Seeing as the old thread is still locked . . .
Troll, a Norwegian attempt at a Hollywood-style monster movie:
Available from yesterday on Netflix.
Enjoyable hokum, if extremely derivative.
The Marvel juggernaut rolls on (and on and on . . .), Guardians of the Galaxy 3:
And a fifth Indiana Jones movie:
"Dial of Destiny"? Terrible name. Can't be any worse than the fourth. Can it?
QuoteAnd a fifth Indiana Jones movie:
"Dial of Destiny"? Terrible name. Can't be any worse than the fourth. Can it?
There are only three Indiana Jones films...
I enjoyed watching Troll yesterday, despite if feeling very much like King Kong at times. Excellent special effects on the Troll though. There was an earlier film (or series?) where some kids or young adults stumbled across the existence of Trolls still living in Norway, which I thought a better story.
QuoteI enjoyed watching Troll yesterday, despite if feeling very much like King Kong at times.
Yeah, I spent most the film thinking "That bit's from Jurassic Park", "that bit's from Kong: Skull Island", then "Godzilla" (the good one), "Godzilla" (the truly terrible one), "Jurassic Park 2", etc. As I said, I enjoyed it, but it is very derivative.
QuoteThere was an earlier film (or series?) where some kids or young adults stumbled across the existence of Trolls still living in Norway, which I thought a better story.
Troll Hunter?
Aye, good fun. Worth watching.
Quote from: Raider4 on 02 December 2022, 12:26:03 PMYeah, I spent most the film thinking "That bit's from Jurassic Park", "that bit's from Kong: Skull Island", then "Godzilla" (the good one), "Godzilla" (the truly terrible one), "Jurassic Park 2", etc. As I said, I enjoyed it, but it is very derivative.
Troll Hunter?
Aye, good fun. Worth watching.
Quote from: Steve J on 02 December 2022, 12:11:52 PMI also enjoyed Troll Hunter - but am yet to see Troll, but it on my watch list.
I enjoyed watching Troll yesterday, despite if feeling very much like King Kong at times. Excellent special effects on the Troll though. There was an earlier film (or series?) where some kids or young adults stumbled across the existence of Trolls still living in Norway, which I thought a better story.
Quote from: Raider4 on 02 December 2022, 08:12:05 AMAnd a fifth Indiana Jones movie:
"Dial of Destiny"? Terrible name. Can't be any worse than the fourth. Can it?
It's all about time travel. Jones goes back in time and possibly meets his younger self. Apparently Indie dies and passes his hat to Phoebe Waller-Bridge. In some endings (I don't think they've picked one yet) PW-B
is Indiana Jones and recreates Indi's most famous stunts.
I won't be watching.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11421237/Phoebe-Waller-Bridge-set-replace-Harrison-Ford-Indiana-Jones.html (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11421237/Phoebe-Waller-Bridge-set-replace-Harrison-Ford-Indiana-Jones.html)
This one comes out in the States. Seeing it tonight.
https://youtu.be/NCDEGP6VjYY
If it links... Movie is Devotion, about the first black Aviator in the Navy's history in the Korean War.
QuoteIf it links... Movie is Devotion, about the first black Aviator in the Navy's history in the Korean War.
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This looks like it's as nuts as a bag of squirrels ("industrial" language ahead):
"From the studio behind JOHN WICK" . . . Indeed.
Looks like a hectic ride! I'm in. :D
QuoteThis looks like it's as nuts as a bag of squirrels ("industrial" language ahead):
Having watched the trailer your discription seems to sum it up very well :)
"Finland Finland Finland......Finland has it all"
That looks fun, I'll pop it on the list!
The trailer confused me a bit. It's Finland, 1944 and the enemies of the day are.....Nazis? Not the ones allied to Finland at the time and fighting off a Soviet invasion, presumably. I suppose it wouldn't have been realistic to depict Russians brutally invading a neighbouring country that was once part of their historic empire instead, eh? :-\
The dog is a Labradoodle which didn't exist as a breed until the mid 1950s. You'd think they'd get basic details like that correct. It just makes the entire film unbelievable ;)
QuoteThe trailer confused me a bit. It's Finland, 1944 and the enemies of the day are.....Nazis?
Set during the Lapland War (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lapland_War) apparently. No, I'd never heard of it either.
QuoteThe trailer confused me a bit. It's Finland, 1944 and the enemies of the day are.....Nazis? Not the ones allied to Finland at the time and fighting off a Soviet invasion, presumably.
Could be later in 44 when the Finnish army fought the Germans in the Lapland War? (Bugger someone beat me to it!) >:(
And that 'Labradoodle'? Looks more like a Bedlington terrier to me.
Obviously a film based on high class primary sources and a strict adherence to the laws of physics and dog breeding. :)
In that classic parable of our time, the genius Doctor, Dr Hook, wrote "when you're in love with a beautiful woman, you watch your friends (you watch your friends)"
Similarly "when you're carry a big gold rock across Finland, you beware the allies that your country has adopted as a matter of political convenience (adopted as a matter of political convenience)"
I don't think it's one to watch for military accuracy. How did the Nazis get hold of a T54? Can you really set off a mine by inadvertently head butting it? Why are there Germans in Northern Finland at all? Was Techno their guide ... "Oh yes, certainly turn left at Leningrad."
QuoteI don't think it's one to watch for military accuracy. How did the Nazis get hold of a T54? Can you really set off a mine by inadvertently head butting it? Why are there Germans in Northern Finland at all?
T-54? Hmm, I was thinking an M24 or M41, but you don't really get a good look.
And there certainly were Germans in Northern Finland.
Quote from: Raider4 on 23 February 2023, 12:28:24 PMT-54? Hmm, I was thinking an M24 or M41, but you don't really get a good look.
