Film Thread

[Giggles]

If only other cunts had the same commitment we wouldn't be where we are.

Btw, couldn't Harold just use a VPN?

Could Harold spell VPN?

[SvN]

What purpose would that serve?

[Pepe]

Seems like he was caught due to his IP. Wouldn't a VPN avoid that? Don't know much about how these things work.

[SvN]

He was caught because he can't help but post like the dickhead that he is.

[Disco]

Rumbled after about two posts, before the ip thing had been posted.

[Magic]

SvN can you give me access to the mod lounge again please? Ta.

[Giggles]

Yeah me too if all us mongs are having a charity go at it.



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[Yevrah]

Listening to Gillian Anderson on Kermode bore on and on it strikes me that ACTORS have now surpassed the insufferable levels of gobbing off about anything that IN BUSINESS wankers reached a couple of years ago.

[Dark Soldier]

Yeah they can all go die in a fire.

[John]

They've long been the most insufferable people in the world when asked to talk about anything other than acting, and even then you'll occasionally get the sort of self absorbed wanker who talks as though acting is the world's most brave, noble, and important profession.

It gets particularly lol when you hear someone like Joseph Gordon Levitt saying he didn't know who Edward Snowden was when he was approached to play him and you're reminded that for the most part these people live in complete isolation from the rest of the world.

[Lewis]

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/mar/02/riz-ahmed-warns-lack-of-diversity-on-tv-will-drive-young-to-isis

:humb:

[Spammer]

I don't think them having an opinion is a problem, but the fact that they're given s pedestal from which to voice it.

Why are The Guardian reporting what he thinks?

[Baz]

It gets particularly lol when you hear someone like Joseph Gordon Levitt saying he didn't know who Edward Snowden was when he was approached to play him and you're reminded that for the most part these people live in complete isolation from the rest of the world.Lots of people don't know who he is. I wish I didn't, I only do because of that snoozefest Citizen4 "documentary" (read: grown man filming himself in a hotel room) TTH convinced me to record.

Maybe without TTH I'd "live in complete isolation."


https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/mar/02/riz-ahmed-warns-lack-of-diversity-on-tv-will-drive-young-to-isis

:humb:

If I could understand the speaking in ISIS videos I'd probably wanna join.

[Mazuuurk]

They've long been the most insufferable people in the world when asked to talk about anything other than acting, and even then you'll occasionally get the sort of self absorbed wanker who talks as though acting is the world's most brave, noble, and important profession.

It gets particularly lol when you hear someone like Joseph Gordon Levitt saying he didn't know who Edward Snowden was when he was approached to play him and you're reminded that for the most part these people live in complete isolation from the rest of the world.

I think basically to have any kind of shot at making it as an actor, you need to have some pretty strong traits of narcissism really. So it's not so surprising so many of them end up such wankers and have such problems finding meaning in their lives that they have to join a cult.

[randomlegend]

Logan was not what I expected.

Was pretty great.

[CJay]

Question: why are there so few great films set in medieval times / middle ages / about the crusades? Or, any recent ones at least - I don't want to watch Charlton Heston films. It seems like there are so many great stories to tell, yet apart from Braveheart and Gladiator it seems to be slim pickings.

Inspired by watching Apocalypto the other night. Great film.

[Foe]

finding dory was pretty great.

[CJay]

Not really what I was looking for, Foe...

[Lewis]

Because the Middle Ages (fucking Gladiator) are boring, and you couldn't make a decent Crusades film without pissing at least one large market off.

[Pepe]

Gladiator isn't set in the Middle Ages. :dc:

[Foe]

Try durango kids. It'll be right up there in what you're looking for. Great film about the Middle Ages (8-12).

[CJay]

Because the Middle Ages (fucking Gladiator) are boring, and you couldn't make a decent Crusades film without pissing at least one large market off.

Disagree - plenty of great stories to be told. Any number of conquest stories, individual battles, age of exploration, etc.

Did Kingdom of Heaven piss people off?

edit: include the Dark Ages too, then. Plenty of cool stuff happened then, as well.

[Disco]

http://i.imgur.com/6UExxSE.png

[Pepe]

http://i.f1g.fr/media/figaro/805x453_crop/2016/04/05/XVMd0849106-f5b3-11e5-abfb-02174601ffa0.jpg

[Boydy]

http://nerdist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Holy-Grail-re-release-080415.jpg

[Adamski]

http://i66.tinypic.com/2m845lf.jpg

[Jimmy Floyd]

A sympathetic Drake biopic would be good for making certain nationalities cry. Get it made.

Shakespeare covered the Middle Ages about as well as it's ever going to be done.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/9a/b0/eb/9ab0ebcedb8912e00f1d75848528c9b9.jpg

[CJay]

The problem with all those films is they're ancient. It's like if space films were all pre-90s. Give me something epic with great production values and a great cast, dammit!

[Pepe]

Mine is from '93.

[Limoutsonik]

Saw Logan.A single tear was shed.What a stunner of a movie.

