What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

[54_and_counting]

On 20/02/2019 at 08:56, IainMorton said:

 

“If I’m not back in five minutes, just wait longer”

 

One of the best comedy lines ive ever heard still, just totally unexpected, you could almost believe that Carey made that up himself

So much of that film is sheer class, the scene in the looney bin is unforgettable 

[19QOS19]

Not sure why, but the times he says "Like a glove!" when parking, completely crack me up. Particularly in When Nature Calls.

 

 

[Ranaldo Bairn]

They all have the same soundtrack too.
Low key quiet keyboard pastel sounds.

[Christophe]

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Lego Movie 2: The Second Part 8/10

This was every bit as good as the first Lego movie, and better than the Batman and Ninjago iterations. It wasn’t as funny (although there were still jokes every 30 seconds) but it felt far more grown up, even though it was a U. A film which was actually quite surprising in how it played out, and entirely fun throughout the entire running time. There’s a credit’s song which relates how great the credits are, and it’s brilliant. But credit scene fans - once that’s finished there’s nothing more to see. Great voice performances especially by Chris Pratt (you’ll see), TIFFANY HADDISH and Richard Ayoade. (cinema)

[D.A.F.C]

Nightschool
Big fan of Kevin Hart but this was poor. 4/10

[Christophe]

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A Moment Of Innocence 8/10

Strange and funny Iranian film about a man making a film about the time he, as a youth caught up in the revolution, stabbed a policeman. The actual director did stab a policeman and the policeman also stars. Meta in a thoughtful way. (Vimeo)

[philpy]

Green book tonight. Brilliant.

[YER SISTERS YER MAW]

Green book tonight. Brilliant.

Yeah, just finished this and thoroughly enjoyed it. Has to be one of the best Cinema movies in recent times.

[Ira Gaines]

Cold Pursuit

Gotta say. I enjoyed this a LOT. Loads of dark and light humour all through it. The final scene was fucking fantastic btw. The baddie comes across as just a self centered arsehole, but they add enough to give layers and let you know that he does care about the people he holds close.

8/10

[The Real Saints]

Alita: Battle Angel - Didn't enjoy this at all. The action sequences redeemed it slightly, but I'm someone who doesn't particularly enjoy action sequences. It's probably just one of those occasions where the type of film simply wasn't to my taste, as I'm aware that other people have enjoyed it. I was cringing at the two-dimensional characters, uninteresting storyline and lazy dialogue which took itself far too seriously. It almost felt like a parody at times. 3.5/10

Edited February 24, 2019 by The Real Saints

[Christophe]

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Alita - Battle Angel 7/10

James Cameron produced and Robert Rodriguez directed. It’s spectacular, no two ways. I enjoyed it enormously. There were enormous flaws though. (cinema)

[cas79]

Alita: Battle Angel - Didn't enjoy this at all. The action sequences redeemed it slightly, but I'm someone who doesn't particularly enjoy action sequences. It's probably just one of those occasions where the type of film simply wasn't to my taste, as I'm aware that other people have enjoyed it. I was cringing at the two-dimensional characters, uninteresting storyline and lazy dialogue which took itself far too seriously. It almost felt like a parody at times. 3.5/10

Think this one is just a setting for a series of movies I did enjoy it tho

[Christophe]

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Kings of the Road 8/10

Going to hit the Wim Wenders films hard as I realised there’s quite a bit there I haven’t seen after watching Alice in the Cities, v similar themes to that one...culture alienation boredom and despair, another road trip movie, this time a travelling cinema projector repair guy picks up some depressed guy in the German countryside and they carry on pootling around from small town to small town in the dying days of small towns still having cinemas. Lol at you having to see someone a) take a shit with full turd shot (could have been faked but I don’t think so) and then someone tugging one out in a soft core porn cinema (might have been faked also but again didn’t look like it). Different culture though innit, so will try not to judge. (BFIplayer)

[Sooky]

Capernaum

 

Saw it tonight at the cinema. One of the best* foreign language films I’ve seen. The story of a boy from Lebanon who sues his parents for giving birth to him and flashbacks to focus on his life up until then. To say it wasn’t a very cheery film would be a gross understatement, but it’s got a vivid sense of realism to it.

 

9/10

 

 

*Nothing has yet rivalled Das Boot, obviously.

[Mark Connolly]

Instant Family

Had seen plenty of trailers for this, and while I was interested in in the idea, I had the fear that it was one of those films where all the best bits are in the trailer. It's not quite a drama, and not funny enough to be a comedy, but it's a decent enough watch, and Rose Byrne as the foster mum and Isabela Moner as the oldest kid are both excellent.

It didn't quite work overall for me, but glad I took the time to see it, and if you look at it from the context of promoting the foster system, it does a pretty good job.

[Christophe]

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The Mule 7/10

I went to see this with my mum because literally the only films showing at the 12 screen Luxe Multiplex I haven’t already seen are The Upside (J-Lo Working Girl film) and Escape Room. I’ve not seen an Eastwood film since American Sniper. The trailers made it seem like a gritty, violent thriller. So it wasn’t anything at all like I was expecting. And I started off hating it, like this 90 year old guy gets recruited to run drugs from El Paso to Chicago because some guy at his granddaughters engagement party sees him arguing with his ex-wife and goes to talk to him, that’s literally it (it didn’t happen like that in the real story so no idea why they went with that). But as the film went on, I found myself warming to pretty much all of the characters, Clint himself, the cartel members he works with, the DEA agents hunting him down...there’s lots of wry humour and lovely old timey music. I ended up really quite enjoying it, once I put the absurdity to one side. It’s NOT a revenge film like some of Clint’s recent efforts. It’s far more gentle and witty. (cinema)

Edited February 27, 2019 by Christophe

[Christophe]

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Pegasus 8/10

This is a Chinese (not Hong Kong) comedy about rally driving. Han Han is one of the most famous people in China - he’s a writer, musician, tech magnate and, yes, rally driver, and this is a fictional story about him, written by him and directed by him, focusing solely on the rally driving aspect of his life. He’s a successful driver who’s won China’s premier rally five times in a row, but then loses his licence (both to race and also to just drive) after he gets caught while doing urban racing in a car park, Fast and Furious style. He keeps his nose clean and after his sentence is served he looks to get back behind the wheel. It was funny - I laughed out loud a good 15 or 20 times. It was moving - he’s raising a son who isn’t his, with no income to speak of and that relationship is well done. It’s thrilling - many of the racing scenes are wonderfully filmed. It’s beautiful - the main rally course is in such a wonderful location (it’s one of those steep hills with loads of winding parallel roads). And there’s a wonderfully ambiguous ending which is...perhaps tragic, but maybe not? It was not like anything I’ve seen before and I’m glad I’ve started seeking out these foreign films from countries I wouldn’t normally watch films from beacuse I really enjoy them! (cinema)

[Gianfranco]

Aye Get Out is great.

[accies1874]

Get Out is even better after two or three watches.

[accies1874]

I gave Roma another go last night... it's a few months past but I am now on board the hype train.