rjw63 Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 36 minutes ago, mjmooney said: 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. When I saw the first word, I immediately thought of the second word (Michael Palin saying it with a lisp) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 Watched Netflix action flick The night comes for us after reading some pretty decent reviews. Wasn't too bad but turns out this type of film isn't my thing anymore. When I was 15 I probably would have thought all these skillfully choreographed action scenes be pretty fun, but now I just find them tedious. Seen it all before and the 2 The Raid films for example are both much better but still not my jam anymore. If ever I get the notion of watching something like this again I think I'll just rewatch the old John Woo ones from the early 90's. Far superior IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilko154 Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 Has anyone watched The Birdcatcher yet? Looks interesting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 7 hours ago, wilko154 said: Has anyone watched The Birdcatcher yet? Looks interesting. Nice! I'll keep an eye out for that one. The Norwegian resistance during WW2 is a really interesting period. Really liked this TV-show from a few years back on that subject. It's called The Saboteurs in English I think. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skruff Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 Strange no one mentioned it yet. Saw The Joker this weekend. Great movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 On 06/10/2019 at 08:16, Skruff said: Strange no one mentioned it yet. Saw The Joker this weekend. Great movie. Yeah seen it too - fantastic movie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 Spiderman far from home they did well to tie it in to the previous MCU story lines and its an ok film, me watching it this late after its release says marvel are wearing off on me, Holland is good but the MJ awkwardness doesn't always work for me, you could see the "twist" coming from the 1st trailer but it still works and fits the character, the big ending is daft in to the spiderverse is better, don't think spiderman is "must see" in the same way that some of the other films are, he's kind of alongside ant man for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 The Farewell was a lovely film - chinese ( largely ) film that clashes west and east around a hastily contrived wedding as an excuse to say farewell to a dying matriarch - who doesn't know she's dying. It was funny and tender. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 Had a couple of hours to kill yesterday so watched the Hobbs & Shaw F&TF spin-off (as have to wait to watch Joker with the other half) Thought it was a great dumb action movie - well humoured with great set pieces and wince inducing fight scenes. Perfect Sunday midday movie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 It: Chapter Two A bit overly long and drawn out, kinda disjointed and not scary at all. They all go on their separate little adventures and meet Pennywise, and then meet up for the final fight that is a bit meh. It's too long to the point I got bored. The "humor" elements are a bit misplaced and doesn't work. On the other hand it's mostly well casted. Bill Skarsgård is excellent again as Pennywise but it's never actually like he's going to get anyone of them so he's not really scary either.. Chapter One was a bit better tbh. 5,5/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted October 7, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted October 7, 2019 4 days to go till the release of El Camino, the Breaking bad movie! Wow this has not been advertised well! Seat on the sofa booked though! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 I can't remember how Breaking Bad ended, but I'll have to work it out or read some spoilers to watch this. I'm really bad at remembering the stories of TV shows and films from a while back. When we started watching series 2 of Stranger Things, I asked the missus who 11 was, as I couldn't remember any such character Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 other than poster campaigns Netflix don't really advertise though, they'll have it front and centre every time you sign in and then let social media go nuts over the weekend, same with the Irishman (which they're already letting the good reviews out) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted October 8, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted October 8, 2019 9 hours ago, HanoiVillan said: I can't remember how Breaking Bad ended, but I'll have to work it out or read some spoilers to watch this. I'm really bad at remembering the stories of TV shows and films from a while back. When we started watching series 2 of Stranger Things, I asked the missus who 11 was, as I couldn't remember any such character Plenty of quick catch ups available. Went down a YouTube hole yesterday, forgot just how good that series was! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizzzle Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 Watched the final season of breaking bad in preparation for the film! God it was good watching it again. Hope the film doesn't disappoint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amsterdam_Neil_D Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 (edited) "In the Shadow of the moon" 8/10. (Netflix) I really enjoyed it. Edited October 8, 2019 by Amsterdam_Neil_D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted October 8, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted October 8, 2019 11 hours ago, HanoiVillan said: I can't remember how Breaking Bad ended, Seriously? It was probably the most memorable final episode of a series ever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 2 minutes ago, mjmooney said: Seriously? It was probably the most memorable final episode of a series ever! Something about some Hells Angels-type dudes and a backwoods prison? Was that the setting? But yeah, I can't remember what happened. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 1 hour ago, mjmooney said: Seriously? It was probably the most memorable final episode of a series ever! Surely not as memorable as waking up and it was all a dream?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 2 hours ago, Amsterdam_Neil_D said: "In the Shadow of the moon" 8/10. (Netflix) I really enjoyed it. Nice idea but poorly executed with a well telegraphed twist. It all ended a bit sudden too after taking ages to get there. so it’s meh/10 from me 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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