Bobby Skidmarks Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 Imagine opening with an apologetic line for watching a "gay themes" movie in 2016!! A Single Man, coming over here with its gay themes this, gay themes that, who the bloody hell does it think it is? I don't mind A Single Man's gay themes but not when they flaunt it in front of your face! Some of my best themes are gay, honest Definitely worth getting this angry about, that's for sure. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 3 hours ago, Bobby Skidmarks said: Definitely worth getting this angry about, that's for sure. Angry! -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 Sideways 7/10 Probably not much room in the world these days for this kind of white male obsolescence crisis film but I just wanted something easy on the eye and brain while I ate my dinner. Not seen it since I've been to the California wine country it's set in and wasn't quite prepared for the nostalgia trip. It's increasingly harder to sympathise with Giamatti's sad sack character but it's still a funny, stylish, and nicely-observed bit of whimsy. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taxman Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 Rattle of a Simple Man (1964). Set in London on the evening of the FA Cup Final about a group of supporters out on the piss. Harry H Corbett plays a 39yo virgin who is bet £50 against his motorbike that he can't pull prostitute Diane Cilento, take her back to her place and pump her. Quite interesting to see how life was back than & that most guys didn't appear to have any casual gear, never seen so many people suited & booted for a night out lol Not a Mod to be seen btw!!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 Childhood of a Leader 6.5/10 Pretty decent this, depicting the childhood of a future (fictional) fascist leader. Shades of The White Ribbon (although not in that league tbf). V creepy soundtrack by Scott Walker as well that worked really well to give it an almost horror film feel without any actual 'orror. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 Edith Bowman chatting to David Mackenzie about the score to Hell or High Water... https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/soundtracking-edith-bowman/id1140497332?mt=2&i=375372076 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcat1990 Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 Hell on High Water - 9/10Can't really add much to what everyone else said. The dialogue is fantastic and it's incredibly well acted. Plus Chris Pine is a totes dreamboat. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Brightside Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 Hell or High Water spoilers Spoiler Two of the scenes that stood of for me where the one where Chris Pine gets stopped when the police have blocked the road, I was desperately hoping he'd make it through and the to and fro between Bridges and Pine in that final scene. For a scene where I thought it was obvious that nothing would happen, there was still some amount of tension. Cracking film. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 Lost in La Mancha 6/10 Saw this documentary about 10 years ago, seemed to recall raving about it, thought I may as well have a rewatch. It's about the doomed effort Terry Gilliam puts in trying to make his version of Don Quixote. It's all going well, with an all-star cast and a costumes and sets and a funny script - then after a day or so of filming, the rains come and wreck some locations and destroy a tonne of gear. The the lead, Jean Rochefort, can't ride a horse because of a herniated disc. The investors state that without Rochefort, Gilliam, or Johnny Depp (who seems nice here, not the terrorcunt he appears to have turned into) the whole film cannot proceed. But they do. And when the rains clear, the desert has changed colour so none of the shots match anymore. And they're next to a bombing range. It goes on like this until they have to stop. Not quite as good as I recalled but solid nonetheless. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 Hunt for the Wilderpeople 7/10 Sweet film this, don't know how the New Zealander's do it but they're really good at being wacky without irritating the shit out of me. Loses its a way a bit towards the end though. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamJags Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 Hunt For The Wilderpeople - 8/10. Loved this. The young guy totally stole the show. The Infiltrator - 7/10. Bryan Cranston is outstanding, and is let down by a pretty poor supporting cast, aside from John Leguizamo. Great story though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinkle Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 Took the mrs to see the new Bridget Jones film at the cinema last night. Literally 2 hours and 2 minutes of my life i will never get back. Utter, utter garbage but she loved it though. According to her, if you have seen the other films then you would like this one. Not sure how accurate this assessment is since ive avoided the others like the plague 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 The first one was utter pish, storyline is non existent and the big "climax" is two blokes having handbags in the street. Have not bothered since, how many they up to now? -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinkle Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 God knows, im not even going to waste my time checking. My only complaint is that by adding to the box office receipts, my contribution might go towards another sequel ETA - as if i thought that was bad, there was a trailer for the sequel to 50 Shades Of Grey due out around Valentines Day. Can see me going on a long stay holiday around early February! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamJags Posted September 18, 2016 Share Posted September 18, 2016 Blair Witch - 8/10. Thought this was a great watch. The last 15-20 in particular are fantastic. Probably the best horror I've seen this year. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Saints Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 The Bridget Jones films are fabulous. It's scandalous to say otherwise. I'm seeing the third one tomorrow. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killienick Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 Point Break, (remake) 2/10 - utter, utter drivel. Kung Fu Panda 3 6/10 - carbon copy of the first 2 films. Kids seemed to like it though. Room - 7/10 - excellent acting all round, especially from the wee boy. Tense at times but the pay off felt flat, (perhaps deliberately so but the film certainly ran out of steam in the final 3rd). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 It Follows 7.5 if you're under 30, 6.75/10 for the codgers Apart from wanting to yell at the case "Get a fucking baseball bat!" instead of trying to shoot the invisible foe I thought this was pretty good. Made me feel old though - felt very targeted at the yoof market with relentless jump scares and quiet quiet bang stuff. If you've ever been chased in a dream but can't run away it felt a bit like that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Gaines Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 Blair Witch Right. I'll go with the positives first. It does a decent job of progressing a couple of things from the first movie which weren't really explained, and there's a couple of decent scenes in the last section of the movie. Now for the overwhelming number of negatives. There's absolutely no need for such a dramatic and overstated shift into the supernatural when there was absolutely no need for it in the first movie. With days passing at a time and all sorts of shit. No need. There's absolutely no need for adding new scare tricks to the arsenal. Things happen here that there is no need for when you consider that it's a direct sequel to the first movie. Almost every single jump scare is people walking into each other. I don't mind jump scares but when you know exactly when they're coming after about the third one, you know they've fucked up. It's also a movie sorely lacking in self awareness, and the dialogue is fucking horrific at times. Especially the weirdo that joins them. The climax seems to be getting a lot of praise, but it was probably the most tedious section of the whole lot, bar two notable exceptions. It seems to go out of it's way to shit on what came before at times, and is no better than the Book of Shadows that they seem to be trying to write out of history. 2/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19QOS19 Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 Went to Carlisle last night to watch a couple. Blair WitchJust pish. My opinion on these kind of films is that they've been done to death and nothing original is appearing. This was no different but I thought it deserved a viewing as the original set the way for these kind of films. The only original thing about this one was that they use ear piece cameras which reduced the shaking slightly. The film was just extremely boring. It was pretty much the same as the original: they go hunting for the house, nothing happens, one night it all kicks off, they find the house, the end. That worked the first time around as we hadn't witnessed it numerous times beforehand. I wouldn't really waste your time with it but if you like 'shaky cam' films I'd certainly recommend The Visit way ahead of this. As I said, I'm not a huge fan of the genre but The Visit was a decent enough watch. 2/10 Don't Breathe Near enough the polar opposite of the first film. It was gripping, original and tense. It didn't faff about for an hour before getting going. We get a brief introduction to the characters and their agenda and we're off. Once in the house and the drama kicks in it really is a gripping watch. The guy is blind but it doesn't stop him getting around the house quickly and sometimes out of nowhere. Plenty of wee twists throughout the film as well and a couple of bigger ones. Certainly recommend this one. On a side note I actually did a manly scream watching this. I imagine most men will: look out for the turkey baster! 7.5/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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