Movie recommendations

[heffo]

Watched Annihilation on Netflix at the weekend based on decent reviews. Didn't do it for me at all - 6/10 at a push.

Annihilation would be lucky to get a 4 from me - really bad.

Was looking forward to Annihilation after the very good reviews - it was awful

[Eamonnca1]

Enjoyed Hidden Figures. Took a long time for these women to be rewarded for their contribution to the American space race and what they had to overcome.

+1

[Tony Baloney]

Watched Annihilation on Netflix at the weekend based on decent reviews. Didn't do it for me at all - 6/10 at a push.

Annihilation would be lucky to get a 4 from me - really bad.

Was looking forward to Annihilation after the very good reviews - it was awful

Yep. A lot of the positive reviews must have been based on the fact that it was "women led".

[Milltown Row2]

Watched Annihilation on Netflix at the weekend based on decent reviews. Didn't do it for me at all - 6/10 at a push.

Annihilation would be lucky to get a 4 from me - really bad.

Was looking forward to Annihilation after the very good reviews - it was awful

Yep. A lot of the positive reviews must have been based on the fact that it was "women led".

You'll get in trouble

Syferus, get him!!

[Syferus]

Watched Annihilation on Netflix at the weekend based on decent reviews. Didn't do it for me at all - 6/10 at a push.

Annihilation would be lucky to get a 4 from me - really bad.

Was looking forward to Annihilation after the very good reviews - it was awful

Yep. A lot of the positive reviews must have been based on the fact that it was "women led".

This film is very much in keeping with the cerebral tone of Alex Garland's last film, Ex Machina, and Sunshine, which he wrote. I think there was some affirmative hype surrounding Wonder Woman and Ghostbusters but Annihilation is not even getting a release in theatres outside a short and limited run in the US - there just isn't the level of interest in it to suggest the good reviews have much to do with the female leads. This is exactly the sort of slow-burn film that critics love and wider audiences struggle to connect with, the sex of the leads could be male and the reviews and reaction would have been about the same. It harkens back to 70s sci-fi like 2001 and the first Alien film. It's neither an action film or a horror, which is what trailers wrongly sold it as. It's a sci-fi film about big ideas and mood.

The fact the leads are women is totally incidental to the story or the themes of change, which honestly makes it much better than the films I mentioned at actually moving the needle of forward and opening up traditionally male-dominated roles for female actresses.

[trileacman]

Is the world forgiving films for being shite now just because they're in keeping with the most recent liberal cause-celebre?

[Tony Baloney]

Is the world forgiving films for being shite now just because they're in keeping with the most recent liberal cause-celebre?

Not in my house.

[Taylor]

Open House.
Pure shite.
Dont waste an hour and a half of your life watching it

[laoislad]

Hamburger Hill on TG 4 now. Great war movie.

[Jayop]

I watched Ready Player One at the weekend and was genuinely surprised by how much I enjoyed it.

[JimStynes]

Hamburger Hill on TG 4 now. Great war movie.

Love this movie! Very underrated when talking about war movies.

[Dinny Breen]

Hamburger Hill on TG 4 now. Great war movie.

Good show. I watched Full Metal Jacket 2 weeks ago, hadn't watched it in years. Still a bloody great movie.

[SLIGONIAN]

I watched Ready Player One at the weekend and was genuinely surprised by how much I enjoyed it.

Loved it, that open race was epic. Chuckys appearance 

[Newbridge Exile]

Watched Sicario last night, exceptional film , great performances from Blunt, Broliin and Del Torro, sequel out  in cinema at the minute as well

[ballinaman]

Watched Sicario last night, exceptional film , great performances from Blunt, Broliin and Del Torro, sequel out  in cinema at the minute as well

Sequel poor enough, dodgy plot. 6/10. Not a patch on original