Film Thread

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I went to see it in Imax and it was one of the best experiences I've had.

[Pepe]

I was planning to do the same but then I got lazy. :(

[Dark Soldier]

This is fantastic:

https://vimeo.com/245687147

[Shindig]

Reminds me of The Lives of Others where the wifey gets wiped out by the only milk van in Leipzig.

[Henry]

Watched The Interview, which is an Australian movie from nearly 20 years ago. Very good stuff.

[Baz]

Yeah Dunkirk’s alright. I had no idea who that bloke was til the end either. Was clever, that.

[Spoonsky]

The new Blade Runner is a bit slow and dull, isn't it? It probably could have been an hour shorter and just as good, minus a lot of Ryan Gosling silence and Jared Leto's poetic wankery. The cinematography was amazing (if self-indulgent sometimes tbh) and there were a couple awesome moments, but for the most part it didn't make me feel anything. I understand the desire to make a science fiction film that's also an art film but it went too far the other way for me.

[Yevrah]

Lewis

Are you on Daddy's Home 2?

[Lewis]

I doubt I will pay to go and see it, but I certainly welcome it. Making his own films is one thing, but getting a lulzy family film with big names in it, and then not having to apologise for himself throughout the publicity tour, suggests that the great man is officially BACK. Hopefully people find time to re-visit How I Spent My Summer Vacation and realise how great it was.

[phonics]

The new Blade Runner is a bit slow and dull, isn't it

Sounds like the perfect tribute.

[ItalAussie]

I though Blade Runner was... ok. Nowhere near as good as the original, but a story worth being told.

It's as much Drive 2 as Blade Runner 2 though.

[ItalAussie]

Watched The Interview, which is an Australian movie from nearly 20 years ago. Very good stuff.

Tony Martin is one of the best people in Australia. His interview program ("Enough Rope") was amazing.

[Dark Soldier]

Screener season has hit, Louis CK's I Love You Daddy.

[Kikó]

I watched Drive again the other day and it's better than I remembered. It's not as glossy as baby driver (which I'd equated in my head) and gloriously violent.

Followed it up with W. and it's a bit of a pointless one. I don't think it even gets out of second gear and then just ends. Karl Rove is an interesting character but that's about it.

[Baz]

Screener season has hit, Louis CK's I Love You Daddy.Oh yes. Keep us updated. :nod:

[Henry]

Early reviews for The Last Jedi are exceptional. Hard to tell if that's just sycophancy from people who got to see the movie early though.

[Bernanke]

I'll let you know on Wednesday. :)

[Giggles]

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[Dark Soldier]

Ooohhh shit The Killing of a Sacred Deer has leaked :drool:

[Dark Soldier]

The Killing of a Sacred Deer enters top on my film of the year list, but I'm really starting to dislike Lanthimos' restricted, child-like dialogue.

Sacred Deer
Raw
Mother!

is the list so far need to think about the rest.

[Baz]

Just seen 89 is out on DVD and Blu-ray. I assume that means I can download it. :drool: Can’t wait for it, even as a Liverpool fan.

[Bernanke]

Initial thoughts:

TLJ is far better than Rogue One, and clearly better than TFA, but still has problems, especially in how juggling different storylines breaks up the tempo.

For a blockbuster though, it's top tier.

Also, fuck porgs.

[Henry]

Son of Saul is exceptional and ranks as one of the most disturbing things I've ever witnessed.

Hopefully I'll see The Last Jedi tonight or tomorrow.

[phonics]

Just seen 89 is out on DVD and Blu-ray. I assume that means I can download it. :drool: Can’t wait for it, even as a Liverpool fan.

Tell us when you find a link.

[phonics]

Just seen 89 is out on DVD and Blu-ray. I assume that means I can download it. :drool: Can’t wait for it, even as a Liverpool fan.

Tell us when you find a link.

[John]

Dunkirk is shit hot, but Nolan should think about getting someone in to write his dialogue for him from now on.

[Baz]

It’s account specific but some people can get £4.49 toward a rental from amazon video ('http://amzn.to/2AKdTxw'), to be used before January. Worth a try to see if you’re eligible - click the deal banner at the top of the page.

I just watched Swiss Army Man. It’s pretty special; would recommend.

(non-affiliate link (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Amazon-Video/b/ref=as_li_ss_tl?node=12260424031&linkCode=sl2&tag=baz9torres0a-21&linkId=577585d9620927dec7b34152a6ba5bbc) for the crybabies.)

[Dark Soldier]

Tell us when you find a link.

89.2017.x264.1080p.Bluray-INFERNO.mkv

[Henry]

I was going to do a films of the year list, but as usual I haven't seen enough and will need to catch up on DVD etc.

Have a film of the decade list instead.

