Ira Gaines Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Movies aren't subjective "for the most part". They're subjective in every single case. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 I liked it ok, but agree it should be nowhere near Best Picture. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 7 hours ago, 19QOS19 said: I've not seen the film in question so I'm not having a pop at the 'reviewer' here. But it seems every year when the 'best' films are announced that there are always 1 or 2 on here who will watch these films and give it a '0' or '1'. Do some folk like to dislike what everyone else enjoys? Films are obviously pretty subjective for the most part but when a film is being touted for a shitload of awards then surely there must be something in it worth praising even if they don't like it. There's been a few big films I've not enjoyed but can appreciate things such as the directing or sound for example. I see your general point, but then I also don't see the need to say "the make-up was excellent" if the film was a pile of shite. I thought the English Patient, for example, was a luvvie wankfest and a dreadful film, and couldn't give a f**k what the Oscar-winning film editing was like. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19QOS19 Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Movies aren't subjective "for the most part". They're subjective in every single case. As a film goer maybe. But sometimes some scenes are superbly directed. The one in one of The Matrix for example. I think it was the second one with the motorway scene. Even if I didn't enjoy that film I'd tilt my cap to a very good piece of directing. I see your general point, but then I also don't see the need to say "the make-up was excellent" if the film was a pile of shite. I thought the English Patient, for example, was a luvvie wankfest and a dreadful film, and couldn't give a f**k what the Oscar-winning film editing was like. I just enjoy different aspects of films. The story is obviously the main thing for me but I've watched films in the past and not liked the story but respected it for another thing. And on the flipside I've came away from a film thinking the plot was excellent but the execution of it was shite. I don't think I'm some kind of critic, I just like to find some positives even from films I've really not enjoyed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Didn't Avatat win a load of awards? It's a huge pile of shite with zero redeeming features 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accies1874 Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 (edited) 10 hours ago, DA Baracus said: Didn't Avatat win a load of awards? It's a huge pile of shite with zero redeeming features I don't know the specifics but I'd imagine it won a whole load of technical awards - which it deserved. I'm sure it did get nominated for Best Picture, though, which I didn't think it deserved. ETA: It's worth noting that this was the first year of the reintroduction of the extended nominees. Edited February 21, 2018 by accies1874 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellinwigan Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 Detour 8/10 Cracking indie movie.split into 2 parallel universes this road movie thriller was great and the 3 young lead actors did a good job 90 mins flew by. Sky movies 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Copland (Sony Movie Channel) 6/10. Decent premise and a great cast but a rushed conclusion loses this points. Sylvester Stallone is Frank, the sheriff of a small New Jersey town in which a load of corrupt NYPD officers live, led by Harvey Keitel. He generally turns a blind eye to their misdemeanours, believing them to be pretty harmless. After the corrupt cops fake the suicide of one of their own in order to get him off with killing two black teenagers who he mistakenly thought shot at him, internal affairs, led by Robert De Niro, start investigating the town and the officers there. Frank soon become suspicious that things are more serious that he realises, and he soon discovers that the whole town is a front for the mob, with whom the corrupt cops are in collusion with. It’s up to him to bring them down… As mentioned this has a great cast, as besides De Niro, Stallone and Keitel we also have Ray Liotta and Robert Patrick. The film does a good job of showing what a lame duck Frank is, although only a couple of scenes really show how corrupt the bad cops are, most notably when Keitel’s character ensures that they can’t reach a fellow cop who is hanging on to a breaking aerial high up a block of flats, resulting in the cop’s death. Frank’s romantic subplot is totally unnecessary and those scenes are pretty worthless as it goes nowhere and doesn’t serve the plot. As I said at the start, the ending is rushed, as once Frank decides to take action most of the outcome of this happens over only 20 minutes or so. Stallone gained 40 pounds to play the sad, bumbling Frank, and his performance is often great. He really captures the beaten spirit of a guy coasting in life. Robert Patrick rocks a mean moustache, and Ray Liotta plays greasy bug eyed like only he can. De Niro has a smaller role and is perfunctory, whilst Keitel drips menace. Still, there’s not really enough plot to go around to serve all the stars here. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Terrapin Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 The Florida Project 7/10 One of these films where nothing really happens but it does leave a lasting impression. The acting from the kids make the film with good support from Dafoe and Vinaite. Watching this so soon after 3 Billboards shows that America is really a fucked up nation. Probably struck a cord with me as years ago(late 90's) I booked a holiday to Florida with the wife and kids (pre internet days using Teletext holidays?!?!) We ended up, in the middle of the night, at a motel very similar to the one in this. Some dodgy looking Hispanics were fixing a car in the car park . We stayed one night and got the f**k out of there as soon as morning arrived, not sleeping a wink. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boostin' Kev Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 That's one of the best films I've watched recently. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accies1874 Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Isle of Dogs (2018): 'Fantastic Mr Fox' meets '1984' with an undercurrent of marginalisation. Wes Anderson is definitely in my top three directors currently working so I jumped at the opportunity to see it early. While I thought that it was going to play too closely to the aforementioned FMF, I'd say that it takes more risks in its tone and story. The visual style is, of course, similar, and there are other similarities such as the grittily-voiced (animal) protagonist and a rag-tag group of animals trying to take down the big guy. However, this is certainly a darker and nastier tale due to how dire the whole situation is; an innocent group are ostracised due to a corrupt leader not liking them (hmmm). It brings plenty of chuckles, which can simply be down to how disciplined and orderly Anderson likes to frame his shots to have such a strange scene playing out on such an organised backdrop, however it's far from his funniest film - I'm ok with that as the story and message doesn't lend itself to a laugh-a-minute romp. As per most of Anderson's films, the sets are glorious too. There are long stretches of monotonous grey locales but they are often interrupted by a injection of colour, hence implying that there is need for colour in a one-note world (again, hmmm). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy boo Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 I need your help guys to remind me about a film I watched over last two years since I got the delights of Firestick apps. I've kept records of everything i've watched but I seem to have missed this one. Low budget British horror thing based in old church where couple of ghost hunter types set up remote cameras to record strange goings on. It ends with them running through underground tunnel and stuff. I'm old enough that nothing scares me but I found this really creepy and i'd like to scare the shit out my kids. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairWeatherFan Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 56 minutes ago, jimmy boo said: I need your help guys to remind me about a film I watched over last two years since I got the delights of Firestick apps. I've kept records of everything i've watched but I seem to have missed this one. Low budget British horror thing based in old church where couple of ghost hunter types set up remote cameras to record strange goings on. It ends with them running through underground tunnel and stuff. I'm old enough that nothing scares me but I found this really creepy and i'd like to scare the shit out my kids. The Borderlands? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Gaines Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 That's exactly what it'll be. Really good movie as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldbitterandgrumpy Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 On 02/02/2018 at 01:55, supermik said: I, Tonya. 7/10. A style of film that is probably not to everybody’s taste with all the talking to the cameras stuff. She did appear to have a shit life and her maw was a total harridan, and her hubby was a p***k. Having watched it though I do believe that she knew nothing about the attack to Kerrigan. Totally loved the very last words though. Went to see this with low expectations . It was good. Really enjoyed it. Laughed out loud at some of it Brilliant director. Made the film flow just right. Same story told by 5 (I think) people who were all involved in her career and each story differs. Hard to think of a more black comedy. I mean it was bleak. Her mother was a harridan, and yes, her husband was a p***k, but she rose above all the shit that was thrown at her. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Gaines Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 She's all over the place when it comes to what she says about what she knew, so I find her pretty hard to believe. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy boo Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 On 23/02/2018 at 20:31, FairWeatherFan said: The Borderlands? Yes That's the one...... many thanks bud. Creepy as hell 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSU Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 Game Night -- Enjoyable nonsense with Jason Bateman being the best Jason Bateman he can be. Owes more than a tip of the hat to The Game and by the time all the twists and turns have ironed themselves out, nothing of what you've watched makes much sense. But it was pretty funny, if forgettable. 6/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamJags Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 Lady Bird - 9/10 (cinema)Probably the best film I’ll see this year. Absolutely loved it. Saoirse Ronan is wonderful, as is Timothee Chalamet. Wasn’t convinced by Laurie Metcalf, as the mother, until a scene near the end, which was utterly beautiful. Great Gerwig deserves a hell of a lot of credit for the writing, it’s fantastic. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sureiknow Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 The Woman in the Window. About 1946. Edward G Robinson. Great film. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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