Took a break from my trophy hunting in Death Stranding to watch The Irishman and I really enjoyed it, the older I get I tend to appreciate slow burn entertainment more and more over the ott cgi /explosion movies!
If I'm remembering a useless bit of trivia right @RogerRoger it was Scrooge McDuck and his cartoon strip that inspired the man whom made the famous manga/Anime AstroBoy (...I really don't recall the names of either human party... only the fictional multimillionaire duck 😂)
As for Wonder Woman... Uhhh... I honestly didn't think much of Gadot in Bats v Supes to be honest (... Doesn't help I don't like Supes as a character either and... Bats was... bleh).
I only watched Suicide Squad cus I heard it was so bad it's good from a friend... I never got the good. Was just bad to me unfortunately. 😅
Haven't watched any of the other DC films... Joker's probably the only exception at the moment but certainly not at the moment!
@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy Cool, thanks (and I don't blame you; if I saw a talking duck in a top hat, swimming around in piles of money, I reckon that'd be all I could remember, too)!
You'll know if you like Wonder Woman or not if you catch her first standalone film (entitled, er... Wonder Woman) from 2017, which was very loosely tied to her introduction in Batman V Superman and flashes back to tell her origin story. Many people thought it was solid, if unremarkable; it held my attention from beginning to end, and features one outstanding sequence midway through.
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@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy@RogerRoger Didn't think much of Wonder Woman myself, thought it just about above average. Better than all the other recent DC stuff, but that is not saying much. I gave up after Justice League which was a bore fest, and I only watched it because my mate in lent it to me without me asking.
I too will giving Joker a watch when it comes to home viewing, as that looks a bit different to the recent DC stuff.
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@JohnnyShoulder I think DC have surprised everybody with Joker, but it's what they were trying to do from the beginning; they never wanted to make Marvel-style movies, they just wanted Marvel-level box office returns. I wouldn't be surprised if we saw more R-rated, risky interpretations of DC characters going forward.
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@RogerRoger@RogerRoger The Deadpool films and Logan shows R rated super hero films can make crazy amounts of money at the box office. DC's films seem to be an awkward mish mash of Marvel and Nolan, and lack a true identity of what they wanted the films to be. Joker is a step in the right direction, but I am going off the whole super hero thing in films. It has become way too over saturated for my liking these days. I'm a bit mixed on Marvel's future plans for films too, with only a couple that has my interest.
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@WanderingBullet Possibly, maybe that connects with the watch or something, a focus of her thoughts that the villain can manifest and make real? Interesting!
@JohnnyShoulder Despite my excitement for Wonder Woman, I actually agree with you. I still have Aquaman and Shazam! sitting in their sealed Blu-Ray boxes; had all the opportunity to watch them, just haven't felt in the right place to do so. I get picky because otherwise, you're right, there's an oversaturation of superhero stuff at the moment. Thank goodness I'm not a Marvel fan, otherwise it'd wear me out.
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Since we're approaching the end of the decade, I was wondering what everyone's favourite films of the last ten years would be. Here are mine, in no particular order:
@LN78 I've seen all of those, except Blade Runner 2049, which I've not got around to yet for some reason, despite being a sci-fi fan. They're all good shouts, I did consider putting Arrival down myself
Good job, Parappa. You can go on to the next stage now.
@LN78@Gremio108 I'll add the following, Mad Max FR would absoulety be in there too:
Logan
Ex Machina
Nightcrawler
Gone Girl
Prisoners
Sicario
Deadpool
What We Do in the Shadows
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2010 - How to Train Your Dragon
2011 - The Artist
2012 - The Cabin in the Woods
2013 - Her
2014 - The Babadook (along with Nightcrawler)
2015 - Bridge of Spies (kudos to Mad Max: Fury Road, too)
2016 - Kimi no Na wa (and Arrival)
2017 - Blade Runner 2049
2018 - They Shall Not Grow Old (and Hereditary)
2019 - The Lighthouse (along with Dark Waters)
Honorable mentions: Sicario, Midsommar, Kubo and the Two Strings, and Shin Godzilla
I can't think of many films I've enjoyed more than "Paddington" and its sequel, "Tinker,Tailor,Soldier,Spy"
@LN78 Genuinely read that as you thinking Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy was a sequel to Paddington, and for a moment I wondered just how freakin' bleak they'd made the teddy bear movie!
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@LN78 Ex Machina has had a couple of mentions, that's another film I think I'd enjoy.
@JohnnyShoulder Yeah, I forgot about Logan, that's going on my list. What We Do In The Shadows was awesome as well.
@Ralizah How To Train Your Dragon is a good shout. Toy Story 3 from 2010 for me as well. The Cabin In The Woods would definitely make my top 20, if not higher.
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Good job, Parappa. You can go on to the next stage now.
@Ralizah I thought about Cabin in the Woods, but i incorrectly thought it was last decade. Good shout for Kubo and the Two Strings, I was trying to think of an animated film and that would definitely be in my list. I enjoyed Isle of Dogs too, but preferred Kubo ever so slightly.
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