1. Amour
2. 12 Years a Slave
3. Mad Max: Fury Road
4. Warrior
5. Son of Saul
6. Drive
7. Manchester by the Sea
8. Gravity
9. Inception
10. Inside Job

[Foe]

Did people enjoy Mad max fury road? I thought it was an absolute mess.

[John Arne]

Current watching Titanic. Jack Dawson :drool:

[Dave.]

Did people enjoy Mad max fury road? I thought it was an absolute mess.

I both enjoyed it and thought it was an absolute mess.

My top 10:
Skyfall
Django Unchained
Toy Story 3
Senna
True Grit
Hell or High Water
Hacksaw Ridge
Shutter Island
Dunkirk
12 Years a Slave

Drive just missing out.

[phonics]

Did people enjoy Mad max fury road? I thought it was an absolute mess.

So fucking boring, like every other Mad Max movie. How has a series of films made so much money on absolutely nothing ever happening?

[John Arne]

Current watching Titanic. Jack Dawson :drool:


Jack dies :cry:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Jack dies :cry:


He didn't even need to.

Rose is a selfish bitch.

[John Arne]

He didn't even need to.

Rose is a selfish bitch.


Yeah, definately looked like there was room for one more on the wooden thing. She didn’t even try to budge over.

After painting her like one of his French girls, too.

Utter cunt.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Yeah, definately looked like there was room for one more on the wooden thing. She didn’t even try to budge over.

After painting her like one of his French girls, too.

Utter cunt.



They tested it on Mythbusters too with Cameron there making sure they had everything right.

They both could have lived.

[John Arne]

They tested it on Mythbusters too with Cameron there making sure they had everything right.

They both could have lived.


You think you know people, eh? Really poor from Rose, really poor.
.

[John]

Didn't the Mythbusters thing prove the opposite, then they got it by adding extra buoyancy in the 'replicate the result' portion?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Bit of both really. They called it plausible after they decided to strap the life jacket to the wood rather than keep it on Jamie.

Cameron actually said that the prop designers made a mistake as the board wasn't meant to be as big as it was.

[Giggles]

I like Kate Winslets yams.

[Baz]

I watched an Irish film called Cardboard Gangsters. It was decent enough and by the end I could just about understand every word but I was definitely struggling at the beginning.

Also watched ‘71 about the Belfast “troubles,” but a combisnation of a cranky baby and it just being a bit boring meant I didn’t reach the end. Will probably finish it tomorrow but it’s not much cop, really. That weird looking lad (the useless one in Dunkirk and I think the main character in that new Sacred Deer film) seems to be turning up in a lot. I probably just notice him because he’s so distinguishable though.

Also watched 89, continuing the numbers theme. Ian Wright, man. :( What a guy. Was well-made though and I enjoyed it.

[Magic]

Might watch The Big Sick. Or Baby Driver.

[randomlegend]

Both are great.

[Dark Soldier]

'71 is great Baz, you silly, silly fuck.

[Dark Soldier]

Mayhem is a belter if you like Crank, or just stupid, insane movies.

[Pleb]

The new Pacific Rim trailer looks proper garbage.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

The first was ace but didn't strike me as a film that needed a sequel. No Guillermo Del Torro this time either.

Speaking of sequels I hope the Sicario sequel, Soldado, isn't a let down.

[Dark Soldier]

Call Me By Your Name DVDScr

[Dark Soldier]

Last Flag Flying 2017 DVDScr XVID AC3 HQ Hive-CM8

[Baz]

Last Flag Flying 2017 DVDScr XVID AC3 HQ Hive-CM8That cast. :cool:

[Dark Soldier]

FILMS OF THIS YEAR

Raw
Killing of a Sacred Deer
mother!
Good Time
The Handmaiden

excitement can now end

[Ian]

I watched The Angels' Share last night and it wasn't what I was expecting. I thought it was more of an out-and-out comedy than it is.

EDIT: Just watched True Grit. The 2010 one. Great film.

[Boydy]

Just watched mother!

What the fuck was that?

Still, most ridiculous thing about it all was the suggestion that you wouldn't ride Jennifer Lawrence till your dick fell off just because she was wearing some granny panties.

[Dark Soldier]

Glad you enjoyed it, its a lovely thing.

[Boydy]

Not sure enjoy is the right word.

[John]

I've had it available to watch for a while now and just can't bring myself to put it on. It just looks like such fucking nonsense that even a glowing review from someone I trust on such things hasn't helped.

[Dark Soldier]

Its all about the ride. Batshit and wonderful for it. Makes sense within the allegory too but even then you just think why, but fair play.

If you even slightly dislike it you will fucking hate it though, one of those.

