coprolite Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 41 minutes ago, NotThePars said: Wait. Did you just watch the film as a stand-alone experience?!? Yes. I quite like anime but i'm not a massive fan, so i don't really know the culture or anything and it came up on Netflix as a film, so i watched it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 Yes. I quite like anime but i'm not a massive fan, so i don't really know the culture or anything and it came up on Netflix as a film, so i watched it. That’s class. I have no idea how you would approach that without watching the series. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 7 minutes ago, NotThePars said: That’s class. I have no idea how you would approach that without watching the series. I thought that the minimal exposition was just part of the style. I quite like not fully grasping why stuff is going on. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongue_tied_danny Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 On 03/02/2021 at 14:48, Detournement said: To back up my point I watched The Killing Of A Chinese Bookie directed by John Cassavettes last night. Ben Gazarra plays a nightclub owner who gets into gambling debts which leads towards the Chinese bookie. Gazzara's performance is brilliant and he has the smoothest voice, the hoods are genuinely nasty guys and the girls that work in the club have some of the best tits in cinema history. The final action sequences really ramp up the tension but it ends in an interesting original way. These days it would have to be a Ryan Gosling type but old scummy looking actors are the best. I immediately recognised the guy in the middle as the sniper rifle guy from Kubrick's The Killing. Googled him and he is Timothy Carey and apparently a bit of a lunatic in real life which comes across vividly on screen. Agreed. The 70s is my favourite movie decade. I love how the likes of Chinese Bookie or Pelham 123 generally star sleazy middle aged men with beer bellies, combovers and raincoats. These days it's all The Rock or Vin Diesel with white vests, rippling muscles and shaved nappers. I tried to watch Chinese Bookie on DailyMotion a couple of weeks ago but I had to give up as there were really annoying adverts popping up every five minutes at random points in the film. That made it completely unwatchable. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Gaines Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 The conspiracy thriller is a side genre I absolutely love and the 70s is just filled with so many absolutely stunning examples. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pub car king Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 The karate kid, original 80s one. Despite cobra kai ruining this slightly I sat down with the kids (and wife) for their first ever viewing. It was great they all loved it and my missus even cheered at the end. The 80s were fucking brilliant for films. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanton Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 Birds of Prey ( and the fabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn ) . Margot Robbie is back as Harley Quinn and she kicks ass and swings a mighty baseball ball bat as she tries find a missing diamond and save a young girl from Ewan McGregor's villianus Roman Sionis ( Black Mask ) . Along the way she teams up with an ex cop , a nightclub singer and a woman on a mission to avenge the murder of her parents. Enjoyable nonsense perfect viewing for a wet a Friday night 8/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongue_tied_danny Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 On 05/02/2021 at 17:58, Andre Drazen said: The conspiracy thriller is a side genre I absolutely love and the 70s is just filled with so many absolutely stunning examples. Yeah. Capricorn One is a particular fave of mine. Telly Savalas absolutely steals the show with his brief appearance. Nazi war criminal thrillers are another 70s sub genre. Marathon Man and The Boys From Brazil are a couple of great examples. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Gaines Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 29 minutes ago, tongue_tied_danny said: Yeah. Capricorn One is a particular fave of mine. Telly Savalas absolutely steals the show with his brief appearance. Nazi war criminal thrillers are another 70s sub genre. Marathon Man and The Boys From Brazil are a couple of great examples. The Boys from Brazil is one of the first ones I seen. I had no idea who Gregory Peck was at the time! So when I rewatched it, I was stunned. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stumigoo Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 Birds of Prey and Wonder Woman 1984I thought the first Wonder Woman was very decent, but I didn’t care much for Suicide Squad.For a complete switcharoonie I thought Wonder Woman 1984 was a boring mess but I found Birds of Prey brilliant fun.Still, by and large the DC movies continue to be pretty rubbish in comparison to Marvel. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 You Were Never Really Here - Joaquin Phoenix plays a psychologically scarred hitman who discovers his latest job - rescuing a senator's daughter from a paedophile ring - is more complicated than it first appears. A fairly straightforward tale made interesting by the way it's told. Phoenix's character is clearly quite unwell mentally; we're treated to disturbing glimpses of his past in brief, jarring flashback throughout the running time, and there's a generally hallucinatory feel about the whole affair. Haphazard editing of audio and images help the viewer understand the nature of his fractured psyche, and the soundtrack is quite a clever mix of tunes that are always just a little bit off and veer into the discordant. Phoenix has been a been a terrific actor for some time, and he's very much on form here, completely convincing as a man haunted by the past to the extent that he barely exists in the present. The film's more of a character experience than an engrossing narrative, but it's a fascinating watch if you have the patience. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velo army Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 Just watched "Instant Family" on Netflix. It's an adoption movie that deliberately moves away from "The Blind Side" and its mawkish white saviourism. Mark Wahlberg and Rose Byrne star as a couple who decide to adopt, kind of on a whim. It shows actually how tough it is and how the children react. The comedy doesn't exactly land and often feels a bit clumsy, although the laughs that are had during the support group scenes feel beautifully cathartic and real. The rest of the comedy is a bit too goofy and jars the tone at times. I'm not a fan of that American style "awkward" comedy. Surprisingly Octavia Spencer is in this, phoning it in but still managing to dominate every scene she's in. I'm an adoptee so I cried buckets at this, but also got quite angry at parts (American adoption is pretty fuckin weird and horrible tbh; one of these things that should never ever be privatised). It was a heartwarming movie with characters I did care about, and it gave space for even some of the many side characters to develop. All in all 7/10. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velo army Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 8 minutes ago, BFTD said: You Were Never Really Here - Joaquin Phoenix plays a psychologically scarred hitman who discovers his latest job - rescuing a senator's daughter from a paedophile ring - is more complicated than it first appears. A fairly straightforward tale made interesting by the way it's told. Phoenix's character is clearly quite unwell mentally; we're treated to disturbing glimpses of his past in brief, jarring flashback throughout the running time, and there's a generally hallucinatory feel about the whole affair. Haphazard editing of audio and images help the viewer understand the nature of his fractured psyche, and the soundtrack is quite a clever mix of tunes that are always just a little bit off and veer into the discordant. Phoenix has been a been a terrific actor for some time, and he's very much on form here, completely convincing as a man haunted by the past to the extent that he barely exists in the present. The film's more of a character experience than an engrossing narrative, but it's a fascinating watch if you have the patience. Good summation of this movie. I loved it. Had this movie been made in the 90's he would be a knight errant in a Steven Seagal/Sly Stallone mould. Hell, he could have been Jason Statham in the Transporter who have pithy lines but seldom seem to be psychologically affected by the life they lead. Phoenix is still a knight errant, but this film leaves us in no doubt of the psychological and emotional price he has paid. The social effect too. He has no friends, he loses his mother and in the end he doesn't seem to have anyone and we're left feeling unsatisfied by it all, like (to quote the great Danish poet Ebbe Skovdahl) the operation went well but the patient died. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Naitch Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (Netflix) - 9/10 Loved this. Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman produce a masterclass. Not a lot happens but there's a lot going on. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accies1874 Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 You Were Never Really Here - Joaquin Phoenix plays a psychologically scarred hitman who discovers his latest job - rescuing a senator's daughter from a paedophile ring - is more complicated than it first appears. A fairly straightforward tale made interesting by the way it's told. Phoenix's character is clearly quite unwell mentally; we're treated to disturbing glimpses of his past in brief, jarring flashback throughout the running time, and there's a generally hallucinatory feel about the whole affair. Haphazard editing of audio and images help the viewer understand the nature of his fractured psyche, and the soundtrack is quite a clever mix of tunes that are always just a little bit off and veer into the discordant. Phoenix has been a been a terrific actor for some time, and he's very much on form here, completely convincing as a man haunted by the past to the extent that he barely exists in the present. The film's more of a character experience than an engrossing narrative, but it's a fascinating watch if you have the patience.Lynne Ramsey is the don. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 I thought You Were Never Really Here was a pile of shite! Couldn’t believe what a load of pretentious tosh it was after the reviews. Watched Blue Ruin around the same time and thought it was so much better (in the sub-genre of damaged beardy guys in peril). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 (edited) The Dig Netflix A terminal disease does little to make Carey Mulligan any less attractive. She gets Ralph Fiennes to come round and dig up a Viking that’s buried in her back garden. That would have been a decent enough film with a tighter edit but they crowbarred in some romance and lots of shots of Lily James wearing hot but not very 1930s building site outfits. That all felt a bit unnecessary. This year’s grey pound smash. Had it been in cinemas the codgers would be queued round the block to catch this. Edited February 7, 2021 by Shandön Par 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 1 hour ago, Shandön Par said: The Dig Netflix A terminal disease does little to make Carey Mulligan any less attractive. She gets Ralph Fiennes to come round and dig up a Viking that’s buried in her back garden. That would have been a decent enough film with a tighter edit but they crowbarred in some romance and lots of shots of Lily James wearing hot but not very 1930s building site outfits. That all felt a bit unnecessary. This year’s grey pound smash. Had it been in cinemas the codgers would be queued round the block to catch this. A viking? I thought it was Sutton Hoo? I watched The 6th Day. One of my favourite Arnie films. It looks terrible, the acting is sub Neighbours level (except an incongruous turn from Robert Duval) and the plot is completely rudiculous. The visual style includes a couple of gimmicks that are unpleasant to watch. The "science" is just ludicrous. The baddie is very very bad, and his henchpeople are brilliantly useless and evil. Arnie's 2 performances are more kindergarten cop than terminator. Very entertaining. 7/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? (Sky) Can't believe I hadn't seen this before, absolutely superb, and Spencer Tracy is magnificent. Amazing to think the priest was the most progressive of the "grown-ups" as well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanton Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 22 hours ago, tongue_tied_danny said: Yeah. Capricorn One is a particular fave of mine. Telly Savalas absolutely steals the show with his brief appearance. Nazi war criminal thrillers are another 70s sub genre. Marathon Man and The Boys From Brazil are a couple of great examples. I'm sure Marathon Man was my old dentist's favourite film 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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