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TST Film Review Thread
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John_P
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Loved Palm Springs, if you want another time loop comedy on Prime I'd definitely recommend The Map Of Tiny Little Things.
Yeah the new Mission:Impossible trailer looks great, Tom Cruise probably the last big film star standing and his commitment to practical effects and doing his own stunts is insane.
Which brings me to today's trip to the pictures...
Top Gun: Maverick
The much delayed and anticipated sequel. With this modern trend of legacy sequels you almost forgot Cruise starred in an very early one with The Colour Of Money (a sequel to The Hustler). Cruise has MI regular Chris McQuarrie, and Oblivion director Joseph Kosinski involved with Maverick.
The film sees Maverick return to Top Gun to train the Navy's top pilots to fly a mission, included in this group is Rooster (Miles Teller) who is the son of Mavericks friend Goose who died in the original film.
The scenes of aerial flight and combat are genuinely stunning, making you feel like you're up in the sky with them.
The story is really good in honouring what's gone before whilst also adding in new themes and a legacy of its own.
It's weird how well this all works coming 36 years after Top Gun, especially when the Don Simpson/ Jerry Bruckheimer films of this era were all very much stand alone films were their next film (occasionally starring the same stars) would almost remove any want for one. Days of Thunder for instance being referred to as Top Car.
Anyways, Top Gun:Maverick is loads of fun, and really needs to be seen on the biggest screen possible.
Yeah the new Mission:Impossible trailer looks great, Tom Cruise probably the last big film star standing and his commitment to practical effects and doing his own stunts is insane.
Which brings me to today's trip to the pictures...
Top Gun: Maverick
The much delayed and anticipated sequel. With this modern trend of legacy sequels you almost forgot Cruise starred in an very early one with The Colour Of Money (a sequel to The Hustler). Cruise has MI regular Chris McQuarrie, and Oblivion director Joseph Kosinski involved with Maverick.
The film sees Maverick return to Top Gun to train the Navy's top pilots to fly a mission, included in this group is Rooster (Miles Teller) who is the son of Mavericks friend Goose who died in the original film.
The scenes of aerial flight and combat are genuinely stunning, making you feel like you're up in the sky with them.
The story is really good in honouring what's gone before whilst also adding in new themes and a legacy of its own.
It's weird how well this all works coming 36 years after Top Gun, especially when the Don Simpson/ Jerry Bruckheimer films of this era were all very much stand alone films were their next film (occasionally starring the same stars) would almost remove any want for one. Days of Thunder for instance being referred to as Top Car.
Anyways, Top Gun:Maverick is loads of fun, and really needs to be seen on the biggest screen possible.
deanW
TS Member
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- Oblivion
I watched The Wicker Man (2006) for the first time yesterday - the remake with Nicholas Cage…
I noticed it was showing on a Samsung TV Plus channel and thought it was about time I actually watched this film, considering we literally have a rollercoaster at Towers based on the same concept!
It’s certainly a film that breaks the typical plot conventions! I don’t want to say too much if you haven’t seen it, but I went in blind and was quite surprised by the ending in a good way! I think the story is told quite well too, but there are moments where the acting falls a bit flat, as well as a few pointless moments that add nothing to the film.
It makes me want to watch the original 1973 version with Christopher Lee in it so I can compare the two versions, especially seeing as the online reviews are far superior for the original. Plus, I have a love of older films - particularly the Hammer horror ones!
I can’t even give The Wicker Man a ‘star rating’, because I have no idea if I liked it or hated it…
Please just watch it.
I noticed it was showing on a Samsung TV Plus channel and thought it was about time I actually watched this film, considering we literally have a rollercoaster at Towers based on the same concept!
It’s certainly a film that breaks the typical plot conventions! I don’t want to say too much if you haven’t seen it, but I went in blind and was quite surprised by the ending in a good way! I think the story is told quite well too, but there are moments where the acting falls a bit flat, as well as a few pointless moments that add nothing to the film.
