Films I watched this week (Vol 2)
Discussion
lemansky said:
If you're loving a bit of Al Pacino, I'd recommend giving 'Glengarry Glen Ross' a watch if you can find it.
For a film in which very little actually happens, the script and strength of the performances are everything.
Lots of memorable lines and Pacino excels, unsurprisingly.
Standout performances from everyone else, too.
A solid 9.5 Always Be Closing out of 10 $80,000 BMWs.
One of my all time favourite films. I love stuff like this and also more modern corporate/boardroom dramas like Margin Call. Anyone got any recommendations along these lines?For a film in which very little actually happens, the script and strength of the performances are everything.
Lots of memorable lines and Pacino excels, unsurprisingly.
Standout performances from everyone else, too.
A solid 9.5 Always Be Closing out of 10 $80,000 BMWs.
TCEvo said:
lemansky said:
biggbn said:
lemansky said:
Obi Wan said:
I’m going through an Al Pacino phase at the moment. So far I’ve seen Scarface, Frankie and Johnny, the Irishman, Heat, Carlitos Way, Danny Collins all I’ve which I’ve enjoyed and I’m watching Any Given Sunday and Scent of a woman this weekend.
If you're loving a bit of Al Pacino, I'd recommend giving 'Glengarry Glen Ross' a watch if you can find it.For a film in which very little actually happens, the script and strength of the performances are everything.
Lots of memorable lines and Pacino excels, unsurprisingly.
Standout performances from everyone else, too.
A solid 9.5 Always Be Closing out of 10 $80,000 BMWs.
Mind you, so does Baldwin during his brief appearance.
An overlooked gem.
Agree re. Lemmon - fantastic performance.
Edited to add I watched Any Given Sunday recently - it's shouty. GGGR is far, far better.
nmd87 said:
One of my all time favourite films. I love stuff like this and also more modern corporate/boardroom dramas like Margin Call. Anyone got any recommendations along these lines?
Usual ones that I think of for 'business' movies: The Big Short; 99 Homes (on iPlayer @ moment); Wall St (dated, but great, also bits of Wall St II); Boiler Room (for the sales spiel bits) and the short-stock sales routine in The Wolf of Wall Street (rest of that one's great). Probably a few more as well.
edited to add in The Company Men & Rogue Trader - both worth watching IMO.
Edited by TCEvo on Tuesday 7th July 16:14
rider73 said:
Mission Impossible 6..7...8...latest n=one, whatever, you just get tired of the action after a while and constant "going to die until tom cruise runs and jumps to catch a swinging rope when the countdown reaches 2 seconds" type of action..............
3/10 for me
So a case of "Mission Predictable" then?3/10 for me
Interstellar
Watched on Sky last night (boom boom) for the 1st time. Obviously it must have passed me by till now.
At the end of it I had to go onto IMDB to fill in the gaps from where I wasn't paying enough attention and lost a bit of track near the end about what was happening to whom and when. It was ok. Not sure I'd sit through it again tho.
Watched on Sky last night (boom boom) for the 1st time. Obviously it must have passed me by till now.
At the end of it I had to go onto IMDB to fill in the gaps from where I wasn't paying enough attention and lost a bit of track near the end about what was happening to whom and when. It was ok. Not sure I'd sit through it again tho.
rider73 said:
Mission Impossible 6..7...8...latest n=one, whatever, you just get tired of the action after a while and constant "going to die until tom cruise runs and jumps to catch a swinging rope when the countdown reaches 2 seconds" type of action..............
3/10 for me
Love all of these. The last one was the best probably because of Henry who is quickly becoming one of my favourite actors.3/10 for me
The fight in the toilets was great. Helicopter scenes too.
Just highly enjoyable brain out entertainment.
Clockwork Cupcake said:
rider73 said:
Mission Impossible 6..7...8...latest n=one, whatever, you just get tired of the action after a while and constant "going to die until tom cruise runs and jumps to catch a swinging rope when the countdown reaches 2 seconds" type of action..............
3/10 for me
So a case of "Mission Predictable" then?3/10 for me
NMNeil said:
Excellent film. waynedear said:
Touching the Void.
Strange I have only just seen it, WOW!!!!!!!!
10/10
I rewatch it every couple of years and it never loses it's impact. Best climbing movie ever! Also a great example of how history is enough without added hollywood bullsStrange I have only just seen it, WOW!!!!!!!!
10/10
t (looking at you, every Historic Scottish film ever).Speaking of how history is enough, I watched Waterloo (1970) yesterday for the first time. What an achievement!
I still think Tora Tora Tora is superior but, again, a blow-by-blow account of a brilliant last desperate roll of the dice by Napoleon that's all the better without heroes or villans, though the acting coukd have been better at times.
The set pieces make the CGI armies of todays movies look like plastic soldiers, and the cavalry charges are just incredible. Many a back must have been patted making this. They basically reenact the whole battle using the Soviet army trained in 19th century drills, and then film it.
Long but worth it if your furloughed and are into history. (having wikipedia open may help as well
). What it lacks in direction and close-up fighting it makes up for in sheer spectacle. The charge of the Scots Greys is awesome:https://youtu.be/RsVziFEWLlM
Edited by glazbagun on Wednesday 8th July 05:01
glazbagun said:
I rewatch it every couple of years and it never loses it's impact. Best climbing movie ever! Also a great example of how history is enough without added hollywood bullst (looking at you, every Historic Scottish film ever).
