Film Thread

[Bernanke]

What's your thoughts on Only God Forgives?

[Dark Soldier]

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[Dark Soldier]

What's your thoughts on Only God Forgives?

Loved it too. Its a film of little real substance, as Refn adores to do with his more indie style efforts, but the visuals, the dreamlike nature carry it through.

He's come a long way since Fear X, The Pusher trilogy and Bleeder.

I just want to add, I adore Kim Bodnia as an actor, its a shame he never choose to, or never made the breakthrough in Hollywood.

[Yevrah]

Quite liked Hacksaw Ridge and don't necessarily share DS and John's issues with it.

My main problem was that there simply wasn't enough material there for a 140 minute movie and the opening section dragged on forever as a result. The battle scenes were incredibly well done though, Garfield was great and the ending was lump in the throat stuff.

Mel needs to be in and make more movies really.

[Dark Soldier]

Casey Affleck is seriously amazing in Manchester by The Sea. Hell of a film too, a slow, ponderous snapshot of life.

[Shindig]

Does he still sound like a small child? I know he can act but that voice always gets my goat.

[Dark Soldier]

Yes his voice sounds like his voice.

[Spoonsky]

Street fight, Moonlight vs Manchester by the Sea, who ya got DS?

[Dark Soldier]

Moonlight, just, but Affleck gives the best performance out of both movies. The film says little, he says a lot. Strikes me as similar to The Master in that the film has slight substance but a powerhouse lead is what raises it above standard fare.

[Henry]

Some recents.

Very good: The Imitation Game, Snowden, Birth of a Nation
Decent: Anthropoid
Poor: Suicide Squad
Even worse: Morgan

[Spammer]

I, Daniel Blake

Very heavy handed - that world 'subtlety' just doesn't exist for the screenwriter, apparently. Takes the point and hammers you with a sledgehammer with it.

[Dark Soldier]

Silence

Stunning cinematography. Excellent performances (a few accents aside). Quite possibly the dullest thing I have ever seen.

[Lewis]

Oh. Oh. Told you, didn't I, big man?

[Dark Soldier]

Yes, yes you did, and I'll accept defeat quite happily. There's literally no point to it existing apart from it being Scorsese's passion project.

[Lewis]

And that scene where the lol Japanese bloke deflates.

[Dark Soldier]

Haha yeah, completely broke any suspension of belief when he's constantly looking, sounding, and acting like a complete gimp.

[randomlegend]

The new Star Wars is to be called "The Last Jedi".

[Yevrah]

I, Daniel Blake

Very heavy handed - that world 'subtlety' just doesn't exist for the screenwriter, apparently. Takes the point and hammers you with a sledgehammer with it.

I tried 5 minutes of it last night and absolutely hated those 5 minutes.

[Dark Soldier]

We can agree to disagree on that one

[Yevrah]

What I did settle on in the end was a another watch of The Theory of Everything, which improved with a second viewing (and I liked it the first time), but it was also far more apparent to me that it does an absolutely piss poor job of explaining why he's such a brilliant scientist. If you knew nothing about him going in, you wouldn't be any the wiser going out.

That said, maybe (like Roberto Martinez organising a defence) it just didn't bother to, but then I can't really forgive it for that either as it should have done.

[Dark Soldier]

Forgot to post them, but Jackie and Moana both leaked today. Not many left really, Gold, Live By Night, The Founder and a few others that I'm not all that interested in.

[Bernanke]

Oscars:

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Best picture:
“Arrival”
“Fences”
“Hacksaw Ridge”
“Hell or High Water”
“Hidden Figures”
“La La Land”
“Manchester by the Sea”
“Lion”
“Moonlight”

Lead actor:
Casey Affleck
Andrew Garfield
Ryan Gosling
Viggo Mortensen
Denzel Washington

Lead actress:
Isabelle Huppert
Ruth Negga
Natalie Portman
Emma Stone
Meryl Streep

Supporting actor:
Mahershala Ali
Jeff Bridges
Lucas Hedges
Dev Patel
Michael Shannon

Supporting actress:
Viola Davis
Naomie Harris
Nicole Kidman
Octavia Spencer
Michelle Williams

Best director:
Denis Villeneuve
Mel Gibson
Damien Chazelle
Kenneth Lonergan
Barry Jenkins

Animated feature:
“Kubo and the Two Strings”
“Moana”
“My Life as a Zucchini”
“The Red Turtle”
“Zootopia”

