What film did you watch last night?

[AndyRM]

Well, the coin came down "Keep Watching", so I ploughed on to the end.

There was a bit of "immigration isn't that bad, and racism is bad" dialogue at one point, but mostly, the film continued in the leery, one dimensional way it had previously. I found the treatment of the women in the film particularly objectionable - it seems they can only fight while being objectified.

If you long for the gender politics of the 1970s, like a cynically gross out death scene (or 40), and one dimensional caricatures rather than characters, you'll bloody love this.

I have to admit I enjoyed the Tarantino/Rodriguez homage to grindhouse/exploitation flicks which I think of as slightly more polished versions of what you'd have got back in the 70s/80s. Planet Terror is probably my favourite, with Machete and Hobo with a Shotgun a close second, Death Proof I like but not as much.

The sequel, Machete Kills is nowhere near as good, and apparently there's going to be a third...

 

[John the Monkey]

I have to admit I enjoyed the Tarantino/Rodriguez homage to grindhouse/exploitation flicks which I think of as slightly more polished versions of what you'd have got back in the 70s/80s. Planet Terror is probably my favourite, with Machete and Hobo with a Shotgun a close second, Death Proof I like but not as much.

I've seen "Hobo.." and while I didn't love it, I didn't dislike it the way I disliked Machete. I have to admit, I've not liked Tarantino since Jackie Brown - the man needs someone to rein him in a bit (or possibly, a lot). If you pressed me for something likeable from Machete, I'd admit that some of the music (the Mexican songs, mostly) were ok. Otherwise, cynical, glib, and without the charm of the films they're aping/homaging, for me at least.

 

[AndyRM]

I've seen "Hobo.." and while I didn't love it, I didn't dislike it the way I disliked Machete. I have to admit, I've not liked Tarantino since Jackie Brown - the man needs someone to rein him in a bit (or possibly, a lot). If you pressed me for something likeable from Machete, I'd admit that some of the music (the Mexican songs, mostly) were ok. Otherwise, cynical, glib, and without the charm of the films they're aping/homaging, for me at least.

I'd not disagree with much of that, I suppose I just like switching my brain off occasionally and watching ludicrous violence and explosions! A guilty pleasure I suppose.

 

[John the Monkey]

I'd not disagree with much of that, I suppose I just like switching my brain off occasionally and watching ludicrous violence and explosions! A guilty pleasure I suppose.

Eh, it's a boring world where everyone likes the same stuff

 

[davdandy]

Last night i watched X-Men,Days of Future Past.Enjoyed this very much but then again i am a sucker for the X-Men.

Also saw another classic,The Quatermass Experiment.

 

[benb]

Sherlock Holmes and The Case of The Silk Stocking.

TV movie from 2004. Rupert Everett was quite good as Holmes.

Reasonable, given it was an original story, rather than an adaptation of ACD. 7/10

 

[Big Nick]

'Sex Tape' a bit of a lacklustre comedy but some nice views of Cameron Diaz!!

 

[glenn forger]

African Queen. Bogie beat Brando to win a deserved oscar, he's brilliant in this. The leaches were real.

 

[glenn forger]

His autobiography is great fun, him and Gielgud trying to upstage each other in Chariots of Fire. He's quite angry and bitchy in the book.

 

[accountantpete]

Pacific Rim.

Awful acting and dialogue - which includes at least one "By Jove" - but the action scenes are fantastic.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

The Secret in their Eyes, ArgentinIan crime thriller, exceptionally good, some superb dialogue too. One slight criticism is that the subtitles can be quite difficult to see when the scene is a bright one, if only my Spanish was better, well actually if only I knew any Spanish at all.

 

[John the Monkey]

Easy A - superior US high school drama/comedy with great performances. If you liked, say, Mean Girls, and haven't caught this yet, make sure you do.

 

[MacB]

The Secret in their Eyes, ArgentinIan crime thriller, exceptionally good, some superb dialogue too. One slight criticism is that the subtitles can be quite difficult to see when the scene is a bright one, if only my Spanish was better, well actually if only I knew any Spanish at all.

Shouldn't this be on one of your middle class crisis threads?

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Shouldn't this be on one of your middle class crisis threads?

Narciso

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

The Secret in their Eyes, ArgentinIan crime thriller, exceptionally good, some superb dialogue too. One slight criticism is that the subtitles can be quite difficult to see when the scene is a bright one, if only my Spanish was better, well actually if only I knew any Spanish at all.

I enjoyed it as well. Like you said though sometimes the subtitles were not always visible white on light grey etc.

Luckily I am learning Spanish which is why I watched it in the first place!
I tend to avoid subtitled films because I can't read very fast and anything more than 1 long line or 2 short lines of text and I'm stuck having to use pause all the time or my husband has to read it to me (sadly some really enjoyable Chinese films have been disastrous for me because of this!). The only exceptions have been German films (which i used to be fluent in but not anymore) or languages where they are similar to German or French (which was compulsory for the 7 years I was at secondary school).