[CJay]

That's 24 years ago. I'm generalising, ffs. :moop:

[Disco]

What's to produce? Muddy battles, couple of castles, and a doublet or two. I think filmmakers have had them down for a while.

[Boydy]

CGI.

caps

[Disco]

Gotta make all those dragons and space battles look good.

[Lewis]

Disagree - plenty of great stories to be told. Any number of conquest stories, individual battles, age of exploration, etc.

Did Kingdom of Heaven piss people off?

edit: include the Dark Ages too, then. Plenty of cool stuff happened then, as well.

Like what? And Kingdom of Heaven avoided controversy by just BOTTLING IT, which is why (along with Orlando Bloom) it ended up being lame.

[CJay]

Like what? And Kingdom of Heaven avoided controversy by just BOTTLING IT, which is why (along with Orlando Bloom) it ended up being lame.

Joan of Arc, Hastings, Spanish Armada, Atilla the Hun, Hannibal, Columbus, Pizarro. Endless possibilities.

[Boydy]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Messenger:_The_Story_of_Joan_of_Arc

Apparently it's shit though.

[CJay]

Yeah. I was looking through lists earlier sure that there were some great ones from the 90s that I'd never watched or heard of, but apparently they're pretty dire right across the board.

[Lewis]

Joan of Arc, Hastings, Spanish Armada, Atilla the Hun, Hannibal, Columbus, Pizarro. Endless possibilities.

There are interesting aspects of those events/people, but how does a Spanish Armada film work? The hero would be the wind. There is a Christopher Columbus (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1492:_Conquest_of_Paradise) film, made by Ridley Scott no less, but there is nothing particularly film-worthy about any of it. He sails over there, he builds a church, and then some crap intrigue happens. Brilliant, mate (belting soundtrack though).

[CJay]

Considering the individual characters that modern war films are written about these days, and then placed in their larger context, I reckon most of those events could have the same done to them.

Didn't know about that Ridley Scott film. Will check it out.

[Jimmy Floyd]

There are several Joan of Arc films, most of them French, but I think I've seen an English language one as well.

Most of those would be better as historical novels or something. There's very little you can do on film. Modern war films work because we are all familiar with the wider context. Most people don't know what the Crusades were. It's hard to do exposition of the grand sweep of history on film.

[Dark Soldier]

Valhalla Rising touches on the Crusades, but its very minimalist and arthouse so for the majority it bores them to tears. Like the majority of Refn's work.

[Henry]

Kingdom of Heaven is good, particularly the Directors Cut. Even if it does take a lot of liberties with actual history.

Also, I watched Southpaw with Jake Gyllenhaal. He's good. The story is not, being a big bundle of cliche's.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Went to see Logan in 2D IMax today and it was genuinely brilliant.

Deadpool opened this up to be 15 which is great because it could be exactly what it needed to be and not watered down.

I'm a sucker for Doctor Strange so that's at the top of my rankings but Logan slots in firmly behind it as best Comic Book film.

Many tears were shed on my end.

It was also my first IMax outing and I loved it, there's something special about an extra big screen and audio so loud that you feel the vibrations clearly.

[Limoutsonik]

Yeah i think it surpassed Winter Soldier for me as far as best comic book movie ever is concerned.X-24 was the most terrifying thing i have ever seen in this kind of movies.Absolutely visceral and violent.If only something like that was shown in previous movies.

[Magic]

Weird how there's that subtle sexual element to that review from Mahow.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Yeah i think it surpassed Winter Soldier for me as far as best comic book movie ever is concerned.X-24 was the most terrifying thing i have ever seen in this kind of movies.Absolutely visceral and violent.If only something like that was shown in previous movies.

They wanted to put him in before I believe but comic book films HAD to be 12.

Deadpool opened that door (it took a long time) and now they could run with it.

They so many elements of the film absolutely spot on.

[Limoutsonik]

The fact that the clone didn't even speak was spot on.Show up,fuck shit up,leave.He was a bit OP(overpowered)if you ask me but then again he is supposed to be a clone of Logan on his prime.All in all,if i had gotten that facet of Wolverine in any previous movies i would have wanked myself to death.This is how he supposed to be if you read comics.

[Dark Soldier]

Oh God the comic book wankers are running rampant :sick: :sick: :gay:

[Pleb]

Logan:

I thought X24 was Sabre Tooth at first...:baz:

[John]

Lots of people don't know who he is. I wish I didn't, I only do because of that snoozefest Citizen4 "documentary" (read: grown man filming himself in a hotel room) TTH convinced me to record.

Maybe without TTH I'd "live in complete isolation."

If you genuinely had no idea who Snowden was before there were films being made about him then you are uninformed to the point of stupidity.

These CJ requests are a bit Harold. NO BLACK AND WHITE.

[Limoutsonik]

Logan:

I thought X24 was Sabre Tooth at first...:baz:

Iread somewhere that his facial appearance was deliberate in order to resemble Sabertooth.

