Film Thread

[Foe]

Rewatched home alone a few nights ago. Still brilliant. Found myself disliking the main character mind, mostly because I know he got to honk mila kunis in future. :(

[Henry]

Who here has watched Rosemary's Baby? Some profoundly disturbing shit.

[John]

Tower is brilliant. A bit rough and there are some odd choices with the animation, but overall it's very well done. I had some vague awareness that an event like that had happened but I had basically no detail on it. Well worth seeing.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

How much does the animation add to the overall feel of it? I loved how Waltz with Bashir came across.

[John]

It's a similar style of animation but it's used very differently. It's basically there so that actors and actresses can play the part in a reconstruction without it being jarring when the actual people turn up fifty years older and looking nothing like them. Presumably also so that it's possible to mount a reconstruction of sorts on what must have been a very small budget.

[The Merse]

I thought Hail Ceasar was the biggest lot of wank I've seen all year, I'm a massive Coen Brothers fan and I've seen them all but I had to put that off half way through.

Finally got around to it last night. Thought it was great - very Coen brothers too so I'd have thought any fan of their output would enjoy it. Some quality casting and performances as usual but 5 mins of Franny Mc was enough for her to steal the show as usual. She's like the American Emma Thompson.

Fantastic Beasts... is genuinely brilliant. Undoubtedly my favourite family effort of the last few years. The humour feels perfectly pitched and on the whole it's a great ride. Will be interesting to see where they go with that as a franchise.

[Dark Soldier]

My second most anticipated movie of next year:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-eMt3SrfFU

Going to be astonishing.

I've two that tie for first, both horror:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DD8XnkNVn9A


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHCqQilit1o

Grave is titled Raw, also:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4954522/?ref_=nv_sr_1

A Cure For Wellness:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4731136/?ref_=nv_sr_2

[John]

The trailer for A Cure For Wellness looks pleasantly bonkers, but it's a Gore Verbinski film. Given how completely he managed to neuter The Ring I imagine that trailer will be the highpoint of that particular film experience.

[Dark Soldier]

I can forgive a shit film if the visual is rife and fucked up.

[Dark Soldier]

Also a journalist geezer I know (writes for the Scottish student Guardian so gets early screenings) watched Silence, his thoughts in spoilers:


Silence was great. Not sure what it'll manage at the oscars beyond sound design and cinematography, partly because I am not au fait with the submissions at the minute. Garfield might get a nomination but as good as he was in the central role he's still hard to take seriously early on. Adam Driver is more distinctive looking but from the off he disappears into his role much quicker, but he's not really in it that much.

Garfield is out acted by his interpreter (Tadonobu Asano) and the incredibly well realised "villain" of the film, played by Issey Ogata, but I wonder if either will be even nominated. As for the film itself, I'm not religious in the least and haven't really been around religious doctrine since I was about 15, but it's an incredibly arresting topic especially given how vicious the persecution was in 17th Century Japan. Knowing a little about japanese culture helped, and the film really telegraphs the natural world and it's place in their society and faith, and how the Jesuits are totally subsumed in it.

Great to see Martin tackle something really weighty, and although he has attracted criticism for making another oscar film about the troubles of the white man, I think this one does well to avoid elevating faith as an institution by focusing on one single person. Will be interesting to see the debate around it, especially as bias will probably see it read both ways.

[John]

Tadanobu Asano was great in all those lunatic Japanese films he used to do, Survive Style 5+ and Ichi in particular, but now he's just the caricature in the Thor films. I'm still in two minds over that film, it looks great but I can't see myself being able to take those accents in any way seriously.

[Bernanke]

Survive Style 5+ :drool:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Moana is brilliant.

[Yevrah]

I've just seen a trailer for Film 2016. I know Kermode always said he would never be offered it as he wouldn't appeal to the show's target audience, but if that's the case what the fuck are the three chumps they've got now doing on it?

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

Am I alone in thinking Silence just looks incredibly dull? Happy to be proved wrong come release.

[Bernanke]

Am I alone in thinking Silence just looks incredibly dull? Happy to be proved wrong come release.

No, the trailer looked insanely boring. I don't understand what built the hype.

[Yevrah]

I don't want to watch the trailer but the description makes it sounds like pretentious wank.

[SvN]

It's Scorsese, it's bound to be brilliant

[Yevrah]

He's had a couple of duffers, Gangs of New York springs immediately to mind.

[SvN]

I liked that. Not as good as his best, but still enjoyable.

[John]

Wolf of Wall Street was unrestrained, unfiltered horseshit too.

[SvN]

Actually, out of all of the films of his that I've watched (which is all except for a couple), I'd say that there's only Bringing Out the Dead that I thought wasn't at least "good".

[Yevrah]

I liked that. Not as good as his best, but still enjoyable.

It wasn't awful, but hardly brilliant.

[SvN]

Wolf of Wall Street was unrestrained, unfiltered horseshit too.

No chance. That was one of the most entertaining films I've seen in years. There's not many films that can run for 3 hours and not feel like it.

[Yevrah]

Wolf of Wall Street was unrestrained, unfiltered horseshit too.

I liked it, but I've still no idea why the will existed to get it made.

[John]

That one felt like about nine. It's a character study about a man with no character and you could have cut the runtime in half without losing anything of substance.

