Films I watched this week
Discussion
Mothersruin said:
I'm yet to see a film that made 'The Road' seem chirpy. How does it stack against that?
Not seen that. But if it's worse than this one Jesus not sure I want to. Been thinking about it today. Some great moments, some too realistic. In fact come to think of it for a Hollywood film it's got to be one of the more realistic movies I recal for a long time. The dialogue the action seemed pretty real to me. Also great acting from everybody.
Only very few moments did I think yeah nobody would do that. I need to catch the directors other two movies.
Well worth checking out if grim,gritty and realistic is your thing. Seemed to capture Wyomings s
tty areas in stty weather quite well. Not that I've ever been there.Halb said:
Mothersruin said:
I'm yet to see a film that made 'The Road' seem chirpy. How does it stack against that?
Have you seen Grave of the Fireflies?rasto said:
Mothersruin said:
Just a quick read of reviews would suggest that this would be a great film to sit down with the missus when we think we've had a bit of a bad day...
It's a hugely moving film, not sure I could watch it more than once. Schindler's List is in the same category for me. grumbledoak said:
King Herald said:
There seems to be several versions, different years I think, which is the one to watch to suitably depress oneself?
The original will do just fine. I have read mention of but never seen any alternate endings.Get tissues. No "dusty room" bulls
t; I plain cried.Been on a plane again so caught up on a couple of things I wanted to see.
Baby Driver - enjoyed it, not much of a plot to be honest but it was reasonably entertaining. 7.5/10
The Big Sick - watched it due to it being one of the blokes from Silicon Valley. Really enjoyed it, funny, charming, heart warming - 9/10
Baby Driver - enjoyed it, not much of a plot to be honest but it was reasonably entertaining. 7.5/10
The Big Sick - watched it due to it being one of the blokes from Silicon Valley. Really enjoyed it, funny, charming, heart warming - 9/10
Edited by Mr Gearchange on Friday 6th October 18:29
grumbledoak said:
King Herald said:
There seems to be several versions, different years I think, which is the one to watch to suitably depress oneself?
The original will do just fine. I have read mention of but never seen any alternate endings.Get tissues. No "dusty room" bulls
t; I plain cried.rasto said:
grumbledoak said:
King Herald said:
There seems to be several versions, different years I think, which is the one to watch to suitably depress oneself?
The original will do just fine. I have read mention of but never seen any alternate endings.Get tissues. No "dusty room" bulls
t; I plain cried.Hmmm,.... Kind of sad, but not grown man tears sad, nowhere near in fact.
The jaded palate.....
Just discovered ' The Wire' ( hope this counts as a movie ), but am binge watching and part way through series 2.
The feel of down town Baltimore and the absolute desperation shows how the Donald got to the White House with promises he could never keep. Life is so cheap and everybody bar none is looking for their big break, criminal or otherwise.
Even the cops working conditions would drive me to be an addict after a week.
Powerful stuff, and Idris Elba was cool back then. Top series.
The feel of down town Baltimore and the absolute desperation shows how the Donald got to the White House with promises he could never keep. Life is so cheap and everybody bar none is looking for their big break, criminal or otherwise.
Even the cops working conditions would drive me to be an addict after a week.
Powerful stuff, and Idris Elba was cool back then. Top series.
BryanC said:
Just discovered ' The Wire' ( hope this counts as a movie ), but am binge watching and part way through series 2.
The feel of down town Baltimore and the absolute desperation shows how the Donald got to the White House with promises he could never keep. Life is so cheap and everybody bar none is looking for their big break, criminal or otherwise.
Even the cops working conditions would drive me to be an addict after a week.
Powerful stuff, and Idris Elba was cool back then. Top series.
Best TV show ever. If you like reading non fiction then I can thoroughly recommend The Corner & Homicide which are both written by David Simon (creator of The Wire) and examine the drugs problem in much more detail. The feel of down town Baltimore and the absolute desperation shows how the Donald got to the White House with promises he could never keep. Life is so cheap and everybody bar none is looking for their big break, criminal or otherwise.