[Dark Soldier]

I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore

Off kilter odd little film with solid performances by Lynskey and Wood with some solid dark comedic moments and a rather batshit ending. Solid 7 outta 10

[Baz]

If you genuinely had no idea who Snowden was before there were films being made about him then you are uninformed to the point of stupidityI really disagree. It's all down to what your interests are. Do you know who AJ Tracey is?

[Pleb]

Iread somewhere that his facial appearance was deliberate in order to resemble Sabertooth.
Fair enough.

[Dark Soldier]

I really disagree. It's all down to what your interests are. Do you know who AJ Tracey is?

I know both Snowden and AJ Tracey, what do I win?

[Pleb]

Cookies.

[Dark Soldier]

Fucking yes :drool:

[John]

I really disagree. It's all down to what your interests are. Do you know who AJ Tracey is?

I think I do, but it's a facile comparison. Point me towards the two month period in which AJ Tracey was the first story on every news report and the subsequent three years in which he's consistently been named among the world's most influential people and we can talk.

Having an in depth knowledge of what he leaked, what the ramifications were, where he is now, etc. is down to your interests. But to straight up not know the name is just being laughably uninformed.

[Dquincy]

Why can't you two be friends? :( For the sake of the children!

[Magic]

AJ Tracey? WTF. :D

Also Hacksaw Ridge was really good, if not Americanised bollocks.

[Shindig]

I had no idea who AJ Tracey was. I was legitimately expecting a porn actress from Baz. I might rewatch Senna over the weekend.

[Magic]

I'm going to use that every time someone lols at me for it knowing a person.

[Manc]

La La Land was pretty special.

[Boydy]

OJ: Made in America is fantastic. I've watched it over the last few days and it's bloody good. I didn't know much about it all before going in other than he probably did do it and got off with it. I wasn't even entirely sure what sport he had played. Even if you do know the story though, the way it interweaves it all with what was going on at the time in racial politics in American and specifically LA is brilliant.

[John]

You should watch the series they made about it with Cuba Gooding Jr. There's a John Travolta performance that's a bit of a wall to climb but it oddly acts as an excellent companion piece to the doc. They focus on different elements of the story.

[Lewis]

I had no idea who AJ Tracey was. I was legitimately expecting a porn actress from Baz. I might rewatch Senna over the weekend.

I thought maybe there was a half-caste Thunderbird they never acknowledged.

[Boydy]

You should watch the series they made about it with Cuba Gooding Jr. There's a John Travolta performance that's a bit of a wall to climb but it oddly acts as an excellent companion piece to the doc. They focus on different elements of the story.

Yeah, I might watch that now. My mate said David Schwimmer kinda ruined it though.

[Adamski]

I didn't enjoy the Cuba Gooding show at all. Will give this a bash though.

[Kikó]

OJ: Made in America is fantastic. I've watched it over the last few days and it's bloody good. I didn't know much about it all before going in other than he probably did do it and got off with it. I wasn't even entirely sure what sport he had played. Even if you do know the story though, the way it interweaves it all with what was going on at the time in racial politics in American and specifically LA is brilliant.

I just finished it as well. Really is an excellent documentary.

[Foe]

Opted for Serpico tonight after flicking through films available on Netflix and previous best picture nominees I've not seen. Turns out I've seen the vast majority since circa 2000.

Once you get back to about the mid 90s theres a real shower of shite nominated. How the english patient won I have no idea.

[Shindig]

I just confused it with The Piano so it's a mystery to me as well.

[Kikó]

The English patient is a great film.

[Raoul Duke]

Watched Kingsman earlier. It's fairly enjoyable but absolutely all over the shop. Not really sure who the target audience is (it kinda wants to be Deadpool, Taken and Austin Powers at the same time.

[John Arne]

Watched Kingsman earlier. It's fairly enjoyable but absolutely all over the shop. Not really sure who the target audience is (it kinda wants to be Deadpool, Taken and Austin Powers at the same time.

Whilst I largely agree - wasn't it released 2 or 3 years before Deadpool?

[Yevrah]

Kingsman's better than Deadpool.

[Magic]

Is it cool to really hate Deadpool yet?

[Lewis]

We're just too old for Deadpool. It would have been hilarious when you were fourteen.

[Magic]

Nah it's for man babies like Mahow.

It was a nice film, but certainly not a fucking 8+ as it is on IMDB.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Deadpool :drool:

[Foe]

Apollo 13 was a great way to spend a Sunday evening.

[Lewis]

Logan isn't as good as the nerds are making out, and the premise is pretty stupid, so I'm guessing people are just getting excited about the violence.

[Magic]

Has any cunt seen John Wick 2 yet?

[Disco]

Plenty of people I'd imagine.

[Giggles]

What was John Wick 1?

[Adamski]

John Wick 1.

[Giggles]

I preferred John Wick 2.

[Adamski]

Both look utter shite.

[Magic]

Who the fuck is John Wick?