[Dark Soldier]

Yev, you'll hate it. Its a given. I'll lap it up and everything will be right with the world.

[Lewis]

I think it looks good, and, since he won't be able to pack it with Rolling Stones/blues music, he might have made more effort with the actual film-making.

[John]

He'll find a way. Gimme Shelter will have some hitherto unknown mystical origins.

[Dark Soldier]

Yeah Tower is a superb documentary. I've just got some dust in my eye mate, I swear.

[ItalAussie]

I really enjoyed Rogue One a lot. More than TFA, even.

Spoilers abound:

It was about halfway through when I really thought "You know, none of these guys are in the original Star Wars films. That doesn't bode well for them here". But I really didn't think they'd have the courage to kill everyone. Right up until the very end, I assumed that the two leads were going to get away somehow. So that one really caught me by surprise.

On a story level, you don't get to know the characters as well as the main series. There's little indication of their large-scale "dreams and desires". Inasmuch as the film is concerned, they want to do this job because it's important, and they don't have many goals beyond that. But that's fine, because it's not really that kind of movie, I think.

The face CGI to reproduce Peter Cushing and Carrie Fisher wasn't terrible, but there were moments where it was a little odd. I don't think it spoiled the film though. And the last bit, where it connects up to A New Hope, gave me some involuntary chills. It was worth the slightly odd CGIing of Leia.

It doesn't have the feel of a "main" Star Wars film, because it doesn't spend so much time getting to know the characters, or building the world. It's a very localised set of characters out to solve a very specific problem in a world you already know. But the self-contained nature of the film really helps it, I think. It's a slightly different kind of film, but still a good one.

[Baz]

Gonna watch American Honey tomorrow, I think. Looks right up my street. :)

[Dark Soldier]

Gonna watch American Honey tomorrow, I think. Looks right up my street. :)

Likewise. Andrea Arnold is a fantastic filmmaker.

[Spoonsky]

Watched a couple of movies I had very high expectations for. Manchester By The Sea was a little disappointing, but La La Land. :drool:

[Manc]

I'm all over La La Land.

[Yevrah]

What Oscar screeners are coming down the line and are there any out already?

I've no idea what's up for the awards in 2017.

[Dark Soldier]

None out and I wouldn't be surprised to find little or none this year.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

None out and I wouldn't be surprised to find little or none this year.

PTP have banned them, right?

They've been scared by the What.cd closure and the geezer who got shat on for The Revenant last year.

[Dark Soldier]

Yeah you can discuss them in the forums but can't up.

Hive, the main leaker, shit the bed last year after his spree of dropping them every day, barely been seen this year.

[Dquincy]

Does anyone have a favourite Christmas film?

Some of my favourites include:
* The Holiday
* Santa Claus
* Santa Claus 2
* Santa Claus 3
* Hats off for Christmas
* Scrooged (Bill Murray)

Edit:
And...
* Home Alone
* National Lampoons Christmas Vacation

[Giggles]

Die Hard, Elf, and the Santa Claus one with Dudley Moore in it for nostalgic reasons.

[Foe]

Does anyone have a favourite Christmas film?

Some of my favourites include:
* The Holiday
* Santa Claus
* Santa Claus 2
* Santa Claus 3
* Hats off for Christmas
* Scrooged (Bill Murray)

The holiday was absolute garbage :(

Elf, Home Alone, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation and Frozen for me. :cool:

[Giggles]

Home Alone, forgot that. That's a definite too. I quite like a chuckle at Love Actually the more elderly I become too.

[Magic]

Just watched the Muppets Christmas Carol. :cool:

[Bernanke]

Home Alone, forgot that. That's a definite too. I quite like a chuckle at Love Actually the more elderly I become too.

Same, and I've only just hit 25. It's a nice movie despite Hugh Grant.

Die Hard wins though.

[leedsrevolution]

Holy shit the last 45 of rogue one.

I still can't quite believe they killed everyone

The film is far from perfect but I think I preferred it to TFA, and I quite liked that film.

[Giggles]

Same, and I've only just hit 25. It's a nice movie despite Hugh Grant.

Die Hard wins though.

There's too many adorable bits in it too ignore. LA, that is, not DH.

[Manc]

It's a Wonderful Life.

[phonics]

I watched Paddington the other day and nearly cried because I'm incredibly easy to manipulate. Does Hugo count as a Christmas film?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Does anyone have a favourite Christmas film?

Some of my favourites include:
* The Holiday
* Santa Claus
* Santa Claus 2
* Santa Claus 3
* Hats off for Christmas
* Scrooged (Bill Murray)

Die Hard, Elf, Scrooged, Home Alone, Bad Santa and Jingle All the Way.

[Foe]

I watched Paddington the other day and nearly cried because I'm incredibly easy to manipulate. Does Hugo count as a Christmas film?

Hugo counts as a shit film. It's still shit at christmas so take that hollow victory if you want.

[Giggles]

I've avoided most of what Rogue One is about until such a time as it lands for download. Is it 3.5 or 6.5 in the story?

[Dquincy]

The holiday was absolute garbage :(

Elf, Home Alone, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation and Frozen for me. :cool:


Die Hard, Elf, Scrooged, Home Alone, Bad Santa and Jingle All the Way.
Oh crap weasel, can't believe I forgot Home Alone and National Lampoons Christmas Vacation! All great films.

