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Number 1
It could've been amazing but it settled for quite good in the end, with so much confusion denying it a stronger ranking.
mr.SPANKY
Franck
mr.SPANKY
Fantastic
Christ, where do I begin. I really want to like this film, but it makes so many fucking errors it hurts my brain. The film is an hour and a half in length and you can genuinely cut half of that away from all the time the film spends having cameras pan around characters or just looking at Ryan Gosling’s motionless face.
Speaking of Ryan Gosling, welcome to one of the worst acting performances of all time. Actually wait, that’s not fair. Welcome to one of the worst written and directed acting performances of all time. Gosling does nothing in this film, literally nothing, name a scene where he isn’t fighting and I can guarantee it involves him staring blankly at someone or something. Terrible.
As I said, I wanted to like this film, the basic concept of a reluctant revenge film makes sense. But it makes so many errors, most of all the time wasting. It’s things like establishing the concept of dream sequences (when Gosling is watching that bitch strip) and then filming an identical scene (where he meets up with his mother) which turns out to not be a dream. It just annoys me, the film as a whole. It’s like someone just said to Refn “hey, I saw Drive, I loved that movie, do what the fuck you want” and he took that as take every dramatic pause and stretch it out, strip away all dialogue and remove any notion of story progression, all in the name of what… mystique?
Even the ending is absolutely ghastly. This film… I can’t handle how extravagantly bollocks it has managed to be, I guess it’s the result of two years of smoke blown up both major stars’ arses.
I don’t know. Fuck that film, fuck Refn, fuck Gosling, fuck whoever allowed that film to be released. It’s shit
The Platypus
Fantastic
Ninja
Unfortunately I can't help but feel that it was rushed, the first 15 minutes of the film could and probably should have been a film in its own right. I really want to see a film from the point when the Jäger programme stopped seeing its initial successes and the tide of the war turned against humanity ending just before the start of this one.
Secondly, I was a little annoyed at the visibility for the battles. Having them all at night created a sense of foreboding and drama but a day time battle just once to see these creatures going at each other in all their glory would have been spectacular.
Still, its a good film and despite some really annoying Dues Ex Machina (especially that one battle, 'HAI LOOK WE'VE GOT A SWORD THAT WE'VE NEVER MENTIONED BEFORE' its worth a watch.
mr.SPANKY
Finally got around to watching it also. Agree with everything you have said. The best scenes are pretty much anything without Gosling in it. That is all.
The Platypus
What about the dinner scene with his mom?
allforone
A pretty decent independent dark comedy, definitely worth a watch.
mr.SPANKY
I said pretty much anything, she makes that scene not him.
Shola
But
And the real mystery is how Kevin Spacey saw the word Kobayshi on the coffee mug, without spilling coffee EVERYWHERE
Franck
The Platypus
It's gonna be fucking amazing.
Dutton
Had a bit of a film binge over the past 2 days, watched X-Men and X2, Gran Torino, Sexy Beast, Moon and Fight Club (again).
Moon was amazing, instantly one of my favourite films.
Fantastic
Do not open the spoiler until you've watched the trailer.
Whiskeyclone
Crane
Not really excited by any of the names.
Obtuse
Franck
K3V0
Not that great, but not bad, 6/10.
Fantastic
Also saw Basic, Session 9, War Horse and Eden. Basic is good, Session 9 and Eden are okay, and War Horse is a terrible pile of shit.
The Platypus
Could be very interesting.
Crane
Tommo.
hammer9
Franck
Tommo.
Dutton
Cinematography and the score were fantastic, but the rest was just a big pile of dicks.