What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

[KnightswoodBear]

Alien Covenant

Better than Prometheus, but still pish.  Full of nondescript characters doing stupid things in order to advance the plot.  Lots of exposition to try and stop the viewer becoming totally lost.

Michael Fassbender is the best thing in it in a dual role, but Ridley Scott seems intent on totally messing up the mythology of his creation.  Also, after not having an "Alien" in the last film he seems to be saying this time "WOO HOO, PROPER ALIENS!!! THIS IS WHAT YOU WANT, ISN'T IT??!!"

4/10

[Bully Wee Villa]

I didn't mind Prometheus but thought Covenant was tedious shite. Couldn't be arsed to finish it.

[MSU]

I quite liked Prometheus. I can't remember anything about Covenant.

[Crroma]

Alien. Aliens. Classic. I can do without the rest.

[KnightswoodBear]

1 hour ago, Crroma said:

Alien. Aliens. Classic. I can do without the rest.

I will (and have in the past) argue that Alien 3 is under rated.  Not a patch on the first two, but tries something different.  The (not really) Directors Cut of it is fantastic. 

 

[Christophe]

Right...quite a hefty catch up needed here....

(52-58)

Blockers 7/10

Went to see this cos it was free, the refurbed screens have got new recliner seats (honestly I would pay £18 a month just to go and sit in one of those bad boys for two hours a couple of times a week), it’s got John Cena in it and I had nothing at home to cook for tea. I was really surprised by how good it was! It’s a bit like American Pie but it’s about the parents rather than the kids, but it was funny, smart, touching, subvertive, well paced with some great comedic turns and some real laugh out loud moments and lines. Really enjoyed it, f**k you. (cinema)

Ghost Stories 6/10

Prettttttay daft, basically a feature length Inside No.9, quite entertaining in places though tbf in particular the opening story with Paul Whitehouse (Paul Whitehouse really is a v good actor, although especially when you put him up against Martin Freeman). (cinema)

Jaws 10/10

Still fucking brilliant. (Netflix)

Dazed & Confused 9/10

Still probably the best of the aimless teen slacker films. (Netflix)

A Quiet Place 9/10

Fuckinell. I normally can’t be doing with horrors but this felt more like a tense thriller with monsters. Just utterly captivated all the way through, a brilliant brilliant film. A few little problematic plot points made the whole premise slightly hard to buy into at times but if you just go with it it’s not a problem. Amazing performances from Kasinksi and Blunt. Beautiful music and cinematography. Incredible use of silence. (cinema)

120BPM 8/10

Thought this was a pretty amazing film for the most part, not easy to do that sort of telling a political and a personal story at the same time without compromising one or the other but I thought this did it really deftly. Surprising (or not very) how little this era has really featured that much in mainstream-ish film. To have been caught up as a gay man in that period between AIDS appearing and govts getting a grip on warning people about it (something that seemed to have happened particularly late in France from what this film was saying) must have been completely terrifying...watching your friends dying one by one and wondering if you were next...and thought this did a great (and pretty hard to watch in places) job of conveying some of that. Probably could have done without the prettttay graphic bumming/wanking off scenes tbh but I guess you got to say fair enough to have all that in there really, I guess you got to say that. (Curzon)

Fargo 9/10

Good, yah. (Netflix)

 

[Christophe]

(59-61)

Love, Simon 6/10

I’m a straight guy and I’m nearly 40 years old, this is a film about a 17 year old whose life is fucking perfect and his struggles with coming out as gay. Nonetheless it pulled all my heartstrings and I laughed a lot. I actually welled up a bit and full on cried once. Had a few issues with like, dude, imagine yourself in Damascus, but ok you are where you are and this was important to you. (cinema)

The House 5/10

Will Ferrell/ex-wife of Will Arnett vehicle.  Laughed so hard at this 1 minute bit in ONE scene so worth a watch I guess even though the rest was forgettable. (Sky)

A Gentle Creature 7.5/10

V interesting take on modern day authoritarian Russia, played out through the prism of one incredibly stoic woman’s bureaucratic nightmare dealing with a state that doesn’t give a flying fock about the people it’s meant to be serving. Slightly unsure about the fantastical bit towards the end but generally v good. (cinema)

[Christophe]

(62-68)

Captain America: Civil War 8/10

Still love this for the spectacle and the actual, genuine conflict of the two opposing parties. Can sympathise with both Iron Man and the Cap’s viewpoints. An action packed rollercoaster of a movie,  one of Marvel’s best. (Netflix)

Napoleon Dynamite 8/10

You’ve all seen it. You either love it or you hate it. I love it. Stupidly funny. (dvd)

