Ira Gaines Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 5 minutes ago, Savage Henry said: Downfall. Is this Bruno Ganz’s best performance? It’s a fantastic film, and he’s terrific. I’ll follow it up with Wings of Desire (featuring Columbo) for a change of pace. Edited to add: Alexandra Maria Lara ought to be in this more. I've not seen much of him admittedly, but that was an incredible performance. The Party is a cracking later showing from him in a very entertaining movie. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 (46-47) Wathed a couple of slow cinema films for this morning’s class Kaili Blues 7/10 Set in rural Taiwan, a man searches for his nephew, a musician. The high point is an unbroken 45 minute take of the man’s journey from village to village on a moped, in the back of a pick-up, and then on a boat across a lagoon. Show, metaphysical, beautiful, but not without humours. (Amazon Prime) Post Tenebras Lux 6/10 Saw a film called Silent Light by this Mexican director (Reygadas) in 2006 when it came out and wondered where he’d got to. He made this, among other things, a story of a wealthy family who move off-grid to a rural valley. Things fall apart, but slowly, and beautifully, with lots of animals gazing mournfully on. There’s a magical realism/folklore aspect when an animated devil turns up that I wasn’t mad keen on. Great to look at but I can’t say I’ll be thinking about it next week. (YouTube) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonHMFC Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 On 20/02/2019 at 22:47, Sooky said: For, I think the first time, I’ve watched all the Best Picture nominees before the actual Oscar ceremony. How I’d rate them in order: 2) BlacKkKlansman We watched it the other night, probably worth watching just for the five minutes at the end. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AL-FFC Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 Watched Green book last night and highly recommend it to anyone, if it was a choice between BlackKKKlansman and Green Book i would prob go for Green book although worth a watch, Bohemian Rhapsody wasn't too bad but i think the film was over hyped though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul-r-cfc Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 We watched it the other night, probably worth watching just for the five minutes at the end. Never been in such an eerily silent theatre before 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accies1874 Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 Never been in such an eerily silent theatre before Yeah, I hadn't heard anything about the ending either, so it was completely shocking, almost jarring. The very final image is pretty simple but I don't think the ending would be the same without it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
54_and_counting Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 On 20/02/2019 at 08:56, IainMorton said: “If I’m not back in five minutes, just wait longer” One of the best comedy lines ive ever heard still, just totally unexpected, you could almost believe that Carey made that up himself So much of that film is sheer class, the scene in the looney bin is unforgettable 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19QOS19 Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 Not sure why, but the times he says "Like a glove!" when parking, completely crack me up. Particularly in When Nature Calls. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranaldo Bairn Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 They all have the same soundtrack too.Low key quiet keyboard pastel sounds. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 (48) Lego Movie 2: The Second Part 8/10 This was every bit as good as the first Lego movie, and better than the Batman and Ninjago iterations. It wasn’t as funny (although there were still jokes every 30 seconds) but it felt far more grown up, even though it was a U. A film which was actually quite surprising in how it played out, and entirely fun throughout the entire running time. There’s a credit’s song which relates how great the credits are, and it’s brilliant. But credit scene fans - once that’s finished there’s nothing more to see. Great voice performances especially by Chris Pratt (you’ll see), TIFFANY HADDISH and Richard Ayoade. (cinema) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.F.C Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 NightschoolBig fan of Kevin Hart but this was poor. 4/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 (49) A Moment Of Innocence 8/10 Strange and funny Iranian film about a man making a film about the time he, as a youth caught up in the revolution, stabbed a policeman. The actual director did stab a policeman and the policeman also stars. Meta in a thoughtful way. (Vimeo) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philpy Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 Green book tonight. Brilliant. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YER SISTERS YER MAW Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 Green book tonight. Brilliant.Yeah, just finished this and thoroughly enjoyed it. Has to be one of the best Cinema movies in recent times. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Gaines Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 Cold Pursuit Gotta say. I enjoyed this a LOT. Loads of dark and light humour all through it. The final scene was fucking fantastic btw. The baddie comes across as just a self centered arsehole, but they add enough to give layers and let you know that he does care about the people he holds close. 8/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Saints Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 (edited) Alita: Battle Angel - Didn't enjoy this at all. The action sequences redeemed it slightly, but I'm someone who doesn't particularly enjoy action sequences. It's probably just one of those occasions where the type of film simply wasn't to my taste, as I'm aware that other people have enjoyed it. I was cringing at the two-dimensional characters, uninteresting storyline and lazy dialogue which took itself far too seriously. It almost felt like a parody at times. 3.5/10 Edited February 24, 2019 by The Real Saints 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 (50) Alita - Battle Angel 7/10 James Cameron produced and Robert Rodriguez directed. It’s spectacular, no two ways. I enjoyed it enormously. There were enormous flaws though. (cinema) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cas79 Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 Alita: Battle Angel - Didn't enjoy this at all. The action sequences redeemed it slightly, but I'm someone who doesn't particularly enjoy action sequences. It's probably just one of those occasions where the type of film simply wasn't to my taste, as I'm aware that other people have enjoyed it. I was cringing at the two-dimensional characters, uninteresting storyline and lazy dialogue which took itself far too seriously. It almost felt like a parody at times. 3.5/10Think this one is just a setting for a series of movies I did enjoy it tho 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 (51) Kings of the Road 8/10 Going to hit the Wim Wenders films hard as I realised there’s quite a bit there I haven’t seen after watching Alice in the Cities, v similar themes to that one...culture alienation boredom and despair, another road trip movie, this time a travelling cinema projector repair guy picks up some depressed guy in the German countryside and they carry on pootling around from small town to small town in the dying days of small towns still having cinemas. Lol at you having to see someone a) take a shit with full turd shot (could have been faked but I don’t think so) and then someone tugging one out in a soft core porn cinema (might have been faked also but again didn’t look like it). Different culture though innit, so will try not to judge. (BFIplayer) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sooky Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 Capernaum Saw it tonight at the cinema. One of the best* foreign language films I’ve seen. The story of a boy from Lebanon who sues his parents for giving birth to him and flashbacks to focus on his life up until then. To say it wasn’t a very cheery film would be a gross understatement, but it’s got a vivid sense of realism to it. 9/10 *Nothing has yet rivalled Das Boot, obviously. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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