Film Thread

[Boydy]

Aren't there quite a lot of apocalyptic/post-apocalyptic things around these days? In both films and books. Maybe I've just been reading a lot of that kind of thing but it seems like it.

[John]

Dark City was early 1998.

[ItalAussie]

Aren't there quite a lot of apocalyptic/post-apocalyptic things around these days? In both films and books. Maybe I've just been reading a lot of that kind of thing but it seems like it.

I feel like it's a big theme in YA writing at the moment?

[Boydy]

I suppose a Bond film could be not technically a sequel (although Spectre definitely was) but it's still essentially banking on a tried and tested franchise. They know it'll make loads because it's James Bond.

[Boydy]

I feel like it's a big theme in YA writing at the moment?

Yeah, which seem to get made into films a lot.

But also in 'adult' SF. There's quite a few in the shortlists of the Arthur C Clarke award in recent years.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_C._Clarke_Award

But then maybe it's always big in SF and I've only noticed because I've gone looking for it.

[Magic]

Point taken, I've never viewed them as such, though.

[Toby]

Rank
Title
Studio
Worldwide gross


1
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Force_Awakens)
Lucasfilm (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucasfilm)
$1,946,770,736


2
Jurassic World (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurassic_World)
Universal Pictures (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Studios)
$1,668,984,926


3
Furious 7 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furious_7)
$1,515,047,671


4
Avengers: Age of Ultron (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avengers:_Age_of_Ultron)
Marvel Studios (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Studios)
$1,405,035,767


5
Minions (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minions_(film))
Universal Pictures / Illumination Entertainment (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illumination_Entertainment)
$1,157,275,017


6
Spectre (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectre_(2015_film))
MGM (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) / Columbia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_Pictures)
$877,485,272


7
Inside Out (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inside_Out_(2015_film))
Walt Disney Pictures (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Disney_Pictures) / Pixar (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixar)
$856,130,132


8
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission:_Impossible_%E2%80%93_Rogue_Nation)
Paramount Pictures (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Pictures)
$682,330,139


9
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hunger_Games:_Mockingjay_%E2%80%93_Part_2)
Lionsgate Films (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionsgate_Films)
$651,201,332


10
The Martian (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Martian_(film))
20th Century Fox (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_Century_Fox)
$598,193,524



No sexy tables from me, but: Highest-grossing films of 2005[1]
Rank Title Studio Worldwide gross
1. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Warner Bros. $895,911,078
2. Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith 20th Century Fox / Lucasfilm $848,754,768
3. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Walt Disney Pictures $745,013,115
4. War of the Worlds Paramount / DreamWorks $591,745,540
5. King Kong Universal $550,517,357
6. Madagascar DreamWorks $532,680,671
7. Mr. & Mrs. Smith 20th Century Fox $478,207,520
8. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Warner Bros $474,968,763
9. Batman Begins Warner Bros / Legendary $374,218,673
10. Hitch Columbia $368,100,420

Then compare Oscar Best Picture nominees:

2005

Crash - $98.4 million
Brokeback Mountain - $178.1 million
Capote - $49.2 million
Good Night and Good Luck - $56.5 million
Munich - $130.4 million

2015

The Big Short - $87.1 million
Bridge of Spies - $160.9 million
Brooklyn - $36.5 million
Mad Max: Fury Road - $375.8 million
The Martian - $598.2 million
The Revenant - $225 million
Room - $9.1 million
Spotlight - $34.3 million

Okay, so we can all sigh at Room's performance, but other than that it looks like an upward trend in the takings of the critically acclaimed films too, while the top grossing ones are much the same mass appeal action type.

[Magic]

:thbup:

[Spoonsky]

The marketing on Room has been terrible, literally the only places I've heard about it are on here and in buzzy Oscars articles. And while I've been told that it's good I've not seen anything that makes me particularly want to see it.


Good films still get made. Probably more than ever before.

I've often had the thought that this is somewhat of a golden age of filmmaking. I feel like more great films have been over the past decade than in any similar time period. That's also the time period where I began to watch films though, so it could just be that a lot of great films are lost from the public memory as the years go by.

[ItalAussie]

I've often had the thought that this is somewhat of a golden age of filmmaking. I feel like more great films have been over the past decade than in any similar time period. That's also the time period where I began to watch films though, so it could just be that a lot of great films are lost from the public memory as the years go by.
Really? I almost see it as the exact opposite.

I mean, if we pick the Best Picture winners from the 1970s, and some notable runners-up, we have:
Patton
The French Connection (beaten: Clockwork Orange)
The Godfather
The Sting (beaten: American Graffiti, The Exorcist)
The Godfather Part II (beaten: Chinatown)
One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest (beaten: Jaws, Dog Day Afternoon)
Rocky (beaten: Network, Taxi Driver)
Annie Hall (beaten: Star Wars)
The Deer Hunter
Kramer vs Kramer (beaten: Apocalypse Now)

Now take the last ten

Crash
The Departed
No Country for Old Men
Slumdog Millionaire
The Hurt Locker
The King's Speech
The Artist
Argo
12 Years a Slave
Birdman

I mean, they aren't especially bad, but aside from perhaps No Country for Old Men and 12 Years a Slave, none of those films would look like anything other than a remote outlier in the first list.

[Magic]

The quantity/quality has probably changed.

I often wonder how shit the shit was when Casablanca and Hitchcock's stuff was out. How did the public view them? Were they retrospective classics?

[Pepe]

Birdman and The Artist the only true 'great' films of that bunch. Even The Artist is a stretch. The exclusion of foreign films means most quality films are not considered though, not surprising that Hollywood produces mostly shite.

[Magic]

Birdman. :harold:

[Magic]

Also The Oscars is probably not the place to judge is it given its a self congratulatory wankfest.

You'd have to go through a list of films released that year. Hi Wiki.

[Pepe]

Birdman. :harold:

You. :harold:

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

Not No Country For Old Men and The Departed?

The latter remains the best film I've actually seen in a cinema.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Film makers have too many toys nowadays.

[Pepe]

Not No Country For Old Men and The Departed?

The latter remains the best film I've actually seen in a cinema.

I did not think No Country For Old Men was that good, The Departed is definitely better than some of those 70s films. No Country For Old Men might be too, actually.

[Magic]

Casablanca wasn't even in the top 20 grossing films in 1942. Neither was Bambi. Scum generation.

[phonics]

Many directors will openly say that too many films are getting made today hence why everything seems shitter.

Ridley Scott said that 500 films a year is 200 too many. This is a great round table if you're interested in the medium.

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P.S. Top tweet there.

[Pepe]

No one forces us to watch all the shit tbf.

[Toby]

I think the quantity/regularity of very good films is extremely high at the moment, relative to what I've known in the past. That isn't necessarily to say loads of great films are being made, but the average standard is very high.

That said some of my all time favourite films have been released in the past 5-10 years, so I can't say I care much about Oscars shortlists.

[Pepe]

I would say that the average standard is as low as it gets, but with more films being made there are also more good films being made. There is also much better availability, so it is more likely that you'll hear of some 'hidden gem.' If you stick to watching films once or twice a month then you never have to bother with the shit.

[Toby]

By average standard I mean more that if you go to the cinema you're likely to find something very good to watch. At least within certain windows of the year. Summer is a total write off. :moop:

[Pepe]

Agreed, the summer is absolutely horrifying. I'm guessing in the UK it is much better, but it is not easy to find a decent film here year-round. But the summer, wtf.

Why is the summer so shit btw? Makes no sense to me.

[Reg]

People are out doing other things, going on holiday, and don't have to stay indoors I guess.

[phonics]

Agreed, the summer is absolutely horrifying. I'm guessing in the UK it is much better, but it is not easy to find a decent film here year-round. But the summer, wtf.

Why is the summer so shit btw? Makes no sense to me.

People do stuff outside so less people go to the cinema meaning films put on during those months have to be mainstream as fuck. They don't even release video games June - August for the same reason.

World of Warcraft at it's peak would lose 3 million customers during said time only for most of them to reactivate come September.

[Pepe]

Interesting. I'm often more into going to the cinema during the summer. Many times we thought of going but decided not to since we couldn't find a single decent film. During the winter it is usually too fucking cold and I can't be arsed.

[ItalAussie]

Birdman and The Artist the only true 'great' films of that bunch. Even The Artist is a stretch. The exclusion of foreign films means most quality films are not considered though, not surprising that Hollywood produces mostly shite.
I liked The Artist, but are people really going to remember it in ten years? There didn't seem to be that much to it.

[ItalAussie]

Also The Oscars is probably not the place to judge is it given its a self congratulatory wankfest.

You'd have to go through a list of films released that year. Hi Wiki.
It's still comparing like against like within a representative subcategory (Oscar-winning films). Short of looking at every single film, there needed to be a way to break it into a smaller comparison size.

It's not like I'm comparing Blockbusters against Oscar winners, or anything like that.

[Pepe]

I liked The Artist, but are people really going to remember it in ten years? There didn't seem to be that much to it.

I don't know if they will, but people seem to remember things that are much, much shitter. I have no idea what will be remembered or not.

[John]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i17pORf_iE4

Fucking WHAT?

[Toby]

I aw that in abridged GIF form the other day and that was weird enough. What's fascinating is that it presumably took a fair bit of editing talent to put together.

[Toby]

Mistress America is nothing like I thought it would be, and is a bit weird in places, but it's pretty great.

[Lewis]

The Big Short is good. The last five minutes are pointlessly preachy, but everybody except Ryan Gosling dons it.

[Henry]

Creed is properly good in a way that the Rocky series hasn't been arguably since the very first one.

[Giggles]

It's the first film I've heard of since the new Mad Max that completely divides opinion between great and steaming.

[Henry]

Who said it was steaming?

Personally, I was in no mood for another rehash, and the last one (Rocky Balboa) which a lot of people loved, just pissed me off. But this one manages to live in its own established universe without flagrantly cribbing from (or disrespecting) the previous movies as it did. There are a handful of very emotional, very well-acted scenes, which if you'll pardon the pun, pack a punch.

[John]

I aw that in abridged GIF form the other day and that was weird enough. What's fascinating is that it presumably took a fair bit of editing talent to put together.

The guys behind it are apparently now in talks with an unnamed TV studio to do a similar thing to some of their old properties and make a sort of 'remix' series out of it. What a hateful idea.

After a second viewing I reckon I'm comfortable saying Room is the best film in years.

[Toby]

The guys behind it are apparently now in talks with an unnamed TV studio to do a similar thing to some of their old properties and make a sort of 'remix' series out of it. What a hateful idea.

That "Come Play With Us Danny" bit could make a cracking track if it was fleshed out some though. :cool:

[Spoonsky]

The opening scene of The Revenant is magnificent, but it's a bit downhill from there. It's very good, and there are some of the best shots I've ever seen in a theater (although crucially they never have much to do with the narrative itself), but christ is it a slog. 'Leo' is not interesting enough to justify at least a solid hour of cumulative close-ups on his face; it's more impressive as a physical feat than a piece of acting, and in fact Tom Hardy is the better performance. Probably not one to rewatch, ever. The high points are not high enough to carry you through the long parts in between.

[Henry]

Films I have to choose from today:

Seven Years in Tibet
Straight Outta Compton
Following
Bad Day at Black Rock
Taxi

Someone pick for me.

[Dquincy]

The Big Short is good. The last five minutes are pointlessly preachy, but everybody except Ryan Gosling dons it.

Saw it last night. Great film. I think the preachy part was necessary.

What was your problem with Gosling?

[Lewis]

He's just rubbish.

[Yevrah]

I thought it was one of his better performances, largely because it a) involved him actually doing something and b) there was no romantic involvement.

[Dquincy]

...or squeaky voice, like in Gangsta Squad.

[Lewis]

I watched Legend earlier, and I'm no closer to getting all the Tom Hardy praise. I think the one with Spandau Ballet in was better.

[Mellberg]

Yeah, the old one's better.

Thought Hardy was very good in Bronson and The Warrior. Other than that he's just a safe pair of hands. Likeable enough, though.

[Toby]

I really enjoyed The Revenant - a lot more than it seems some in here did. As others have said the cinematography is astounding.


You do have to suspend your disbelief pretty often, especially at the old action movie classic of a person's shooting ability being to one extreme or the other depending on what fits the story, but it buys itself a fair bit of leeway there.


The opening scene of The Revenant is magnificent, but it's a bit downhill from there. It's very good, and there are some of the best shots I've ever seen in a theater (although crucially they never have much to do with the narrative itself), but christ is it a slog. 'Leo' is not interesting enough to justify at least a solid hour of cumulative close-ups on his face; it's more impressive as a physical feat than a piece of acting, and in fact Tom Hardy is the better performance. Probably not one to rewatch, ever. The high points are not high enough to carry you through the long parts in between.

Hardy is good in it but Fitzgerald isn't a particularly interesting character. There's certainly not enough about him to warrant significant extra screen time.

[Alex]

I watched Steve Jobs last night. It wasn't particularly good. Nobody is doing anything specifically wrong, there just isn't a lot to it. I remember thinking when it was announced that he isn't really an interesting enough man to have a biopic made about him, and that's pretty much proved to be the case upon watching it.

[Toby]

Another thought on The Revenant that I forgot to mention: were some of the native language bits overdubbed? Not Glass or his kid, but when some of the others were talking their lip movements didn't seem to be in sync with the sound.

[Toby]

Quick Google says that yes, yes they were.

http://www.popsugar.com/entertainment/Did-Dub-Native-Americans-Lips-Revenant-39894169

The reasoning for it sounds like bullshit to me. I'll take things being historically inaccurate over the jarring affect obviously dubbed dialogue has.

[Dquincy]

I watched Steve Jobs last night. It wasn't particularly good. Nobody is doing anything specifically wrong, there just isn't a lot to it. I remember thinking when it was announced that he isn't really an interesting enough man to have a biopic made about him, and that's pretty much proved to be the case upon watching it.

Not seen it, but my opinion is exactly the same as yours. Whilst a very successful man, is his life story worthy of a film? No is the answer.

[SvN]

Quick Google says that yes, yes they were.

http://www.popsugar.com/entertainment/Did-Dub-Native-Americans-Lips-Revenant-39894169

The reasoning for it sounds like bullshit to me. I'll take things being historically inaccurate over the jarring affect obviously dubbed dialogue has.

I noticed it a few times, and it was distracting when it happened. Totally forgot about it until you mentioned it.

[John Arne]

Not seen it, but my opinion is exactly the same as yours. Whilst a very successful man, is his life story worthy of a film? No is the answer.

But is it worth three films..?

[Dquincy]

But is it worth three films..?

There's three films? Shows how little I know about the subject...

[QE Harold Flair]

I've downloaded Black Mass and I put you all on notice that I will be watching it later.

[Dquincy]

Watched The Boy Next Door last night.

Quite awful apart from the sex scene, which was tame...but who doesn't like a milf shagging her son's buff friend.

[Yevrah]

I watched Legend earlier, and I'm no closer to getting all the Tom Hardy praise. I think the one with Spandau Ballet in was better.

The Spandau Ballet one is a genuinely good film.

[Lewis]

It is, but it's got Spandau Ballet in, so it still feels like ITV made it.

[Yevrah]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05GwDHYXlmI

:D

[Magic]

Why does he even bother reviewing those sort of films? Are people making him out of pure cruelty? You can just tell by the actors in them, the 'plot' and even the name of the film that it's going to be absolute shite.

[phonics]

He genuinely sounds like he's about to top himself somewhere around five and a half minutes in.

[QE Harold Flair]

Well I thought Black Mass was excellent. I love mafia stuff and real life stories so it ticked the boxes. A good 8.5 from Harold.

[Yevrah]

He genuinely sounds like he's about to top himself somewhere around five and a half minutes in.

"I've seen Robert De Niro do things I can't unsee"

:D

[John]

Green Room, the new thing from the writer and director of Blue Ruin looks shit hot. For some reason the YouTube link for the trailer doesn't work at all, but it's reproduced on this article.

http://www.hitfix.com/motion-captured/the-first-green-room-trailer-promises-skinhead-mayhem-and-crazy-action

:drool:

[Foe]

Well Selma was brilliant. The deep south of America really is/was mental.

Had a look at the Oscars Best Picture history and there's some absolutely mental winners. Annie Hall over Star Wars, Forest Gump over Shawshank and Field of Dreams being nominated. :D

[Pepe]

Forrest Gump is quite good tbf.

[Yevrah]

And Shawshank's an odd one, in that it didn't get anything like the love it should have done when it was released.

[Foe]

Forrest Gump is quite good tbf. It is, but is it not almost unanimously agreed that Shawshank is best loved film? Maybe it's one of these 'slow burners'.

Same goes with Star Wars. Is there any films of the last 5 years that will go a similar way, Frozen aside, obvs.

[Pepe]

It is considered one of the best, yes, but it is not like it lost to absolute shite. It was also not popular at all upon release.

I'm not having Star Wars as a properly good film.

[Boydy]

Annie Hall is way better than Star Wars.

[Spammer]

I thought Annie Hall was fucking shite. A couple of lol moments but I nearly turned it off.

[Foe]

I quite liked Annie hall but it isn't one that will appeal to the masses. Nor would I watch it again.

[Magic]

Annie Hall and Husbands & Wives were absolute bilge.

[Toby]

Annie Hall is way better than Star Wars.

I was ready to lol at that bit so I'm glad somebody beat me to it.

[Henry]

The Revenant is really, really intense. Technically brilliant, well-acted, beautiful cinematography. But it's missing something - I'm just not sure what the point of it all is.

[John]

Looking for something in the old film thread and I've stumbled upon this;


Warrior was lovely. Hardy was immense and the casting of Jennifer Morrison was spot on.

Alright, Yev.

[Sam]

Deadpool was nothing short of perfection, one of most pleasurable watches I've had in years, hilarious and flew by. Going back again for another viewing.

[Yevrah]

Looking for something in the old film thread and I've stumbled upon this;



Alright, Yev.

I'll stick by that, it's when he started getting roles that required ACTING that the problems came.

[Pleb]

Deadpool was nothing short of perfection, one of most pleasurable watches I've had in years, hilarious and flew by. Going back again for another viewing.
I echo this statement :nodd:

[Lewis]

I think I'm about thirteen years too old for Deadpool to be AWESOME, but it was still very good.

[Henry]

Fancied an oldie this evening so watched Bad Day at Black Rock. As is often the case with these, it's reputation preceded it. But while it was okay, I'm not sure where it got that from.

[SvN]

Just watched Trumbo and thought it was excellent. The entire history of the blacklist is somewhat of a gap in my knowledge, so it was a nice introduction to that. It's inspired some further reading into the subject.

Bryan Cranston was incredible, as expected.

[John Arne]

Can someone recommend me a decent comedy to watch? I'm bored, slightly sick, and could do with a pick-me-up.

I'm open to anything, really.

[Manc]

Oldschool.

[Manc]

Spotlight is decent film, but nothing special. It takes a while to get going, but you can't help but be intrigued by the subject matter. Ruffalo donned proceedings as per despite a noticeablely shit hair cut. Keaton overcooked the accent and Mcadams was never out of power pants . 7/10

[Ian]

Predator is on.

"This stuff'll make you a god damned sexual tyrannosaurus. Just like me."

:cool:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

The handshake.

http://www.metalinsider.net/site/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Predator-handshake.gif

:drool:

[Spoonsky]

Hail Caesar was entertaining, but it wasn't really what I hoped. It could've been a truly great movie, I think, but it just fell a bit flat. It's actually a rare case of a movie that should have been longer and more well-developed than it was (or less packed with pointless subplots).

[Lewis]

'What about a kidnapping film full of...'
'Shit sub-plots and tortured...'
'Tortured metaphors!'
'We've done it again, Joel.'

[Boydy]

'What about a kidnapping film full of...'
'Shit sub-plots and tortured...'
'Tortured metaphors!'
'We've done it again, Joel.'

:D

[Ian]

The handshake.

http://www.metalinsider.net/site/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Predator-handshake.gif

:drool:

I'd forgotten how literally everybody (including the Predator, to an extent) is devastatingly stupid in it. From Arnie right at the start ruining a stealthy approach by going "fuck it" and rolling a big pile of explosives into a camp with "hostages" they were meant to rescue (his mates then joining in and causing a hailstorm of bullets when they didn't know where the hostahes might be), to basically everything that happens between then and the Predator deciding to walk right into the obvious traps near the end.

Still fucking love it. Will be all over Predator 2 tonight as well.

[Dquincy]

Watched Chappie last night.

Good film. I was also strangely attracted tot he weird blonde woman, who brought back memories of my stag trip to Krakov.

[Spoonsky]

'What about a kidnapping film full of...'
'Shit sub-plots and tortured...'
'Tortured metaphors!'
'We've done it again, Joel.'

:D

Bang on, whether you've actually seen or not.

[Lewis]

I've seen their other films, and I've seen L,A. Confidential, so I think I pretty much have.

[Magic]

Watched Chappie last night.

Good film. I was also strangely attracted tot he weird blonde woman, who brought back memories of my stag trip to Krakov.

Me too. Isn't it worth a cheeky watch, though. I do like Blomkamp's films.

[Dquincy]

Me too. Isn't it worth a cheeky watch, though. I do like Blomkamp's films.

Something about her freaky appearance, but I would. A quick internet search would suggest she likes to get her vag out on stage.

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/ac/10/a8/ac10a8622df63d32d20c14b3d94e9baa.jpg

[Magic]

Fucking hell she's in a rap group with the douche baddy from that film and has a kid to him called Sixteen. :harold:

[Lewis]

Them annoying bastards ruined what could have been an interesting film.

[Spammer]

Event Horizon

Decent enough way to spend 90 mins. Doubt I'll ever watch it again, but yeah.

[Toby]

I enjoyed The Hateful Eight a lot more than I thought I would, but then after Django Unchained my expectations couldn't have been much lower. It's another indulgent load of nonsense so maybe just going in with that mindset helped me to appreciate it for what it is. It's far too long, and the story doesn't go anywhere, but there are enough genuine laughs for it not to feel like a complete waste of time.

[QE Harold Flair]

Working my way through the 80's ones on this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_considered_the_worst#Heaven.27s_Gate _.281980.29

[randomlegend]

Deadpool was proper entertaining.

[The Merse]

I enjoyed The Hateful Eight a lot more than I thought I would, but then after Django Unchained my expectations couldn't have been much lower. It's another indulgent load of nonsense so maybe just going in with that mindset helped me to appreciate it for what it is. It's far too long, and the story doesn't go anywhere, but there are enough genuine laughs for it not to feel like a complete waste of time.

Kermode nailed Tarantino a long time ago in saying that he needs someone to edit for him as he's not a fucking clue how to do it himself. That said, Django and Inglorious are 8/10's for me, it's just that Tarantino's first 3 (directorial) features being 9 (Pulp Fiction) or 10's (Jackie Brown, Resevoir Dogs) and a 9 in the middle of that run as a writer (True Romance, directed by Tony Scott) says to me that it's a damn shame he's not made a masterpiece in almost two decades. I don't have a problem with the Tarantino dialogue that some have come to bemoan (I love that his characters are unrealistically verbose), but he is too fond of being tangential with that dialogue. Similarly, I don't mind his pop culture and cult film reverence referencing, again - it's part of the appeal - but there are times when it feels awfully superfluous.

Looking forward to Hateful Eight. Fully expect my scoring to be indicative in the title...

[The Merse]

Deadpool was proper entertaining.

I want to like this. Not normally a fan of Marvel despite my love of graphic novels (I like British authors, with their darker, mature and often politically motivated style normally), but I have a good feeling about Deadpool as Marvel is most bearable when it has a sense of humour about itself.

May try and persuade someone to do a double bill with me alongside Hateful Eight.

[John]

Working my way through the 80's ones on this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_considered_the_worst#Heaven.27s_Gate _.281980.29

Why? I get the 'so bad it's good' thing when you've watched a film in good faith and ended up enjoying it as a comedy because the effects are shite and nobody can act, but seeking out a film because it's universally considered woeful is beyond me.

[QE Harold Flair]

Why? I get the 'so bad it's good' thing when you've watched a film in good faith and ended up enjoying it as a comedy because the effects are shite and nobody can act, but seeking out a film because it's universally considered woeful is beyond me.

Because I Enjoyed The Room, despite knowing it would be shit. That could be a one-off, but we shall see.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Them annoying bastards ruined what could have been an interesting film.

Indeed.

Although it did remind me that I had heard of their music before but have no idea when or how.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Creed is great.

Really does well in creating the same sort of emotional pull as Rocky 1-4 did.

[SvN]

Odd that you leave out VI, which is probably the second best in the series.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Odd that you leave out VI, which is probably the second best in the series.

I'd say that it's better than 4 but not the first three (I'm a sucker for Clubber Lang).

However, I always felt that the first 4 are better at playing on viewer emotions.

[Henry]

Deadpool is funny and the violence is refreshingly real. But it gets a bit repetitive and the story isn't great.

Where are the cops during all of this? And why aren't the X-Men hauling Deadpool off to prison or something? He's a cold-blooded killer.

[The Merse]

I fucking love the trailers.

[Ian]

Just been to see Deadpool and I liked it a lot. It's not perfect and there are definitely some swng-and-miss jokes but on the whole I enjoyed myself very much.

In other news, it would appear Shane Black's new Predator film is officially official, if it wasn't already. It's to be called The Predator and isn't a remake or reboot.

[Shindig]

Kindergarten Cop 2 starring Dolph Lundgren. Fuck off.

[Mike]

Just home from a very packed pictures watching Deadpool. It was good, very funny, action packed and enjoyable.
It was so busy we had to sit next to people we didn't know. Guy next to me was a talker, kept repeating stuff from the film and pointing stuff out to his girlfriend. Then he asked he if she thought it was funny. His girlfriend then spent the rest of the film telling him which bits she liked.

[Reg]

Any recommendations for films on Netflix? Would like a comedy and a drama please lads.

[Spoonsky]

I just watched Ferris Bueller's Day Off on there. :thbup:

[randomlegend]

Just home from a very packed pictures watching Deadpool. It was good, very funny, action packed and enjoyable.
It was so busy we had to sit next to people we didn't know. Guy next to me was a talker, kept repeating stuff from the film and pointing stuff out to his girlfriend. Then he asked he if she thought it was funny. His girlfriend then spent the rest of the film telling him which bits she liked.

People who talk in the cinema should be executed.

[phonics]

Any recommendations for films on Netflix? Would like a comedy and a drama please lads.

Sleepers iis my favourite 'not everyone has seen it' reccomendation for drama.

[Spoonsky]

These are my go-to:

http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/best-movies-netflix-streaming-right-now/cake

http://agoodmovietowatch.com/netflix/23-best-netflix/

[Reg]

Sleepers iis my favourite 'not everyone has seen it' reccomendation for drama.


These are my go-to:

http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/best-movies-netflix-streaming-right-now/cake

http://agoodmovietowatch.com/netflix/23-best-netflix/
Cheers. :thbup: I'll have a good look through those lists.

Sleepers looks good but isn't on Netflix (UK version at least).

[Ian]

I just watched Ferris Bueller's Day Off on there. :thbup:

Bueller is such a cunt.

[ItalAussie]

People who talk in the cinema should be executed.

There were some talkers next to me in Star Wars ("Oh no!", "It'll be alright, they'll get out of this", "I hope so!"), in a sold-out screening. But I spotted a much better seat which nobody seemed to be claiming, and escaped after 15 minutes. Best decision I made.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

There were some talkers next to me in Star Wars ("Oh no!", "It'll be alright, they'll get out of this", "I hope so!"), in a sold-out screening. But I spotted a much better seat which nobody seemed to be claiming, and escaped after 15 minutes. Best decision I made.
Some dickhead got out his phone during, what I considered to be, the best scene in the film to check Facebook for the entirety of said scene.

Seething didn't even begin to cover it.

Although apparently my brother had a worse experience when he saw it. He said some woman kept cheering loudly whenever any of the old cast came on screen.

[Spoonsky]

I've always wanted to throw popcorn at people checking their phones in the cinema, but luckily it hasn't happened enough for me to give it a go yet.

[Dquincy]

That and you're probably too scared to do it.

[Ian]

When I went to see Deadpool the other night there was a guy who seemed to start laughing at a joke a good couple of seconds after everybody else had finished. There was also one person who went to clap at one point but after one they realised nobody else was joining in, did the sensible thing and packed it in.

I watched End of Watch yesterday and thought it was ace.

[Raoul Duke]

Saw Deadpool on Friday and thought it was awesome. Easily one of my favourite superhero/comic book films.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

Watched Inglourious Basterds again for the first time in ages. The farmhouse, restaurant and pub scenes really are something else. :drool:

[Foe]

the English patient is tedious nonsense of the highest order. Terrible.

[Reg]

Really enjoyed Money Train. I advise everyone to ignore the less than great ratings if they feel like an action film with some substance and likeable characters.

[Dquincy]

Im about to watch Cloverfield or The Godfather.

Not seen either, so which should i watch? ta.

[Foe]

The latter.

[Dquincy]

For fu...

Just put on Cloverfield. But thanks.

[Dquincy]

Fucking wobbly camera.

[Dquincy]

Foe

Just watched all of Cloverfield. Fast forwarded it in parts. Was a bit shit.

[simon]

:D

You fast forwarded through half of the film? What's the fucking point?

[CJay]

I watched The Mist last night. Enjoyable stuff, until the incredibly depressing ending, which was still very well done. Love the mystery and how the reasons for the situation are only ever hinted at. The trio of Walking Dead actors is a bit weird, that's quite a coincidence.

[Giggles]

:D

You fast forwarded through half of the film? What's the fucking point?

Because it was Cloverfield. He probably improved it.

[Dquincy]

:D

You fast forwarded through half of the film? What's the fucking point?

Yeah I know. But I've never seen it and heard it was a bit shit. It was.

[Giggles]

I have seen some absolute jip in my time, but The Tuxedo is even surprising me in how bad it is.

[Giggles]

And I watched it all :face:

[Yevrah]

I watched The Mist last night. Enjoyable stuff, until the incredibly depressing ending, which was still very well done. Love the mystery and how the reasons for the situation are only ever hinted at. The trio of Walking Dead actors is a bit weird, that's quite a coincidence.

Love that film and the ending makes it.

[Cord]

By complete accident I ended up watching two thematically complementary films one after the other today. They even had near identical scenes where the business speak spouting psychopath main characters use the same wanky definition of ‘fear’ (False Evidence Appearing Real) to get a wavering sidekick to join them in their criminal plans.

The first was Pain & Gain, which is tonally all over the place, though mostly lurid crash, bang, wallop stuff (so much for being Michael Bay’s small independent labour of love), and frankly it’s a little bit shite, The Rock and Ed Harris (not in The Rock) aside.

The second was Nightcrawler, which was much better as the clearly knew what they wanted to say with it, and so the whole thing is of a piece – mostly lurid Jake Gyllenhaal staring unblinkingly into the camera a lot. It’s probably the sort of thing which I’d have raved about a few years ago, but I seem to be getting old and losing the ability to properly love something that’s so unrelentingly grim. It can only be a few more years until I’m refusing to watch anything which doesn’t have lovely horses and period costumes in it.

[CJay]

Love that film and the ending makes it.

Oh I totally agree - it's brilliantly done, but also rather depressing. Apparently Darabont wanted all the survivors from the shop to go past on the trucks at the end, but they'd already buggered off home from shooting. That would have been even more powerful than just that one woman and her kids.

[John]

I watched The Mist last night. Enjoyable stuff, until the incredibly depressing ending, which was still very well done. Love the mystery and how the reasons for the situation are only ever hinted at. The trio of Walking Dead actors is a bit weird, that's quite a coincidence.

Frank Darabont was one of the leading lights in getting The Walking Dead onto TV, so it's not a coincidence that a few of his pet actors were in there. Jeffrey DeMunn (Dale on TWD) is in all three of his Stephen King adaptations.

[CJay]

Frank Darabont was one of the leading lights in getting The Walking Dead onto TV, so it's not a coincidence that a few of his pet actors were in there. Jeffrey DeMunn (Dale on TWD) is in all three of his Stephen King adaptations.

Ah, that makes more sense then.

[Lewis]

I watched Spotlight last night (I didn't know pirate DVDs were still going). It good, but I'm not sure whether it would have been better as a mini-series, with everything developed a lot more, or whether that would have been a bit dull. Either way, I don't know if it works particularly well in two hours.

[Dquincy]

I have seen some absolute jip in my time, but The Tuxedo is even surprising me in how bad it is.

But doesn't the inclusion of Jennifer Love Hewitt make it worthwhile?

[Pepe]

http://img.pandawhale.com/169703-jlh-hot-ass-heartbreakers-gif-oJsV.gif

:drool:

[Dquincy]

Bravo. Let's have another.

https://coedmagazine.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/jennifer-love-hewitt-cleavage-gif-8.gif?w=479

[Dquincy]

and another...

https://coedmagazine.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/jennifer-love-hewitt-cleavage-gif-15.gif?w=371

[Dquincy]

Last one.

https://coedmagazine.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/jennifer-love-hewitt-cleavage-gif-25.gif?w=264

[Pepe]

She is (was?) absolutely superb.

[Dquincy]

Probably more 'was', but i certainly agree with that.

[Yevrah]

Her appearance in Heartbreakers broke my mind.

[Giggles]

But doesn't the inclusion of Jennifer Love Hewitt make it worthwhile?

She can indeed improve anything. I'd forgot how hot she was.

[Giggles]

Her appearance in Heartbreakers broke my mind.

If that last .gif from Quincy is from it then I need to see it.

[Pepe]

It is and you do.

[Giggles]

Just rented it :drool:

[Dquincy]

Just rented it :drool:

Make sure the wife is out. ;)

[Henry]

Concussion is quite good. Smith should have got an Oscar nomination.

[QE Harold Flair]

So I'm watching The Big Short on account of its Oscars win. Not very impressed at all. All the bankers are either super smug or super-villainous. I know bankers are generally tossers but this is complete overkill. There's also no redeeming qualities about anyone in the whole film. It's just all a bit boring. The documentaries that came out about are much better.

[Henry]

Was it someone here who recommended Enemy to me? It's not up to much.

[Spammer]

Spectre

Shite. The blonde lass in that dress though :drool:

[SvN]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JINqHA7xywE

As abysmal as I expected it to be.

[Lewis]

Mexicans/Asians getting stiffed again. :(

[phonics]

Thought it was a good point made that this 'movie of female empowerment' has a black character who's only skill in the group is "She knows the streets"

[QE Harold Flair]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JINqHA7xywE

As abysmal as I expected it to be.

Why are they women? Women are hardly ever funny. It won't work but hey, at least feminism strikes again.

[Yevrah]

Of all the possible motivations for making that movie, I can assure you, feminism wasn't one of them.

[Yevrah]

Watching this and it must be the worst year he's done so far. There are about 6 joint awards given.

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

The twat.

[Dquincy]

Is it our generation that is the first to suffer the on going re-makes of classics but in a shitter format. That includes crappy sequels.

[Henry]

They normally put some of the best bits in trailers, so if that holds true here, that will be one of the worst films ever made.

[SvN]

I watched The Wicker Man for the first time today. What an absolutely wonderful film. I didn't know what to expect beforehand, I just knew it was somewhat of a "cult classic". But it exceeded every expectation I could've had. It's up there with The Shining as far as I'm concerned.

The music was brilliant too. I've been humming the maypole song all day.

I then watched Harry Brown, which was pretty good. Caine was great, of course, but I thought the entire thing was a bit implausible at moments. Still a good watch, though.

[Serj]

So I decided to familiarize myself with the Oscar nominees from this year, and started with Bridge of Spies since it has been getting good reviews and was also well received here.

And, well... that was a bit of a letdown. The first half of the film was good, there's an interesting moral dilemma, you can definitely see that the Coens co-wrote it with some of the deadpan humor, and there's tension as to what's going to happen. But in the second half the film kind of manages to lose all of it. The characters aren't particularly interesting, the attempted humor comes more in weird tonal shifts, and plot-wise most things happen so smoothly that there's no real tension left. Also there's the obvious scenes where you're spoonfed emotions with kitschy music, which is just Spielberg, I guess, but I thought he does it better in his other films.

It was gorgeous to look at, I'll give it that.

All in all, not terrible, but I'm probably not going to watch it again. Might also have been many spy movie references flying over my head, though.

[Foe]

Zero Dark Thirty took a long while to get going but wasn't too bad.

[QE Harold Flair]

Of all the possible motivations for making that movie, I can assure you, feminism wasn't one of them.

How can you assure me of that? Having all women, who aren't funny because women aren't funny, instead of men, was clearly a statement.

[Yevrah]

How can you assure me of that? Having all women, who aren't funny because women aren't funny, instead of men, was clearly a statement.

No it wasn't, you paranoid twat. It's all about the monies, which the film will clearly make.

[QE Harold Flair]

It would make a lot more with men as the lead roles. This is definitely a statement, trying too hard to be different.

[Toby]

It would still be crap with men.

[QE Harold Flair]

I agree, it probably would. It wouln't be a gimmick, at least.

[Toby]

Just a straight rehash of a film that isn't even that old, which is worse really. They're doing something different because otherwise what's the point?

[QE Harold Flair]

Fine, I wonder what the reaction would be to a male Sex And The City?

This will bomb because fans of the original are largely male and don't want to see unfunny women ruin a classic.

[Yevrah]

"Making a statement". Seriously, have a day off.

[Toby]

A male Sex in the City wouldn't have much of a market. I'm sure it's been done as an occasional sketch but nobody is going to give a shit beyond the initial laugh. I assume you're suggesting there would be an upset, which is a bit lol.

[QE Harold Flair]

"Making a statement". Seriously, have a day off.

Feminists, themselves, seem to think so, too.

[QE Harold Flair]

A male Sex in the City wouldn't have much of a market. I'm sure it's been done as an occasional sketch but nobody is going to give a shit beyond the initial laugh. I assume you're suggesting there would be an upset, which is a bit lol.

Upset about men going out and fucking random girls then meeting up for a coffee to brag about it and discuss who had the tightest pussy or the biggest tits, or who the most submissive slut was? Who could possibly be upset about that?

[Toby]

Isn't that basically Entourage?

[simon]

Fucking hell, could we not do this in here as well? JESUS FUCKING CHRIST.

[ItalAussie]

We're definitely not doing this in here. Put a lid on it.

[Toby]

I assume from his latest edit that he's watched a lot more about Sex in the City than I have, so I'll cede to his superior knowledge on it.

[ItalAussie]

Seriously, that's enough of that, from everyone. Let's just breeze on past it.

[QE Harold Flair]

I assume from his latest edit that he's watched a lot more about Sex in the City than I have, so I'll cede to his superior knowledge on it.

Never watched a full episode but you would have to be pretty disingenuous to claim you don't know what I'm talking about.

[ItalAussie]

Warning points from now on.

[Giggles]

Upset about men going out and fucking random girls then meeting up for a coffee to brag about it and discuss who had the tightest pussy or the biggest tits, or who the most submissive slut was? Who could possibly be upset about that?

He has a point here in fairness.

[John Arne]

Just a straight rehash of a film that isn't even that old, which is worse really. They're doing something different because otherwise what's the point?

Get this.... it's 32 years old. I guessed it was early 90's, turns out it was 1984.

Mind blown.

