What film did you watch last night?

[DRM]

Tuned in to Reach For The Skies on BBC2 this afternoon expecting an entertaining biopic of S-Club7, but found they were showing an old black and white film about aeroplanes instead.

I think this is the one that will now have Dougie Baders dog edited out, for obvious reasons

 

[NorthernDave]

I think this is the one that will now have Dougie Baders dog edited out, for obvious reasons

I think you mean Guy Gibson's dog, in Dambusters?

 

[Profpointy]

We watched "Trial of the Chicago 7". A drama based on said trial of anti-vietnam war activists who were subject to something of a show-trial with questionable due-process. I found it a compelling watch with a clever and witty script and a great cast including Sacha Baron Cohen of all people as one of a Cheech n Chong type characters, leader of the Yippie party; played straight but with lots of witty lines, Mark Roylance, who I didn't recognise at first, as a Civil Rights lawyer played a bit like Jimmy Stewart almost, and a few others. It's drama not a documentary but seems to convey the essential truths of the story, but doubtless strays on the details. The key thing to emphasise is that it's not at all preachey or self-righteous, and the characters on both sides are real with flaws and differing motivations. The protest leaders aren't saints and even the prosecutor is honourable in his way rather than an evil characature. Anyhow I found it enthralling and entertaining, and thought it had a lot to say about modern day divisions as well as the strife and injustices of the 60s

Reccomended !

 

[Profpointy]

I think this is the one that will now have Dougie Baders dog edited out, for obvious reasons

Did Bader's dog had an unfortunate name as well as Guy Gibson's ?

 

[DRM]

Did Bader's dog had an unfortunate name as well as Guy Gibson's ?

No, I'm getting WW2 RAF films muddled up

 

[DRM]

Yes, that particular dog, D'oh

 

[MichaelW2]

I'm going to ask a sensible question for a not in the least bit sensible film, where does Jason Bourne get all his money from?

The Bourne films have just turned up on Netflix, and never having seen them before I decided to give them a go, how does he travel the world with no obvious source of income?

At least James Bond has sponsorship from HM government.

Anyway, tonight was the third one, before I watch the fourth is it just a case of the CIA trying to kill him all over again?

Didnt the CIA director say that they were throwing money at the program. Just like in Iraq and elsewhere, money comes by the Kg.
Apparently is it commonplace for international covert operatives to keep stashes in banks, it saves them having to transfer stuff across borders. How much of this stuff is accquired in the aftermath of war and put aside for future use? Not sure where you would get multiple passports from or if any would be official and genuine. I do know a guy whose hobby was collecting South American passports. He had about 8.

 

[MontyVeda]

I think this is the one that will now have Dougie Baders dog edited out, for obvious reasons

I seem to recall it being overdubbed with 'Digger'... edit ... in Dambusters

Anyway... Zombieland Double Tap for me last night. Slow starter and lacked the spark the original had... not bad but not one I'll return to (unlike Zombieland)

 

[stephec]

Didnt the CIA director say that they were throwing money at the program. Just like in Iraq and elsewhere, money comes by the Kg.
Apparently is it commonplace for international covert operatives to keep stashes in banks, it saves them having to transfer stuff across borders. How much of this stuff is accquired in the aftermath of war and put aside for future use? Not sure where you would get multiple passports from or if any would be official and genuine. I do know a guy whose hobby was collecting South American passports. He had about 8.

I'm still not convinced that it's real. 😊

 

[Profpointy]

"Cowboys and Aliens". It had mixed reviews but sounded like undemanding Sunday evening entertainment, so we gave it a go.

A fantastic start, introduced the main characters - Daniel Craig, clearly the protagonist, has a strange space-alien bracelet on, then straight into a showdown reminiscent of the opening of "Once Upon a Time in the West", and even the music reminded me of Morricone. Wow! We're in for a treat - carried on as an excellently crafted film for maybe an hour laying out the plot, the characters, introducing the space monsters and so on. Then it lost its way a bit but still OK, then, almost as if new director had come in and they'd fired the writer and got the tea boy to finish off the script - clumsy exposition, every corny cliche imaginable, cheesy sentimentality that didn't mesh with the rest of the film, then wrapped up in a so so battle (overlong) and that's that. You had to keep watching just to see what cliche they'd fit in next, even the music became cheesy. And it started so well too

 

[John the Monkey]

Finally got round to watching The Battle of Algiers, one I’d been wanting to see for years. It didn’t disappoint in the slightest, although my enjoyment increased dramatically about two minutes in, after I got the English subtitles working

It's an amazing film. If you're interested, "The Next Picture Show" podcast double billed it with "Detroit" (episodes 90 & 91).
https://www.filmspotting.net/nextpictureshow

 

[Fergs]

It's an amazing film. If you're interested, "The Next Picture Show" podcast double billed it with "Detroit" (episodes 90 & 91).
https://www.filmspotting.net/nextpictureshow

Oho! That podcast sounds right up my street. Thanks for the recommendation!

 

[matticus]

Tuned in to Reach For The Skies on BBC2 this afternoon expecting an entertaining biopic of S-Club7, but found they were showing an old black and white film about aeroplanes instead.

I think this is the one that will now have Dougie Baders dog edited out, for obvious reasons

I think if they edited S-Club7 out, it's pretty likely that Ni99er will get the chop too.

 

[Eziemnaik]

Fury of a patient man - Spanish revenge thriller, good leads, OK story, very competent if not inspired movie 4/5

View: https://youtu.be/xUs3snEcQNA

 

[swee'pea99]

At Eternity's Gate - a reverential biopic of Vincent Van Gogh. The script must have been several pages long. Dialogue was in a curious mix of English and French, and tended to The Profound. At some length. Often in tight close-up. Filmed in the south of France, and featuring extended - and I do mean extended - film of the landscape, which looked very nice, to be fair. "I think this has to be the most arty-farty art movie I've ever watched" brought a nod of agreement from 'er at t'other end o' t'sofa. Still, we both quite enjoyed it. He cut his own ear off you know. Imagine that!