useless Posted September 26, 2019 Share Posted September 26, 2019 (edited) Also watched 'Last Year At Marienbad', which I feel is one of my favourite films already. Edited September 26, 2019 by useless 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 Red Sparrow was really boring, lacking in storyline. Even the beautiful Miss Lawrence naked can’t save it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 6 hours ago, mikeyp102 said: Red Sparrow was really boring, lacking in storyline. Even the beautiful Miss Lawrence naked can’t save it. I preferred Atomic Blonde which is of a similar ilk. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 Alligator "horror" movie Crawl with Kaya Scodelario was pretty mediocre. Watch the slightly better 2007 movie Rogue (Territory) instead if you're into these kinda flicks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 Ad Astra is a baffling mess of a film. I am a sucker for the cinematography of space set films, so all the camera work of space, inside and outside the ships, and the stars and the planets was hypnotic and the score supporting it made for a pleasing visual experience. Unfortunately the plot is so incoherent, I cannot tell you what it was trying to say. Something about daddy issues maybe? Brad Pitt has to carry a whole film, as the supporting cast are cardboard fleeting characters with no interest behind them, and Ruth Negga's character only seems to be added as a perfunctory plot service device to explain how Pitt gets from A-B. She is given literally two lines of backstory that conveniently arrives at the right time to drive the plot on, and it seems so transparently contrived, it takes you out of the film. There are a couple of absolutely left field scenes which seem like they are from a different film, as it takes elements from variously: Gravity, Apocalypse Now, Interstellar, The Martian, Event Horizon etc, but has none of the depth or focussed theme of those films around which the film can coherently pivot. Is it about isolation? Well not really. Is it about loneliness? Obsession? Possibly. Is it about tracking down a senior figure - the father - to see if he's gone mad - well superficially yes, but it feels completely undercooked, the voice over narrative was fine, but the dialogue was useless and offered very little insight. "I am on my way to X" - Yes we know that, we have eyes, we can see that thank you very much and we can infer lots, but just to be sure we'll over explain large sections of the film. There are good scenes in isolation which are attractive to watch, but it is always let down by a shite script and wasted opportunities. I enjoy the slow burn nature of the film, and as said I'll happily indulge the cinematography which was beautiful, but the message is frustratingly empty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 (edited) Watched two oddly named films yesterday the man who killed hitler and then Bigfoot - the brilliantly moustachioed Sam Elliot, who during his war service killed hitler and in his later years is sent by the government to track and kill Bigfoot. and Dead in a week (or your money back) - a British comedy about a suicidal writer who pays an ageing assassin to kill him in a week, only for his life to take an unexpected upturn. both different but equally cooky. Edited September 29, 2019 by theboyangel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted September 30, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted September 30, 2019 17 hours ago, theboyangel said: the man who killed hitler and then Bigfoot - the brilliantly moustachioed Sam Elliot, who during his war service killed hitler and in his later years is sent by the government to track and kill Bigfoot. Soon as we saw it was him, the subtitles were immediately turned on. Same as with that GaGa movie, he just mumbles his way through everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 26 minutes ago, choffer said: Soon as we saw it was him, the subtitles were immediately turned on. Same as with that GaGa movie, he just mumbles his way through everything. I love his drawl! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCDAN Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 (edited) 1 minute ago, theboyangel said: I love his drawl! He's really good in the The Ranch on Netflix. Edited September 30, 2019 by AVFCDAN 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted September 30, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted September 30, 2019 19 hours ago, theboyangel said: Watched two oddly named films yesterday the man who killed hitler and then Bigfoot - the brilliantly moustachioed Sam Elliot, who during his war service killed hitler and in his later years is sent by the government to track and kill Bigfoot. You’re right, that is an odd name for a film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 2 hours ago, fightoffyour said: You’re right, that is an odd name for a film. I’d watch that too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imavillan Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 Watched Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile. Sky Cinema original exploring the crimes of Ted Bundy from the perspective of his girlfriend Elizabeth Kloepfer. Thought it was a good film which i enjoyed. Well worth the watch. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 (edited) I go through periods when I watch quite a few movies and then go months upon months without watching one. Edited October 1, 2019 by useless 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desensitized43 Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 On 26/09/2019 at 16:43, Wainy316 said: Sam Nielsen, Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum have all been signed to the third Jurassic World so I'm sold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 On 28/09/2019 at 11:27, mikeyp102 said: Red Sparrow was really boring, lacking in storyline. Even the beautiful Miss Lawrence naked can’t save it. Spoiler I still cant understand how a film set in modern times is using floppy disks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 The Irishman will be 3 and a half hours long Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuart_75 Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 1 hour ago, Zatman said: The Irishman will be 3 and a half hours long Better be good, fingers and toes crossed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wazzap24 Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 8 hours ago, stuart_75 said: Better be good, fingers and toes crossed. It’s had universal acclaim from critics - it’s scoring 92 on Metacritic and 100% on Rotten Tomatoes. Sounds like it’s going to be brilliant. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 Trying to avoid reviews but hearing about the alt-right co-opting Joker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted October 3, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted October 3, 2019 Been enjoying my BFI subscription lately, some really good world cinema and neglected classics on there. But our choice last night was Ingmar Bergman's 1971 film "The Touch", with Max von Sydow, Bibi Andersson and Elliott Gould. Now, I'm a big Bergman fan, but this was bad beyond my wildest imaginings. The script was awful, but kudos to Sydow and Andersson (acting mostly in English) for a valiant attempt to make it less risible. The fault lies squarely with Gould, who put in what I can only describe as a masterclass in bad acting - the sort of thing that would be embarrassing in a local am-dram production, never mind a major director's movie. I'd actually urge you to watch it if you can, to wonder in amazement at how bad it is. The dialogue in the sex scenes especially is verging on the Pythonesque. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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