laughing gravie Posted September 11, 2021 Share Posted September 11, 2021 On 29/08/2021 at 18:24, Fullerene said: Depends what you think of "Quintet". Have to agree here, brutal is an adjective that springs to mind 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted September 11, 2021 Share Posted September 11, 2021 World War Z (2013) dir. Marc Forster Rewatched as my flatmate has been keen to give it another go for a while. This is just a series of set pieces (some of which are pretty good!) stitched together with an uninteresting plotline. This would've been great as an anthology series, right? Just do 10 episodes focusing on different parts of the globe and you have a great series. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 8 hours ago, NotThePars said: I know in the current landscape there’s no chance of them doing the Baron justice given Herbert basically writes him as a monstrously fat gay paedophile Funnily enough when i saw this poster in the cinema my first thought was "who's meant to be the baddie? He's supposed to be a fat ugly b*****d" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 When Communism happens we are bringing back ugly actors and lived in faces. Pubeless wonders like Chamalet oot, Buscemi in. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 23 hours ago, Detournement said: When Communism happens we are bringing back ugly actors and lived in faces. Pubeless wonders like Chamalet oot, Buscemi in. Hate this new trend of taking skinny good looking actors and putting them in tons of prosthetics as well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaboz Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 Motherless Brooklyn 8/10 Great stuff from Edward Norton as an investigator with a form of tourette's, looking into the death of his boss. Really enjoyed this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 Deep Blue Sea (1999) dir. Renny Harlin Someone watched Aliens and thought "what if the Alien was a shark?" Pretty daft but fun. 6/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 8 minutes ago, NotThePars said: Deep Blue Sea (1999) dir. Renny Harlin Someone watched Aliens and thought "what if the Alien was a shark?" Pretty daft but fun. 6/10 I think that's been Renny Harlin's career motto TBF. Looks like he's making films for the Chinese market these days. Hopefully they're still just as silly. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Tunbridge Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 Respect 6/10. A decent wee watch, another musical biopic. Didn’t know much about Aretha Franklin going into this left knowing a bit more but with all these types of films I’ll need to do a bit of research on the subject to see how much was made up. Maybe a tad too long at just under 2 and a half hours. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaboz Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 Finally got round to watching Joker. 10/10. This is absolutely everything I wanted from this film, a tremendously well detailed back story leading up to a moment nobody would ever forget. What makes this so good is that you can sympathise at times with the guy. Dealt with an absolute shan hand in life. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 One Deadly Summer (1983, French) on Amazon Prime Fantastic. Starts off and you think it’s cheeky, eye candy fluff where a beautiful girl moves to a small town and scandalises all the locals with her behaviour and outfits. Then it starts to reveal itself as something more in keeping with the title. Unreliable narrators start to move the film and toot sympathies around. Elements of Straw Dogs, Basic Instinct, Betty Blue. Just a really clever film noir set in the blazing French sun and featuring one of the most beautiful leading ladies you’ll ever see delivering an incredible performance as the film goes on. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 Annihilation (2018) dir. Alex GarlandParts of this are a bit cloying (all the relationship stuff) even if it does have some sort of payoff but lads this movie has vibes for days. It is basically a remake of Stalker with more of a focus on climate change or whatever but it’s just ambiguous enough to be a really enjoyable watch. Reading the Wiki and apparently Garland and a few others fought hard to leave it as vague and open to interpretation as it reads as well as resisting any attempts to make Natalie Portman’s character more sympathetic. Great use of Moderat at the end as well. And that scene with the bear. Freakish. 8/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDoddyKane Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 (edited) I was a bit disappointed with Annihilation, I like vague normally and its a decent movie but I didnt feel it rose above that. It starts of well but from half way mark it just sort of fades. Still worth a watch though and others like Pars may be right. Edited September 17, 2021 by BigDoddyKane 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDoddyKane Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 Paid in Full - Avon from the wire in a great role as an up and coming dealer in Harlem in 80s. If you like the genre then you should enjoy this. Not the greatest but a good movie. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 23 minutes ago, BigDoddyKane said: I was a bit disappointed with Annihilation, I like vague normally and its a decent movie but I didnt feel it rose above that. It starts of well but from half way mark it just sort of fades. Still worth a watch though and others like Pars may be right. I felt the same as you on the first watch mate. I don't know if it's stockholm syndrome from watching a lot of recent cinema which batters you over the head with meaning or ends in a 3 hours laser battle but I enjoyed the relative sparseness of it. Looks gorgeous as well. Not perfect though by a long shot. I'm not surprised on reflection that Garland wrote 28 Days Later as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDoddyKane Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 19 minutes ago, NotThePars said: I felt the same as you on the first watch mate. I don't know if it's stockholm syndrome from watching a lot of recent cinema which batters you over the head with meaning or ends in a 3 hours laser battle but I enjoyed the relative sparseness of it. Looks gorgeous as well. Not perfect though by a long shot. I'm not surprised on reflection that Garland wrote 28 Days Later as well. I will give it another watch in future then 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accies1874 Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 Yip I'd also recommend watching it again. I can't really put my finger on why, but it just seemed to click the second time around. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Naitch Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 Everybody's Talking About Jamie (Amazon Prime) - 8/10 Very decent adaptation of the utterly brilliant musical. Max Harwood is superb in the lead role and they managed to retain most of the numbers from the stage show. Sarah Lancashire and Richard E. Grant putting on an acting masterclass helps bring it all together. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theroadlesstravelled Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 Candyman- 1/10 Remember when movies didn’t need to have an political agenda and were just entertainment? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 13 minutes ago, Theroadlesstravelled said: Candyman- 1/10 Remember when movies didn’t need to have an political agenda and were just entertainment? Going back to 1940 and watching The Great Dictator which thankfully has nothing to say about the political conditions of the day 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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