Saw Guardians of the Galaxy the other day (vol 2) that is. It's basically a whole lot of utter crap. But oddly enjoyable crap.
Quote from: TobyD on May 05, 2017, 11:56:13 pmSaw Guardians of the Galaxy the other day (vol 2) that is. It's basically a whole lot of utter crap. But oddly enjoyable crap. First 5 minutes brilliant. The rest utter tosh.Sent from my XT1068 using Tapatalk
Maybe that's a little harsh bit for some reason I was expecting great things.Then it goes and opens with a showstopper and expectation rises but it never reached such heights again.Didn't see it in 3D so missed out on the SFX.If I'd been watching at home it wouldn't have been long before I was messing with my phone.
I went to the cinema last night to see it. I quite enjoyed it if I'm honest. Not quite as good as first one but some laugh out loud bits and decent action. 7/10
We watched a brilliant documentary last night, "I am Not Your Negro," on the author James Baldwin. It seems to start out as an exploration of Baldwin's relationship with Medgar Evers, Martin Luther King, and Malcolm X, but becomes in the end a much more far reaching meditation on race in America. Baldwin gets the writing credit so I assume all the words are his, either spoken by an actor of by Baldwin in old interviews and debates. I'm not making this sound very exciting, but what is thrilling is Baldwin's intelligence, the subtlety and complexity of his thought. Most powerful for me was how he laid out race's corrosive impact on all, black and white. I don't think any other film has shown me as much about America. After we watched it my wife posted a brief note on Facebook, which immediately got trolled by a very WASP cousin of hers, who seemed determined to unwittingly prove Baldwin's point about white America's refusal to countenance its racism. He was reduced to claiming that he off the hook because he'd once watch "Hoop Dreams." In some ways it was like the perfect coda to the film.
Yeah I did the same a couple of weeks back and loved it. Much, much better than any of the other prequels. I really like Ben Mendleson too... he's great as the baddie.
I watched 'Son of Saul' recently which left a big impact on me, filmed in such a way as to box you in on the protagonist's viewpoint only, you only realise atrocities through noise and peripheral vision. Not an enjoyable film but very very good. http://m.imdb.com/title/tt3808342/
Only saving grace is Lovejoy.