Films I watched this week

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PotatoSalad

601 posts

82 months

Friday 4th August 2017
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phazed 11.83 said:
Talking of children.

My Nursey wife came back from a shift one day sometime ago and found my four children and I sitting on the couch watching the life of Brian.

They thought it was absolutely hilarious and the best film they had ever seen!

Wifey didn't have the same opinion mind!
Time for "The Meaning of Life" then. biggrin

Halb

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53,012 posts

182 months

Saturday 5th August 2017
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And the fish went wherever I did go....


Love all the Python films, and the Handmade films which have that Pythonesque feel.

irocfan

40,153 posts

189 months

Saturday 5th August 2017
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Message from the King - ok budget actioner/revenge flick (with Alfred Molina and Luke Evans in supporting roles)

Deepwater Horizon - surprisingly good pic about the disaster

CR6ZZ

1,313 posts

144 months

Saturday 5th August 2017
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OH's choice this evening, so went to see "The Big Sick". A kind of low key rom com, but, to my surprise, I really enjoyed it. Solid 8/10.

DoubleSix

11,691 posts

175 months

Saturday 5th August 2017
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Munich - Speilbergs take on the olympic massacre. Surprisingly tense with great lead from Eric Banner. 7/10

Life - predicable sci fi that owes too much to Gravity. Still not as bad as I'd feared. 6/10

There will be Blood - epic tale of greed over good. A masterclass in acting and directing. 9/10

phazed 11.83

21,844 posts

203 months

Saturday 5th August 2017
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Well, after looking forward all week I finally watched Snowpiercer last night.

What a load of old toffee!

A good story line, very average acting but then went on and on and on.

So disappointing..........

4/10

Halb

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53,012 posts

182 months

Saturday 5th August 2017
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CR6ZZ said:
OH's choice this evening, so went to see "The Big Sick". A kind of low key rom com, but, to my surprise, I really enjoyed it. Solid 8/10.
I've heard this is good. When small films do well, it's usually a sign.

RBH58

969 posts

134 months

Saturday 5th August 2017
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Dunkirk. A good movie but not a great one. I was expecting more. A little disappointed. 7/10 from me.

phazed 11.83

21,844 posts

203 months

Saturday 5th August 2017
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SNOWPIERCER.

Apologies for banging on about this but I can't believe tomatoes gave it 95%!

Here is one of the reviews, is she on drugs or am I wrong?

"Every once in a while I see a movie that leaves me vibrating with energy as I leave the theater, knowing that what I just saw will stick with me probably for the rest of my life... Snowpiercer is one of those".

September 20, 2016

Rebecca Pahle

chris watton

22,477 posts

259 months

Saturday 5th August 2017
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phazed 11.83 said:
SNOWPIERCER.

Apologies for banging on about this but I can't believe tomatoes gave it 95%!

Here is one of the reviews, is she on drugs or am I wrong?

"Every once in a while I see a movie that leaves me vibrating with energy as I leave the theater, knowing that what I just saw will stick with me probably for the rest of my life... Snowpiercer is one of those".

September 20, 2016

Rebecca Pahle
I commented on this film a few months back, after I watched it following a recommendation from my step daughter. There is a very fat woman in it, but as far as I could ascertain, all of the passengers had been living off insect protein 'jelly' blocks for years, so how come she was still fat on that diet?

Timbergiant

995 posts

129 months

Saturday 5th August 2017
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I've watched a few recently
Snowpiercer Just st, they must have been offering big money to be in it 2/10

Alien Covenant Idiots in space, a by the numbers tick box exercise alien seaquel 4/10

The Wraith An old 80s Charlie Sheen "street racing" cheese fest, pretty poor 4/10 and nowhere near as good as No Mans Land an equally tigerblood infused 80s car movie.

Beauty and the Beast OMG! It was superb, sorry but I loved it 10/10

Brimstone The longest bad film I've ever seen, felt like it was 3 hours plus. 2/10

Spider-Man Homecoming Superb, well done Sony, now stop messing about and let Marvel do it all from now on. 10/10

ClockworkCupcake

74,402 posts

271 months

Saturday 5th August 2017
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Logan

I have nothing to add to what has already been said.

It rather intense wasn't it.


48Valves

1,926 posts

208 months

Saturday 5th August 2017
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phazed 11.83 said:
Talking of children.

My Nursey wife came back from a shift one day sometime ago and found my four children and I sitting on the couch watching the life of Brian.

They thought it was absolutely hilarious and the best film they had ever seen!

Wifey didn't have the same opinion mind!
One of my all time favourites.

My wife doesn't get it either. Miserable cow.

Trustmeimadoctor

12,526 posts

154 months

Saturday 5th August 2017
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Life (Don't waste your)

Seriously pointless film adds nothing at all to the genre not scary acting is not good. Considering it was done by the deadpool people they should be ashamed

3/10 at best

Halb

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53,012 posts

182 months

Saturday 5th August 2017
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Goldeneye, best Bronsnan BOnd on now.

robemcdonald

8,716 posts

195 months

Sunday 6th August 2017
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Deep water horizon.

Pretty decent actually.

Only a couple of negatives.

At the beginning they show two of them characters at home prior to going to the rig. One is the main protagonist, but the other not so much. It felt a bit odd they only did two. You'd think they'd give everyone a bit of back story. Making a much longer and probably worse movie or just get on with the story. You could get most of that stuff through the video calls they did.

The exposition.... trying to explain how things work in simple terms. Either your audience knows and understands or they can work it out themselves. Do we really need them to say "that's enough pressure to cut your car in half" ten times?

If you cut those elements you could get the movie down to a much tighter 90 minutes or so at which point it would go from good to great.

7.5/10

chris watton

22,477 posts

259 months

Sunday 6th August 2017
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We watched Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets yesterday at our local cinema. It was quite enjoyable and typical Luc Besson fare. However, I thought the two leads, Dane DeHaan and Cara Delevingne were very weak with zero chemistry. At some points, it made me wish I was watching The Fifth Element instead.

Evil Jack

1,619 posts

227 months

Sunday 6th August 2017
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A charming little kids movie:

Minuscule:The Valley of the Lost Ants

A story of two colonies of ants, at war over a box of sugar cubes - and a poor ladybird caught up in the whole thing.
Real backgrounds with animated 3D insects.

My kids (11 & 9) were absolutely transfixed by this, and I was laughing along at the absurdity of it all.

Recommended here, because I found it by accident, and I'd never even heard of it.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/51/Minuscule-Valley-Los...

Pesty

42,655 posts

255 months

Sunday 6th August 2017
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Trustmeimadoctor said:
Life (Don't waste your)

Seriously pointless film adds nothing at all to the genre not scary acting is not good. Considering it was done by the deadpool people they should be ashamed

3/10 at best
Never caught my interest either. Despite a very good cast just seemed lack lustre. All very predictable too nothing new anywhere by the numbers stuff.

irocfan

40,153 posts

189 months

Sunday 6th August 2017
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48Valves said:
phazed 11.83 said:
Talking of children.

My Nursey wife came back from a shift one day sometime ago and found my four children and I sitting on the couch watching the life of Brian.

They thought it was absolutely hilarious and the best film they had ever seen!

Wifey didn't have the same opinion mind!
One of my all time favourites.

My wife doesn't get it either. Miserable cow.
I can beat that - mine didn't like Blazing Saddles frown
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