Film Thread

[John]

The Dead Don't Die is one of the strangest films I've seen in a long time. It was a fairly interesting take on your standard zombie apocalypse stuff, set in a far smaller town than those things typically are, that just went completely off the fucking rails in the last fifteen or so minutes. There were irritations all the way through, with some lines of dialogue being repeated to the point of absurdity and the entire soundtrack consisting of one song which is played at least ten times, but there's a gag in those last fifteen minutes which almost made me turn it off on the spot.

I hope Yev watches it. There will be no survivors in his building.

[igor_balis]

About time they re-made The King of Comedy.

Weird, I just came in here to say I just watched that and I thought it was quality. Probably my favourite Scorsese film , but I've still got a few to watch.

[Ian]

Ben Wheatley taking on a Tomb Raider film isn't the most obvious combination.

[SvN]

Weird, I just came in here to say I just watched that and I thought it was quality. Probably my favourite Scorsese film , but I've still got a few to watch.

It's definitely in my top 3. I'd never even heard of it til I decided to go through De Niro's entire catalogue about 10 years ago.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Just watched X-Men: Dark Phoenix and it really does stink.

Easily the worst of the series and such a shit way to end it all (before it gets rebooted by Marvel).

[John]

It's mental to me that when appointing a writer they settled on the one person who'd already proven he couldn't do a decent adaptation of that story. Then got him to direct it too.

[Ian]

You'd think / hope Marvel will steer well clear of that one for a good long time.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I didn't realise he wrote Last Stand too.

[Giggles]

The Mrs has had ‘Sing’ on for 15 minutes and I want to put my fist through the telly already. Even if they finished one of the fucking songs it wouldn’t be so hellish. 10 second bots of different songs over and over and over.

[Dan]

IT Chapter 2 was very good :thbup:

Also watched The Informer earlier in the week, which was fine. Other than those two, the best film I've seen in the last month was the Dora movie :D

[Ian]

Still not seen It 1 yet. Waiting for it to be on Netflix or Prime.

[Raoul Duke]

Watched John Wick 3: Shooty head bang-bang. Was great as ever, even though the plot was complete gibberish.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I just stumbled on this trailer, is it set in Lilliput or something?


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

She's towering over everyone and everything despite being 6'1.

Yes, 6'1 for a 16 year old girl is seriously tall but all the boys look to be about 5 foot 5.

[Shindig]

In today's episode of "What's my dad watching?" he was sitting down in front of Darkman. There's something about those 1930s superhero homages that are very offputting to me. Like the Rocketeer or something, it just has a weird look that I can't get behind. The acting's all period appropriate and the villains are the mob or the Nazis. This one stars Liam Neeson at his most awful. At first glance I thought he was Roy Scheider.

They made two straight-to-video sequels. There's a market for owt, apparently.

[Raoul Duke]

I watched Snowpiercer yesterday, which is very weird. The plot is contrived bollocks and the ending pretty obvious but it's quite watchable. Good cast too - Ed Harris doing his usual thing as moody overlord geezer, Captain America as himself and a few other assorted oddballs. It's got a Blade Runner/Robocop kinda vibe, which is cool.

[Baz]

I watched Snowpiercer yesterday, which is very weird. The plot is contrived bollocks and the ending pretty obvious but it's quite watchable. Good cast too - Ed Harris doing his usual thing as moody overlord geezer, Captain America as himself and a few other assorted oddballs. It's got a Blade Runner/Robocop kinda vibe, which is cool.
It's class! I recently tried to get Mike to watch it but he hasn't. :thbdn:

[Pepe]

It is complete wank.

[Pepe]

Mildly entertaining is probably more accurate.

[Ian]

I've only just learned that there's a film being made called "Jiu Jitsu" starring Nicholas Cage, Tony Jaa and Frank Grillo about a bunch of martial artists who team up every so often to fight off alien invasions.

I want it.

[Shindig]

.. sold.

[Lewis]

I saw Ad Astra, and:

It is seriously good for the best part of two hours, really building the suspense nicely, and its depiction of all things space is fantastic... But then fuck all happens. It's up there with the shittest endings I can remember.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Went to see Rambo: Last Blood today and it was exactly what it needed to be. Lol at the critics who are claiming it's racist and the violence is too graphic.

There was a great scene which result in a few sharp intakes of breath around the cinema.

Torturing a guy by trying to rip out his clavicle from a wound :drool:

Also, based on how the kill counts in each film have exponentially increased over the films I half expected him to murder at least half of Mexico but he can't have killed more than 50 which is less than film 2.

Never ever refuse Rambo's advice, that foolish teenager should have listened.

[Shindig]

Remember when Rocky and Rambo were serious attempts at saying something? That's not a slight. It's legitimately great how they've ballooned into this.

[SvN]

Initial reviews for The Irishman are outstanding :drool:

Got my tickets to see it on the 13th October.

[Ian]

I'm watching the latest Fantastic Four film and it ain't half rubbish.

[Pleb]

Not sure if there both as bad as each other.

It's the one with Chris Evans in it isn't it?

