What film did you watch last night?

[PaulB]

Cow.

Anybody watched this? You most definitely should. It was on BBC1 late last Sunday night and I intended watching it for about ten minutes but found it so fascinating and well filmed, I watched the whole lot unable to tear myself away. Unless you've worked or been on a dairy farm - and this one was very well run and faultless as far as standards are concerned - you're probably as unaware as I was about the reasons milk is in such an abundant supply. Let's just say it strengthened my commitment to being vegan.

 

[Profpointy]

"All quite on the Western Front" - an outstanding film on the horrors and futility of war

 

[Grant Fondo]

Dirty Harry - Classic Clint from the early 70's. Was never a fan of this years ago, but that's changed.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Done. Sorry for thread derail.

I saw a documentary on film noir recently and plan to watch "Out of the Past" with Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer and Kirk Douglas as soon as I can get around to it.

Just watched it. Good, super noir.

 

[Grant Fondo]

Another old beauty - The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. Magic!

 

[PaulB]

David Byrne's American Utopia. What a joy this was! Directed by Spike Lee, it has Jonathan Demme's name in the credits so I reckon Lee must have consulted Demme to ask how he made such a good job of his work, 'Stop Making Sense' and used some of that advice to film this total mesmeric delight of a of a film. I can't give this film enough credit so give it the best 6/10 you've ever seen me give any film! Just watch it, it's great.

 

[wiggydiggy]

Tusk by Kevin Smith and This is England by Shane Meadows.

Tusk is an odd body horror film, and despite me being a fan of such things it just didn't engage me. Its a shame as I wanted to like it but just didn't.

This Is England on the other is a masterpiece, I've watched it several times over and it gets better every time. A real picture of late 70s early 80s Britain.

 

[cyberknight]

i robot
having watched it i searched to see if it was anything like the book which i havent read and surprise surprise it bears little if any resemblance

 

[wiggydiggy]

i robot
having watched it i searched to see if it was anything like the book which i havent read and surprise surprise it bears little if any resemblance

It's a good film still though, it suffers from over bearing product placement but it just about rises above.

 

[cyberknight]

It's a good film still though, it suffers from over bearing product placement but it just about rises above.

i mean apparently there is only one car maker

 

[matticus]

i robot
having watched it i searched to see if it was anything like the book which i havent read and surprise surprise it bears little if any resemblance

Newsflash: they're both works of fiction.

 

[cyberknight]

Newsflash: they're both works of fiction.

I think the term no sugar Sherlock comes to mind,

 

[Profpointy]

i robot
having watched it i searched to see if it was anything like the book which i havent read and surprise surprise it bears little if any resemblance

The book, and sequel are a loosely connected set of short stories, fairly lightweight by and large though with the common thread of Asimov's "three laws of robotics", including one if I remember rightly, where the robot has a weakened version of one of the laws. The film's plot is very much around the nature and consequences of the "laws" so I think it's in the spirit of the stories. The individual stories are very dated and not really film material, and I doubt they are even readable today by an adult.

 

[MichaelW2]

John Wick 3: Parabellum
Completely unrealistic portrayal of secret assassination-based economy. Disappointed.

 

[matticus]

John Wick 3: Parabellum
Completely unrealistic portrayal of secret assassination-based economy. Disappointed.

Have you watched 1&2? They were much closer to the secret assassination-based economy that I'm familiar with.
3 was a let-down