Films I watched this week
Discussion
Matthew Mahogany? You don't think he's a bit wooden? Kidding!
Pulp fiction tonight. Still the only movie I ever saw at the cinema where the audience applauded at the end. Each time I see it, something new to me reveals itself. Today I realised the weapons Bruce Willis picks up in the pawn brokers are nods to other films, so the chainsaw is for the Texas Chainsaw massacre, the baseball bat for Walking tall, the hammer for Friday the 13th & so on. Plus I found out Raquel from Monster Joe's was married to the gimp in real life.
Always a 10/10.
Pulp fiction tonight. Still the only movie I ever saw at the cinema where the audience applauded at the end. Each time I see it, something new to me reveals itself. Today I realised the weapons Bruce Willis picks up in the pawn brokers are nods to other films, so the chainsaw is for the Texas Chainsaw massacre, the baseball bat for Walking tall, the hammer for Friday the 13th & so on. Plus I found out Raquel from Monster Joe's was married to the gimp in real life.
Always a 10/10.
Riley Blue said:
4x4Tyke said:
Just watched the "Worlds Fastest Indian" on BBC 2HD.
A solid 4/5 biopic with Anthony Hopkins as Burt Munro, a Kiwi who took an Indian Scout motorcycle to Bonneville flats to break the world 1000cc motorcycle speed record in the fifties.
It's in my top five, a very enjoyable family film.A solid 4/5 biopic with Anthony Hopkins as Burt Munro, a Kiwi who took an Indian Scout motorcycle to Bonneville flats to break the world 1000cc motorcycle speed record in the fifties.
When I was over in NZ I made a point of going down to Invercargill, gave the hire car a blast on Oreti beach and visited the local hardware store where some of Burts bikes are kept.
jsf said:
Riley Blue said:
4x4Tyke said:
Just watched the "Worlds Fastest Indian" on BBC 2HD.
A solid 4/5 biopic with Anthony Hopkins as Burt Munro, a Kiwi who took an Indian Scout motorcycle to Bonneville flats to break the world 1000cc motorcycle speed record in the fifties.
It's in my top five, a very enjoyable family film.A solid 4/5 biopic with Anthony Hopkins as Burt Munro, a Kiwi who took an Indian Scout motorcycle to Bonneville flats to break the world 1000cc motorcycle speed record in the fifties.
When I was over in NZ I made a point of going down to Invercargill, gave the hire car a blast on Oreti beach and visited the local hardware store where some of Burts bikes are kept.
The Snowman
Hmmm, read the book years ago and fortunately could not remember the twist/conclusion so did not upset my enjoyment.
Cast is excellent, some nice shots of Norway, but it was a bit of a mess - particularly the jumping back to the past plot. And unforgivably they built tension but the suspense of the reveal was poorly handled.
Hopefully they improve in the sequel which was clunkily lined up at the end 5/10
Hmmm, read the book years ago and fortunately could not remember the twist/conclusion so did not upset my enjoyment.
Cast is excellent, some nice shots of Norway, but it was a bit of a mess - particularly the jumping back to the past plot. And unforgivably they built tension but the suspense of the reveal was poorly handled.
Hopefully they improve in the sequel which was clunkily lined up at the end 5/10
Gary29 said:
chris watton said:
Have you seen The Autopsy of Jane Doe?
No, looks good thanks! Not seen Drag me to Hell either, will add it to the list cheers.
The Grudge was good, really enjoyed it.
HHhH
Aka The Man with the Iron Heart as HHhH is such a bugger to google.
The book of the same title is great - part history, part investigation, the story of the author unravelling a story of which he personally knew little but is actually pretty well known if you know your WW2 history. Anyway, as a book it works very well. The film... well, not so much. Basically the only link to the book is the title. What we have here is two films, first half looking at Heydrich's early career, marriage, rise to power, generally sucking at being a human being stuff. Second half is a condensed, lower budget, distinctly pedestrian copy of Anthropoid. If you've seen that, you could just stop the movie at the point the assassin throws the grenade in this one.
