What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

[RedRob72]

The Girl in The Spiders Web, film adaptation of the book by David Lagercrantz. Definite steer towards a James Bond caper, but still a decent watch. 7/10

[D.A.F.C]

I.D.(1995)
Probably one of my favorite British movies. 
" Four policemen go undercover and infiltrate a gang of football hooligans hoping to root-out their leaders. "
facking luv you Gumbo.

LoL gumbo dart in the heid

[LeeVanTeeth]

On 10/19/2018 at 01:57, Frankie S said:

Mandy 

Not often a movie featuring an unhinged performance from Nic Cage actually upstages him in the batshit mental stakes, but Mandy manages it effortlessly. An absolute blast from start to finish, a bit like The Evil Dead meets Hellraiser with touches of H.P. Lovecraft, David Lynch and the Brothers Grimm thrown in for good measure. Dreamlike, surreal, beautiful, terrifying and hilarious. The music and sound design by the sadly-deceased Icelandic composer Johann Johannsson is fantastic - immersive and atmospheric. Looking forward to seeing what director Panos Cosmatos does next.

9/10

Fantastic stuff. I think.

Will have to watch this one again.

[accies1874]

The Old Man and the Gun (2018):

A fairly sombre story, wrapped in a joyful tone, wrapped in a vest.

It was far more upbeat than I was anticipating after David Lowery's last film, but also darker than I was expecting after seeing the trailer. The existential undertones from 'A Ghost Story' are still prevalent in a more hopeful light.

Robert Redford was an absolute delight in it, which was imperative given how often characters said he was such, and managed to pull off both sides of Forrest's character. He was clearly having a great time. It was also good having Casey Affleck (the actor) back on the screen although that won't last due to Casey Affleck (the person).

The pacing was a bit off - it sets you up for a crime thriller then slows right down to become a character study after around 35 minutes - but it fit into the overall message.

It was just a really soothing, tragic, pleasant, melancholic way to spend 90 minutes.

 

 

[Ira Gaines]

27 minutes ago, RedRob72 said:

The Girl in The Spiders Web, film adaptation of the book by David Lagercrantz. Definite steer towards a James Bond caper, but still a decent watch. 7/10

I'd go 6/10 thinking back, but agree with the sentiment. 

[Mark Connolly]

Ralph Breaks the Internet

Enjoyed this, but not quite as much as the first. Some really clever nods in there, and the 2 credits sequences were excellent. Definitely worth watching again.

[YER SISTERS YER MAW]

Fantastic stuff. I think.
Will have to watch this one again.

I switched Mandy off after about 25 mins in. Just seemed like a load of weird nonsense to me. Each to their own I suppose.

[Co.Down Hibee]

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs(Netflix)

Had high hopes for it due to the reviews and being a fan of lots of the Coens stuff but this was an absoloute chore to watch, just dont think the format worked, I know it's had a lot of love on here but personally thought it was one of the worst things they've done. 3/10 

[Christophe]

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Human Flow 7.5/10

Documentary by dissident artist Ai Weiwei about the various migrant crises in the early part of this decade. Ai is in it himself occasionally, being gnomic and humane. In fact in a way it is kind of propaganda for humanitarian causes, filtered through the nuanced sensibility of a brave world-class artist. It looks kind of beautiful, the formations masses of humans make while travelling, delicate seascapes, and drone footage to lull you into some kind of serenity - and then hits you with some tough imagery (refugee camps, imperilled boat journeys) straight off the back of it. It’s hard to say whether it is ‘good’ or ‘bad’ in the removed artistic sense because it’s politics are put up front; but it is objectively well-made, interesting, it captures the scale of the issue with a sense of individual stories - but also in a dignified style. 

