Films I watched this week

[Adam B]

more taut than taught I thought but I watched it tonight

low budget and reminiscent of Locke as most of it is set in the front of a car

some annoying bits if a motorbike is behind your bumper and shooting at you slam on your bikes thicko, if its parallel steer into it, and you are supposedly a champion getaway driver

6/10 anywhere other than PH, a 7 here

[anonymous-user]

i watched wheelman, I thought it was a bit meh. Nice cars, But the filming POV, made me feel claustrophobic, not in a good way. 5/10

Edited by The Spruce goose on Monday 6th November 23:16

[eps]

sly fox said:

Crook said:

Jaws

Great great film despite Bruce's hammy performance. However we saw it at the Royal Albert Hall with a live orchestra. It was sensational. The obvious "dur dur" was what you'd expect and you end up focusing on the strings but as the film has very little music compared to modern films when there is incidental music, when the town starts becoming busy for the 4th of July for example, it takes a moment to realise that the music is being performed right in front of you.

They have a few films left: Harry Potter and a couple of Star Treks. Link
The Southbank Centre are in on the act too and have ET, Beauty and the Beast and 2001: a Space Odyssey (which I have tickets for). Link

I cannot recommend it highly enough, it's well worth it as a different cinema experience and if you want to see Jaws with the live score it's touring. Bigger Boat etc.

I did this too. Fantastic evening. Especially when people clapped and cheered when the shark blows up. Great atmosphere and sound. Would do it again.

Yep, I watched Raiders of the Lost Ark there and the first Harry Potter film as well. Amazing to see and hear.

[ukaskew]

I went to Jurassic Park at the Royal Albert Hall last year, hands down the best ‘cinema’ experience I’ve ever had.

That was with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra which seemed to bump the price up and quickly sold out, but I think most of the others have been fairly accessible.

[Crook]

ukaskew said:

I went to Jurassic Park at the Royal Albert Hall last year, hands down the best ‘cinema’ experience I’ve ever had.

That was with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra which seemed to bump the price up and quickly sold out, but I think most of the others have been fairly accessible.

It's firmly in the 'not cheap but great value' category of evenings out.

[CooperD]

Murder On The Orient Express. Kenneth Branagh directs and stars as Hercule Poirot in this classic Murder/Mystery. . Lots of well known stars in it such as Judi Dench, Michelle Pfeiffer, Olivia Colman and Daisy Ridley. It was very enjoyable and a decent watch but I preferred the 1974 version with Albert Finney in the Poirot role.

[phazed]

Adam B said:

more taut than taught I thought but I watched it tonight

Lazy dictation and lazily didn't check. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. Thanks for pointing it out though.

Having had a lifetime of motorcycling mostly in London the scene with the motorcycle was a bit disappointing.
It is impossible to travel fast on wet roads one-handed while firing a weapon.

Apart from that, I loved the claustrophobic feel of the filming as mentioned above it really gave the film tension.

[Quickmoose]

phazed said:

Adam B said:

more taut than taught I thought but I watched it tonight

Lazy dictation and lazily didn't check. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. Thanks for pointing it out though.

Having had a lifetime of motorcycling mostly in London the scene with the motorcycle was a bit disappointing.
It is impossible to travel fast on wet roads one-handed while firing a weapon.

Apart from that, I loved the claustrophobic feel of the filming as mentioned above it really gave the film tension.

...go on....

[phazed]

Quickmoose said:

...go on....

Would you like to know?

[Quickmoose]

phazed said:

Quickmoose said:

...go on....

Would you like to know?

yes....

[phazed]

Quickmoose said:

phazed said:

Quickmoose said:

...go on....

Would you like to know?

yes....

Lazy dictation again, should've read what would you like to know?

[Quickmoose]

phazed said:

Quickmoose said:

phazed said:

Quickmoose said:

...go on....

Would you like to know?

yes....

Lazy dictation again, should've read what would you like to know?

how you know the bit in bold.... is it knowledge of physics, or experience of firing guns whilst riding a motorbike on wet roads...

[phazed]

Quickmoose said:

how you know the bit in bold.... is it knowledge of physics, or experience of firing guns whilst riding a motorbike on wet roads...

I thought that's what you meant. Now, that is a question.

I can definitely say that riding a motorcycle fast on wet greasy London roads is impossible.

As to my experience of firing guns while riding , that is a silly question knowing England's gun laws.
I have obviously only used a lance to spear any getaway drivers that annoyed me. That works for me as it doesn't draw as much attention as gunfire.

HTH.

[Quickmoose]

Thank you
I thought you may have been a member of an armed response unit or of a dark underworld organisation that ignores UK gun laws.

[phazed]

Quickmoose said:

Thank you
I thought you may have been a member of an armed response unit or of a dark underworld organisation that ignores UK gun laws.

If I was, I wouldn't be telling you

Sadly, I must leave this informative circle and go and have a coffee and a piece of cake with my son. Someone has to do it.

[droopsnoot]

"They Live" - sounds like quite a good idea, but it does take quite a while to get into its stride. Must be almost half-way through it before the main character finds the special thing that's the whole point of it.

[grumbledoak]

droopsnoot said:

"They Live"

Superb film. Love the billboards.

[Crook]

The Party

Depending on how you look at it it could be black and white middle class twaddle or a decent black comedy centred around a party for an anouncement that quickly gets superseded by events.

7ish / 10

[FunkyNige]

eps said:

sly fox said:

Crook said:

Jaws <<at the Albert Hall>>

I did this too. Fantastic evening. Especially when people clapped and cheered when the shark blows up. Great atmosphere and sound. Would do it again.

Yep, I watched Raiders of the Lost Ark there and the first Harry Potter film as well. Amazing to see and hear.

We saw Titanic - I forgot how terrible that film was! Having the live music was a bonus, the Irish jig stuff was done with a small band, which was really good.
Bizarrely, people started leaving as soon as the credits started rolling as if they were in the cinema but the orchestra was still playing!

[LuS1fer]

Quickmoose said:

Thank you
I thought you may have been a member of an armed response unit or of a dark underworld organisation that ignores UK gun laws.

You would have to fire left handed to maintain the throttle but then you have no clutch so either jolt between gears or ride very slowly. I think the kickback might affect your control of the bike, somehow. All guesses, naturally.