Pig - good. Cage being understated for a change. Kind of like John Wick without the violence, which is a good thing. A bit mumbly in places, which was exacerbated by sprog running around shouting while I was watching.

I didn't rate Begins as much as most seemed to at the time. A good villain is way up my checklist of necessary things in a superhero film, and Ra's al Ghul was a bit of a shrug for me tbh. I also thought Bale's Batman voice was preposterous. Maybe I should rewatch it.

TDK and TDKR scratched the villain itch and I enjoyed both far more. Plus Bale didn't seem to be doing the Batvoice as an elaborate on-set prank in those (or maybe I learned to ignore it).

TDKR is easily the worst of the bunch. Absolutely terrible.

Quintin Tarantino needs an editor and his movies have been rubbish since Pulp Fiction.

I watched Split last night.
I'm not much of a Shwarmaham fan but I thought Split was pretty damn good. A huge part of that of course is McAvoy with another solid performance.
I will probably give Glass a go to see more McAvoy despite not being overly fussed by Unbreakable.

If you want to do director lists of what is bad you have to go some to top M Night's The Happening.

LivDiv wrote:

If you want to do director lists of what is bad you have to go some to top M Night's The Happening.

Clint Eastwood's Hereafter comes to mind.

I agree, there should be only one.

davyK wrote:

Minkymu wrote:

Highlander 2 tops literally everything. A shit film made worse by the fact it destroyed the premise of the solid gold classic Highlander. A classic case of sequel money grab. If ever there was a film that didn’t need a sequel

If you want a worse sequel then I'd vote for Exorcist 2. What a fucking load of old bollocks that was.

Oh lord yes that is a bad one

Burton probably didn't sober up during the making of this tripe..

LivDiv wrote:

I watched Split last night. I'm not much of a Shwarmaham fan but I thought Split was pretty damn good. A huge part of that of course is McAvoy with another solid performance. I will probably give Glass a go to see more McAvoy despite not being overly fussed by Unbreakable. If you want to do director lists of what is bad you have to go some to top M Night's The Happening.

Don't hold hope for Glass. It's very very average even though it has some nice sequences because Shyamalan is still a master of thriller filmmaking even if his films can have shit stories. I feel like Shyamalan works better when it's something he's worked on in his own time like it seems Split was. Glass feels like a rushed project that was made because Split did so well, which is why it's weird that Glass looks so cheap. They wanted that massive return on investment ratio again. 
Also, I thought we'd stopped using kinda racist versions of an ethnic surnames? I know you don't really mean it like that but I also think it's a tired 'joke'. /woke

Lord_Griff wrote:

I agree, there should be only one.

I never liked the Burton Batman either....I've said before but I never bought into Keaton as batman either.

I loved it as a kid, still love it now with a healthy scoop of nostalgia.
Adam West Batman does nothing for me but it is way before my time.

Nolan stuff was great but its been over exposed especially The Joker. The films feel quite long and are super duper serious (partly why Ledger's Joker shines so bright in them). They are a hard watch these days for me.

Im looking forward to the new one. I'm hoping they can find the point of dark without being quite so grounded.

ShabbyMcCrabby wrote:

LivDiv wrote:

I watched Split last night. I'm not much of a Shwarmaham fan but I thought Split was pretty damn good. A huge part of that of course is McAvoy with another solid performance. I will probably give Glass a go to see more McAvoy despite not being overly fussed by Unbreakable. If you want to do director lists of what is bad you have to go some to top M Night's The Happening.

Don't hold hope for Glass. It's very very average even though it has some nice sequences because Shyamalan is still a master of thriller filmmaking even if his films can have shit stories. I feel like Shyamalan works better when it's something he's worked on in his own time like it seems Split was. Glass feels like a rushed project that was made because Split did so well, which is why it's weird that Glass looks so cheap. They wanted that massive return on investment ratio again.  Also, I thought we'd stopped using kinda racist versions of an ethnic surnames? I know you don't really mean it like that but I also think it's a tired 'joke'. /woke

Cheers for the knod Shabs.
Like you say wasnt intentional but I can see how it could be taken that way.

I agree with him as a director largely. He does seem best when not churning them out.

I guess Glasgow’s a cheaper Gotham City stand-in than NYC.