What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

[coprolite]

Watched American Hustle for the first time last night. Some fantastic performances: Christian Bale and Amy Adams are as good as you'd expect, Jeremy Renner was unexpectedly not dull and Jennifer Lawrence was absolutely brilliant.

The story was entertaining enough, but where there's conmen or undercover stuff going on (or spies but that's nor relevant) i expect some twists and subterfuge in the plot. It was all too upfront. And the script was a bit clunky. 

6/10

[paul-r-cfc]

Nobody

Basically John Wick except the main character worked for the military (I think?) instead of a hitman. Bob Odenkirk absolutely battering Russians all over the shop. Paper thin plot but very enjoyable nonsense. Hope to see more of it.

[The Naitch]

Kinky Boots - 9/10

On BBC Two for the umpteenth time tonight. A modern classic.

[DA Baracus]

Welcome to Marwen 

7/10

A guy, Mark, takes photos of dolls in a model village called Marwen that he's built, which is a Belgium village set during WW2. He sort of lives through the adventures of the main doll, Hoagie, an American GI, based on him. 

We find out that Mark was attacked in real life by neo nazis for liking to wear women's shoes, and the assault was so severe that he's lost much of his memories and has to take medication.

He struggles with issues that he tries to resolve in his fantasy land of Marwen, whilst also trying to rebuild and move on with his life in the real world.

I'm not really describing this all that well, but it's worth a watch.

[DA Baracus]

Hot Shots

8/10

Brilliant daft comedy just packed with jokes, be they sight gags or one liners. Gloriously silly and very funny.

[Mark Connolly]

6 minutes ago, DA Baracus said:

Welcome to Marwen 

7/10

A guy, Mark, takes photos of dolls in a model village called Marwen that he's built, which is a Belgium village set during WW2. He sort of lives through the adventures of the main doll, Hoagie, an American GI, based on him. 

We find out that Mark was attacked in real life by neo nazis for liking to wear women's shoes, and the assault was so severe that he's lost much of his memories and has to take medication.

He struggles with issues that he tries to resolve in his fantasy land of Marwen, whilst also trying to rebuild and move on with his life in the real world.

I'm not really describing this all that well, but it's worth a watch.

Based on a true story IIRC

[DA Baracus]

1 minute ago, Mark Connolly said:

Based on a true story IIRC

Yes. They show the real guy in the credits.

[19QOS19]

One Cut of the Dead.

Japanese film on All4 just now. It's quite hard to describe this without spoilers tbh. It's almost like 3 films rolled into one. The first 'section' you need to stick with as it comes across as quite cheap and tacky but that becomes clear why later on. The second third of the film gives you the "Ah, I see what's going on now" and the final third is absolutely fantastic and pulls everything together. The last 20 minutes is hilarious and fantastic film making. The whole film is so well directed and keep watching as the credits roll to see another part of how well it's directed.

Thoroughly enjoyable film but seriously, stick with it early on as I imagine a few folk have thrown in the towel due to how cheap it feels.

8/10

[sfha]

11.14

Caught this on Prime last night, I'd never heard of it before but its been out since 2003!

An very entertaining tale with multiple strands about the lead up to a car crash at the aforementioned 11.14.

With a great cast including the late Patrick Swayze.

[nelsjfc]

Raya and the last dragon

7/10

Enjoyable enough with some laughs along the way but fell too much into "Disney by numbers" at times. Nice message and the usual "feels" at the classic Disney moments but fell in to a lull for a long spell. Maybe lost a little bit of the effect watching on the small screen.

[BFTD]

The Exterminator 2 (Blu-Ray)  - sequel to one of the more memorable sadistic revenge films of the 70's/80's. The Vietnam vet from the first film continues murdering street thugs, before they discover who he is and take their revenge on him, leading him to seek vengeance against them...you get the picture.

I vaguely remember finding the first film entertaining in that grim, prurient, exploitation fashion that makes you feel dirty afterwards - I think that's the film where a bad guy gets fed alive into a mincing machine feet first - but this is a pretty dull follow-up from those experts in wringing out pennies at the expense of quality, Cannon Films. It's as Eighties as an Eighties movie can get, with random (and poor) Flashdance sequences and breakdancing, to the kind of post-apocalyptic "street punks" that only existed in the fevered imaginations of wealthy movie producers. Mario Van Peebles hams it up as the gang leader who has a very ill-defined plan to sell lots of drugs to take over the city, and it's also some kind of cult? Very odd, and the set-pieces are generally pretty dire, especially the final showdown which consists of ten minutes of wandering around an abandoned factory for no good reason. Probably best avoided.

Only one extra on the Blu-Ray, but it's a revealing one, as it's a brief interview with Cannon's "fixer", a guy they employed to salvage films that had been mishandled by the (often rookie) directors. This film was one of those - he would basically try to take the existing footage and turn it into a more interesting film, which explains the disjointed feel. He wasn't able to obtain the services of the leading actor, who'd already moved on to another film, so he just had a stuntman wear a welder's mask for half the film  

I'd already seen the Cannon documentary, but the interview really gives even more of an glimpse into what a fly-by-night amateur organisation they were.