Point Break (1991) 8/10

Mindless, action fun. Endlessly quoteable. Still great. (dvd)

King of Kong 8/10

Really obvious he was cheating I thought. (YT)

Western 7.5/10

Quite subtle low key film about a bunch of absolute dickhead German lads (plus one non dickhead) annoying the living shit out of the Bulgarian population of a small village when they go to work on a small hydro electric project, lots of difficulty because hardly any of them understand a word of the others language. Basically Auf Weidersehen Pet if it wasn’t funny. (Curzon)

Rampage 8/10

Never played the game but this was only very loosely based on it. It was cliched beyond belief, stupid, corny, plotless, appallingly acted, BUT it was the most fun I’ve had watching a film in a long long time, fantastically brilliant carnage, Dwayne The Rock Johnson does what he do (spoiler, when he’s signing to the gorilla his sign for “me” is “rock”), the villains are hilariously bad, like they are totally corny 80s B movie villains and it works perfectly, it was seriously fucking violent, like people getting chomped, thrown violently against walls, helicopters getting bashed, huge blood splats when people get killed by falling debris and honestly I have never laughed harder at any film than I did at the last scene, I swear to god.  (cinema)

Hurrican Heist 5/10

An enjoyable romp. (cinema)

 

[Stellaboz]

Ferdinand. John Cena stars in animated film about a bull who loves flowers.

7/10

[++Ammo - Airdrie++]

Dave made a maze:

Watched this last night, fell asleep, missed the last 30.
Didn't capture me at all and i just didn't get it.

[Ira Gaines]

14 minutes ago, ++Ammo - Airdrie++ said:

Dave made a maze:

Watched this last night, fell asleep, missed the last 30.
Didn't capture me at all and i just didn't get it.

I loved this movie. Dunno if it was because it felt like I hadn't seen anything like it before. Thought loads of the visual stuff was brilliantly done, and there was a couple of moments that had me almost roaring with laughter.

[tongue_tied_danny]

To Live And Die in L.A.

classic 80s crime thriller about a maverick FBI agent hell bent on taking down a counterfeit operation.  Very stylish, violent in places, a cool 80s soundtrack and the sleazy backstreets  of L.A. have never looked so good.

10/10

[++Ammo - Airdrie++]

I loved this movie. Dunno if it was because it felt like I hadn't seen anything like it before. Thought loads of the visual stuff was brilliantly done, and there was a couple of moments that had me almost roaring with laughter.

Was it you who posted about it a few pages ago? If so then it was on your recommendation.
I usually just read through a few pages of this while browsing my terrarium tv app and any decent reviews, save them to my favourites.
I think I may have enjoyed it a bit more if I'd have been properly "baked" when watching it.

[Ira Gaines]

Aye. That would've been me.

[Frankie S]

10 hours ago, tongue_tied_danny said:

To Live And Die in L.A.

classic 80s crime thriller about a maverick FBI agent hell bent on taking down a counterfeit operation.  Very stylish, violent in places, a cool 80s soundtrack and the sleazy backstreets  of L.A. have never looked so good.

10/10

Great movie. One of Friedkin’s best. Willem Dafoe is excellent in this. Got it on blu ray recently, must give it a rewatch soon. If you like this, try 52 Pick-Up, another underrated 80s crime thriller.

[Girth]

The Witch 8/10

Really enjoyed this freaky British horror.

Great build up, tense and beautifully shot.

Definitely recommended.

[morrison]

A Quiet Place.

Went to see this last week, and the screen turned black 10 minutes in. They couldn't get it working, so screening cancelled. Twats.

Went back today, and no issues this time. Aside from leaving me a nervous wreck, that is. Fantastic, tense as anything, and much more than the 'generic horror pish' I initially thought afyer seeing the trailer. Glad my friend twisted my arm on this one. A great idea executed excellently.

9/10.

[andytheblacksmith05]

Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer......6/10
Loosely based on a true story/characters and highly recommended by Sunday Times. Looks very dated now and obviously very low budget. Pretty gory and intense at times but disappointing overall.

One of the best serial killer films. What makes it disturbing is the aftermath shots of the murder scenes plus the fact there is no police investigation it always follows Henry and his disturbing activities

[Mantis Toboggan]

Avengers: Infinity War

Not going to say anything about it except I absolutely loved it, great film

10/10

[Christophe]

(69)

Beast 4/10

V confused film this, I can see what they were trying to do, some kind of Repulsion style psychological study, but just didn’t work...basic synopsis is a v disturbed woman who did something pretty bad when she was a kid ends up desperately searching for *something* and ends up finding that something in a is-he/isn’t-he serial killer but then it all starts to unravel, but not nearly as interesting as that sounds. Not v good. (cinema)