[Film] Film 2022

[dolphins]

Saw the new Avatar yesterday and my goodness, what a DULL film! Really overlong, a nothing story, and found myself looking at my watch at exactly half way through hoping it was nearly over. There's due to be another two films in this franchise, but maybe that assumes this one breaks even. It apparently needs to make $2B to do so. That's going to be a tough ask. I think they've done the main filming for the other two - although I did get the feeling that most of what I was watching was pure CGI, so filming of real things is likely to be a small element.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Saw the new Avatar yesterday and my goodness, what a DULL film! Really overlong, a nothing story, and found myself looking at my watch at exactly half way through hoping it was nearly over. There's due to be another two films in this franchise, but maybe that assumes this one breaks even. It apparently needs to make $2B to do so. That's going to be a tough ask. I think they've done the main filming for the other two - although I did get the feeling that most of what I was watching was pure CGI, so filming of real things is likely to be a small element.

It was absolute nonsense.

Few people asleep in the screening I was in, sums it up

 

[The Clamp]

Brian And Charles;

Brian is a lonely inventor in rural Wales who spends his days building quirky, unconventional contraptions that seldom work. Undeterred by his lack of success, he soon attempts his biggest project yet. Using a washing machine and various spare parts, he invents Charles, an artificial intelligence robot that learns English from a dictionary and has an obsession with cabbages.

Was quite sweet. Bit of a poor ending but rather enjoyable.

 

[dolphins]

Brian And Charles;

Brian is a lonely inventor in rural Wales who spends his days building quirky, unconventional contraptions that seldom work. Undeterred by his lack of success, he soon attempts his biggest project yet. Using a washing machine and various spare parts, he invents Charles, an artificial intelligence robot that learns English from a dictionary and has an obsession with cabbages.

Was quite sweet. Bit of a poor ending but rather enjoyable.

Totally agree. There's a short they did a few years ago which takes a similar path to the film that's worth searching out. Thought the film a bit of an unexpected gem.

Saw (via Netflix) the new Knives Out film - Glass Onion. Good fun, enjoyable storyline, actors seemed to be enjoying themselves too.

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

It has already taken $ 1 000 000 000 in under 2 weeks so will smash $ 2 m, probably get close to $ 3 m

 

[Is it PotG?]

Aftersun.

What a brilliant piece of work.

Heard the hype, and it certainly lived up to it.

Fantastic.

15.3 / 17.2

 

[GOM]

Violent Night, what a fun Christmas film. Really enjoyed it.

 

[Acker79]

For those that are interested, film 2023 is now up and running: https://www.northstandchat.com/threads/film-2023.398447/

 

[Is it PotG?]

Really enjoyed Tár, immense performance by the Blanchettmeister.

13.333 / 16

Gaurdain review

Rotten Tomatoes

Watched it again today, if she doesn't scoop the Oscar then there's something wrong.

Immense performance.