Edit: forgot to mention that the score sounds remarkably like the MIDI soundtrack to a late-Eighties Sierra Online game performed on a Roland MT-32. Once I realised why it sounded familiar, any shreds of credibility disappeared oot the windae.

Edited June 20, 2021 by BFTD

[Hedgecutter]

Sleeping With the Enemy 6/10

Norrie McCathie played the psycho husband rather well, it must be said.

[Stellaboz]

Sleeping With the Enemy 6/10
Norrie McCathie played the psycho husband rather well, it must be said.

I'm guessing Jimmy Black or Peter Hetherston were somehow playing the hero?

[Arch Stanton]

One of the greatest movie comedies ever is on BBC1 right now.

It started about 20 minutes ago but you can watch it from the start on iplayer.

The Producers

[Archie McSquackle]

Watched Luca tonight on Disney +. Hardly groundbreaking or one of Pixar's best but still good family fun.

[Paul Kersey]

On 20/06/2021 at 12:23, BFTD said:

The Exterminator 2 (Blu-Ray)  - sequel to one of the more memorable sadistic revenge films of the 70's/80's. The Vietnam vet from the first film continues murdering street thugs, before they discover who he is and take their revenge on him, leading him to seek vengeance against them...you get the picture.

I vaguely remember finding the first film entertaining in that grim, prurient, exploitation fashion that makes you feel dirty afterwards - I think that's the film where a bad guy gets fed alive into a mincing machine feet first - but this is a pretty dull follow-up from those experts in wringing out pennies at the expense of quality, Cannon Films. It's as Eighties as an Eighties movie can get, with random (and poor) Flashdance sequences and breakdancing, to the kind of post-apocalyptic "street punks" that only existed in the fevered imaginations of wealthy movie producers. Mario Van Peebles hams it up as the gang leader who has a very ill-defined plan to sell lots of drugs to take over the city, and it's also some kind of cult? Very odd, and the set-pieces are generally pretty dire, especially the final showdown which consists of ten minutes of wandering around an abandoned factory for no good reason. Probably best avoided.

Only one extra on the Blu-Ray, but it's a revealing one, as it's a brief interview with Cannon's "fixer", a guy they employed to salvage films that had been mishandled by the (often rookie) directors. This film was one of those - he would basically try to take the existing footage and turn it into a more interesting film, which explains the disjointed feel. He wasn't able to obtain the services of the leading actor, who'd already moved on to another film, so he just had a stuntman wear a welder's mask for half the film  

I'd already seen the Cannon documentary, but the interview really gives even more of an glimpse into what a fly-by-night amateur organisation they were.

Edit: forgot to mention that the score sounds remarkably like the MIDI soundtrack to a late-Eighties Sierra Online game performed on a Roland MT-32. Once I realised why it sounded familiar, any shreds of credibility disappeared oot the windae.

I love Cannon films. They always remind me of trips to the video rental shop in the 80s.

American Ninja and Delta Force are a couple to leap to mind. I think Cobra was Cannon too.

Cannon films really should be watched on an old tube TV and a VHS toploader.

The original Exterminator film is a classic.  Years since I saw it but I do recall a pretty sadistic scene where he exacts horrific vengeance on a perverted politician who had been abusing prostitutes.

I've never seen the sequel.

[Detournement]

The Day Will Come 

A Chris Morris movie about the FBI framing vulnerable people up as terrorists. A good watch but it's difficult to call it satire because the reality is as ridiculous and disgusting as the events in the movie. It's not on the same level as Four Lions but it's wort a watch. 

The end credits are devastating. 

 

[Paul Kersey]

Hollywood Vice Squad

The recent discussion on this thread about Cannon films reminded me of this 1986 movie. My local video rental store had a copy but my mum thought that I was too young to watch it. I googled it yesterday and found it in full on youtube. It's a typically trashy 80s straight to video feature starring Carrie Fisher and Joey Travolta as unorthodox cops investigating porn and prostitution. There's a fair mix of violence and slapstick. It's like it can't decide if it wants to be serious or a comedy. There's all the usual 80s L.A. cliches, like street punks, hookers, pimps and drag queens.

Shite, but entertaining shite.

6/10

 

 

 

 

 

Edited June 28, 2021 by Paul Kersey

[DeeTillEhDeh]

Office Space 0/10.

Son said to watch it saying it was a really funny film.

I have to say it's the must boring piece of shit I have ever seen.

[Thorongil]

19 minutes ago, DeeTillEhDeh said:

Office Space 0/10.

Son said to watch it saying it was a really funny film.

I have to say it's the must boring piece of shit I have ever seen.
 

Can’t agree. It’s a classic. It inspire The Office. Ricky even gives Pete Gibbons a mention.