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Originally Posted by Browning
It’s available now on iTunes. Not seen anything about Disney+ yet.
Ah right, must be region specific. Not showing on mine.
the piano was a tad dull...
Another one down though.
Think I’m going to try and polish off the IMDb top 250..
A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood , the film about US children's entertainer Mr Rogers is a nice feel good movie. Not a lot happens, but despite its slow pace, it's a nice change from the impending death by plague.
I did that at uni but only the top 100. Watched about 70 until i gave upQuote:
Originally Posted by Foe
A lad on the telly recommended Locke yesterday. Dear God no.
I’ve done 91 of the top 100 and about 225 of the top 250.Quote:
Originally Posted by SincereTheRebel
Unfortunately the bulk of the ones remaining are Asian and 2.5-3 hours long.
Lagaan, gangs of wasseypur etc. Fuck off.
I had it in my head that Rotten Tomatoes was somewhat reliable....
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EDIT: I get that it is an aggregator.
It's reliable in a "is this film good or shit" way.Quote:
Originally Posted by John Arne
The problem is that RT just aggregates on a binary good or bad scale, so if, hypothetically, a film got 99 "eh, 6/10" reviews and one 1/10 it would still score 99. At least that's my understanding of it.Quote:
Originally Posted by John Arne
Explains that horrendous top 10 at least. Two superhero ‘SPLOSIONS!!! films the top 2 :face:Quote:
Originally Posted by igor_balis
Avengers assemble is pretty highly rated in IMDb also.
Given I’ve attempted twice to watch it the last 2 days and got bored and turned it off tells me enough.
Can’t trust these lists as the general public are idiots.
Going to re watch some of the classics I think. 12 angry men and rear window two I’m particularly keen to watch again.
Is this Ford v Ferrari worth faffing about connecting a hard drive to the Shield?
Isn't it like three hours long? No way it merits that length.
Ah fuck that, I was wondering why it was the guts of 10GB. No chance.
I'm n the Maradona film (also on later).
This Maradona thing is not very good, though I’m never really a fan of ones that aren’t narrated.
Yes but this isn't a "problem" provided you don't think it's meant to be an objective "Here are the finest films to have ever graced the screen" list. I look at RT a lot but just as a gauge of whether the film seems to be terrible on its own merits. I usually have an idea of whether I actually want to see it regardless of reviews.Quote:
Originally Posted by igor_balis
Also any old twat can become one of their established critics if they've been writing their blog long enough so y'know.
Anyway, last night I watched The Breakfast Club for the first time and I'm not sure if the messages it's sending are awful or if its just me looking at it 35 years later. Some of the performances are decent but some of the character arcs are pretty questionable and I don't think even at the time it was as profound as it probably thought it was.
I see your point, but I've seen some really good films that got crappy RT ratings because most critics are spackers. If you have an idea of whether you want to watch something, I really wouldn't let a low RT rating convince you otherwise.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ian
I mean Space Jam has 43% so we all know the system isn't without its flaws.
A quick re check of IMDb and totting up indicates I’d seen 91 of the top 100 and 230 of the top 250. Quickly realised “klaus” was available on Netflix so watched it this afternoon and enjoyed it. Nice little animated film.
That leaves me 29 to get after. 8 of which are on Netflix, 1 so old and short it’s on YouTube (Sherlock jr) and 1 on prime (capernaum which actually looks quite good).
The other 19 are a combination of:
Blockbuster films from 2018-2019... all of which will likely be dvd/blu day/rent fairs
Absolutely toss Indian or Asian films that are going to be a nightmare to get hold of
Older films from the 40-50s that nobody really cares about.
Going to work my way through the ones I can, obviously. Unfortunately the ones I’d rather watch are right at the bottom of the 250 and ultimately a waste of time as they’ll dip in and out.
Capernaum (mon)
Sherlock jr (tues)
Andhadhun (wed)
If my current plan.
At some point I’ll need to sit through lagaan and dangal but I’ll likely save that for when I fancy a nap..
BBC iplayer are smashing it with thier films of late. Manchester by the Sea, A time to kill, A place beyond the Pines, Foxcatcher.
