Loki Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 I watched Groundhog Day. I forgot how good Bill Murray is in it. Listening to Sonny and Cher and having to meet Ned Ryerson everyday would drive me insane. A very good film, and quite possibly Egon Spengler's best work as a director. 8/10. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 I watched Groundhog Day. I forgot how good Bill Murray is in it. Listening to Sonny and Cher and having to meet Ned Ryerson everyday would drive me insane. A very good film, and quite possibly Egon Spengler's best work as a director. 8/10. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 On 01/02/2022 at 18:33, BFTD said: Think I've mentioned this before, but I went through a teenage phase of collecting old movie guide tomes from charity shops (Halliwell's Film Guide, that kind of thing) because I've always been this cool. Really, really wish I still had that book. What a miserable auld crackpot. Looks like you can buy an old copy on eBay. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 Just now, Fullerene said: Looks like you can buy an old copy on eBay. No, not Halliwell's Film Guide itself - I was just using that as an example for the youngsters, as I'd guess those guides have gone the way of the dodo since the advent of the internet. Because, err, obviously they'd know who Leslie Halliwell was...I thought that one through well No idea who the guide was by - this was about thirty years ago - but I remember it covered films up to 1982, and they were all shit as they weren't made under the glorious studio system. Oh, I remember he hated location filming too - everything was better on sets. Some guy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 Great work @Loki 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accies1874 Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 25. Memoria (2022) - Cinema Very strange. The most boringest movie of all time. Some really powerful moments and an amazingly simple use of sound but it needs another go before I can even begin to understand it. Tilda Swinton is amazing in everything, isn't she? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 (edited) f**k yeah. Edited February 4, 2022 by Detournement 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 (edited) On 03/02/2022 at 08:24, accies1874 said: Tilda Swinton is amazing in everything, isn't she? I saw the trailer for the The Souvenir part 2 which she is in and it seems like she is amazing at playing a smug, upper class cow in it. It's as if the trailer was specifically designed to piss me off. That HSBC w****r Richard Ayoade in particular makes my blood boil. Edited February 4, 2022 by Detournement 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 Heat (1995) Yeah it's long but it's so well directed and acted that it flies in. The long awaited on screen meeting of De Niro and Pacino is worth the wait and I didn't even mind too much that Moby covered a Joy Division song. De Niro's stilts house is the same used by Titus Welliver in Bosch. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 On 03/02/2022 at 08:24, accies1874 said: Tilda Swinton is amazing in everything, isn't she? She is. We Need to Talk About Kevin is genuinely disturbing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Arch Stanton said: Heat (1995) Yeah it's long but it's so well directed and acted that it flies in. The long awaited on screen meeting of De Niro and Pacino is worth the wait and I didn't even mind too much that Moby covered a Joy Division song. De Niro's stilts house is the same used by Titus Welliver in Bosch. The moral of Heat is you should always get revenge on the Waingros of your life no matter what the consequences are. The worst Heat take is when people as say that Macaulay and Vincent are similar guys but one is a cop and one is a robber. I've seen that a lot and I wonder if I'm watching the same film. There is a sequel/prequel book coming out. Hopefully it will be good. Edited February 4, 2022 by Detournement 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 9 minutes ago, Detournement said: The moral of Heat is you should always get revenge on the Waingros of your life no matter what the consequences are. The worst Heat take is when people as say that Macaulay and Vincent are similar guys but one is a cop and one is a robber. I've seen that a lot and I wonder if I'm watching the same film. There is a sequel/prequel book coming out. Hopefully it will be good. Theres a film from the 70s called Straight Time where Dustin Hoffman, a repeat offender, has the chance to drive off into the sunset with his GF yet goes out of his way to kill the guy who fucked up the robbery. The robbery takes place in a jewellery store where all the glass cabinets are smashed with hammers, sound familiar? It's a pretty influential movie. I'd like to see LA Takedown one day just for comparison to Heat. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accies1874 Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 I saw the trailer for the The Souvenir part 2 which she is in and it seems like she is amazing at playing a smug, upper class cow in it. It's as if the trailer was specifically designed to piss me off. That HSBC w****r Richard Ayoade in particular makes my blood boil. I checked her Wiki yesterday and it seems she comes from aristocracy so...I've not seen the Souvenir films yet but the first is on iPlayer and the second is just out so I might give them a go. She is. We Need to Talk About Kevin is genuinely disturbing.Might be my favourite of the 2010s. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 15 hours ago, Arch Stanton said: Heat (1995) Yeah it's long but it's so well directed and acted that it flies in. The long awaited on screen meeting of De Niro and Pacino is worth the wait and I didn't even mind too much that Moby covered a Joy Division song. De Niro's stilts house is the same used by Titus Welliver in Bosch. Tom Sizemore starred in the reboot of Hawaii Five O. In one episode he gets to do a role reversal of one of the scenes in this film (and I am sure you can guess which one). It was amusing to watch and a great homage to this film. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 8 hours ago, Fullerene said: Tom Sizemore starred in the reboot of Hawaii Five O. In one episode he gets to do a role reversal of one of the scenes in this film (and I am sure you can guess which one). It was amusing to watch and a great homage to this film. I just assumed Tom Sizemore was dead by now, TBH. The last video I remember him being in was grim, to say the least. Holy crap, just noticed this 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpInTheAyr Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 Think Mann is doing a prequel to Heat. Usually cause for concern with things like this but the fact Mann is at the helm I don't doubt it will be good. He's a director that rarely misses, I even liked Blackhat and Miami Vice. The Keep is an interesting unknown film of his, worth a watch if you can find a decent copy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSU Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 007 -- Moonfall. Utter shite. And not in a good way. 1/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 7 hours ago, MSU said: 007 -- Moonfall. Utter shite. And not in a good way. 1/10 I've only seen the trailer, but having seen the trailer, you only have yourself to blame. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accies1874 Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 26. My Week with Marilyn (2011)* - BBC Two Fucking bullshit. I should've known what I was letting myself in for with Redmayne, Branagh and Dench all kicking about and it's a agonisingly British film in that budget range. Twee at first then theatrical later on but calculated all the way through. 27. Date Night (2010)* - 5STAR I really was not into this for quite a while. The filmmaking was really, really bland with every line of dialogue and reaction to said dialogue being captured in boring singles and samey pans whenever the characters were walking up to a building (which happens a lot and the monotony of the cinematography made that much more obvious). The initially unengaging performances didn't help, especially Steve Carrell's, which may well have been to match the tone of the opening stages but contributed to a boring experience. But then... I forgot about all of that. Once the plot gets going the performances do too, and it turns into an enjoyable ride helping me forget about the shit parts and even forgetting about the plot. The straight couple juxtaposed against mad events and characters has been done many, many times before but it's made better by a line at the end that sort of takes that concept and turns it into a nice couple moment. Maybe tone it down on the cameos though, eh? Bit too many which always seems like the creators just giving their mates a call for a laugh. Strange that it's such a departure from the first in the trilogy, The Game, but I guess Fincher was too busy with The Social Network. Game Night was a good way to round the three-parter off. 28. Love Story (1970)* - Sky Cinema Pretty sure this is great. The opening monologue tells you exactly what's gonna happen yet the film still manages to suck you in and make you feel the pain. Cinema imo. Really great music too. Sadly it seems to be considered "influential" and "popular" so 0/10. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpInTheAyr Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 The House of Gucci. Some stellar performances by the cast, especially Jared Leto, which you will either love or hate. Pretty entertaining but kinda seemed to have some pacing issues which was odd considering it's over 2 and a half hours. Nightmare Alley. An absorbing Del Toro flick, got really sucked in with this. Really stuck the ending with this one. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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