[Giggles]

Are those my feet?

[Disco]

The first is ok, it's basically a cross between Bourne and an 80's action movie. Like Commando but with a dog.

[Giggles]

The first is ok, it's basically a cross between Bourne and an 80's action movie. Like Commando but with a dog.

Now that actually has me intrigued.

[Disco]

It's pretty silly but Keanu Reeves wears a suit and shoots hundreds of men, it serves a purpose.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I've been banned from ..., ffs.

Waiting for the reason why in their IRC :(

[Dark Soldier]

You'll be waiting a while. Could be a VPN issue, seedbox issue, proxy issue, client issue, being caught asking for invites or offering them anywhere. Anything, really. The latter is why I got done but was allowed back due to my userclass, entire tree got banned.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I know, already 25 minutes.

I have no idea why I might have been banned. No H&Rs, good ratio, client on whitelist etc.

[Henry]

X-Men Apocalypse is mediocre. That stuff is tired now. Hope Logan is better.

[Spoonsky]

I watched the new King Kong movie in 3D, dubbed into Italian, and by myself in a massive theater. Not sure what I wouldn't be thought in normal circumstances but I quite enjoyed it, one of the better trash films I've seen. The 3D was also brilliant, I don't know if it's gotten better in the couple years since I last went or if was just for this movie.

[Dark Soldier]

Rogue.One.2016.720p.BluRay.x264-SPARKS

[CJay]

Anyone seen Get Out yet? It's really good. Superbly creepy.

[Dark Soldier]

Desperate to see it, would nip to the cinema but skint due to recent purchases sadly.

[John]

I got a vague Sightseers vibe from the trailer, but I think that's at least in part because I know it's created by a comedian and started life as a comedic idea.

[Shindig]

I feel like I've seen it all via the four or five trailers they've put out for it.

[Baz]

I watched Passengers last night. Never thought it before but Jennifer Lawrence looked really hot in some parts.

Film was okay, but it could have been a bit longer rather than leave it all up to the imagination. Decent premise though. I'd love for that to happen to me!

[CJay]

I feel like I've seen it all via the four or five trailers they've put out for it.

The trailer mainly just gives away most of the jump scares.

The whole plot is really well put together. My friend said the twist was predictable, but even if it is it doesn't harm the overall quality of the film.

[Foe]

Ray was a bit of a let down. Should've watched Mesrine instead, but oh well. Mesrine can wait until tomorrow.

[John]

Rogue One is good fun.

I didn't expect them to have the bottle to kill literally every new character, but I suppose logically those fucking heroes would have been part of the next step if they'd survived so it's really the only thing they could do.

Darth Vader clearing that corridor was the best part of the film by a million miles. In the original film he was basically a cracking character design that we were told was the biggest bastard in the universe, but he doesn't actually do a great deal to justify that reputation. It's all other people talking about what a cunt he is, and the scene establishing his fighting credentials, as I remember it, is him killing an old man who we're also only told is a top fighter. This film retroactively makes him a much better villain. Imagine if that had been his entry into the first film.

There were a few too many winks and nods for my liking, but they were all thrown in casually enough that it never became a big problem.

[Henry]

^^^Spot on with all of that.

Apparently the ending was originally going to be different, with some characters surviving and with no Vader rampage.

[Foe]

Vanilla Sky was total shit.

Tom Cruise just isn't very good, is he?

[leedsrevolution]

Get out is fucking bonkers.

[Dark Soldier]

Vanilla Sky was total shit.

Tom Cruise just isn't very good, is he?

Vanilla Sky is a quality film. You're a disgrace, Foe.

[Baz]

Speaking of utter shit, I watched Arrival last night. :sick:

[Henry]

Speaking of utter shit, I watched Arrival last night. :sick:

I'm taking it that you're the subject of that sentence rather than the movie you watched, which is very good.

[wullie]

Zing

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

:D

[Foe]

Mesrine was a little bit different to what I was expecting. Man was a complete nutter.

[Adamski]

Choices for tonight are Arrival, Ex Machina or The Martian.

Come at me.

[CJay]

The Martian.

[Baz]

I've heard Arrival is very good.

[Dark Soldier]

Arrival is the best of the three.

[John]

All three of those are brilliant. The Martian is the lightest of the three, while the other two are about equally heavy going.

[Adamski]

I'm gonna go Arrival, cheers.

[Foe]

enjoyed water for elephants more than I should have.

Nice little film.

[John]

Kubo and the Two Strings is probably the weakest of the Laika animations I've seen, but it's still very good. Whoever let Regina Spektor do a cover of 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps' can fuck right off though, and so can the film for alerting me to it.

[Dark Soldier]

I enjoyed Split. Its fucking ridiculous but McAvoy does a fantastic job.

[Boydy]

Recommend me something deep, Dark Soldier.

[Giggles]

Recommend me something deep, Dark Soldier.

His cock.

[leedsrevolution]

Recommend me something deep, Dark Soldier.

