Arch Stanton Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 The Departed - (2006) It's a superlative film full of near career best performances from DiCaprio, Wahlberg and Damon. Scorsese fully deserved his long awaited Best Director Oscar (it also won Best Picture). And yet... Would a lowly Sergeant be able to delete a record from the employee database? The last 20 minutes of the film depends entirely on believing that premise. I don't believe it's credible. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 13 hours ago, Twinkle said: The Northman. Be waiting a while for this but its utter shite. Gutted as i enjoy Vikings, Last Kingdom etc but i didnt enjoy it one bit Aye, saw it earlier tonight and was disappointed. Not sure what the story was supposed to say. 13 minutes ago, Arch Stanton said: The Departed - (2006) It's a superlative film full of near career best performances from DiCaprio, Wahlberg and Damon. Scorsese fully deserved his long awaited Best Director Oscar (it also won Best Picture). And yet... Would a lowly Sergeant be able to delete a record from the employee database? The last 20 minutes of the film depends entirely on believing that premise. I don't believe it's credible. Maybe that's a comment on how corrupt and self serving the police in the US are? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 Sonic 2 8/10 The first one was surprising amusing, charming and good. It gave Jim Carrey his performance in years. This sequel builds on that and improves things. It's a very amusing film and has plenty of nods towards the source material (I particularly enjoyed Stone's manual). This instalment introduces Tails* and Knuckles. Anyone who had played up to/or Sonic 3 will know who they are (although Tails is a playable character in Sonic 2, but can’t fly; he can fly in Sonic 3 though; also, plugging the Sonic 2 cartridge in to the Sonic and Knuckles cartridge let you play Sonic 2 as Knuckles). Anyway, this is an amusing and charming film. Very enjoyable. Jim Carrey gives another brilliant performance. He is back to his best and I really hope he stays on of they do a third one. *I didn't get the name 'Tails Miles Prower' until I was 20. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 Sonic spoilers But Shadow can f**k so far off. If they do a 3rd film then I hope they treat Shadow as a joke then go with another enemy (who Robotnik helps). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 1 minute ago, DA Baracus said: *I didn't get the name 'Tails Miles Prower' until I was 20. When did you switch to DA Baracus? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpInTheAyr Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 The Northman. Be waiting a while for this but its utter shite. Gutted as i enjoy Vikings, Last Kingdom etc but i didnt enjoy it one bitSo disappointing. Was completely underwhelmed by it. Was expecting him to raise an army and battle a kingdom, but he just went off by himself to battle an ousted former King on a farm. Was expecting something on a much grander scale. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 6 minutes ago, BFTD said: When did you switch to DA Baracus? Was always this. My username goes years back before I joined thanks to a friend, and fellow Pars fan, nicknamed 'Furious'. Haven't seen the lad in years mind and haven't seen him at a Pars game for a few years, but I mostly go to away games. His family are absolutely excellent folk. His sister was in my year and school and a really sound person. His maw was really sound. His old man was simply exceptional. Genuinely one of the best people I've ever known. We were all in awe of him. A ridiculously cool guy. Hope they're all doing well. They also had cool dogs, even though one of them pished on my Pars goalie top once. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 2 minutes ago, DA Baracus said: Was always this. My username goes years back before I joined thanks to a friend, and fellow Pars fan, nicknamed 'Furious'. Haven't seen the lad in years mind and haven't seen him at a Pars game for a few years, but I mostly go to away games. His family are absolutely excellent folk. His sister was in my year and school and a really sound person. His maw was really sound. His old man was simply exceptional. Genuinely one of the best people I've ever known. We were all in awe of him. A ridiculously cool guy. Hope they're all doing well. They also had cool dogs, even though one of them pished on my Pars goalie top once. A Raith-supporting dug. Well I never. Eventually you'll post something about films (or music, or dugs) being better when you were you were young, and everyone will start calling you YerDa Baracus. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocketman Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 On 12/05/2022 at 18:35, accies1874 said: 72. El Dorado (1967) - Film4 I don’t really like westerns, but this is alright. It’s quite a sleepy film without being thoughtful or anything like that, it just doesn’t seem to have an interest in being exciting and would rather focus on Robert Mitchum’s arc (which isn’t that interesting). There was something about how it shot its dialogue sequences that often really annoyed me and seemed a bit scattergun. It passed the time though. I think this is one of three Wayne movies (other two being Rio Bravo and Rio Lobo) which all share pretty much the same set-up - I need to double check but either all three movies have a besieged jailhouse set-up and/or have the trio of protagonists sharing the same characteristics...... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Kersey Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 The Nice Guys I caught this on Film4 last night. An excellent wee movie. Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling star as a pair of private detectives looking for a missing porn star in 70s LA. I loved everything about this. Some interesting plot turns, hilarious dialogue and slapstick violence. There was also a pretty cool 70s soundtrack. This slipped under my radar when it came out a few years ago so I was pleasantly surprised when I watched it last night. 8/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocketman Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 14 hours ago, KingRocketman II said: I think this is one of three Wayne movies (other two being Rio Bravo and Rio Lobo) which all share pretty much the same set-up - I need to double check but either all three movies have a besieged jailhouse set-up and/or have the trio of protagonists sharing the same characteristics...... thinking about this further (and forgive the faux pas of quoting self), was there not a scene in a Tarantino movie where this was highlighted and discussed? Maybe Jackie Brown?? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velo army Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 On 13/05/2022 at 20:30, BFTD said: On 13/05/2022 at 18:33, accies1874 said: I think I'll give it a pass for now then. Thanks anyway. Maybe comparing it to The Sound of Music was a bit harsh. That'd put anyone off. ^^^ Mrs was pumped by a lonely goatherd type post. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 I'm just scarred from hearing the lovely Julie Andrews being called a c**t face 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nkomo-A-Gogo Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 I watched DOCTOR SLEEP last night on netflix. I really enjoyed it. Rebecca Ferguson is beautiful. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accies1874 Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 I think this is one of three Wayne movies (other two being Rio Bravo and Rio Lobo) which all share pretty much the same set-up - I need to double check but either all three movies have a besieged jailhouse set-up and/or have the trio of protagonists sharing the same characteristics...... thinking about this further (and forgive the faux pas of quoting self), was there not a scene in a Tarantino movie where this was highlighted and discussed? Maybe Jackie Brown??Can't remember about Jackie Brown but I did see a review saying El Dorado was really similar to Rio Bravo (which I haven't seen). Same director. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 On 15/05/2022 at 07:52, KingRocketman II said: I think this is one of three Wayne movies (other two being Rio Bravo and Rio Lobo) which all share pretty much the same set-up - I need to double check but either all three movies have a besieged jailhouse set-up and/or have the trio of protagonists sharing the same characteristics...... John Carpenter's Assault on Precinct 13 was also a remake of Rio Bravo, with a bit of Night of the Living Dead thrown in. It also gave birth to this. Which was nice. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 Charlie Wilson's War Excellent cast. Moderately interesting. Seemed to be an attempt to land a message about US foreign policy with the sort of American equivalents of our poppy shaggers, by giving them a good old Uncle Sam story and dropping in a bit of criticism at the end. I hope it succeeded at that, because as a film it was pretty poor. Philip Seymour Hoffman's screentime was generally enjoyable. But mostly it was a mish mash of tone shifts and unfinished parts of stories. 5/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaspianChris Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 Gave Ghostbusters Afterlife a watch yesterday and enjoyed it. It was amusing the scene were those daft youths pretty much wreck the town trying to catch Muncher the evil version of Slimer though. I would say I did not find Gozer or the terror dogs as terrifying as the 1984 versions of them. Surprised they never kept Gozer with the evil red eyes though. Terror dog Vinz Clortho remains as comical and amusing as the original though when he goes on the rampage through the Walmart demolishing everything and his quizzical reaction to the car tyre hissing as it bursts as well. Shame Grooberson never got a "Nice doggy have a milk bone" comment away though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 Rio Lobo is an exact replica of Rio Bravo with the added bonus of the actresses being much hotter. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 Attack of the Clones Dreadful 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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