What film did you watch last night?

[smiler1207]

Nightcrawler. Very good. Jake Gyllenhaal convincing and compelling as a kind of borderline autistic, utterly amoral and highly intelligent Los Angeles loner/outsider who chances into the trade of videoing crime scenes - the bloodier the better - to sell to breakfast television news shows. Great script, punchy direction (from the guy who wrote the script) and excellent performances, particularly Gyllenhaal's. 8/10.

Watched this at the weekend...very good film, love films that are a bit different!

 

[PaulSB]

The Handmaiden a Korean film based on the novel The Fingersmith by Sarah Waters. Described as an erotic psychological thriller this is a great film which kept three of us fully engaged throughout - the description is very accurate.

We saw it at Home Manchester a marvellous venue we hadn't been to before. There's an excellent reasonably priced restaurant which is also well worth a visit.

 

[Garry A]

John Wick 2. I found myself muttering "Aye right, bollocks" a few times. 6/10.

 

[Drago]

A Fish Called Wanda.

Time hasn't been kind to it. What seemed edgy and hilarious 3 decades ago now seems flat and clichéd. Kevin Kline's Oscar nominated performance seems laboured and artificial.

3/10, because Michael Palin's hapless attempts to kill the old lady are very funny.

 

[AndyRM]

White House Down.

Appalling weapons drills, one guy repeatedly racking a pump action shotgun without firing it and no cartridges are ejected. Awful weapons continuity, guy puts a part-stainless SIG229 on the desk, and when he picks it up its become a Beretta M9 in military blue finish. Javelin anti tank rockets portrayed as anti aircraft weapons. Dreadful, dreadful, dreadful.

1/10, and it only got that because Maggie Gyllenhaal was in it.

I've seen you mention "weapons drills" a couple of times. I have no idea what that means, something to do with the protocol for shooting folk or something?

 

[benb]

Alien Covenant

Very good, tense and bloody as an Alien film should be. A million times better than Prometheus. Obviously not as good as Alien or Aliens, but that's impossible.

7.886 /10

 

[fossyant]

The latest Fast and Furious. Good brain out entertainment but not enough fast cars and explosions in this one.

 

[swee'pea99]

Hell or High Water (2016)....Chris Pine, Ben Foster, Jeff Bridges...this is an excellent film, an atmospheric modern day western, great soundtrack, great acting ........ 8.5/10

Just watched this on your heads up - thanks for the tip. Brilliant. Jeff Bridges just gets better and better.

 

[stephec]

Inglorious Basterds

I spent the first hour thinking, 'I'll give it another five minutes, it's got to get better,' But it didn't really.

 

[welsh dragon]

Suicide squad. Probably the first time i was hoping the bad guys would win. Didn't fancy watching it, but i genuinely enjoyed it. 8/10.

 

[Tin Pot]

Just watched this on your heads up - thanks for the tip. Brilliant. Jeff Bridges just gets better and better.

Yeah, funny thing Jeff Bridges - I didn't like him at all until The Fisher King, '91 so he's what 42 at the point slowly excelling in roles over the decades now I'd see a film just cos he's in it and he's what, nearly 70 now?

 

[benb]

He'll never be better than he was in The Big Lebowski

 

[slowmotion]

Philomena.

Watch it. It's very good.

 

[TwickenhamCyclist]

He'll never be better than he was in The Big Lebowski

if ever there was a 10/10 film...

 

[Drago]

Non-stop.

An odd film. Liam Neeson playing Liam Neeson, clearly only turning up for the pay check. Hell, that hair dye doesn't buy itself.

A plot with enough holes to drive Diane Abbot through.

But for all that its like an annoying, catchy pop tune. Despite your best efforts you end up hooked, wanting to know how it ends. Don't expect some deep and meaningful art film, but if you have two hours to kill you could do worse.

Some slight technical errors. Air Marshalls use rounds tipped with a kind of compressed fibred, almost like a dense wood to look at. They'll kill over a range of 10-12 feet, but won't penetrate the fuselage. However, obvious Krav Maga influences in the fisticuff scenes.

5/10.