What film did you watch last night?

[Drago]

Marley and Me.

What a load of treacly old ball larks. No plot, its simply Jennifer Anniston popping out sprogs while Owen Wilson gets promoted at work.

No plot, just a load of gooey, soft, tinkly piano music. Its not even the same bleeding dog all the way through. Not a single gunnor F15 jet in the entire film.

0/10. I'd give it a negative score if it were mathematically possible.

 

[Levo-Lon]

I watched American Sniper again this afternoon..excellent film and quite moving

 

[Drago]

I watched American Sniper again this afternoon..excellent film and quite moving

Great performance from Bradley Cooper.

 

[swee'pea99]

Father Goose. Cary Grant as the boozy cynic who suddenly finds himself responsible for a teacher and her small brood of schoolgirls, on a remote island surrounded by Japanese forces. Lightweight, silly, but a lot of fun. Grant is excellent as usual, and has a fine script to work with, peppered with good one-liners, which he delivers with aplomb. I defy anyone not to enjoy this. A comfortable 7+/10.

 

[Levo-Lon]

I watched a bit of Fist of Fury, Bruce Lee.
Enter the Dragon is the only one i can watch all the way through to be honest.
They were fun back in the day
Bruce was something else unlike this cgi shyte we have now with people flying all over the place

 

[John the Monkey]

A Monster Calls (Prime)

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2Xbo-irtBA

A beautiful, heartbreaking film about loss, the effect of serious illness on family, and a sort of survivor's guilt. Through the fantasy of a series of visits from a tree "monster", a young boy learns to deal with the serious illness from which his mother suffers. The film is a mixture of live action, and animation, with the monster's visits having the rhythm of fairy tale, told in part through animation. Those make our plunges back into the pathos of the family's situation in the real world all the harder to bear.

It's not always easy to watch, but it's a terrific film - move it to the top of your watchlist.

My Life as a Courgette (Prime)

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2GO9MiioCk

English dubbed version of the French stop motion animation "Ma vie de Courgette". The story of Courgette, a young boy who causes an accident in which his abusive, alcoholic mother dies, and of the other youngsters he encounters in the home he is sent to. It's a wonderful view into the quite difficult lives of those children, without being twee or overly sentimental, managing to be heartwarming in the same well judged manner. Although I'd have liked to have watched a French version, the English dub is well cast, and the voice actors do an excellent job.

Inherent Vice (Prime, although it has limited time left, apparently)

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZfs22E7JmI

Paul Thomas Anderson directed take on the down at heel PI story. Joaquin Phoenix plays the down at heel stoner PI, in a Los Angeles moving uneasily from the 60's to the '70s. In many ways, it's the hardboiled story you know, with an initially simple investigation embroiling the hapless PI in a greater conspiracy, and crosses and double crosses mounting up along the way. But the material is delivered with such brio by Anderson and his excellent cast, along with some sharp writing in the script, that it elevates this out of the run of the mill. If you have Prime, and a liking for a hardboiled neo noir, don't miss this. Great soundtrack too.

 

[John the Monkey]

I watched a bit of Fist of Fury, Bruce Lee.
Enter the Dragon is the only one i can watch all the way through to be honest.
They were fun back in the day
Bruce was something else unlike this cgi shyte we have now with people flying all over the place

It's been a while, but I remember his breakthrough film (The Big Boss?) as being very good.

It's probably worth mentioning that "people flying all over the place" has always been a thing in martial arts cinema - some older films have a lot of "Wire Fu" as well (check out some of the action in "5 Deadly Venoms" (1978)). If you want the sort of jarringly physical stuff that you see in Lee's films, you might like some of Donnie Yen's - the Ip Man series is good, for example. (My review of Ip Man 3)

 

[Levo-Lon]

It's been a while, but I remember his breakthrough film (The Big Boss?) as being very good.

It's probably worth mentioning that "people flying all over the place" has always been a thing in martial arts cinema - some older films have a lot of "Wire Fu" as well (check out some of the action in "5 Deadly Venoms" (1978)). If you want the sort of jarringly physical stuff that you see in Lee's films, you might like some of Donnie Yen's - the Ip Man series is good, for example. (My review of Ip Man 3)

I was more a chuck norris fan to be honest
Though ive watched so many martial arts films.

Monkey and Shogun were a great watch tho they were series of course

 

[Levo-Lon]

@John the Monkey
I just watched A Monster Calls after reading your post.
Superb. Thoroughly enjoyed that

 

[AndyRM]

I too watched Marley and Me recently. A brief synopsis follows.

There's a dog.

Some sad stuff happens.

The dog dies.

 

[NorthernDave]

Wonder Woman - better than expected. Don't get me wrong, it's overlong, has some oddly ropey CGI in places,, is fairly predictable and I'd spotted the "twist" with about an hour to go, but it's the best non-Batman DC film I can remember.

7/10

 

[stephec]

I too watched Marley and Me recently. A brief synopsis follows.

There's a dog.

Some sad stuff happens.

The dog dies.

You're over complicating it a bit.

 

[Levo-Lon]

While channel flicking i settled on Kind Hearts & Coronets
Still a lovely old classic.

 

[Threevok]

Pirates of the Caribbean - Salazars Revenge.

Usual Disney swashbuckling drivel - with an ending that leaves the plot open to LET IT GO

5/10

 

[rualexander]

Went to cinema to see '100 Metres', Spanish film based on true story of Ramon Arroyo, who after being diagnosed with MS went on to train for and complete in an Ironman triathlon.