Love Die Hard, it is it a Christmas film? Or a film set around Christmas?

[Bernanke]

I've avoided most of what Rogue One is about until such a time as it lands for download. Is it 3.5 or 6.5 in the story?

3.5.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I've avoided most of what Rogue One is about until such a time as it lands for download. Is it 3.5 or 6.5 in the story?

From what I saw in trailers, it's 3.5.

[Giggles]

There was nobody recognisable (characters) in the trailers from what I seen.

EDIT: Actually, forgot the short Vader bit. Should have known then.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

There was nobody recognisable in the trailers from what I seen.

Vader pops up near the end, I remember his asthmatic breathing.

[Dark Soldier]

Could be fake:

http://i.imgur.com/finxqDc.png

[Yevrah]

Surely the screeners are still out there, people can't have stopped being slack as fuck/corrupt with the copies they've been given?

[Dark Soldier]

Hive/CM8 run their own site. Impossible to get into these days. Rumours are they're there, but not leaking publically. Yet, anyway. If they're there they'll find a way out.

You need someone with screener access to even get 'em out there. If nae fucker wants to do it, no screeners.

[Giggles]

I'd even pay of needs be, hopefully won't be too long.

[Dark Soldier]

Main rumour is expect some good Christmas presents...

[Baz]

If you've got a spare 2 hours 43 minutes, find something better to do than watch American Honey.

You'll only get depressed at how fantastic Shia Labeouf's hair is, and want a lesbian mate. And still not like trap music.

[Yevrah]

Watching David Brent: Life on the Road and if it wasn't so difficult to forget that it's multi-millionaire Ricky Gervais in the role I'd probably be pretty depressed.

[Yevrah]

And there it is, the everything's alright ending.

Gervais' barrel has run dry it seems.

[Baz]

Worth it for Doc Brown though, right?

[Yevrah]

It was an ok watch and I was never bored, but it was comfortably the worst 'episode' of The Office and has absolutely no business being a film.

[Lewis]

He should be styled as 'Ricky Gervais, Twitter personality' these days.

[Henry]

The David Brent movie was a travesty.

On a better note, Rogue One is very good. I didn't really think much of the new characters but the story was well-written, it even undid a little of the damage done by the prequels, and the last act was approaching greatness.

[Yevrah]

Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates is poor.

Not sure how Zac Efron keeps getting all these comedy roles either, he's not very funny and really should lay off the steroids.

[Queenslander]

The one liners in the first half of Rogue One had me seething!

[ItalAussie]

Rogue One pretty much divides into thirds:

The first third: A bit dull and difficult to follow
The second third: Haphazard, but mostly fun
The third third: Just outstanding

I think they shouldn't have included Darth Vader at the mid-point. It kind of minimized him a little bit. Darth Vader doesn't make puns, even if they're clever double puns. Darth Vader shouldn't be making dad jokes.

Whereas his appearance in the final stanza was fantastic. It was framed like something out of a horror movie, and it emphasized his sheer power and total detachment. It reminded us that he's a supremely evil villain, not just a pop culture icon.

[Alex]

I would agree with that Ital. The whole final third essentially transformed me into an adult version of my giddy eight year old self, watching the original for the first time. So good.

I agree on the Vader stuff as well, they should have just had him at the end, emerging from the darkness with his light sabre. That scene was excellent and, again, really took me back to childhood and the impression you got of what a powerful, evil, scary bastard he is.

I loved the cameo stuff in general though. I was ridiculously excited when the fighters were all forming up to assault the base and Red Leader and Gold Leader turned up!

[Queenslander]

Am I the only one who missed the Knights of Ren cameo?

[ItalAussie]

Nope. I didn't catch that at all.

[Queenslander]

Maybe I misread a review. Derp

[Baz]

Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates is poor.

Not sure how Zac Efron keeps getting all these comedy roles either, he's not very funny and really should lay off the steroids.The other guy is great though, right? Not seen the film yet but I assume he was the best thing about it.

[Dark Soldier]

Here's ya Blade Runner teaser trailer:

http://www.ew.com/article/2016/12/19/blade-runner-2049-first-footage-ryan-gosling-harrison-ford

[Bernanke]

Villeneuve, Deakins, Jóhann Jóhannsson. :wank:

[Vim]

I was expecting Moana to be really great but I ended up really not liking it.



I didn't really care for her at all as a character and the whole movie seemed to be put together as they went along. I much preferred Tangled by Disney for example, far more character stuff than magic effects. I know it's a kids movie but I think it's nowhere near as good as Tangled. I liked Frozen better as well.

[phonics]

Saw the Bladerunner sequel trailer and didn't have a clue what was going on. It may be time to watch Bladerunner. What's the 'cut' you're supposed to watch at this point?

[Dark Soldier]

Ass Crud review:

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/dec/19/assassins-creed-film-review-michael-fassbender-videogame-marion-cotillard

A videogame adaption being bad you say? Well I never.

[Yevrah]

How did they get those actors?

[phonics]

Fassbender has been a massive Ass Creed nerd for years apparently. He was the first actor signed up and has been pushing his mates for yonks.

[Dark Soldier]

How did they get those actors?

Dollar.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

For some reason I find that really hard to believe.