Animated short:
“Blind Vaysha”
“Borrowed Time”
“Pear Cider and Cigarettes”
“Pearl”
“Piper”

Adapted screenplay:
“Arrival”
“Fences”
“Hidden Figures”
“Lion”
“Moonlight”

Original screenplay:
“Hell or High Water”
“La La Land”
“The Lobster”
“Manchester by the Sea”
“20th Century Women”

Cinematography:
“Arrival”
“La La Land”
“Lion”
“Moonlight”
“Silence”

Best documentary feature:
“Fire at Sea”
“I Am Not Your Negro”
“Life Animated”
“OJ: Made in America”
“13th”

Best documentary short subject:
“Extremist”
“4.1 Miles”
“Joe’s Violin”
“Watani My Homeland”
“The White Helmets”

Best foreign language film:
“A Man Called Ove”
“Land of Mine”
“Tanna”
“The Salesman”
“Toni Erdmann”

Sound editing:
“Arrival”
“Deep Water Horizon”
“Hacksaw Ridge”
“La La Land”
“Sully”

Sound mixing:
“Arrival”
“Hacksaw Ridge”
“La La Land”
“Rogue One”
“13 Hours”

Production design:
“Arrival”
“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”
“Hail Caesar!”
“La La Land”
“Passengers”

Visual effects:
“Deepwater Horizon”
“Doctor Strange”
“Jungle Book”
“Kubo”
“Rogue One”

Original score:
“Jackie”
“La La Land”
“Lion”
“Moonlight”
“Passengers”

Original song:
Audition
Can’t Stop the Feeling
City of Stars
Empty Chair
How Far I’ll Go

Makeup and hair:
“A Man Called Ove”
“Star Trek Beyond”
“Suicide Squad”

Costume design:
“Allied”
“Fantastic Beasts”
“Florence Foster Jenkins”
“Jackie”
“La La Land”

[Dark Soldier]

My take on things going off what I want to happen:

Oscars:

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Best picture:
“Arrival”
“Fences”
“Hacksaw Ridge”
“Hell or High Water”
“Hidden Figures”
“La La Land”
“Manchester by the Sea”
“Lion”
“Moonlight”

Lead actor:
Casey Affleck
Andrew Garfield
Ryan Gosling
Viggo Mortensen
Denzel Washington

Lead actress:
Isabelle Huppert
Ruth Negga
Natalie Portman
Emma Stone
Meryl Streep

Supporting actor:
Mahershala Ali
Jeff Bridges
Lucas Hedges
Dev Patel
Michael Shannon

Supporting actress:
Viola Davis
Naomie Harris
Nicole Kidman
Octavia Spencer
Michelle Williams

Best director:
Denis Villeneuve (not a chance but he's currently the best director around)
Mel Gibson
Damien Chazelle
Kenneth Lonergan
Barry Jenkins

Animated feature:
“Kubo and the Two Strings”
“Moana”
“My Life as a Zucchini”
“The Red Turtle”
“Zootopia”

Animated short:
“Blind Vaysha”
“Borrowed Time”
“Pear Cider and Cigarettes”
“Pearl”
“Piper”

Adapted screenplay:
“Arrival”
“Fences”
“Hidden Figures”
“Lion”
“Moonlight”

Original screenplay:
“Hell or High Water”
“La La Land”
“The Lobster”
“Manchester by the Sea”
“20th Century Women”

Cinematography:
“Arrival”
“La La Land”
“Lion”
“Moonlight”
“Silence”

Best documentary feature:
“Fire at Sea”
“I Am Not Your Negro”
“Life Animated”
“OJ: Made in America”
“13th”

Best documentary short subject:
“Extremist”
“4.1 Miles”
“Joe’s Violin”
“Watani My Homeland”
“The White Helmets”

Best foreign language film:
“A Man Called Ove”
“Land of Mine”
“Tanna”
“The Salesman”
“Toni Erdmann”

Sound editing:
“Arrival”
“Deep Water Horizon”
“Hacksaw Ridge”
“La La Land”
“Sully”

Sound mixing:
“Arrival”
“Hacksaw Ridge”
“La La Land”
“Rogue One”
“13 Hours”

Production design:
“Arrival”
“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”
“Hail Caesar!”
“La La Land”
“Passengers”

Visual effects:
“Deepwater Horizon”
“Doctor Strange”
“Jungle Book”
“Kubo”
“Rogue One”

Original score:
“Jackie”
“La La Land”
“Lion”
“Moonlight”
“Passengers”

Original song:
Audition
Can’t Stop the Feeling
City of Stars
Empty Chair
How Far I’ll Go

Makeup and hair:
“A Man Called Ove”
“Star Trek Beyond”
“Suicide Squad”

Costume design:
“Allied”
“Fantastic Beasts”
“Florence Foster Jenkins”
“Jackie”
“La La Land”

[Henry]

The new Star Wars is to be called "The Last Jedi".

