stanton Posted July 11, 2020 Share Posted July 11, 2020 (edited) Commando- Big Arnie kills loads of folks in order to save his wee lassie. Completely ridiculous but very watchable pish after a few beers on a Saturday night eve,n if you know the words of by heart ( another movie where the bad guys are all awful shots) 7/10 Edited July 11, 2020 by stanton 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 12 hours ago, stanton said: Commando- Big Arnie kills loads of folks in order to save his wee lassie. Completely ridiculous but very watchable pish after a few beers on a Saturday night eve,n if you know the words of by heart ( another movie where the bad guys are all awful shots) 7/10 A glorious movie. Ludicrously over the top, camp bad guy and plenty of fantastic one liners from the big lad. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 (edited) The Equalizer 2 8/10. Came out on Netflix on Friday. Denzel Washington punches f**k out of a load of folk. Then some more folk. Some guys try to punch f**k out of Denzel so he punches f**k out of them instead. Edited July 12, 2020 by DA Baracus 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermik Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 Django. Seen it not long after it was released. Top Tip: Never watch a film when you have had a few! This time round, could not believe how much I never saw first time! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodhull Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 The Journey - a fictionalised account of when Martin McGuiness and Ian Paisley shared a car to the airport after the meeting at St Andrews that paved the way for the power sharing agreement. As said I'm pretty sure there's little if anything factual about the conversations that took place in the film but given how basic the premise sounds it's still a decent watch. Colm Meaney and Timothy Spall play the two politicians and it's the performances of the two that is the main attraction of it. Several random Game of Thrones actors being in it took me out of it a little bit especially the actor who played Meryn 'Fucking' Trant playing Gerry Adams. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 Took a notion for watching Gladiator (2000) tonight, brilliant acting throughout (although Crowe's "father to a murdered...etc" speech seems a bit corny now). Brilliant how Tommy Flanagan goes from his normal speaking voice (a la SoA) to something very affected when he reappears towards the end. Tony Curran makes a fleeting appearance as one of the cohorts ordered to execute Maximus near the beginning. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermik Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 59 minutes ago, Rodhull said: The Journey - a fictionalised account of when Martin McGuiness and Ian Paisley shared a car to the airport after the meeting at St Andrews that paved the way for the power sharing agreement. As said I'm pretty sure there's little if anything factual about the conversations that took place in the film but given how basic the premise sounds it's still a decent watch. Colm Meaney and Timothy Spall play the two politicians and it's the performances of the two that is the main attraction of it. Several random Game of Thrones actors being in it took me out of it a little bit especially the actor who played Meryn 'Fucking' Trant playing Gerry Adams. Absolutely loved that movie. One of those movies though that the producers had absolutely no clue about the direction of travel. You do not pass Edinburgh airport heading towards the city centre and then stop for a break at South Queensferry! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 2 hours ago, supermik said: One of those movies though that the producers had absolutely no clue about the direction of travel. You do not pass Edinburgh airport heading towards the city centre and then stop for a break at South Queensferry! Film makers do that all the time. In the film Local Hero the characters drive along the B862 from Inverness to Fort Augustus in order to Pennan in Aberdeenshire. In Loch Ness, you take a bus more than halfway to Gairloch to get from Inverness to Loch Ness itself. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodhull Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 6 hours ago, supermik said: Absolutely loved that movie. One of those movies though that the producers had absolutely no clue about the direction of travel. You do not pass Edinburgh airport heading towards the city centre and then stop for a break at South Queensferry! Yeah and didn’t it have them leave the motorway for flooding and go through some random park that I’m not sure exists. Pentland Hills Park or something like that? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hard Graft Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 4 hours ago, Fullerene said: Film makers do that all the time. In the film Local Hero the characters drive along the B862 from Inverness to Fort Augustus in order to Pennan in Aberdeenshire. In Loch Ness, you take a bus more than halfway to Gairloch to get from Inverness to Loch Ness itself. Eurovision - The Story of Fire Saga has the Hydro in Edinburgh. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spud131 Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 The Old Guard 7/10 Fairly decent couple of hours. Charlie Theron leads of group of 4 'immortal' mercaneries who live in fear of being of exposed.A few bits felt a wee bit off and the main 'villain' was abit shit and cliched but still enjoyable enough. Set up for future sequal(s). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genuine Hibs Fan Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 On 13/07/2020 at 22:53, spud131 said: The Old Guard 7/10 Fairly decent couple of hours. Charlie Theron leads of group of 4 'immortal' mercaneries who live in fear of being of exposed. A few bits felt a wee off and the main 'villain' was abit shit and cliched but still enjoyable enough. Set up for future sequal(s). Pretty much my feelings exactly. Was a fun enough experience, not a great film and a lot felt like something lifted directly from another film. But there's enough to like 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genuine Hibs Fan Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 The Bourne Supremacy Fancied rewatching this old favourite tonight, I downplayed in my head how good this is. Best of the original Bourne trilogy, and ergo of the Whole series. Tight, full of intrigue, a plot that builds at a good pace, some decent espionagye-y performanceswith Matt Damon, Joan Allen and Brian Cox genuinely excellent. Fantastic action scenes and a really down to earth, grimy and realistic visual style. 9/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy boo Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 Can someone remind me the website which tells you which streaming platform or source for a particular film or TV show? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spud131 Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 Can someone remind me the website which tells you which streaming platform or source for a particular film or TV show?I use the JustWatch app. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empty It Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 Watched Local Hero for the first time yesterday, was alright. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 Time After Time (1979) Another underrated gem from the 70s, it stars Malcolm McDowell as HG Wells and David Warner as Jack the Ripper. Warner steals McDowell's time machine to escape Victorian justice and transports to 1979 San Francisco. McDowell follows him, meets and falls in love with Mary Steenbergen and tries to apprehend Warner before he resumes his ripping tendencies. Despite loads of plot holes it's a really entertaining take on the time-travel genre with the two male leads excellent throughout. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongue_tied_danny Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 Funeral in Berlin Michael Caine stars as sharp suited 60s spy Harry Palmer. I'd never seen this before although had seen and enjoyed the others in the series before. I'd say this is the best. Michael Caine at his very coolest. 8/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 22 hours ago, Genuine Hibs Fan said: The Bourne Supremacy Fancied rewatching this old favourite tonight, I downplayed in my head how good this is. Best of the original Bourne trilogy, and ergo of the Whole series. Tight, full of intrigue, a plot that builds at a good pace, some decent espionagye-y performanceswith Matt Damon, Joan Allen and Brian Cox genuinely excellent. Fantastic action scenes and a really down to earth, grimy and realistic visual style. 9/10 When I was in uni we had to write a report on the 2012 US Presidential Election. When writing about Romney's Mormonism I put the heading "The Mormon Identity" and when I was given it back with feedback just saw a big tick next to the heading. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biscuits Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 Greyhound - bit meh tbh. Not really sure what I expected but Hanks being back in a war film probably set my expectations a bit high.Some tense moments but overall just kinda dull. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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