I liked the arm and worms bits, but it's nowhere near EH levels of messed up and you never really get the relentless of the desperation in Sunshine (in the first 2/3 anyway).
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The acclaimed new Alex Garland sci-fi movie Annihilation will be getting a cinema release in the US this week but will hit UK Netflix on 12 MarchComment
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Was just reading about that after mentioning Garland in the Bond thread!
It got 4/5 stars in The Guardian:
My friends and I are planning a movie night.Comment
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We've been watching Dark. German mystery/horror thing. Like a Scandinavian Stranger Things but for adults. Sort of. It's not too bad even though time travel is ****ing stupid.
The characters are sometimes hard to follow due to the story but it's all very well acted.Comment
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watched the live action fullmetal alchemist, its alright could have been better but also could have been much worseComment
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Some interesting info as Netflix streaming service enters its eighth year.
In 2010: 6755 Movies, 530 TV Shows
In 2018: 4010 Movies, 1569 TV Shows
The figures suggest how Netflix's success has been forged but also how quickly the concept of a on-stop shop for movies that would threaten cinema has died.Comment
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Yeah, hopefully both can co-exist. I'd like to think modern-day punters understand cinema is a different experience ... not like in the 80s when home video did seem like a threat.Originally posted by Superman Falls View PostComment
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Cinema is in a weird place because it looks like ticket sales are down almost every year and yet revenue records get broken all the time. But it’s the huge blockbusters and there are major flops each and every year that cost a fortune. But I don’t think cinema is going anywhere and I think the likes of Cloverfield and Bright have been as damaging for Netflix as they have been a positive - there is a sense that straight to Netflix is the new straight to video. It’s where films not worthy of the cinema go.Comment
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I won't lie, part of me kind of hopes Netflix don't make a film I love as I'd be unable to buy the Blu-RayComment
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I was thinking exactly the same thing yesterday when I was concerned that Alex Garland's "Annihilation" was pulled from cinema release after a producer expressed concern that the film was "too intellectual" and "too complicated" for average moviegoing audiences.Originally posted by Dogg Thang View Post
"Straight to Netflix" is less of an enticing prospect than "Netflix Exclusive".Comment
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Looks like you may be able to add Duncan Jones' Mute to that list. I hate to judge anything I haven't yet seen but I'm struggling to find one good review.Originally posted by Dogg Thang View PostComment
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Shame. I liked Moon and Source Code, but didn't see Warcraft.
Mute is, as you say, getting savaged.
However, Warcraft was panned by critics and people stayed away, but if I already have Netflix, I'd take a punt on a film anyway.
Bright and Cloverfield Paradox were both flayed by the press, yet I saw both of them. The former was good fun and the latter was watchable.Comment
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That's disappointing to read. I was really looking forward to Mute.Comment
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I was really looking forward to Cloverfield but I've been poisoned by the negativity. Spare time is of such a premium these days that 'watchable' simply doesn't get it high enough up the list.Originally posted by QualityChimp View Post
Me too. Moon is one of my fave sci-fi films and this had all the ingredients to be something great.Originally posted by Dogg Thang View PostComment
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I liked the first two Cloverfield films and thought this was worth a punt.
It wasn't, really, but I was pretty curious.
In the "Sunshine" commentary, Danny Boyle acknowledges the giants that went before him in cinematic sci-fi like Alien and 2001 and was trying to respectfully avoid copying them.
CF Paradox just feels really derivative.
As I was saying, though, I probably wouldn't have seen it at all if it was only a cinema release.Comment
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