useless Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 The Last Picture Show (Peter Bogdanovich) - Good movie, some great performaces, quite hard hitting The Golden Coach (Jean Renoir) - This was really great, storyline wasn't bad, but I mostly liked it for the colorful spectacle, put me mind of Powell and Pressburger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Dogg Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 Napoleon - what a mess. A re-edit might fix it but it has no flow or cohesion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Designer1 Posted January 14 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted January 14 Just back from... As a big fan of Lanthimos's previous work I'd high hopes, but this surpassed every single expectation. Its an astonishing piece of work. Heartfelt, moving, often hilarious, utterly beautiful, emotional, surreal and at times absolutely bonkers. Anchored by a career best performance from Emma Stone who is mesmerising throughout. Definitely won't be everyone, but i think it's close to a perfect movie, and I'll definitely be going to watch it again on the big screen before it's run ends. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 In the Travelodge, found The Twilight Zone followed by one of my all time faves - Dracula the Hammer version with Lee and Cushing 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 Society of the Snow was excellent. I enjoyed watching Alive back in the 90s but this surpassed it in the retelling of a plane crash in the Andes. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pongo Waring Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 I watched Anatomy of a Fall. A English/French language film court case/murder mystery film. I thought the actress and the kid actor were brilliant in this. Good too see Thomas Frank the Brentford manager playing the lawyer. I thought the first half of the film was brilliant but it sailed off in the second half of it. 3/5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pongo Waring Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 Also watched Killers of the Flower Moon... Such a brilliant story, well acted, but it really didn't need to be 3 hours 20 minutes long. Come on Martin. If this was 1 hour shorter and had a greater score, this could of been a masterpiece. 3.5/5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imavillan Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 It Snows in Benidorm, on Netflix Watched it because Timothy Spall is in it and got to the point of no return in the film so stuck with it. 2 hours of my life i'll never get back. Crap with a capital S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talldarkandransome Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 Lift Bloody awful, can't work out if it was trying to be awful or actually thought it was great. Fairly certain it will be the worst film I watch in 2024 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuthority Posted January 16 VT Supporter Share Posted January 16 On 13/01/2024 at 08:18, Seat68 said: I love a heist film. Probably my favourite genre, halfway through this new Kevin Hart Netflix film, Lift and about to give up. It's a shocker, clichéd, badly written, badly scripted. It's dreadful. I may struggle to see a worse film this year. Kevin Hart just irritates the crap out of me. Can't watch anything he's in/on. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted January 16 VT Supporter Share Posted January 16 On 14/01/2024 at 14:01, Designer1 said: Just back from... As a big fan of Lanthimos's previous work I'd high hopes, but this surpassed every single expectation. Its an astonishing piece of work. Heartfelt, moving, often hilarious, utterly beautiful, emotional, surreal and at times absolutely bonkers. Anchored by a career best performance from Emma Stone who is mesmerising throughout. Definitely won't be everyone, but i think it's close to a perfect movie, and I'll definitely be going to watch it again on the big screen before it's run ends. This is just another in a string of great things I've heard about this. As a fellow fan of the director I'm very excited 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted January 16 VT Supporter Share Posted January 16 On 15/01/2024 at 01:08, Pongo Waring said: Also watched Killers of the Flower Moon... Such a brilliant story, well acted, but it really didn't need to be 3 hours 20 minutes long. Come on Martin. If this was 1 hour shorter and had a greater score, this could of been a masterpiece. 3.5/5 I don't think it was a masterpiece, but it wasn't far off imo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted January 16 VT Supporter Share Posted January 16 For the benefit of nobody, here are the movies I've watched so far this year and my ratings (out of a possible 5 stars) Saltburn - 4 Train to Busan - 3.5 Do the Right Thing - 4 When Evil Lurks - 4 Toy Story 4 - 3 Society of the Snow - 4 The Holdovers - 4 Killers of the Flower Moon - 4.5 Monsters Inc - 3.5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinker Posted January 16 VT Supporter Share Posted January 16 On 15/01/2024 at 01:08, Pongo Waring said: Also watched Killers of the Flower Moon... Such a brilliant story, well acted, but it really didn't need to be 3 hours 20 minutes long. Come on Martin. If this was 1 hour shorter and had a greater score, this could of been a masterpiece. 3.5/5 I thought it drawn out and frustratingly slow. What happened was shocking. De Niro was very good, Di Caprio less so. To sum it up, for me, it was like watching someone being tortured for 3 hours by a mental patient. I'm glad you enjoyed it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakemineVanilla Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 Forgive me father for I have sinned! This week I watched three Jason Statham films, all with the same basic plot - kid in danger, bent cops, massive retribution. I loved every minute! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted January 16 VT Supporter Share Posted January 16 21 minutes ago, MakemineVanilla said: Forgive me father for I have sinned! This week I watched three Jason Statham films, all with the same basic plot - kid in danger, bent cops, massive retribution. I loved every minute! I love a bit of the Stath now and again. He's good at what he does and as he showed in Spy, he doesn't take himself too seriously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakemineVanilla Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 10 minutes ago, Designer1 said: I love a bit of the Stath now and again. He's good at what he does and as he showed in Spy, he doesn't take himself too seriously. There is something rather comforting, knowing that the kid's going to survive and the bad guys are not. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Follyfoot Posted January 16 VT Supporter Share Posted January 16 36 minutes ago, Designer1 said: I love a bit of the Stath now and again. He's good at what he does and as he showed in Spy, he doesn't take himself too seriously. Booked for the Beekeeper tomorrow funnily enough 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 Just watched the trailer for Spaceman. The last thing I expected to see today was Adam Sandler in space talking to a spider. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakemineVanilla Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 (edited) 13 The American remake of 13 Tzameti, directed by the same guy who directed the original. With stars like Statham, Ray Winston and Micky Rourke queuing up for this one, they obviously thought it was going to win prizes. Sadly, the changes made to suit an American audience, just ruined it from the start, and although it isn't as bad as Rotton Tomatoes thought it (3.8%), I didn't feel prompted to switch off. Edited January 17 by MakemineVanilla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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