I just can't picture Fassbender sitting down to play some Assassin's Creed in his downtime.

The film is obviously balls but I'll need to see it as I love the series.

Don't like that they made original characters for it though, I'd have loved to have seen Altair.

[Pleb]

Trailer looks shite though.

[Bernanke]

Apparently 60-65% of the movie takes place in the modern day. Given that those parts of the games were always terrible, there was no chance this was going to turn out well.

[Queenslander]

Dev Patel's Aussie accent alone deserves an Oscar.

[Alex]

Apparently 60-65% of the movie takes place in the modern day. Given that those parts of the games were always terrible, there was no chance this was going to turn out well.

This was always my thinking when I heard they were making a movie out of it. It's a decent enough series of games, but the whole modern day aspect and the "ancestral memories" framing of the entire thing has always been total nonsense and the worst thing about it. I've no idea why anybody thought it was a good idea to make a film based on that.

[John]

If they'd made a film based on an old timey bloke parkouring all over the place that was based on and named after a game everyone would have assumed it was Prince of Persia (which also had an oddly excellent cast) and avoided it. Sticking some modern day stuff in there sets it apart, albeit in a way that makes it look more boring than playing the game.

It's an interesting twist though, as I remember it the marketing for the original game specifically avoided mentioning anything about the modern day so that it being a sort of sci-fi game was a surprise.

[Baz]

Sounds like Sleepy Hollow.

[Mazuuurk]

Speaking of Blade Runner, I watched Sicario the other day, finally.

It was pretty good, but not much like I had expected. It was much slower and more suggestive - I sort of expected something more like that film "Animals" from Oliver Stone I think a few years ago .

And, having recently finished Narcos, and after that watched Narco Cultura (about Juarez mostly) and Cartel Land just last week, I definitely had enough context to get everything that was going on (since so much of it was only implied) - but if I wouldn't have I'm not sure I would have completely understood it all and probably wouldn't have enjoyed it very much.


Now I think I'm out of things to watch on the Latin American drug situation.

[Spammer]

Saw the Bladerunner sequel trailer and didn't have a clue what was going on. It may be time to watch Bladerunner. What's the 'cut' you're supposed to watch at this point?

I'd also like to know this.

[Shindig]

I have Final Cut. I assume that's the one.

[John Arne]

Just started watching Deepwater Horizon.... after a dodgy test result, they have decided to go ahead with process x - at which point, the boss decides to go take a shower, and his number 2 decides to Skype his missus, leaving in charge some hapless young chap - I'm really hoping that this is dramatic license.

[John Arne]

And there's the American flag in the foreground, with oil rig burning in the background.

[phonics]

I seem to have lost all ability to find pirated movies. None of my sign-ups have a copy of BladeRunner. I will not ban everyone who sends me a link.

[Dark Soldier]

I'll chuck you an inv to alpha reign in bout ten minutes. Powerful public site scraper, never have to visit the actual sites.

[Dark Soldier]

Also that Mummy trailer they uploaded too soon with missing sound effects :D


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e61ud5AEVu4

[Vim]

The pilot just going "BLERGH" :D

[Magic]

Fucking hell that's weird.

[Magic]

Also that looks utterly dreadful. Who thought it would be a good idea to Michael Bay The Mummy?

[Manc]

The Mummy without slapstick. This world. :face:

[Spoonsky]

Check out Filmstruck, it's like Netflix but for good / foreign movies: https://watch.filmstruck.com/#!/criterion

Just watched Chungking Express. Not sure how I felt about the film as a whole but the cinematography was incredible.

[phonics]

Tried to watch Bladerunner twice now, fallen asleep as he interviews Rachel the robot both times.

The lens flares in that movie are god awful.

[Mazuuurk]

Oh no you didn't.

Go back to sleep.

[phonics]

All I can remember

http://public.media.smithsonianmag.com/legacy_blog/1982-blade-runner-screenshot-sm.jpg

and these god damn lens flares

http://graphic-engine.swarthmore.edu/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/blade-runner.jpg

THAT'S NOT HOW THEY WORK AND THEY DON'T STAY PERFECTLY CIRCULAR IN MOVEMENT WHILE THE CAMERA IS STILL. ARHGHGHGHGHGHG.

Genuinely though I've just been a bit tired, I'll give it a go when I'm not.

[Dquincy]

I'm watching Independence Day. Jeff Gold whats his chops, great performance.

[Dquincy]

How Jeff knows about the alien's count down until attack, but the government dont. I'm worried.

[Dquincy]

Jeff's 'state of the art' laptop is a relic compared to nowadays.

[Adamski]

It was 20 years ago.

[Dquincy]

Thanks.

He's still managing to do a fair bit with it considering he's probably using dial up Internet.

[Dquincy]

God that was good. Got to watch Independence Day II now.

[Giggles]

God that was good. Got to watch Independence Day II now.

Don't hold out much hope.

[Dquincy]

It can't be that bad, surely! Does the nostalgia get you through it?

[Giggles]

It can't be that bad, surely! Does the nostalgia get you through it?

You'd think it would, but it is very very bad. And not bad in a good way like the original.

[Mazuuurk]

THAT'S NOT HOW THEY WORK AND THEY DON'T STAY PERFECTLY CIRCULAR IN MOVEMENT WHILE THE CAMERA IS STILL. ARHGHGHGHGHGHG.

