Anna Begins Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 (edited) Yah, it is violent. Probably realistic though. I bought the book a little while ago for my Kindle; it was only £0.99. I think realistic was what the person telling me about it meant, by describing it as graphic. While graphic violence doesn't turn me off, I was very sensitive at the time. I think we bought on the same daily deal! Edited to ask : do you want to read the book now? Edited August 22, 2016 by Anna Begins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nollaig Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 The ending was so good that SK himself praised it and said he wished he would have thought of it. I'm surprised it didn't occur to him, it's not much of a stretch from what he wrote. Such a good ending. I might have done away with the very last revelation though, it was a tiny bit overkill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
More reading time required Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 A few weeks ago I went and saw the new Suicide squad. Awesome movie, love the way Harley Quinn was portrayed. Really? I thought it was dreadful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrCat Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 Really? I thought it was dreadful. How come? They actually stayed true to the cartoon material. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
More reading time required Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 How come? They actually stayed true to the cartoon material. To be fair, I'm not familiar with the comic book material, but I found the acting was cheesy & bad (apart from maybe Will Smith & Margot Robbie) and the storyline was pretty uninspiring. In fact, it was like a very bad version of the Buffy episode: Graduation Day part 2. The one plus point it had was that I didn't fall asleep in the cinema whilst watching it...and I do that a lot lately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrCat Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 Everything in the movie was indeed cheesy and I don't expect this trend to die, especially after Deadpool. I am not familiar either with the comics but Harley's character appeared for the first time in Batman The Animated Series in the 90's and they stuck with her original story in the movie. She is batshit crazy and loves the Jokes so they got her character right. Other than that, the movie was kind of crappy though. So much hype for nothing. At least it's not the only disappointing movie that came out this summer *cough* Warcraft *cough* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muggle not Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 The Last Picture Show Cloris Leachman and Ben Johnson both won Academy Awards (best supporting actor/actress) in this movie and deservedly so. I had forgot just how good of a movie The Last Picture Show is. The acting and storyline is superb. It is a story written by Larry McMurtry and directed by Bogdanovich of a few teens in 1952 growing up in a small, more or less, dying town in rural Texas that has little to offer them. The background music throughout the movie was wonderful and sounded real like it did back then on the radio. An absolute great movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shirley Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 We sat and watched The Equalizer with Denzel Washington over the weekend. We so loved the tv series with Edward Woodward so thought we would give it a go. Enjoyed it, made us smile in places and cringe in places but overall very good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chesilbeach Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Been trying to watch the last few Harry Potter films again as I think I've only seen them once or possibly twice, and have watched HP and the Half Blood Prince and I'm halfway through Deathly Hallows Part 1 so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madeleine Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 I thought Deathly Hallows would never end....they could have done it in one film, I was almost rooting for Voldemort by the time I got to part 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrCat Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 (edited) I saw the new Ben Hur movie last night. The movie was terrible compared with the 1959 movie but it was still good compared to the godawful book. Some things were changed here and there while some were simply left out. I wish the runtime would have been longer so we'd probably get more story and character development but I doubt we'll see 3h+ epics anymore. edit: At least I got to see Morgan Freeman. Edited August 31, 2016 by MrCat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vodkafan Posted September 1, 2016 Share Posted September 1, 2016 Just saw The Hateful Eight. I can't even say it was OK. I actively disliked it as a thoroughly nasty, upsetting and pointless piece of film. But that's just me so what do I know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karsa Orlong Posted September 3, 2016 Share Posted September 3, 2016 Watched the new version of The Jungle Book which I thought was surprisingly splendid (especially Idris Elba's Shere Khan, although I really didn't like what they did with King Louie). It's probably going to take a long time for me to get Scarlett Johansson singing 'Trust In Me' out of my head Finally got around to watching Interstellar. Bits of it I liked, bits of it were dreadful, and I spent most of the movie trying to decipher what Matthew McConaughey was saying Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vodkafan Posted September 3, 2016 Share Posted September 3, 2016 Finally got around to watching Interstellar. Bits of it I liked, bits of it were dreadful, and I spent most of the movie trying to decipher what Matthew McConaughey was saying He is a bit of a mumbler sometimes isn't he... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kolinahr Posted September 3, 2016 Share Posted September 3, 2016 Just watched the new animated movie of The Killing Joke, the classic Alan Moore Batman comic. I heard a a lot of negative things about this adaptation before watching, but didn't think they could possibly be accurate--and I was right, because it was much, much worse. The whole first forty minutes (all new material, focusing in the worst possible way on Barbara Gordon) were even more terrible than the reviewers said, so bad that I was in a constant state of cringing and had to fast forward through much of it, basically taking peeks as I went. And the second half, though true to the comic, added absolutely nothing to it and was much less satisfying in the wake up the...thing...before it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vodkafan Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 Just watched the new animated movie of The Killing Joke, the classic Alan Moore Batman comic. I heard a a lot of negative things about this adaptation before watching, but didn't think they could possibly be accurate--and I was right, because it was much, much worse. The whole first forty minutes (all new material, focusing in the worst possible way on Barbara Gordon) were even more terrible than the reviewers said, so bad that I was in a constant state of cringing and had to fast forward through much of it, basically taking peeks as I went. And the second half, though true to the comic, added absolutely nothing to it and was much less satisfying in the wake up the...thing...before it. I purposely won't watch any more superhero movies, and haven't for a couple of years now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vodkafan Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 I saw Cloud Atlas. It was awful , just rubbish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted September 4, 2016 Author Share Posted September 4, 2016 Finally got around to watching Interstellar. Bits of it I liked, bits of it were dreadful, and I spent most of the movie trying to decipher what Matthew McConaughey was saying I always have (English)subtitles on if I can, so I can't really remember this issue. Subtitles can be a life-safer (for me) . I saw Cloud Atlas. It was awful , just rubbish Is that related to the book with the same name? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vodkafan Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 Is that related to the book with the same name? Yes by David Mitchell. I heard the book is supposed to be good but I have lost interest in reading it because the basic premise of the story doesn't interest me now . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobblybear Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 Edited to ask : do you want to read the book now? Re: The Revenant. Yeah, I will read it at some point, but apparently the film differs a lot from the true story. Last movies I watched were Everest (very good, led to lots of interesting googling) and Dark Places (also pretty good). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kolinahr Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 I purposely won't watch any more superhero movies, and haven't for a couple of years now There's such a glut in the market now, and only about half are any good. I enjoy graphic novels, though I'm not as avid as some people, so I like to watch some of these films, but some are just terrible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
More reading time required Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 Suffragette - Not as good as I thought it might be, but still a worthwhile watch The Martian - Not bad, but nothing spectacular. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vodkafan Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 Two westerns, one old one new: The Searchers with John Wayne and Jane Got A Gun with Natalie Portman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lau_Lou Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 Bridget Jones' Baby 2016 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kolinahr Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 Two westerns, one old one new: The Searchers with John Wayne and Jane Got A Gun with Natalie Portman. How was the Portman film for quality? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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