Kyle Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 (edited) Testament of Youth I was going to give this one a miss, but reading the reviews I thought I'd give it a go. It's basically a snap shot of Vera Brittain's life, from around about the beginning of the first world war until shortly after it finished. She was clearly well before her time, outspoken, ambitious and extremely free minded, a feminist without really realising it. The movie itself is quite heavy going in truth, as you'd probably expect from a WW1 movie of this nature. It shows Brittain's evolution from optimist to realist and all the way to pacifist as she is taught some rather harsh life lessons over the course of the war. I've not seen much of Alicia Vikander before this movie, but she was outstanding in her lead role. Very powerful performance and I'm actually quite surprised she wasn't really in the race for an Oscar nomination. Kit Harrington was excellent in his support role - I don't think he's great in Game of Thrones (although the character he plays is quite wooden) and Pompeii is a lot of coblers - but he's definitely got something based on his showing here. Not a film for everyone I don't think, but I enjoyed it. 7/10 Edited January 23, 2015 by Kyle 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Saints Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Too many critically-acclaimed movies are out at the moment. Birdman, Whiplash, Foxcatcher, The Theory of Everything.. I have an obsession with watching all of the Oscar-nominated films before the Oscars actually happen. I'm going to be struggling. Went to see Birdman today, but the cinema had cancelled it because they ''hadn't received it in time.'' Perth is an awful place. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Too many critically-acclaimed movies are out at the moment. Birdman, Whiplash, Foxcatcher, The Theory of Everything.. I have an obsession with watching all of the Oscar-nominated films before the Oscars actually happen. I'm going to be struggling. Went to see Birdman today, but the cinema had cancelled it because they ''hadn't received it in time.'' Perth is an awful place. Is it not even out in Perth yet? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Saints Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Is it not even out in Perth yet? Nope, and neither is Foxcatcher. I miss living in Dundee. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1320Lichtie Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Birdman today, but the cinema had cancelled it because they ''hadn't received it in time.'' Perth is an awful place. wtf?!? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Saints Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 wtf?!? Indeed, it was meant to be Perth's first screening of the film. Embarrassing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Watched "Flight of the Phoenix", original version on telly this afternoon. Probably only sjc would be interested in this, but the belly dancer hallucinated by Sergeant Watson was performed by Barry Chase. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Indeed, it was meant to be Perth's first screening of the film. Embarrassing. Release date: January 1st...what a joke! -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 (edited) Is it not even out in Perth yet? With any luck it'll be out around the same time as the second Hobbit film so I can have a sesh of films. Edited January 23, 2015 by RandomGuy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AberdeenBud Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 #perthshire #thirdworld 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteRoseKillie Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Hitler, the greatest story never to be told. 10/10 An interesting view on Hitlers life without the propaganda and demonisation. Sorry Wis, but I really can't read that without wondering whether to laugh or cry. Do you have a link for "Uncle Joe Stalin - a laugh, a joke, and a purge!"? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongue_tied_danny Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Private Resort Mid '80s teen comedy starring a young Johnny Depp as a horny teenager ganting for his hole in a Florida beach resort. Trashy and cliched but fairly entertaining and with enough titties to keep things interesting. 5/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boostin' Kev Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Foxcatcher - 7/10. Was a bit slow generally and the boys scowling puss started to annoy me after 10 mins. Steve Carell was very good. Whiplash - 8/10. Enjoyed this and the Nazi guy from Oz must be in with an best actor shout. Birdman - 7.5/10. Reminded me of Woody Allen even though ive only seen 2 of his films. Got Requiem For A Dream for tomorrow night. Seemingly a well made, gritty film about junkies in NYC with parts filmed in Brooklyn. If this doesnt hit 9/10 in my scorechart nothing will. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadasdillinger Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Requiem For A Dream is my favourite film ever. Perfection. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Gaines Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Anyone who doubted Leto before Dallas Buyers Club hadn't seen that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Pires on the Wing Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 I found Birdman a bit naff. It's quite boring and bland. Nothing much happens, and the characters aren't very interesting or endearing. Didn't hold my attention, caught myself looking at the time on my phone a few times. Wasn't funny either. And to tell you the truth, I never even really noticed the whole one continuous shot stuff, one of the biggest selling points of the film, until after I'd seen it and started reading some reviews. 5/10 I might go see it again tbh, everybody else seems to loving it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Gaines Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 I can actually understand that, which is weird. I loved it to bits, but I did think when I left "those characters are going to leave some folk cold" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 (edited) Wild 4.5/10 Not sure why this has been praised so much tbh, pretty standard troubled woman goes on journey to find herself and comes out other side stronger and happier type story. Was reasonably engaging, nice scenery, Laura dern was good, Witherspoon was not bad although I wasn't buying her in her junkie period, but there's a sort of dishonesty to these types of films where there's like a hollywood sheen over everything so you don't really believe it. Edited January 24, 2015 by Christophe -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScotlandGer Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Requiem For A Dream is my favourite film ever. Perfection. This film kills me every time I watch it. I end up on the verge of tears no matter, not embarrassed to admit. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boostin' Kev Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Looking forward to watching it tonight. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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