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Non-Wargaming Discussion => Chat & News => Topic started by: Leon on 11 March 2015, 04:07:29 PM

Title: Anyone going to the cinema for these?
Post by: Leon on 11 March 2015, 04:07:29 PM
It seems like almost everything is a remake or sequel these days, so will anyone be venturing to the cinema for any of these:

Mad Max:


Star Wars:


Terminator - Genisys:


:-\
Title: Re: Anyone going to the cinema for these?
Post by: Hertsblue on 11 March 2015, 04:12:10 PM
Hollywood will remake anything that promises a fast buck. But they all seem to be uniformly c**p. Can anyone remember a re-make that wasn't?
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Post by: Ithoriel on 11 March 2015, 06:50:58 PM
Yes, Yes, No, respectively :)
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Post by: Leman on 11 March 2015, 06:53:20 PM
No - DVD or Netflix.
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Post by: fsn on 11 March 2015, 06:54:43 PM
Yes, probably. I have friends (real ones - not imaginary) who drag me out to the cinema regularly.
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Post by: Techno on 11 March 2015, 06:56:03 PM
DVD.....When they're cheaper !  ;)
Cheers - Phil
Title: Re: Anyone going to the cinema for these?
Post by: Ithoriel on 11 March 2015, 06:59:29 PM
Costs me about 3:50 a film these days, sometimes less. Depends how often I get to the cinema. So it's cheaper in the summer when the weather's good and I can be bothered to make the trip to the place than in winter when I'd rather just huddle at home than go out and get wet and cold.
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Post by: Roy on 11 March 2015, 07:03:15 PM
Nope. I much prefer Chinese/Japanese/R.o.Korea historical action films.
In fact I'm much more excited about Asian cinema nowadays than anything made in Lalaland.
Title: Re: Anyone going to the cinema for these?
Post by: Leman on 11 March 2015, 07:07:46 PM
Herr Hitler seems mightily disappointed in J J Abrams efforts. A three-bladed light sabre does appear to be a little over the top.
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Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 11 March 2015, 07:31:26 PM
This is the film I am most excited about this year:
http://youtu.be/iaQRbpRYqU8
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Post by: Steve J on 11 March 2015, 07:34:34 PM
Nope.
Title: Re: Anyone going to the cinema for these?
Post by: fsn on 11 March 2015, 07:55:48 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eisKxhjBnZ0
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eisKxhjBnZ0)

This is the one I'm looking forward to.
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Post by: Dunnadd on 11 March 2015, 07:59:28 PM
i think it just shows that big film companies are unwilling to fund anything new or original. They just want to use brands that already exist and remake them "new and better" (usually ending up much worse)
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Post by: fsn on 11 March 2015, 08:04:19 PM
Agree. Looking at the films coming out they're most franchise/sequal (Bond, Ted, etc) or remakes (Man from Uncle). What's new seems to be a bit of a rehash.

Kingsman is brilliant. I laughed, I gasped, I had something stuck in my throat. I'd go and see it again tomorrow, but the trailers prior to the Kingsman were for three films that were basically the same film with a different lead. Liam Nielsen was one, and the rest were a blur of gritted teeth, gunshots and squealing tyres.

Perhaps there are no more stories to tell?
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Post by: Orcs on 11 March 2015, 08:13:46 PM
Quote from: fsn on 11 March 2015, 08:04:19 PM
Kingsman is brilliant. I laughed, I gasped, I had something stuck in my throat. I'd go and see it again tomorrow, but the trailers prior to the Kingsman were for three films that were basically the same film with a different lead. Liam Nielsen was one, and the rest were a blur of gritted teeth, gunshots and squealing tyres.


Might watch Mad Max  if my daughter fancies going to see it.

Kingsman was excellent - A good film with some really good lines.  One from a very attractive lady near the end was very funny (and rude). I was still laughing about it as I left the cinema, despite severe dig in the ribs from Mrs Orcs
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Post by: fsn on 11 March 2015, 08:15:55 PM
I know the line you mean.  ;D ;D ;D
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Post by: getagrip on 11 March 2015, 09:01:29 PM
Favourite film last year was The Grand Budapest Hotel ; wonderfully insane  :)
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Post by: Ithoriel on 11 March 2015, 09:04:21 PM
Anyone who has a favourite film hasn't watched enough films :)
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Post by: getagrip on 11 March 2015, 09:05:28 PM
Quote from: Ithoriel on 11 March 2015, 09:04:21 PM
Anyone who has a favourite film hasn't watched enough films :)

Oh it'll change next week  :-[