It makes me want to watch the original 1973 version with Christopher Lee in it so I can compare the two versions, especially seeing as the online reviews are far superior for the original. Plus, I have a love of older films - particularly the Hammer horror ones!
I can’t even give The Wicker Man a ‘star rating’, because I have no idea if I liked it or hated it…
Please just watch it.
BarryZola
TS Member
The original is brilliant. You probably wouldn't have bothered with the recent version if you'd seen the original. I know I'm not going to bother. The 1973 version was just right. Unfortunately, you already know the plot now. Enjoy comparing them anyway. Let us know when you get around to watching it 
deanW
TS Member
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- Oblivion
Yes I absolutely will write about it here once I’ve seen it! Good to know I’ve started with the ‘bad’ oneThe original is brilliant. You probably wouldn't have bothered with the recent version if you'd seen the original. I know I'm not going to bother. The 1973 version was just right. Unfortunately, you already know the plot now. Enjoy comparing them anyway. Let us know when you get around to watching it
James
TS Founding Member
Avatar: The Way of Water
Visually, a stunning film, beautiful. The writing, appalling. I love the concept/ideas of Pandora, and I was hoping this film would be more about delving into this world. Unfortunately the majority of the films is humans vs Na’vi. A rehash of the original, which is a shame.
The end of the film hints more toward the next sequel following a similar formula. Which I hope is not the case.
Still, it’s a beautiful film visually and I enjoyed it nonetheless. It’s a good action film.
7/10
Visually, a stunning film, beautiful. The writing, appalling. I love the concept/ideas of Pandora, and I was hoping this film would be more about delving into this world. Unfortunately the majority of the films is humans vs Na’vi. A rehash of the original, which is a shame.
The end of the film hints more toward the next sequel following a similar formula. Which I hope is not the case.
Still, it’s a beautiful film visually and I enjoyed it nonetheless. It’s a good action film.
7/10
pluk
TS Member
I have no desire to watch the sequel to a film as lazily written that the rare thing they are looking for is called unobtainium. The first one was pretty looking tedious crap, I can't understand how it has come to have multiple sequels and a theme park area. Who cares a jot about these characters?
John_P
TS Member
Watch Knives Out 2, Glass Onion, last night.
A really good sequel which again shakes up the whodunit genre and plays around with its tropes.
Daniel Craig is again excellent as Benoit Blanc, amazing how he's stepped from Bond to Blanc so seemlessly.
The cast of suspects are great as well.
A really good sequel which again shakes up the whodunit genre and plays around with its tropes.
Daniel Craig is again excellent as Benoit Blanc, amazing how he's stepped from Bond to Blanc so seemlessly.
The cast of suspects are great as well.
Matt N
TS Member
- Favourite Ride
- Shambhala (PortAventura Park)
I somehow made it through 19.5 years of my life and various Christmases without having watched Love Actually, a film that I’m well aware is many people’s favourite Christmas film. I know for a fact that it’s among my mum and sister’s favourite Christmas films, and they make a point of watching it every year.
On Christmas Eve, I watched it for the first time with my family, and I guess it was OK. I didn’t love it, but there were some bits that were quite funny (such as Hugh Grant’s dancing scene), and it was kind of touching in some ways. I did find some scenes rather uncomfortable viewing, however; I’m mainly talking about the sex scenes, particularly the ones with the two porn actors…
Overall, it wasn’t my personal favourite Christmas film, but that’s probably more down to it not being the type of thing I typically gravitate towards.
On a side note, we also watched Home Alone the other day (my first watch for a few years), and it remains brilliant; it’s definitely among my favourite Christmas films!
On Christmas Eve, I watched it for the first time with my family, and I guess it was OK. I didn’t love it, but there were some bits that were quite funny (such as Hugh Grant’s dancing scene), and it was kind of touching in some ways. I did find some scenes rather uncomfortable viewing, however; I’m mainly talking about the sex scenes, particularly the ones with the two porn actors…
Overall, it wasn’t my personal favourite Christmas film, but that’s probably more down to it not being the type of thing I typically gravitate towards.