You can if you're very quick on the pause button. Gap in the wheels make me think T54.
Quote from: Raider4 on 23 February 2023, 12:28:24 PMAnd there certainly were Germans in Northern Finland.
Jokes are like puppies - they don't survive dissection. I was trying to revive the old practice of Techno baiting, a much hallowed and flourishing art in days of yore.
QuoteYou can if you're very quick on the pause button. Gap in the wheels make me think T54.
Found another image:
(https://i.redd.it/wzk6ar04jrja1.jpg)
Aye, you're right. Looks like a T-54 or -55.
Ridley Scott returns to historical epics, taking Commodus with him:
Due in cinemas November.
Do you think Napoleon ever took part in a cavalry charge?
Good Grief! ;D
I NEED the 20 hour extended directors cut limited edition. :D
QuoteDo you think Napoleon ever took part in a cavalry charge?
And was he left handed?
I'm sure it will be visually spectacular, but as for historical accuracy, why let the truth get in the way of a good story? ;)
Quote from: fsn on 10 July 2023, 02:38:59 PMDo you think Napoleon ever took part in a cavalry charge?
In 1994 in a wargame of Marengo. He ended up being captured thus ending the Napoleonic Wars early.
Godzilla Minus One:
This one may just tempt me back into the cinema for the first time since 2019. Out Dec 15 in the UK.
QuoteGodzilla Minus One. This one may just tempt me back into the cinema for the first time since 2019. Out Dec 15 in the UK.
Just got back. 'Twas very good. Odd bit of bad acting, and occasionally the monster's eyes looked a bit weird to me but generally the graphics & effects were excellent and the story was much more grounded than the recent US versions have been.
There was a trailer for a new American Godzilla/Kong movie which just looked so, so ridiculously stupid it beggars belief. And it probably has a budget upwards of $250 million. The Japanese made this film for less than $15 million I believe.
Saw it myself this evening. Excellent monster romp :D
Hopefully going to see this next week:
:o X_X I'm not sure if that is too close to a potential reality or a needed warning :-S
Rebel Moon II out on the 19th April (on Netflix) - I shall watch it out of interest but I have no great expectations that it will be any better than the first one :'(
Civil War was great. Just got back. Two thumbs up from me. If you want to see it, use the cinema. Not so much for the visual spectacle, but for the sound.
Now to see if I can fit Dune 2 in before it disappears.
Just binge watched "Fallout" on Amazon Prime.
It's the TV miniseries set in the Fallout computer game world.
I don't think you need to have played Fallout to enjoy the series, but it probably helps with some of the nuances.
The action rollicks along at a decent pace and flips between the three main characters in a way that I found easy to follow.
I enjoyed it.
We are enjoying Fallout too, as it's easy watching and with a quirky sense of humour. Visually it's stunning and love that whole 1950's America vibe they have going on, with lots of great 'adverts' in the background that are fun to read if you spot them in time.
QuoteJust binge watched "Fallout" on Amazon Prime.
I enjoyed it.
Aye, me too.
Just started & finding it fun and easy to dip in & out of. But not an 'obsessive' binge-watch for me (unlike Shogun) .... "got to go and what todays episode now" :D
Just watched this, thoroughly entertaining.
Though there are at least half a dozen moments when you go "what are they doing now?" or "what was the point of that?", and the ending is a real "Eh? How?". But overall very enjoyable.
Quote from: Big Insect on 15 April 2024, 09:36:27 AMRebel Moon II out on the 19th April (on Netflix) - I shall watch it out of interest but I have no great expectations that it will be any better than the first one :'(
Well .... what is there to say!!! YAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWN :'( :'( :'(
Quote from: Raider4 on 29 December 2023, 12:03:28 AMJust got back. 'Twas very good. Odd bit of bad acting, and occasionally the monster's eyes looked a bit weird to me but generally the graphics & effects were excellent and the story was much more grounded than the recent US versions have been.
Yes, I thoroughly enjoyed it as well - especially the whole low budget approach, which seemed to fit the historical time-line perfectly.
I also saw the trailer for the next Godzilla-Kong movie. Maybe if I was trapped on an airline flight long-enough I might be forced to watch it, but it is all starting to get even more ridiculous, if that is at all possible.
NB: I did once (many years back) fight a rather good 6mm scale 'Pacific Rim'* game using FWC - with Battletech mechs and old plastic GW Genestealers as the Kaiju - which was fun. (* ours was called 'Baltic Rim' to allow me to use my Neo-Soviet ground forces).
Always wondered why I've never seen anything about the events of 1066 - surely one of
the pivotal events of English history.
Step forward the BBC:
Looks fun
We know we will all bitch about historical inaccuracies, but it looks fun
QuoteWe know we will all bitch about historical inaccuracies, but it looks fun
It does. And it's a story worth telling.
But . . . if I see a back-scabbard, I'm out. Fantasy, pure fantasy. It's what really annoyed me about
The Last Kingdom.
just saw this film preview on YT.....a lone Tiger on a special mission behind enemy lines on the Eastern Front....hmmm :-\
What could possibly go wrong? after all its a Tiger ;D
Plot of that one sounds silly - Tigers on a secret mission behind the lines. Whatever else niether mark of tiger could be described as sneaky...
Saving Private Ryan crossed with Fury. From a German POV. Hmmm.
One of my favourite stats from WWII is that of 13 Tigers that attempted a 13 mile road march to Arnhem (from the rail head) only 1 made it, due to mechanical issues.
So hopefully it's a short range special mission! To say nothing of sneaking around in a huge tank!
I just saw the trailer and had very mixed feelings about it. I will certainly give it a go though when it comes to Amazon.