Even the cops working conditions would drive me to be an addict after a week.
Powerful stuff, and Idris Elba was cool back then. Top series.
Blade Runner 2049 - average. 5/10.
Visually stunning at times, one brilliant acting performance, some hokiness and coincidences-too-far, very long film with an unsatisfactory rushed and cliched ending with too many (important) loose ends. Adds a few nice details to the themes of the original book/movie, but mostly a missed opportunity.
Won't add detail, as I don't want to spoil it.
Visually stunning at times, one brilliant acting performance, some hokiness and coincidences-too-far, very long film with an unsatisfactory rushed and cliched ending with too many (important) loose ends. Adds a few nice details to the themes of the original book/movie, but mostly a missed opportunity.
Won't add detail, as I don't want to spoil it.
Given the hype around Blade Runner 2049, I thought it was about time I watched the original. Safe to say, I'm in the same camp as the original critics that didn't think much of it. Why wasn't I keen? Well...
...Firstly it suffers from the same problem as all futuristic films, which is that they're a reflection of the time they were made. For example, the product placement for Pan Am airways, computers that look like a BBC micro, CRT TVs etc etc.
Then there's another common issue for 'robots gone bad' films whereby, for unexplained reasons, these supposedly near-perfect human imitation robots are actually immune to extreme heat/cold/radiation/suffocation, have super human strength and a perfect knowledge of every martial art going for no apparent reason. But, of course, they have a 'though shalt not harm humans' caveat programme into them, so what could possibly go wrong?
Then it has the long standing American-friendly safety net of a baddie who isn't American.
As for the film itself, it was fine right up until the final showdown with the baddie, who started howling like a wolf against a backdrop of lighting whilst running around in his underpants. I was seriously considering turning it off at that point, but I'm glad I didn't as the rest of the ending was much better.
That scene aside, the rest of it was a good film, but couldn't match the hype for me. Weirdly, it actually made me appreciate the more timeless quality of Star Wars, which I think stands the test of time much better in as much as there's nothing in the film like computers, technology, brand names and so on that dates it in the same way.
I'd still be interested to see 2049 to see how the two compare.
...Firstly it suffers from the same problem as all futuristic films, which is that they're a reflection of the time they were made. For example, the product placement for Pan Am airways, computers that look like a BBC micro, CRT TVs etc etc.
Then there's another common issue for 'robots gone bad' films whereby, for unexplained reasons, these supposedly near-perfect human imitation robots are actually immune to extreme heat/cold/radiation/suffocation, have super human strength and a perfect knowledge of every martial art going for no apparent reason. But, of course, they have a 'though shalt not harm humans' caveat programme into them, so what could possibly go wrong?
Then it has the long standing American-friendly safety net of a baddie who isn't American.
As for the film itself, it was fine right up until the final showdown with the baddie, who started howling like a wolf against a backdrop of lighting whilst running around in his underpants. I was seriously considering turning it off at that point, but I'm glad I didn't as the rest of the ending was much better.
That scene aside, the rest of it was a good film, but couldn't match the hype for me. Weirdly, it actually made me appreciate the more timeless quality of Star Wars, which I think stands the test of time much better in as much as there's nothing in the film like computers, technology, brand names and so on that dates it in the same way.
I'd still be interested to see 2049 to see how the two compare.
BryanC said:
Just discovered ' The Wire' ( hope this counts as a movie ), but am binge watching and part way through series 2.
The feel of down town Baltimore and the absolute desperation shows how the Donald got to the White House with promises he could never keep. Life is so cheap and everybody bar none is looking for their big break, criminal or otherwise.
Even the cops working conditions would drive me to be an addict after a week.
Powerful stuff, and Idris Elba was cool back then. Top series.
Congrats.The feel of down town Baltimore and the absolute desperation shows how the Donald got to the White House with promises he could never keep. Life is so cheap and everybody bar none is looking for their big break, criminal or otherwise.
Even the cops working conditions would drive me to be an addict after a week.
Powerful stuff, and Idris Elba was cool back then. Top series.
Probably the best telly ever made.
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