foreveryoung Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 (edited) Good film on terrestrial TV last night "official Secrets", all about Kathrine Gun who broke the official secrets act by telling a newspaper about the Bugging the UN by the NSA. She was finally charged after nearly a year. I knew about this story, although what I didn't know is how she got off in court. Although I respect her reasons for doing it, if you are in the position she was in working for GCHQ, signing the secrets act etc, I did not agree with her blagging information to the newspapers, especially after getting off in court then saying she had no regrets and would do it again. So glad she moved to Turkey with her husband and not employed again. She would obviously be a threat to national security. Spoiler Apparently she the called the NSA's bluff in that, they would have had to produce classified information as evidence, (that the war in Iraq was actually not illegal) which they wasn't willing to do, so they had no defense and had to drop all charges. Edited April 19, 2022 by foreveryoung 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 (edited) The Batman - I thought it was a towering masterpiece in comparsion to any of other Batman movies I've seen, and a very good movie in it's own right, I especially liked the way it looked, the sound, the atmosphere, the way the city felt like a character and so on, almost like a tone poem movie, but there was a decent enough storyline to follow too, and some decent enough performances, I particularly like Jeffrey Wright I thought he did a very good of being comical but in a very subtle way. Edited April 20, 2022 by useless 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizzzle Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 The Batman was good, my only complaints are that it is a bit long and is a bit moody and glum but still a solid 8/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chappy Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 Saw The Lost City the other day. Predictably ridiculous but knowingly silly and I enjoyed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakemineVanilla Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 On 19/04/2022 at 19:39, foreveryoung said: Good film on terrestrial TV last night "official Secrets", all about Kathrine Gun who broke the official secrets act by telling a newspaper about the Bugging the UN by the NSA. She was finally charged after nearly a year. I knew about this story, although what I didn't know is how she got off in court. Although I respect her reasons for doing it, if you are in the position she was in working for GCHQ, signing the secrets act etc, I did not agree with her blagging information to the newspapers, especially after getting off in court then saying she had no regrets and would do it again. So glad she moved to Turkey with her husband and not employed again. She would obviously be a threat to national security. Reveal hidden contents Apparently she the called the NSA's bluff in that, they would have had to produce classified information as evidence, (that the war in Iraq was actually not illegal) which they wasn't willing to do, so they had no defense and had to drop all charges. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharine_Gun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post leemond2008 Posted April 21, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 21, 2022 watching this now, the redux edition, been a good long time since I last saw it, the bluray has been winking at me for a while but I just haven't been able to bring myself to set aside over 3 hours for it, **** brilliant film though. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted April 21, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted April 21, 2022 The Batman is a bit good. Best film I've seen for a while. Possibly my favourite superhero film ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrchnry Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 Went to see the new Nicholas Cage film tonight where he plays an exaggerated version of himself. It was surprisingly really good and funny. About time he made a decent film. This might see a comeback. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuthority Posted April 24, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted April 24, 2022 4 hours ago, mrchnry said: Went to see the new Nicholas Cage film tonight where he plays an exaggerated version of himself. It was surprisingly really good and funny. About time he made a decent film. This might see a comeback. I wonder if the internet will be interested in this............. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted April 24, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted April 24, 2022 10 hours ago, mrchnry said: Went to see the new Nicholas Cage film tonight where he plays an exaggerated version of himself. It was surprisingly really good and funny. About time he made a decent film. This might see a comeback. Off to see this today. It looks daft and entertaining in equal measures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 The Uncharted movie was OK-ish I guess. Hard to totally fail with a high budget treasure hunt blockbuster. The casting is terrible, the actions scenes are way over the top silly, the story in the story makes no sense and it all feels like a wasted opportunity. Still it's an OK Sunday movie. But pretty much every other movie in the same category like National Treasure, Lara Croft, Tintin and so on is better. And that's not counting the classics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Dogg Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 There's a dedicated Batman thread. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 48 minutes ago, sne said: The Uncharted movie was OK-ish I guess. Hard to totally fail with a high budget treasure hunt blockbuster. The casting is terrible, the actions scenes are way over the top silly, the story in the story makes no sense and it all feels like a wasted opportunity. Still it's an OK Sunday movie. But pretty much every other movie in the same category like National Treasure, Lara Croft, Tintin and so on is better. And that's not counting the classics. I actually enjoyed it for the popcorn movie it was. I didn’t mind either Holland or Walhberg to be honest but clearly the casting budget was spent on them! Id happily watch a sequel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted April 25, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted April 25, 2022 22 hours ago, Designer1 said: Off to see this today. It looks daft and entertaining in equal measures This was just so much fun - brilliantly entertaining from start to finish, with Cage and Pascal (who shows some great comic acting chops) obviously having a hoot. Definitely recommend 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 quite enjoyed this new fantastic beasts film. Hadn't seen either of the first two, so there's a few references I'll have missed but thought it was actually a pretty solid film. The dreary grey colour scheme is very boring though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted April 25, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted April 25, 2022 On 24/04/2022 at 01:15, mrchnry said: Went to see the new Nicholas Cage film tonight where he plays an exaggerated version of himself. It was surprisingly really good and funny. About time he made a decent film. This might see a comeback. Did you not see Pig? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 On 24/04/2022 at 01:15, mrchnry said: Went to see the new Nicholas Cage film tonight where he plays an exaggerated version of himself. How do you exaggerate this? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted April 25, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted April 25, 2022 14 minutes ago, Wainy316 said: How do you exaggerate this? It's funny you should show that clip in relation to the movie... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 35 minutes ago, Designer1 said: It's funny you should show that clip in relation to the movie... Okay now I'm interested! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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