What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

[Mr. Brightside]

57 minutes ago, BigFatTabbyDave said:

Manos: the Hands of Fate. Answers one of P&B vexed questions, "who takes care of the place while @The Master is away?"

The worst film ever according to Ted Mosby.

[BFTD]

11 minutes ago, Mr. Brightside said:

The worst film ever according to Ted Mosby.

I wouldn't disagree. Worst part is that I'd already seen it once before 

Watched the Mystery Science Theater 3000 version this time, though, which was more entertaining. Both versions were better than the turdfest I saw first tonight, though - the Paris Hilton vehicle Bottoms Up. Words cannot express how poor that film was, made even worse by Hilton playing some kind of fantasy superhero version of herself that isn't a vacuous, racist shitbag  

[Ira Gaines]

Get Out

The only real negative to this was that it was a bit on the predictable side, but it didn't take away too much as it remained tense and gripping. There wasn't a comfortable moment from when the couple arrived at the mum and dad's house and things just got worse. This was helped by some creepy as f**k performances. So aye, I loved this.

8/10

[MSU]

10 minutes ago, Randy Giles said:

Get Out

The only real negative to this was that it was a bit on the predictable side, but it didn't take away too much as it remained tense and gripping. There wasn't a comfortable moment from when the couple arrived at the mum and dad's house and things just got worse. This was helped by some creepy as f**k performances. So aye, I loved this.

8/10

I agree. I felt a little bad for having negative thoughts about it because as a whole it was great. But predictable is right. Maybe a little too easy as well at the end? And while Mrs MSU vehemently disagrees, I still think some of the humour could've been dialled down. All that notwithstanding, it's a movie that's stayed with me this week and I've enjoyed discussing it at work and stuff. So it gets plenty right.

[Ira Gaines]

I think the comedy stuff with his mate was my only real problem with the humour. Some of it was well out of place. The lighter humour with the actual main plot was handled a lot better.

[killiepiemuncher]

Get Out 7.5/10

Enjoyed it too, only thing that bothered me was how he was going to explain it all to the police.

[Blootoon87]

Get Out
The only real negative to this was that it was a bit on the predictable side, but it didn't take away too much as it remained tense and gripping. There wasn't a comfortable moment from when the couple arrived at the mum and dad's house and things just got worse. This was helped by some creepy as f**k performances. So aye, I loved this.
8/10

The maid? I hated her, was uncomfortable whenever she was on screen.

[wellinwigan]

Get out

8/10

Enjoyed it thought the main actor was good in it.quite funny in places 

[pandarilla]

Watched PRIDE last night, and fair enjoyed it.

If you like brassed off (and you're presumably not a homophobe) then you'll like this. Miners strike nostalgia, when the good guys lost. Some excellent acting performances too.

9/10

[Christophe]

(59-63)

News From Home 8/10

Slow, heartfelt epistolary film by the great Chantal Akerman

The Beaches of Agnes 7/10

Autobiographical work by Agnes Varda, like a big junk shop owned by an inscrutable old bat

Robinson In Ruins 5/10

Essay film about London and Oxfordshire, is a documentary but has has a fictional central character, an odd conceit and it only works fleetingly imo 

Z 9/10

French/Algerian film from the late 60s about Greek politics, have completely mis-sold it on purpose there, it's really great, jazzy and bleak and complex, maybe a forerunner in certain stylistic ways to French Connection? 

Killer Mermaids 6/10

Has a 1* rating on Netflix but I didn't think it was that bad - some of the effects are pretty good. Calling a film Killer Mermaids though just meant you knew it was a monster flick from the off and the complaint that in almost all monster movies they are revealed first by a hand/foot/then eyes/head/total reveal stands. The ending was proper stoopid

[tongue_tied_danny]

Elle

French language flick about a successful business woman who is raped by a masked assailant but can't go to the polis because of a dark skeleton in her closet.

An interesting enough character study but tried a bit too hard to be controversial. Held my attention until the end though...

6/10

 

[The Naitch]

Went to see the new Beauty and the Beast earlier. Fair enjoyed it though, for me, doesn't beat the original. 7/10.

[19QOS19]

Is Emma Watson as awful and wooden as I'm expecting?

[The Naitch]

3 hours ago, 19QOS19 said:

Is Emma Watson as awful and wooden as I'm expecting?

I thought she done alright actually. By no means a stand out though.

[sergie's no1 fan]

Robin Hood is getting remade.

Apologies, I meant Disney remake of Robin Hood.

Sure there was a mental Russel Crowe version a few years ago, was pretty crap.

Emma Watson was pretty meh, not awful but not spectacular. The boy playing Gueston was probably the best.

[Arch Stanton]

Jaws - 1975

A large carnivorous fish eats some people in the waters off a New England town...there's a scary head, a story about the USS Indianapolis and a creatively used scuba tank.

9/10

[DA Baracus]

Frank 8/10

Film about a bored guy who struggles to write music because he believes his nice and loving childhood and now humdrum life hasn't given him the chance to tap in to the deeper recesses of his mind to unlock true creativity. He sees a man trying to drown himself and discovers that it's the keyboard player of a band. He manages to join this band as the keyboard player, and what he thinks is a short tour of Ireland is in fact a session to record an album. Here he gets to know the band, including the eponymous Frank, an American guy who wears a giant paper mache head at all times.

He soon learns that they are pretty much mentalists. Through his recordings of various recording sessions and Twitter updates, the band get a cult following and are invited to play South by Southwest.

Very enjoyable film that at times is very funny. Great cast (Michael Fassbender, Dormhal Gleeson, Maggie Gynehall, Scoot McNairy) who are all brilliant. The film at times is a study in mental illness and at times studies the relationship between cult and mainstream popularity. The songs are actually pretty good as well.

[DA Baracus]

The cast actually played the music live (which is why the cast includes two professional musicians). Maggie Gylenhall had to learn the theremin. Here's my favourite song from the film;

 

[Davis Love III]

8 hours ago, Christophe said:

 Z 9/10

French/Algerian film from the late 60s about Greek politics, have completely mis-sold it on purpose there, it's really great, jazzy and bleak and complex, maybe a forerunner in certain stylistic ways to French Connection? 

I would say that's an accurate observation. Watched an interview with William Friedkin a while ago, where he mentioned Z as being one of his favourite films.

[Ludo*1]

Captain Phillips.

The missus picked this on Netflix and I wasn't best pleased as I thought it was going to be just another by the numbers tense thriller. It was exactly that by and large but with Tom Hanks' acting it's hard to go wrong and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

7/10.