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Post by bathstoke on Feb 10, 2020 21:19:52 GMT
I’ve watched two films tonight that were supposed to be comedies. Well I say I watched them, but I binned them off after about 3/4 of an hour, cause they were $#!t.
One was a french film off Netflix about Jews, called They are Everywhere(should have known better to think the french could do funny about the Jews, when they had a hand in sending so many to their deaths)
The other was an Emma Thompson film off Amazon Prime, about a failing late night talk show host. Just reading that back to myself is depressing...
life’s too short for sticking with this $#!t(I do hope my wife doesn’t read this!)
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Post by thevoid on Feb 10, 2020 21:56:18 GMT
I gave The Witcher one episode.
Without any knowledge of the source material the different timelines are indecipherable. I'm against too much exposition in things, but this really needed something.
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Post by capcom on Feb 10, 2020 22:12:35 GMT
It's a good question. I started watching 'The Snowpiercer' on Film 4 the other night but binned it off after about 1/2 hour. I'll never get that 1/2 hour back. Worst still it's on again now. Jeez
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2020 23:53:32 GMT
Some don't grab me at all and switch off before 1 episode
I did the rather excellent Money Heist was the best in ages. Straight away knew would like it.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2020 3:25:52 GMT
3 episodes if it's 10+ episodes long. 1 episode if it's 6-8 episodes long. That's usually enough for characters to be established and the narrative laid out.
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Post by bathstoke on Feb 11, 2020 6:56:43 GMT
Some don't grab me at all and switch off before 1 episode I did the rather excellent Money Heist was the best in ages. Straight away knew would like it. Is that the Spanish one... |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2020 7:30:57 GMT
Some don't grab me at all and switch off before 1 episode I did the rather excellent Money Heist was the best in ages. Straight away knew would like it. Is that the Spanish one... Yep- has a bit of a Breaking Bad vibe for me. Very clever and Season 2 was surprisingly good as wondered how they could take it further |
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Post by bathstoke on Feb 11, 2020 7:37:30 GMT
Is that the Spanish one... Yep- has a bit of a Breaking Bad vibe for me. Very clever and Season 2 was surprisingly good as wondered how they could take it further We watched it on recommendation & although it started well, we thought it faded after about 5 episodes & gave up... |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2020 7:54:10 GMT
Yep- has a bit of a Breaking Bad vibe for me. Very clever and Season 2 was surprisingly good as wondered how they could take it further We watched it on recommendation & although it started well, we thought it faded after about 5 episodes & gave up... I thought Season 2 was excellent. I do struggle with the longer box sets. Starting watching Lost just recently but after Episode 987 started to lose interest. Might just watch the last episode now. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2020 7:58:04 GMT
I’ll give 15 mins for a film. If it hasn’t intrigued me or interested me by then I’m off.
A box set or series gets one episode, if it’s not got me gripped after one it’s very unlikely to.
I’ve got much better things to watch, read or listen to, I just can’t justify wasting my life watching rubbish in the hope it’ll get better.
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Post by thequietman on Feb 11, 2020 12:32:56 GMT
I’ll give 15 mins for a film. If it hasn’t intrigued me or interested me by then I’m off. A box set or series gets one episode, if it’s not got me gripped after one it’s very unlikely to. I’ve got much better things to watch, read or listen to, I just can’t justify wasting my life watching rubbish in the hope it’ll get better. Yup that just about sums my viewing up too. 15 mins for a film. I might give a series a couple of episodes if someone whose views I trust has recommended it. Episode 1 can often just be an exercise in setting the scene & introducing characters. Nothing gets more than 2 episodes from me if it hasn't got my attention by then.
Mrs Q said she wanted to go see "Emma" at the flicks. It took only 3 seconds of the advert to realise that if I did go & watch it, I'd probably be arrested for public disturbance / riot. It was about 3 seconds into the trailer that Miranda Hart appeared ...
