Eames Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 13 minutes ago, PieFacE said: Watched Straight Outta Compton last night. Was alright, I didn't know much about the story so it was interesting. Not sure how close to the truth it was though, kinda portrays Dre and Ice Cube in too much of a good light. Suspiciously too much. Almost as if they needed them to be onside in order to use the music. If you take it as a vanity piece its ok - but a balanced view of what really happened it certainly ain't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 they are producers, both probably piled a fair bit of cash in to the project and then sit back and watch their album sales go through the roof, unsurprisingly heller is suing them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 (edited) 1 hour ago, PieFacE said: Watched Straight Outta Compton last night. Was alright, I didn't know much about the story so it was interesting. Not sure how close to the truth it was though, kinda portrays Dre and Ice Cube in too much of a good light. Suspiciously too much. Yeah, I found that. Far too much bullshit bravado. The bits with Dre and Surg Knight especially just didn't ring true. I was very sceptical that he would have interacted with Surg like that, knowing full well his reputation and criminal links. Edited November 23, 2015 by dAVe80 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 i would quite happily put my cock on the block and say that "aftermath" scene didnt happen 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 I've recently seen Bridge of Spies, or whatever...the Hanks/Speilberg flick. Not bad, worth a watch, but typically Hanks/Speilberg in their overly sentimental treatment of the material. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 4 hours ago, dAVe80 said: Yeah, I found that. Far too much bullshit bravado. The bits with Dre and Surg Knight especially just didn't ring true. I was very sceptical that he would have interacted with Surg like that, knowing full well his reputation and criminal links. NWA were all a bunch of words removed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 6 minutes ago, maqroll said: NWA were all a bunch of words removed Yeah, that's quite probably true. They did make some great music though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted November 25, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted November 25, 2015 As expected, this has nothing to do with the comic, but it looks alright. Not as strong a trailer as Winter Soldier maybe. Looks like they unsurprisingly didn't make Tony too villain-y... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 looks like they've gone for continuity with the previous film as the trigger for it all rather than a bloke we've never seen before blowing himself up, got no issue with that, however it then goes on to look very heavy on cap's friendship and loyalty to him rather than the fundamentals of the registration act, that's disappointing, the centre of the film and the driving force should be the act not bucky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted November 25, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted November 25, 2015 The Registration Act has had to change in the film as there's not really secret identities in the movies, looks like they've switched to accountability as the trigger... In all honesty it was never going to be what the original plot was, it's not possible to do at the moment and it all gets so daft they'd never make a movie of it even if they could. It's more taking some of the themes, so its less Civil War and seemingly more Cap Goes Rogue (ooerr) and Iron Man is Working for The Man. Interesting they show very little of the additional cast. Once you shove everyone in, it looks a little over stuffed and makes Cap and Co taking on Stark and Co look ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted November 27, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted November 27, 2015 Just finished the extended edition of the Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies. The weakest of Jackson's Middle Earth adaptations anyway, the extended edition doesn't actually bring all that much extra to the table in truth. Far more subtle in its additions than the likes of the Lord of the Rings Extended Editions, this largely bulks out a few action scenes with little benefit, mostly serving only to make some of the stupid slapstick action even more daft. At best Beorn actually gets some screen time this time around, having been in a single slot in the original release, now he's in 3!... It's come out this week that the Hobbit movies were apparently made in a rush and at times they are making up what they were going to do as they went, and the whole thing was severely hamstrung with too little preproduction work done, so it's not really a surprise that the trilogy ended up being a messy uneven work that let a lot of people down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 I actually didn't mind them. But I admit I'm definitely in the minority. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 I thought they were ok, 2 and 3 at least. 1 was insufferably dull for 90 minutes before it even began to start, but that said I really didn't think they were bad. Just pale in comparison to LOTR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted November 28, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted November 28, 2015 I don't mind the films, and I think they're decent watches that have elements and moments that glimpse how good they could have been. But they do miss the mark and do pale in comparison to LOTR. They should have been great, instead they're alright, forgettable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 jupiter ascending complete and utter **** garbage / 10 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New_Jersey_Villa Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 3 minutes ago, villa4europe said: jupiter ascending complete and utter **** garbage / 10 I agree. When like 10 minutes of the movie is watching people run around a futuristic bureaucracy filling out paper work, you really have to scratch your head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 sounds like a reference to Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omariqy Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 On 9/16/2015, 11:31:33, TheMelvillan said: Stand by Me, Kings of Summer and My Girl are all brill and strike me as coming of age movies but maybe I dont really understand the term. Watched Kings of Summer last night and absolutely loved it. Def one of my favourite coming of age films that I have seen recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 I thought it was pretty much universally known that Jupiter Ascending is pants, why do people keep watching it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mozzavfc Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 I imagine most people think Mila Kunis is in it, so it's worth a go 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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