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Thurop Van Orman would later direct a sequel to Early Man. Despite still being produced at Aardman, it looked more practical and cheap than the studio in their current years, almost like their days before Wrong Trousers - Dug’s mouth at one point whistles and it looks rough and pasted on. There is very little dialogue in this sequel, like Shaun the Sheep, though there is still at least one line of (faintly) intelligible English every minute, ringing these characters closer to actual cavemen. However, as much like Thurop’s work as it felt, the humour doesn’t work nearly as well as Van Orman’s work beforehand.

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Max the Movie Guy rated Godzilla: The Planet Eater (2018)

 Godzilla: The Planet Eater (2018) 6/10

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Max the Movie Guy rated The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

 The Nutcracker and the Four Realms 3/10

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Max the Movie Guy rated Dracula Untold

 Dracula Untold 3/10

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Max the Movie Guy rated Bird Box

 Bird Box 3/10

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Max the Movie Guy rated Death Note

 Death Note 2/10

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Max the Movie Guy rated The Dark Tower

 The Dark Tower 2/10

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Max the Movie Guy added 1 item to Movies according to my dreams list

The story is basically what we were promised and Thor has lost just a bit of weight, but it all takes place in murky English grassland and is a little less silly than Ragnarok. Despite having my phone switched off, the projection would keep halting and/or syncing up with it - an issue that would only get worse when I sat myself closer to the screen because this auditorium is kind of like Prince Charles meets Rich Mix - leaving everyone mocking me and me getting booted out. I broke into a fit of childish rage about this, being the autistic manchild I am.

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Max the Movie Guy added 1 item to My trips to the cinema 2019 list

SCREENING: The Studio DATE: August 9th CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux LOCATION: Bluewater

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Max the Movie Guy rated Blinded by the Light

 Blinded by the Light 8/10

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Max the Movie Guy rated Rocko's Modern Life: Static Cling

 Rocko's Modern Life: Static Cling 10/10

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Max the Movie Guy rated Hey Arnold: The Jungle Movie

 Hey Arnold: The Jungle Movie 9/10

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Max the Movie Guy rated Hotel Artemis

 Hotel Artemis 4/10

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Max the Movie Guy added 1 item to Cinema’s longest post-marketing movie delays list

[youtube id=pfAhQSz-j_o] Trailer debut: April 4th 2019 Original release: August 23rd 2019 New release: April 17th 2020 Difference: 239 days Between trailer and release: 380 days Reasons: Delayed to January 10th to avoid being released in such a close proximity following more familiar family fare releasing in August, including STX's Playmobil: The Movie, or attracting comparisons to the Bautista vehicle Stuber or the machismo of Hobbs & Shaw, and to attempt to one-up their marketing game after the failure of UglyDolls. Later delayed to March 13th, and then April 17th (over a year after its first trailer premiered) just a week before release and when it had already screened to critics, presumably in response to the sudden delay of No Time to Die and the subsequent release change for Trolls: World Tour. Benefits: This studio has not been a particularly successful one lately, so this decision is understandable, even if constantly pushing this film is not exactly as loving a treatment as they think it is. Flaws: Weeks later, STX would delay Playmobil to December, having not marketed the film in any shape or form, leaving August devoid of releases from the studio. This does not spell a promising outcome for STX or for the young audience who was anticipating it, especially given that Playmobil was a massive flop and that a Blu-Ray rip surfaced the week of its US release did not help whatsoever. Delaying the film so suddenly and so repetitively just adds to the problem, and will just alienate audiences who have seen the trailer constantly not to mention fall under the same piracy conundrum as Playmobil, given that the film already kept its Australian release in January without any further hassle.

4 years, 8 months ago

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Max the Movie Guy added 1 item to My trips to the home list

UK RELEASE: August 30th 2019 HOW I SAW IT: iTunes (USA) WHEN I SAW IT: August 6th 2019

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Max the Movie Guy rated The Souvenir

 The Souvenir 10/10

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Max the Movie Guy rated Twelve Forever

 Twelve Forever 9/10

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Max the Movie Guy added 1 item to Movies according to my dreams list

For some reason, Prince Charles decided to screen this again as a relaxed screening (and by "relaxed" they meant they actually laid out beds for the audience to sleep in while the movie was playing), and while the script was as mediocre as I remember, the movie was totally different from a thematic and visual standpoint. All the background aliens were animated in a form of unique, stylised, almost childlike hand-drawn animation and there was a broad allegory on prejudice at play.

4 years, 8 months ago

Max the Movie Guy added 1 item to My trips to the cinema 2019 list

SCREENING: Regular DATE: August 2nd CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux LOCATION: Bluewater

4 years, 8 months ago

Max the Movie Guy rated The Angry Birds Movie 2

 The Angry Birds Movie 2 8/10

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Max the Movie Guy added 1 item to My trips to the cinema 2019 list

SCREENING: Regular DATE: August 1st CINEMA: Showcase Cinema de Lux LOCATION: Bluewater

4 years, 8 months ago

Max the Movie Guy rated Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw

 Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw 5/10

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Max the Movie Guy added 1 item to My trips to the home list

UK RELEASE: November 8th 2019 HOW I SAW IT: iTunes (USA) WHEN I SAW IT: July 31st 2019

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Max the Movie Guy rated Meeting Gorbachev

 Meeting Gorbachev 7/10

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Max the Movie Guy added 1 item to Films I've seen on celluloid in the digital era list

FORMAT: 35mm CONDITION: ★★★★ NOTES: The sound was in no way realistic and the third reel spent its first few minutes out of place, so the audience knew which shots were letterboxed and which were Academy ratio, but the print was quite clean overall. DATE: July 30th 2019 CINEMA: The Prince Charles Cinema LOCATION: London

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Max the Movie Guy added 1 item to My trips to the cinema 2019 list

SCREENING: 35mm DATE: July 30th CINEMA: The Prince Charles Cinema LOCATION: West End

4 years, 8 months ago

Max the Movie Guy added 1 item to My trips to the home list

UK RELEASE: August 16th 2019 HOW I SAW IT: iTunes (USA) WHEN I SAW IT: July 30th 2019

4 years, 8 months ago

Max the Movie Guy rated UglyDolls

 UglyDolls 4/10

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