RossBFaeDundee Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 (edited) Watched Kenneth Branagh's 1989 adaptation of Shakespeare's play Henry V last night. Dunno how many P&Bers who take enjoyment from Shakespeare or his plays' adaptations, but this was certainly one of the best imo. Equal parts very dramatic and yet realistic to the time period, easy to follow, fantastic acting (a surprisingly great cast, including kid Christian Bale), and a brilliant score. Had seen Olivier's 1945 version a few years ago, and though the set pieces are cool and he's a great actor, it still feels like a slog and overly patriotic having been made during WW2. Branagh's film meanwhile is full of the post-Vietnam and post-Falklands distaste for war and highlighting the miserable truth of it along with the dramatic Shakespearean style, and for a lad of 27 Branagh does a cracking job as star and director. Easy 8/10 for me, could be 9 after a rewatch. Edited February 2, 2021 by RossBFaeDundee 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genuine Hibs Fan Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 16 hours ago, Detournement said: The 70s is the best decade for films! It's not even a competition 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 The first two Godfathers already give it a million point head start. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, Genuine Hibs Fan said: It's not even a competition 2 hours ago, Bully Wee Villa said: The first two Godfathers already give it a million point head start. To back up my point I watched The Killing Of A Chinese Bookie directed by John Cassavettes last night. Ben Gazarra plays a nightclub owner who gets into gambling debts which leads towards the Chinese bookie. Gazzara's performance is brilliant and he has the smoothest voice, the hoods are genuinely nasty guys and the girls that work in the club have some of the best tits in cinema history. The final action sequences really ramp up the tension but it ends in an interesting original way. These days it would have to be a Ryan Gosling type but old scummy looking actors are the best. I immediately recognised the guy in the middle as the sniper rifle guy from Kubrick's The Killing. Googled him and he is Timothy Carey and apparently a bit of a lunatic in real life which comes across vividly on screen. Edited February 3, 2021 by Detournement 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jupiter Jazz Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 5 hours ago, Detournement said: To back up my point I watched The Killing Of A Chinese Bookie directed by John Cassavettes last night. Ben Gazarra plays a nightclub owner who gets into gambling debts which leads towards the Chinese bookie. Gazzara's performance is brilliant and he has the smoothest voice, the hoods are genuinely nasty guys and the girls that work in the club have some of the best tits in cinema history. The final action sequences really ramp up the tension but it ends in an interesting original way. These days it would have to be a Ryan Gosling type but old scummy looking actors are the best. I immediately recognised the guy in the middle as the sniper rifle guy from Kubrick's The Killing. Googled him and he is Timothy Carey and apparently a bit of a lunatic in real life which comes across vividly on screen. The brilliant Seymour Cassel as one of the hoods as well. Great film. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy boo Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 Saint Maud.........Didn't get this at all...terrible...3/10. Palmer..........mentioned by someone here last week. Justin Timberlake comes out of jail and ends up befriending a young boy whose mother is a waste of space. Great performances from both....8/10. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boostin' Kev Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 Chinese Bookie's a great film. Looked for other Cassavettes films but didn't like the look of them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_Wilkos Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - 8/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverton End Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 The Girl With All The Gifts (2016) Not your usual infected/zombie dystopian movie, this was excellent. From the opening scenes you are hooked in. Recommended 9/10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 The End of Evangelion (1997). Apocalyptic Anime Sci Fi. Visually incredible. Makes you work a bit to work out what's going on or has been going on, but not too hard. A bit avant garde in the structure. Only criticism is that the jism in the opening scene could have been better drawn. 8/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrie Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 (edited) Escaflowne: The Movie Lovely animation, OST is fantastic, as expected from Yoko Kanno, but the run time rips the guts of the tv show's story. Still passable, but not the same. 6/10 Edited February 4, 2021 by Comrie 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 Widows - remake of the old Lynda La Plante TV series. After a group of criminals die during a robbery, their wives are forced to enact an ambitious heist that their husbands had planned, or face retribution from the dangerous and powerful gangsters they had been stealing from. An enjoyable heist movie, with an excellent cast in every role. Not quite at the very top of the genre, but there's a lot of background detail that a lesser film wouldn't have thought to include, and there's a definite feeling that it would have been nice to spend a bit more time with the characters, so it obviously did its job well. Raw - a young woman follows her vegetarian family into veterinary school, and has a powerful desire to consume flesh awakened when she eats meat for the first time. Yeah, so, it's a sex allegory, I guess, which is a bit odd considering that there's also some sexual awakening stuff going on too, but whatever. It's a decent film, but not quite as interesting as the rave reviews would imply, and the people fainting during initial screenings must not be used to watching horror films, as it's pretty mild for a film about cannibalism. Hellboy - reboot of the comic book series about a big horny lad trying to make his way in a world that doesn't understand him. In this installment, Milla Jovovich appears and tries to seduce him. Will he? Well, tune in to find out. This wasn't quite as bad as I'd been expecting, but it's not a patch on the Del Toro films, and they had their problems too. David Harbour does a decent job filling in for Ron Perlman, but there's a terribly perfunctory feel about everything else, and it's hard to give a shit about either the characters or the fate of the world. The most interesting thing about the film is the decision to push into proper horror film territory - there's a ton of really graphic gore and an effort to make some of the creatures into proper nightmare fuel. Really surprised that it managed to sneak in at a 15 certificate, but none of it does anything to help with the central problem that it just isn't very interesting. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNU_Linux Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 The End of Evangelion (1997). Apocalyptic Anime Sci Fi. Visually incredible. Makes you work a bit to work out what's going on or has been going on, but not too hard. A bit avant garde in the structure. Only criticism is that the jism in the opening scene could have been better drawn. 8/10The films existence is wholly unecessary imo as the ending of the anime series was fine & the film was only made to appease fans who were upset at the ending. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpInTheAyr Posted February 4, 2021 Share Posted February 4, 2021 Quite liked Hellboy despite it being obvious you could tell it was a troubled production. Was like they couldn't tell what kind of tone they were going for so just threw a bunch of them together, and it kinda worked in a weird way. Thought that attack on London at the end was pretty well done horror with some great scenes 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverton End Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 Searching (2018) A father tries to find his missing daughter using her social media, the whole movie is shown through smartphones, computer screens, websites, cameras etc. It works really well, a very good, unique thriller which Film4 have been showing lately. 9/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 11 hours ago, GNU_Linux said: 22 hours ago, coprolite said: The End of Evangelion (1997). Apocalyptic Anime Sci Fi. Visually incredible. Makes you work a bit to work out what's going on or has been going on, but not too hard. A bit avant garde in the structure. Only criticism is that the jism in the opening scene could have been better drawn. 8/10 The films existence is wholly unecessary imo as the ending of the anime series was fine & the film was only made to appease fans who were upset at the ending. It did feel like there might have been other parts that had gone before. I never saw the series and thought it worked well on its own. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 It did feel like there might have been other parts that had gone before. I never saw the series and thought it worked well on its own. Wait. Did you just watch the film as a stand-alone experience?!? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 41 minutes ago, NotThePars said: Wait. Did you just watch the film as a stand-alone experience?!? Yes. I quite like anime but i'm not a massive fan, so i don't really know the culture or anything and it came up on Netflix as a film, so i watched it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 Yes. I quite like anime but i'm not a massive fan, so i don't really know the culture or anything and it came up on Netflix as a film, so i watched it. That’s class. I have no idea how you would approach that without watching the series. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 7 minutes ago, NotThePars said: That’s class. I have no idea how you would approach that without watching the series. I thought that the minimal exposition was just part of the style. I quite like not fully grasping why stuff is going on. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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