[Baz]

Is mother! The film I think it is? My dad watched it in the cinema and his only comment was “why did they let them in? :mad:”

[Pleb]

What's this new film with Will Smith on Netflix like?

[phonics]

It's supposed to be truly, truly awful. The writer has been on Twitter pretending he didn't write all the bits that are being made fun of.

[Dark Soldier]

Blade Runner 2049 720p WEB-DL H264 AC3-EVO

[Dark Soldier]

Tonya.2017.DVDScr.XVID.HQ.Hive-CM8

And Lady Bird, not by CM8, on file hosting only right now.

[Giggles]

The worst of a new Star Wars coming out is that Boyega cunt being on every talk show going. He's such a pain in the hole.

[Dark Soldier]

I, Tonya was superb. Robbie is astonishing as the lead, really nails the role. Funny as fuck in places too get on it.

[Dark Soldier]

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[Ian]

I continued clearing stuff off my Sky box by watching Legend yesterday. There wasn't a great deal of story and it was mostly just Tom Hardy pretending to be the Krays for a couple of hours but I enjoyed it very much because Hardy is ace.

[Giggles]

I'd forgot how awesome Back to the Future 2 is :cool:

[Lewis]

The new Jumanji is quality (better than the original yes).

[Dark Soldier]

McDonagh has smashed it again with Three Billboards. Bleak in places, his writing continues to be fantastic. It's his most real film to date. McDormand and Rockwell star.

Thelma is essentially a Marvel/X-Men origins movie run through a Haneke filter. No alien badness or good looking teens who can create fire, just a study of a woman with gifts coming to terms with what she possesses. With added next level cinematography and pondering. Lovely stuff.

[Giggles]

I'd forgot how awesome Back to the Future 2 is :cool:

And 3.

[randomlegend]

Paddington was really great, and gave me the idea for my very own film about a criminal fruit called Baddington Pear.

I found that much funnier than my girlfriend.

[Henry]

I watched Mudbound, and it is the best film of the year that I've seen.

[John]

The Big Sick is absolutely delightful.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Went to see the new Jumanji and it's surprisingly good.

Kevin Hart and The Rock were brilliant and I liked it more than the original.

[John]

The original Jumanji benefits more from everyone having last seen it when they were eleven than any film you could name. It's absolutely crap.

[Dark Soldier]

CM8 has leaked The Disaster Artist, and there's a quality copy of that Jumanji wank out

[Mike]

Can only find the poor looking TS of Jumanji from the other day, help me out? ;)

[Dark Soldier]

CPG release, still a TS but screens point to one of the best cams I've seen

[Mike]

Ah cool, where I was looking has them both listed but only screens of the older one.

[John Arne]

McDonagh has smashed it again with Three Billboards. Bleak in places, his writing continues to be fantastic. It's his most real film to date. McDormand and Rockwell star.


Yup - really, really fucking good. Really fucking good.

[Mazuuurk]

Rewatched La La Land recently because for some reason the opening song was completely stuck in my head. Now I can't stop listening to the soundtrack and I feel a bit like I've lost a testicle or so.

[Giggles]

That little bit they use in a Sky One advert is enough for me to know I'll never see it unless it's used in the future by the robots as torture.

[Dark Soldier]

Coco has been leaked for all you Disney fans (hi Foe)

[Henry]

Also watched over the break:

Romancing the Stone - seems to be a poor man's Indiana Jones? Probably one of those that's better if you watched it as a kid.
Copenhagen - low budget Canadian movie set in Denmark. Refreshing and passes the time, nothing spectacular.
Capote - intriguing at times if a little too slow. Not sure if Hoffman's performance was worth the plaudits, it's a bit distracting. But the whole thing shows Capote to be a massive cunt.
Edge of Love - nice to look at, but one or two moments aside very boring. Also shows Dylan Thomas to be a cunt.
Just Friends - utter drivel.

So not great, although Mudbound made up for the rest.

[Dark Soldier]

https://i.imgur.com/Vivqhqp.jpg

Decent copy of that Star Wars shite

[Giggles]

Where?

[Dark Soldier]

On the internet bruv

[Giggles]

That helps. When does this come out on DVD/download anyway? April or sooner?

[Dark Soldier]

The Last Jedi 720P New HDTC-X264-MP3-Zi$t mate. I'll let you find it. Has hardcoded subs as is a Chinese TC source.

[Giggles]

Ledgebag.

[Dark Soldier]

Only really worth viewing if you've already watched it at the cinema, would wait for Bluray around end of March otherwise.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

The Big Sick :wub:

So damn good.

[John]

Lovely, isn't it?

[Boydy]

I watched Gone Girl today on iPlayer. I enjoyed it.

Was there a thread about it before? I could've sworn there was but I can't find anything. I can't even find posts about it in here.

