Films I watched this week (NO SPOILERS) (Vol 3)

[Slowboathome]

Pride and Prejudice (Netflix)

Loved it.

[Crook]

Cotty said:

Double Jepardy
Just had the DVD pop though the letterbox, I remember this being a cracking thriller. only 6.5 on IMDB
"A woman framed for her husband's murder suspects he is still alive; as she has already been tried for the crime, she can't be re-prosecuted if she finds and kills him". Ashley Judd and Tommy Lee Jones
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0150377/?ref_=nv_sr_s...

Edited by Cotty on Saturday 20th April 09:03

It’s an easy watch and TLJ is as excellent as ever.

[Legacywr]

Oppenheimer

Not feeling it, it’s pretty slow and dull, I find the score off putting, too.

I haven’t finished it, but will probably return to it at some point.

[cuprabob]

Crook said:

Cotty said:

Double Jepardy
Just had the DVD pop though the letterbox, I remember this being a cracking thriller. only 6.5 on IMDB
"A woman framed for her husband's murder suspects he is still alive; as she has already been tried for the crime, she can't be re-prosecuted if she finds and kills him". Ashley Judd and Tommy Lee Jones
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0150377/?ref_=nv_sr_s...

Edited by Cotty on Saturday 20th April 09:03

It’s an easy watch and TLJ is as excellent as ever.

Yes, it's one of those films that I always watch when I see it's on, despite having seen it many times. The ex Mrs Franchitti is actually quite good in it too.

[732NM]

cuprabob said:

Yes, it's one of those films that I always watch when I see it's on, despite having seen it many times. The ex Mrs Franchitti is actually quite good in it too.

Ashley had some good roles and did well in them, Weinstein screwed her career somewhat when she told him to fk off.

Hopefully she is recovering better from her nasty leg break in Africa, she was in a not great way for a while.

[fatbutt]

Slowboathome said:

Pride and Prejudice (and zombies)

Loved it.

Fixed that for you

[Se7enheaven]

Legacywr said:

Oppenheimer

Not feeling it, it’s pretty slow and dull, I find the score off putting, too.

I haven’t finished it, but will probably return to it at some point.

It was a grossly overhyped movie in my opinion. It appeared like a movie spliced together consisting purely of trailers for the movie in question. We all like different things though thankfully, but I was very disappointed with it. So much so myself and wife left the IMAX after an hour. That hour was torture though.

[Cloudy147]

Nobody (Currently on Channel 4 on demand).

A gritty action film starring the actor who plays Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk), and Christopher Lloyd from Back to the Future fame. An easy plot (former agent turned family man gets dragged back into his former life) and an easy watch - which hits the mark for me on action movies and therefore it gets a solid 8 action punches out of 10 fire explosions.

[AlexC1981]

I've been laid up with a stinking cold all weekend, so I've got through a few films I hadn't seen before.

Amadeus - director's cut. I like films that show me something a bit different, and a film about Mozart is as different as it gets for me. I enjoyed the story, but at three hours it was literally twice as long as it should have been. I thought it would have more humour in it.

Dirty Harry. A classic. The storey is quite simple, but the grittiness and apparent realism was very appealing. I think this might be the first Clint Eastwood film I've ever seen since cop films and westerns aren't my usual thing. I think I will add a few more Eastwood films to my list.

Lethal Weapon. Watching it after Dirty Harry, it seemed a bit daft and intended to appeal to teenagers. It's odd and not very nice to hear a hero character using slurs like "fag" and "chin", but I suppose they are appropriate for the period.

Edited by AlexC1981 on Sunday 21st April 18:35

[stemll]

Eastwood picks that you won't go wrong with:

Unforgiven
The Mule
Pale Rider
Where Eagles Dare
Gran Torino
Absolute Power

[fatbutt]

stemll said:

Eastwood picks that you won't go wrong with:

Unforgiven
The Mule
Pale Rider
Where Eagles Dare
Gran Torino
Absolute Power

No love for Firefox? Gotta. Think. In. Russian...

