Films I watched this week
Discussion
LuS1fer said:
Three Billboards
The description of this film puts you off but following recommendations here, I watched it and a great film it is. the characters are well developed and the way things turn about is very clever and it has some great laughs in it (not for small ears though). 8.5/10
Haven't stopped thinking about it since Screen Unseen which was a month ago now. Very tempted to go back and see it again. Was superb with a packed audience, I love it when there are laugh out loud moments that quickly go dark again, some great reactions.The description of this film puts you off but following recommendations here, I watched it and a great film it is. the characters are well developed and the way things turn about is very clever and it has some great laughs in it (not for small ears though). 8.5/10
LuS1fer said:
Three Billboards
The description of this film puts you off but following recommendations here, I watched it and a great film it is. the characters are well developed and the way things turn about is very clever and it has some great laughs in it (not for small ears though). 8.5/10
Just got back. The description of this film puts you off but following recommendations here, I watched it and a great film it is. the characters are well developed and the way things turn about is very clever and it has some great laughs in it (not for small ears though). 8.5/10
The trailer misled with the tempo and style. Loved the trailer, the movie was different, like wind river meets cohen brothers.
Even so excellent film, need to see it again but slower paced and bleaker than I was expecting.
Loved the ending I suspect it won’t go down too well with many. 8/10
Pesty said:
Just got back.
The trailer misled with the tempo and style. Loved the trailer, the movie was different, like wind river meets cohen brothers.
Even so excellent film, need to see it again but slower paced and bleaker than I was expecting.
Loved the ending I suspect it won’t go down too well with many. 8/10
I was really, really pleased I caught this before seeing a trailer. The red band trailer is a brilliant piece of marketing but is a very much a greatest hits of the lighter moments, I imagine that would spoil the impact of those scenes a bit.The trailer misled with the tempo and style. Loved the trailer, the movie was different, like wind river meets cohen brothers.
Even so excellent film, need to see it again but slower paced and bleaker than I was expecting.
Loved the ending I suspect it won’t go down too well with many. 8/10
I went in knowing nothing (screen unseen) and wish I could watch every film like that. Unfortunately trailers before films are quite difficult to avoid.
Three Billboards
Loved it. As dark as midnight, yet still keeping a well judged laugh in every scene. Normally I'd pick a stand out performance but you can't get a fag paper between Woody Harrelson, Francis McDormand & Sam Rockwell, although Rockwell might just edge it with Dixon the thick cop. 9/10.
Loved it. As dark as midnight, yet still keeping a well judged laugh in every scene. Normally I'd pick a stand out performance but you can't get a fag paper between Woody Harrelson, Francis McDormand & Sam Rockwell, although Rockwell might just edge it with Dixon the thick cop. 9/10.
Darkest Hours
Brilliant turn by Oldman as Churchill with great support from Kristen Scott-Thomas as his wife. Ben Mendelson is good as King George VI too although all he cast are good. Maybe not movie of the year but Oldman’s performance is up there with 2017’s best and I think it could get him an Oscar as Oscars are often a career award rather than a specific performance. Based on an actual performance I’d give it to Timothée Chalamet....but I reckon Gary Oldman has it in the bag.
Brilliant turn by Oldman as Churchill with great support from Kristen Scott-Thomas as his wife. Ben Mendelson is good as King George VI too although all he cast are good. Maybe not movie of the year but Oldman’s performance is up there with 2017’s best and I think it could get him an Oscar as Oscars are often a career award rather than a specific performance. Based on an actual performance I’d give it to Timothée Chalamet....but I reckon Gary Oldman has it in the bag.
Quite amusing people moaning about the lack of good films and how 'Hollywood' is a mess etc on some of the other threads. In the past 4 weeks I've watched the following at my local multiplex (which doesn't touch smaller releases, so I've missed a few others I would like to have seen):
Molly's Game
Three Billboards over Ebbing, Missouri
All the Money in the World
Darkest Hour
Coco
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (an outsider, for sure, but did exactly what it intended to do very well indeed)
If, as I suspect, The Post, Lady Bird and The Shape of Water are as good as they appear to be that'll be the best two months of cinema trips I've ever had by quite some margin.
Frankly if that's the year done I'd be happy.
Molly's Game
Three Billboards over Ebbing, Missouri
All the Money in the World
Darkest Hour
Coco
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (an outsider, for sure, but did exactly what it intended to do very well indeed)
If, as I suspect, The Post, Lady Bird and The Shape of Water are as good as they appear to be that'll be the best two months of cinema trips I've ever had by quite some margin.
Frankly if that's the year done I'd be happy.