[Ian]

No, there were two Chris Evans ones (with Gruffudd, Alba and Chiklis) and then the most recent one with Michael B Jordan, Jamie Bell and some other folk of varying levels of fame. This one is actually worse than those two because at least they had an attempt at bringing a little joy to the proceedings. This is just a load of miserable grimdark, washed-out nothingness where nobody seems to be having a good time

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

One of Reg Cathey's last films.

I kind of enjoyed it but I'm not really sure why because it was a bad film.

Third reboot coming soon though so fingers crossed for something decent.

[Pleb]

The third reboot is MCU certified so expect scenes.

[Lewis]

Rambo: Last Blood DELIVERS. It's probably the most violent film I've ever seen.

I pissed myself lolling when he pulled his knife on that teenage girl. :lol:

[Ian]

Yeah Feige will if nothing else do a better job of it. I bet they'll at least cast it better.

I think across three films they've managed to do about four bits of casting properly. Chiklis was wasted on that shit.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Rambo: Last Blood DELIVERS. It's probably the most violent film I've ever seen.

I pissed myself lolling when he pulled his knife on that teenage girl. :lol:

Still can't believe that reviewers are calling it racist* and overly violent.

Not all Mexicans were portrayed as bad, Paz Vega's character helped John after the gang beat the shit out of him and gave him the information he needed. HERO.

[Lewis]

Exactly. I also saw two women having a scrag fight walking back to the car. Top night.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Annie Hall was on TV. Spent most of it thinking it was awful, but afterwards I'm thinking maybe it was really good. Maybe that's because the TV's off and I'm not having to listen to Woody Allen anymore.

[Bam]

Can anyone recommend a good film on Amazon or Netflix for tonight? I cant be arsed to go through it all.

[Spikey M]

i-land.

[randomlegend]

Can anyone recommend a good film on Amazon or Netflix for tonight? I cant be arsed to go through it all.

The Hunt for the Wilderpeople

[Giggles]

The Hunt for the Wilderpeople

Is that the Australian/NZ one about the young fat lad on the run? A mate of mine raved about that til I watched it. Well half of it as it was fucking horrendous shite.

[Bam]

The Hunt for the Wilderpeople

Cheers, I'll have a look.

[randomlegend]

Is that the Australian/NZ one about the young fat lad on the run? A mate of mine raved about that til I watched it. Well half of it as it was fucking horrendous shite.

^That should be all the endorsement you need.

[Giggles]

It’s the type of film people say they like regardless because the right answer is to like it. All it’s missing is subtitles.

So yes, it should suit perfectly but there is zero entertainment in it.

[Kikó]

I watched Green Book the other night and Molly's Game now on Amazon, both worth a watch.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Is that the Australian/NZ one about the young fat lad on the run? A mate of mine raved about that til I watched it. Well half of it as it was fucking horrendous shite.

So wrong.

[mo]

I watched Charlie Wilson's War last night, which was decent.

[Bam]

Green book it is, better be good Kiko. :checkit:

[Kikó]

Viggo is quality. Hope you enjoyed.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I find pretty much anything set in Australia at least watchable, with the possible exception of Neighbours. I'm a setting whore.

Stan and Ollie. Absolutely wonderful. Don't care that it's a bit saccharine or whatever, that is just what it needed to be. I don't cry at films, but if I did, I would have cried at the final scene.

[Spikey M]

Possible exception of Neighbours. Tut.

The Neighbours thread was the place to be on the old board. Lewis knows. Lou Bear and Spikey Mishka all up in this bitch.

[Bam]

Viggo is quality. Hope you enjoyed.


Excellent, thanks.

Both played there parts well I thought.

[Lewis]

I still watch it. They've got a tranny in it now, and Paul Robinson still switches limps.

[Bam]

To finish the night of I've gone for Rocky, nostalgic times.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Possible exception of Neighbours. Tut.

The Neighbours thread was the place to be on the old board. Lewis knows. Lou Bear and Spikey Mishka all up in this bitch.

Most of it is just people whining in rooms though, which doesn't provide what I'm looking for. Not enough cattle theft or horizons.

[Spikey M]

Most of it is just people whining in rooms though, which doesn't provide what I'm looking for. Not enough cattle theft or horizons.

Dr K was once declared an alcoholic for sipping 250ml's or red wine a day from his sports bottle. This is THE middle class soap. These are your people.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Why was he hiding just 250ml? Was it just the one bottle/250ml a day? That's just a glass.

[Lewis]

Mark Brennan had an afternoon on the booze this week and his siblings staged an intervention.

[Spikey M]

Why was he hiding just 250ml? Was it just the one bottle/250ml a day? That's just a glass.

He was a keen cyclist and had to be suitably aerodynamic.

[Spikey M]

Mark Brennan had an afternoon on the booze this week and his siblings staged an intervention.

I need to get back involved. Start the fred Lou Bear.

[Lewis]

Who else watched it? Me, you, Pongo, Alex... I want to say John but surely he never liked something.

[John]

I watched it with my gran. Whizz made about eight posts a day about it. He was the top poster in that thread by miles.

[Baz]

I used to watch it.

[Shindig]

I was a Home and Away kid. The day Alf got ran over was the day I stopped caring.

