Films I watched this week
Discussion
jsf said:
LuS1fer said:
Captain Phillips
A bit of TomHanks in a cracking film about the hijack of a US tanker by Somali pirates. Good plot, well filmed with ideal tension throughout.
8/10
True story as well. Excellent film.A bit of TomHanks in a cracking film about the hijack of a US tanker by Somali pirates. Good plot, well filmed with ideal tension throughout.
8/10
Just watching You only live twice, its not aged well!
jsf said:
LuS1fer said:
Captain Phillips
A bit of TomHanks in a cracking film about the hijack of a US tanker by Somali pirates. Good plot, well filmed with ideal tension throughout.
8/10
True story as well. Excellent film.A bit of TomHanks in a cracking film about the hijack of a US tanker by Somali pirates. Good plot, well filmed with ideal tension throughout.
8/10
Just watching You only live twice, its not aged well!
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/oct/14/capta...
I also watched Captain Phillips the other night, a good film, not bothered how much is true and how much isn't.
Last night completed "Taken 3", again not bad but not really related to the previous two in the same way that the second was related to the first, unless I missed a bit. The odd reference to the "I will find you and I will kill you" speech was a nice touch.
Four Weddings was on the other night as well. I had wondered why Love Actually and Notting Hill are on so often, where this one is rarely shown, as I think of them as being related films. But it's clear that Four Weddings has dated much more than the other two, so maybe that's why.
Last night completed "Taken 3", again not bad but not really related to the previous two in the same way that the second was related to the first, unless I missed a bit. The odd reference to the "I will find you and I will kill you" speech was a nice touch.
Four Weddings was on the other night as well. I had wondered why Love Actually and Notting Hill are on so often, where this one is rarely shown, as I think of them as being related films. But it's clear that Four Weddings has dated much more than the other two, so maybe that's why.
ClockworkCupcake said:
I think that's true for any "facts-based" film. Even Apollo 13 had some embellishments (the argument in the capsule never happened, but Ron Howard said it was necessary for the drama of the story).
That's why so many say 'based on real events'. And some are very, very loosely based.....
Halb said:
Arrival
Enjoyed this, one of the better what if aliens land films, love the concept behind the aliens experience of life
t and it ended up being really good. The Dark Tower
I know its not real but it just got ridiculous. I'm sure the book is a different kettle of fish (Stephen King) but it got all very predictable and stupid. Looking forward to Logan Lucky and American made this weekend
TCEvo said:
jsf said:
LuS1fer said:
Captain Phillips
A bit of TomHanks in a cracking film about the hijack of a US tanker by Somali pirates. Good plot, well filmed with ideal tension throughout.
8/10
True story as well. Excellent film.A bit of TomHanks in a cracking film about the hijack of a US tanker by Somali pirates. Good plot, well filmed with ideal tension throughout.
8/10
Just watching You only live twice, its not aged well!
- Space crafts that swallow up other space craft
- Launched from a volcano base in Japan with a retracting roof
- Monorail in the villain's lair
- Movable launch pad in the villain's lair
- Piranha pool with a collapsible bridge in the villain's lair
- Moving Helipad... in the villain's lair
- Convertible 2000GT
- Twin-engine helicopter with a giant magnet that lifts the baddies car off the road and dumps it in the ocean
- The opening joke when Bond is apparently killed whilst in bed with a girl "He died on the job; he would have wanted it that way"
- Little Nelly
- Extended fight scene at the docks when the do that really long sweeping take from a helicopter camera
- The theme song as mentioned by SWoll below
- The fact is encapsulates what the JB franchise is - espionage taking place in far-flung exotic locations.
Edited by parabolica on Friday 1st September 17:32
parabolica said:
TCEvo said:
jsf said:
LuS1fer said:
Captain Phillips
A bit of TomHanks in a cracking film about the hijack of a US tanker by Somali pirates. Good plot, well filmed with ideal tension throughout.
8/10
True story as well. Excellent film.A bit of TomHanks in a cracking film about the hijack of a US tanker by Somali pirates. Good plot, well filmed with ideal tension throughout.
8/10
Just watching You only live twice, its not aged well!
- Space crafts that swallow up other space craft
- Launched from a volcano base in Japan with a retracting roof
- Monorail in the villain's lair
- Movable launch pad in the villain's lair
- Piranha pool with a collapsible bridge in the villain's lair
- Moving Helipad... in the villain's lair
- Convertible 2000GT
- Twin-engine helicopter with a giant magnet that lifts the baddies car off the road and dumps it in the ocean
- The opening joke when Bond is apparently killed whilst in bed with a girl "He died on the job; he would have wanted it that way"
- Little Nelly
- Extended fight scene at the docks when the do that really long sweeping take from a helicopter camera
Logan
Really enjoyed it and for a film about mutants probably the bost human of the lot.
John Wick 2
Better than the first, interested if they do a third as the end was quite a good take for how it could he.
Ghost in the Shell
Great sci fi that had Robocop/Bladerunner themes with an excellent cast. Seemed to have a few futuristic Lotus styled cars too.
Really enjoyed it and for a film about mutants probably the bost human of the lot.
John Wick 2
Better than the first, interested if they do a third as the end was quite a good take for how it could he.
Ghost in the Shell
Great sci fi that had Robocop/Bladerunner themes with an excellent cast. Seemed to have a few futuristic Lotus styled cars too.
darreni said:
For the xxxxthousandth time, the Blues Brothers.
Sky are showing the full movie in what appears to be hd & without the crap editing for ads that plagues the itv/c4 channel 5 etc showings.
A pleasure from start to finish. Just superb/10
Introduced my 13 year old son to it just the other day. Not quite sure what he made of it all TBH, but appeared to be smiling throughout. Sky are showing the full movie in what appears to be hd & without the crap editing for ads that plagues the itv/c4 channel 5 etc showings.
A pleasure from start to finish. Just superb/10
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