TST Film Review Thread

[John_P]

Had a very rare solo cinema trip tonight to watch Captain America: Brave New World. Most of the reviews I’d seen beforehand were negative so had low expectations, actually thought it was decent apart from in the middle where it got a bit laborious and clunky. Decent action, snippets of that typical Marvel humour and I thought Anthony Mackie and Harrison Ford were worthy leads.

A steady 6 or 7 out of 10.

Yeah, thought it was perfectly fine as well. Touched on plenty of Sam's worries about taking on the mantle as a continuation of what we saw in Falcon & The Winter Soldier.

Saying that would love to have known what we were originally going to get seeing how many reshoots and characters removed from the final film.

Still looking forward to Thunderbolts* and Fantastic Four - First Steps over the summer.

 

[Mick]

Finally got round to watching Deadpool and Wolverine on Disney+, somehow managed to go in relatively spoiler free and thought it was hugely entertaining. Not particularly familiar with the X Men side of things so some of that went over my head but it worked fine as a standalone film (although watching Loki not long ago definetly helped). Matthew Macfadyen has been one of my favourite actors since Succession first started and he was class in this in a sort of comedy villain role.

8/10 - a lot of fun, but a bit on the nose too.

Good news is now I’ve finally caught up with the MCU I can start to enjoy other films again! And going to attempt to make the most of my weekly £3 Cineworld ticket through my 3 mobile contract and get back to the cinema far more regularly.

 

[Zeock]

I watched The Monkey yesterday, which is an adaptation by Longlegs director Osgood Perkins of a Stephen King short story.
It was a solid horror-comedy, with a decent amount of gore and practical effects, some interesting kills, and a handful of slightly amusing gags. The acting was nothing special, but not terrible.
However, its plot was fairly predictable, and the middle dragged a bit, especially for a film that is only around 90 minutes.
7.2/10.

 

[John_P]

It's the Oscars on Sunday night and as usual I like to try and watch all the best picture nominees before the ceremony. Thankfully this week the penultimate film I needed to see was released.

So I've just been to see I'm Still Here, set in early 1970s Brazil during the military dictatorship.
Focusing on Fernanda Torres' Eunice a mother of 5 whose husband is taken away by the police for questioning. Based on the true story of the family as we see her trying to keep her family together. Heartbreakingly brilliant film and performance.

It might be the fact the film is still in my head but of the 10 films (need to see Nickel Boys) it's the best one I've seen. Fernanda Torres probably the best acting performance as well.

 

[John_P]

So Nickel Boys popped up on Amazon Prime the other day so I've now watched all ten best picture nominees.

So this is how I'd rank them...

1 - I'm Still Here
2 - Conclave
3 - Anora
4 - The Brutalist
5 - Dune Part 2
6 - The Substance
7 - A Complete Unknown
8 - Nickel Boys
9 - Wicked
10 - Emilia Perez


Think tomorrow night it'll be Anora or Conclave that win best picture though, both very worthy winners.