Just watch PI or some shit. If you haven't seen it.

[Dark Soldier]

His cock.

Well then.

[Dark Soldier]

Recommend me something deep, Dark Soldier.

Perfect Strangers. Its not deep but its a pleasant film.

Land of Mine, Chevalier and Hard to Be A God, the latter especially if you're feeling masochistic.

[Boydy]

I was looking at Land of Mine and Chevalier earlier when I was browsing through Kodi. Thought they sounded interesting.

Having looked up Hard to be a God, I remember reading about that a while ago. Probably a bit much for tonight though.

I'll give Perfect Strangers a go sometime too but I think I'll watch Chevalier now.

Cheers.

[Dark Soldier]

Hope you enjoy mate.

[Adamski]

I liked Arrival, wouldn't say I absolutely loved it though.

Too many films recently seem to fire right into the crux of the plot without really introducing the characters or setting the scene. I didn't really feel like I cared for anyone in the film so was less invested in it.

[Dark Soldier]

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

It looks so bad.

[Bernanke]

Fucking hell. :D

[Boydy]

Kodi didn't have English subs for Chevalier. :(

[Lewis]

'Where are they?'
'Arthur Curry, the Aqua...''
'You know who I mean.'

[Dark Soldier]

Kodi didn't have English subs for Chevalier. :(

Damn every release out has them. They prob upped the mkv with them built in but no option to turn 'em on.

[Giggles]

If it has subtitles in the first place then you're probably not missing out.

[Dark Soldier]

Oh you.

[John]

'We must be ready. You, me, the others.' is such a good line. It reminds me of Jamie Redknapp's 'He's great off both feet. Left, right.'

The CGI in that somehow looks worse than that in BvS, even though it basically looks like the same film.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I was hoping that they'd manage to sort their shit out for the Justice League film.

Based on that I was very wrong.

[Reg]

'We must be ready. You, me, the others.' is such a good line. It reminds me of Jamie Redknapp's 'He's great off both feet. Left, right.'
:D

It must be such an easy job to appear in one of these type of movies.

[Foe]

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was absolutely fantastic.

Obviously the Danish version, not the hollywood version. Really annoyed at myself I've had it for probably 2-3 years and not bothered to stick it on.

Reminded me a lot of Festen.

[Henry]

Logan was decent but not as good as everyone has been building it up as.

[Mazuuurk]

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was absolutely fantastic.

Obviously the Danish version, not the hollywood version. Really annoyed at myself I've had it for probably 2-3 years and not bothered to stick it on.

Reminded me a lot of Festen.

You fucking wot mate

[SvN]

Seething. It's Swedish, Foe.

I thought the Hollywood version was better.

[Mazuuurk]

Fucking indeed seething

[Magic]

Danish. :D

[Adamski]

Same thing.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

Anyone seen A Bridge Too Far?

[Foe]

The people vs Larry Flint was absolutely mental. What a man.

[Magic]

Arrival. :D

Fucking Tree of Life levels of shit.

[Magic]

I'm taking it that you're the subject of that sentence rather than the movie you watched, which is very good.

Ahaha I was going to say I bet Henn0rz loved it as well. :harold:

[Magic]

Kubo and the Two Strings is probably the weakest of the Laika animations I've seen, but it's still very good. Whoever let Regina Spektor do a cover of 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps' can fuck right off though, and so can the film for alerting me to it.

I thought it was outstanding. What's the best one then?

[Lewis]

Anyone seen A Bridge Too Far?

Surely everybody (here at least). It would be like not having seen Zulu.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

Well is it a jolly good watch?

[Lewis]

Yes.

[Giggles]

Rogue One is a bit boring.

[Foe]

The girl who played with fire was a lot more far fetched than the first. Seemed a bit disjointed, if entertaining.

Her being able to effectively rise from being buried alive was a bit odd.

[Giggles]

Watching Return of the Jedi now as it's on Sky1. Is it a thing with all these that you have to keep turning them up to hear the talking bits but then the action is massively too loud. Between it and Rogue One earlier I can not find a happy medium at all but I never remember them being as bad.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

All films are shit like that I find.

It's seriously fucking annoying.

[Reg]

I watched Whiplash recently. I just stumbled upon it on Netflix and hadn't heard anything about it going in. Pretty great, to put it simply. J.K. Simmons is terrific in it.

I don't think I'm particularly one for this sort of thing usually, but the use of lighting was brilliant.

For anyone tempted to watch it, I'd avoid reading a plot overview or reviews etc beforehand.

[Foe]

Finally got round to watching Deepwater Horizon.

Pretty terrifying seeing what can go wrong in the industry you work in. Particularly one which is pretty close to home. Some of it is absolute nonsense, but it wasn't as bad as I'd thought it'd be in terms of slander.

It's got absolutely nothing on 'spiral to disaster' though, then again Piper Alpha was about about 15 times worse in terms of fatalities.