[John]

Would have been on the old board. Gone Girl was 2014.

[Boydy]

Ahhh. Was there a thread or am I just imagining that?

[John]

I think Yev made one, yes.

[Boydy]

I suppose he hated it?

[Yevrah]

Can't recall making one and Gone Girl was alright, if a bit silly.

The film from around that time that annoyed me most was Mad Max, which was so bad, so so bad.

[Boydy]

Agreed on that. Don't know why it got the praise it did.

[John]

Mad Max was bobbins.

[Giggles]

How could anyone have any other expectations? The originals were all horse shite.

[Yevrah]

How could anyone have any other expectations?

At what point did anyone say they did?

[Giggles]

Everything I read had people sounding surprised it was muck. Anyway, don't get so worked up. It's just a film.

[Yevrah]

Eh, all the reviews were very positive. Hence the issue.

[Dark Soldier]

Mad Max was brilliant ya lunatics. Proper balls to the wall action with the majority done without CGI shiteing the place up.

[Lewis]

I was bored out of my mind watching it, but the fires being real has won me round over time.

[Yevrah]

And the trapeze artists, don't forget them.

[Lewis]

Real vs computer effects must have stopped having merit about a decade ago. It has all pretty much been perfected, and the only good point mate criticism, the one about things having a sense of weightlessness to them, is probably more down to us not having many points of reference for what Transformers falling off a building would actually look like.

[Dark Soldier]

The difference being long term, real effects last. Check out the first couple of Transformers movies now, they look like absolute arse, likewise many CGI fests of the past. Mad Max isn't a cracker due to that, its due to Hardy's central performance, the whole thing being a film of spectacle, a bit of insanity, and just a fun ride from start to finish.

If you want to watch absolute shit tier action with a large budget, check out Geostorm. Now that's a seriously fucking bad movie. CGI'd out of its cunt and it already looks terrible for it.

[John]

Gravity was also full of CGI and that doesn't look terrible.

Geostorm was supposed to be out years ago, but it was shelved because the studio knew it was crap.

[Lewis]

Tom Hardy is crap, and the Geostorm (I haven't seen it) cost relatively little for that sort of film.

[Dark Soldier]

Gravity won't look shite for a long while as it was pumped out for a 3D experience, if it looked wank-tier after a couple of years there's zero point to it. I can list some more blockbusters if we're gonna head down this route for another page or so.

[Lewis]

Go on then big man.

[Yevrah]

Tom Hardy is crap.

Ahmen to that. One of the most overrated actors going. In fact, I'm not sure how he really qualifies as an actor as in every role he looks like someone who should be having a fight in a pub car park.

[John]

You can include Mad Max on that list of films with crap CGI. Any time someone gets launched off their car and disappears into the dirt it looks like complete shit.

[Dark Soldier]

Go on then big man.

Mate I'll let yous have the win I'm hardly gonna convince yas its a good film :violin:

Yev shifting from Gosling to Hardy with the same criticisms too. Who is a good leading man these days?

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

Mad Max seems to be a love or hate film. I haven't seen it but from the sounds of it I reckon I'd be wasting my time.

[Yevrah]

Oh I haven't shifted, Gosling's still crap too. Albeit in fairness to him, he's a better actor than Hardy.

[John]

Tom Hardy can act, he just generally doesn't have to because he's constantly cast to just play himself in whatever he's doing.

Watch The Take, he was terrific in that.

[Boydy]

Hardy was very good in Tinker Tailor Solider Spy, I thought. I didn't realise it was him for quite a while.

[Bernanke]

Tom Hardy did Locke. He can act.

[Spoonsky]

I, Tonya is fantastic, entertaining as hell and all the performances are great. It was risky the way they tried to pull it all together but it totally worked for me.

[Dark Soldier]

The.Shape.of.Water.2017.DVDScr.XVID.AC3.HQ.Hive-CM8.avi

[Baz]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7ZHi_dDSnQ

FILM OF THE YEAR. :chief: :drool: :youpi: :clap:

April 20th 2018. Mark it on your calendars, lads.

[Pleb]

Looks shit.

Also doesn't it say March 23rd Baz?

[Henry]

Jessica Chastain (and her cleavage which is present in almost every scene) make Molly's game worthwhile. But the story itself is fairly disinteresting, and the moralistic angle that the filmmakers took seems bizarre.

[Dark Soldier]

Watched two films:

Jigsaw - Not even entertaining shit like all the Saw films. Shit shit and horrendous shit.

The Disaster Artist - I say watch I had to turn it off after 20 minutes. I don't buy into all this The Room nonsense, its not so bad its good its just fucking really bad and watching the story of Tommy Mumblecore was gonna bore me to death.

