Rodhull Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 Uncharted was ok. Might just have been the novelty of seeing a film in 4dx for the first time though. One of the henchman's running jokes of being funny just because he was very Scottish was very cringe though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antlion Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 On 17/02/2022 at 20:39, BFTD said: Death on the Nile - infamous Belgian murderer Hercule Poirot gets away with it again, this time on board a steamer in Egypt. After a dynamic opening, the gradual introduction of characters gets a little dull (as others have mentioned), but once we get into the swing of murder and Poirot doing his intense thing, that's easily forgiven. I've a feeling that American audiences might appreciate the cast slightly more, as it's hard to get over the feeling you're watching a French & Saunders sketch at times, and the sight of Russell Brand might be a tad distracting, although I have to admit that I didn't recognise him at first and he's actually not too bad in quite an underplayed role. Other than that, there's some sprightly scenery consumption and outrageous accent work, but Gal Gadot is once again the least expressive thing on screen by some distance, and that includes the CGI scenery, which I didn't find as distracting as some - they can get away with that stuff a lot better these days, I think. I enjoyed Kenneth Branagh's first shot at Poirot far more than I was expecting, so my expectations were higher this time; it's slightly disappointing, but an enjoyable watch nonetheless. No hints dropped about another film in the series this time, but I could happily watch more of these, so fingers crossed. They seemed to be going only for the well-known ones that have previously been adapted as glitzy movies. Logic would dictate Evil Under the Sun comes next - they’d probably do as the old movie did and relocate the action/mystery from an English island resort to somewhere exotic. Murder in Mesopotamia would provide a good location but might not be well known enough. However, I suspect we’ve seen the last of Branagh’s Poirot. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 On 17/02/2022 at 10:23, scottsdad said: Venom: Let There Be Carnage A fun, enjoyable film that was 1 hr 40 m long (much better than some of the other Marvel/DC movies that go on for aeons). The only real issue I had was with one piece of casting. The baddie was apparently a teenager in 1996, and was an adult in 2021. So someone in their late 30s is what was needed, maybe early 40s at a push. Who did they cast? Woody Harrelson in a dodgy wig. Never watch Grease 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 18 hours ago, Rodhull said: Uncharted was ok. Might just have been the novelty of seeing a film in 4dx for the first time though. One of the henchman's running jokes of being funny just because he was very Scottish was very cringe though. He also had a dreadful Scottish accent 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accies1874 Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 32. Primary Colours (1998)* - BBC iPlayer Plays its satire pretty straight to the extent that I sometimes wasn't sure what was comedic and what was authentic which made for a fun way to use the absurdity of satire. Some of this might actually carry into the editing (but maybe I'm being too kind) as scenes often ended abruptly for comedic purposes but then others seemingly for no purpose at all. I wonder if that was a choice to use a common tool of comedy throughout to make you wonder what you were supposed to be laughing at but I could be looking into it too much, and tbh it didn't flow too well with characters sometimes leaving the film a bit suddenly and the structure resembled a bit of a sketch show. 33. Mass (2022)* - Sky Cinema Didn't expect to like this as much as I did. The trailers looked a bit too OTT but I was purely interested in it pretty much being a chamber piece. In fact, I kinda regret seeing the trailer as the first 15-25 minutes built curiosity terrifically with an almost comedic, farcical introduction into a grim story. It's almost diversionary, helped by an endearing performance that bookends the film, while still establishing that something is very much afoot. Once things get going, it's all just very well done - reserved but effective cinematography and editing, genuine performances, the script gives each character their own wee time to shine. Good stuff. 34. The Souvenir (2019)* - BBC iPlayer & 35. The Souvenir Part II: The Sultryverse of Sadness (2022)* - Torrent Don't judge for the torrent; blame the storm(s) and my laziness. Might as well lump the two together as they're very much two parts of the one story. Really cool way to depict a relationship and the perspective of a protagonist, leaving things v open and fragmented while still giving the viewer enough to make their own conclusions. Then that comes full circle in the sequel which completely connects us to Julie as she goes on her emotional journey. It was almost overwhelming trying to piece things together but there was no other way to tell this story and it's successful in doing so. Big fan of the soundtracks too. However, I need to mark Part II down as I spent the whole film waiting on a Guy Pearce variant to show up to tease the Memento/Souvenir multiversal crossover, although I didn't watch to the end of the credits. 