Stevo985 Posted January 14, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted January 14, 2019 9 hours ago, villa4europe said: went to watch gone baby gone again but after 2 minutes i remembered the end and couldnt be bothered watched wolf of wall street for the 1st time since the cinema, loved it, its just a brilliant mad film also watched arrival, not sure why its taken me so long to watch, very very good, very clever, a film about aliens that isnt really about aliens at all and finally tomb raider...its a bit shit, offers nothing new or really that interesting, shoe horns in bits like the bow and arrow because they're cool in the game, the whole thing just never feels very real or grounded Arrival is one of my favourite films of recent times. Absolutely love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted January 14, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted January 14, 2019 Yesterday I watched "The Blindside". A pretty cheesy and predictable film about Michael Oher. True story. Pretty entertaining to be honest but people might be put off by the deep south american-ness of it all. I also watched "The Cleveland Abductions", film version of those 3 girls that were kidnapped for 13 years and eventually found. Pretty good, but had a B Movie feel throughout the whole thing. Only 90 minutes so worth a watch but nothing groundbreaking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mark Albrighton Posted January 14, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted January 14, 2019 (edited) I sometimes feel like I’m the only person that feels completely indifferent to The Wolf on Wall Street. I’m sure I thought it had some good bits, good performances. But I can only remember a couple of things about it. My abiding memory of it is that it’s way too long and I just didn’t care by the end of it. But it’s provided it’s fair share of memes and gifs to give it it’s due. Edit - apparently it’s The Wolf OF Wall Street not “on”. Edited January 14, 2019 by Shropshire Lad 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 Margot Robbie in the doorway is enough to make it a 10/10 film for me. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted January 14, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted January 14, 2019 The Wolf of Wall Street is excellent. We've watched it literally 10 times and still end up laughing hysterically at it. The country club scene is obscenely stupiy but it's intensely funny. It isn't universally liked, a lot of people think it draws the wrong line between glorifying Belfort and laughing at how absurd he and his life was. I don't think this is the case, the entire film is effectively Belfort explaining that he's a word removed, and then explaining why he's a word removed, and showing what being a word removed got him ultimately. It also subtly criticises the world he was in - the scene with McConaughey is effectively 10 minutes of saying the financial world is full of parasites and run on bullshit. It's excellent. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted January 14, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted January 14, 2019 Yep, another one for loving Wolf of Wall Street. It's superb. It is a long film, but not for one second did I think it was dragging 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 3 hours ago, Shropshire Lad said: I sometimes feel like I’m the only person that feels completely indifferent to The Wolf on Wall Street. I’m sure I thought it had some good bits, good performances. But I can only remember a couple of things about it. My abiding memory of it is that it’s way too long and I just didn’t care by the end of it. But it’s provided it’s fair share of memes and gifs to give it it’s due. Edit - apparently it’s The Wolf OF Wall Street not “on”. Me too, in fact I'd go as far to say that I really disliked it. Just not my cup of tea really. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LakotaDakota Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 4 hours ago, choffer said: I randomly watched that at about 3 o clock in the morning on sky a few months back, Very odd but enjoyed it a lot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCDAN Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 Jonah Hills teeth were my favourite part of WOWS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pooligan Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 Hardkor Disko (2014) To be honest,i thought this film was awful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pelle Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 3 hours ago, sharkyvilla said: Me too, in fact I'd go as far to say that I really disliked it. Just not my cup of tea really. And 3rded. One of those loved film that I didn't enjoy very much. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted January 14, 2019 Moderator Share Posted January 14, 2019 Goodfellas. Goodfella in Las Vegas. Goodfellas in banks. I think sometimes Scorsese just wants to tell the same story in a different setting because he knows he can do it with a fag on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted January 14, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted January 14, 2019 18 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said: Goodfellas. Goodfella in Las Vegas. Goodfellas in banks. I think sometimes Scorsese just wants to tell the same story in a different setting because he knows he can do it with a fag on. When I posted about Wolf of Wall Street, I was thinking about how my views on that film conflicts with my views on Goodfellas too. I love Goodfellas, it’s one of my all time favourites and the little I can remember of Wolf... I concede there are certain parallels that can be drawn with Goodfellas. Maybe that’s partly it, like I’d seen the rise and fall of one Scorsese anti hero and this was a kinda retread of it but in a different, frankly less interesting setting. I know we’re not meant to like the Belfont character, but I’m never rooting for him or I just don’t care about what happens to him or his dreadful friends. Despite everything that he’s involved with, I do care about Henry Hill’s fate in Goodfellas and what happens to his wife and kids. Even though his world and what he does is more reprehensible than Wall Street, he himself is more decent and easier to root for, relatively speaking, if that makes sense. Not arsed about Casino. Among others things that pale in comparison the one that sticks out to me is the voice over work done by Ray Liotta and Lorraine Bracco in Goodfellas utterly wipes the floor with De Niro and Pesci in Casino. Plus the soundtrack to Goodfellas is ****ing brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tonyh29 Posted January 16, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted January 16, 2019 (edited) Stan and Ollie tonight It’s picking up a fair bit of hype and rightly so , both actors clearly did their homework on the mannerisms and put in great performances ...although it only covers a small period of their lives , it’s just one of those films that draws you in and engages you and makes you laugh , further proof of their timeless comedy genius really , I’d be amazed if anyone is laughing at Mrs browns boys in 60 years time , well actually I’m amazed anyone is even laughing at it now , but you get my drift its got me intrigued enough to look into getting a biography of them as there is clearly a very interesting life story there with the pair of them Edited January 16, 2019 by tonyh29 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LakotaDakota Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 33 minutes ago, tonyh29 said: its got me entriqued enough to look into getting a biography of them as there is clearly a very interesting life story there with the pair of them Not sure there are may good ones so do your research. Cousin is a huge fan of theirs and has piles of L&H stuff but most of the books are either crap or just about the movies. Laurel & Hardy: The Magic Behind the Movies (Randy Skretvedt) and/or Stan and Ollie: The Roots Of Comedy (Simon Louvish) are probably 2 of the better ones but they can be expensive, especially the magic behind the movies which will probably set you back £50-100 for an average condition one. There was a new one out a couple of years back (another nice mess) but it's only about 100 pages which is pathetic really so watch out/avoid that one if you're shopping around online 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 3 hours ago, tonyh29 said: its got me entriqued enough to look into getting a biography of them Is that you Dem? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 On 13/01/2019 at 22:22, HanoiVillan said: The film stars Jean Dujardin, who my wife and I have liked ever since watching the 'OSS 117' films. Obviously he got his Oscar for 'The Artist', but a Hollywood career never quite seemed to happen, and this is very much home turf, in which he returns to playing a dashing-but-conceited pompous fool who thinks he's God's gift to everyone but is actually an enormous pain in arse. There's some very funny jokes, some over-the-top acting, the last four or five shots of the film are priceless in their simplicity. I read at the time that he only started to study English around the time The Artist came out so he is probably not so confident maybe for Hollywood roles even though he was in a few though never as major character 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMelvillan Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 Watched 'Unbreakable' and 'Split' over the past two nights in anticipation of 'Glass' First time watching Split and a long overdue rewatch of Unbreakable but they are both so good. Not really a fan of superhero movies in general but I really enjoy this series Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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