Speaking of how history is enough, I watched Waterloo (1970) yesterday for the first time. What an achievement!
I still think Tora Tora Tora is superior but, again, a blow-by-blow account of a brilliant last desperate roll of the dice by Napoleon that's all the better without heroes or villans, though the acting coukd have been better at times.
The set pieces make the CGI armies of todays movies look like plastic soldiers, and the cavalry charges are just incredible. Many a back must have been patted making this. They basically reenact the whole battle using the Soviet army trained in 19th century drills, and then film it.
Long but worth it if your furloughed and are into history. (having wikipedia open may help as well ). What it lacks in direction and close-up fighting it makes up for in sheer spectacle. The charge of the Scots Greys is awesome:
https://youtu.be/RsVziFEWLlM
I too recently watched Waterloo, thinking it would be cringe. How wrong I was, and what a spectacle! Same goes for the 1969 Battle of Britain, which I watched yesterday.t (looking at you, every Historic Scottish film ever).Speaking of how history is enough, I watched Waterloo (1970) yesterday for the first time. What an achievement!
I still think Tora Tora Tora is superior but, again, a blow-by-blow account of a brilliant last desperate roll of the dice by Napoleon that's all the better without heroes or villans, though the acting coukd have been better at times.
The set pieces make the CGI armies of todays movies look like plastic soldiers, and the cavalry charges are just incredible. Many a back must have been patted making this. They basically reenact the whole battle using the Soviet army trained in 19th century drills, and then film it.
Long but worth it if your furloughed and are into history. (having wikipedia open may help as well
). What it lacks in direction and close-up fighting it makes up for in sheer spectacle. The charge of the Scots Greys is awesome:https://youtu.be/RsVziFEWLlM
Edited by glazbagun on Wednesday 8th July 05:01
chris watton said:
glazbagun said:
I rewatch it every couple of years and it never loses it's impact. Best climbing movie ever! Also a great example of how history is enough without added hollywood bullst (looking at you, every Historic Scottish film ever).
Speaking of how history is enough, I watched Waterloo (1970) yesterday for the first time. What an achievement!
I still think Tora Tora Tora is superior but, again, a blow-by-blow account of a brilliant last desperate roll of the dice by Napoleon that's all the better without heroes or villans, though the acting coukd have been better at times.
The set pieces make the CGI armies of todays movies look like plastic soldiers, and the cavalry charges are just incredible. Many a back must have been patted making this. They basically reenact the whole battle using the Soviet army trained in 19th century drills, and then film it.
Long but worth it if your furloughed and are into history. (having wikipedia open may help as well ). What it lacks in direction and close-up fighting it makes up for in sheer spectacle. The charge of the Scots Greys is awesome:
https://youtu.be/RsVziFEWLlM
I too recently watched Waterloo, thinking it would be cringe. How wrong I was, and what a spectacle! Same goes for the 1969 Battle of Britain, which I watched yesterday.t (looking at you, every Historic Scottish film ever).Speaking of how history is enough, I watched Waterloo (1970) yesterday for the first time. What an achievement!
I still think Tora Tora Tora is superior but, again, a blow-by-blow account of a brilliant last desperate roll of the dice by Napoleon that's all the better without heroes or villans, though the acting coukd have been better at times.
The set pieces make the CGI armies of todays movies look like plastic soldiers, and the cavalry charges are just incredible. Many a back must have been patted making this. They basically reenact the whole battle using the Soviet army trained in 19th century drills, and then film it.
Long but worth it if your furloughed and are into history. (having wikipedia open may help as well
). What it lacks in direction and close-up fighting it makes up for in sheer spectacle. The charge of the Scots Greys is awesome:https://youtu.be/RsVziFEWLlM
Edited by glazbagun on Wednesday 8th July 05:01
waynedear said:
Touching the Void.
Strange I have only just seen it, WOW!!!!!!!!
10/10
Been meaning to watch this for years, kept forgetting but I knew the story quite well.Strange I have only just seen it, WOW!!!!!!!!
10/10
Which is probably why my dark sense of humour made some parts funny for me,
Great story well made its absolutely quite clear that if Simon hadn’t taken that course of action they’d both be dead.
Could have looked down the hole though
The Killing Of A Sacred Deer (2017) Blu-ray
Mistake of the past catches up with cardiologist & family man Colin Farrell presenting an impossible decision.
Where to start with this one... psycho-horror, creepy & unsettling. Cracking cinematography & an excellent cast.
edited to put the correct Colin in place.
Mistake of the past catches up with cardiologist & family man Colin Farrell presenting an impossible decision.
Where to start with this one... psycho-horror, creepy & unsettling. Cracking cinematography & an excellent cast.
edited to put the correct Colin in place.
Edited by TCEvo on Thursday 9th July 09:32
TCEvo said:
The Killing Of A Sacred Deer (2017) Blu-ray
Mistake of the past catches up with cardiologist & family man Colin Murray presenting an impossible decision.
Where to start with this one... psycho-horror, creepy & unsettling. Cracking cinematography & an excellent cast.
This has been on my list for awhile. Looking forward to a viewing.Mistake of the past catches up with cardiologist & family man Colin Murray presenting an impossible decision.
Where to start with this one... psycho-horror, creepy & unsettling. Cracking cinematography & an excellent cast.
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