Stupid name, unless there are going to be no more Star Wars movies after it.

[Pleb]

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Best picture:
“Arrival”
“Fences”
“Hacksaw Ridge”
“Hell or High Water”
“Hidden Figures”
“La La Land”
“Manchester by the Sea”
“Lion”
“Moonlight”

Haven't seen any of these. Isn't everyone pumping for La La Land to get it?

Lead actor:
Casey Affleck
Andrew Garfield
Ryan Gosling
Viggo Mortensen
Denzel Washington

Lead actress:
Isabelle Huppert
Ruth Negga
Natalie Portman
Emma Stone
Meryl Streep

Supporting actor:
Mahershala Ali
Jeff Bridges
Lucas Hedges
Dev Patel
Michael Shannon

Supporting actress:
Viola Davis
Naomie Harris
Nicole Kidman
Octavia Spencer
Michelle Williams

Something like that.

Best director:
Denis Villeneuve
Mel Gibson
Damien Chazelle
Kenneth Lonergan
Barry Jenkins

Mel Gibson's a director? Lol.

Animated feature:
“Kubo and the Two Strings”
“Moana”
“My Life as a Zucchini”
“The Red Turtle”
“Zootopia”

Probably the strongest out of the two main Disney award films.

Animated short:
“Blind Vaysha”
“Borrowed Time”
“Pear Cider and Cigarettes”
“Pearl”
“Piper”

Adapted screenplay:
“Arrival”
“Fences”
“Hidden Figures”
“Lion”
“Moonlight”

Original screenplay:
“Hell or High Water”
“La La Land”
“The Lobster”
“Manchester by the Sea”
“20th Century Women”

Cinematography:
“Arrival”
“La La Land”
“Lion”
“Moonlight”
“Silence”

Best documentary feature:
“Fire at Sea”
“I Am Not Your Negro”
“Life Animated”
“OJ: Made in America”
“13th”

Best documentary short subject:
“Extremist”
“4.1 Miles”
“Joe’s Violin”
“Watani My Homeland”
“The White Helmets”

Best foreign language film:
“A Man Called Ove”
“Land of Mine”
“Tanna”
“The Salesman”
“Toni Erdmann”

Sound editing:
“Arrival”
“Deep Water Horizon”
“Hacksaw Ridge”
“La La Land”
“Sully”

Sound mixing:
“Arrival”
“Hacksaw Ridge”
“La La Land”
“Rogue One”
“13 Hours”

Won't be surprised of La La Land gets this.

Production design:
“Arrival”
“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”
“Hail Caesar!”
“La La Land”
“Passengers”

Sure why not.

Visual effects:
“Deepwater Horizon”
“Doctor Strange”
“Jungle Book”
“Kubo”
“Rogue One”

Original score:
“Jackie”
“La La Land”
“Lion”
“Moonlight”
“Passengers”

Because songs with words.

Original song:
Audition
Can’t Stop the Feeling
City of Stars
Empty Chair
How Far I’ll Go



Makeup and hair:
“A Man Called Ove”
“Star Trek Beyond”
“Suicide Squad”

Uh...yeah.

Costume design:
“Allied”
“Fantastic Beasts”
“Florence Foster Jenkins”
“Jackie”
“La La Land”

I need to watch more films.

[Boydy]

Why are you predicting winners out of a load of films you haven't seen?

[phonics]

Watched The Warriors for the millionth time yesterday. A modern day reboot of that set in Chicago after Trump-era destruction would be top, top stuff. Spike Lee has to stay the fuck away though.

[John]

La La Land is just lovely.

The Young Offenders is quite funny but the accents are fucking impenetrable. Subtitles are a necessity.