[Yevrah]

It wasn't even that good in the first place. :eyemouth:

[Shindig]

Dan Akroyd gets head off a ghost in the original. And Bill Murray fiddles a woman in her sleep. Maybe we owe them this one.

[Yevrah]

The cast was great, but the sexual overtones throughout that and the second one were just odd.

[QE Harold Flair]

2.6 internets for whoever can guess who this is? No cheating, fuckers.

http://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BBqmi9h.img?h=400&w=356&m=6&q=60&o=f&l=f&x=592&y=547

[Toby]

http://images-cdn.moviepilot.com/image/upload/c_fill,h_327,w_500/t_mp_quality_gif/tumblr_mr5r1tz2rh1qcga5ro1_500-whatever-happened-to-chunk-from-the-goonies-gif-151952.gif

[QE Harold Flair]

Yes, you cheated.

[Toby]

He's been plastered over the internet for a long time. Your picture is about five years old.

[John Arne]

https://duncancer.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/85a6a-dover.jpg

[QE Harold Flair]

:scratch:

[Smiffy]

.....

[John]

In the order they came out.

[randomlegend]

Isn't there some SPECIAL order you are MEANT to watch them in?

[Smiffy]

.....

[Shindig]

Yeah, there's some machete order which tries to protect you from the fact that Kevin Spacey is Keyser Soze.

[John]

You can do the first two of the original trilogy, then the three prequels, then the last of the originals, which should protect all the surprises and give some added weight to what goes on in the third but I'd stick with release order for a first watch.

[Smiffy]

.....

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

Delete that shit.

[Spoonsky]

I know Newcastle have just lost to Bournemouth but really, have some decency Shindig.

[Shindig]

Sorry to spoil a film that happened before you were even born, Spoon.

[John]

Don't be a dick, Shinners. Spoiler it. You do the same, Smiff.

Not that it matters now, I suppose.

[Spoonsky]

Sorry to spoil a film that happened before you were even born, Spoon.

Believe it or not, it's possible to watch a film that came out before you were born.

[Smiffy]

.....

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

Believe it or not, it's possible to watch a film that came out before you were born.

Yeah, not sure what difference that makes as to it being ok to give away spoilers. Thankfully I've seen it. Commiserations.

[Giggles]

I have no idea what it's even in reference to.

[Spoonsky]

I've seen it too, thankfully.

[Toby]

You can't seriously be precious about that one any more. It's a secret about as well kept as "I see dead people".

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

The only common ones I find people openly talking about are that and Star Wars.

[Raoul Duke]

Watched 'Big' and 'Little Shop of Horrors' yesterday with some friends. The piano scene in Big is :drool:, although the peado-tastic overtones wouldn't fly nowadays. Also, in LSOH, I didn't remember the main woman in it having such a massive rack.

[Boydy]

Why are documentaries rated so highly on Rotten Tomatoes? Like half of the best films of any year seem to be documentaries.

[Lewis]

Because Americans aren't used to proper documentaries (which is basically all the BBC is good for), so when they done see learnin' made film they go mental for it.

[igor_balis]

Documentaries are frustrating to find on the internet for that very reason - hard to figure out which are actually good. Loads of conspiracy theory shit/pseudo intellectual bollocks for stoners like zeitgeist dominate ratings lists as well.

[Giggles]

I'd seen the first hour or so of Limitless a good few times but never the end. It really is shite.

[Magic]

Documentaries are generally pretty good, to be fair.

[Giggles]

Probably seemed funnier as you were posting.

[Boydy]

when they done see learnin' made film they go mental for it.


Documentaries are generally pretty good, to be fair.

Yeah.

[Boydy]

I finished Room not long ago. It's really great.

[Spoonsky]

Army of Shadows (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_of_Shadows).

Brilliant film, the cinematography is terrific. It's of a kind that I don't think they really make anymore.

[Spoonsky]

This is quite good: http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2016/03/12/the_walk_of_life_project_proves_dire_straits_makes _every_movie_better.html

[Magic]

Bridge Of Spies was pretty damn good. I liked how they didn't subtitle it to give a greater impression of Hanks' character's confusion.

[Pepe]

Watched The Big Short last night and to my surprise it was actually pretty good.

[Giggles]

Finally got round to Spectre. Jesus, some of that green screen stuff is so bad.

[leedsrevolution]

I watched The Lobster and thought it was awful. I usually enjoy dark humour but it wasn't even remotely funny. I chuckled when he kicked that guy in the shin and that's it.

I also went to the cinema to watch Thr Whitch. I thought it was brilliant, good undertone throughout and shot beautifully. The score was great as well. However the two people I went to see it with thought it was shit. But they loved Babadook which I thought was gash.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35817121

Harrison Ford and Steven Spielberg are teaming up for a new Indiana Jones film, The Walt Disney Company has announced.

:face:

[Clunge]

Rewatched Cloverfield tonight in readiness for 10 Cloverfield Lane.

It still makes me uneasy. So grim and desperate in parts. Shame the monster is a bit tacky.

[CJay]

You needn't have. They're nothing alike, apparently.

[Clunge]

I know. More just to refresh my memory of the first for any continuity between the two.

[Bernanke]

This new Malick-flick looks boring as fuck. As per.

[Dark Soldier]

Knight of Cups? Looks awful.

Cracking poster though.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

The trailer for 10 Cloverfield Lane is exactly how they should be done, not giving away absolutely everything in the film but making it feel extremely tense.

[simon]

Sicario was good. Very atmospheric and pretty dark, but I think it lacked a bit in the general 'plot' of things. It felt like a bit of an anti-climax if anything.

Del Toro did boss it though.

[Bernanke]

There's going to be one or two prequels/sequels that focus on Del Toros character. :nodd:

[simon]

Reckon I'm going to go on a bit of a film-watching spree for a while, because I've not really sat down and watched much over the last few months.

Is Bridge of Spies online anywhere yet?