[Magic]

At least you couldn't lose any hair in the fire.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I'm watching a Jimi Hendrix biopic on BBC. It's OK, had its moments, although rather hamstrung by seemingly not having any Hendrix music in it, but the weirdest thing is that Andre 3000 plays Hendrix and doesn't look anything like him. So for five minutes I was just lolling at Andre 3000 camping his way around early Hendrix. But then I forgot about it, and now at the end I am totally buying it. So it could just be that Andre 3000 is the great lost screen talent of our generation.

[Lewis]

He looks quite like him, bearing in mind what an ugly cunt Jimi Hendrix was, so he just had to get the mumbling down.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

Gene Hackman's accent in A Bridge Too Far is something else.

[Foe]

Watched the ides of March yesterday too. I'm sure it'd read somewhere it was really boring (it wasn't) but it was definitely a bit pointless.

Think that was made in the era where Ryan gosling was in about 40% of all films.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Went to see Kong: Skull Island today, it's what you expect from something like that in this day and age.

Trying to create a great storyline but failing, chucking loads of 'star names' into the pot hoping something nice will come about and being far too long.

They got the explosions on the money, had a great soundtrack and it looks brilliant though. Enjoyable fare all told.

[Adamski]

Anyone seen Free Fire yet?

Was not what I was expecting at all, absolutely loved it. Really funny.

[John]

I thought it was outstanding. What's the best one then?

Coraline is miles better than it, and Paranorman is a more coherent piece with one truly outstanding set piece to raise it up. It's very good, just not as good as what Laika have been doing previously. Think A Bug's Life.


I watched Whiplash recently. I just stumbled upon it on Netflix and hadn't heard anything about it going in. Pretty great, to put it simply. J.K. Simmons is terrific in it.

I don't think I'm particularly one for this sort of thing usually, but the use of lighting was brilliant.

For anyone tempted to watch it, I'd avoid reading a plot overview or reviews etc beforehand.

Whiplash won about five Oscars and was the subject of a fairly lengthy discussion on the old board. How have you never heard anything about it?


Anyone seen Free Fire yet?

Was not what I was expecting at all, absolutely loved it. Really funny.

Going to see it on Thursday. I expect huge fun.

[Reg]

Whiplash won about five Oscars and was the subject of a fairly lengthy discussion on the old board. How have you never heard anything about it?
I'm not a massive follower of films, although I really enjoy them. I couldn't name many Oscar winners. And I didn't read every page on the old board...

What did you think of it?

[John]

It was excellent. I could do without Simmons' behaviour behing tacitly justified and the classroom scenes in the early going made the 'merit' system that apparently applies feel a bit too arbitrary, but in general it was very good.

[The Merse]

Cant agree more Whiplashes failings but overall it is excellent. Despite the ending rankling a tiny bit, the intensity and pacing of the preceding hour and a half or whatever it is was breathlessly good - and I use that superlative very deliberately. I came out of the cinema quite exhausted.

[Foe]

the tree of life was garbage.

So garbage I had forgotten I'd watched it. Fuck sake. This is why I recognise bits of it.

[Dark Soldier]

Kong: Skull Island was absolute nonsense which went well with a few beers. Enjoyed it.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Watched Blackfish today.

It's not a TOP TIER documentary but it is damn good.

I always knew that Seaworld were a bit dodgy but they come out as proper villainous bastards.

#Freetheorcas.

[Adamski]

Doctor Strange. Utter utter shit. Losing faith with comic book films massively, just the same old stuff repackaged very shoddily.

[John]

I thought Doctor Strange was a real attempt to do something different with comic book fare, but the Marvel rhythms are so well established that the films seem to sneak back into them even when it makes no sense for them to do so. I agree that it was bilge.

If you're after some genuinely different comic book stuff get on Legion, the TV series.

[Magic]

Anyone seen Get Out yet? It's really good. Superbly creepy.

Going to see it tonight. It was either that or Table 19.

[Magic]

Get Out was one of the most enjoyable films I've seen in a while. I thought the main guy was superb and every character played their role wonderfully. It was fairly obvious and predictable from an outsiders point of view but the film kind of drew you in to see it as if you were Chris. Customary 'they couldn't have made it if it was the other way around!'.

And lol at Fast and Furious 8. The trailer just looked lol.

"Hang on, hang on. What if we get a submarine to come up through the ice and fire a torpedo at the good guys. Let's have The Rock jump out of the jeep as it's driving alongside the torpedo which hasn't exploded yet, and get him to kick it back to the bad guys! Fuck yeah, sounds great!"

That for every scene basically.

[Spammer]

I haven't seen Fast and Furious since I saw the first one in the cinema, which was about fast cars and women shaking their bootays. Why the fuck is a submarine involved in all this? Are the films still like your average Nelly video or has it just changed massively?

[phonics]

Yeah they became action movies after 5. They're fantastic.

[Dark Soldier]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zB4I68XVPzQ

[Giggles]

Bit meh, but very early days I suppose. The poster is class though.

