What film did you watch last night?

[Beebo]

Films don't seem to work for me anymore.

Dodged Mary Poppins this afternoon, whilst the management dribbled through it.
Dire is a kind word for it. The actual production and colour is outstandingly bad.
But it is very old, but that hardly excuses just how bad it is.

It’s never been my cup of tea, even as a child.
But it’s a children’s fantasy adventure, filmed entirely inside a massive studio. For me the false backdrops and lighting are what gives it a somewhat fake look, but a certain old fashioned charm.
But you can’t judge it by modern standards.

 

[AndyRM]

Well, it kind of does. Some of the techniques used were state of the art - like combining the actors with animations. Movies had only been in colour for 10 years when it was made.

Given that it has 97% on RottenTomatoes, the multiple academy awards, golden globes, grammies etc and it being considered Walt Disney's crowning achievement in his lifetime, it does suggest that rather than it being a dire movie with terrible production values, you just don't like it.

Which is fine. We are all entitled not to like movies.

Van Dyke's accent is pretty unforgivable though!

But otherwise I agree. For me, context is a huge thing when it comes to when a film came out and what it contributed in terms of advancing film making techniques.

For example, I hate Avatar, but a lot of what went in to making it pushed boundaries in pretty incredible ways.

 

[Psamathe]

The Conclave. Good film, excellent actors/active, brilliantly filmed. Good story without sensationalism. Recommended (but subject to your taste in films/stories).

Ian

 

[Psamathe]

I, Tonya. Managed to struggle through the 1st hour before giving-up. I just couldn't see any point to the film, didn't seem to be about anything.

Ian

 

[simongt]

The remake with Michael Kitchen as the father, has no effect on me at all

Was that the one when Jenny Agutter played the part of the mother - ?
If it was, then the lass who took Bobbie's part acted Agutter off the set.

 

[simongt]

Despite having Netflix & Amazon Prime Video, I still struggle to find a decent film to watch.
Maybe I'm just getting took particular in my old age as I tend to end up watching films I've seen before, one of the recent ones being 'Juggernaut' with Richard Harris & Omar Sharif - !

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Was that the one when Jenny Agutter played the part of the mother - ?
If it was, then the lass who took Bobbie's part acted Agutter off the set.

Yes, it was Agutter as the mother
'Bobbi' looks very different now, but it is 20 years hence

 

[Electric_Andy]

Despite having Netflix & Amazon Prime Video, I still struggle to find a decent film to watch.
Maybe I'm just getting took particular in my old age as I tend to end up watching films I've seen before, one of the recent ones being 'Juggernaut' with Richard Harris & Omar Sharif - !

We spend hours scouring 4 streaming services looking for something good and rarely find something we haven't seen already. My suggestion to the Mrs is subscribe to one at a time, by the time we've watched all Netflix has to offer, there should be new stuff added to Prime for example and we then go around them all 2 or 3 months at a time

 

[C R]

We spend hours scouring 4 streaming services looking for something good and rarely find something we haven't seen already. My suggestion to the Mrs is subscribe to one at a time, by the time we've watched all Netflix has to offer, there should be new stuff added to Prime for example and we then go around them all 2 or 3 months at a time

Didn't Dire Straits have some lines about so many channels on cable TV but nothing to see in one of their hit songs?

 

[Legs]

That sounds so preposterous i thought it must be a typo.

No, it’s bloody brilliant - I had it on VHS back in the day.

My favourite bit is when the German chap greets Arthur with ‘Guten Morgen’, and Arthur replies with ‘Pleased to meet you, Mr Morgen!’

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Didn't Dire Straits have some lines about so many channels on cable TV but nothing to see in one of their hit songs?

Bruce Springsteen
57 Channels & Nothing On

 

[DaveReading]

Bruce Springsteen
57 Channels & Nothing On

And Pink Floyd: "Got thirteen channels of shoot on the T.V. to choose from".

 

[AndyRM]

The Outrun - 9/10

I've seen a lot a films about addiction, and this is easily one of the best.

It's beautiful, well considered and clearly made by someone who knows what they're on about.

 

[matticus]

Bruce Springsteen
57 Channels & Nothing On

Money for Nothing did also make some indirect allusions to the same problem, IIRC

 

[C R]

Money for Nothing did also make some indirect allusions to the same problem, IIRC

That's the one I had in mind, but I checked the lyrics this morning and it doesn't have the line I remembered.