Hampden Diehard Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 (edited) High Noon with Gary Cooper. No crazy graphics, no outrageous chase scenes or nuclear explosions. Basic, understandable story, incredible tension and a magnificent star turn from Cooper, backed by a great soundtrack. 9/10 Edited October 4, 2020 by Hampden Diehard 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 6 hours ago, stanton said: Hang 'Em High . Clint Eastwood as a marshal on a revenge mission to catch a lynch mob who wrongly strung him up . Pretty standard stuff , looks a wee bit dated nowadays. It was the first film produced by Clints own production company . 6/10 Bigger part than he had in "Revenge of the creature". Oops sorry I thought you were replying to something I had just posted. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 Aye, you need money and talent if you want to show off your monster, but you can get away with just talent if you're going to hide it. Make the rest of the film interesting in some way. It doesn't really cut it to make the creatures invisible and leave your characters kicking about waiting for something to happen!I watched the 2014 Godzilla movie recently and was actually quite surprised they had the budget they did and decided to show a bit of restraint with showing off the big guy. I’m unashamedly a fan of that movie though and think it got a bad rap. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 Got round to watching The Taking of Pelham 123 (1974) last night. Really good character led heist romp. Surprisingly funny without being comedic. The pacing was great and there was a beat to the dialogue and editing that married with the jazz funk score and the railway theme. Not perfect by any means but great fun and cool. I can see why Tarantino stole/homaged the names. If you have to choose one version, choose this over the slicker remake. 8/10 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongue_tied_danny Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 (edited) Face Cockney gangster flick from the 90s starring Robert Carlyle, Ray Winston and, err, Damon Albarn. Hackneyed, cliched pish. Albarn's acting skills are pretty fucking dreadful. Carlyle is really not convincing as a tough guy. There's a few twists in the plot that I saw coming a mile off. It's nearly rescued by some brutal violence and a reasonably cool Britpop soundtrack. But that isn't enough. I very nearly cringed myself inside out watching this utter pish. 0/10 Edited October 7, 2020 by tongue_tied_danny 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiG Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 (edited) On 26/09/2020 at 19:30, Mark Connolly said: Bill and Ted Face the Music Not sure how to feel about this tbh. It was absolutely fine, and I enjoyed it, but I still felt a bit disappointed. There was just something missing. Maybe it was the lack of George Carlin and the fact I can't stand Kristen Schaal. The movie-long impression of Keanu Reeves as Ted by the daughter from Atypical was absolutely magnificent though. I went to see this last night and I was much the same. I liked it but didn't love it. It was perfectly nice and quite funny in places but something just seemed to be missing from the first two films (well, maybe not the second one so much). I did like that some of the original cast were back. Ted's Dad looked like he had been raised from the grave to appear in it. A decent enough 6/10 for me. Edited October 8, 2020 by RiG 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanton Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 (edited) The Searchers - The Classic combination of Ford & Wayne teamed up for this classic western in what some would say was one of John Wayne's finest performances , certainly one of my favourite John Wayne films . A very different more darker role than his usual characters as he plays a vengeful civil war veteran searching for a tribe of Indians who slaughtered his family and kidnapped his niece played by a young Natalie Wood . Plenty excellent support from Jeffery Hunter , Ward Bond , Hank Worden & Vera Miles . Great stuff 8/10 Edited October 8, 2020 by stanton 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongue_tied_danny Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 God Bless America An angry middle aged man has had a real bellyfull of contemporary society so he teams up with a fucked up teenage girl and goes on a killing spree across the USA. A darkly satirical tale highlighting how shallow and nasty modern pop culture is. I kinda agree with the overall sentiment of the film but I did find it slightly preachy at times. I'd give it a solid 7 out of 10. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongue_tied_danny Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 National Lampoon's European Vacation I've seen this at least a dozen times but it's a film I'll always go back to when I'm in the mood for some corny comedy. 7/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaboz Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 Prometheus.Captain Vickers is an absolute 10/10 wid 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfha Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 Welcome to Collinwood, a great laugh out farce. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accies1874 Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 Saint Maud is great. It probably has a combined 10 minutes of out and out horror (and boy is it horrible) but the rest of it is so disconcerting and atmospheric. I might just be an idiot, but it seemed to keep its thematic cards really close to its chest for maybe half of the runtime and the direction of the second half completely shocked me. The sound design is really chilling and both that and the editing contribute to some massive shocks. The way it ends, not necessarily the ending, is one of the best I've seen in horror or really any film. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 Fancy watching that, is it just at the pictures at the minute? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accies1874 Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 Fancy watching that, is it just at the pictures at the minute?I saw it in the cinema, which I'd recommend although understand why some folk wouldn't to, and can't see anything about a VOD release. I'm sure A24 have made a big deal about it trying to "save cinema" (sadly in vain, probably) so I'd guess it won't be on demand soon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 On 05/10/2020 at 10:12, NotThePars said: I watched the 2014 Godzilla movie recently and was actually quite surprised they had the budget they did and decided to show a bit of restraint with showing off the big guy. I’m unashamedly a fan of that movie though and think it got a bad rap. It's remarkably good until Spoiler Bryan Cranston's character dies and there's an immediate drop in quality as you're stuck with the plight of Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch's boring-ass family that I couldn't muster a single f**k about. But yeah, they definitely took a few lessons from Cloverfield with regard to the big monsters, and it's a decent film overall. Currently watching Pulp Fiction on TV, which I haven't seen in years. Brilliant film that unfortunately leaves the weakest vignette 'til last, but hey ho. The main thing that occurred to me was that I originally saw it with my mother, and possibly the most awkward five seconds of my life was the space between her asking me what Zed was doing to Marcellus Wallace, and the penny finally dropping. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 Watched Thor Ragnarok earlier. Exceptional film. Very amusing, some emotion and a banging soundtrack. There's a scene near the end where Scourge, played by Karl Urban, is machine gunning bad guys. I've been watching season 2 of The Boys (only halfway through, so no spoilers please!) so would love to have seen call Hela's troops 'c***s!'. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 26 minutes ago, BigFatTabbyDave said: It's remarkably good until Hide contents Bryan Cranston's character dies and there's an immediate drop in quality as you're stuck with the plight of Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch's boring-ass family that I couldn't muster a single f**k about. But yeah, they definitely took a few lessons from Cloverfield with regard to the big monsters, and it's a decent film overall. Currently watching Pulp Fiction on TV, which I haven't seen in years. Brilliant film that unfortunately leaves the weakest vignette 'til last, but hey ho. The main thing that occurred to me was that I originally saw it with my mother, and possibly the most awkward five seconds of my life was the space between her asking me what Zed was doing to Marcellus Wallace, and the penny finally dropping. There's still some great scenes after that. The HALO jump scene in particular is so good. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Brightside Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 6 minutes ago, NotThePars said: There's still some great scenes after that. The HALO jump scene in particular is so good. A scene deserving of a better film imo. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 I'm Thinking Of Ending Things This is is really good up to a point, with "a powerful sense of dread" making it an incredibly uncomfortable - but very funny - experience. Then it kinda loses its way and Charlie Kaufman becomes very self-indulgent and a bit too clever. But I still liked a few chunks of that last half hour (there's a dancing scene which I thought was really good, if somewhat disconnected from what came before). The first 90 minutes to 2 hours are really terrific though. And as much as Lynchian is one of those nonsensical clichés thrown about to describe any film with elements of surrealism in it, there is a strong David Lynch "Twin Peaks" vibe for large parts of the film. Jesse Buckley is really good - as are David Thewlis (an actor who I always forget about but always enjoy watching) and Toni Collette. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Academically Deficient Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 On 05/10/2020 at 10:27, coprolite said: Got round to watching The Taking of Pelham 123 (1974) last night. Really good character led heist romp. Surprisingly funny without being comedic. The pacing was great and there was a beat to the dialogue and editing that married with the jazz funk score and the railway theme. Not perfect by any means but great fun and cool. I can see why Tarantino stole/homaged the names. If you have to choose one version, choose this over the slicker remake. 8/10 Great theme tune. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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