The Official Films Thread

RuneSR2 said:

Admitted that Terminator movie wasn't good  :# Probably like 4/10 in my book - felt like a continuation of Terminator 2 that should not have happened. But it was fun to see Arnold again - although this felt like a goodbye, like the last Rambo movie. I guess my favorite Terminator movies are number 1 and 4 (Salvation), never liked the idea of liquid robots as in Terminator 2 (and Arnold being a good guy etc). Terminator 4 has the most awesome effects and robots, and I like the story. 

- Btw, just as I thought I could not sink any lower, I gave in and just bought this collection :blush:  




Yes, it was dirt cheap - $45 - and I thought that this could work like a 6 episodes Netflix show, where each episode has the same budget as an entire season of a similar Netflix zombie show  :D 

The final argument is that the video and sound quality is reference, like:

  
Source: https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Resident-Evil-The-Complete-Collection-4K-Blu-ray/274254/ 

Might get back to Saints & Sinners soon...  B)

Until you said "the other 2" I thought you might be referring to new info about the rumored 4th movie that is probably going to be focused on their kids (if it ever gets made).

Christ that third Ghostbusters film was GODAWFUL ?

I mean, if you're going to do a threeqel to a film like that you should at least make an effort with it.

Gender-swapping is one of the most unimaginative and lazy bits of writing that someone can do. And then of course you have to tick other boxes these days with the obligatory different gender preference, race etc etc etc.

But even having an all female cast could have been good if they either didn't have so much improvisation and wrote some decent humour into it or had the same amount of improvisation but just employed better actresses to do it.

It got bonus points from me cos I saw it in 3D but the actual film itself was bloody terrible, especially when you compare it to the first two.

I wish that the entertainment industry and the rest of the world in general would just STOP with Wokeness and Virtue Signalling.

Sure, if a storyline has involvement of a female as a genuine part of the storyline and it makes sense for her to be a lesbian, for example, then that's great. But having obligatory diverse characters in EVERYTHING just gets a bit meh.

I'm all about being more inclusive, don't get me wrong, but the last three Star Wars films, the last two Doctor Who series and Batwoman are three examples of diversity completely ruining entertainment.

Batwoman could have been a FANTASTIC series if it had better writing rather than diverse character after diverse character. The white actress that played Batwoman, who happened to be a lesbian, in the first series quit, so what did they do? They classed a black actress to play Batwoman who, guess what? She's a lesbian too.

I'm VERY tempted to write a couple of screenplays and send them to the BBC so that they can fix Doctor Who.

Just throw the Jodie Whittaker episodes on the scrapheap and forget that they ever existed. Then, with my first screenplay, start again from the regeneration of Capaldi (and have the 13th regeneration being a man, because it's the only thing that makes sense to canon).

The second screenplay will be of a new spinoff series, Icemaiden. If any of you are Doctor Who nerds like me you'll know that this series will have Romana as the lead character (Icemaiden is her nickname behind her back).This spinoff series will take the ideas that Chibnall had that made sense to Canon.

Romana is the Timeless Child and the origin story of the Time Lords. She'll be the child that was found and tortured and killed over and over to find the secret of regeneration. THAT would explain why she's as nutty as a fruitcake and how she can regenerate at will.

That would keep Doctor Who fans happy because you'd have things left as they were and you'll be bringing back a fan favourite from the past. It would keep the lefty Woke brigade happy at the BBC because you'd have a new series with a female lead (not sure who I'd have playing Romana but I'd be happy with a black actress playing the part myself).

Have Icemaiden as dark as Torchwood was and have it on later at night and you'll have a hit.

I'm due to watch all of the Doctor Who episodes again right from the beginning, I do it every few years or so, so I might do a bit of research before I start writing anything.

Well that was a longer post than I planned lol ???

RuneSR2 said:

Ok, I get it now - how there could be made 6 of these mediocre movies, which I'm still going to watch  o:)  


- but I'll definitely need to tranquilize my frontal lobes before watching, just got some help in a box, 4.3/5 on Vivino after more than 3,000 ratings so I hope it's effective  B) 

Btw, now I've seen the first 4 Resident Evil films, some have been a bit of a chore, but it's not all bad.

Sony has made sure the 4K quality is top-notch, so even if you do not like the story, you can always enjoy Jovovich's skin detail :blush: She does have the record of being the highest paid model ever ;)
The Atmos sound is great too. 

For now I'll probably rate them:

Resident Evil (2002) 5/10
Resident Evil Apocalypse (2004) 6/10
Resident Evil Extinction (2007) 4/10
Resident Evil Afterlife (2010) 8/10

I was expecting the worst, but Afterlife greatly impressed me, and even the wife loved it. Or maybe we're just habituating to the show, lol. Afterlife seems to have found the right pace, and the boss fight was awesome. I do hope the last two movies can deliver just some of the great story quality seen in Afterlife...


Uh-oh, just realized Afterlife is in 3D, now I may have to buy it again!  :D