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Post by foster on Feb 11, 2020 12:57:04 GMT
We watched it on recommendation & although it started well, we thought it faded after about 5 episodes & gave up... I thought Season 2 was excellent. I do struggle with the longer box sets. Starting watching Lost just recently but after Episode 987 started to lose interest. Might just watch the last episode now. Been in my 'to watch' list for over a year already. Just so much to get through on Netflix. I have a bad habit of having to finish a series once I get through a season. Wasted so many hours on Arrow and Flash because of it. The only exception to this was "Legends of Tomorrow' because it was painful to watch. Now I've started to be more selective with what i start but I have so many series to catch up on it's unreal. Thought Witcher was good (in response to an earlier post). |
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Post by foster on Feb 11, 2020 13:00:32 GMT
Yep- has a bit of a Breaking Bad vibe for me. Very clever and Season 2 was surprisingly good as wondered how they could take it further We watched it on recommendation & although it started well, we thought it faded after about 5 episodes & gave up... I see a familiar pattern emerging here. Maybe you should consider watching something alone. I found getting my girlfriend a laptop so that she can watch her shit whilst in the kitchen/bedroom helps. |
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Post by estrangedsonoffaye on Feb 11, 2020 13:45:37 GMT
I gave The Witcher one episode. Without any knowledge of the source material the different timelines are indecipherable. I'm against too much exposition in things, but this really needed something. Naturally as a huge fan of the books, game and tv show I'd say keep at it. If you use Ciri's story as a simply a marker for the present day and the fact Geralt and Yennefer's timelines are all in the past it makes a lot more sense. Episode 8 ties all the timelines together. I'll be honest, the TV show covers the first two books which are basically prequels anyway that themselves don't have linear timelines so in reality it wasn't that much different. It starts to tie up and make sense around episode 4. |
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Post by estrangedsonoffaye on Feb 11, 2020 13:48:30 GMT
I can't think of a film I've switched off before the end, even on TV.
For TV series it's generally half the season if it's REALLY bad but again that's not exactly common. I tend to give things the benefit of the doubt because if it does pick up it saves you having to slog it again.
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Post by Vadiation_Ribe on Feb 16, 2020 19:15:05 GMT
I always watch films until the end. Some that didn't start so promising I've ended up enjoying. Sometimes a 'slow' start is building up to something or needed for what comes later.
As I watch mostly DVDs, I can speed them up if they're really bad. Most recently that'd be a Spanish film called "Honor de Cavelleria" about two guys walking around and doing nothing. I sped it up 5x and it was still slow, with more dialogue in a knock-knock joke than the whole film put together. Not that dialogue is essential - I've seen some excellent silent films.
Another bad one was A Ghost Story, with its 9-minute pie-eating scene. And Lost in Paris, also a French comedy, where 80-minutes felt like 3 hours. The French do some good comedies though.
I don't watch many TV series, but I remember disliking the first two Father Ted episodes I saw (one was Speed 3, which I now love), and Father Ted became my all-time favourite. I didn't get into Westworld until the end of episode 3, so I'm glad I stuck with it. I found Game of Thrones difficult to start with due to so many characters and the fact all the Stark brothers looked the same, but I'm glad I stuck with it.
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Post by rickyfullerbeer on Feb 16, 2020 22:37:42 GMT
I can usually tell within 15-20 minutes if I'll like something or not but I'll generally watch the first episode through. Films are a little trickier because once you've reached half way you may as well finish it.
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Post by Pretty Little Boother on Feb 17, 2020 12:32:41 GMT
I was about halfway through the fourth series of The Walking Dead when I realised that they had no idea where the series was going and that I was still waiting for it to actually start.
I fucked off Prison Break when they brought that bird back from the dead, I was already pissed off with it being so repetitive.
Every man and his dog tells me I'd love Rick and Morty but I've watched about three episodes and not enjoyed a single one.
