Films I watched this week

[anonymous-user]

Otispunkmeyer said:

I watched Glengarry Glen Ross.

it is based on a play, and the film plays out like a play. i think just having jack lemon in it makes it a masterpiece in ensemble acting, a really great film.

[Otispunkmeyer]

Quickmoose said:

Otispunkmeyer said:

Gonna watch Top Gun at some point, especially after I watched one of those YT videos explaining things about the film. Apparently (you'll like this).... they filmed a load of awesome military jet footage and then realized they didn't really have much of a story to go around it. Gets a thumbs up from me.

Top Gun 2 is on the horizon too....

They better dust off those F-14 Tomcats then. It won't the same without them.

[Quickmoose]

Otispunkmeyer said:

They better dust off those F-14 Tomcats then. It won't the same without them.

Wellll they're dusting off Tom Cruise, so I don't see why not

[SilverSixer]

Quickmoose said:

Otispunkmeyer said:

They better dust off those F-14 Tomcats then. It won't the same without them.

Wellll they're dusting off Tom Cruise, so I don't see why not

It's the thought of dusting off Kelly McGillis which makes me wonder.

Actually, it's been over 30 years, I don't even know if she's still alive. Haven't heard of her for decades.

[Sa Calobra]

I watched Fury on TV. Actually not a bad film. Some huge holes in there
Especially the end run up but it was good in parts.

[brrapp]

I watched Apocalypto last night on C4 . I'd seen it before but had forgotten about it. One of the best subtitled films I've seen(and the only one in Mayan).

[Halb]

The Spruce goose said:

it is based on a play, and the film plays out like a play. i think just having jack lemon in it makes it a masterpiece in ensemble acting, a really great film.

Indeed, but also Ed Harris and House of Cards man! Not to mention the small famous cameo by Thingy Baldwin.

[Tim-D]

Predestination on film 4 the other night...would normally have passed it by as Ethan Hawke normally grates on the wooden scale.... But... A different twist on some well trodden ground...... 9/10....

[Otispunkmeyer]

Halb said:

The Spruce goose said:

it is based on a play, and the film plays out like a play. i think just having jack lemon in it makes it a masterpiece in ensemble acting, a really great film.

Indeed, but also Ed Harris and House of Cards man! Not to mention the small famous cameo by Thingy Baldwin.

Coffee is for closers!

[Dal3D]

Ferris Buellers Day Off

Seeing as it's 32 years to the day since Ferris took his day off we rewatched it. Still cool, still funny. Oh yeah...

[FourWheelDrift]

Another oldie seen for the first time in years. On the Syfy channel The Last Starfighter, the CGI is bad even for 1984.

[robemcdonald]

FourWheelDrift said:

Another oldie seen for the first time in years. On the Syfy channel The Last Starfighter, the CGI is bad even for 1984.

I think you'll find it was very much state of the art in 1984.

I used to love that movie. Must really try and get a DVD of it.

[Mothersruin]

Talking of oldies, we watched 'Scum' last night.

Missus hadn't seen it - still strong although nowhere near as edgy as it was when I first watched it as a teenager back in the day.

[ClockworkCupcake]

robemcdonald said:

FourWheelDrift said:

Another oldie seen for the first time in years. On the Syfy channel The Last Starfighter, the CGI is bad even for 1984.

I think you'll find it was very much state of the art in 1984.

I used to love that movie. Must really try and get a DVD of it.

Absolutely. The CGI was groundbreaking at the time. Literally.

In fact, so groundbreaking that I remember New Scientist running a multi-page feature on it, and predicting that this heralded a new age of film-making and pointing out how little CGI that Tron actually had and how the shortcomings of this new art form were skillfully concealed in the computerised world of Tron whereas Last Starfighter was taking a huge leap by putting it out there in the "real" world.

There was even an exhibition in the Science Museum on the state of computer graphics and Last Starfighter was the poster child for it. I visited it as part of a school trip and remember being awestruck by it.

So, no, it was not "bad even for 1984" - quite the opposite. It only looks so because we are so used to how CGI is now.

[Sa Calobra]

I watched Hurt Locker last night. I struggled with it. The Brit blokes in the desert who fell apart when one of them got shot. The gung-ho going out alone resulting in a serious injury to a lower rank, then another seemingly with no reprimand. Then a Colonel being allowed to stand alone with possible hostile males around him. Surprise he died. It looked like it'd make a good film but badly finished. 4/10.

[RC1807]

Long haul flights recently

The Town
Live By Night ... funny, as I was heading to Tampa, and the story's based around there
The Founder - story of McDonald's and how Ray Kroc effectively forced the McDonald's brothers out of the franchise business
XXX - you have to laugh!

[mp3manager]

The Negotiator

Enjoyed it but was never really convinced by the casting of Jackson playing a level-headed hostage negotiator. However, Spacey did a fine job.
Lots of familiar faces in the background to spot, 'oh that's whatsisface from that film'.

7/10

[ClockworkCupcake]

RC1807 said:

The Founder - story of McDonald's and how Ray Kroc effectively forced the McDonald's brothers out of the franchise business

So there was this guy call McDonald (who people apparently referred to as "The McDonald"), and he had two brothers were in the franchise business, and a guy called Ray Kroc forced them out. What happened to McDonald himself?

[anonymous-user]

brrapp said:

I watched Apocalypto last night on C4 . I'd seen it before but had forgotten about it. One of the best subtitled films I've seen(and the only one in Mayan).

It's also brutal and some scenes are difficult to watch. Excellent apart from that

[Quickmoose]

garyhun said:

brrapp said:

I watched Apocalypto last night on C4 . I'd seen it before but had forgotten about it. One of the best subtitled films I've seen(and the only one in Mayan).

It's also brutal and some scenes are difficult to watch. Excellent apart from that

Mel Gibson was involved right?
He likes a bit of brutal gore.....Passion of the Christ I couldn't watch for the same reason...