Genuinely though I've just been a bit tired, I'll give it a go when I'm not.

Sounds a bit like that time I watched Avatar and thought it was bad cause it had blue people in it and people aren't blue, they are people coloured, so I thought that's not how people work! And was very upset about it.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Sounds a bit like that time I watched Avatar and thought it was bad cause it had blue people in it and people aren't blue, they are people coloured, so I thought that's not how people work! And was very upset about it.

I get that with Asian cinema.

I just hate it that normal people, in the normal world have become 'masters of Kung Fu' and are able to run up walls and fight in mid-air.

Declare it's magic and I'll be on board.

[Yevrah]

It can't be that bad, surely! Does the nostalgia get you through it?

Nope, they even managed to muff that.

It's terrible, on every level.

[Dquincy]

Nope, they even managed to muff that.

It's terrible, on every level.

Yevs. :(

Son of a bitches.

[Dark Soldier]

Just watched Perfect Strangers:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4901306/

Group of friends have a dinner party, with a twist. They openly read any text, email, or whatsapp conversation, and put all calls received onto voice. As ever, secrets are revealed.

A light, gentle drama with solid performances and overall fucking well good like.

[Dquincy]

Any nudity?

[Dark Soldier]

Nope, none.

[Dquincy]

Watching Grimbsy. Nonsense, but funny enough.

Also watched Trainwreck last night. Whilst the blonde lady can't act very well, the film was quite good.

[Boydy]

Did Jimmy delete his post saying he'd watched Grimsby recently.

Yeah, I saw it, Jim.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

Christmas thread.

[Foe]

Currently watching About Time.

Bloody good it is too. Rachel McAdams :drool:

[Dquincy]

Currently watching About Time.

Bloody good it is too. Rachel McAdams :drool:

Good film that.

Grimbsy turned out to be dire. Started average, tailed off in the middle and less said about the ending the better.

[Lewis]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0VW6sg50Pk

:drool:

[Yevrah]

That looks like it won't even attempt to answer any of the questions raised in Prometheus. Is Damon Lindelof still involved?

[Lewis]

He is not. Maybe just wait for the Blu-ray full of helpful deleted scenes.

[John Arne]

That looks like it won't even attempt to answer any of the questions raised in Prometheus. Is Damon Lindelof still involved?

Indeed. I reckon it's going to be really annoying; ignore all previous shit, and just make up a load more crap. I wonder weather all the crew will hate each other for no discernible reason?

https://gyazo.com/260cf95b58920816ff1a25d8fd943c1a.png

[Lewis]

There was a really good theory about her being a robot, but Damon Lindelof dismissed it. But then he's a wanker so fuck him.

[Raoul Duke]

There was a really good theory about her being a robot, but Damon Lindelof dismissed it. But then he's a wanker so fuck him.

He also said that Lost wouldn't end the way it did either.

[Lewis]

I watched the first episode of that and decided it was balls. What a call that turned out to be.

[Raoul Duke]

It was great, just the end was sussed out ages before. Some excellent episodes in there though.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

Indeed. I reckon it's going to be really annoying; ignore all previous shit, and just make up a load more crap. I wonder weather all the crew will hate each other for no discernible reason?

https://gyazo.com/260cf95b58920816ff1a25d8fd943c1a.png

http://i.imgur.com/VfFhYRL.gif

Noomi Rapace is in the cast along with Guy Pearce so not sure why.

[Bernanke]

I've read some serious spoilers about AC and to me it sounds

like it's going to be even dumber

than Prometheus.

[Jimmy Floyd]

The Revenant. The visuals were good, but other than that it was three hours of my life which added nothing to it.

[Kikó]

I watched the Big Short last night again. It really is brilliant and amazing at the same time how it all came together and unravelled.

[Yevrah]

Deadpool is a bit poor.

[Manc]

American Honey, aimless yet entertaining.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

The Revenant. The visuals were good, but other than that it was three hours of my life which added nothing to it.

It was a bit dull I thought. Never a best picture winner.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I'm not sure that that is in di Caprio's top 5 performances either, so a bit off that he won the Oscar for it.

[Adamski]

Two Towers extended cut today. 4 hours of :drool:

[Reg]

I watched the Big Short last night again. It really is brilliant and amazing at the same time how it all came together and unravelled.
Watched it for the first time the other day and enjoyed it. Steve Carell pretty much nailed his role.

[Pepe]

I really enjoyed The Revenant. Not sure it added anything to my life, bit it is a quite good film. The Big Short was also pretty good, much better than I expected.

[Dark Soldier]

Watched a few films recently whilst feeling like the cunt of death:

I Am Not A Serial Killer - An odd film. Feels indie and odd at times then it goes certified psycho and its all a bit of a brilliant mess.

The Accountant - The role Ben Affleck was born to play. All silly over the top nonsense that passes the time well.

The Autopsy of Jane Doe - Fantastic opening 45 minutes then it shits the bed completely and turns into a generic pile of wank.

Blair Witch - The new one. A fucking embarrassment of a film.

Do Not Resist - Yet another doc on how fucked up Murica is. Good insight into their batshit system of handing down military grade equipment to local police. Do we need bayonets? Of course we fucking do!