This guy disagrees, saying “Human Flow’s conscious decision to avoid overly-personal stories dilutes the potential power of the narrative too. It breezes past the personal for a more political standpoint, viewing the crisis in brief snippets; we understand the scale of the catastrophe but Weiwei never gives substance or time to one person’s story and it feels like a mistake. https://www.filminquiry.com/human-flow-2017-review/

I think he’s wrong, and the cutting between different huge throngs has way more impact than some X-Factor style sob story would have. Worth a watch, i’d say. (Netflix)

[Ira Gaines]

19 hours ago, YER SISTERS YER MAW said:

On 10/12/2018 at 16:25, LeeVanTeeth said:

Fantastic stuff. I think.
Will have to watch this one again.

I switched Mandy off after about 25 mins in. Just seemed like a load of weird nonsense to me. Each to their own I suppose.

Can understand turning off at that point. Although you NEED to see the final hour. It's more than worth the boredom that comes before. Everything from the utterly wonderful bathroom scene onwards is pure gold.

[Ira Gaines]

Is it this Friday that Roma gets added to Netflix?

[Bully Wee Villa]

Yes.

[Ira Gaines]

YALDI

[jimmy boo]

Mile 22.

I usually like Wahlberg but found him quite annoying in this utter nonsense. 94 minutes of my life I wont get back. 4/10.

[accies1874]

Is it this Friday that Roma gets added to Netflix?

Think I'll be going to the cinema to see it. Probably suits it better.

[Christophe]

On 10/12/2018 at 22:43, YER SISTERS YER MAW said:

On 10/12/2018 at 16:25, LeeVanTeeth said:

Fantastic stuff. I think.
Will have to watch this one again.

I switched Mandy off after about 25 mins in. Just seemed like a load of weird nonsense to me. Each to their own I suppose.

Mandy is just alright. No more, no less. If you bailed after 25 mins there are going to be several other points later that you will feel like doing the same. It has a few great moments but certainly diminishing returns over the whole piece. It’s a “weird” movie for people that don’t like “weird” movies. 

[Christophe]

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Shoplifters 6.5/10

Good film, well acted, well written, interesting themes (“what is family”, being the obvious one) BUT for some reason I found it strangely unengaging. Hard to know if it was the film or just that I wasn’t in the right mood for it tho but think it might have been the latter tbf. (cinema)

Mah Beautiful Boy 7/10

Monday nights Screen Unseen was this starring Bert Le Cros and Chad Le Cros as a father and son whose relationship is strained as the latter struggles with addiction to crystal meth. A strange experience - the editing was very choppy and disjointed and although after the opening scene there’s a title card saying “one year earlier” they never bother with that again and it just jumps forwards and backwards all the time without warning, rhyme or reason. Obviously that was deliberate and I get what they were going for but that doesn’t stop it feeling off. But, the performances (from everyone including the children) were brilliant, and the soundtrack is absolutely bloody brilliant, I can’t think of a film with a better one (it is basically all set in the mid-late 90s).

[accies1874]

Shoplifters is my favourite of the year so far. I think you weren't in the right mood for it.

[Christophe]

https://www.bfi.org.uk/best-films-2018

Faces Places wasn’t great. I love Agnes Varda but she’s putting out literally anything she can finish now she’s near death. She was asked to curate this exhibition in Liverpool that everyone who worked there thought was batty old shit. Cold War did nothing for me too. 

Never liked Lanthimos but would like to see The Favourite and Sorry To Bother You looks like my thing very much. 

Your Were Never Really Here is good.

Sort of pathetic that three directors on that list are ORSON WELLES (dead), Jean-Luc Godard (mental) and Paul Schrader. I’m pretty sure there are enough good directors whose earliest work was after 1970!

[Christophe]

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Once Upon A Deadpool 9/10

Went to see this last night because why not, f**k it. The premise it’s a recut of Deadpool 2 with the R-rated material taken out altogether or replaced by PG-13 stuff, and Deadpool, rather than Peter Falk is telling the story to an adult Fred Savage. The new scenes, what little there were of them, were very funny. But all of the brutal violence, all of the strong swearing, was taken out, and here in the U.K. it was still a 15 certificate so if the aim was to bring in a new audience to the franchise in readiness for Disney then it was a complete waste of time, here at least. I still loved it though. (cinema)