useless Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 An Elephant Sitting Still - In the northern Chinese city of Manzhouli, they say there is an elephant that simply sits and ignores the world. Manzhouli becomes an obsession for the protagonists of this film, a longed-for escape from the downward spiral in which they find themselves. - Bleak, but well done drama. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuthority Posted November 24, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted November 24, 2021 I can tell which ones are Useless's posts in this thread just from the pics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted November 25, 2021 Share Posted November 25, 2021 (edited) Ghostbusters tonight … really enjoyed it , lots of nods and winks to the originals , daft as it sound what with it being a ghostbusters movie but I actually thought the film went downhill at the point when the main ghosts appeared . The film sorta went from a supernatural film with a similar character chemistry to the IT remakes to camp horror with marshmallow minions but , still an enjoyable film and +1 for shoehorning in the Ray Parker / Huey Lewis theme song at the end Edited November 25, 2021 by tonyh29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 Petite Maman- well it's Celine Sciamma and Kermode waxed lyrical about it so had high expectations of this ( Portrait of a woman on fire was flawless ) but sadly it's a all.a bit 'is that it?' 72 minutes long and no reason for that as it could have improved the film by not having quite so many abrupt scene changes which interrupts the flow and feel.of.the film. The kids are very sweet and there's plenty of charm in the film but overall it felt frustratingly wanting in whatever it was trying to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuart_75 Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 Watched Copshop the other night. Gerard Butler and Frank Grillo. Solid if not groundbreaking film. 6.5/10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Salad Posted November 27, 2021 Share Posted November 27, 2021 Been on a classics kick last few days so last night watched, 'Casablanca'. Exceptional movie with a great cast. First time I had ever seen it and I can see why it won Best Picture. Tonight going to continue in the same classics vein and watch another Bogart movie, 'Key Largo' 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Silvers Posted November 27, 2021 Share Posted November 27, 2021 2 hours ago, Big Salad said: Been on a classics kick last few days so last night watched, 'Casablanca'. Exceptional movie with a great cast. First time I had ever seen it and I can see why it won Best Picture. Tonight going to continue in the same classics vein and watch another Bogart movie, 'Key Largo' I love Bogart. I can give you a good list if you like but the Maltese Falcon and Big Heat are two of my favourites, curve ball one - In a Lonely Place, it's a different Boggie, but brilliant non the less 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted November 27, 2021 Share Posted November 27, 2021 Bringing Up Baby - It was wonderful, Kathernine Hepburn was brilliant in every sense of the word, Cary Grant was very good too. The Apartment - I really enjoyed this movie, Jack Lemon and Shirley Maclaine were great, as was Jack Kruschen as the Doctor. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Amsterdam_Neil_D Posted November 27, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted November 27, 2021 Watched "Red Notice", 2/10 (1 point to exist, 1 point to for it to finish). I hated almost all of it and split it into 3 parts so it didn't seem so long. Easily one of the worst films I have seen for a long time. Utterly useless in every way possible and I can't think of anything nice to say but I will give it a go:- "2 out of 10, It's like a shit Carry on film without the laughs, timing or plot." 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Silvers Posted November 27, 2021 Share Posted November 27, 2021 56 minutes ago, Amsterdam_Neil_D said: Watched "Red Notice", 2/10 (1 point to exist, 1 point to for it to finish). I hated almost all of it and split it into 3 parts so it didn't seem so long. Easily one of the worst films I have seen for a long time. Utterly useless in every way possible and I can't think of anything nice to say but I will give it a go:- "2 out of 10, It's like a shit Carry on film without the laughs, timing or plot." Sorry to pry, but why did you watch it all? I thought it was simple escapist fun, even the end credits scrolled up merrily. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted November 27, 2021 Share Posted November 27, 2021 2 hours ago, useless said: The Apartment - I really enjoyed this movie, Jack Lemon and Shirley Maclaine were great, as was Jack Kruschen as the Doctor. Might be the best comedy movie ever made. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted November 27, 2021 Share Posted November 27, 2021 watched Ghosbusters the original film last night ahead of possibly seeing the new one this weekend. Hadn't seen it in a long long time. It's just a fairly bang average 80s film isn't it? Aside from a couple of the memorable scenes and lines that stick in the mind, it's fairly ordinary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted November 27, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted November 27, 2021 12 minutes ago, Rodders said: watched Ghosbusters the original film last night ahead of possibly seeing the new one this weekend. Hadn't seen it in a long long time. It's just a fairly bang average 80s film isn't it? Aside from a couple of the memorable scenes and lines that stick in the mind, it's fairly ordinary. I get where you’re coming from. It’s good, I enjoy it but I think it holds a place in the public affection that maybe it doesn’t quite warrant. It’s a really fun concept and Bill Murray is fantastic. If, as originally planned, John Belushi was in it instead of Murray, I think it would have been a noticeably weaker film. Maybe I’d have to watch the two back to back, but I don’t remember the sequel being as bad as it’s generally regarded. Bill Murray giving a 6/10 performance is still an amusing watch, which compared to his cameo in the 2016 film is a tour de force. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted November 27, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted November 27, 2021 2 hours ago, Rodders said: lines that stick I still yell "I'm gonna take a shower" Rick Moranis style at least once a week. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted November 27, 2021 Share Posted November 27, 2021 1 hour ago, Mark Albrighton said: I get where you’re coming from. It’s good, I enjoy it but I think it holds a place in the public affection that maybe it doesn’t quite warrant. It’s a really fun concept and Bill Murray is fantastic. If, as originally planned, John Belushi was in it instead of Murray, I think it would have been a noticeably weaker film. Maybe I’d have to watch the two back to back, but I don’t remember the sequel being as bad as it’s generally regarded. Bill Murray giving a 6/10 performance is still an amusing watch, which compared to his cameo in the 2016 film is a tour de force. I totally get nostalgia and affection for it is huge, but I suppose for me at least, compared to say back to the future films or indiana jones etc, it's weaker. But I'll always love deadpan Bill Murray. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted November 27, 2021 Share Posted November 27, 2021 Shall we have a whipround so @useless can afford a colour TV? 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted November 27, 2021 Share Posted November 27, 2021 (edited) 23 minutes ago, Rodders said: I totally get nostalgia and affection for it is huge, but I suppose for me at least, compared to say back to the future films or indiana jones etc, it's weaker. But I'll always love deadpan Bill Murray. Agree, I like ghostbusters and had all the toys for it that I didn't for those other films but those other films are better - doesn't make ghostbusters bad, those other films are excellent though For me add goonies and ET to BTTF and indy as the tier 1 80s family films, ghostbusters is tier 2 along with Roger rabbit, Beetlejuice, honey I shrunk the kids, never ending story, karate kid, short circuit I've never seen labrynth, think I'm probably too old for it now too Also saw that romancing the stone was on one of the streaming services Ive got, will watch that over Xmas, that's been a long time Edited November 27, 2021 by villa4europe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted November 27, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted November 27, 2021 The original Ghostbusters is incredible. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted November 27, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted November 27, 2021 (edited) 24 minutes ago, villa4europe said: romancing the stone Another qoute-monster. Edited November 27, 2021 by Tegis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted November 27, 2021 Share Posted November 27, 2021 For me, the original Ghostbusters must be one of the most over-rated films ever made, and the cult around it is baffling to me. It's not that it's *bad* exactly, but it's just nowhere near worth the weird obsession men my age seem to have with it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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