Anyone seen any good movies recently?

Was thinking about the new Star Wars but only appears to be in 3D around here. What about those of us that wish to watch 2D.

taipan wrote:

Big Dog wrote:Saw Fantastic Beasts yesterday. Movie started well but then got lost in its own storyline. Lack of character development left you feeling you missed something. Too much CGI left me feeling underwhelmed somehow. Not a patch on Harry Potter. Disappointing movie.

Might go watch this weekend.

Finally found it in 2D and have booked for tomorrow.

taipan wrote:

taipan wrote:

Big Dog wrote:Saw Fantastic Beasts yesterday. Movie started well but then got lost in its own storyline. Lack of character development left you feeling you missed something. Too much CGI left me feeling underwhelmed somehow. Not a patch on Harry Potter. Disappointing movie.

Might go watch this weekend.

Finally found it in 2D and have booked for tomorrow.

I enjoyed it. sure the characters will be fleshed out in number 2.

Only problem was a kid playing on smartphone. After 5 minutes I got out of my seat and crapped him out. Solved the problem.

taipan wrote:Was thinking about the new Star Wars but only appears to be in 3D around here. What about those of us that wish to watch 2D.

Going to watch it tomorrow. Local flea pit has a seniors session where i flash my seniors card & get a $10 discount. Sweet.

Big Dog wrote:

taipan wrote:Was thinking about the new Star Wars but only appears to be in 3D around here. What about those of us that wish to watch 2D.

Going to watch it tomorrow. Local flea pit has a seniors session where i flash my seniors card & get a $10 discount. Sweet.

How much is a normal ticket?

taipan wrote:

Big Dog wrote:

taipan wrote:Was thinking about the new Star Wars but only appears to be in 3D around here. What about those of us that wish to watch 2D.

Going to watch it tomorrow. Local flea pit has a seniors session where i flash my seniors card & get a $10 discount. Sweet.

How much is a normal ticket?

2D is about $19. More for 3D.

Big Dog wrote:

taipan wrote:

Big Dog wrote:

taipan wrote:Was thinking about the new Star Wars but only appears to be in 3D around here. What about those of us that wish to watch 2D.

Going to watch it tomorrow. Local flea pit has a seniors session where i flash my seniors card & get a $10 discount. Sweet.

How much is a normal ticket?

2D is about $19.

I see the 2D is opening tomorrow at R57

Watched Rogue One yesterday. Pretty much more of the same as far as Star Wars stories go. All new lead characters although some of the previous characters make brief cameos. Plenty of special effects. Worth a look but don't expect anything special.

Saw Rogue One tonight. Perfectly fine, I didn't love the Cushing CGI (it reminded me of Beowulf from a few years ago). Still, lots of homage to Ep 4 (and Ep 3) so all good.

The only downside for me was Darth Vader's hella gay walk when he met the Ben Mendelohn character.

After a half hour fight with their shitty app I finally managed to book two half price tickets for today.

taipan wrote:After a half hour fight with their shitty app I finally managed to book two half price tickets for today.

I was wrong about my discount. It was $11.00. I ended up only paying $8.00

Big Dog wrote:

taipan wrote:After a half hour fight with their shitty app I finally managed to book two half price tickets for today.

I was wrong about my discount. It was $11.00. I ended up only paying $8.00

So I paid R57 for 2. About $5.70

taipan wrote:

Big Dog wrote:

taipan wrote:After a half hour fight with their shitty app I finally managed to book two half price tickets for today.

I was wrong about my discount. It was $11.00. I ended up only paying $8.00

So I paid R57 for 2.  About $5.70

Is the Rand THAT shithouse? I suggest you start buying US$

Big Dog wrote:

taipan wrote:

Big Dog wrote:

taipan wrote:After a half hour fight with their shitty app I finally managed to book two half price tickets for today.

I was wrong about my discount. It was $11.00. I ended up only paying $8.00

So I paid R57 for 2.  About $5.70

Is the Rand THAT shithouse? I suggest you start buying US$

Almost did a few months ago. The USD has been dropping ever since. Only luck I had in 2016.

JGK wrote:Saw Rogue One tonight.  Perfectly fine, I didn't love the Cushing CGI (it reminded me of Beowulf from a few years ago).  Still, lots of homage to Ep 4 (and Ep 3) so all good.

The only downside for me was Darth Vader's hella gay walk when he met the Ben Mendelohn character.  

Thought it was good with a lot of backstory.

Brass Monkey wrote:Seen any good films recently? Yes. Yes, I have. Creed. No doubts in my mind that I'll get shouted down about it. But I loved it. Wholeheartedly. Of all the films I've seen recently, this is the best of them.

No shouting from me. Will be interesting where they go in the next one.

taipan wrote:

Brass Monkey wrote:Seen any good films recently? Yes. Yes, I have. Creed. No doubts in my mind that I'll get shouted down about it. But I loved it. Wholeheartedly. Of all the films I've seen recently, this is the best of them.

No shouting from me. Will be interesting where they go in the next one.

Have had it recorded for a while but haven't gotten around to watching.

I thought Creed was pretty average. Not a bad film by any standard but it was'nt anything new.

Finally got to see Lion. Living in Hobart i knew the story before the film was actually made, even so it was still a revelation. Film can be split into two halves. Young Saroo in India (Sunny Pawar)  & the adult Saroo (Dev Patel) in Australia. If anyone still has'nt seen the movie i won't reveal the storyline but it is based on fact & be prepared to get the hankies out at the climax. Great film.
Special credit should go to Dev Patel who is the only foreign actor i have seen to actually nail the Australian accent.
Another Kleenex moment is revealed during the credits when it is revealed why the film is named Lion.

I enjoyed Lion. Some beautiful spots in Tassie one has to say!

I saw Jasper Jones last week and also enjoyed it having read the novel some time ago.

Of the "out now"s and "coming soon"s, Logan, Alien: Resurrection, and Life look pretty good.

Logan was really ****** depressing all through. Good, but seriously depressing.

doremi wrote:Logan was really ****** depressing all through. Good, but seriously depressing.

It generally has fantastic reviews.  Maybe most movie reviewers are depressed muthas in the first place.

Several reviews I heard on Logan were along the lines of "best superhero movie ever". I hope I'm not disappointed.

BTW, there is a great cricket scene in JJ.