The VVitch - How to do horror right. Banging fucking film.

[Dark Soldier]

The Revenant was the best film of 2015. So nerr to all naysayers.

[Magic]

Did it come with subs or not? I got a really good copy but wasn't sure if it was meant to be subtitled in the non-English bits.

[Dark Soldier]

Top 5 2016 because why not:

The Handmaiden
The Eyes of My Mother
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
The Neon Demon
The VVitch

Honourable mentions to Don't Breathe, Supersonic, Hell or High Water, Perfect Strangers and The Nice Guys.

[Henry]

The Witch is great but it's from last year, no?

My top 5:

Arrival
Rogue One
War Dogs
Sausage Party
Midnight Special

Obviously there's a lot I'm yet to see.

[Dark Soldier]

The Witch was a March UK releasw date.

[Magic]

I thought about War Dogs but then decided against it as some sort of Tropic Thunder bullshit. Was I wrong?

[Dark Soldier]

War Dogs is great fun.

[Adamski]

Top 5 2016 because why not:

The Handmaiden
The Eyes of My Mother
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
The Neon Demon
The VVitch

Honourable mentions to Don't Breathe, Supersonic, Hell or High Water, Perfect Strangers and The Nice Guys.

I didn't really like The Nice Guys but I don't think I have it my full attention. Loved Hell or High Water, totally didn't expect to like it as much as I did.

[Dark Soldier]

I watch all comedies stoned as fuck so it helps.

[Spoonsky]

Moonlight
La La Land
Embrace of the Serpent
The Handmaiden
Everybody Wants Some

I'd say it's been a pretty shite year but the top two redeem everything else by far.

[Pleb]

Finding Dory must be up there as the best animated film this year...or was it 2015?

[Dquincy]

Watched The Revenant tonight. Brilliant film.

The storyline/style reminded me of an old western film.

[Dark Soldier]

The Handmaiden

We agree on a film :drool:

Heady days lad.

[Spoonsky]

We agree on a film :drool:

Heady days lad.

Our tastes aren't so dissimilar, are they? We just tend to watch different sorts of films. The Witch was really great as well, and I enjoyed Perfect Strangers a lot when I watched it on an airplane.

[Magic]

Watched The Revenant tonight. Brilliant film.

The storyline/style reminded me of an old western film.

Did it have subtitles?

[Dquincy]

Did it have subtitles?

Half of it did, which helped because the other half was still quite hard to understand.

Before we watched it, my wife asked "whether this was the film where a bear rapes a man". Not sure that's ever happened sweetheart.

[Dark Soldier]

The Girl on the Train - Twisty, broken, odd structure to what is, essentially, a very, very straight forward thriller. Nearly lost me in the opening 30 but made up for it a touch later on. Solid, forgettable.

Evolution (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4291590/) - Weird ginger pale women and young boys in a remote island place doing weird things with and without the boys all wrapped up in gorgeous cinematography and injected to the eyeballs with a speedball of Noe. Fantastic, but I don't know what happened. Feels like a dream.

[Pleb]

So Passengers was pretty good. Got better near the end though.

[Yevrah]

War Dogs is pretty good.

Particularly impressed with Miles Teller.

[Dquincy]

Might watch Bridge of Spies tonight.

[Adamski]

Win Win was surprisingly good. Paul Giamatti is a don.

[Baz]

I watched The Girl With All The Gifts earlier. It was interesting enough but nothing spectacular. The end was dumb.

[Boydy]

I watched Captain Fantastic tonight. I loved it.

[Spoonsky]

Walked past Joel Cohen and Frances McDormand while hiking in California. No sign of Ethan though.

[Smiffy]

.....

[John Arne]

Piratebay works great with a proxy. Opera in-built proxy/vpn (whatever it is) does the trick.

[Dark Soldier]

And it begins:

Fences 2016 DVD Screener DiVx-UnKnOwN

nfo says more to come

[Yevrah]

Are/will be ptp be linking these?

[Dark Soldier]

Are/will be ptp be linking these?

Nope, not allowed this year due to The Revenant thing last year. Its on IPT currently, will be on other general trackers and public too soon.

[Smiffy]

.....

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Well that's what happens when you keep picking the new Betamax.

[Dark Soldier]

I actually have no idea what the last few posts mean. I was fine with Rapidshare and Megaupload then Piratebay did the job but this VPN business makes no sense to me.

2017 and using a VPN, mate

Plus they're still uploaded to filehosts, its just RapidGator, TurboBit etc these days.

[Smiffy]

.....

[Baz]

I thought Hive/CM8 were gonna release a motherlode of screeners to show they weren't scared?

[Dark Soldier]

I thought Hive/CM8 were gonna release a motherlode of screeners to show they weren't scared?

They don't have any screeners.

[Baz]

They don't have any screeners.https://torrentfreak.com/infamous-piracy-group-says-it-ready-to-start-leaking-screeners-161229/

Good news at least. Fences looks like it was transcoded on an Amiga though.

[Dark Soldier]

https://torrentfreak.com/infamous-piracy-group-says-it-ready-to-start-leaking-screeners-161229/

Good news at least. Fences looks like it was transcoded on an Amiga though.