[igor_balis]

Watched fighting with my family last night, I thought it was surprisingly good.

[Spikey M]

I was a Home and Away kid. The day Alf got ran over was the day I stopped caring.

Stopped caring? That's some devotion.

[SvN]

I watched Neighbours at 5:30 and then Home and Away at 6:00 when I was a kid. I started watching again briefly at University because everyone else was.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Yep, the closing credits a strong theme from my childhood as it was on just before my mum watched the 6 o'clock news, which in those days was usually centred around the Bosnian war or Northern Ireland.

[Dark Soldier]

I still watch it. They've got a tranny in it now, and Paul Robinson still switches limps.

Fucking get in

[Shindig]

Stopped caring? That's some devotion.

Alf carried that show. Being hit by a car going 31 in a 30 zone did him in. He wasn't the same man.

[Spikey M]

Alf carried that show. Being hit by a car going 31 in a 30 zone did him in. He wasn't the same man.

It was an amazing joke where 'stopped caring' meant stopped travelling by car, but I'm too brilliant for you all.

[Yevrah]

Watched Rocketman tonight. It's good, just, but suffers from Elton John as a person not being anywhere near as interesting as his music is enjoyable and a film revolving around him isn't really warranted as a result.

Mamma Mia is better.

[Ian]

I saw Joker today. It borrows quite a bit in terms of..... theme or tone, I guess, from a number of other films like Taxi Driver and while it probably tries to tie more into Batman stuff than it needs to it works through the performance of Phoenix and it's a perfectly serviceable Joker origin on a comics-y front. I liked it a lot but I dunno if it's one I'd bother to watch again.

And I guess a lot of people will say that it is only negative toward mental health stuff but I don't know enough about that to really know where I stand on it. I'll be interested to see if they do any follow-ups because I've seen enough saying that's not the plan. But who even knows how DC films work any more.

[Bam]

Sunday again. After last weeks success has anyone got another film to recommend? Netflix or Prime, I don't mind renting from Prime either.

[Boydy]

I went to see Ad Astra last night. I thought it was pretty crap.

[Yevrah]

Sunday again. After last weeks success has anyone got another film to recommend? Netflix or Prime, I don't mind renting from Prime either.

The Founder is god if it's still on Prime.

[Lewis]

Joker is wank.

[Yevrah]

Go on....

[Lewis]

It tries too hard to be serious and just ends up being boring. I don't think Joaquin Phoenix is that good in it either. He just gurns and laughs a bit.

[Kikó]

Few reviews that the Breaking Bad film was the film no one asked for.

[randomlegend]

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

Seems like it's doing alright.

[Clunge]

I hated Joker on just about every level. It is absolutely unrelentingly bleak and joyless, and at the end of it, you're expected to cheer for this gurning anti-anti-hero who is basically a murderous incel who has inspired all the absolute droogs in the society to rise up.

And that's before the actual issues I have with the film, which while feeling decidedly influenced by some of the darker issues within society at the moment, gives them a sympathetic ear and encourages you to side with them.

And then there's the mental health aspect. Why is it utterly impossible to give any villainous character a back story that doesn't revolve around childhood issues, and the likes? It feels like such an unhelpful trope that is always perpetuated. I found it uncomfortable.

[SvN]

I thought El Camino Was good. It felt like an extended Breaking Bad episode, which is a positive as far as I'm concerned. Was it really needed? Probably not. But I enjoyed it.

[Baz]

Should I finish Better Call Saul first or doesn’t it matter?

[randomlegend]

It is a direct continuation from the end of Breaking Bad afaik, so I shouldn't have thought it matters.

[SvN]

Yeah it has nothing to do with Better Call Saul, which is still ongoing anyway.

[Spikey M]

The BBC have given it a 1 star review, so I wouldn't go rushing either way.

[Yevrah]

The trailer made it look shit, but I'll be watching it tonight because why not.

[SvN]

That BBC review is one of the biggest loads of shite I've ever read.

[John]

Did you read the supercunt in the Guardian giving Chernobyl a hard time for being a bit far fetched or something equally bonkers?

[Shindig]

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/may/07/chernobyl-review-chaos-reigns-in-confusing-nuclear-disaster-epic

It's too confusing, guys. Everyone in the reactor wears the same uniforms. Can't follow it.

[Yevrah]

That was a brilliant review.

She may as well have just said she's a bit thick.

[Raoul Duke]

El Camino was great. It's just a bit more BB but it's done really well. Doesn't have any supervillain/Heisenberg stuff (or, fucking Skylar) but it's pretty pitch perfect. If you like BB then you'll like it.

[Clunge]

Spotlight is superb. Late, I know, but I found it tremendously sympathetic to the heavy subject matter, it was never over-acted at all and casted extremely well, and it was – for once – a relatively accurate portrayal of life in a newsroom. Loved every second of it. I was engrossed.

[Yevrah]

El Camino was bang average/just about good.

[igor_balis]

Spotlight is superb. Late, I know, but I found it tremendously sympathetic to the heavy subject matter, it was never over-acted at all and casted extremely well, and it was – for once – a relatively accurate portrayal of life in a newsroom. Loved every second of it. I was engrossed.