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Post by bathstoke on Feb 17, 2020 12:37:00 GMT
I always watch films until the end. Some that didn't start so promising I've ended up enjoying. Sometimes a 'slow' start is building up to something or needed for what comes later. As I watch mostly DVDs, I can speed them up if they're really bad. Most recently that'd be a Spanish film called "Honor de Cavelleria" about two guys walking around and doing nothing. I sped it up 5x and it was still slow, with more dialogue in a knock-knock joke than the whole film put together. Not that dialogue is essential - I've seen some excellent silent films. Another bad one was A Ghost Story, with its 9-minute pie-eating scene. And Lost in Paris, also a French comedy, where 80-minutes felt like 3 hours. The French do some good comedies though. I don't watch many TV series, but I remember disliking the first two Father Ted episodes I saw (one was Speed 3, which I now love), and Father Ted became my all-time favourite. I didn't get into Westworld until the end of episode 3, so I'm glad I stuck with it. I found Game of Thrones difficult to start with due to so many characters and the fact all the Stark brothers looked the same, but I'm glad I stuck with it. I liked Ghost Story |
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Post by foster on Feb 17, 2020 12:43:41 GMT
I always watch films until the end. Some that didn't start so promising I've ended up enjoying. Sometimes a 'slow' start is building up to something or needed for what comes later. As I watch mostly DVDs, I can speed them up if they're really bad. Most recently that'd be a Spanish film called "Honor de Cavelleria" about two guys walking around and doing nothing. I sped it up 5x and it was still slow, with more dialogue in a knock-knock joke than the whole film put together. Not that dialogue is essential - I've seen some excellent silent films. Another bad one was A Ghost Story, with its 9-minute pie-eating scene. And Lost in Paris, also a French comedy, where 80-minutes felt like 3 hours. The French do some good comedies though. I don't watch many TV series, but I remember disliking the first two Father Ted episodes I saw (one was Speed 3, which I now love), and Father Ted became my all-time favourite. I didn't get into Westworld until the end of episode 3, so I'm glad I stuck with it. I found Game of Thrones difficult to start with due to so many characters and the fact all the Stark brothers looked the same, but I'm glad I stuck with it. Racist! |
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Post by Vadiation_Ribe on Feb 17, 2020 14:33:17 GMT
I always watch films until the end. Some that didn't start so promising I've ended up enjoying. Sometimes a 'slow' start is building up to something or needed for what comes later. As I watch mostly DVDs, I can speed them up if they're really bad. Most recently that'd be a Spanish film called "Honor de Cavelleria" about two guys walking around and doing nothing. I sped it up 5x and it was still slow, with more dialogue in a knock-knock joke than the whole film put together. Not that dialogue is essential - I've seen some excellent silent films. Another bad one was A Ghost Story, with its 9-minute pie-eating scene. And Lost in Paris, also a French comedy, where 80-minutes felt like 3 hours. The French do some good comedies though. I don't watch many TV series, but I remember disliking the first two Father Ted episodes I saw (one was Speed 3, which I now love), and Father Ted became my all-time favourite. I didn't get into Westworld until the end of episode 3, so I'm glad I stuck with it. I found Game of Thrones difficult to start with due to so many characters and the fact all the Stark brothers looked the same, but I'm glad I stuck with it. I liked Ghost Story I liked the idea of it but didn't engage with the characters and found it massively boring. Some of my favourite films are 'slow' though and maybe on another day, I would've liked Ghost Story. |
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Post by FbrgVaStkFan on Feb 17, 2020 15:24:45 GMT
I think it comes down to the mood one is in when first starting to watch something. There are a few shows I gave up on after one episode only to came back later and find out how good they were -- "The Shield" and "Rescue Me" being a couple I remember like that.
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Post by Frogger Theft Auto on Feb 17, 2020 16:18:38 GMT
I gave The Walking Dead absolutely ages, I think about 3 series were already out when I started it and had a lot of time on my hands, so got through them pretty quickly and I stuck with it until about the 5th series.
I like apocalyptic zombie stuff, and for the first couple of series I was thinking "right, this is going to get good when they get out of this boring situation, so I'll keep watching".
The 2nd series was such a slow, boring, chore but it felt like as soon as they moved on from the fucking boring farmhouse then it'd be full-blown survival zombie action horror so I stuck with it. I'd started to realise that I didn't give a fuck about any of the characters by then though (actually disliked them all if anything), which is atrocious for a survival horror-type show, and I didn't really know any of their names. Still stuck with it because I felt like survival-actiony horror was just around the corner.
