wazzap24 Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 Four films in the past week or so.... Joker - amazing Ad Astra - slow, but I enjoyed it (ending was a bit pants) IT 2 - Pretty woeful and not a patch on the first part, which was decent imo El Camino - 2 good BB episodes made into a film. I enjoyed it and good to see one of them get a ‘happy’ ending. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 Trivia of the day. Matt Damon is now older than Robins Williams was when he acted with him in Good Will Hunting. Just an excuse to post this amazing scene 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumerican Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 On 13/10/2019 at 19:52, Xela said: Meet Joe Black (1998) I really like this film. Its not very well regarded but I love the calmness and serenity of it. Hopkins is his usual brilliant self, Forlani was stunning and Pitt was impossibly good looking and played the role of a bemused grim reaper excellently 8/10. WB Cold Lamb sandwiches . Mmmmmmm. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumerican Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 Probably Keanu's most human performance. For me it's one of the best sporting underdog comedies ever made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 Watched Chinese sci-fi movie The Wandering Earth. It's basically a mix between Aniara and 2012 and just like those movies it's not great. It's not completely terrible thou if you apply copious amounts of suspension of disbelief, and it looks pretty good. For a Sunday matinee flick it's not the worst ever. 5,5/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilko154 Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 Watched 'Any Given Sunday' yesterday Thought it was pretty poor if I'm being honest. Normally love a sports film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 refreshed my memory of Zombieland with the sequel now out. Such enjoyable fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 The Laundromat had potential but was just a rip off of The Big Short. waste of a top cast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 2 hours ago, Zatman said: The Laundromat had potential but was just a rip off of The Big Short. waste of a top cast I quite liked it. It had a playful feel which was constantly on the edge of annoying, but there was just enough humour to save it. I'd like to see a completely different take to complement it; I know it's what he always does, but Alex Gibney would be the best at telling it straight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 Ghost Rider 2. I'm currently watching a film I never even knew existed until I just saw it flicking through the channels. It even has Cage and Elba in it so it's not even a straight to TV/DVD type thing with a no name cast. Did this even come out at the cinema? I seriously never knew they made a sequel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted October 23, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted October 23, 2019 34 minutes ago, Ingram85 said: Ghost Rider 2. I'm currently watching a film I never even knew existed until I just saw it flicking through the channels. It even has Cage and Elba in it so it's not even a straight to TV/DVD type thing with a no name cast. Did this even come out at the cinema? I seriously never knew they made a sequel. It came out in cinemas. It's directed by the guys behind the Crank films and the big thing when it was coming out was how outrageous it was going to be with stunts and shit - a notable scene has Ghost Rider pissing fire. It also has Nic Cage going to the top end of his 'range' at points. Awful film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 1 hour ago, Chindie said: It came out in cinemas. It's directed by the guys behind the Crank films and the big thing when it was coming out was how outrageous it was going to be with stunts and shit - a notable scene has Ghost Rider pissing fire. It also has Nic Cage going to the top end of his 'range' at points. Awful film. Yeah it was atrocious. I was intrigued at first but I lasted 15 minutes then turned off. Woeful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 On 13/10/2019 at 10:33, PieFacE said: So for anyone who's seen Joker.. Reveal hidden contents Major spoilers here so only click if you're sure.... Reveal hidden contents Do you think the whole film was a memory, or completely made up? The fact that Bruce's parents were killed leads me to think it was a memory from the mind of Joker, but i'm not 100% sure to be honest. Also, one thing that did slightly baffle me is the age difference between the young Bruce and Joker. Surely by the time Bruce has grown up, Joker would be about 60 Spoiler I think it is a memory. He’s thinking about how he first became the Joker. For me, everything that happened is actually when he is around 18, and he’s just recapping it as him in the present form (which would answer the age gap query). It may also go towards @Chindie concerns re him not being “Joker” enough. Really really enjoyable film for me, with Phoenix a masterclass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wazzap24 Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 On 21/10/2019 at 11:04, wilko154 said: Watched 'Any Given Sunday' yesterday Thought it was pretty poor if I'm being honest. Normally love a sports film. WHAT?!?!?! I’m a tolerant guy wilko, but you’ve gone beyond the pale here Not only is it a more than decent film, Pacino’s speech in the dressing room is one of the best film scenes ever. I still go back and watch it on YouTube from time to time 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizzzle Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 Just watched Joker! Very good film but I wouldn't call it a masterpiece. Phoenix was amazing in it and definitely deserves an Oscar 8/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 (edited) I was trying to think of my favorite films from this decade and realized that I haven't watched that many, so have recently been watching a few from a list of the best films of 2010s that I found. Recent ones I watch were 'Girl Walk All Day', which is basically a girl dancing in public and a film crew filming it and people's reactions, I nearly turned it off after about ten minutes, but then started to quite like it. Also watched Cemetery of Splendour another film by Apichatpong Weerasethakul. Edited October 27, 2019 by useless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 On 21/10/2019 at 11:04, wilko154 said: Watched 'Any Given Sunday' yesterday Thought it was pretty poor if I'm being honest. Normally love a sports film. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 Also watched this... One of the most visually stunning films I've seen, nice soundtrack by his wife Michèle Bokanowski as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 Finally got around to watch Jennifer Kent's revenge drama The Nightingale. Was not bad at all but not as good as I'd hoped. There's tons of gory violence and the bad guys are shockingly bad, like no redeeming qualities at all. None. Everything and everyone is miserable, but I guess that's not far from how it was back in those days in the colonies. It's bloody grim. It's quite long and drawn out, not necessarily a bad thing although I did start to fiddle with my laptop towards the end. Take a bit of The Revenant, True Grit, Soldier Blue, I spit on your Grave and a bunch of revenge movies and you have The Nightingale. I don't love the aspect ratio in which it is shot but what do I know... Solid 7/10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 Joker was a good film but for me was a bit far from a masterpiece. Joaquin Phoenix performance on the other hand well that was awesome though its no different than some of his other performances, he just seems like an unhinged guy. Nice to see DeNiro back in a good film Speaking of DeNiro I would say Joker is the closest thing you will ever get to a Taxi Driver remake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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