Yeah its excellent, as is tom McCarthy generally. The station agent and win win are both get and worth watching as well.

[Giggles]

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[John Arne]

Does SNL make anything funny?

[Spikey M]

I've just found out about The Irishman. :drool:

[Giggles]

Not often but that’s one of their better ones.

[Ian]

I've just found out about The Irishman. :drool:

Getting great reviews as well when I was half convinced it was going to be rubbish.

[Giggles]

Did I read somewhere that it was a straight to Netflix job? I’d seen some awful looking ageing special effects, they really need to stop doing that.

[Spikey M]

It's getting a short cinema run at the start of November, then straight to Netflix at the end of November.

[Ian]

Did I read somewhere that it was a straight to Netflix job? I’d seen some awful looking ageing special effects, they really need to stop doing that.

Yeah I saw a review saying it's a bit jarring at times

[Spikey M]

It's a load of 70+ year olds playing 40 year olds for most of the film. Odd decision not to use different actors for those bits.

[Lewis]

The Guardian sez it's his best film since Goodfellas. But then everyone forgets Casino.

[Ian]

It's a load of 70+ year olds playing 40 year olds for most of the film. Odd decision not to use different actors for those bits.

A review I read was saying about that that there's a bit where De Niro's character is either walking or climbing up something when young and he very obviously looks like an old man.

Gonna give it a bash though. Pesci. :cool:

[Dark Soldier]

The Guardian sez it's his best film since Goodfellas. But then everyone forgets Casino.

Casino is fucking amazing.

Anyone wanting good.cinema, Burning and Parasite are.the year's two best.movies.

Border and The Guilty are up.there too.

[Pepe]

Casino is great, if just for the suits.

[Lewis]

It always seems to be remembered as a lesser Goodfellas follow-up when it's brilliant in its own right, and probably the more 'accomplished' film. This (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5CTEQ8SeIs) passage for example is like a film within a film (and another thing, he's never bettered its use of music).

[SvN]

Just saw The Irishman tonight. It's absolutely brilliant, and definitely his best since Casino, possibly better. The de-aging is fine for the most part, but there are one or two scenes were it is noticeable - mostly because of the movements of De Niro rather than the technology.

But it never ruins the scene, in my opinion. Pesci and Pacino are both superb, but I'll be amazed if Pesci doesn't win best supporting actor at all of the award shows.

[Yevrah]

Where are people watching it already?

[Clunge]

Yeah its excellent, as is tom McCarthy generally. The station agent and win win are both get and worth watching as well.
Ta. I'll take a look.

[Giggles]

Where are people watching it already?

I'd say the same places they watch every film early.

[SvN]

There was a special screening yesterday at some cinemas dotted around the country.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Watched Joker tonight and thought it was alright, nothing special but Phoenix did well in the role. Pretty bleak in places though and I can't see myself watching it again.

[Ian]

This "casting" of James Dean is such an obvious and shameless stunt I'm surprised the family are going for it, and can only assume they're going to make a wad.

I also love that in the BBC article they feel the need to explain what CGI is.

[John]

Yeah, that can fuck right off.

[Lewis]

It's not a million miles away from making actors look forty years younger.

[Giggles]

It's not a million miles away from making actors look forty years younger.

Or at least if they ever figure out how to do it.

[Manc]

Just watched Bladerunner 2049. Peak aesthetics with peak Gosling.

Joker up next.

[Baz]

I just watched Stan & Ollie. Blimey they did a good job making John C Reilly look like Oliver Hardy. And his wife was even more of a doppelgänger. Amazing. Nice film too.

[Kikó]

I'm going to watch the Irishman in the cinema tomorrow. 🌝

[Giggles]

I’ll need a gore rating once you’ve seen it.

[Kikó]

Not too gore 3/10. Maybe a bit to ploddy and not quite worth the build up. 3.5/5 film.

[mo]

Watched Hangman over the weekend. Not too bad as a serial killer thriller type, although I’m not satisfied it all tied up in the end and it was a pretty crap Pacino performance.

[SvN]

5% on Rotten Tomatoes. I think I'll be leaving that one.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Not too gore 3/10. Maybe a bit to ploddy and not quite worth the build up. 3.5/5 film.

Is it three and a half hours of past it actors doing that New York gangster voice at each other?

[phonics]

Is there a film in existence that is deservedly 3 hours long?

[Yevrah]

There are quite a few:

https://www.vulture.com/2016/11/best-movies-over-three-hours-long.html

EDIT: Not that I personally rate all of those.

[Mazuuurk]

Well in the Casino over Goodfellas camp.


I still hold the ending of Casino as one of the best in Cinema ever.

"And that's that".

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I've done 5 of those:

Gone with the wind, and Lord of the Rings crap
Godfather II and Deer Hunter, great
Endgame, good.

[SvN]

If you go into The Irishman expecting another Casino or Goodfellas you're going to be disappointed. It's closer to something like Once Upon a Time in America.

[Mazuuurk]

Even though I'm still pissed they cut the Tom Bombadill sequence from LOTR for "lack of time" or whatever when they ended up doing an absolutely immense amount of other shite that was never in any books later on (not to mention the following Hobbit films that I couldn't even sit through all of them), I still can't see how you can not like LOTR, I think they are all quite spectacular films really.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Even though I'm still pissed they cut the Tom Bombadill sequence from LOTR for "lack of time" or whatever when they ended up doing an absolutely immense amount of other shite that was never in any books later on (not to mention the following Hobbit films that I couldn't even sit through all of them), I still can't see how you can not like LOTR, I think they are all quite spectacular films really.

The battle scenes are good, the rest is boring turd.

I also disliked the vast majority of the characters.

[Pepe]

I enjoyed the first one. The others, not so much.

[Mazuuurk]

The battle scenes are good, the rest is boring turd.

I also disliked the vast majority of the characters.

I assume you either never read or didn't enjoy the books much then, as the characters are largely the same, which I suppose must give you a quite different experience of the films (for better or worse, probably better).

[Yevrah]

I was bored stiff through almost all of the Lord of the Rings.

And Casino isn't better than Goodfellas as the Sharon Stone character is immensely irritating.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I assume you either never read or didn't enjoy the books much then, as the characters are largely the same, which I suppose must give you a quite different experience of the films (for better or worse, probably better).

Tried The Hobbit but couldn't get it through it.

[Mazuuurk]

The Hobbit is supposed to be a childrens book :D

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Not because it was challenging you knob, I found it boring when I was a child.

[Giggles]

I couldn't sit that long for something. That's the beauty of watching at home.

[Kikó]

Is it three and a half hours of past it actors doing that New York gangster voice at each other?

Probably. You can just tell they're all old with the way scenes are delivered. It's funny at times (more a small laugh type funny) and actually the story is probably more interesting than it is in the film (everyone's heard of Jimmy Hoffa).

Good, not great.

[Kikó]

I couldn't sit that long for something. That's the beauty of watching at home.

I would definitely have fallen asleep at home.

[Jimmy Floyd]

At school there was some anomalous reason why all the lessons had to stop for an entire day, so they got us all in the school hall and made us watch Gandhi. My memory was of it being more than five hours long, though google says 3h11.

[phonics]

We spent 4 history lessons watching Gone with the Wind. Good times.

[bruhnaldo]

I was going to say we watched all of Roots in school on like 3 days back to back but then I realized that's a mini series and only felt like a movie because of the binge watching we did (on VHS!)

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

We once got to watch Gladiator over three history lessons :cool:

[phonics]

Top tier for laziest lesson plan has to be my English teacher who made us watch Castaway, and then when that finished after several lessons, had us watch the Directors Commentary :D

[SvN]

I once had to sit through first half of Men in Black in two consecutive lessons by different teachers.

[Clunge]

Our Geography teacher showed us Dante's Peak at the end of every term for five years.

[bruhnaldo]

How did you take 5 years of geography

[Jimmy Floyd]

We're not American, we need it.

[bruhnaldo]

FIVE years, though?

[bruhnaldo]

https://i.imgur.com/H2UXjOG.png

I'm man enough to admit I was wrong ffs

[Gray Fox]

I bet you wish you had 5 years of Geography under your belt now.

[bruhnaldo]

Fairly embarrassed if I'm honest. A poor, poor showing for Team USA.

[randomlegend]

https://i.imgur.com/H2UXjOG.png

I'm man enough to admit I was wrong ffs

Link? Bet I do worse.

[bruhnaldo]

Link? Bet I do worse.

Here you go papa

https://online.seterra.com/en/vgp/3007

[Giggles]

59% No good with all those ex Soviet and Yugoslavian states.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

56%.

Probably would have done better had I taken a bit longer with some of them.

[Kikó]

74% in 4:41. Sporcle pays off.

[Lewis]

I never did five years of geography because we didn't have to do it at GCSE. I did it at AS-level, but I got a U in the exam and dropped it.

[Giggles]

It was Geography or Woodwork as the choice when I started first year so all the boys did the latter because that's just how it was. Then weren't allowed do it for the leaving cert if you hadn't done it for the inter cert.

[Boydy]

88% in 3:11 on my phone.

[Giggles]

88% in 3:11 on my phone.

Blindfolded.

[Jimmy Floyd]

100% in 2:25. The only question marks were Slovakia/Hungary (Czechoslovakia was longer and narrower than you'd think) and Lithuania/Latvia, which I only got through remembering that Poland and Lithuania were once in a union.

I'm also single.

[bruhnaldo]

Anyone fancy doing the 'States?

https://online.seterra.com/en/vgp/3003

i fucking got a 98% 1:44 cause i got New Hampshire and Vermont mixed up GOD DAMNIT.

[bruhnaldo]

Now that's embarrassing

[Giggles]

The only quiz for that should be 'tap on the United States'. Done.

Next up: the administrative regions of Bulgaria.

[Jimmy Floyd]

96% in 3:31, fucked up Delaware and Rhode Island, useless wanker.

[Boydy]

68% in 4:00. Not so good at the US.

[bruhnaldo]

68 isn't 37% tho so I feel like you're doing great lol

[Mellberg]

79% in 4:15 for Europe
44% in 6:24 for US...and I've been to 15 of those states ffs.

[randomlegend]

I got 33% on the Europe one :cool:

[John Arne]

Vietnam provinces, yo...

https://online.seterra.com/en/vgp/3300

32% in 9:03. I'm apparently rubbish.

[bruhnaldo]

How in the world did you manage 32% that's impressive let me try.

[bruhnaldo]

holy shit there's 60+ of them nevermind I'd never manage to guess even one I thought there'd be like 7.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

20%.

Getting Yen Bai first try with only 3 provinces off the board was insane luck. I'd also like to live in Dong Thap.

[Lewis]

I looked the answers up and got them all correct. :cool:

[bruhnaldo]

Congrats king you deserve all the plaudits :drool:

[Shindig]

Erm... that new Sonic trailer actually makes it look alright.

[Ian]

It still looks shit, just Sonic himself isn't quite such nightmare fuel.

Maybe the first trailer was an ingenious marketing ploy.

[Kikó]

The Joker is brilliant. Really well done.

[Ian]

Anybody seen the Le Mans film yet? Debating whether to cinema it.

[Lewis]

It's good, but the racing scenes are surprisingly not great.

[Manc]

How are we rating The Irishman?

[Bam]

Anyone got a good film to recommend on Netflix or Prime?

[mo]

Watched Boyz N the Hood last night, which is a fairly big departure from the sort of thing I’d usually watch. Really enjoyed it though.

[SincereTheRebel]

I watched den of thieves the other day and that was ok

[Pepe]

Watched Ad Astra last night, it was alright.

Thought I might as well go check out Ford v Ferrari, but two and a half hours? GTFO.

[phonics]

I watched La Haine again. Still good.

[Giggles]

How are we rating The Irishman?

Most I’ve read have said it’s a complete waste of time.

[Ian]

Most I’ve read have said it’s a complete waste of time.

Really? I've yet to watch it but I've barely seen a bad word said about it and what I have has largely been limited to the effects.

[Giggles]

Really? I've yet to watch it but I've barely seen a bad word said about it and what I have has largely been limited to the effects.

It’s only been tweets and stuff like that (a film reviewer is the last person I’d read the opinion of) but I haven’t seen much positive at all.

[Lewis]

All of your Twitter feed will have been seething about its depictions of Irish men.

[Giggles]

I’ve no idea what the story is about so I couldn’t answer that but as you can imagine, there wouldn’t be much detail gone into in 280 characters.

[igor_balis]

i watched "won't you be my neighbour" today, which was bloody lovely

[Kikó]

The Irishman is good but I think it's a stay at home film due to the duration. Worth a watch though as the story itself is one worth telling (albeit a little bit quicker).

[Yevrah]

I was watching Terminator 2 last night and flicked on the extended edition, which made me realise that the original is pretty much perfect. You look at the stuff they cut to get it down by 15 minutes and there's not a single thing that should have been in there, leaving a final version that didn't have a single thing that shouldn't have been in there.

The end always gets me as well.

[Henry]

It has come to my attention that it's the end of the decade shortly. Have a list of the best I've seen, in no order.

Amour
Blade Runner 2049
Vice
Peterloo
First Reformed
Silence
Mudbound
Son of Saul
Dallas Buyers Club
Drive
Manchester by the Sea
Mad Max: Fury Road
Warrior
12 Years a Slave
Gravity
Inside Job
Inception

[SvN]

Here's my top 10, in no order:

12 Years a Slave
Interstellar
Whiplash
Inception
Room
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Wild Tales
Manchester by the Sea
Gravity
The Artist

I almost included The Irishman, but I want to watch it again.

[Ian]

I was watching Terminator 2 last night and flicked on the extended edition, which made me realise that the original is pretty much perfect. You look at the stuff they cut to get it down by 15 minutes and there's not a single thing that should have been in there, leaving a final version that didn't have a single thing that shouldn't have been in there.

The end always gets me as well.

I reckon more often than not if forced to pick one favourite film I'd probably go for Terminator 2. Amazing film.

[Bernanke]

It has come to my attention that it's the end of the decade shortly. Have a list of the best I've seen, in no order.

Amour
Blade Runner 2049
Vice
Peterloo
First Reformed
Silence
Mudbound
Son of Saul
Dallas Buyers Club
Drive
Manchester by the Sea
Mad Max: Fury Road
Warrior
12 Years a Slave
Gravity
Inside Job
Inception


Here's my top 10, in no order:

12 Years a Slave
Interstellar
Whiplash
Inception
Room
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Wild Tales
Manchester by the Sea
Gravity
The Artist

I almost included The Irishman, but I want to watch it again.

Both of your opinions are disqualified with no A Separation in the list.

[Ian]

Or Clownado. :nono:

[Dave.]

Also, in no order:

Skyfall
Django Unchained
The Master
Cloud Atlas
Fury
Inception
Hell or High Water
True Grit
Drive
12 Years a Slave
Room
Baby Driver
Rush

[SvN]

I didn't realise Cloud Atlas was a 2010s film. That's definitely in there for me.

[Henry]

Both of your opinions are disqualified with no A Separation in the list.

I haven't seen it. I probably should.

[Ian]

Do a double bill with Clownado.

[Yevrah]

It's a bit like judging a book by its cover, but that Bond trailer makes the film look rubbish.

[randomlegend]

Cloud Atlas and Gravity are both total wank.

[Dave.]

Cloud Atlas and Gravity are both total wank.

I can understand your criticism of Gravity, I felt a little underwhelmed by it but Cloud Atlas is a cinematic masterpiece and one of the greatest films of all time. I recommend a rewatch.

[Dave.]

It's a bit like judging a book by its cover, but that Bond trailer makes the film look rubbish.

I disagree but I would as I'm a massive James Bond fan. I'm very intrigued to see where they go with it and Malek should be an excellent villain. If it's half as good as Skyfall then we're in for a treat but if it's on Spectre's level then we'll be seeing a distinctly average Bond film once again.

[Manc]

No love for Spotlight?

[phonics]

Imagine looking forward to a movie described as ‘half as good as Skyfall’ the most 5/10 bond movie.

[Dave.]

Imagine looking forward to a movie described as ‘half as good as Skyfall’ the most 5/10 bond movie.

My mind cannot cope with such wrongness. Skyfall is an amazing film and the greatest Bond film of all time. You must be confusing it with another film.

[Dave.]

No love for Spotlight?

I haven't seen this one. Will look out for it on Netflix. Is In Bruges a 2010s film? (if so, it would go on my list) I'm too lazy to check.

[Shindig]

The only thing that sticks with me this decade is Senna. Actually, nevermind. There's The Dark Knight and Inception.

I really should see Rush.

[phonics]

My mind cannot cope with such wrongness. Skyfall is an amazing film and the greatest Bond film of all time. You must be confusing it with another film.

I mean you like Cloud Atlas so I just assume you love having your arse bored off you. Bardem, wank. James Bond having daddy issues, wank. Judy Dench dying, meh.

[Manc]

Social Network is unavoidably brilliant.

[Pepe]

:harold:

[Pleb]

I'd put Avengers Endgame in the list as one of my favourite films of 2010.

[phonics]

They send you an early screener or something?

[Pleb]

I meant the decade :D

[Ian]

It's a bit like judging a book by its cover, but that Bond trailer makes the film look rubbish.

I watched it and then basically felt like "Well, that sure looks like a Bond film" and couldn't summon much enthusiasm for it beyond that.

I suppose there'll be some entertainment to be had from the internet rage about there being a BLACK FEMALE 00 because PC GONE MAD!!!

[Giggles]

I wouldn't say anyone would mind a woman or a black woman (or man) so long as it's not Bond. At least now they can set it up for a spin-off and leave Bond alone.

[Ian]

It's the internet, of course there are cranks who will mind.

At this point I'm mostly curious to see what they'll do when Craig chucks it given they've leaned into continuity a lot harder with his ones.

[Spikey M]

Shutter Island?

[Dave.]

The only thing that sticks with me this decade is Senna. Actually, nevermind. There's The Dark Knight and Inception.

I really should see Rush.

I had forgotten Senna was this decade. That would definitely be near the top of my list despite it being a completely biased account of Senna's racing. The Social Network was excellent also despite Pepe's protestations. Two more films I love are The Missing and The Proposition but I got a feeling these are in the previous decade.

[Dave.]

I mean you like Cloud Atlas so I just assume you love having your arse bored off you. Bardem, wank. James Bond having daddy issues, wank. Judy Dench dying, meh.

Whereas I just assume you have an attention span of a 5 year old and demand constant action in every scene.

Also stop getting Bond wrong. For a start, as I expected, you're conflating Skyfall and Spectre and Skyfall is an incredible film and you're an idiot. I avoided any spoilers before going to watch the film so Judi Dench's death was a surprise to me and quite emotional as she made a huge contribution to the Bond franchise.

Bardem was absolutely brilliant as the villain in my opinion. Bond villains are at a little bit of a disadvantage compared to villains in most films because we know James Bond isn't going to die (it's slightly different for No Time to Die as theoretically Bond could die as it's the end of Craig's reign and there's likely to be a reboot of sorts after this one). Despite this, Bardem managed to create an air of menace around him and we didn't know what he was going to do next. He benefited from some excellent dialogue throughout the film and gave an Oscar-worthy performance.

I'll happily admit that some Bond films are shite but not Skyfall.

[Ian]

The Proposition was apparently 2005. Fucking amazing film though. No idea what my 10 films of the decade would be. Probably a load of action and comic book stuff.

[Dave.]

I watched it and then basically felt like "Well, that sure looks like a Bond film" and couldn't summon much enthusiasm for it beyond that.

I suppose there'll be some entertainment to be had from the internet rage about there being a BLACK FEMALE 00 because PC GONE MAD!!!

I'm a member of quite a few Bond groups on Facebook and have already seen this outrage first hand. One of the rumours was that Bond was going to retire and his replacement as 007 was going to be a black female, similar to what you stated. I knew that Bond fans had their share of bigoted people but I didn't realise the extent of this bigotry. It would appear to be very widespread. Some of them are incapable of distinguishing between Bond and 007, which are two completely different things.

I would say that the Bond fanbase has more bigots in it than any other famous film franchise.

[Dave.]

The Proposition was apparently 2005. Fucking amazing film though. No idea what my 10 films of the decade would be. Probably a load of action and comic book stuff.

Wow, I certainly didn't expect it to be that long ago! Superhero and comic book films are something I'd love to be a fan of but never been able to get. :sorry:

[Ian]

I possibly just quite like explosions and people punching things. It's not off the back of being a huge comic books fanboy because I don't read that many. And the ones I do like have fairly so-so adaptations.

Marvel have genuinely done a good job with their stuff and there are a few that I think are just good films in their own right.

To confirm that there are definitely films I like that don't necessarily involve people in costumes, explosions or roundhouse kicks I've had a look a couple of "of the decade lists" to remind myself what the fuck else I've seen and ones I like that appear in the list are Creed, 12 Years a Slave, Amour, Hush, Arrival, Green Room, American Hustle. That is by no means a top however many but it is films I like that don't fit into the above categories. There'll be others I've seen and entirely forgotten about.

[Bernanke]

When are we expecting Oscar screeners? I need to see Uncut Gems.

[phonics]

American Hustle might be one of the most boring movies about something genuinely exciting.

[John Arne]

Is Ad Astra any good?

[Lewis]

It seems like either it wasn't a great decade for films or I missed a load of good ones, because all I can come up with is Whiplash, The Favourite, and Leviathan (the mad Russian one about building a church, not the fishing one).

[Shindig]

I'm a member of quite a few Bond groups on Facebook and have already seen this outrage first hand. One of the rumours was that Bond was going to retire and his replacement as 007 was going to be a black female, similar to what you stated. I knew that Bond fans had their share of bigoted people but I didn't realise the extent of this bigotry. It would appear to be very widespread. Some of them are incapable of distinguishing between Bond and 007, which are two completely different things.

I would say that the Bond fanbase has more bigots in it than any other famous film franchise.

Are we surprised? Bond is historically a misogynist, alcoholic homophobe who only started being moody and depressed when Craig took the role. Bond should be a torch passing thing, to be honest. With each new actor, they try something a little different.

[Pepe]

Leviathan (the mad Russian one about building a church, not the fishing one).

Is that the one where they spend the whole movie drinking like mad?

[Jimmy Floyd]

Although it measures box office takings rather than subjective quality, I find this page interesting: https://www.filmsite.org/boxoffice2.html

In this decade's list, the number of films which is neither a sequel, nor a remake, nor part of a pre-existing franchise/series of some kind is, to the best of my estimation, zero. You could maybe argue Black Panther, but even that is in a 'universe'.

In the 2000s: 2/25 (Avatar and the Passion of the Christ)
1990s: 18/25
1980s: 13/20

And then prior to that it's all of them. What I take away from this is that since the millennium the industry (or the part of the industry where all the money is) has simply stopped trying, because it doesn't need to.

[Ian]

You could maybe argue Black Panther, but even that is in a 'universe'.

Yeah it's part of a set of films that are going to draw more eyes to it just for being there so even if it's not technically a sequel it might as well be one.

[Shindig]

That's bleak.

[Spikey M]

Seen a load of reviews for 'The Hole' claiming it as one of the best horrors of the decade. Load of shit.

[Henry]

In this decade's list, the number of films which is neither a sequel, nor a remake, nor part of a pre-existing franchise/series of some kind is, to the best of my estimation, zero. You could maybe argue Black Panther, but even that is in a 'universe'.

What about Finding Dory?

It's shit though.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Sequel, isn't it?

[Yevrah]

Jim's nailed this.

And this decade has been the worst for proper top notch films that I can recall as a result.

[Ian]

Has the number of "top notch" films actually gone down or are they just a smaller proportion of what's out because of more franchises churning stuff out?

Also where did you get to in your MCU trawl, Yev? You abandoned it?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

What about Finding Dory?

It's shit though.

Sequel to Finding Nemo

[Pleb]

Finding Dory is probably one the best Disney Sequels I've ever seen.

[Yevrah]

Has the number of "top notch" films actually gone down or are they just a smaller proportion of what's out because of more franchises churning stuff out?

Also where did you get to in your MCU trawl, Yev? You abandoned it?

I got to Guardians of the Galaxy 1 and other stuff just took over. Think I'll get back to it over Christmas, but it was hard going at times.

[thommo]

I can only think of a few 'standalone' films that I've really enjoyed from this decade. Dallas Buyers Club was fantastic. I really liked Django Unchained but I know a few people who don't rate it as highly as other Tarantino films.

[Ian]

I got to Guardians of the Galaxy 1 and other stuff just took over. Think I'll get back to it over Christmas, but it was hard going at times.

I mean I like almost all of them but even I think doing them back to back as close together as you were would be a slog. Even the ones that toy a bit with other genres you're still essentially watching another chunk of the same massive continuity.