What film did you watch last night?
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MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
Young Soul Rebels (1991)... apart from some decent funk in the soundtrack... this is a disastrous attempt at movie making. Not a single actor was capable off speaking their lines convincingly, but this could be the fault of the screenwriters, who appeared to have failed to write a single line of convincing dialogue. If anyone teaches film studies... this is a good example of how to get it so badly wrong. 2/10
Operation Ganymed (1977)... on the whole, crap. However this is just the sort of film that should be remade. The premise is a team of astronauts, after a four year mission to Jupiter return to Earth to find it desolate. They presume a nuclear war must have kicked off whilst they were away... but the decent premise ultimately made little sense and could benefit from being re-imagined. 4/10. (high score due to a decent attempt at pretending to be in zero-gravity in the first half hour)
Operation Ganymed (1977)... on the whole, crap. However this is just the sort of film that should be remade. The premise is a team of astronauts, after a four year mission to Jupiter return to Earth to find it desolate. They presume a nuclear war must have kicked off whilst they were away... but the decent premise ultimately made little sense and could benefit from being re-imagined. 4/10. (high score due to a decent attempt at pretending to be in zero-gravity in the first half hour)
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
...oh, and Two Way Stretch (1960). A gang of banged up robbers (with the help of their local vicar) escape from the clink, rob some diamonds and break back inside the day before their official release from jail, giving themselves the perfect alibi. Sharp, witty fun and definitely not one to remake. 7/10
Zone Troopers
During WWII aliens land on earth and are found by the Germans, they are chanced upon by a few Americans who try and befriend them in their fight against the Germans.
Something that in the old days would've been classed as a B movie.
Definitely falls into the category - so bad that it's good.
During WWII aliens land on earth and are found by the Germans, they are chanced upon by a few Americans who try and befriend them in their fight against the Germans.
Something that in the old days would've been classed as a B movie.
Definitely falls into the category - so bad that it's good.
Grant Fondo
Guru
- Location
- Cheshire
Mummy with Tom Cruise..diabolical.
AndyMack
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Glasgow UK
Just back from watching Hugh Jackman’s new movie The Greatest Showman, I really enjoyed it, there’s hardly any plot or storyline to speak of but it’s a musical that flows along at a steady pace and the music,choreography and cinematography are excellent.
It’s a fluffy little feel good movie and well worth a watch, we both loved it. . 8/10
Last night we watched the Cineworld preview showing of Three Billboards outside Ebbing Missouri, I thought it was brilliantly acted and the leads were all superb, it was darkly comic well paced and considering the subject matter tastefully done.
8.5/10
The wife thought it was pish.
2/10
It’s a fluffy little feel good movie and well worth a watch, we both loved it. . 8/10
Last night we watched the Cineworld preview showing of Three Billboards outside Ebbing Missouri, I thought it was brilliantly acted and the leads were all superb, it was darkly comic well paced and considering the subject matter tastefully done.
8.5/10
The wife thought it was pish.
2/10
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Dumb and Dumber To.
Really quite ridiculous, infantile, pathetic toilet humour. Awful smut, filth, and double entendres. Pathetic, unlikely scenes punctuated with gross out slapstick and filth.
I loved it! 8/10.
Really quite ridiculous, infantile, pathetic toilet humour. Awful smut, filth, and double entendres. Pathetic, unlikely scenes punctuated with gross out slapstick and filth.
I loved it! 8/10.
GrumpyGregry
Here for rides.
Miracle
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Remember the Titans
both quite entertaining in their own way.
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Remember the Titans
both quite entertaining in their own way.
kevin_cambs_uk
Guru
- Location
- Near Cambridge
Passengers
Much better than I expected , not bad at all
Much better than I expected , not bad at all
John the Monkey
Frivolous Cyclist
- Location
- Crewe
Catching Up Post;
Mudbound (Netflix)
Two servicemen return to their community in the South of the USA following the end of WWII. In their Jim Crow era town, the black serviceman is treated appallingly by the townspeople, led by an odious Jonathan Banks, but forms an unlikely friendship with the white serviceman, who, like him, is struggling with what seems to be PTSD. Ignore the quibbles that this is oscar bait, I found it well played, charming at times, and harrowing where it was appropriate to be so.
Dark Places (Netflix)
OK thriller about a woman still living with , and living on the consequences of a terrible event in her childhood. Encouraged by a group of amateur sleuths, she reinvestigates the events of that terrible night, and what she finds casts a new light on what she thought had happened. I stuck with it, but found it a bit TV movie-ish.
The Red Turtle (Prime)
Beautiful animation about a castaway, and his life following the shipwreck he escapes from. Although that's the surface narrative, it is, it seems to me, much more about life, and about the milestones in it that most of us would recognise. Entirely wordless, I found it captivating.
Experimenter (Prime)
The story of Stanley Milgram, from his conduct of his most famous experiment (could he persuade strangers to administer increasingly powerful electric shocks to other subjects in his experiment) to his later work. The Milgram of the film struggles to escape both the fame, and later notoriety of his early work, and the film investigates the effect on his life and work. I found it interesting, although others might find the occasional fourth wall breaking a little annoying.
