Shandon Par Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 36 minutes ago, Melanius Mullarkey said: Is that you turning up to price the exterior paint job? Yeah, in my sister in law’s Aston Martin. She seemed to be blessed with more brains than her sister/my wife. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 20 minutes ago, Shandon Par said: Yeah, in my sister in law’s Aston Martin. She seemed to be blessed with more brains than her sister/my wife. Based on your stories, that’s not difficult. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 45 minutes ago, Archie McSquackle said: LA Confidential - I'd forgotten just how great a film this is with marvellous performances all round. Robbed at the Oscars by Titanic. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8MileBU Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 Oasis: Knebworth 1996 10/10 just for the sheer nostalgia. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie McSquackle Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 Robbed at the Oscars by Titanic.There is no comparison. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 7 minutes ago, Archie McSquackle said: 2 hours ago, Arch Stanton said: Robbed at the Oscars by Titanic. There is no comparison. Correct. Have you ever seen a goal clip set to the music from LA Confidential? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moniton Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 Saw " The Many Saints of Newark" on Sunday night, good addition to the Sopranos story. Only gripe would be that the New Jersey police didn't seem interested in the various murders/running gun battles in the street. Still a solid 7/10 and it was good to be back in the cinema. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 Two middle of the decade blockbusters today. Godzilla (2014) dir. Gareth Edwards I get the criticisms of this but I completely disagree. Rewatching it again on a bigger screen and a good soundsystem made me appreciate the scale Edwards conveys and the restraint he shows towards showing the monsters. The last 20 minutes are a joy that wouldn't have happened if he'd went gung-ho much earlier. That's before you get to scenes like the HALO jump which is class. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) dir. George Miller Nothing I can say that hasn't been said a million times before. Amazing cinematography and use of colour that looks even better in crisp 45 Ultra HD. The movie's also amazing at worldbuilding without overly expositional dialogue. You get the sense of this post-apocalyptic wasteland and how the elites come to control it in a few scenes without anyone really devoting much time to telling you. All the while it's great fun from start to finish and clearly effectively storeboarded and not CGI'd out of its nut like so many of its peers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy boo Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 The Guilty(2018) This is the original Danish film of the remake just out on Netflix with Jake Gyllenhaal. A cop is awaiting trial for something which will be revealed later and is given desk duties in the control room meantime. He takes a call from a woman who has been kidnapped and must try to locate her and direct officers to various locations etc. The whole film is set in the claustrophobic control room with only a handfull of characters and the main ones on the end of his phone. Outstanding......9/10. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 Two middle of the decade blockbusters today. Godzilla (2014) dir. Gareth Edwards I get the criticisms of this but I completely disagree. Rewatching it again on a bigger screen and a good soundsystem made me appreciate the scale Edwards conveys and the restraint he shows towards showing the monsters. The last 20 minutes are a joy that wouldn't have happened if he'd went gung-ho much earlier. That's before you get to scenes like the HALO jump which is class. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) dir. George Miller Nothing I can say that hasn't been said a million times before. Amazing cinematography and use of colour that looks even better in crisp 45 Ultra HD. The movie's also amazing at worldbuilding without overly expositional dialogue. You get the sense of this post-apocalyptic wasteland and how the elites come to control it in a few scenes without anyone really devoting much time to telling you. All the while it's great fun from start to finish and clearly effectively storeboarded and not CGI'd out of its nut like so many of its peers. I thought Mad Max: Fury Road was a steaming pile of shit.Style over substance.Sent from my SM-A125F using Tapatalk 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 3 hours ago, DeeTillEhDeh said: I thought Mad Max: Fury Road was a steaming pile of shit. Style over substance. Sent from my SM-A125F using Tapatalk Lazy critique. Ignoring that style over substance isn't necessarily a bad thing when the style is so perfectly nailed it also succeeds in conveying a lot of the world building and themes without wasting time explaining it or really being didactic about what it's trying to say. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 No Time To Die. I'm certain this will split opinion, for a number of reasons. I fucking loved it, though I am a massive Bond fan, so much so that I've seen Die Another Day in its entirety more than once. Ana de Armas may be the most beautiful woman in the world, although Lea Seydoux definitely has a say in the destination of that trophy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 Completely forgot Lea Seydoux was a Bond character the whole time I played Death Stranding. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Kersey Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 6 hours ago, DeeTillEhDeh said: I thought Mad Max: Fury Road was a steaming pile of shit. Style over substance. Sent from my SM-A125F using Tapatalk It's not patch on the original trilogy, but it does have a guy with hybrid guitar/flamethrower. Now that is fucking cool. Mad Max 2 is the best of the bunch IMO. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
well fan for life Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 3 hours ago, Mark Connolly said: No Time To Die. I'm certain this will split opinion, for a number of reasons. I fucking loved it, though I am a massive Bond fan, so much so that I've seen Die Another Day in its entirety more than once. Ana de Armas may be the most beautiful woman in the world, although Lea Seydoux definitely has a say in the destination of that trophy. Just back from seeing it and thought it was absolutely smashing. A fitting way to finish the Daniel Craig era. Thought the Ana De Armas part was a bundle of fun to watch and they work really well together. Their performance in Knives Out is wonderful too. Christ I love a Bond film. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Shaker Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 NO TIME TO DIE Solid feature, nothing like as arse-numbing as you'd expect at that runtime, AND James Bond actually kills the baddie. Not often you'll see James Bond, Hugh Dennis and Wallace and Gromit sharing screen time, you'd have to say. Wraps everything up for the next one quite nicely, although that's an awful lot of recasting needing doing now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambomo Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 (edited) I just went to see Bond as well. Got to say I didn’t like it, I mean it’s a well-done film but no, I didn’t like the ending Edited October 1, 2021 by Jambomo 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) dir. Wes Anderson I used to find Wes really fucking annoying but maybe I'm softening. This was great and has a lot of heart in it. Visually stunning as always in his signature style and some terrific performances and cameos with Ralph Fiennes excelling as the star of the show. I really dug the period setting the most though, watching this tale unfold as Europe descends into fascism leads to a finale that was really affecting. I definitely need to go back and rewatch Life Aquatic now I think about it as both times I've watched I've been blitzed on something and tuned out until that final moment with Murray in the sub. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambomo Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 13 hours ago, Jimmy Shaker said: NO TIME TO DIE Solid feature, nothing like as arse-numbing as you'd expect at that runtime, AND James Bond actually kills the baddie. Not often you'll see James Bond, Hugh Dennis and Wallace and Gromit sharing screen time, you'd have to say. Wraps everything up for the next one quite nicely, although that's an awful lot of recasting needing doing now. I did wonder if there would actually be another one? Spoiler I guess you could have a 007, but I don’t see how there can be a James Bond now they’ve killed him off. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
54_and_counting Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 49 minutes ago, Jambomo said: I did wonder if there would actually be another one? Hide contents I guess you could have a 007, but I don’t see how there can be a James Bond now they’ve killed him off. Spoiler Maybe they'll have it that the spys name is james bond, but their real name is never spoken, like how M threatened to shoot Bond in QoS was it? So basically every 007 male will be James Bond Defo enjoyed that, typically good Bond action scenes, liked the idea of a more involved supporting cast as well, 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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