[Spoonsky]

Call Me By Your Name is really good. I can see some people thinking it's fucking amazing which I didn't, but I thought it was a really strong film, and Timothy Chalamet is fantastic.

Lots of great gay romances the past few years.

[Baz]

Looks shit.

Also doesn't it say March 23rd Baz?Yeah but IMDb says April 20th.

[Lewis]

Gary Oldman is really good (really good), and it's impressive how they get a black man into the pivotal scene, but Darkest Hour is crap.

[Spoonsky]

:D

Pretty much.

[Shindig]

The Disaster Artist - I say watch I had to turn it off after 20 minutes. I don't buy into all this The Room nonsense, its not so bad its good its just fucking really bad and watching the story of Tommy Mumblecore was gonna bore me to death.

The Room's only as funny as the friends you're riffing on it with.

[John]

Geostorm. :lol:

[Foe]

Logan just isn't very good, is it?

[John]

It's excellent.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Needed more romance for Foe.

[Lewis]

The premise of Logan was too stupid (even for those films) for it to be that good.

[Magic]

The Big Sick was a great film.

[Foe]

Watched Midnight Run on Netflix a couple of days ago and it was class. Netflix is pretty damned good for films right now.

[Henry]

War Machine is good.

John Wick is crap.

[Magic]

Desperately clueless.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I've never agreed with you more Magic.

[Henry]

Desperately clueless.

Are you referring to me? Explain yourself.

[Magic]

You, as usual, are the one with the contrary opinion so it is you who should be explaining.

[Giggles]

You, as usual, are the one with the contrary opinion so it is you who should be explaining.

For a start, if I was him I'd be wondering if you're disagreeing with the John Wick opinion, War Machine opinion, or both before proceeding.

[Dark Soldier]

John Wick has a couple of good sequences but all in all its pretty much shite.

[Magic]

John Wick is amazing.

[Boydy]

John Wick is fucking brilliant.

[Dark Soldier]

Its no The Man from Nowhere, which is a masterpiece.

[Henry]

It's basically about a spree killer who the cops decide not to bother with.

[Boydy]

It's basically about a spree killer who the cops decide not to bother with.

It's not about plot ffs. It's just a nice stylish enjoyable action film.

[Magic]

It's not about plot ffs. It's just a nice stylish enjoyable action film.

I'm afraid Henry and 'style' are so far removed you'd need to go in to the Hadron Collider to get them to acknowledge each other.

[Foe]

patton was about an hour longer than it needed to be but he was a curious crazy bastard wasn't he? Bit disappointed but oh well.

[Henry]

It's not about plot ffs. It's just a nice stylish enjoyable action film.

I get "stylish". But I don't get why a man shooting random goons for two hours is enjoyable. Because one of them killed his dog, no less. Seems a bit psychotic.

Whatever floats your boat, I suppose.

[Magic]

patton was about an hour longer than it needed to be but he was a curious crazy bastard wasn't he? Bit disappointed but oh well.

indeed. I wanted to enjoy it but I didn't really. Shame.

[Boydy]

I get "stylish". But I don't get why a man shooting random goons for two hours is enjoyable. Because one of them killed his dog, no less. Seems a bit psychotic.

Whatever floats your boat, I suppose.

That dog was all he had left from his dead wife, you heartless monster.

[Spammer]

Beauty and the Beast (1991)

Decent enough film. The teapot would get it.

[Pleb]

Disney films in the 90s :cool:

[Dark Soldier]

Mom and Dad - New Nic Cage mental-a-thon. Parents all of a sudden want to kill their kids, Cage goes full ham and smashes fuck out of it. From the guy who did Crank so it gives you an idea of the fun involved. Selma Blair is superb too.

Small Town Crime - Cliche but fun crime thriller with John Hawkes being his usual brilliant self. He's an alcoholic ex-cop (steady) who finds a body by the side of the road and looks into what happened due to a desire to wrong the past. Hawkes carries it and there's some good humour in there.

[Foe]

Hell or high water was absolutely great. Anyone here seen it?

Best film I've watched this weekend and I've watched fucking four. :moop:

[Dark Soldier]

Hell or high water was absolutely great. Anyone here seen it?

Best film I've watched this weekend and I've watched fucking four. :moop:

Hell or High Water is fantastic, watch Starred Up Foe, MacKenzie is a very solid director.

[Foe]

Will give that a look :thbup:

[Giggles]

Watched Calvary again last night as it was on TV. That's 4 hours of my life wasted instead of 2, my own fault.

[Magic]

Hell or high water was absolutely great. Anyone here seen it?

Best film I've watched this weekend and I've watched fucking four. :moop:

Yep loved it. Absolutely loved it.