[trumpton7291]

AlexC1981 said:

Lethal Weapon. Watching it after Dirty Harry, it seemed a bit daft and intended to appeal to teenagers. It's odd and not very nice to hear a hero character using slurs like "fag" and "chin", but I suppose they are appropriate for the period.

Edited by AlexC1981 on Sunday 21st April 18:35

Ffs snowflake alert. Best then to avoid ALL films made before 2010… I mean Jesus Christ.

[pidsy]

trumpton7291 said:

AlexC1981 said:

Lethal Weapon. Watching it after Dirty Harry, it seemed a bit daft and intended to appeal to teenagers. It's odd and not very nice to hear a hero character using slurs like "fag" and "chin", but I suppose they are appropriate for the period.

Edited by AlexC1981 on Sunday 21st April 18:35

Ffs snowflake alert. Best then to avoid ALL films made before 2010… I mean Jesus Christ.

Better not watch Blazing Saddles.

[272BHP]

Scoop - Netflix

Dramatisation of the Prince Andrew BBC interview and the journalists who made it happen. This gets good reviews but although it started quite well and it had good performances from its cast I found it pretty dull.

5/10

[rider73]

Dune 2 - enjoyed Dune 1, and enjoyed the one made back in the 90s - and this was visually great, but missed a beat for me with the 2 main characters - wont talk much here for spoiler reasons, so will just say , its was a 6/10 from (Dune 1 was 8.5/10 for me)
worth the watch for sure.

anyone heard if they are going to cut it into 1 big 4k disc?

[Clockwork Cupcake]

rider73 said:

Dune 2 - enjoyed Dune 1, and enjoyed the one made back in the 90s - and this was visually great, but missed a beat for me with the 2 main characters - wont talk much here for spoiler reasons, so will just say , its was a 6/10 from (Dune 1 was 8.5/10 for me)
worth the watch for sure.

anyone heard if they are going to cut it into 1 big 4k disc?

Big thread running here:
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

[stemll]

fatbutt said:

stemll said:

Eastwood picks that you won't go wrong with:

Unforgiven
The Mule
Pale Rider
Where Eagles Dare
Gran Torino
Absolute Power

No love for Firefox? Gotta. Think. In. Russian...

I actually rewatched that about 6 months or so ago. I loved it when it first came out and it was great on the cinema big screen (yep, I am that old) but it's not aged well. Eastwood has actually made very few duds (looking at you, Every Which Way But Loose) either as an actor or a director and it is a VERY long list.

[AlexC1981]

fatbutt said:

stemll said:

Eastwood picks that you won't go wrong with:

Unforgiven
The Mule
Pale Rider
Where Eagles Dare
Gran Torino
Absolute Power

No love for Firefox? Gotta. Think. In. Russian...

I'll take a look thanks. I forgot about Firefox, I think I saw that a long time ago.

trumpton7291 said:

Ffs snowflake alert. Best then to avoid ALL films made before 2010… I mean Jesus Christ.

Calm down. This isn't NP&E.

pidsy said:

Better not watch Blazing Saddles.

Blazing Saddles is an anti-bigotry film. It's not bad, but given the hype surrounding it, I thought it would be funnier.

[JoshSm]

AlexC1981 said:

Lethal Weapon. Watching it after Dirty Harry, it seemed a bit daft and intended to appeal to teenagers. It's odd and not very nice to hear a hero character using slurs like "fag" and "chin", but I suppose they are appropriate for the period.

They got lighter and more comedic in the later ones but the original Lethal Weapon is very much not a film intended for teens.

It's a proper well written classic and dark in a way none of the sequels were.

[Cotty]

AlexC1981 said:

Lethal Weapon. Watching it after Dirty Harry, it seemed a bit daft and intended to appeal to teenagers. It's odd and not very nice to hear a hero character using slurs like "fag" and "chin", but I suppose they are appropriate for the period.

There are some scenes missing from the film.
I think the sniper in the school should have been included, starts at 2:30 in the youtube link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRA_UU17sWc&ab...