On a side note, we also watched Home Alone the other day (my first watch for a few years), and it remains brilliant; it’s definitely among my favourite Christmas films!
John_P
TS Member
So Daniel Radcliffe making plenty of cash playing Harry Potter thus allowing him to appear in films like Swiss Army Man and Lost City.
And now Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Were he plays Weird Al Yankovic.
It's a biopic but happily leans into every trope it can with hilarious results.
Pretty sure it's not all entirely true to what happened but it seems completely right for Al Yankovic to have his biopic be like this.
And now Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Were he plays Weird Al Yankovic.
It's a biopic but happily leans into every trope it can with hilarious results.
Pretty sure it's not all entirely true to what happened but it seems completely right for Al Yankovic to have his biopic be like this.
John_P
TS Member
Watched the massive Hindi film of 2022 the other day on Netflix.
RRR
Set in India around 1920 it sees the main a character, the protector of a village, attempting to find and retrieve a young child that was taken by the very evil British.
Clocking in at just over 3 hours it's long but rewards watching with some amazing action set pieces, a great story of friendship between the two leads, and a ridiculous but very satisfying final act.
RRR
Set in India around 1920 it sees the main a character, the protector of a village, attempting to find and retrieve a young child that was taken by the very evil British.
Clocking in at just over 3 hours it's long but rewards watching with some amazing action set pieces, a great story of friendship between the two leads, and a ridiculous but very satisfying final act.
Rowe
TS Member
- Favourite Ride
- Matterhorn Blitz (with an Aperol Spritz!)
Out of curiosity, does anyone have a Letterboxd profile? It's a social site/app for sharing film reviews, keeping track of what you've seen, what you'd like to watch and making lists etc. I may not have posted any reviews in this topic for a long, long time but according to my profile stats, I've clocked 381 reviews and well over 400 films watched in 2022
jon81uk
TS Member
I found it good, but think I went in with the expectation of it being a good looking but slightly silly action film and that was met.
Didn't feel like three hours long which is a plus.
The theme park area has nothing to do with the characters, its about visiting a fantastical land, similar to the rest of Disneyworld really. I haven't yet been back since the new area but it looks possible to appreciate it without seeing any of the films.
OtherBen
TS Member
Out of curiosity, does anyone have a Letterboxd profile? It's a social site/app for sharing film reviews, keeping track of what you've seen, what you'd like to watch and making lists etc. I may not have posted any reviews in this topic for a long, long time but according to my profile stats, I've clocked 381 reviews and well over 400 films watched in 2022
i do. i love it.
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OtherBen uses Letterboxd to share film reviews and lists. 2,516 films watched. Favorites: Thunder Road (2018), Nimona (2023), Watchmen (2019), South Park: Post COVID (2021). Bio: <-- top 4 favourite films are changed monthly. they are the top films i've watched in the previous month. 'nobody...
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sunset blvd. and all about eve on your splash page. top class. great taste.
Plastic Person
TS Member
This is mine...
https://letterboxd.com/JohnLoveless/
First time I've ever shared this publicly, so be gentle. Oh, and previous form suggests that you automatically deduct half-a-star from anything I've watched in the past month.
https://letterboxd.com/JohnLoveless/
First time I've ever shared this publicly, so be gentle. Oh, and previous form suggests that you automatically deduct half-a-star from anything I've watched in the past month.
John_P
TS Member
Good start to the year with seeing
A Man Called Otto and Empire Of Light over the past few days.
Great performances from Tom Hanks and Olivia Colman.
Can even see the scenic railway in some bits of Empire Of Light as its set in Margate.
Next films up over the weekend will be Till, and Tar. Though The Menu is on Disney+ and I missed that at the pictures.
A Man Called Otto and Empire Of Light over the past few days.
Great performances from Tom Hanks and Olivia Colman.
Can even see the scenic railway in some bits of Empire Of Light as its set in Margate.
Next films up over the weekend will be Till, and Tar. Though The Menu is on Disney+ and I missed that at the pictures.