Then series 3 came, they left the boring situation, went towards another one and the comic book influence took over, with silly cartoony characters that don't suit how seriously the show takes itself and it really started to lose me.
I think I stuck with it for another couple of series just hoping to see some of the main characters dying horrifically because I'd started to hate them all.
I don't know how people can still watch it. They're on the 10th series now and I bet it's still full of moaning, unlikeable cunts.
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Post by bathstoke on Feb 17, 2020 16:27:05 GMT
I gave The Walking Dead absolutely ages, I don't know how people can still watch it. They're on the 10th series now and I bet it's still full of moaning, unlikeable cunts. Well they say that zombie films are just a parody of the mundane lives we lead & that sounds just like the Oatcake🧟♀️ |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2020 6:37:08 GMT
I gave 'Are You Being Served' a few episodes on that box set channel. Was wondering where the spark between Mrs Slocombe was going with Mr 'I'm Free' Humphries ... then I caught on.
Walking Dead same above- became so mundane and went on too long. Was a huge fan of the comic book and should have ended 5 series ago.
Am friends with a chap who designs TV sets, mainly sci fi, worked on Dr Who and Dune amongst others and he told me the BBC had discussed the return of Blakes 7 !! No doubt Blake will be a woman and Avon a trannie though if the BBC
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Post by Vadiation_Ribe on Feb 18, 2020 22:54:15 GMT
Speaking of zombie films, I was wondering what the hell was going on with One Cut of the Dead for the first 45-minutes or so, but persevered and am so glad I did. The last 45-minutes is hilarious and genius, and wouldn't work without that first 45-minutes. I don't know why this film isn't huge (it was Japanese and very low budget), but it'll probably be remade by Hollywood. It's easily one of the best films of the 2010s.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2020 23:13:12 GMT
Speaking of zombie films, I was wondering what the hell was going on with One Cut of the Dead for the first 45-minutes or so, but persevered and am so glad I did. The last 45-minutes is hilarious and genius, and wouldn't work without that first 45-minutes. I don't know why this film isn't huge (it was Japanese and very low budget), but it'll probably be remade by Hollywood. It's easily one of the best films of the 2010s. I think is quite unique as it totally reveals itself half way through. Was starting to think I was the only person ever to see this. |
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Post by LL Cool Dave on Feb 18, 2020 23:33:16 GMT
Anything that's more than 6 half hour episodes or 3 hour long episodes doesn't normally get watched by me.
If a films shite I'll normally just nod off.
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Post by Vadiation_Ribe on Feb 19, 2020 11:11:01 GMT
Speaking of zombie films, I was wondering what the hell was going on with One Cut of the Dead for the first 45-minutes or so, but persevered and am so glad I did. The last 45-minutes is hilarious and genius, and wouldn't work without that first 45-minutes. I don't know why this film isn't huge (it was Japanese and very low budget), but it'll probably be remade by Hollywood. It's easily one of the best films of the 2010s. I think is quite unique as it totally reveals itself half way through. Was starting to think I was the only person ever to see this. Me too! I made a list of my favourite 2010s films on IMDb and One Cut of the Dead has by far the lowest number of ratings (but a high average). |
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Post by Paul Spencer on Feb 19, 2020 13:02:01 GMT
We'd watched three episodes of Westworld and neither of us were getting it but thought we'd stick with it, solely because Anthony Hopkins was very good.
Aithough when the 5th episode ended, we both turned to each other and said at the same time "this is shit isn't it?" and that was that.
However ... some of my wife's work colleagues, said to her "no, no, you must stick with it, it really gets going in the second half of the season" and then I saw a discussion on here, where people were saying exactly the same thing.
So, very reluctantly, we decided to blitz the final five episodes of season 1 all in one night.
Unsurprisingly, it was a complete waste of five hours because it didn't actually get any better and it was just as shit as the first five episodes!
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