[John]

I don't think I've ever seen a film that so enthusiastically shits on everything its predecessor did as The Man From Earth: Holocene.

It's been released as one of those 'pay what you can' experiments which means it's essentially been retroactively community funded, and if the director - who also directed the original film, bafflingly - isn't the victim of an acid attack before the year is out then the internet isn't the place I think it is.

In hindsight I should probably have expected limp, cheesy nonsense. The only thing the director of both films wrote for the first one was the song that played over the end credits, which included the line, sung breathily over synths, 'nothing lasts forever, but maybe some things do.' He's the credited writer on the sequel.

The first film was basically a stage play put to film, discussing philosophy and religion by way of a hokey but well explored sci fi premise. The second has an epilogue which couldn't have taken it further from that if the cast of Showgirls turned up and did a burlesque number in the front garden.

[Henry]

Three Billboards Something Something is very good, but I'm still not fully sure what to make of it.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I've not seen it (and won't), what do you make of this review: http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/three-billboards-outside-ebbing-missouri-oscar-nominations-racism-frances-mcdormand-a8174431.html

[John]

It's incredibly poorly written.


Mildred puts up three billboards antagonising the police to act, whose feathers are ruffled.

:sick:

[Henry]

That piece makes a couple of decent points, but is wide of the mark on others ( in particular doesn't seem to get where the characters ended up). The person who wrote it seems obsessed with identity politics.

Eight Oscar nominations (or whatever it is) is more than it deserves. It's not that good.

Why won't you see it?

[Jimmy Floyd]

I mean I won't see it now in the cinema, because I don't go to the cinema. There's no reason I won't see it later when it comes on the tellybox/streaming services.

I thought that piece used a mad angle to take on any film, but obviously couldn't comment without having seen it.

[SvN]

I went to the cinema to watch it last night, and left because they only had the front row left. I'm going Sunday instead (and booking this time).

[Dark Soldier]

Its a fantastic film and surpasses In Bruges for me. In Bruges goes heavier on the humour but Three Billboards is McDonagh's most human film.

[Foe]

Fences is an absolute bag of shit.

It's basically Denzel throwing all attempts at creating a decent film out of the window so that he can go full throttle at EMOTIONAL PERFORMANCE for himself. What a cock. Dull, terrible film. Avoid.

[phonics]

A friend of mine is going to this tonight:
https://i.imgur.com/wxI3v2X.png

Which I'm slightly confused about. The only two songs I can remember are the Bob Marley song at the beginning and the CutKilla - Nique La Police track.

[John]

They'll have rescored it. Probably badly. I've had a version of Drive rescored by Zane Lowe on my Sky box for about four years waiting for a moment when I feel like watching a horrific accident.

[phonics]

They'll have rescored it. Probably badly. I've had a version of Drive rescored by Zane Lowe on my Sky box for about four years waiting for a moment when I feel like watching a horrific accident.


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

Christ you're right. It's absolutely awful.

[Mazuuurk]

What THE FUCK is that.

[Baz]

keep banging on the wallsssssss OF FORTRESS EUROPE EUROPE EUROPE EUROPE EUROPE

Asian Dub Foundation. :cool:

[Jimmy Floyd]

A friend of mine is going to this tonight:
https://i.imgur.com/wxI3v2X.png

Which I'm slightly confused about. The only two songs I can remember are the Bob Marley song at the beginning and the CutKilla - Nique La Police track.
I haven't seen it for a few years (seen it about 30 times in total probs), but I'm sure there wasn't any score at all. Just the odd burst of hip hop coming out of windows, portable sound systems, and passing cars.

Oh and Edith Piaf at the beginning.

[Ian]

I watched Train to Busan last night. it doesn't do anything that other zombie movies haven't done but I liked some of the wall/pile of zombies bits. I'm a sucker for this shit though so I quite enjoyed it.

[Spammer]

The Handmaiden

Decent film, lots of twists.

[Foe]

Gave up on Come and see after just over an hour. Has anyone anywhere ever made it through the whole thing? What an absolute crock of shit.

IMDb top 250 my ass.

[Dark Soldier]

Not enough romance Foe?

[Foe]

Terrible voice dubbing and about an hour of a kid mooching about in the mud of a forest. Painful.

[Dark Soldier]

Mate. Dubbed. The fuck mate.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Why would you get a dubbed version? I haven't seen the film but dubbed is always so much fucking worse.

[Foe]

I had no idea it was dubbed until I started watching. It's a horrible film regardless, from what I saw.

Hopefully the next one is better.

[Baz]

I remember not liking Spirited Away at first cos it was dubbed. What a mug I was.

[John]

Come And See is a masterpiece.

[Foe]

If you could make a list of films you think are masterpieces that'd be great.

