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Terminator: Dark Fate - Instantly forgettable sequel to... Terminator 2? This is the sixth film in the series and probably the best since Terminator 2. When the competition is Rise of the Machines, Salvation and Genisys that's very much damning with faint praise. Good idea bringing Linda Hamilton back, bad idea to have this be yet another chase movie; that the Terminator films can never break out of that mould is their biggest flaw. They see no other way to tell a story, probably because the premise isn't as large as they think it is and it was wrapped up in T2. This, Aliens, Predator and Robocop - these films aren't franchises. They're limited premises made at the right time by the right film-makers, they need to stop making them. Forgettable villain, vague premise and a really shaky reason to bring back Arnie. 5.5 out of 10

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8 hours ago, Redder Lurtz said:

Never seen it. 

 

Brian fucking Adams.

 

Worth a go?

Fairly straightforward Robin Hood yarn elevated by the director telling Alan Rickman that it was a pantomime.

Missed a trick by not killing him off at the end by having him hanging on by his fingertips and then letting him fall from the ramparts  

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Started watching about 15 minutes of terminator dark fate and turned it off, total shite, not helped by the fact I watched terminator 2 last week, one of the greatest films of all time.

 

Terminator went the way of aliens, the originals were psychological thrillers and action flicks that weren't bogged down in background and science fiction.

 

There's a scene at the start of dark fate where the terminator is bounding up walls like spiderman and I just thoght 'fuck that'.

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12 hours ago, Anubis said:

Tigers Are Not Afraid - 6/10. Billed as City of God meets Pan’s Labyrinth, but it’s not really. More of a mild ghost story of a clash between children orphaned by kidnapping/murder and a cartel. Ok, but not what it’s built up to be.

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The Full Monty 8/10

 

hadn't seen it from when it first came out. more depth to it about the male societal situation than i first realised.

 

especially the relationship between Robert Carlyle's character, his son and his ex-partner which was the backbone of the film. how money or lack of it is used as tool to try to bring someone down, restrict their parental access and take away their self-respect when they have had genuinely good intentions as a father. so as to resort to fix the situation by any means necessary. Sheffield (balls of) steel.

 

Hot Chocolate's music is fucking sound also.

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Round Midnight, 1986 film starring Dexter Fletcher as an alcoholic tenor player, drinking himself & his genius into oblivion in Paris. Absolutely loved this & the amazing Herbie Hancock soundtrack. Great wee cameo from Martin Scorsese too. 8.5/10

 

Funny Cow, 2017 film starring Maxine Peake as a Yorkshire comedian. Typical gritty, British effort. Enjoyable enough. 6.5/10

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On 20/09/2020 at 09:31, RedKnight said:

Terminator: Dark Fate - Instantly forgettable sequel to... Terminator 2? This is the sixth film in the series and probably the best since Terminator 2. When the competition is Rise of the Machines, Salvation and Genisys that's very much damning with faint praise. Good idea bringing Linda Hamilton back, bad idea to have this be yet another chase movie; that the Terminator films can never break out of that mould is their biggest flaw. They see no other way to tell a story, probably because the premise isn't as large as they think it is and it was wrapped up in T2. This, Aliens, Predator and Robocop - these films aren't franchises. They're limited premises made at the right time by the right film-makers, they need to stop making them. Forgettable villain, vague premise and a really shaky reason to bring back Arnie. 5.5 out of 10

Just watched it, I'd agree.

Also agree with section that they have moved from psychological thrillers to a mess of special effects which mean nothing 

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12 hours ago, Mook said:

Round Midnight, 1986 film starring Dexter Fletcher as an alcoholic tenor player, drinking himself & his genius into oblivion in Paris. Absolutely loved this & the amazing Herbie Hancock soundtrack. Great wee cameo from Martin Scorsese too. 8.5/10

 

Funny Cow, 2017 film starring Maxine Peake as a Yorkshire comedian. Typical gritty, British effort. Enjoyable enough. 6.5/10

Was dexter fletcher in a show called press gang? 

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12 hours ago, Mook said:

Round Midnight, 1986 film starring Dexter Fletcher as an alcoholic tenor player, drinking himself & his genius into oblivion in Paris. Absolutely loved this & the amazing Herbie Hancock soundtrack. Great wee cameo from Martin Scorsese too. 8.5/10

 

Funny Cow, 2017 film starring Maxine Peake as a Yorkshire comedian. Typical gritty, British effort. Enjoyable enough. 6.5/10

 

5 minutes ago, Fluter in Dakota said:

Was dexter fletcher in a show called press gang? 

Yep, Mook means Dexter Gordon though- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090557/

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