I think Tv series are far more interesting than most movies these days, They have the luxury of being able to develop deep and meaningful story lines and characters. Most movies to me now feel a bit cliche and follow a very predictable formula and pattern
I went and saw Wonder Woman this arvo after hearing raves about Gal Gadot from one of the ladies who run my coffee shop, and all I can say isâŚ'phwoooarrr!". We agree, although from different ends of the spectrum.
Enjoyable fillum with David Thewlis playing a similar role to his role in Fargo Series 3.
I like the ranga from Trainspotting with a bonce only a mother could love. That is one rough head!
I watched Soylent Green for the first time last night (on Viceland. Just missed The Fifth Element).
Itâs a really interesting film, with themes that are still relevant.
ItâsâŚkind of difficult to know how to take it though. Acting was different in 1973, so thereâs that. And you have Charlton Heston in the lead. Heâs sort of playing an action hero, and that seemsâŚweird.
His acting is wooden, his jaw deserves separate billing, but effective I guess.
Iâm prepared to forgive a lot in sci-fi.
Whatâs disjointed about it, is that itâs a film made forty years ago about (from the point of view of now) of a dystopian future.
One of the first scenes shows a woman playing a cough high-tech video game.
Itâs Asteroids. In black and white.
You canât help but laugh at that.
I found its treatment (too harsh? depiction?) of women particularly jarring. And I found myself wondering if this is the 70âs talking or if womenâs roles have been genuinely thought out.
Itâs clunky.
But there is one scene in particular, after watching the majority of the film through a grey green haze, that is particularly emotional, and surprisingly subtle.
The spoiler, which everyone knows, seemed to me the least interesting part of the film. And the resolution all a bit pointless. Itâs hard to imagine what on earth is supposed to change at the end of the movie, and Iâm not sure that was the intent.
Well worth a watch, though.
And I can see why people rate it in the sci-fi film genre.
Charlton Heston was also the star in the Omega Man, which was basically a zombie movie (with a touch of vampire) and full of flaws, but very memorable and with one of the best opening sequences youâll ever see.
I saw the first 20 minutes or so of I am Legend before turning it off on account of near-terminal boredom. I hadnât twigged that it was a remake of Omega Man.
And I had the misfortune to stumble across the remake of Ben Hur the other day. A scene where he was a galley slave in a sea battle. CGI to the nth degree of crappiness. Those old Hollywood epics had their faults, but they had a lot to like in them too.
I wonât be going to watch it, but want know do they do/say Go Go Power Rangers. I used to watch this with my son in his younger days, was the only bit I liked.
I think thatâs the only thing the didnât do. They even played a retro theme song when the Zords roll out⌠thatâs also precisely the point where the quality of the movie drops off.