The article is bollocks, Hive came out the same day appealing for someone to share with them. Its based off an nfo where they just appealed for people to contact them:


PS: you wanted scr right,well us too, pics everywhere but need the people to contact us who actually have them.
they dont appear from itself. you want to contribute for the majority, well here is your chance to make a difference.


And the source vobs for Fences were horrendous to begin with, the xvid encode shows that. Seems it leaked accidentally as Unknown removed their copy from IPT within the hour.

[Smiffy]

.....

[Yevrah]

I'm watching something called Living on One Dollar where two yanks go to a remote shithole (albeit one with nice scenery) and try to live on one dollar each per day.

But to try and simulate the randomness of when people in poverty get paid they've put numbers from 0 to 9 in a hat which they pick from each day and will get that many dollars that day. Er, you what?

[Spammer]

Nope, not allowed this year due to The Revenant thing last year. Its on IPT currently, will be on other general trackers and public too soon.

What happened with The Revenant?

[John]

Someone was rumbled for leaking the screener.

[Dark Soldier]

Operation Avalanche was enjoyable. Its a bit of a thin idea spread over 90 minutes but its never less than entertaining.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3776826/

[Lewis]

Silence was one of the most boring films I have ever seen.

[Yevrah]

Called it.

[Smiffy]

.....

[Dark Soldier]

Silence was one of the most boring films I have ever seen.

Confirmed I'll love it :drool:

Cheers.

[Dark Soldier]

Is Deepwater Horizon worth a watch? If not, someone care to recommend some viewing material for my inevitable all nighter.

Its alreet. Interesting enough, Wahlberg is Wahlberg and there's a lot of explosions.

[Lewis]

I like a slow-burning, well-made pretentious wankfest as much as the next man, but this wasn't remotely subtle or meaningful, so you're just sitting for eight hours and then nothing happens.

[Mazuuurk]

Since when does Scorsese do slow and boring pretentious wankfests?

Don't get me wrong - I believe you when you say it, Lew, but I'm more worried about whether Scorsese will all of a sudden have some sort of "antithesis-of-self" revelation and start making shit films instead of entertaining films.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

Is Deepwater Horizon worth a watch? If not, someone care to recommend some viewing material for my inevitable all nighter.

It was pretty good. Goes quite a way to explaining what happened too rather than just EXPLOSHUNS!!!!

Although I think they maybe overdid John Malkovich's character being the 'villain'.

[John Arne]

It was pretty good. Goes quite a way to explaining what happened too rather than just EXPLOSHUNS!!!!

Although I think they maybe overdid John Malkovich's character being the 'villain'.

Interesting... I thought it was the opposite.... was too many explosions and not enough technical boring stuff to explain what actually happened.

[Smiffy]

.....

[Yevrah]

Army of One is a story about that nutter in America who went to Pakistan to find Bin Laden. It's also not very good, albeit I did enjoy Russell Brand's turn as God.

[Yevrah]

I found Sully to be really enjoyable and about as good as it could have been given the limited source material. Quite impressive that Eastwood could even get close to making a movie out of it, let alone come up with what what he did.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

I found Sully to be really enjoyable and about as good as it could have been given the limited source material. Quite impressive that Eastwood could even get close to making a movie out of it, let alone come up with what what he did.

It's a shame that the whole 'out to get them' theme isn't exactly accurate. Taints it a bit for me although granted they needed some sort of drama in the film.

[Giggles]

Any sign of Rogue One on Kodi yet? First few on the list last time I checked were cams.

[Yevrah]

It's a shame that the whole 'out to get them' theme isn't exactly accurate. Taints it a bit for me although granted they needed some sort of drama in the film.

I'd heard too that it was exaggerated and dramatic license taken, but it never felt too extreme for me (I suspect these investigations are very thorough) and it made for a brilliant final scene.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Captain Fantastic is so bloody good, I absolutely loved it.

Viggo needs to stop getting his cock out though, mate we've seen it enough now.

[Boydy]

I just want to be part of that family.

[Yevrah]

Mr Church is boring Oscar bait, that not even a redemption-seeking Eddie Murphy (starring in the 'magical negro' role) can save.

[John Arne]

Just seen Arrival. Slightly underwhelmed, but good nonetheless.
I thought the score was really off - they really needed someone Zimmerman, but I guess with him doing Interstellar, it would have been a bit awkward.

One question though...

Do the flashbacks (flash forwards) all show the same future? In one of them, it's clear Renner is out of the picture (8 yr old girl having drawn pictures, and Adams says something like "you can be sad about daddy leaving"). But then during another flash forward when the girl is about 15 and asking for the scientific term for compromise, Adams asks her to "ask your dad" and sends her upstairs, suggesting the relationship still exists....


Also, it annoyed me when the Colonel asked..

"You can translate Farsi without meeting the people, why can't you translate this"
Really... you really asking that fucking question??

[Baz]

I watched The Girl On The Train which was depressing but okay. The one who plays Megan is weirdly super hot. Apparently it's a very good representation of the book.

[Spammer]

The Sixth Sense - A bit good. Never seen it before but knew the twist, still top bombing though.

[Magic]

I just want to be part of that family.

You're physically pathetic, though.

[Boydy]

Yeah but if I was part of that family I wouldn't be.

[Magic]

You'd have probably died shortly after birth.

[John]

I watched The Girl On The Train which was depressing but okay. The one who plays Megan is weirdly super hot. Apparently it's a very good representation of the book.