It'll be useful to have a list of films I know not to bother with.

[Henry]

Gave up on Come and see after just over an hour. Has anyone anywhere ever made it through the whole thing? What an absolute crock of shit.

IMDb top 250 my ass.

Philistine.

[John]

If you could make a list of films you think are masterpieces that'd be great.

It'll be useful to have a list of films I know not to bother with.

Not a bad idea, actually. You're much too thick and childish to understand half of them.

[Lewis]

I think you can have a pass not liking Come and See. It's pretty heavy going, so it's not like saying normal things that are universally praised are crap.

[Dark Soldier]

Like the original Blade Runner, which is utter shite. I will fight someone over this.

[John]

I think Phonics will be your only backup there.

[Dark Soldier]

I'll fight him too fuck it. Windmilling for days.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

When he connects :drool:

[Boydy]

I remember not being all that fussed on the original Blade Runner when I watched it a good few years ago. Don't get what all the hype is about. Might watch it again soon before watching the new one.

[Ian]

Same here. I keep thinking I should try it again. It has some really good bits and it's clearly well done but as a whole I didn't really care.

[Dark Soldier]

Its a film of its time. The score is phenomenal, the style of the film, when taken within the era is spectacular but I found the much lauded depth to be student level at times. If I'd watched it when I was around 11/12 I'd probably have adored it, but my first viewing was a year ago and I hated every second. Attempted it twice.

It'd be like watching Tremors, or Maximum Overdrive (the real OG) now.

[Foe]

I followed up the shit come and see with hidden figures which was perfectly entertaining and quite a 'nice' story.

Got Manchester by the sea for later but suspect it'll be a bit of a depressing film.

[Dark Soldier]

That's ya Star Wars telecine out, very good quality.

[Dark Soldier]

Sweet Virginia is a very good slow burn drama.

[Henry]

Downsizing is pretty uneven tonally but has a lot going for it too.

[Bernanke]

I'm so ridiculously hype for Black Panther. :drool:

[John]

Tommy Wiseau plans to do The Room 3D. :lol:

[Henry]

Darkest Hour is really good. I liked that they filmed some of it in the real war rooms. It leaves open the suggestion that Churchill was basically an "actor", albeit one needed to represent the nation and stiffen it's resolve. Probably exaggerated just how close Britain came to seeking peace, and gave Chamberlain a rough deal.

[Magic]

Downsizing got dreadful reviews.

Anyone seen Manchester by the Sea?

[Kikó]

I think so - it was good.

[Magic]

Wow. Very good. What a dark and sad tale.

[Dark Soldier]

Only The Brave is a fucking good movie. Real fucking good. Would've been top five for me last year.

[ItalAussie]

Apparently there's a cinema in Sydney that screens The Room once a month, every month. It sells out a 700-person cinema every time, almost immediately.

Nuts.

[Foe]

Went to see Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri last night.

Bang average for me, which was a bit disappointing. Seemed to be pretty heavily focused on symbolism and closure with splatterings of completely pointless events (death of the captain), rather than actually developing the plot I was hoping for. But maybe that's just my bias in the types of films I really enjoy, rather than a fair reflection of the film. Who knows.

[Lewis]

The Post is alright, but it is too desperate to draw contemporary parallels. Especially when:

The implication through all of it - and particularly at the end when it all comes together with Spielberg's usual level of subtlety ('We don't always get it right, but...') - is that Richard Nixon equals Donald Trump equals threat to the free press. Okay. But the actual pivotal scene is the one where Tom Hanks explains why he is so desperate to publish the papers by coming clean about how he realised that he was a stooge for JFK who he had always thought was his friend. You could quite easily draw parallels between that level of cosiness, which enabled them to lie about Vietnam for twenty years, and what Trump perceives when he attacks the press.

[Magic]

Went to see Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri last night.

Bang average for me, which was a bit disappointing. Seemed to be pretty heavily focused on symbolism and closure with splatterings of completely pointless events (death of the captain), rather than actually developing the plot I was hoping for. But maybe that's just my bias in the types of films I really enjoy, rather than a fair reflection of the film. Who knows.

Went to see it tonight. Thought it was great. Two films in two nights starring Casey Affleck.

[Giggles]

Is he anything to Ben?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Is he anything to Ben?

He's Ben's younger brother.

[Foe]

And he's really good in sort of morbid, mopey roles.

Watched Manchester by the Sea tonight and it was excellent.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Saw Darkest Hour tonight (breaking my 9 year dry run without a cinema visit).

It's very good. You just need to treat it as a play and not a docudrama. I haven't scrolled back to check, but I bet Lewis hated it.

[Magic]

FFS. Not him Lucas Hedges.

[Dark Soldier]

He's Ben's younger brother.

