very welcome horror from the normal stuff
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Re: The RAWK Film Thread
« Reply #42187 on: March 26, 2016, 01:15:44 am »
Star Wars, don't see what the fuss is about. Solid film, nothing more, nothing less, imo of course.

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« Reply #42188 on: March 26, 2016, 01:31:19 am »
Star Wars, don't see what the fuss is about. Solid film, nothing more, nothing less, imo of course.
Baaaahh don't say that, I'm all excited about watching it tomorrow.

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Re: The RAWK Film Thread
« Reply #42189 on: March 26, 2016, 01:40:27 am »
Baaaahh don't say that, I'm all excited about watching it tomorrow.

I'm not a Star Wars fan, I don't have a nostalgic attachment to me it, so perhaps I don't appreciate it like some of you would.

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« Reply #42190 on: March 26, 2016, 01:44:01 am »
I'm not a Star Wars fan, I don't have a nostalgic attachment to me it, so perhaps I don't appreciate it like some of you would.
That's because you grew up with the shite second lot of films rather than us oldies with the classics ;)

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« Reply #42191 on: March 26, 2016, 01:45:51 am »
That's because you grew up with the shite second lot of films rather than us oldies with the classics ;)

I've watched both, not all of them but I have a very vague memory of either one.

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« Reply #42192 on: March 26, 2016, 09:56:38 am »
8)

Not for me; loads happens.

Spoiler
Incredibly tense with no "release" (scare) just made it very uncomfortable viewing from the very beginning and not something I could relax at any point with. A very different, and very welcome horror from the normal stuff
[close]

It was very different I will give you that. I think having Finchy from the Office in the lead role totally took me out of the tension, cannot take the bloke seriously. The twins were terrible, terrible young actors and the pervy boy trying to kop a look at his sisters chest was weird. All in all the worst 'horror' film ive seen at the flicks since The Town That Dreaded Sundown.

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« Reply #42193 on: March 26, 2016, 12:49:47 pm »
It was very different I will give you that. I think having Finchy from the Office in the lead role totally took me out of the tension, cannot take the bloke seriously. The twins were terrible, terrible young actors and the pervy boy trying to kop a look at his sisters chest was weird. All in all the worst 'horror' film ive seen at the flicks since The Town That Dreaded Sundown.

I went in not having a clue what type of horror film this was, didn't see a trailer or anything but I thought it was gripping in parts and interesting although after
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the scene near the beginning involving the witch and the baby
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I almost forgot it was meant to be a horror film as it does get a tad dull and started to drag for me in parts, but towards the end it picks up and just about delivers. My main gripes were with the "olde english" style dialogue, I found it distracting working out or entirely missing what the hell they were saying half the time. The religious fanaticism wears a little thin after a while aswell, especially that auld boot of a wife who was insufferable.

I think it'll be divisive, many will see the title and go in expecting the usual modern horror cinema of cheap scare-a-minute tactics and a couple did walk out halfway through the showing I was in, of about 20 people. But the consensus seemed to be "that was weird/strange" so maybe it did the job.

I have to admit when I saw the bloke was Finchy all dressed up in 1600's clobber I did start laughing aswell  ;D
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Re: The RAWK Film Thread
« Reply #42194 on: March 26, 2016, 01:02:54 pm »
I'm not a Star Wars fan, I don't have a nostalgic attachment to me it, so perhaps I don't appreciate it like some of you would.
It was rehashed and boring....Deadpool was much better.
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Re: The RAWK Film Thread
« Reply #42195 on: March 26, 2016, 02:02:49 pm »
Thought Deadpool was utter garbage.  Your usual traditional superhero structure with the humour of a Ted film and a couple of fourth wall breaks.  Utterly insufferable.

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« Reply #42196 on: March 26, 2016, 02:32:11 pm »
It was rehashed and boring....Deadpool was much better.

The fin character was interesting along with Rey,thats about it for me.

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« Reply #42197 on: March 26, 2016, 02:38:48 pm »
Thought Deadpool was utter garbage.  Your usual traditional superhero structure with the humour of a Ted film and a couple of fourth wall breaks.  Utterly insufferable.
The fact that it tried to parody so many conventions in comic book films and then ends up trying to use them anyway kinda irked me. Not that into superhero movies anyway but thought this'd be different, way too smartarse for me.

I went in not having a clue what type of horror film this was, didn't see a trailer or anything but I thought it was gripping in parts and interesting although after
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the scene near the beginning involving the witch and the baby
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I almost forgot it was meant to be a horror film as it does get a tad dull and started to drag for me in parts, but towards the end it picks up and just about delivers. My main gripes were with the "olde english" style dialogue, I found it distracting working out or entirely missing what the hell they were saying half the time. The religious fanaticism wears a little thin after a while aswell, especially that auld boot of a wife who was insufferable.

I think it'll be divisive, many will see the title and go in expecting the usual modern horror cinema of cheap scare-a-minute tactics and a couple did walk out halfway through the showing I was in, of about 20 people. But the consensus seemed to be "that was weird/strange" so maybe it did the job.

I have to admit when I saw the bloke was Finchy all dressed up in 1600's clobber I did start laughing aswell  ;D
I liked it for the most part. The middle act drags a bit but I felt they did a good job of conveying the actual horror of wholeheartedly believing your child might be possessed without making the family come off as hicks or morons. The whole Witch thing itself was a bit odd, they didn't really decide whether to commit or not in having it in the film and the way its form changes throughout and its existence remains tenuous just left the whole thing feeling unresolved to me.
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Re: The RAWK Film Thread
« Reply #42198 on: March 26, 2016, 04:54:58 pm »
I went in not having a clue what type of horror film this was, didn't see a trailer or anything but I thought it was gripping in parts and interesting although after
Spoiler
the scene near the beginning involving the witch and the baby
[close]

I almost forgot it was meant to be a horror film as it does get a tad dull and started to drag for me in parts, but towards the end it picks up and just about delivers. My main gripes were with the "olde english" style dialogue, I found it distracting working out or entirely missing what the hell they were saying half the time. The religious fanaticism wears a little thin after a while aswell, especially that auld boot of a wife who was insufferable.

I think it'll be divisive, many will see the title and go in expecting the usual modern horror cinema of cheap scare-a-minute tactics and a couple did walk out halfway through the showing I was in, of about 20 people. But the consensus seemed to be "that was weird/strange" so maybe it did the job.

I have to admit when I saw the bloke was Finchy all dressed up in 1600's clobber I did start laughing aswell  ;D

Glad others enjoyed it. I definately applaud horror film makers trying different things because for every one that misses for me theres a gem like IT Follows which caught me totally by surprise.

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Re: The RAWK Film Thread
« Reply #42199 on: March 26, 2016, 05:32:56 pm »
Thought Deadpool was utter garbage.  Your usual traditional superhero structure with the humour of a Ted film and a couple of fourth wall breaks.  Utterly insufferable.
I liked it because it never took itself serious....films with superheroes in are too po faced...Deadpool was the opposite of that and all the better for it.

Everyone who saw the trailer knew what expect...it wasn't like we expected a.....German or Kurosawa film.
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