She's one of those odd cases of an actress who comes out of nowhere and is suddenly in everything, having seemingly made about eight films at once.

[wullie]

I don't think I've had vodka since watching that film, Emily Blunt's performance put me right off the booze.

[Adamski]

Anyone seen Nocturnal Animals?

I thought it was fantastic, a really clever story and the look of it is stunning. Really polished

Who knew Tom Ford could direct as well as that.

The score is good too, very Hitchock era.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

I just saw the trailer tonight, it does look good.

[leedsrevolution]

Holy fuck a monster calls. Half the audience crying. I'm an emotional wreck.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

It looks like Groot though.

[leedsrevolution]

He's more tree beard.

[CJay]

I really enjoyed Silence. Took a while to get used to Spider-Man playing a priest, but after I got past that I thought Garfield was brilliant. The acting was very powerful throughout.

Didn't even feel overly long.

[Baz]

Just watched The Wolf Of Wall Street for the second time. Still awesome.

Jonah Hill makes it.

[leedsrevolution]

I thought silence was alright. Garfield is brilliant in it but I did get a bit bored at some points. A solid 7/10 but nothing groundbreaking.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Hunt for the Wilderpeople is excellent.

Neil and Dennison work really well together.

[Dark Soldier]

Two more screeners leaked, I'll let you all discover which ones ;)

[Yevrah]

Can you just tell us? And how are you getting them if ptp isn't allowing them?

[Dark Soldier]

Patriot's Day, Hidden Figures, and I Daniel Blake.

By having other sites, Yev ;) They're also up publicly on ExtraTorrents. Get on IPT if you can.

[Mazuuurk]

She's one of those odd cases of an actress who comes out of nowhere and is suddenly in everything, having seemingly made about eight films at once.

That also seems to randomly happen in the sense that a known but mediocre actor or actress all of a sudden turns out super-talented (like not making a one-off good film like many comedians tend to do, but proper turn badass at acting), like Matthew McConaughey.

[Yevrah]

I hadn't even heard of Patriot's Day, but it really should be brilliant.

[Mazuuurk]

The Nice Guys was.... weird. But quite good. It was kinda funny, but also kinda not so funny. Like you kind of sat the chuckling a bit but couldn't figure out if the film was making a joke or not. Worth the watch though.

[randomlegend]

Holy fuck a monster calls. Half the audience crying. I'm an emotional wreck.

Yeah, saw this last night with the girlfriend. It's a brilliant film IMO, but christ it gives you a beating.

[Dark Soldier]

I hadn't even heard of Patriot's Day, but it really should be brilliant.

Gonna get on it in a second, I'm expecting the full Murica treatment.

[Baz]

Patriot's Day, Hidden Figures, and I Daniel Blake.Second two sound turd but I'll watch the Boston bomb one. Thanks for the heads up.

[Dark Soldier]

Second two sound turd but I'll watch the Boston bomb one. Thanks for the heads up.

Daniel Blake won Cannes and is pretty much the most important British film for years.

[Bernanke]

Second two sound turd but I'll watch the Boston bomb one. Thanks for the heads up.

Wait, you think those two sound like turds but Patriot's Day doesn't...?

[Dark Soldier]

Patriot's Day - Actually not that bad. It looks at the FBI/police angle, but also follows a few of the runners or people at the marathon. Its primarily about the aftermath, with the bombing basically happening within the first 40 minutes. It does go all MURICA at the end and slaps on the sentimentality (fantastic bit of HAVE FEELINGS HERE during a Wahlberg monologue) but its a solid film.

Hidden Figures - What could be a very interesting story gets too caught up in the saccharine, alongside the politics of the 60s. Plays a lot towards the Oscar nods with its constant portrayal of racism (albeit slight racism) and how these intelligent, bright women were kept down, but the actual story of what they did at NASA and the change it brought is fascinating. Essentially a lazy Sunday afternoon movie. Solid performances by the three leads.

[Sam]

I'm hardly internet savvy these days, got a link to pm or such DS?

[Dark Soldier]

Am only on invite sites mate so I'm nae help really with the public side of things.

[Baz]

Wait, you think those two sound like turds but Patriot's Day doesn't...?Oh no it sounds like utter toss, but I'll watch it for Marky Mark.

[Baz]

Just watched Patriots Day. It should probably have been called Boston Strong, but other than that it was fairly enjoyable. Was surprised to see a rapper called Token pop up, albeit for about nine seconds. I'm going watching him next month.

[Dark Soldier]

La La Land is out.

[Dark Soldier]

Arrival too. Expect itunes/br within the month though, prob two weeks.

Expect others 'shortly'.

[John Arne]

All of the above are now on Piratebay, too, if anyone needs them.

[Dark Soldier]

All of the above are now on Piratebay, too, if anyone needs them.

Ya wanna use RarBG if you want them as soon as they leak btw.

[Magic]

Looking for a most entertaining gangster film to watch now. Suggestions please.

[Dark Soldier]

Two films today. Both I found to pretty much be masterpieces, Arrival and Moonlight.

[Dark Soldier]

Looking for a most entertaining gangster film to watch now. Suggestions please.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0861739/

[Magic]

Is that the 'sequel' to Cidade de Deus?