[Bernanke]

Rogue One was alright. Never really gave a shit about the characters to feel all the emotional moments, but it was well paced, well acted, had incredible action set-pieces and felt more like the original trilogy than even VII did.

Third film I've seen in 3D IMAX, and the first one where I actually felt amazed at some of the shots.

[Dark Soldier]

La La Land is just lovely.

The Young Offenders is quite funny but the accents are fucking impenetrable. Subtitles are a necessity.

I had no bother with the accents, but I'd spent a bit of time in Ireland. The two leads were fantastic, that scene with soft lad and his mum he nailed it.

[John]

I can usually get my ear in fairly quickly with thick accents but those defeated me. The opening scene was fine but they might as well have been talking gaelic from that point on. It's a good little film though, and the two leads were cracking for a pair of first timers.

[Yevrah]

Have some Mel.



I'm assuming there's been somewhat of a backlash against his nomination.

[Bernanke]

Not as much as the backlash against alleged sexual assaulter Casey Affleck.

[Yevrah]

Hadn't even heard of that. What's he accused of?

[Bernanke]

Two lawsuits settled out of court (why is that even a thing? If it's a crime there should be a trial), so nothing other than accusations:

http://nymag.com/thecut/2016/11/why-...ont-stick.html

In her complaint, White claimed that Affleck constantly discussed his “sexual exploits” during filming, and that at one point, he directed another crew member to show her his penis, despite her objections. White also alleged that Affleck once attempted to get her to stay in a hotel room with him, and when she said no, he “grabbed her in a hostile manner in an effort to intimidate her into complying.” Gorka described similar behavior in her complaint, including a disturbing incident in which Affleck allegedly crawled into bed with her while she was sleeping.

Most of it sounds like him being kind of a creep, and them being delicate little flowers.

[Lewis]

Sir Mel.

That Mexican prison film he did should be re-released every year until people get over themselves.

[Yevrah]

Quite an interesting watch that video. I also caught the round table with the directors THR do every year (Mel was there as well) and it's amazing how insecure they all are. To the point where you wonder if they feel obliged to peddle that line.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

He should have just grabbed her by the pussy.

[Mazuuurk]

La La Land is just lovely.

The Young Offenders is quite funny but the accents are fucking impenetrable. Subtitles are a necessity.

What kind of film is that actually? As in genre? Feelgood or Feelbad? Comedy? Drama? I watched the trailer and can't figure out what the hell kind of film it is.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Rogue One pretty much divides into thirds:

The first third: A bit dull and difficult to follow
The second third: Haphazard, but mostly fun
The third third: Just outstanding

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I think they shouldn't have included Darth Vader at the mid-point. It kind of minimized him a little bit. Darth Vader doesn't make puns, even if they're clever double puns. Darth Vader shouldn't be making dad jokes.

Whereas his appearance in the final stanza was fantastic. It was framed like something out of a horror movie, and it emphasized his sheer power and total detachment. It reminded us that he's a supremely evil villain, not just a pop culture icon.

I just watched it and I completely agree.

The final third really was amazing.

[John]

What kind of film is that actually? As in genre? Feelgood or Feelbad? Comedy? Drama? I watched the trailer and can't figure out what the hell kind of film it is.

Which one?

[Dark Soldier]

Live By Night screener

[Dark Soldier]

And Allied.

[Henry]

La La Land is only okay. Overrated.

[John]

Incorrect, Henry.

Edge of Seventeen, Moana, and Billy Lynns Long Halftime Walk screeners all out. The latter of those three is an abysmal title for what looks like a reasonably interesting film. Ang Lee doing what appears to be an anti-war war film. I'm all over the former, Woody Harrelson doing sardonic is always worth watching.

[Baz]

I'm all over the former, Woody Harrelson doing sardonic is always worth watching.

Before or after you catch up on The Vampire Diaries?

I finally got around to watching The Interview which was pretty amusing, and very entertaining in parts. Couldn't help feel like James Franco was trying to suggest he would have been a good Joker, from some of the suits he wore. I'd watch him and Seth Rogen in anything though, I love 'em!

[John]

I'm all caught up already.

[Dark Soldier]

Edge of Seventeen iTunes drops Tuesday if ya can wait.

Lion is out.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

I only just found out La La Land was a musical. I wasn't really all that fussed about it in the first place but knowing that just puts me off.

[John]

It's about a musician so it's not a Les Miserables where everyone is singing apropos of nothing.