36. Shallow Grave (1995)* - Film4 I thought I saw my friend's street in the opening but he said it wasn't. Suppose it was pretty decent other than that though. Looked good, somewhat enjoyable plot, bit too edgy for me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpInTheAyr Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 Binged the Hellraiser series the past week. First and second are great, third is okay, Bloodline is watchable, Inferno was pretty good coming from Scott Derrick son. Rest are shit. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theroadlesstravelled Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 Monster Hunter 2020. I turned it off after about 10 minutes. Unwatchable pish. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 Broke out a classic with the kids last night - Spaceballs. Sublime piss-taking of Star Wars. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 Blue Velvet. Still a masterpiece. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustOneCornetto Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 (edited) 22 hours ago, Detournement said: Blue Velvet. Still a masterpiece. Just been watching The Lost Footage which I'd never seen before and going to rewatch Lost Highway as it's the 25th anniversay and is another Lynch classic Edited February 25, 2022 by JustOneCornetto 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 On 20/02/2022 at 18:57, Detournement said: Crash - David Cronenberg's adaptation of JG Ballard's novel about people who get sexually aroused by car crashes. Very much in the bracket of No Chance This Gets Made Nowadays. The cast is excellent with James Spader, Holly Hunter, Elias Koteas, Rosanna Arquette and Deborah Kara Unger all shagging each other in creatively fucked up ways. It was very much in the "no chance this gets made" bracket at the time, as I recall. Banned by councils and had the Tories back on full video nasty mode. On 21/02/2022 at 14:18, Antlion said: They seemed to be going only for the well-known ones that have previously been adapted as glitzy movies. Logic would dictate Evil Under the Sun comes next - they’d probably do as the old movie did and relocate the action/mystery from an English island resort to somewhere exotic. Murder in Mesopotamia would provide a good location but might not be well known enough. However, I suspect we’ve seen the last of Branagh’s Poirot. Yeah, you might be right. Someone seems to have decided that it was going to be massive because MOTOE made about half a billion, but it looks as though DOTN will only make a modest profit on its much-larger budget. Pity. On 21/02/2022 at 19:39, UpInTheAyr said: Binged the Hellraiser series the past week. First and second are great, third is okay, Bloodline is watchable, Inferno was pretty good coming from Scott Derrick son. Rest are shit. My son loves Hellraiser, so we keep trying to work through them all. We've only got as far as Bloodline; I can't remember anything about that film at all, which is always a good sign, and there's precious little incentive to continue when you hear about how bad the others are! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 2 hours ago, BFTD said: It was very much in the "no chance this gets made" bracket at the time, as I recall. Banned by councils and had the Tories back on full video nasty mode. That and Kids are the two films that I remember a big fuss about when they came out when I was in high school. Neither of them are particularly more graphic than other similar movies of the period but the fact that there is no clear moral message seems to freak people out. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 3 hours ago, JustOneCornetto said: Just been watching The Lost Footage which I'd never seen before and going to rewatch Lost Highway as it's the 25th anniversay and is another Lynch classic I've read that there are loads of cut scenes from Blue Velvet because he was contracted for a two hour film but I don't really want to see them as its perfect as is. https://idyllopuspress.com/idyllopus/film/index.htm This site might interest you. It does a shot by shot breakdown of The Return as well as some movies. I read them after each episode when I was rewatching it in January and it gave me a far better understanding of it even if I don't always agree with her. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 13 minutes ago, Detournement said: That and Kids are the two films that I remember a big fuss about when they came out when I was in high school. Neither of them are particularly more graphic than other similar movies of the period but the fact that there is no clear moral message seems to freak people out. The genre of films about tweens getting high and shagging isn't exactly deep, and seems mainly to be populated by Larry Clark. I notice that he later had at least one film flat-out refused classification. Yeah, it's the lack of a moral message that tends to unite conservatives around film censorship. There are plenty who'll kick up a fuss when something like The Human Centipede comes out, but it only tends to gain traction if there isn't a clear indication that the events aren't acceptable, or of punishment for transgressions. Because, y'know, there'd be people crashing cars for sexual pleasure otherwise. FACT. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSU Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 Titane that came out last year was quite reminiscent of Crash, but it's French where that kind of thing is more or less expected rather than stuck on a Daily Mail list. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 (edited) 27 minutes ago, BFTD said: The genre of films about tweens getting high and shagging isn't exactly deep, and seems mainly to be populated by Larry Clark. I notice that he later had at least one film flat-out refused classification. Yeah, it's the lack of a moral message that tends to unite conservatives around film censorship. There are plenty who'll kick up a fuss when something like The Human Centipede comes out, but it only tends to gain traction if there isn't a clear indication that the events aren't acceptable, or of punishment for transgressions. Because, y'know, there'd be people crashing cars for sexual pleasure otherwise. FACT. Basketball Diaries and My Own Private Idaho are two 90s films that I would say are similar to Kids in content but are less controversial because they have an identifiable moral centre. It's just as well censorous people are too dumb and lazy to read books because my bookshelves have far more fucked up stuff on them than anything which gets a BBFC rating. Cancelling Thomas Pynchon or Nabokov would involve some hard work. Edited February 25, 2022 by Detournement 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 1 minute ago, Detournement said: It's just as well censorous people are too dumb and lazy to read books because my bookshelves have far more fucked up stuff on them than anything which gets a BBFC rating. Cancelling Thomas Pynchon or Nabokov would involve some hard work. They used to. it's one of the reasons illiteracy wasn't always considered a problem. Films usurped literature, and have probably been replaced by video games, as being the medium that stupid poor people can't experience without monkey see, monkey do. I presume that's the idea, anyway; you don't tend to see politicians fretting that their dinner party guests might have murdered a few prozzies after a bout of GTA. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustOneCornetto Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 1 hour ago, Detournement said: I've read that there are loads of cut scenes from Blue Velvet because he was contracted for a two hour film but I don't really want to see them as its perfect as is. https://idyllopuspress.com/idyllopus/film/index.htm This site might interest you. It does a shot by shot breakdown of The Return as well as some movies. I read them after each episode when I was rewatching it in January and it gave me a far better understanding of it even if I don't always agree with her. Thanks for that, Kubrick, Lynch, Antonioni and Hitchcock are some of my favourite directors so plenty to digest, on first glance at content. Also like to see different takes on The Return, seen a few on youtube, and listened to some podcasts so look forward to reading this breakdown, will watch it again in tandem with what she's saying. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 9 minutes ago, JustOneCornetto said: Thanks for that, Kubrick, Lynch, Antonioni and Hitchcock I got very into Antonioni during lockdown and rewatching Twin Peaks recently there is definitely a lot of references and thematic inspiration from MA. This scene immediately made me think of the ending of L'Eclisse. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSU Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 012 -- Studio 666. Dave Grohl and the other Foo Fighters turn one of their five minute videos into a 100 minute movie as they head to a spooky mansion to record their difficult 10th album. Baggy in places, particularly in the middle and toward the end, but I thought it was pretty funny and gloriously gory. Borrows an awful lot from Evil Dead, Halloween (John Carpenter wrote the score), The Shining, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Scooby Doo, and that episode of South Park that had Korn in it. Grohl and the band aren't about to win any acting awards but they come across really well, unafraid to poke fun at themselves. Has a hilarious cameo and a brilliant turn by Kerry King out off of off Slayer as an impatient drum tech. 7/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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