@LN78 Yeah she is either been if not the best thing about what she stars in, not far from it. Remembering first seeing her in The Witch and being quite mesmerised by her performance.
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Watched the first Mission Impossible last night for the first time. Great movie! This series feel like a more lighthearted version of James Bond, which is nice. I also really liked how creative they were with the devices in the movie. But man, it was utterly ridiculous how often Tom Cruise would be disguised with a mask lol. Moreover, it was cool to finally hear the iconic theme song in the movie.
Started watching the second movie for like half an hour but it isn't gripping me as much as the first one. Too much focus on the love interest compared to the first movie, which is turning me off. Hopefully they'll change things around as the movie goes on.
Just ordered the limited edition of Akira on 4K blu ray for 15 quid. Couldn't resist for that price. Saw it a couple of years back, and thought that it still holds up.
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@LN78 Yeah I'm never gone buy anything like that as soon as it releases, as there have been too many issues over the last couple of years. Plus the price will usually go down too.
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Rooting for Ke Huy Quan for Best Supporting Actor. Best Actor is a really interesting category too, pretty cool to see Paul Mescal up for it and Bill Nighy was a surprise. Hope Brendan Fraser gets it though. My only problem with the noms is the clear studio influence in schlocky blockbusters being up for big awards. Marvel should just be happy with their technical noms rather than pushing their actors ahead of much more rounded performances.
@LN78 This is the Oscars to be fair, they gave Will bloody Smith the Oscar last year. Watch them give it to Austin Butler now you’ve said he’s a shoo-in!
Finished watching Mission Impossible 2. The first hour was terrible, while the second one was much better. The first hour focused too much on the love interest of the story. I couldn't care less about that, I just wanted to see Tom Cruise infiltrate buildings. Which we got in the second half of the movie, so I was content with that. Overall decent movie, but easily a step down from the first one, which was great.
I was planning on watching more MI movies, but they seem to be getting removed from SkyShowtime in two days for some reason, so I guess that won't happen anytime soon.
Horrible news about Annie Wersching, 45 is no age at all. Probably most known here as Tess in The Last of Us but she was in a hell of a lot over the years.
@LN78 I don't blame ya. My joint least favourite Craig bond movie with Quantam of Solace. I'll watch it again whenever they release a complete Daniel Craig 4K collection. But at almost 3 hours long I'm not particularly looking forward to it.
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Film that follows the lives of a group of German soldiers during WWI from time of recruitment to the end of the war.
It does a stellar job throwing you into the muck of the war, with powerful scenes & moments that'll make you squirm. It may not be entirely original in showing how gruesome this war was (1917 also comes to mind), but that makes it no less effective, and the viewpoint from the "other" side is an inspired take that shows that war is hell for everyone involved. Not a fun film, but one that's well worth watching.
Ghost in the Shell (4K UHD Blu-Ray)
I'll admit I can be a bit overwhelmed by the narratives/themes the GitS franchise tends to have (for example the Arise line, which I've heard is a bit more narratively "streamlined" compared to the franchise at large, still starts to elude me by the 3rd OVA), however I've always loved the original film, and that holds true with the 4K Blu-Ray release.
With absolutely stunning animation & design that still holds up (& looks fantastic in 4K) and a narrative that explores exactly what it means to be alive/human, there's nothing not to love about it.
Operation Mincemeat (Netflix)
Film based on a true story of how British intelligence attempted to convince the Nazis that the allied Invasion of Europe was going to go through Greece (instead of Sicily) by planting fake invasion plans on the corpse of a vagrant they dressed up like an officer (with a complete made up history to boot) and floated ashore to Spain (being neutral, it had a lot of spies on both sides, so they hoped the Nazis would pick up & fall for it).
It's perhaps a bit too padded out (with the romance drama), but it's produced well enough & is an interesting story that goes to show that sometimes truth is stranger than fiction.
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@LN78 My sisters boyfriend, who is a massive Bond fan, was apparently visibly upset when he watched it. And he is not the sort of person to get upset over such things.
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@RR529 Just for clarification’s sake, All Quiet on the Western Front is a novel from 1928, with a Best Picture winning adaptation from 1930. I guess you can argue that it’s not very original as it’s based on real life but it’s much more likely to have influenced 1917 than the other way round!
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