Detournement Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 (edited) 15 minutes ago, Mr. Brightside said: It's utter gash, you'll be better off not seeing it. They said that about Eyes Wide Shut. It can't be worse than Many Saints of Newark. Edited December 25, 2021 by Detournement 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theroadlesstravelled Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 Matrix Revolutions was disappointing. Like the 2nd and 3rd films it could just have been a lot better. If you’re hoping for an allegory about LGBTQ+ rights or the blue or red party in America then prepare to find that it was actually all about bullet time. How do the good robots get power? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killiepiemuncher Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 Just watched Upgrade on Film 4. Absolutely brilliant. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 On 24/12/2021 at 08:28, KingRocketman II said: yeah the bullet missing ratio really grated on me also. It is something that didn't use to bother me but is now doing so more and more - probably as getting older and start looking for faults in things rather than looking to enjoy ha. But essentially find myself watching more and more action scenes and being completely bored shitless and that is down to the fact that there is no risk involved or threat to the main character. I know you can apply that to pretty much every major film where it is unlikely the protagonist will die half way through but action sequences such as those in the latter Mission Impossibles, Bournes or even the recent James Bonds can still be done well with an injection of risk - though the shoot-out at the end of No time to Die in particular slightly contradicts that. Shooting thousands of bullets that result in at worse an occasional graze reduce every ounce of excitement or thrill. I suggest you avoid the "A" Team altogether. Machine guns being used constantly but nobody gets hurt. Apparently a response to complaints about too much violence on TV. I would have suggested no machine guns. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killiepiemuncher Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 Casablanca……again. Love it, an absolute classic. I think I’ve seen it every year for the last 30+ years, it’s just a perfect film. 10/10. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrewDon Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 I saw Love Actually for the first time today, in full at least. My god, it is proper shite. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaboz Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 I saw Love Actually for the first time today, in full at least. My god, it is proper shite. Nonsense, it's a great film! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_Stewart Posted December 25, 2021 Share Posted December 25, 2021 It’s very, very on the nose, but Don’t Look Up is very enjoyable. Jonah Hill and Ron Perlman steal every scene they’re in. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accies1874 Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 I saw Love Actually for the first time today, in full at least. My god, it is proper shite. Nonsense, it's a great film!Lads, it starts with a tawdry monologue about 9/11. It's trash. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 Ron’s Gone Wrong An Apple-type company release a new device that’s a permanent companion to kids. One boy at school doesn’t have one so his dad buys him one that literally fell off the back of a lorry. It’s wonky but that eventually makes it better than all the perfect one. Plenty of laughs, a few tears.. really terrific stuff. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velo army Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 20 hours ago, DrewDon said: I saw Love Actually for the first time today, in full at least. My god, it is proper shite. The scene where Rowan Atkinson prepares a gift is excellent, up there with other great comic set pieces. The rest is a really fine cast making the best of some truly daft (and at times sinister) stories. I want to hate it more than I do, given how schmaltzy and emotionally manipulative it is, but Laura Linney is gorgeous and Emma Thomson is marvellous in it. Bill Nighy steals the show though. Still utter shite, but solid gold shite. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrewDon Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 2 minutes ago, velo army said: The scene where Rowan Atkinson prepares a gift is excellent, up there with other great comic set pieces. The rest is a really fine cast making the best of some truly daft (and at times sinister) stories. I want to hate it more than I do, given how schmaltzy and emotionally manipulative it is, but Laura Linney is gorgeous and Emma Thomson is marvellous in it. Bill Nighy steals the show though. Still utter shite, but solid gold shite. Yes, I found the scene with Atkinson preparing the necklace one of the few redeeming features about the whole film. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfha Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 (edited) 22 hours ago, J_Stewart said: It’s very, very on the nose, but Don’t Look Up is very enjoyable. Jonah Hill and Ron Perlman steal every scene they’re in. Not seen it yet but anything with Perlman in it is worth watching. ... except Beauty and the Beast, of course.... Edited December 26, 2021 by sfha 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfha Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 Silent Night 2021 Strange film about a Christmas Party, a toxic cloud and a suicide pact. Saved only by the the children saying f**k throughout... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrewDon Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 I watched Midsommar last night. What an utterly odd film. I definitely laughed at some parts that I probably wasn't supposed to find funny, like when the old guy didn't die from the cliff ritual so needed to be bonked on the head by the mallet. Still, it must have had something as usually a film of that length will have me zoning out towards the end but it kept me engaged throughout. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 Don't Look Up (2021) Look I get that it's satire and a very thinly veiled dig at the attitudes towards climate change but I didn't care much for it at all, as someone else said "it's like a slapstick version of Armageddon". LDiC looks like Leonard from TBBT, Mark Rylance's character is as annoying as fuck (although that's testament to him being a fine actor) but both Meryl Streep and Cate Blanchett are MILF-tastic. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genuine Hibs Fan Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 On 25/12/2021 at 23:23, J_Stewart said: It’s very, very on the nose, but Don’t Look Up is very enjoyable. Jonah Hill and Ron Perlman steal every scene they’re in. Yeah, I've seen a lot of political criticisms of it as doom-laden and accepting of our inability to truly change things but, also, look at the guy's work before. Go to someone else if you want that he's very good at depicting why we are where we are now. I felt it certainly achieved that, and the ultimate message of the worthwhile things being spending good times with family and loved ones is apolitical but also probably true! It was pretty bloated though, and dragged towards the middle. Probably the weakest of his most recent three films but he'll struggle to make anything as good as the Big Short again, peerless 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 Paddington 2 There aren't many films more enjoyable than this IMO. The ending has me in bits every time as well. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldbitterandgrumpy Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 (edited) On 25/12/2021 at 13:41, killiepiemuncher said: Casablanca……again. Love it, an absolute classic. I think I’ve seen it every year for the last 30+ years, it’s just a perfect film. 10/10. Absolutely. Absolute perfection. Especially the ending. Edited December 27, 2021 by oldbitterandgrumpy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldbitterandgrumpy Posted December 27, 2021 Share Posted December 27, 2021 (edited) 4 hours ago, Arch Stanton said: Don't Look Up (2021) Look I get that it's satire and a very thinly veiled dig at the attitudes towards climate change but I didn't care much for it at all, as someone else said "it's like a slapstick version of Armageddon". LDiC looks like Leonard from TBBT, Mark Rylance's character is as annoying as f**k (although that's testament to him being a fine actor) but both Meryl Streep and Cate Blanchett are MILF-tastic. Admittedly I'm a bit shallow, but I really enjoyed it. The Streep/Trump character was hilarious. Mark Rylance is indeed a good actor. What's not to like about that film? It's just a couple of hours of escapism. Edited December 27, 2021 by oldbitterandgrumpy forgot to remove full stop and insert question mark. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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