[Mike]

I haven't seen Fast and Furious since I saw the first one in the cinema, which was about fast cars and women shaking their bootays. Why the fuck is a submarine involved in all this? Are the films still like your average Nelly video or has it just changed massively?

They became brilliant action films. Once The Rock got involved things picked up big time.

[Giggles]

Can't wait until it's out myself. They're just brilliant preposterous mindless action films, with tidy birds and cars for the bonus.

[Adamski]

It's out today but been in cinemas since Wednesday.

[Giggles]

Out for me, which means a good stream. There's not a film that has ever been made, or will ever be made, that would drag me to a cinema.

[Adamski]

Well that's nice isn't it.

[Giggles]

It's absolutely fantastic.

[Magic]

Adam is obviously going through a tough time at the moment.

[Adamski]

If I hated the cinema would that change?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Have you ever been to a cinema, Giggs?

[Giggles]

Have you ever been to a cinema, Giggs?

Couple of times, though the last time I recall it was a very small place. People just have zero manners in these places any more which makes it a pisser of an experience. Bit like restaurants, I don't want to watch a film with a bunch of strangers the same as I don't want to eat a meal with them either.

[Jimmy Floyd]

This year I'll celebrate 10 years of absence from the cinema. It means I watch films when they come on the telly two years later, but what of it.

[Adamski]

I rarely go now but quite like it. Ideal if it's really quiet but shite when busy so agree on that.

[Dark Soldier]

I like going at mid-day, midweek. Barely anyone in, quiet as fuck, perfect. Only go a couple of times a year though unless I'm seeing some lass which means peak time, crammed, full of dickheads.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Yep, mid-day during the week is the best.

Although I had some prick in a row or two in front me turn on his phone throughout a certain scene in The Force Awakens. I should have lamped him but I was too busy quietly seething instead.

I love going to the Bond crew screening though, they confiscate all phones so there's absolutely no chance of some prick ruining the film.

[Magic]

I'm sure he would have been terrified if you'd lamped him.

[Foe]

the hunt for the wilder people was great. Just, really great.

[Magic]

The Fate of the Furious has raced to the top of the box office chart - breaking an international record in the process.
The eighth film in the action thriller franchise took an estimated $532.5m (£424.7m) globally over Easter weekend.
The figure makes it the strongest worldwide debut ever - marginally overtaking the $529m (£421.8m) taken by Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Lol. That trailer must have really sold it...

[Dark Soldier]

Enjoyable nonsense popcorn flick does well at the cinema. No real surprise.

[Boydy]

Someone gimme a good recent comedy film.

[Magic]

Someone gimme a good recent comedy film.

Nice Guys.

[Magic]

Enjoyable nonsense popcorn flick does well at the cinema. No real surprise.

I think you might be under playing it with 'does well'.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

So, I just finished watching the documentary Finders Keepers.

I think it was well shot and followed the right strings but I can't get over the absolutely mental 'Only in America' story, it's just utterly bizarre.

[John]

Logan is decent fun, but I'm not sure how it wound up with a fifteen certificate. Every third word is 'fuck' and there are severed heads all over the place. I suppose the fact there's never even the merest hint of sexual violence helped it out, but still.

[John]

About to stick on the latest Kim Jee-Woon film, The Age of Shadows (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4914580/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_1). Perfect score on RT.

Dark Soldier you seen it?

[Dark Soldier]

Nah but a mate has, said its defo a film, very very stylish but lacked substance for him.

[John]

I didn't think it lacked substance at all, it just doesn't have a great deal of exposition. There's plenty of nuance to think about.

He's right that it's incredibly stylish though.

[Dark Soldier]

Get Out is now out.

[Henry]

I might watch Get Out tonight. I thought the trailer was awful, but obviously it's getting some good reviews.

[SvN]

Hardcoded subs - I think I'll wait a bit.

[John]

Blu Ray/DVD is still a month out. I stop noticing hardcorded subs after about five minutes so I'll be grabbing that.

[Dark Soldier]

Yeah the only time I ever found hardcoded subs an issue was a few years back when some rip had Arabic ones that took up 75% of the screen.

[John]

The subtitles on my copy of Age of Shadows were the most annoying I've encountered in a while, but they were nowhere near as bad as most of the screen being taken up. The film itself has basically no opening credits, so the brainbox who put the subs together added the actor names into the file and had them run over a scene with dialogue. A lot of dialogue. So the lines were constantly bouncing around the bottom of the screen as they were being compressed to allow an actor name to appear, or going from two lines to one as an actor name disappeared.

[SvN]

I've been looking forward to watching it for a while, so I can wait another month. If it's a random film I'll usually just make do, but I want a full 1080p version for films I'm eagerly anticipating.

[Dark Soldier]

Get Out, then.

