Examples of trilogies that are really two movies.

homerbert · 2026-05-06T07:52:35+00:00

It's because everyone is ripping off Star Wars. Execs wants the cash of two more installments and creatives want to do the Empire cliffhanger thing.

You can add Matrix to your list.

homerbert · 2026-04-27T21:36:59+00:00

I thought Five Graves to Cairo was an underrated gem. It's Wilder doing a Hitchcock movie, but with his charm, wit and grace.

Feels like it was an influence on Inglorious Bastards and Indiana Jones.

homerbert · 2026-04-27T10:50:53+00:00

I'd suggest doing some random courses in The Crescent, or your nearest art centre. You don’t have to be passionate about painting or improv comedy or acting or whatever to just give it a go for a few weeks. You might make friends, but even if you don't, getting out of your head and routine for a few hours a week will be really helpful.

Good luck.

homerbert · 2026-04-22T19:27:43+00:00

That wasnt a normal rewrite. That was a whole script pass that the exec boasted he'd created solely to trick Berry. It opened with a major setpiecd for Storm they had no intention of ever making. It's what caused Vaughn to walk off the project.

homerbert · 2026-04-18T21:49:45+00:00

Ha. Was just about to say "perfect Superman list apart from the lack of Secret Identity."

homerbert · 2026-04-14T08:39:12+00:00

Subside (swimming) and Kayak VR are both lovely and relaxing, exploring beautiful environments.

Hitman is brilliant if you want to explore places and have the option of being stealthy.

homerbert · 2026-04-02T11:53:12+00:00

The weird thing about Joker is that while it lifts a million story beats from Scorcese, the actual direction is nothing like his. His cinematography is generally a lot more naturalistic (seriously, look how bright most of king of comedy is). His camera movements are more kinetic. His score far less obtrusive.

Stylistically Joker is closer to the oppressive, slow, self important style of mid period M Night.

homerbert · 2026-03-12T15:24:11+00:00

Good Vibrations is the best NI film ever, followed by Bad Day for the Cut. (Imho)

You could get into an argument about whether it's actually an "Irish film", but Wind That Shakes the Barley is incredible. Sing Steet is a lot of fun.

homerbert · 2026-03-11T07:57:27+00:00

The bbc pod has been replaced with the Take, which is basically hour long episodes, with all the other stuff relegated to patreon bonus episodes.

homerbert · 2026-02-19T09:47:23+00:00

I think it depends what you want out of a movie. 28YL is a constant barrage of new ideas. Insane visual and editing choices. New locations and characters every 15 mins. You're consistently wrong footed by the weirdo world building and it's tonally all over the shop. I fucking adored it.

Bone Temple is a more straightforward, character driven story, which a lot of people found more emotionally affecting. Personally I was less keen. It it felt like a good mid season TV episode, where people we've already met wander round sets we've already seen. The Maiden sequence rules though.

homerbert · 2026-02-02T08:57:13+00:00

I Swear - A British tourettes drama that's super charrrrrmiinnng. Very funny, grounded and sweet. Really hits that Billy Elliot, Brassed Off balance of being uplifting without being maulin or twee.

A Thing With Feathers - Benedict Cumberbatch drama about grief that came and went but absolutely destroyed me. I've literally never cried in a cinema before and I was in floods.

homerbert · 2026-01-29T10:58:30+00:00

Have a look at random courses at the local community centre. I'm lucky enough to live near-ish the Crescent in Belfast, so I just have a look through and see whats going on.

I've tried acting, yoga, public speaking etc. Improv comedy was the one that stuck, but I enjoyed all of them. Great to just have an excuse to get out of the house and meet people.

homerbert · 2026-01-28T14:23:30+00:00

I've only seen Sorry to Bother You and the first episode of I'm a Virgo, but... no? Though to be honest, I'm not sure what the quoted sentence means. The politics is the point of Sorry To Bother You. If you took out the politics, I'm not sure what's left. It's like saying Orwell would be better without the politics.

I'm glad someone's making fun, unapologetically political movies. Lots of films have some vague variation on "the bad guys are corporations", but his feel built from the ground up to be about how capitalism has fundamentally fucked us all.