Edited by ukaskew on Saturday 13th January 12:25
RBH58 said:
Darkest Hours
Brilliant turn by Oldman as Churchill with great support from Kristen Scott-Thomas as his wife. Ben Mendelson is good as King George VI too although all he cast are good. Maybe not movie of the year but Oldman’s performance is up there with 2017’s best and I think it could get him an Oscar as Oscars are often a career award rather than a specific performance. Based on an actual performance I’d give it to Timothée Chalamet....but I reckon Gary Oldman has it in the bag.
The small clip I saw on some show looked brilliant. I have loved Oldman for years, always give an intriguing performance. Not heard of the other guy.Brilliant turn by Oldman as Churchill with great support from Kristen Scott-Thomas as his wife. Ben Mendelson is good as King George VI too although all he cast are good. Maybe not movie of the year but Oldman’s performance is up there with 2017’s best and I think it could get him an Oscar as Oscars are often a career award rather than a specific performance. Based on an actual performance I’d give it to Timothée Chalamet....but I reckon Gary Oldman has it in the bag.
Valerian and the self-indulgent pile of poop
I'm sure it looked very nice in 3D on the big screen, but as is often the way with the small screen, as with Avatar, the spectacle can no longer paper over the cracks.
What an utter pile of toss that was, and I say that as a fan of Luc Besson's work. Utterly uninvolving, one dimensional character work, wooden acting, and a linear plot with no surprises or twists.
It suffered from the same malaise as Jupiter Ascending - lots of flashy visuals but as the film progresses you have literally no involvement in the characters and really don't care what happens to them.
Completely uninvolving. The Fifth Element, it is not. It's not even Lucy.
I'm sure it looked very nice in 3D on the big screen, but as is often the way with the small screen, as with Avatar, the spectacle can no longer paper over the cracks.
What an utter pile of toss that was, and I say that as a fan of Luc Besson's work. Utterly uninvolving, one dimensional character work, wooden acting, and a linear plot with no surprises or twists.
It suffered from the same malaise as Jupiter Ascending - lots of flashy visuals but as the film progresses you have literally no involvement in the characters and really don't care what happens to them.
Completely uninvolving. The Fifth Element, it is not. It's not even Lucy.
Clockwork Cupcake said:
Valerian and the self-indulgent pile of poop
I'm sure it looked very nice in 3D on the big screen, but as is often the way with the small screen, as with Avatar, the spectacle can no longer paper over the cracks.
What an utter pile of toss that was, and I say that as a fan of Luc Besson's work. Utterly uninvolving, one dimensional character work, wooden acting, and a linear plot with no surprises or twists.
It suffered from the same malaise as Jupiter Ascending - lots of flashy visuals but as the film progresses you have literally no involvement in the characters and really don't care what happens to them.
Completely uninvolving. The Fifth Element, it is not. It's not even Lucy.
I couldn't have cared less if the two lead characters had accidentally nuked themselves and the entire galaxy after five minutes. I felt NOTHING for them. I am also a fan of Luc Besson, with The Fifth Element being one of my favourite films. I'm sure it looked very nice in 3D on the big screen, but as is often the way with the small screen, as with Avatar, the spectacle can no longer paper over the cracks.
What an utter pile of toss that was, and I say that as a fan of Luc Besson's work. Utterly uninvolving, one dimensional character work, wooden acting, and a linear plot with no surprises or twists.
It suffered from the same malaise as Jupiter Ascending - lots of flashy visuals but as the film progresses you have literally no involvement in the characters and really don't care what happens to them.
Completely uninvolving. The Fifth Element, it is not. It's not even Lucy.
Utterly meh!
irocfan said:
Darkest Hour - loved it, it would appear to be quite popular too as the cinema was packed.
As an aside I am ashamed to admit that I did not recognise Stannis Baratheon (actually even worse I've only just twigged that "Karl Roebuck" is SB
)
We loved it too. Again, the cinema was busy and for a film that's mostly words the room was silent and still throughout, apart from the sound of tissues wiping the odd tear away at the end.As an aside I am ashamed to admit that I did not recognise Stannis Baratheon (actually even worse I've only just twigged that "Karl Roebuck" is SB
)Saw Molly's Game last night; excellent all round. As a self-confessed Sorkin fan I especially enjoyed all the indulgent fact-shower dialogue; this is Sorking doing Sorkin and I couldn't be happier. Jessica appears in every single scene and must have had a novel of a script given all her narrator duties as well; she really is excellent and much like Amy Adams in American Hustle, her physical attributes play a splendid supporting role. Elba was good but his character arc was a little predictable, and the "dad on a bench" scene was pure never-gonna-happen fantasy but all in all, really enjoyed it.
Also saw the uncensored trailer for 3 Billboards and now looking forward to it more than ever.
Also saw the uncensored trailer for 3 Billboards and now looking forward to it more than ever.
Edited by parabolica on Sunday 14th January 00:39
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