Films I watched this week
Discussion
Detroit - Strong performances all round mostly. Based loosely on true events also. Not what I was expecting but a good flick.
In Bruges - I always assumed this was a romcom leaning more towards rom, i.e. a girls movie - how wrong was I. Reminds me a lot of Father Ted comedy. A solid f
king midget out of 10 that one so it is.
In Bruges - I always assumed this was a romcom leaning more towards rom, i.e. a girls movie - how wrong was I. Reminds me a lot of Father Ted comedy. A solid f
king midget out of 10 that one so it is.parabolica said:
3 Billboards. As good as everyone is making it out to be; quite a few twists in there that I didn't see coming too. Outstanding cast; 3 main players all knock it out the park; always great to see Peter Dinklage, Clarke Peters and Zeljko Ivanek on the screen to.
I liked it a lot, but am not really sure what twists you're referring to...I thought the ending was a bit abrupt. But the acting from the main players was superb, character development rapid and well done and it avoided that schmaltzy edge a lot of films are often given. Just wish the ending had been different.
8/10 for me.
Bullett said:
jammy-git said:
It gets better (La La Land).
Agree on Whiplash.
It doesn't. The traffic jam at the start is the highlight.Agree on Whiplash.
Love Whiplash.
Can't agree on La La Land. I had the same negative initial reaction to the freeway scene as the other guy. Finger hovering over the stop button then I thought if this was a Pixar or Disney animated romp I'd sit through it so I did and it was actually enjoyable. I loved the colours, I enjoyed the performances, it's not a particularly happy ending type film and I know that Ryan justabouttoyawn Gosling is not to everyone's taste but I thought a decent film doing something different to all the other mainstream crap that seems to require guns, revenge and some other super heroic b
ks.Clockwork Cupcake said:
Dinoboy said:
All 3 Taken films this week, enjoyed them more than I thought I would. Last one was the least enjoyable I'd say.
Law of Diminishing Returns in full effect. 
it was pony (a dead one) 2/10 - two marks for the one funny bit during the ludicrous Spartacus scene
Fortunately I cleansed my palate with a later showing of Billboards which was bloody spiffing 9/10
La La Land is in my Top Ten films of all time that are utter sh*** from beginning to end and I hated Moonlighting as well.
On a !ore positive note, I watched The Red Turtle which was weird but wonderful, even if the crabs stole every scene and I also watched Fargo and that was pretty good too.
On a !ore positive note, I watched The Red Turtle which was weird but wonderful, even if the crabs stole every scene and I also watched Fargo and that was pretty good too.
Bullett said:
Watched Rocketeer with the kids after getting the inspiration from the frivolous thread.
Terrific wet Saturday afternoon film for the family with an over the top performance by Mr Dalton, proper adventure film.
Terrific wet Saturday afternoon film for the family with an over the top performance by Mr Dalton, proper adventure film.
Yes, it's a great film. I love how Dalton lapses into a thick German accent once he is revealed to be a German baddie near the end of the film, in order to make it clear he is a German baddie.
Incidentally, there are rumblings of a remake.
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