What film did you watch last night?

[PaulB]

Went the flicks to see I, Daniel Blake. What frightening times we're living in.

 

[John the Monkey]

Dragon (PVR'ed, Film4)

Unusual Donnie Yen vehicle in which the focus is an investigation into his character's past, rather than the satisfying punchy kicky business I'm more used to. There's still some of that, and what there is is good, but the credits rolled with me feeling slightly short changed by this one. With that said, if you've worked your way through everything, and don't fancy watch Ip Man again, this is decent enough.

 

[Nigel-YZ1]

The Kings Speech.
A brilliant film.

 

[Grant Fondo]

The Cobbler with Adam Sadler

Very good

come on...that's like the biggest turkey of all time, it cost $30m to film and made about 10p

 

[swee'pea99]

Oh what a lovely war! Odd film. Nothing like any other film I've seen. All felt a bit cobbled together out of WW1 songs and rather thin 'lions led by donkeys' sentiment...all a bit obvious, and felt in truth very dated. Not awful by any means. But considering the talent on show (a veritable who's who of British acting of the day), a bit of a let down.

 

[kapelmuur]

Dr Strange.

Tedious nonsense, just because you can use CGI to make buildings fold up doesn't mean you have to do it for ages.

What amused me most was the sequence where guys with magical powers were chasing each other on foot.

 

[Sandra6]

We went to a local theatre to watch Footsteps of our Fathers.
I don't expect anyone to have heard of it, it's a local enterprise film that my daughter was an extra in and my son was the sound and production assistant.
I still only give it a 5/10

 

[Leaway2]

Fair game (1995) Cindy Crawford and William Baldwin getting chased by Russian hackers (nothing changes lol) led by Steven Berkoff.
I enjoyed it .

 

[swee'pea99]

Micmacs - one of those bonkers films that could only be made by the French, oozing style and artistry, seasoned with no little humour. An object lesson in communicating a serious message without getting all 'serious'. Tres bien.

 

[John the Monkey]

Micmacs - one of those bonkers films that could only be made by the French, oozing style and artistry, seasoned with no little humour. An object lesson in communicating a serious message without getting all 'serious'. Tres bien.

Micmacs is a super film, must rewatch that.

 

[MontyVeda]

Micmacs is a super film, must rewatch that.

ditto.

 

[kapelmuur]

This talk of eccentric French films prompted me to dig out my DVD of Belleville Rendez-Vous, this is a cycling themed site after all.

It's a film that repays a second viewing as it's full of little gags that are easy to miss first time.

I enjoyed identifying the caricatures, Django Reinhardt, Josephine Baker, Fred Astaire, Glenn Gould (I think) and the hero must be modelled on Fausto Coppi.

I assume that the other cyclists are also caricatures but I don't recognise them. Anyone any ideas?

 

[swee'pea99]

Oh dear, how I hate that film! The horrible style of it; the tedious repetition; that ghastly bit where the poor frogs' legs get pulled off; and when the fat dog swims across the ocean, it really ought to come out the other side thin, not still fat. Pah, zis film eeet is rubbish.

I remember playing it to my daughters when they were young - sort of 7 or 8, give or take. I really had no idea what they'd make of it, but they were totally captivated. I'm not sure how they'd have replied to a blunt: did you like it? But it had their undivided attention, that's for sure.

 

[Haitch]

eccentric French films

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0tR_d2_feE


OK, it's Belgian, but it fits the other criteria

 

[AndyRM]

Eccentric, French and more than a little disturbing, here's Baxter: