Films I watched this week

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Quickmoose

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123 months

Friday 3rd March 2017
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ukaskew said:
Quickmoose said:
It's been and gone from my local cinema....
That's what I meant, long gone from the cinema but not yet out on BD/Streaming.
Oh I see...yeah, not available on regular streaming no......

l354uge

2,895 posts

121 months

Friday 3rd March 2017
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Finally watched Whiplash. How can a film about a drummer be so damn good?

Also watched John wick 2 at the cinema as I was annoyed I didn't see the first "properly". Cracking film, so glad they haven't ruined the franchise. Bring on chapter 3 and then prequels!

Halb

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183 months

Saturday 4th March 2017
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North West Frontier on this morning.

the microcosm of the train journey has some lovely conversations on the manner of all sorts of thing.

grumbledoak

31,532 posts

233 months

Saturday 4th March 2017
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Logan A simple enough plot, set in the future with an old Wolverine and an even older Charles Xavier. It's well done, Hugh Jackman and the lead girl are excellent. It might be a comic book film, but this one's not for kids. 9/10.

robemcdonald

8,787 posts

196 months

Saturday 4th March 2017
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Logan

Just like everyone else. I thought I was going to hate it, but it was excellent.
Fox need to do the decent thing now and work with marvel on rebooting the series into the MCU as this pretty much wraps things up for the current series.
Anyone else get the deadpool trailer?

I came home and lo and behold it's online as well

https://youtu.be/Z5ezsReZcxU


irocfan

40,433 posts

190 months

Saturday 4th March 2017
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nope didn't get that frown

Halb

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183 months

Saturday 4th March 2017
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robemcdonald said:
Logan

Just like everyone else. I thought I was going to hate it, but it was excellent.
Fox need to do the decent thing now and work with marvel on rebooting the series into the MCU as this pretty much wraps things up for the current series.
Anyone else get the deadpool trailer?

I came home and lo and behold it's online as well

https://youtu.be/Z5ezsReZcxU
I've done a bit of an about-face, I'm sort of glad that MCU doesn't have certain characters, it's gonna make them go into the smaller more interesting ones. I'm hoping for Moon-Knight.

....the big question.....who can replace Hugh?

Pesty

42,655 posts

256 months

Saturday 4th March 2017
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I've got the looks and body but I'm too tall.

rustyuk

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211 months

Saturday 4th March 2017
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rustyuk said:
Quickmoose said:
ukaskew said:
Arrival kept cropping up on here a few weeks back, to my knowledge it's neither in the cinema or available to rent via streaming sites yet.
It's been and gone from my local cinema....
Think it has a UK Blu-ray release date of March 17th
Watched this last night, not the fastest paced film but I found the premise and main idea interesting. I'm betting aliens will be even more alien when we meet them....

robemcdonald

8,787 posts

196 months

Saturday 4th March 2017
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Halb said:
I've done a bit of an about-face, I'm sort of glad that MCU doesn't have certain characters, it's gonna make them go into the smaller more interesting ones. I'm hoping for Moon-Knight.

....the big question.....who can replace Hugh?
Go with an unknown. Exactly what jackaman was at the time. That said there seems to be a lot of speculation around Tom Hardy.

E65Ross

35,072 posts

212 months

Saturday 4th March 2017
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A Monster Calls

Thoroughly enjoyed it. Very sad and moving, but done extremely well. A very deep, psychological film which is very much worth watching in my opinion. Not the "edge of the sest" sort of film but a good film I think. Imdb only gave it about 7.6 I think, I'd probably give it an 8 or so smile

ajprice

27,473 posts

196 months

Saturday 4th March 2017
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robemcdonald said:
Halb said:
I've done a bit of an about-face, I'm sort of glad that MCU doesn't have certain characters, it's gonna make them go into the smaller more interesting ones. I'm hoping for Moon-Knight.

....the big question.....who can replace Hugh?
Go with an unknown. Exactly what jackaman was at the time. That said there seems to be a lot of speculation around Tom Hardy.
The thing about HJ as Wolverine is that he's 6'2" and Wolverine is supposed to be a shortarse. Tom Hardy is 5'9" so he'd be closer. He'll have more Mad Max films to do though, and more series of Taboo, and he's apparently in the running to be the next 007, so filming schedules might get in the way to commit to another series like Wolverine/X Men films.

robemcdonald

8,787 posts

196 months

Saturday 4th March 2017
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ajprice said:
robemcdonald said:
Halb said:
I've done a bit of an about-face, I'm sort of glad that MCU doesn't have certain characters, it's gonna make them go into the smaller more interesting ones. I'm hoping for Moon-Knight.

....the big question.....who can replace Hugh?
Go with an unknown. Exactly what jackaman was at the time. That said there seems to be a lot of speculation around Tom Hardy.
The thing about HJ as Wolverine is that he's 6'2" and Wolverine is supposed to be a shortarse. Tom Hardy is 5'9" so he'd be closer. He'll have more Mad Max films to do though, and more series of Taboo, and he's apparently in the running to be the next 007, so filming schedules might get in the way to commit to another series like Wolverine/X Men films.
Well the movie version of wolverine has never really been that much like the comic book one anyway. Tom hardy certainly has the intensity to play ol' canucklehead.



Halb

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183 months

Sunday 5th March 2017
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I think Tom would not be that good myself, plus he is over exposed.
I'd prefer a no-name.
I think people have got used to a tall Wolverine now, if they attempted a comic version, he'd look ste. Though Hardy's height is probably a good one (low enough) for him without looking totally stupid.


Pesty said:
I've got the looks and body but I'm too tall.
YOu smell too much.

durbster

10,262 posts

222 months

Sunday 5th March 2017
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Ill Manors
Anyone seen this? It's a film directed by Plan B with Riz Ahmed in it. I recorded it ages ago and finally got round to watching it, and it's really rather good.

The first half feels a bit like your average British gangster film cliche with lots of shouting and swearing and people being unpleasant to each other, but as the film evolves it all starts to come together and by the end I was involved.

Well worth watching (if you don't mind hearing a narrator rapping parts of the story wink).

PowerslideSWE

1,116 posts

138 months

Sunday 5th March 2017
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London has fallen...

Bunch of great actors yet horrible acting and really bad cgi. Rubbish basically.

Patch1875

4,894 posts

132 months

Sunday 5th March 2017
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Trainspotting 2 - excellent, being from Leith it was great to see it filmed there and throughout Edinburgh.

Bit of a sentimental journey but great fun.

8/10


generationx

6,736 posts

105 months

Sunday 5th March 2017
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ash73 said:
Just watched Christine, a true story about a reporter trying to come to terms with her unsatisfying life and illness. It's engrossing but I think it's the most depressing thing I've ever seen; it's so sad when people don't get the breaks or help they need. Rebecca Hall's performance as Christine Chubbuck was sublime, worth watching for that alone.

"If it bleeds, it leads"
That's not how I remember that film. I'm sure it was about a car... ;-)

SS2.

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238 months

Sunday 5th March 2017
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Black can man said:
We watched the Greasy Strangler last night.
Me too - a proper 'WTF' movie from the outset but strangely compelling to see it all the way through.

irocfan

40,433 posts

190 months

Sunday 5th March 2017
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dracula - missed opportunity
Ender's Game - a lot better than I thought it would be
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