And a far, far better actor. Gone Baby Gone is a classic.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

And a far, far better actor. Gone Baby Gone is a classic.

Yep. I've never been overly keen on Ben.

[Henry]

Remains of the Day is good. Anthony Hopkins is an extraordinary actor.

Boyz N the Hood has a big reputation and I thought it was fairly boring.

[Foe]

Anyone watched The Red Turtle?

I'm pretty sure the general tone is the delusion the man fades into on the island. I think the wife/child is all a figment of his imagination as he ages on the island to his death. That being said though - I can't explain the 'storms'.

Enlighten me.

[Ian]

I didn't realise Emlia Clarke was in Solo. I'd best not go to a midnight showing for that then, I'll be needing a kip enough as it is.

[Bernanke]

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/black_panther_2018

51 reviews, 100%. Insane MC-score as well.

[Dark Soldier]

100% makes it the greatest movie ever lads, clearly it is. Nothing to do with an almost all black cast in a generic superhero movie no sir :happycry:

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

I wasn't expecting some sort of superhero film with that title.

Seems like the IMDB rating is reversed with Rotten Tomatoes etc.

Usually its score is disproportionately high.

[Dark Soldier]

My Friend Dahmer looks a bit good :drool:

https://youtu.be/55_pHI3cafY

This is now out there.

[Spammer]

12 Monkeys

Was alright. Quite clever but didn't really give a shit about it. Wasn't bored, wasn't thrilled, just meh.

[Henry]

The Solo trailer is a bit meh.

Also, the producers of Game of Thrones are apparently getting to make their own Star wars trilogy. That's separate both from Rian Johnson's trilogy and from the main series.

It appears that Disney wants to turn Star Wars into Marvel, and milk the fuck out of it.

[phonics]

I saw my biggest absolute nerd friend, the type that has been lapping up these comic book movies the day they come out and total Star Wars nerd, say, 'I think that's officially too much Star Wars' which means they must have really fucked it.

[Jimmy Floyd]

It's those people's own fault for wanking themselves into a frenzy every time one comes out.

[John]

People who use 'officially' in that way are a bigger blight on society than any overdone film series.

[phonics]

It's those people's own fault for wanking themselves into a frenzy every time one comes out.

That's what I said. If every fucking trailer that's exactly the same as the last trailer but with a different 6 seconds wasn't getting 80 million hits in an hour, they wouldn't be doing it. People are shite.

[Jimmy Floyd]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42992914

Now I'm a fan of better and more complex/nuanced understandings of Africa than are traditionally held by the West, as long-term readers will know. However reading this article sums up the knots that Hollywood has tied itself in during the last two or three years. Rather than making a film about African superheroes in an existing universe, this reads like a hundred-mile tiptoe through the nightmarish labyrinth of identity politics, with another faux pas lurking around every corner, and the resulting product sounds less like a film than like a checklist of ways in which the producers are not racist/sexist. Horrid stuff.

[Kikó]

Only The Brave is a fucking good movie. Real fucking good. Would've been top five for me last year.

Watched it. Bit of a slow burner (lol) but it was such a catastrophy when it picks up. Amazing role these guys play in real life, incredible bravery.

[Foe]

Lone Survivor was pretty good but is a bit of a strange one in that it's effectively a film about a military operation fuck up that resulted in the death of a number of US navy seals.

[Kikó]

Moonlight is very good. You can see why it won the acclaim it did.

[Magic]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42992914

Now I'm a fan of better and more complex/nuanced understandings of Africa than are traditionally held by the West, as long-term readers will know. However reading this article sums up the knots that Hollywood has tied itself in during the last two or three years. Rather than making a film about African superheroes in an existing universe, this reads like a hundred-mile tiptoe through the nightmarish labyrinth of identity politics, with another faux pas lurking around every corner, and the resulting product sounds less like a film than like a checklist of ways in which the producers are not racist/sexist. Horrid stuff.

At least it'll appease all those black comic book nerds.

[Yevrah]

Three Billboards is good, but too much of a mess to surpass In Brugge.

[Giggles]

Three Billboards is good, but too much of a mess to surpass In Brugge.

Surpass it as what? Is there a link there or something?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Same director/screenwriter.

Go fuck yourself, Magic.

[Magic]

In Brugge is shit so no idea what he means.

[Giggles]

Ah right. It wasn't shit but I wasn't all that mad about it myself. Probably need to give it a second watch some time, though I do remember it was needlessly gory.

[Magic]

I love Brendaaa Gleeson but I really fucking hate Colin Farrel.

[Giggles]

Pretty much that, yeah.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

It's Bruges you inanimate fucking objects.

I generally didn't like Colin Farrell before seeing it but even he was good in it.