I don't get the hype. There's a couple of freaky moments early doors, the lead gives a great performance as does Catherine Keener as the girlfriend's mother. The rest I'll spoiler as it touches on the social commentary and other things:

So the social commentary pretty much amounts to middle class people can't handle black people, and ergo they keep them down via transplants and lobotomies. There are other aspects to consider I guess, black people going missins = less fuck from the police etc, but its not deep, its not clever, its not new (bar transferring the keeping them down aspect to horror). That's it. The whole thing goes completely off the rails around halfway through, the 'twists' aren't in the least bit surprising. I mean some of the touches are great, the Jesse Owens bit and such, but I don't know if its a celebration, or a deconstruction of black culture. I don't even think it knows.

If Shyamalan had made this it'd be laughed out the park.

[Henry]

Seen it too. Agree with everything in your post.

[John]

I can't be doing with Caleb Landry Jones, the girlfriend's brother in Get Out, at all.

[Giggles]

Thor was a good bit better than I expected it to be.

[Reg]

Yeah, Thor's one of the best superhero films I've seen. Unexpectedly funny.

[Dquincy]

Watched Man from UNCLE.

Was a bloody enjoyable film.

[Mazuuurk]

http://variety.com/2017/film/news/jeff-goldblum-jurassic-world-sequel-1202395895/

:drool:

Need new underwear.

[Mazuuurk]

Moana was much like any Disney film. A little bit different in the character dynamic and the lack of prince-charming narrative, which was quite refreshing. Also, stunning art style IMO. Quirky, weird singing. Jermaine from Flight of the Concords stole the show.

Generally pretty great Disney film, probably the best to come out for a few years.

[Magic]

Paterson was pretty good. It's nothing special, just following a guy from Monday to Sunday in his every day life. In that sense it's kind of weird because you're always expecting something to happen, or the 'big bang' and a nice ending, but it never does. Just him doin' his thang. Weird. I enjoyed it, but at the same time I was bored.

[Dark Soldier]

The Wailing

Exactly how a horror should be. Slow build up, moments of madness, some solid humour. Fantastic film.

Rings

Fuck off and die Hollywood.

[Henry]

Finally seen Moonlight. Good show, very affecting.

[randomlegend]

The Fate of the Furious is so fucking stupid :D

[John]

The Great Wall is complete and utter nonsense, but it's enjoyable enough while it's there. Matt Damon puts on an incredibly stilted, strange voice that at times sounds like an attempt at a Scottish accent, and at times sounds like Russell Crowe doing Robin Hood.

[Smiffy]

.....

[Ian]

Channel-flicking before I get into my pit and put on Attack the Block, as I remember it being enjoyable fluff.

Fucking John Boyega's in it. That caught me off-guard.

EDIT: And a dude from Legends of Tomorrow.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Boyega and 'Jax'? Damn.

[phonics]

Fast & Furious 8... hmmm. I have so many things to say but I can't quite put my finger on them. For now all I'll say is

that poor Brazilian cop lady. shes pretty much completely innocent throughout the whole series, gets dumped for Michelle Rodriguez, left to raise a child on her own and then gets shot in the head because Dom doesn't want to take a briefcase off a small woman.

Jason Statham was good but I think that's helped by me not seeing anything he's been in since the last one so the charm hasn't worn off.

[Foe]

Ghost was bloody brilliant.

[Magic]

Casino Royale. :drool:

[Bernanke]

https://www.facebook.com/Tribeca/videos/10155341025099758/

The Godfather 45th Anniversary panel with Pacino, DeNiro, Coppola, Caan, Duvall, Shire, Keaton.

[Giggles]

Ghost was bloody brilliant.

The Swayze one?

[Foe]

The Swayze one?

Yep. No idea why it's taken me this long to watch it.

[Giggles]

Yep. No idea why it's taken me this long to watch it.

It's been a long long while but I remember really liking it at the time.

[Yevrah]

Showing my age a bit here, but I watched that in the cinema with my Mum.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

I've been avoiding all Alien: Covenant trailers so far but this prologue one is giving me the horn-


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

[Adamski]

Anyone seen Split?

Was really enjoying it up until The Beast appeared. Just went very unrealistic after that.

[Mazuuurk]

Watched Burnt this weekend. It was very odd. Kind of OK, but just seemed like a very pointless film. Like there wasn't really any plot, just Bradley Cooper faffing around in kitchens being a dick. Felt more like an episode of Chefs Table than a film at times. But also had a bit of an adult version of Ratatouille about it.

Still, for some reason I quite enjoyed it. Possibly because I was quite drunk.

[Bernanke]

Really, really enjoyed Man From UNCLE. Hope it gets a sequel despite its poor performance. Both Cavill and Hammer are really stiff, but I think it works in this context.

Oh, and Alicia Vikander. :wub:

[John]

Colossal is an incredibly strange thing. The premise is fundamentally childish, but the film is about alcoholism and has plenty of swearing in it.

I'd love to read the foundation of the lawsuit the Godzilla people tried to bring against it, because other than containing a monster and a very loose stylistic similarity the two films have literally nothing in common.

[Dark Soldier]

Ya Ghost in't Shell is out and Life should be within a day or two