Alone in Berlin (Netflix)
Low key tale of a German couple in wartime Berlin. Following the death of their son in the Wehrmacht's campaign in France, they decide to take a stand against the Nazi regime by leaving cards with anti-Nazi messages around the city. Based on the real life story of Otto and Elise Hampel, this act of resistance seems almost trivial, but the film does a really good job of showing just how dangerous this dissent is in a totalitarian regime. The performances are, given Emma Thompson and Brendan Glesson are the leads, excellent of course.
Captain Fantastic (Prime)
Viggo Mortensen plays a sort of modern hippie father, whose life, and that of his children, is thrown askew by the death of his wife. Forced to question his beliefs, and whether what he's doing is the right thing for the family, the film charts their journey to his wife's funeral (from which they have been barred by his wife's family) and to a realisation that he can't stick blindly to his principles when it disadvantages the children. It's warm, but challenging, and doesn't let any of the characters off easily - I thought it was very good.
Mudbound (Netflix)
Two servicemen return to their community in the South of the USA following the end of WWII. In their Jim Crow era town, the black serviceman is treated appallingly by the townspeople, led by an odious Jonathan Banks, but forms an unlikely friendship with the white serviceman, who, like him, is struggling with what seems to be PTSD. Ignore the quibbles that this is oscar bait, I found it well played, charming at times, and harrowing where it was appropriate to be so.
Dark Places (Netflix)
OK thriller about a woman still living with , and living on the consequences of a terrible event in her childhood. Encouraged by a group of amateur sleuths, she reinvestigates the events of that terrible night, and what she finds casts a new light on what she thought had happened. I stuck with it, but found it a bit TV movie-ish.
The Red Turtle (Prime)
Beautiful animation about a castaway, and his life following the shipwreck he escapes from. Although that's the surface narrative, it is, it seems to me, much more about life, and about the milestones in it that most of us would recognise. Entirely wordless, I found it captivating.
Experimenter (Prime)
The story of Stanley Milgram, from his conduct of his most famous experiment (could he persuade strangers to administer increasingly powerful electric shocks to other subjects in his experiment) to his later work. The Milgram of the film struggles to escape both the fame, and later notoriety of his early work, and the film investigates the effect on his life and work. I found it interesting, although others might find the occasional fourth wall breaking a little annoying.
Alone in Berlin (Netflix)
Low key tale of a German couple in wartime Berlin. Following the death of their son in the Wehrmacht's campaign in France, they decide to take a stand against the Nazi regime by leaving cards with anti-Nazi messages around the city. Based on the real life story of Otto and Elise Hampel, this act of resistance seems almost trivial, but the film does a really good job of showing just how dangerous this dissent is in a totalitarian regime. The performances are, given Emma Thompson and Brendan Glesson are the leads, excellent of course.
Captain Fantastic (Prime)
Viggo Mortensen plays a sort of modern hippie father, whose life, and that of his children, is thrown askew by the death of his wife. Forced to question his beliefs, and whether what he's doing is the right thing for the family, the film charts their journey to his wife's funeral (from which they have been barred by his wife's family) and to a realisation that he can't stick blindly to his principles when it disadvantages the children. It's warm, but challenging, and doesn't let any of the characters off easily - I thought it was very good.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Killer Elite.
Based on the Ranulph Fiennes book, The Feather Men, a violent extravaganza of meddling and intrigue going right to to top.
Fienne's veiled claims that it is a true story are, I suspect, a bit smelly, but I would not be surprised to find it was at least inspired by true events.
Good performance from Clive Owen, and even Statham is halfway decent. Very violent, excellent weapons drills, quite good technically, and it gave us the acronym MFWIC.
7/10.
Based on the Ranulph Fiennes book, The Feather Men, a violent extravaganza of meddling and intrigue going right to to top.
Fienne's veiled claims that it is a true story are, I suspect, a bit smelly, but I would not be surprised to find it was at least inspired by true events.
Good performance from Clive Owen, and even Statham is halfway decent. Very violent, excellent weapons drills, quite good technically, and it gave us the acronym MFWIC.
7/10.
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Hitchington
Lovely stuff
- Location
- That London
Star Wars: the Last Jedi.
Brilliant escapism 9/10
Brilliant escapism 9/10
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
It's a lot of fun.
The leads are really good, and play the central conceit well. The Rock is as charming and affable as ever, and Karen Gillan is excellent, and lovely.
It doesn't ask any deep philosophical questions, but within the parameters of the type of film it is, I can't find much to criticise.
7.283 /10
It's a lot of fun.
The leads are really good, and play the central conceit well. The Rock is as charming and affable as ever, and Karen Gillan is excellent, and lovely.
It doesn't ask any deep philosophical questions, but within the parameters of the type of film it is, I can't find much to criticise.
7.283 /10
kevin_cambs_uk
Guru
- Location
- Near Cambridge
Arrival
Really enjoyed it
Really good
Really enjoyed it
Really good