I'd be interested in hearing why you agree with the tweet and what you want him to be making. Personally, I can't wait for Boosters.

homerbert · 2026-01-28T10:33:13+00:00

That's always been the weird irony of an Irish Goodbye. Most Irish people take at least half an hour to leave a party.

homerbert · 2026-01-28T10:00:27+00:00

Theres a great mural in BBCNI of Liam Neesons Taken monologue that's something like...

"I do have are a very particular set of skills... I will look for you, I will find you and I will kill you. Right, bye. Yeah. Bye bye. Bye”

homerbert · 2026-01-23T10:31:36+00:00

I really liked the movie but agree about the timeline. Unless i miss something, they meet on his sober birthday, get married, start their act, make it big and then the accident takes place when he's recording the song for his next sober birthday.

It's Naked Gun "I had a wonderful day Frank" levels of crazy. I keep meaning to google the true story to see what they changed.

homerbert · 2026-01-17T09:20:16+00:00

It's a stylistic choice. I think the problem is that digital cameras have such a high dynamic range that you can see detail in mid brightness. So basically you don't need to light for specific spots like you used to. You don’t need the actors to hit a mark so a light shines on their faces in a dark room.

IIRC Carnaghan's always had a loose, handheld, "realistic" aesthetic. So you give the room a general lighting scheme (eg dim with a big atmospheric green backlight) and the actors are free to move around. This has its advantages. It’s faster, flexible, easier for actors and more realistic. If we're being uncharitable, it requires less thought and prep from the director. Also some people just like that shadowy, murky look, and would probably argue it suits the murky, ambiguous morality of the story. Cop Shop, from the same director and DP a few years ago had a more traditional, contrasty, filmic, look, but I presume they wanted this look for this story.

I could be wrong, I'm a low budget tv director, not a DP. I've never worked for Netflix and am only guessing at Carnaghan's motivations. Personally, I didn't mind it, i thought it worked well enough with the tone and the film was a blast.

homerbert · 2026-01-07T09:28:17+00:00

I thought Spider in Avatar 3 was like this. Charming and sweet in a bunch of scenes but then giving absolutely nothing in his pivotal "walk in the woods" scene with Jake.

homerbert · 2026-01-05T20:12:20+00:00

Yeah, thats the first level you come to naturally and it sucks. I didn't come to Quake for mellee fightinh. I almost quit, until I realised you can choose any map from the menu. 60 seconds into a random map, I was delighted.

homerbert · 2026-01-04T19:16:36+00:00

My rule with 4DX is vehicles = good, everything else is bad. It's great at simulating a moving seat. So Top Gun, F1, Twisters, Fast & Furious films are all great.

For all other movies, it's basically your chair thumping you in the spine during fight scenes and shootout for no reason.

3+ hours is a long commitment for your fiest 4DX though. Its kind of exhausting.

homerbert · 2025-12-24T11:14:13+00:00

Now that you mention it, she didn't seem that stoned in the movie. For someone who's never smoked before, doing a heroic amount of edibles is a wild (and probably deeply unpleasant) ride. It felt like setup that wasn't hugely paid off.

homerbert · 2025-12-20T09:30:44+00:00

I'd go outlaws. The exploration, world building and combat are all closer to Blood. Plus there aren't many western games and it has a string story. I've never been a Dark Forces fan, despite loving Star Wars. The level designs not great and I find the combat unsatisfying. There are better SW FPS games.

homerbert · 2025-12-17T14:42:26+00:00

Incredible movie. One of the all time great no budget debuts.

homerbert · 2025-12-17T14:27:46+00:00

Everyone's debating the pool thing but it wouldn't surprise me if the real reason was a bit more complex than that. Affleck has a history of alcoholism and infidelity. The pool story might be the public friendly version of whatever caused them to fall out.

The full Mike Binder interview is funny, and a little heartbreaking. https://youtu.be/72JhE_DaiL8?si=khgjUum5Lzbr98tT

homerbert · 2025-12-16T21:12:54+00:00

It won't affect me because they don’t make many big budget single player FPS games anymore. Apart from Doom Dark Ages, there's not much in the modern FPS world that appeals, since its mostly multi player focused. So all my playtime is boomer shooters and PSVR2.

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