Actually not a bad idea - watch HHhH until that point, then stop the film, and watch Anthropoid from the start.
And then dig out Operation Daybreak for another variation and a bonkers soundtrack.
Aka The Man with the Iron Heart as HHhH is such a bugger to google.
The book of the same title is great - part history, part investigation, the story of the author unravelling a story of which he personally knew little but is actually pretty well known if you know your WW2 history. Anyway, as a book it works very well. The film... well, not so much. Basically the only link to the book is the title. What we have here is two films, first half looking at Heydrich's early career, marriage, rise to power, generally sucking at being a human being stuff. Second half is a condensed, lower budget, distinctly pedestrian copy of Anthropoid. If you've seen that, you could just stop the movie at the point the assassin throws the grenade in this one.
Actually not a bad idea - watch HHhH until that point, then stop the film, and watch Anthropoid from the start.
And then dig out Operation Daybreak for another variation and a bonkers soundtrack.
ClockworkCupcake said:
Just to add to The Man from U.N.C.L.E, there's a bit in the film where they jump into some decidedly non-period off-roaders. I'm sure that the buggy that Napoleon Solo jumps into had modern one piece carbon-fibre race seats when he pulled the tarpaulin off it, but but by the time he was out driving it, it had more period padded seats with head rests.
(This is PistonHeads after all
)
What, and the fence cutting laser and the ship-to-ship missile was fine and dandy?(This is PistonHeads after all
)Great film nonetheless - the characters are really characters, and the soundtrack sets it off perfectly.
I bought the new transformers film off Amazon today. I should have known better, I thought it would be a bit of brain out fun, but we lasted 20 minutes before turning it off. In truth, you would need to be lobotomised to enjoy it. I am sure it wasn't made for a Western audience or, at least no-one over the age of 6.
Halb said:
jsf said:
Thanks, I'll see if I can find that.
Another for the list!I like to think that the real Burt was just as Tony portrayed him.
Been to Invercargill and seen the collection in the diy shop, well worth a call in if you are in the area. Including a display case of dead pistons etc
The lemon tree thing was total fabrication from the director though!
digimeistter said:
Six Days
Dramatisation or the Iranian Embassy siege.
I enjoyed it but it didn't capture the tension that well for me.
6.5/10
Trailer is better than the film!Dramatisation or the Iranian Embassy siege.
I enjoyed it but it didn't capture the tension that well for me.
6.5/10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcGUIEz6SHA
Just garbage!
Jamie Bell is actually watchable, Mark Strong is average for a man of his ability, Abbie Cornish sounds utterly ridiculous impersonating Kate Adie!
In the beginning section where the Terrorists are going towards the Embassy, the cars on the road are bad CGI 80s cars. Granada's etc. The explosions are clearly done in Post too!
As above there's no Tension. No character development.The film cuts too many corners from the actual event. And modifies others (particularly the killing of the terrorist with the grenade) And makes it seem like it was a handful of guys, when it was 35 on the day.
I've seen a documentary of the event on Discovery or History and it was better acted and felt more accurate.
Avoid 2/10
4x4Tyke said:
Just watched the "World's Fastest Indian" on BBC 2HD.
A solid 4/5 biopic with Anthony Hopkins as Burt Munro, a Kiwi who took an Indian Scout motorcycle to Bonneville flats to break the world 1000cc motorcycle speed record in the fifties.
Burt actually went to the USA 13 times altogether over the years. The record he broke is still his, never been beaten to this day. A solid 4/5 biopic with Anthony Hopkins as Burt Munro, a Kiwi who took an Indian Scout motorcycle to Bonneville flats to break the world 1000cc motorcycle speed record in the fifties.
Unfortunately that is only because that particular race class was discontinued not long after.
The fastest ‘official’ unofficial run he did was 206mph, but it was only one way. And he got that out of a naturally aspirated v twin that put out about 17 horsepower when it left the factory.
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