The Film Thread

[Kenny]

Sure I read a while back thatthey wanted to take Bond back to the Brosnan style after the gritty stuff was not going down all that well and failing to attract to new fans.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

If it's like Goldeneye and Tomorrow Never Dies - fine

If it's like Die Another Day - do one

 

[PPB]

Ones i've seen recently, The Forest, The Boy, Joy, Krampus and Deadpool. Really enjoyed The Boy even though its a stupid storyline. Made me jump in a few places. As for Deadpool, was ok but didn't enjoy it as much as other people seemed to.

 

[The Bear]

How was Joy? Just looks like a standard David O'Russel film to me. Pick some different actors FFS!

 

[PPB]

How was Joy? Just looks like a standard David O'Russel film to me. Pick some different actors FFS!

Boring. I usually enjoy films that star Robert De Niro, but even he couldn't cut it in this one. Don't know what I was expecting really after all it's basically about a woman trying to sell her mops.

 

[The Bear]

I enjoyed Silver Linings Playbook and American Hustle. This just looks a bit dull though.

 

[PPB]

I enjoyed Silver Linings Playbook and American Hustle. This just looks a bit dull though.

It is. Even with JL in it, its still dull.

 

[lemonjelly]

Trainspotting 2 out next january...

 

[Newbridge Wolf]

Yes finally got a release date, see it's being set in Edinburgh (and Glasgow) as opposed to London as the book was, think it's only going to be loosely based on it.

Also ID 2 is happening, the only real hooligan film I ever really liked, and Human Traffic 2 has also been announced. Quite the news for British 90's film sequels at the moment.

 

[Langers]

I love ID and Human Traffic - and Trainspotting is one of the best films ever made. All very exciting!!

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

The Firm was better than ID I reckon.

 

[Langers]

I preferred ID - though both were miles better than the atrocious Football Factory or - worse - Green Street. Which for some perverse reason I actually find entertaining. Probably the lead actor's attempt at being a 'cockney geezer' when he can't even do a cockney accent. It's unintentionally hilarious.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

DO NOT ever watch Green Street 2, it is possibly the worst film I have ever seen and not in a funny way either.

Green Street is indeed unintentionally hilarious. Especially when the lads run from Macclesfield to Old Trafford in about 10 minutes.

Give me the facking bees.

 

[Langers]

I haven't seen Green Street 2. Does it perchance have anything to do with some sort of retribution towards the people who 'dun in' the hybrid Geordie-Welsh dude with the Suffolk-Scottish twang at the end of the first enthralling installment?

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

It's based in prison with one of the bit part players from the original, it makes absolutely no sense. Actually headache inducing.

 

[Langers]

There is of course the chance that ID 2 will be a complete car crash of a film - those sorts of films don't often spawn even half-decent sequels.

 

[Newbridge Wolf]

There is of course the chance that ID 2 will be a complete car crash of a film - those sorts of films don't often spawn even half-decent sequels.

I doubt it will carry off what the original managed to be honest, theres a trailer on loaded. It looks like its just cashing in on the originals name

I think the problem is that whilst it was ground breaking at the time, the genre quickly became flooded with substandard rubbish, this has probably weakend the original message and power it once held.

See, Crouching Tiger, hidden Dragon - great film at the time but watch it now and its reliant on a load of stunt wire scenes that became very tired through over exposure in other films after its release.

The Firm was good, but I ended up watching it after ID, it was for TV wasn't it first then didn't someone do a remake of it which was awful.

T2 and HT2 I have higher hopes for.

 

[Newbridge Wolf]

Rumours that Shane Meadows has one last This is England project he would like to do. Talking about doing a film format as the original was.

Not sure how I feel about this, cracking series/film but TIE 90 ended up being a bit self indulgent.

 

[Paul]

It's based in prison with one of the bit part players from the original, it makes absolutely no sense. Actually headache inducing.

Have seen it, and died a little inside

 

[Langers]

Rumours that Shane Meadows has one last This is England project he would like to do. Talking about doing a film format as the original was.

Not sure how I feel about this, cracking series/film but TIE 90 ended up being a bit self indulgent.

I saw them all in about a week just recently - brilliant TV and there are a few things that definitely need tying up!