ecto Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 Under The Skin 9/10 Wow. Incredible, elemental and haunting. One of the most singular and effective films I've seen in years. Impressively otherworldly and deeply moving Some of this was filmed in the village where I live 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Suicide Squad: not quite as bad as Superman vs Batman. Wish I'd seen it earlier so they could've put that on the posters. I'd imagine it's the best review it's had. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swordfishtrombone Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 I enjoyed Suicide Squad only because I watched it with zero expectations. The reviews were terrible but it was nowhere near as bad as I had expected. On a better note I recorded and watched 'Killer Joe' which is Matthew Mcconaughey's best performance and is one of the most unsettling films I've seen. Not a film to watch if you're at a low ebb but one of the best indie films of recent years 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spud131 Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Suicide Squad: not quite as bad as Superman vs Batman. Wish I'd seen it earlier so they could've put that on the posters. I'd imagine it's the best review it's had. I watched both over the last couple of days and enjoyed Batman v Superman alot more. I was really looking forward to Suicide Squad when the trailers came out but I just didn't find it that exciting or interesting when watching it last night! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blootoon87 Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 I thought Under The Skin was utter shite btw, maybe I'm too thick to get the whole arty feel they were going for. Even seeing ms Johanssen naked didn't save the film for me, and that's quite a statement. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcat1990 Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Under The Skin is a fantastic peice of work. Absolutely haunting, unnerving and visually stunning. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 The 33 - about the Chilean mine rescue in 2010. I watched the miners being brought out at the time and remember thinking "This is going to be a film someday". It stars Antonio Banderas and Cote de Pablo (Ziva from NCIS). Like Apollo 13 it's one of those films where you know the ending but it's still tense stuff. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 I watched both over the last couple of days and enjoyed Batman v Superman alot more. I was really looking forward to Suicide Squad when the trailers came out but I just didn't find it that exciting or interesting when watching it last night! Suicide Squad looked outstanding with the early, darker, trailers. It's a shame they went so "quirky" with it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 The Incredible Melting Man 6/10 Love these Arrow blu-rays of 70s/80s grot -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stumigoo Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Zootropolis. Decent enough animated film with fantastic visuals and the odd laugh. The best bit is good for a GIF... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Silence 6.5/10 Two 17th century European priests played by Barry Gibb and Joey Ramone go to priest-hating Japan to find another priest who has stopped writing boring-sounding letters home. Lets get the actual problems out the way: Japanese people routinely struggle with European languages in 2016 so how convenient that in 1640 every man jack speaks reasonably good English (Portuguese actually but whatever) and also it throttles the drama when the priest they're looking for is a big ticket actor like Liam Neeson. OF COURSE he's coming back/being found. Right. Whilst long, difficult, and quite grey, this is a nuanced and intelligent film about faith, imperialism, rejection of globalist/imperial postmodernism, corporeality vs the transcendental, and a bunch of other things. Scorcese's made long films about religious matters before, but this reminds as much of Apocalypse Now - a deepening journey into the heart of something other guided by nothing other than ideology - as Pasolini in his radical love of a potentially radical Christ or a cultural catholic like Breeson. It's grim and grey and not terrifically entertaining. It's also classic Oscar bait. I didn't love it, but it sent me home with my head spinning with thoughts of Augustine and John Milbank, the latter of whom says "Atheism is bourgeois oppression. Atheism is the opium of the people - it claims to discover an ontology which precludes all hope. [...] we need now to celebrate instead the faithful legacy of peasants..." - something which I honestly think Star Wars could look to and learn from, in its own way, if it wants to be great -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Our Little Sister 6.5/10 Nae bad, has this really shit sentimental music that Japs do though -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Separation 6.5/10 The story of the mind of a woman approaching middle age, having ended a marriage. Part nouvelle vague, part swinging London. Not quite up there with the other Jane Arden stuff but engaging and affecting enough -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamJags Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Under The Skin - 2/10. I probably didn't 'get' it. Man Vs Snake - 8/10. Very good documentary about a man who tries to break the world record for the arcade game Nibbler. Very like King Of Kong (Billy Mitchell appears in this film numerous times) but I loved it. Silence - 2/10. Utter gash. The 2 is solely for Adam Driver who put in a passable performance. Other than that, I didn't enjoy this at all. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jupiter Jazz Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 (edited) Dog Eat Dog Batshit mental crime drama adapted from Eddie Bunker's novel. Not sure how to rate it, it really is bonkers. Rapid cutting,spaghetti western type violence and unfortunately wafer thin plot. But its very watchable and Willem Dafoe as always is brilliant. I'll go 6/10 Edited January 2, 2017 by Jupiter Jazz 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy boo Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Under The Skin is a fantastic peice of work. Absolutely haunting, unnerving and visually stunning. I'm halfway through it and tempted to put it off and go to bed. Can anyone explain what the f**k is going on? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8MileBU Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Literally just finished watching Black Mass. Johnny Depp is a horrible wee gangster b*****d is about the sum of it. Decent film though. 7/10. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killiepiemuncher Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 I'm halfway through it and tempted to put it off and go to bed. Can anyone explain what the f**k is going on? Not a clue but Scarlet is a definite WID. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy boo Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Not a clue but Scarlet is a definite WID. Obviously.... but it just gets weirder the longer it goes on.....pish. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killiepiemuncher Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Really there's no other point to the movie other than late night hand relief material. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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