diamond_for_life Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 Truth or Dare - Absolute dug shite. I have simple tastes (Airdrie fan ffs) but this was garbage don’t have a good thing to say about it . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 (73) Snitch 2/10 Really a very bad film, the message being “first-time drug offences get you locked up for more than killing or touching kids. It’s a Dwayne Johnson film otherwise i wouldn’t have bothered and I wish I hadn’t. (Netflix) -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banana Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 The Martian (7/10) Solid sci-fi space fare well played by Matt Damon with a fair bit of good humour. Considerably tainted in the end by the eyerolling tropes of the guilty captain, crew mutiny, and unbelievable final moments in orbit. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 (74) Frank 4/10 Not the story of Frank Sidebottom but a character based on Jon Ronson’s relationship with the dead comedian. I can’t think for the life of me why they did this film like this. The story is that the Jon character stumbles into Frank’s band, a group of miscreants and poorly-sketched artist-type led by the mercurial Frank, and spends a year rehearsing in a remote location, getting into the madness of the world of Frank, trying to unlearn all of his square traits. It leads up to a big show at SXSW where it goes terribly wrong, and then there’s a sad and weird ending with a positive note of resolution. Y’see it’s really about he debilitating effects of mental health. Jon gets the gig because the original keyboardist gets sectioned. The producer, the only person who will talk to Jon normally, kills himself as soon as the record is done. Maggie Gyllenhaal’s character (truly shit) stabs Jon. And then it turns out that Frank, this child-like composer of avant-garde masterpieces (all of which are wretched) is also someone who suffers from terrible mental illness. I was just scratching my head all the way through because the Jon character is so at-odds with everything that the whole conceit becomes utterly flimsy. To sustain the band, who have no fans and make mental music and reject all of his asinine 4/4 sub-Coldplay’s, he gives them all of his money. And yet he never really commits to the group who all hate him and in the SXSW denouement his ego gets in the way, which gets in the way of the story. All the way through it’s not “Frank is mad”, it is “Frank is a genius”, and plays on that cliche of madness being intertwined with visionary status. It’s probably a very worthy tale of a poorly-represented thing but it was hard to really parse the message. Also it being done as Frank Sidebottom rather than an original character just kept making me think “this is not what Frank was about!”, even though that’s a dumb thing to think. (DVD) -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 I liked it. Just don't think of it as to do with that Frank, as it seems to have very little in common. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FifeArab Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 Reservoir Dogs.Had It on DVD for years just never watched It. Really good film. 8/10.Tarantino Is a genius. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19QOS19 Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 Reservoir Dogs.Had It on DVD for years just never watched It. Really good film. 8/10.Tarantino Is a genius. "Hey, why am I Mr Pink?" In a similar fashion to 12 Angry Men, this film is all about the dialogue. I absolutely love films like that as they are a bit of a dying breed nowadays. Give me a cracking dialogue over big explosions and smashes every day of the week. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 On the dogs theme, Isle of Dogs is Wes Anderson’s most visual and funniest movie, but strangely the least affecting. Loved it, but only so far. 8/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ah-dee Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 The Martian (7/10) Solid sci-fi space fare well played by Matt Damon with a fair bit of good humour. Considerably tainted in the end by the eyerolling tropes of the guilty captain, crew mutiny, and unbelievable final moments in orbit. i was pleasantly surprised by this film. was much better than i anticipated 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightswoodBear Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Kill Bill Vol 1 & 2. Far from Tarantino's best and lacking the great dialouge from some of his other films. It's flabby as hell and could probably have been trimmed to one film, but its still great. The anime section for O-Ren is superb. 8/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MONKMAN Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Highlander - a childhood favourite of mine that hasn’t particularly aged well, with shite acting and shite accents. I love it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ah-dee Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Highlander - a childhood favourite of mine that hasn’t particularly aged well, with shite acting and shite accents. I love it. a frenchman putting on a dodgy scottish accent and sean doing his best to play a spanish sean. great film though 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banana Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 (edited) 15 hours ago, ah-dee said: On 5/4/2018 at 15:15, banana said: The Martian (7/10) Solid sci-fi space fare well played by Matt Damon with a fair bit of good humour. Considerably tainted in the end by the eyerolling tropes of the guilty captain, crew mutiny, and unbelievable final moments in orbit. i was pleasantly surprised by this film. was much better than i anticipated Yup, the scenario doesn't suggest it'd be able to hold together an interesting plot for long. Recommend the super low budget Moon along the same lines. Edited May 14, 2018 by banana 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 49 minutes ago, ah-dee said: a frenchman putting on a dodgy scottish accent and sean doing his best to play a spanish sean. great film though He's Egyptian. Love Highlander. One of my favourites. Outstanding sound track as well 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ah-dee Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 He's Egyptian. Love Highlander. One of my favourites. Outstanding sound track as well that's even worse then! havent watched it in years so will need to sort that. you are correct about the soundtrack 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ah-dee Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Yup, the scenario doesn't suggest it'd be able to hold together an interesting plot for long. Recommend the super low budget Moon along the same lines. moon was a great film. sam rockwell was excellent in it 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nelsjfc Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Along came a spider 6.5/10. Enjoyable enough brain-in-neutral stuff. Morgan Freeman doing what Morgan Freeman does. Couple of eye rolling moments but a good ride with enough twists and tension. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 1 hour ago, ah-dee said: 1 hour ago, DA Baracus said: He's Egyptian. Love Highlander. One of my favourites. Outstanding sound track as well that's even worse then! havent watched it in years so will need to sort that. you are correct about the soundtrack It's a common misconception that even Connor McLeod himself makes 1 hour ago, ah-dee said: 2 hours ago, banana said: Yup, the scenario doesn't suggest it'd be able to hold together an interesting plot for long. Recommend the super low budget Moon along the same lines. moon was a great film. sam rockwell was excellent in it Moon is indeed brilliant 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ah-dee Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Moon is indeed brilliant i was surprised as the reviee i red prior to watching was largely negative and it was on film4 in the middle of the night. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightswoodBear Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 14 hours ago, ah-dee said: a frenchman putting on a dodgy scottish accent and sean doing his best to play a spanish sean. great film though 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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