MOVIES 2015

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I cannot remember what those Oblivion plot holes were Hoff, but did you think they weren’t there?

I do not recall either. I have watched it two or three times and was going to the other day but my brother borrowed it.

I will have to watch again and be alert for them, though none really jumped out at me in the past.

Both Oblivion and Edge of Tomorrow had probably unnecessary, but easily scripted, happy endings that I didn’t feel were properly satisfying for some reason. They were a little too easy, if you know what I mean.

The music for Oblivion was better too.  :-P  :wink:

:-P with brass knobs on - as we say in the UK!

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:-P with brass knobs on - as we say in the UK!

You British by birth or a resident alien?

By birth Hoff. All of us are who are born in countries with rule of law, democracy, social welfare, human “rights”, low toleration of corruption, etc are very lucky indeed.

Being British I also get the crowning glories of cricket and the Queen. Eat your heart out!

Have some good friends over in the States. Another great country, despite the dearth of royalty and cricket. :-D

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By birth Hoff. All of us are who are born in countries with rule of law, democracy, social welfare, human “rights”, low toleration of corruption, etc are very lucky indeed.

Being British I also get the crowning glories of cricket and the Queen. Eat your heart out!

Have some good friends over in the States. Another great country, despite the dearth of royalty and cricket. :-D

I am a bit of an Anglophile myself, so I very much appreciate all that the UK has offered the world throughout history and feel a brotherly affinity through shared traditions. Similar feeling for all the Queen’s former Dominions. Western solidarity, yo.  8-)

Craptastic 4 is another mountain dew/taco bell burrito marketing tie in for fat lazy minds who want to turn off their brain and watch ideas from comics litter movie theaters.

Confirmed. End of potential series of more of these due to horrible box office.

I liked both edge of tomorrow and oblivion for the reasons you guys both mentioned, but if I were craving a movie and had only one choice between them, I would choose edge of tomorrow. Even though the plot revelation in oblivion was stronger, the overall action in edge of tomorrow wins the race… There’s another Tom Cruise movie out there that I put with these two for it’s replay value, (I know you both think I’m gonna say Minority Report to stay in line with the sci fi theme) I’m talking about Jack Reacher. Great cast and a refreshing plot for an action/crime drama.

Hi YG

Jack Reacher did have a great cast. But the movie itself left no mark on me. I do, however, have the Minority Report DVD, which suggests some chord was struck, although not watched it for years. Need to dig it out.

As General Veers said a few posts back, TC is holding onto his action hero status despite the passing years. Why then no Jack Reacher 2? There are plenty of books to choose from I think. Does this suggest the movie did not quite hit the “TC movie standard”?

Cheers
PP

Minority Report wasn’t anything special for me. I believe that I actually got up and said something like, “I never want to see that movie again.” Not that I hated it, I just didn’t think it was that good.

Will keep my eyes open for Focus AeV

Don’t recall that anyone has talked about The Martian yet:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ue4PCI0NamI

Looks pretty awesome to me, especially if you are hungry for more space-based science fiction after Interstellar. (Co-incidentally it has both Matt Damon and Jessica Chastain in it.)  I am looking forward to seeing this more than The Force Awakens.

I hear the book is quite good also.

I pretty much go to see all Ridley Scott’s films and the premise for this one sounds interesting.

It’s freaking Jason Bourne in space!!!

Can’t get better than that.

Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaatt Damon!

My brother has recommended “Suite Francaise” to me. Anyone got any views to share that might help me decide whether to buy it?

Clearly not!

Saw The Martian last night. Would recommend it to anyone willing to suspend disbelief and instead immerse themselves in the story unfolding on the screen.

It is science fiction after-all!

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Clearly not!

Saw The Martian last night. Would recommend it to anyone willing to suspend disbelief and instead immerse themselves in the story unfolding on the screen.

It is science fiction after-all!

I agree. Not that it was completely unbelievable… I just didn’t find it nearly as good as I thought it was going to be. Which is too bad.

I should have known that it is, after all, a Ridley Scott movie. So you know what kind of formula you are in for. I have not read the novel, but I can only imagine the film feels incredibly compressed in comparison. It seemed that way to me, even without reading. I don’t understand the rabid raving that the movie is receiving. I also did not find the humor to be very effective. It felt either poorly delivered or inappropriate given the circumstances.

Even though it takes place on another planet, the whole plot felt much more grounded and ordinary than a film like Interstellar. Where Interstallar really pushed boundaries of visual, emotional and musical beauty, the Martian felt more like a guy wandering in a desert. The plot was consistently about Watney proving how smart and resilient he was, which I though became tiresome. It was much more akin to Gravity both in subject matter and tone. Gravity was good, but I did not find it very captivating. Same with The Martian.

Loved the Martian!, Loved Interstellar, Loved Gravity, Loved Contact, love all these “space” movies….The Martian is a “feel” good movie and there is nothing wrong with that. It was fun, enjoyable, hopeful, yes sometimes a bit corny and/or far fetched but it is a movie!

I would recommend it to all!

Yes, it is a feel good movie. I just think contrasting it with Interstellar to display faults of one or the other is not appropriate; they are completely different movies thematically and artistically.

Comparisons of The Martian to Apollo 13 are also unjust. Apollo 13 is far better, IMO.

Gravity and The Martian are a better fit for each other; for what it is worth to those of you who haven’t seen it yet.

The movie is certainly worth seeing, I just wouldn’t spend full price at the movie theater to do so.