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The Watchers (2024)

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    pixelburp
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 36,634 CMod ✭✭✭✭pixelburp


    Set in Ireland too; so even if the apple doesn't fall far from the tree, Ishana didn't set the thing in Philadelphia at least 🤭

    Looks intriguing enough but the trick will be how long they can keep the mystery going without underwhelming at the end. Concepts like this front load themselves with the premise, but run outta gas quick enough.

    Hard not to be a little cynical about this though and whisper Nepo Baby, cos were it not for the familial connection would this have been greenlit at all? Impossible to tell of course.



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    tommythecat
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    Yeah I read the book a few months ago. Not sure what to make of the trailer. Not what I imagined.

    4kwp South East facing PV System. 5.3kwh Weco battery. South Dublin City.



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    MfMan
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121825809#Comment_121825809

    Book good?



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    tommythecat
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121827629#Comment_121827629

    Yeah it was a pretty decent read. It's not going to blow your socks off or anything.

    4kwp South East facing PV System. 5.3kwh Weco battery. South Dublin City.



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    Krusty_Clown
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    Enjoyed the book too. Some interesting twists - a few of which are spoiled in the trailer.🤔



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    bnt
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    Full Trailer:

    https://youtu.be/dYo91Fq9tKY

    From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck and drag him a quarter of a million miles out and say, ‘Look at that, you son of a bitch’.

    — Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 Astronaut



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    OU812
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    Much better trailer. That looks decent.



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    MfMan
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    The Times giving this a kicking.. one star



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    Everlong1
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122228245#Comment_122228245

    The Guardian reviewer was underwhelmed too…

    https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/jun/06/the-watchers-review-m-night-shyamalan-daughter



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    OU812
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    Not gonna lie, I kind of enjoyed it. Would have liked more about the background of the watchers & Mina herself…



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    Homelander
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    Watched this last night and the weak reviews didn't massively put me off, but it really is horrible.

    Same as her father's more recent films, it's just a mess of bad acting and extremely poor dialogue even if the core premise is relatively sound.

    Dakota Fanning and Olwen Fouere are kinda OK with what they're given to be fair about it, but they're given very little.

    The same story has been done incomparably better in other recent films, which I won't name to avoid giving any spoilers for anyone going in blind.

    Not just mediocre, but bad. I'd say it's a 3.5/10, I found it a tough watch.



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