Films I watched this week (Vol 2)
Discussion
The_Doc said:
phazed said:
Good Will Hunting
Surprised that I never got to watch this. A young Matt Damon plays the super bright but arrogant young man reigned in by a superbly acting Robin Williams. Minnie Driver plays the female interest.
A very good film that should be watched if it slipped through the net. Not Marvel, (that seems to have been the flavour for a while) but so much better for me
Written by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, (who also stared). I never really got on with Affleck in other films but he played this one just right!
8.4/10
GWH is an amazing film, and now that we have lost Robin Williams it is more wonderful to watch. The "it's not your fault" scene is a great moment of film making. Surprised that I never got to watch this. A young Matt Damon plays the super bright but arrogant young man reigned in by a superbly acting Robin Williams. Minnie Driver plays the female interest.
A very good film that should be watched if it slipped through the net. Not Marvel, (that seems to have been the flavour for a while) but so much better for me
Written by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, (who also stared). I never really got on with Affleck in other films but he played this one just right!
8.4/10
Two young blokes wrote an incredible screenplay about Genius, proper Einstein genius, and young love and frustration and jokes, and loss. Aching loss.
Could watch this monthly. Alternate watching with Aladdin. Why did we have to lose Robin?
One of my go to feel good movies. You should watch the sequel as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ70hbvaPdU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ70hbvaPdU
The_Doc said:
1. The Shape of Water
Utter, utter rubbish. Turned it off after 30mins. A mute woman plays with herself in the bath, and makes friends with a human fish man, who likes boiled eggs.
A Oscar for this!! WHAT THE F**K
4. Lost in Translation
Rewatched this, have seen it many times. I am a big fan of Bill Murray, so my review is prejudiced.
But this is a beautiful, genius film.
New discovery on this watching: Giovanni Ribbssi is brilliant! Oh and I must go out and buy some more Japanese Whisky
My opinions were the complete opposite to yours. Lost in Translation was dull, dull, dull but the Shape of Water was utterly beguiling.Utter, utter rubbish. Turned it off after 30mins. A mute woman plays with herself in the bath, and makes friends with a human fish man, who likes boiled eggs.
A Oscar for this!! WHAT THE F**K
4. Lost in Translation
Rewatched this, have seen it many times. I am a big fan of Bill Murray, so my review is prejudiced.
But this is a beautiful, genius film.
New discovery on this watching: Giovanni Ribbssi is brilliant! Oh and I must go out and buy some more Japanese Whisky
Each to their own, eh?
Get Carter - The original. Somehow I'd missed this over the years but saw it on Amazon Prime last night. London hard man goes up north to investigate his brother's death. It may have been good in its time but it hasn't aged well. Dodgy acting, ropy effects and Michael Caine looking like a big man but out of shape. Interesting as a period piece but not much beyond that.
toasty said:
Get Carter - The original. Somehow I'd missed this over the years but saw it on Amazon Prime last night. London hard man goes up north to investigate his brother's death. It may have been good in its time but it hasn't aged well. Dodgy acting, ropy effects and Michael Caine looking like a big man but out of shape. Interesting as a period piece but not much beyond that.
That is true of all films of that era or thereabouts.If you watch the 1950s and 60s westerns they are generally laughable as far as realism is concerned. Good vehicles for the well-paid actors though.
I love Get Carter, brilliant film, it's style suffers slightly if one didn't watch it years back.
Michael Caine is in god shape in it, unlike ALf Roberts. Maybe it should be remade, yeah I know Sly did it, and one might say that Harry Brown was a spiritual successor. But Caine's performance is solid and he makes it real, especially when he's stabbing (can't recall name) and bashing pisshole eye ERic's head in. Top soundtrack too
Michael Caine is in god shape in it, unlike ALf Roberts. Maybe it should be remade, yeah I know Sly did it, and one might say that Harry Brown was a spiritual successor. But Caine's performance is solid and he makes it real, especially when he's stabbing (can't recall name) and bashing pisshole eye ERic's head in. Top soundtrack too
A trio of femme fatale films for me this week.
The Assassin (Also known as Point of no return) 5/10.
Not a bad film, but hasn't aged well. I hadn't seen it since the 90s, I seem to recall it being pretty tough viewing at times and it still is, but it sort of moves from grit to fluffy rom-com at times, some of the acting is pretty ropey too. Also, not that it's all that important I suppose, but even on Blu-Ray the video quality is terrible, sadly one of those films made during the era of Video 'filming'. I might say 1080p, but quality wise it's VHS.
Atomic Blonde. 8/10
I actually gave up on this when I tried to watch it last year, I'm not sure why, maybe I wasn't in the mood or the wife was moaning. Anyway, great story, I'm just about old enough to remember the 80s first hand, great sound track. Glad to hear there will likely be a second one.
Red Sparrow 7/10
Not quite as good as Atomic Blonde, but still very good. Story drags in parts, passes too quickly in others, goes on a bit too long, but all in all a good film.
The Assassin (Also known as Point of no return) 5/10.
Not a bad film, but hasn't aged well. I hadn't seen it since the 90s, I seem to recall it being pretty tough viewing at times and it still is, but it sort of moves from grit to fluffy rom-com at times, some of the acting is pretty ropey too. Also, not that it's all that important I suppose, but even on Blu-Ray the video quality is terrible, sadly one of those films made during the era of Video 'filming'. I might say 1080p, but quality wise it's VHS.
Atomic Blonde. 8/10
I actually gave up on this when I tried to watch it last year, I'm not sure why, maybe I wasn't in the mood or the wife was moaning. Anyway, great story, I'm just about old enough to remember the 80s first hand, great sound track. Glad to hear there will likely be a second one.
Red Sparrow 7/10
Not quite as good as Atomic Blonde, but still very good. Story drags in parts, passes too quickly in others, goes on a bit too long, but all in all a good film.
P-Jay said:
The Assassin (Also known as Point of no return)
That's the film that was the remake of Luc Besson's film Nikita, isn't it? Maybe give the original a go. (I confess I haven't seen it, though, despite being a big fan of Luc Besson's work)
Edited by Clockwork Cupcake on Saturday 26th May 17:53
Clockwork Cupcake said:
P-Jay said:
The Assassin (Also known as Point of no return)
That's the film that was the remake of Luc Besson's film Nikita, isn't it? Maybe give the original a go. (I confess I haven't seen it, though, despite being a big fan of Luc Besson's work)
Edited by Clockwork Cupcake on Saturday 26th May 17:53
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