well fan for life Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 Nobody - 8/10 Like John Wick but with a bit more nonsense. Very entertaining. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 On 08/09/2021 at 08:47, Shandon Par said: Betty Blue A nice film about painting and decorating that turns a bit dark when someone pulls their eye out. 10/10 Sent an uptight and very Christian relative the soundtrack for that, which I thought was beautifully simple, not realising that the opening scene of fairly hardcore sexual grunting wasn't edited out. Loved the film, must be 30 years ago now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 Enemy - This is the third time i've watched this and I've pretty much given up trying to make it fit any single explanation, the problem of the doubles is unresolvable but extremely interesting. There are quite a lot of theories online that it's about a descent into totalitarianism and the way it's filmed with exclusively modernist/brutalist buildings and empty public spaces does give off that impression. Spoiler The first time I watched this was at my parents and about halfway through my Dad strolled into the living room and announced "I've seen this it turns out his girlfriend is a spider" then started reading the paper. I gave him a sceptical "Aye, ok", made a mental note to look into old folks homes and continued watching. When the final scene happened I got a "Told you, load of nonsense" from him and I think was more shocked than I would have been if he didn't give away the final scene. I didn't ask what inspired him to watch the entire movie (and not fall asleep) but i'm guessing it was the nudity at the beginning. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 3 hours ago, welshbairn said: Sent an uptight and very Christian relative the soundtrack for that, which I thought was beautifully simple, not realising that the opening scene of fairly hardcore sexual grunting wasn't edited out. Loved the film, must be 30 years ago now. Yeah, it’s a bit older than that, maybe 35? Saw it as a kid and only really paid attention to Beatrice Dalle wearing not much but it’s a really top film. She once broke into a mortuary whilst on an acid-fuelled bender and ate the ear off a corpse. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Kersey Posted September 11, 2021 Share Posted September 11, 2021 The Wrecking Crew Spy spoof from 1968 starring Dean Martin as suave CIA agent Matt Helm and Sharon Tate as his glamorous assistant. Pretty corny but very entertaining. 7/10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted September 11, 2021 Share Posted September 11, 2021 Aye it is. Mann always delivers a great soundtrack. Last of The Mohicans and Heat are all time great scores as well. Dune - It's easy to see why this was considered a turkey as I found it difficult to follow despite having a rough idea of the plot of the Dune series and loving David Lynch. f**k knows what an average cinema goer in 1984 would have made of it. The plot is the basic hero quest with daft complications about worms and spice drugs but all the grotesque Lynch touches and the set design make it a good watch. The big fat Baron flying around and generally being disgusting was the highlight.I know in the current landscape there’s no chance of them doing the Baron justice given Herbert basically writes him as a monstrously fat gay paedophile 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughing gravie Posted September 11, 2021 Share Posted September 11, 2021 On 29/08/2021 at 18:24, Fullerene said: Depends what you think of "Quintet". Have to agree here, brutal is an adjective that springs to mind 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted September 11, 2021 Share Posted September 11, 2021 World War Z (2013) dir. Marc Forster Rewatched as my flatmate has been keen to give it another go for a while. This is just a series of set pieces (some of which are pretty good!) stitched together with an uninteresting plotline. This would've been great as an anthology series, right? Just do 10 episodes focusing on different parts of the globe and you have a great series. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 8 hours ago, NotThePars said: I know in the current landscape there’s no chance of them doing the Baron justice given Herbert basically writes him as a monstrously fat gay paedophile Funnily enough when i saw this poster in the cinema my first thought was "who's meant to be the baddie? He's supposed to be a fat ugly b*****d" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 When Communism happens we are bringing back ugly actors and lived in faces. Pubeless wonders like Chamalet oot, Buscemi in. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 23 hours ago, Detournement said: When Communism happens we are bringing back ugly actors and lived in faces. Pubeless wonders like Chamalet oot, Buscemi in. Hate this new trend of taking skinny good looking actors and putting them in tons of prosthetics as well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaboz Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 Motherless Brooklyn 8/10 Great stuff from Edward Norton as an investigator with a form of tourette's, looking into the death of his boss. Really enjoyed this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 Deep Blue Sea (1999) dir. Renny Harlin Someone watched Aliens and thought "what if the Alien was a shark?" Pretty daft but fun. 6/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 8 minutes ago, NotThePars said: Deep Blue Sea (1999) dir. Renny Harlin Someone watched Aliens and thought "what if the Alien was a shark?" Pretty daft but fun. 6/10 I think that's been Renny Harlin's career motto TBF. Looks like he's making films for the Chinese market these days. Hopefully they're still just as silly. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Tunbridge Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 Respect 6/10. A decent wee watch, another musical biopic. Didn’t know much about Aretha Franklin going into this left knowing a bit more but with all these types of films I’ll need to do a bit of research on the subject to see how much was made up. Maybe a tad too long at just under 2 and a half hours. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaboz Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 Finally got round to watching Joker. 10/10. This is absolutely everything I wanted from this film, a tremendously well detailed back story leading up to a moment nobody would ever forget. What makes this so good is that you can sympathise at times with the guy. Dealt with an absolute shan hand in life. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 One Deadly Summer (1983, French) on Amazon Prime Fantastic. Starts off and you think it’s cheeky, eye candy fluff where a beautiful girl moves to a small town and scandalises all the locals with her behaviour and outfits. Then it starts to reveal itself as something more in keeping with the title. Unreliable narrators start to move the film and toot sympathies around. Elements of Straw Dogs, Basic Instinct, Betty Blue. Just a really clever film noir set in the blazing French sun and featuring one of the most beautiful leading ladies you’ll ever see delivering an incredible performance as the film goes on. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 Annihilation (2018) dir. Alex GarlandParts of this are a bit cloying (all the relationship stuff) even if it does have some sort of payoff but lads this movie has vibes for days. It is basically a remake of Stalker with more of a focus on climate change or whatever but it’s just ambiguous enough to be a really enjoyable watch. Reading the Wiki and apparently Garland and a few others fought hard to leave it as vague and open to interpretation as it reads as well as resisting any attempts to make Natalie Portman’s character more sympathetic. Great use of Moderat at the end as well. And that scene with the bear. Freakish. 8/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDoddyKane Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 (edited) I was a bit disappointed with Annihilation, I like vague normally and its a decent movie but I didnt feel it rose above that. It starts of well but from half way mark it just sort of fades. Still worth a watch though and others like Pars may be right. Edited September 17, 2021 by BigDoddyKane 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDoddyKane Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 Paid in Full - Avon from the wire in a great role as an up and coming dealer in Harlem in 80s. If you like the genre then you should enjoy this. Not the greatest but a good movie. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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