What film did you watch last night?

[threebikesmcginty]

Run All Night, Liam Neeson caper, unlikely nonsense also starring Ed Harris, having said that it was OK enough to watch until the end.

Bonus fact - Jason 'unbelievable that he gets any work at all' Statham isn't in it.

 

[swee'pea99]

The family living there have a son they say is 8 (but is evidently far older) and appear to be advised by an alien called Heinrich, who lives in a suppurating wound in the mother's leg. It is a very odd film

Really?

 

[John the Monkey]

Really?

 

[swee'pea99]

In the Name of the Father: fairly predictable bit of agit-prop, the kind of thing the Yanks love, all downtrodden Micks and perfidious Albion, but very well done, and effective in being what it sets out to be - a damning indictment of the British Establishment and its plod footsoldiers. It also acts as a timely reminder to those keen to ditch 'so-called civil rights', let the security forces off the leash, and lay into those they 'know' to be wicked. The judge at the original trial, one Sir John Donaldson, explicitly expressed his regrets at not being empowered to have 'the guilty' hung for treason.

 

[AndyRM]

La la land.
And I think anyone who gave it an award was in la la land! What a pile of tosh. Although Ryan Gosling was quite nice to look at, I can't be doing with Emma Stone's face. 3./10
We'll be watching Top Gun later and I'll tell you now it gets a ten!

The spine of Top Gun:

 

[J1888]

'Hidden' directed by Michael Haneke, starring the lovely Juliette Binoche.

A mesmerising film, if a touch frustrating.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

The Beat That My Heart Skipped. French film about a young thug who by a chance meeting gets the opportunity to change his life away from thugdom and back to the concert piano. His relationship with his father, fellow thugs, victims, women and the piano is portrayed In a very watchable way. There's violence, natch, but it's not gratuitous or glorified. You want this guy to succeed and can see the pitfalls all the way through the film to the end which leaves you pondering. Huit sur dix.

 

[AndyRM]

I was lucky enough to catch it at the cinema. Very cleverly made film which deserves more attention.

Will give it a second viewing tonight.

Finally got round to my second viewing.

I think it's actually more effective watched on the small screen at home. I felt properly drawn in, and more unsettled by a film than I have in a long time.

Like @John the Monkey said - potentially genre defining.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

[QUOTE 4838543, member: 259"]Yes, but are there any boobs in it?[/QUOTE]

Yeah, there's boobage, French innit.

 

[Sandra6]

Trainspotting 2.
Fantastic. 9/10 Lost a point for slight lack of realism and repetition

 

[Mrs M]

Rainy day
So
Rainman, brilliant
Footloose with Kev
Now Spy

 

[Drago]

The Devils.

Score - Ooh I say/10.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

[QUOTE 4839224, member: 259"]We watched the French Connection. I haven't seen it for years and had forgotten just how extraordinary it is.

The soundtrack is pure evil (except for the Three Degrees). The way they filmed the New York cityscape makes Bladerunner look like Trumpton.

It won 5 Oscars and I reckon it should have won about ten. 11/10 easily.
[edit]And they didn't dub the French actors, they subtitled them. And none of the characters were played by people with abs. And Tom Cruise wasn't born yet, thank God.
[editedit]He was actually. Scary.[/QUOTE]

Yeah I menched it a couple of months back after a rewatch, great film.

 

[jefmcg]

[QUOTE 4704949, member: 9609"]probably reminds her of of me in my twenties
although she reckons its cos he loves dogs and takes them to hollywood red carpet do's
https://www.buzzfeed.com/kimberleydadds/happy-38th-birthday-tom-hardy?utm_term=.prrrjGy1b#.wiVzwW8GP
which probably makes my first statement sort of true as I always had a mutt with me when we first met.[/QUOTE]

<sniff>

 

[AndyRM]

Shimmer Lake - 6/10

Like Memento, this is shown in reverse. Unlike Memento, it's not particularly well acted, but still makes for entertaining viewing, weaving a tale of betrayal and revenge around a small town bank heist gone wrong. Darkly funny in places, decent score, well paced, not over-long. Worth a watch.