This didn’t go to plan. But capernaum was really good. Shades of tsotsi.Quote:
Originally Posted by Foe
Started watching Sherlock jr but got pulled away, was enjoying it. Nearly 100 years old too which is a bit mental.
sherlock jr was really good. Buster Keaton really was quite the actor.
andhadhun is absolutely batshit mental, but one of the better Indian films I’ve watched.
Actually a legitimately solid film.
The only Indian cinema I've ever witnessed are those clips that we used to caption on the old board.
Well, I’m about 20 minutes into a film called rang de basanti and its up there with the worst twenty minutes of film I’ve ever seen.
Only another 140 minutes of bullshit left.
Enjoyed The Platform (on Netflix) last night. Fun premise executed well and didn't get sucked into some one dimensional anti-capitalist propaganda (which I would have been up for anyway).
Lagaan is great. Never seen a good one otherwise, but then they're not really made for me.
I'd forgotten about those. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Vercetti
I made a thread for those in 2017, and nobody bothered. The opening video still works though (still topical too).
Solo is actually half decent.
It’s the best part of 4 hours about cricket, no?Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimmy Floyd
Precisely.
Concluded that rang de basanti is absolute dross. Avoid.
I did watch the invisible guest though and it was magnificent. A very well done thriller. Anyone seen it? It’s Spanish I think, so it’s subtitles but well worth the effort.
One hour in. Enough for today.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimmy Floyd
They spent 4 minutes singing about clouds.
These Bollywood directors really don’t value Indian film watchers time. I don’t think I’ve seen an Indian film less than 140 minutes long.
About 20 to go now.
Lagaan wasn’t as bad as I expected but definitely not good. Indian glorified musical about cricket that’s 4 hours long. They could easily have made it 2 hours long. So much unnecessary fluff. British sister lady was hot though, so props there.
My father and my son was really tough watching. Not a bad film by any stretch.
Up next likely either Spider-Man into the spider verse or the handmaiden.
How do you feel about Spider-Man films generally, Foe?
Spider-Verse is the best one. :nodd:
I don’t mind them, I just feel like once you’ve seen one, you’ve seen them all no?
Bailed on that idea and instead signed up to bfi player.
passion of Joan of Arc is tough sledding. I’m pretty sure I’ve seen/fallen asleep to it before.
Working my way through Tokyo story now..
Films left:
Parasite
Avengers end game
Averagers infinity war
Spider-Man spiderverse
Joker
Le Mans 66
1917
Older ones...
The handmaiden
Tokyo story
Ikiru
The bandit
The red shoes
Ace in the hole
Andrei rublev ( :( )
Pk
Drishyam
White heat
Probably another 1 or 2 I’m forgetting..
Spider-Verse is brilliant.
Turns out I’ve seen ikiru (it was rubbish). Other two are gangs of wasseypur (5 fucking hours of Bollywood mob) and portrait of a lady on fire.
17 to go after finishing Tokyo story. Hope a few of them are crackers because the whole point of this.. discovering good films I’d not have watched otherwise.
After Toby Maguire I gave up on them. Fuck remaking films about 10 years after the original. It’s it three times now?
Yes I've seen it. Could do with a re-watch though as I don't remember that much about it other than it was excellent...Quote:
Originally Posted by Foe
I watched The Invisible Man last night and I'd say the praise was justified. Having since seen the trailer, I'd advise anyone to watch the film first.
ace in the hole is absolutely bat shit mental.
Discovered that ‘the bandit’ is online so think I’ll give that a watch tomorrow. Smashing through a load of these films I’d never ordinarily watch when sport is available.
Checked the comparison of how the 250 has changed and in the last 6 years I’d say there’s about 30-40 that was dropped out. Think I’ve seen about 95% of them. Biggest disappointment being the fact I spunked 3 hours of my life watching ghandi for no fucking reason now. Gah.
Yep. Maguire, Garfield and Holland.Quote:
Originally Posted by Giggles
Spider-Verse a different kettle of fish.
Midosommar is great fun.
Well, as expected the bandit ‘eskiya’ was absolute trash. Managed to watch it on YouTube so at least I didn’t spunk a tenner on the dvd like I thought I’d need to.
The red shoes up next. Something about ballet...
Just finishing episode 9 of star wars. Such shit.
Yeah. Just a terrible film that one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kikó
I finished avengers infinity war and it was about 80% decent, 20% mindless action shite [/b].
Started the hand maiden but will finish it tomorrow. Definitely a bit fruity.