Topic: The Movie Thread

Captain Marvel 2 rumoured to feature Henry Cavill as Wolverine.

Many actors have been to link to replace Hugh Jackman, like Keanu Reeves and Taron Egerton but I actually think that Cavill might be a good choice.

@WanderingBullet I hope note, I really don't rate Cavill in anything I've seen him in. It gonna be difficult for anyone stepping into the role, one that is so linked to the actor who portrayed the character. Off the top of my head Channing Tatum comes up. It would be good for it be someone different though, whom is not normally seen in these kind of roles. Kind of what Robert Pattinson is to Batman.

@LN78 Taron Egerton would be of course more comic accurate granted he can bulk up for the role.

@JohnnyShoulder Gambit's my favourite X-Men so was disappointed when I read that his solo movie was cancelled. My hope now is that he'll feature in the MCU movies. As for Channing Tatum, not to say that I'm against it but I can't really see him as Wolverine. Speaking of X-Men, I would love to see maybe Charlize Theron as the White Queen.

Just watched Color Out of Space. It was... pretty good! The best horror movie I've seen in a while. Feels like a cross between John Carpenter's The Thing (lots of body horror, and one scene in particular will call the horrifying dog scene from that film to mind immediately), Lovecraftian cosmic horror (obviously), and an extremely dark comedy B-movie featuring Nicolas Cage at his unchained best.

@Ralizah Cool, I saw that advertised and wondered which Nic Cage we would be getting. Is it as bonkers as Mandy?

Finished off my rewatch of the Nolan Batman movies and.. yeah TDKR is a bit of a damp squib to go out on. My issues with TDK were mostly amplified in this one along with the villains not being as good as the first two movies. I could go on to then rewatch Batman vs Superman but that might be a step too far 😂

@JohnnyShoulder No idea, as I haven't seen Mandy. But I saw a trailer for it on the DVD, and it looked fun as hell, so I'll be getting on that.

@nessisonett What issues did you have with TDK?

@nessisonett In reprospective Batman VS Superman feels more like a Superhero film than the Batman trilogy. I like the trilogy but I always felt that they could be action cop movies with a policeman of something as the mean character

@Ralizah The sound mixing on TDK does my head in as the voices are really quiet and the action is way louder. I literally turned my TV audio up to 50 (it usually sits at around 17-18) and the voices were still muffled. In TDKR, the audio’s still wonky but with added Bane overdubbing which sounds really weird. I appreciate the change as otherwise he would be unintelligible but it really does sound wrong. Another problem for me with TDK is the action as it uses rapid cuts to mask the fact Batman isn’t actually punching the bad guys irl. This was carried through to TDKR and it just feels hectic and messy. I understand it’s not much better in Begins but that felt a bit better because Batman’s still training so it would be a bit messy. I’m going to post this video of Liam Neeson jumping a fence in Taken because I mentioned it in my previous take on TDK and it perfectly captures the fight choreography in the trilogy as a whole.

@Ralizah Mandy is certainly an aquired taste. I couldn't say it was a good film, but I could not take my eyes of it!

Speaking of wrestling, Chris Hemsworth is portraying Hulk Hogan in a biopic directed by Todd Phillips.

I picked up First Love from HVM today because I liked the cover, seems to have reviewed pretty well - excited to watch it on the weekend.

”One night in Tokyo, a self-confident young boxer and a prostitute get caught up in a drug-smuggling plot involving organized crime, corrupt cops and a female assassin.”

@Ralizah yeah Mandy is great. A film of two halves really, the first being my favourite by far but the entire thing has its moments. I don’t normally mind longer films, and I’m not even sure if it’s classed as a longer film if I am honest, but if I had to say something negative it’s probably 15-20 minutes too long for it’s own good. It’s almost time for me to give it another watch.

Edit: just realised you saw Colour Out of Space too. Looking forward to that (don’t think it’s out here yet?). It doesn’t look as good as Mandy though. If you do see Mandy soon it’d be good to hear which is better. Would like to be more excited to see Colour Out of Space, sooo...

(It’s out in the UK April 6th, apparently. Maybe it’s available for streaming sooner though!)

@kyleforrester87 I saw that Colour Out of Space is available to buy or rent from Rakuten. It wasn't on any other service as I checked on the weekend.

speaking of Batman they have released pics of the new Batmobile, what do you think?

@FullbringIchigo Woah I love it. It looks proper retro, kinda Dodge Challenger-esque. Very 70s cop car.

Right we need a separate movie thread for silly super hero, Star Wars and Bond movies please 😂

@nessisonett that's the vibe i got too

@kyleforrester87 we talk about Star Wars in the Star Trek thread

i know, talking about Wars in a Trek thread but it's kind a become a Trek, Wars and Doctor Who thread now

@FullbringIchigo sounds like hell 😂😂😂